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River Flood Advisory 2, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

October 4, 2015Buncombe County, North Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this river flood advisory at Oct 4, 2015, 10:27 AM EDT for Buncombe County, North Carolina. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 4, 2015, 10:27 AM EDT (14:27 UTC)
Expired
Oct 4, 2015, 10:25 PM EDT
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 14:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The river

Written for the forecast point French Broad River at Pearson Bridge Rd, 2 NW Asheville (AVLN7). The gauge peaked at 6.08 ft at Oct 4, 2015, 12:00 AM EDT.

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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 Oct 3, 7:54 PM EDT, 14 hours 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 3, 7:54 PM EDT, 14 hours 33 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 3, 3:13 PM EDT, 19 hours 14 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
313 PM EDT SAT OCT 3 2015

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065-
068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-041915-
RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-AVERY-ALEXANDER-
IREDELL-DAVIE-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-CATAWBA-
ROWAN-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-
HENDERSON-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION-
CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-GREATER CALDWELL-BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE-
MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-EASTERN MCDOWELL-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-
GREATER RUTHERFORD-POLK MOUNTAINS-EASTERN POLK-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-
PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE-
GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK-
ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-CHESTER-GREENWOOD-
313 PM EDT SAT OCT 3 2015

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT MONDAY...
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT
NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   FLASH FLOOD WATCH.
   WIND ADVISORY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

..SUNDAY...HEAVY RAIN WITH FLASH FLOODING AND HIGH WINDS LIKELY.
SEE THE LATEST FLASH FLOOD WATCH AND WIND ADVISORY FOR DETAILS.
..MONDAY...HEAVY RAIN WITH FLASH FLOODING AND HIGH WINDS LIKELY.
SEE THE LATEST FLASH FLOOD WATCH AND WIND ADVISORY FOR DETAILS.
..TUESDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
..WEDNESDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
..THURSDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
..FRIDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF DAMAGING
WINDS...OR FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE.

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 3, 8:00 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPHenderson4 hr
Oct 3, 9:01 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningGSPTransylvania15 hr
Oct 4, 12:49 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPHenderson3 hr
Oct 4, 12:16 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPAbbeville, Greenwood, Laurens3 hr
Oct 4, 12:41 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningGSPAbbeville, Greenwood, Laurens3 hr
Oct 4, 2:21 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPLaurens, Spartanburg, Union3 hr
Oct 4, 3:13 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPAbbeville, Greenwood, Laurens3 hr
Oct 4, 3:36 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningGSPAbbeville, Greenwood6 hr
Oct 4, 3:37 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningGSPLaurens, Spartanburg, Union6 hr
Oct 4, 4:21 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPLaurens, Union99 min
Oct 4, 4:38 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningGSPAbbeville, Anderson3 hr
Oct 4, 5:08 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPAnderson, Greenville, Laurens2 hr
Oct 4, 6:19 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPSpartanburg, Union3 hr
Oct 4, 6:33 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningGSPAnderson, Greenville3 hr
Oct 4, 7:26 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningGSPAbbeville, Anderson109 min
Oct 4, 8:33 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPOconee, Pickens3 hr
Oct 4, 9:02 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningGSPSpartanburg, Union118 min
Oct 4, 9:28 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningGSPAbbeville, Anderson, Greenwood3 hr
Oct 4, 9:36 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningGSPGreenville, Laurens3 hr
Oct 4, 12:12 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningGSPAbbeville, Anderson, Greenwood6 hr
Oct 4, 12:20 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningGSPGreenville, Laurens6 hr
Oct 4, 5:51 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPHart114 min
Oct 4, 6:45 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPElbert3 hr
Oct 4, 8:26 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPFranklin, Stephens3 hr

Nearby

River Flood Advisories in North Carolina, 2015Every river flood advisory in 2015

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.