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River Flood Warning 25, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

December 24, 2015Greenville County, Pickens County, South Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this river flood warning at Dec 24, 2015, 9:12 PM EST for Greenville County, Pickens County, South Carolina. It took effect at Dec 25, 2015, 4:45 PM EST. It was in force for 25 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 24, 2015, 9:12 PM EST (02:12 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 25, 2015, 4:45 PM EST
Expired: Dec 26, 2015, 5:48 PM EST
In force: 25 hr
Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Greenville County, SC, Pickens County, SC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Saluda River above Old Easley Hwy (SC 124), 5 WSW Greenville (GSLS1). The gauge peaked at 7.98 ft at Dec 25, 2015, 4:00 PM EST.

Action stage: 8 ft
Minor stage: 9.5 ft
Moderate stage: 13 ft
Major stage: 15 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02162500, 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 warning 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 warning went out at Dec 24, 4:55 PM EST, 4 hours 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 24, 4:55 PM EST, 4 hours 17 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 24, 3:50 PM EST, 5 hours 22 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Dec 24, 3:59 PM EST, 5 hours 13 minutes before

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Local storm report, Dec 24, 5:18 PM EST, 3 hours 54 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 24, 9:22 PM EST	River Flood Advisory	GSP	Madison	12 hr
Dec 24, 9:22 PM EST	River Flood Advisory	GSP	Swain	36 hr
Dec 24, 9:22 PM EST	River Flood Advisory	GSP	Gaston	12 hr
Dec 24, 10:05 PM EST	Areal Flood Warning	GSP	Macon, Swain	3 hr
Dec 24, 10:54 PM EST	Areal Flood Warning	GSP	Transylvania	9 hr
Dec 25, 1:14 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Graham, Macon, Swain	5 hr
Dec 25, 6:30 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Macon	30 min
Dec 25, 8:23 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Macon, Swain	4 hr
Dec 25, 8:29 AM EST	River Flood Advisory	GSP	Buncombe	24 hr
Dec 25, 12:41 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Avery, Buncombe, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson and 6 more	2 hr
Dec 25, 2:46 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Alexander, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Henderson and 6 more	89 min
Dec 24, 8:16 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Pickens	44 min
Dec 24, 10:14 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Laurens, Spartanburg	6 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in South Carolina, 2015 Every river flood warning 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.