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Flood Watch 3, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

April 22, 201813 counties in North Carolina; Anderson County, South Carolina; 6 counties in Georgia

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this flood watch at Apr 22, 2018, 4:20 AM EDT for 13 counties in North Carolina; Anderson County, South Carolina; 6 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Apr 23, 2018, 12:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 40 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 22, 2018, 4:20 AM EDT (08:20 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 23, 2018, 12:00 AM EDT
Expired: Apr 24, 2018, 4:00 PM EDT
In force: 40 hr
Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Flood severity: None

Counties Elbert County, GA, Franklin County, GA, Habersham County, GA, Hart County, GA, Rabun County, GA, Stephens County, GA, Avery County, NC, Buncombe County, NC, Burke County, NC, Caldwell County, NC, Henderson County, NC, Jackson County, NC, Macon County, NC, McDowell County, NC, Mitchell County, NC, Polk County, NC, Rutherford County, NC, Transylvania County, NC, Yancey County, NC, Anderson County, SC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flood watch 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 flood watch went out at Apr 22, 4:06 AM EDT, 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 22, 4:06 AM EDT, 14 minutes before

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Flood Watches in North Carolina, 2018 Flood Watches in Georgia, 2018 Flood Watches in South Carolina, 2018 Every flood watch in 2018

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.