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River Flood Warning 29, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

December 29, 2015Buncombe County, North Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this river flood warning at Dec 29, 2015, 3:36 AM EST for Buncombe County, North Carolina. It took effect at Dec 29, 2015, 5:21 AM EST. It was in force for 16 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 29, 2015, 3:36 AM EST (08:36 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 29, 2015, 5:21 AM EST
Expired: Dec 29, 2015, 9:00 PM EST
In force: 16 hr
Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Buncombe County, NC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:36 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 9.14 ft at Dec 29, 2015, 5:00 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 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 29, 3:15 AM EST, 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 29, 3:15 AM EST, 21 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 29, 3:29 AM EST, 7 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Dec 28, 10:34 PM EST, 5 hours 2 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1034 PM EST MON DEC 28 2015

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1030 PM     FLASH FLOOD      4 ENE DILLARD           34.98N 83.32W
12/28/2015                   RABUN              GA   PUBLIC

            PUBLIC REPORTS MUD CREEK IS OUT OF ITS BANKS AND FLOODING
            SKY VALLEY WAY. UNABLE TO DRIVE ACROSS THE FLOW OF WATER.

&&

KRENTZ

Special weather statement, Dec 29, 12:18 AM EST, 3 hours 18 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1218 AM EST TUE DEC 29 2015

GAZ029-NCZ065-068-507>510-SCZ002-003-005>008-010>013-019-290615-
ELBERT GA-CLEVELAND NC-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS NC-GREATER RUTHERFORD NC-
HENDERSON NC-EASTERN POLK NC-POLK MOUNTAINS NC-ABBEVILLE SC-
CHEROKEE SC-ANDERSON SC-GREATER GREENVILLE SC-
GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS SC-PICKENS MOUNTAINS SC-SPARTANBURG SC-
GREATER PICKENS SC-LAURENS SC-UNION SC-GREENWOOD SC-
1218 AM EST TUE DEC 29 2015

...AREA OF HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF
ELBERT...RUTHERFORD...POLK...CLEVELAND...HENDERSON...PICKENS...
GREENVILLE...LAURENS...UNION...GREENWOOD...SPARTANBURG...ABBEVILLE...
CHEROKEE AND ANDERSON COUNTIES UNTIL 115 AM EST...

AT 1216 AM EST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A BAND OF HEAVY RAIN
SHOWERS ORIENTED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
HENDERSONVILLE TO 14 MILES WEST OF ABBEVILLE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 35 MPH.

VERY HEAVY RAINFALL RATES UP TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE
WITH THESE SHOWERS...CAUSING MINOR FLOODING...PARTICULARLY IN URBAN
AREAS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GREENVILLE DOWNTOWN...SPARTANBURG...ANDERSON...GREENWOOD...EASLEY...
GAFFNEY...HENDERSONVILLE...LAURENS...FOREST CITY AND ABBEVILLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL MAY FLOOD AREAS WITH POOR DRAINAGE...SUCH AS
DITCHES AND UNDERPASSES. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED
ROADS. WATER LEVELS OF SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS MAY ALSO RISE
RAPIDLY. SEEK HIGHER GROUND IF THREATENED BY FLOOD WATERS.

&&

LAT...LON 3398 8205 3397 8218 3402 8224 3397 8231
      3406 8233 3408 8248 3401 8260 3396 8257
      3399 8286 3540 8250 3555 8200 3554 8185
      3561 8176 3556 8155 3445 8173 3437 8178
      3430 8190 3421 8194 3413 8187 3395 8204
TIME...MOT...LOC 0516Z 242DEG 29KT 3524 8236 3416 8262

08

Local storm report, Dec 29, 3:18 AM EST, 18 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 28, 7:21 PM EST	Tornado Warning	GSP	McDowell	24 min
Dec 28, 7:50 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Polk	55 min
Dec 28, 8:12 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Jackson, Macon	3 hr
Dec 28, 8:32 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Buncombe, McDowell, Mitchell, Rutherford, Yancey	3 hr
Dec 28, 9:12 PM EST	Flash Flood Warning	GSP	Jackson, Macon	3 hr
Dec 28, 9:18 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Transylvania	3 hr
Dec 29, 12:12 AM EST	Flash Flood Warning	GSP	Polk	3 hr
Dec 29, 12:17 AM EST	Flash Flood Warning	GSP	Transylvania	4 hr
Dec 29, 12:18 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Henderson, Polk, Rutherford	57 min
Dec 29, 12:47 AM EST	Areal Flood Warning	GSP	Jackson, Macon	3 hr
Dec 29, 1:03 AM EST	River Flood Warning	GSP	Buncombe	23 hr
Dec 29, 1:03 AM EST	River Flood Warning	GSP	Haywood	25 hr
Dec 29, 1:17 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Rutherford	3 hr
Dec 29, 2:16 AM EST	Flash Flood Warning	GSP	Buncombe	3 hr
Dec 29, 3:16 AM EST	Areal Flood Warning	GSP	Polk	9 hr
Dec 29, 3:38 AM EST	River Flood Warning	GSP	Buncombe, Henderson	21 hr
Dec 29, 4:26 AM EST	Areal Flood Warning	GSP	Transylvania	9 hr
Dec 29, 5:07 AM EST	Areal Flood Warning	GSP	Buncombe	6 hr
Dec 29, 1:23 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Transylvania	4 hr
Dec 29, 1:34 PM EST	River Flood Advisory	GSP	Gaston	12 hr
Dec 29, 1:42 PM EST	River Flood Advisory	GSP	Cleveland	12 hr
Dec 29, 2:19 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Greenville	3 hr
Dec 29, 2:41 PM EST	River Flood Advisory	GSP	Cherokee, York	12 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in North 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.