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River Flood Advisory 9, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

April 25, 2018Gaston County, North Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this river flood advisory at Apr 25, 2018, 8:23 AM EDT for Gaston County, North Carolina. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 25, 2018, 8:23 AM EDT (12:23 UTC)
Expired: Apr 25, 2018, 8:16 PM EDT
In force: 12 hr
Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Gaston County, NC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point SF Catawba River below George Poston Park, 1 N Lowell (LOWN7). The gauge peaked at 9.29 ft at Apr 25, 2018, 10:00 AM EDT.

Action stage: 9 ft
Minor stage: 10 ft
Moderate stage: 13 ft
Major stage: 15.5 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02145000, 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 Apr 25, 7:12 AM EDT, 1 hour 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 25, 7:12 AM EDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 25, 4:31 AM EDT, 3 hours 52 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 25, 5:01 AM EDT, 3 hours 22 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 25, 6:34 AM EDT, 1 hour 49 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
Apr 24, 9:50 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Cabarrus, Mecklenburg	5 hr
Apr 25, 12:01 AM EDT	River Flood Advisory	GSP	Henderson, Transylvania	4 hr
Apr 25, 1:58 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	GSP	Cabarrus	6 hr
Apr 25, 3:27 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	GSP	Henderson, Transylvania	6 hr
Apr 25, 5:01 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Iredell	59 min
Apr 25, 6:34 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Iredell, Rowan	56 min
Apr 25, 7:30 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Alexander, Burke, Caldwell, Catawba, Iredell, McDowell	54 hr
Apr 25, 7:44 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Cabarrus	3 hr
Apr 25, 10:10 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	GSP	Henderson, Transylvania	10 hr
Apr 25, 12:23 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Cabarrus	6 hr
Apr 25, 2:54 AM EDT	River Flood Advisory	GSP	Cherokee, York	3 hr

Nearby

River Flood Advisories in North Carolina, 2018 Every 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.