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River Flood Advisory 8, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

October 28, 2017Henderson County, Transylvania County, North Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this river flood advisory at Oct 28, 2017, 10:23 PM EDT for Henderson County, Transylvania County, North Carolina. It was in force for 29 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Oct 28, 2017, 10:23 PM EDT (02:23 UTC)
Expired: Oct 30, 2017, 3:00 AM EDT
In force: 29 hr
Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Henderson County, NC, Transylvania County, NC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:26 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 Grove Bridge Rd, in Blantyre (BLAN7).

Action stage: 15 ft
Minor stage: 16 ft
Moderate stage: 19 ft
Major stage: 23 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03443000, 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 28, 7:59 PM EDT, 2 hours 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 28, 7:59 PM EDT, 2 hours 24 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 28, 5:13 PM EDT, 5 hours 10 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
513 PM EDT Sat Oct 28 2017

NCZ033-049-050-292115-
Avery-Yancey-Mitchell-
513 PM EDT Sat Oct 28 2017

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM SUNDAY TO 11 AM EDT MONDAY...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for western North Carolina.

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

Hazardous weather is not expected at this time.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday.

..Sunday...High winds likely. See the latest Wind Advisory product
for more details.
..Monday...High winds likely.
..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...

None.

NCZ048-052-053-505-292115-
Madison-Haywood-Buncombe-McDowell Mountains-
513 PM EDT Sat Oct 28 2017

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM SUNDAY TO 11 AM EDT MONDAY
ABOVE 3500 FEET...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for western North Carolina.

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

Hazardous weather is not expected at this time.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday.

..Sunday...High winds likely. See the latest Wind Advisory product
for more details.
..Monday...High winds likely.
..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...

None.

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ035>037-051-056>059-062>065-068>072-
082-501>504-506>510-SCZ001>014-019-292115-
Rabun-Habersham-Stephens-Franklin-Hart-Elbert-Alexander-Iredell-
Davie-Swain-Catawba-Rowan-Graham-Northern Jackson-Macon-
Southern Jackson-Transylvania-Henderson-Cleveland-Lincoln-Gaston-
Mecklenburg-Cabarrus-Union-Caldwell Mountains-Greater Caldwell-
Burke Mountains-Greater Burke-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-
513 PM EDT Sat Oct 28 2017

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northeast Georgia, piedmont
North Carolina, western North Carolina and upstate South Carolina.

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

Hazardous weather is not expected at this time.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday.

..Sunday...No hazardous weather is expected at this time.
..Monday...Frost/freeze possible. Cold high pressure will build in
behind a cold front Sunday night and create conditions favorable for
frost, as well as freezing temperatures in some spots.
..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...

None.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 28, 8:20 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, McDowell, Madison and 3 more	115 min
Oct 28, 8:28 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Henderson, Jackson, Polk, Rutherford, Transylvania	2 hr
Oct 28, 10:29 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Henderson, Polk, Transylvania	3 hr
Oct 28, 10:39 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Henderson, Polk, Transylvania	3 hr
Oct 29, 1:28 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Henderson, Transylvania	5 hr
Oct 29, 4:29 AM EDT	Freeze Warning	GSP	Alexander, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell, Catawba, Cleveland and 10 more	30 hr

Nearby

River Flood Advisories in North Carolina, 2017 Every river flood advisory in 2017

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.