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River Flood Advisory 13, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

December 2, 2015Buncombe County, North Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this river flood advisory at Dec 2, 2015, 9:18 AM EST for Buncombe County, North Carolina. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 2, 2015, 9:18 AM EST (14:18 UTC)
Expired: Dec 2, 2015, 9:15 PM EST
In force: 12 hr
Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Buncombe County, NC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point French Broad River at Pearson Bridge Rd, 2 NW Asheville (AVLN7). The gauge peaked at 7.15 ft at Dec 2, 2015, 11:00 AM EST.

Action stage: 6.5 ft
Minor stage: 9.5 ft
Moderate stage: 13 ft
Major stage: 18 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03451500, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this river flood advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood advisory went out at Dec 2, 6:56 AM EST, 2 hours 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 2, 6:56 AM EST, 2 hours 22 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 1, 9:41 PM EST	Dense Fog Advisory	GSP	Cabarrus, Gaston, Mecklenburg, Union	12 hr
Dec 1, 10:06 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Iredell	3 hr
Dec 2, 12:30 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Graham, Jackson, Macon, Swain	3 hr
Dec 2, 1:52 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Jackson, Macon	3 hr
Dec 2, 3:37 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Graham, Jackson, Macon, Swain	4 hr
Dec 2, 3:41 AM EST	River Flood Advisory	GSP	Swain	12 hr
Dec 2, 3:58 AM EST	River Flood Advisory	GSP	Buncombe	12 hr
Dec 2, 4:36 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	McDowell	3 hr
Dec 2, 4:54 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Henderson, Transylvania	6 hr
Dec 2, 4:59 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Jackson, Macon	6 hr
Dec 2, 5:39 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Madison	3 hr
Dec 2, 5:50 AM EST	Areal Flood Warning	GSP	McDowell	3 hr
Dec 2, 5:54 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Yancey	3 hr
Dec 2, 6:25 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Haywood	3 hr
Dec 2, 6:52 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	McDowell	3 hr
Dec 2, 7:19 AM EST	River Flood Warning	GSP	Swain	31 hr
Dec 2, 8:03 AM EST	River Flood Advisory	GSP	Madison	12 hr
Dec 2, 8:15 AM EST	River Flood Warning	GSP	Madison	35 hr
Dec 2, 8:22 AM EST	River Flood Warning	GSP	Buncombe	23 hr
Dec 2, 8:30 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Madison	3 hr
Dec 2, 8:32 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Mitchell	3 hr
Dec 2, 9:31 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Macon, Swain	3 hr
Dec 2, 9:41 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Burke, Caldwell	3 hr
Dec 2, 10:05 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	McDowell	3 hr
Dec 2, 10:49 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Henderson, Transylvania	3 hr
Dec 2, 11:47 AM EST	River Flood Advisory	GSP	Henderson, Transylvania	12 hr
Dec 2, 12:22 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Macon, Swain	3 hr
Dec 2, 12:37 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Burke, Caldwell	3 hr
Dec 2, 3:28 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Burke, Caldwell	3 hr
Dec 2, 5:03 PM EST	River Flood Warning	GSP	Henderson, Transylvania	32 hr
Dec 2, 8:52 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Greenville, Spartanburg	6 hr

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.