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River Flood Advisory 33, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

October 12, 2018Buncombe County, Henderson County, North Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this river flood advisory at Oct 12, 2018, 11:31 PM EDT for Buncombe County, Henderson County, North Carolina. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 12, 2018, 11:31 PM EDT (03:31 UTC)
Expired
Oct 13, 2018, 11:26 AM EDT
In force
12 hr
Issued by
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Buncombe County, NC, Henderson County, NC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Old Fanning Bridge Rd, 3 W Fletcher (FLCN7). The gauge peaked at 12.88 ft at Oct 12, 2018, 7:00 AM EDT.

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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.

Nearby

River Flood Advisories in North Carolina, 2018Every river flood advisory 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.