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River Flood Advisory 7, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

October 24, 2017Buncombe County, Henderson County, North Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this river flood advisory at Oct 24, 2017, 10:14 AM EDT for Buncombe County, Henderson County, North Carolina. It was in force for 46 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Oct 24, 2017, 10:14 AM EDT (14:14 UTC)
Expired: Oct 26, 2017, 8:30 AM EDT
In force: 46 hr
Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Buncombe County, NC, Henderson County, NC

The river

Written for the forecast point French Broad River at Old Fanning Bridge Rd, 3 W Fletcher (FLCN7).

Action stage: 10 ft
Minor stage: 13 ft
Moderate stage: 17 ft
Major stage: 20 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03447687, 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 24, 7:15 AM EDT, 2 hours 59 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 24, 7:15 AM EDT, 2 hours 59 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 24, 4:22 AM EDT, 5 hours 52 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
Oct 24, 1:06 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Transylvania	15 hr
Oct 24, 1:24 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Burke	6 hr
Oct 24, 3:03 AM EDT	Freeze Warning	GSP	Avery, Haywood, Mitchell, Yancey	30 hr
Oct 24, 2:48 PM EDT	Frost Advisory	GSP	Buncombe, Graham, Henderson, Jackson, Macon, Madison and 2 more	18 hr

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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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.