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River Flood Warning 11, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

May 30, 2018Buncombe County, North Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this river flood warning at May 30, 2018, 8:56 AM EDT for Buncombe County, North Carolina. It took effect at May 30, 2018, 9:33 AM EDT. It was in force for 27 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 30, 2018, 8:56 AM EDT (12:56 UTC)
In effect from: May 30, 2018, 9:33 AM EDT
Expired: May 31, 2018, 12:39 PM EDT
In force: 27 hr
Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Buncombe County, NC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point French Broad River at Pearson Bridge Rd, 2 NW Asheville (AVLN7). The gauge peaked at 9.79 ft at May 30, 2018, 1:00 PM EDT.

Action stage: 6.5 ft
Minor stage: 9.5 ft
Moderate stage: 13 ft
Major stage: 18 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03451500, 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 warning 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 warning went out at May 30, 7:09 AM EDT, 1 hour 47 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 30, 7:09 AM EDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 30, 8:22 AM EDT, 34 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 30, 4:48 AM EDT, 4 hours 8 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
448 AM EDT WED MAY 30 2018

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1100 PM     FLASH FLOOD      3 WSW COLUMBUS          35.23N 82.26W
05/29/2018                   POLK               NC   BROADCAST MEDIA

            REPORT OF WARRIOR DRIVE CLOSED BETWEEN BAKER RD AND
            MEADOWLARK DRIVE DUE TO FLOOD WATERS.

&&

LACORTE

Local storm report, May 30, 4:49 AM EDT, 4 hours 7 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
449 AM EDT WED MAY 30 2018

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1100 PM     FLASH FLOOD      6 NW COLUMBUS           35.29N 82.29W
05/29/2018                   POLK               NC   BROADCAST MEDIA

            REPORT OF GREEN RIVER COVE RD CLOSED DUE TO FLOOD WATERS.

&&

LACORTE

Local storm report, May 30, 4:51 AM EDT, 4 hours 5 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
451 AM EDT WED MAY 30 2018

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1100 PM     FLASH FLOOD      5 W COLUMBUS            35.26N 82.30W
05/29/2018                   POLK               NC   BROADCAST MEDIA

            REPORT OF HOLBERT COVE ROAD NEAR COYOTE LANE CLOSED DUE
            TO FLOOD WATERS.

&&

LACORTE

Local storm report, May 30, 4:53 AM EDT, 4 hours 3 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
453 AM EDT WED MAY 30 2018

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1100 PM     FLASH FLOOD      SALUDA                  35.24N 82.35W
05/29/2018                   POLK               NC   BROADCAST MEDIA

            PORTIONS OF US 176 CLOSED DUE TO FLOOD WATERS BETWEEN
            SALUDA AND TRYON.

&&

LACORTE

Local storm report, May 30, 5:52 AM EDT, 3 hours 4 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
552 AM EDT WED MAY 30 2018

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0545 AM     FLASH FLOOD      4 ENE OLD FORT          35.66N 82.11W
05/30/2018                   MCDOWELL           NC   COUNTY OFFICIAL

            MULTIPLE TRACTOR TRAILERS REPORTED STUCK IN FLOOD WATERS
            ON COLUMBIA CAROLINA ROAD IN THE GREENLEE COMMUNITY.

&&

HG

Local storm report, May 30, 7:50 AM EDT, 1 hour 6 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
May 29, 8:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Mecklenburg	27 min
May 29, 8:43 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	GSP	Gaston, Mecklenburg	32 min
May 29, 10:11 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Jackson	9 hr
May 29, 10:32 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning Emergency	GSP	McDowell	12 hr
May 29, 10:41 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Macon	15 hr
May 29, 10:57 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	GSP	Burke, Caldwell	12 hr
May 29, 11:02 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	GSP	Buncombe, Henderson, Polk, Rutherford	6 hr
May 29, 11:13 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	GSP	Yancey	6 hr
May 29, 11:23 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	GSP	Avery, Mitchell	6 hr
May 29, 11:56 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	GSP	Transylvania	24 hr
May 30, 12:40 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning Emergency	GSP	McDowell	10 hr
May 30, 1:32 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	GSP	Buncombe	31 hr
May 30, 3:10 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Alexander, Burke, Caldwell, Catawba, Iredell	24 hr
May 30, 3:17 AM EDT	River Flood Advisory	GSP	Madison	5 hr
May 30, 3:19 AM EDT	River Flood Advisory	GSP	Buncombe	12 hr
May 30, 4:47 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	GSP	Buncombe, Henderson, Polk	6 hr
May 30, 4:52 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	GSP	Rutherford	6 hr
May 30, 5:17 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	GSP	Avery	6 hr
May 30, 5:17 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Avery, Mitchell	6 hr
May 30, 7:32 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Macon, Swain	17 hr
May 30, 7:33 AM EDT	River Flood Advisory	GSP	Cleveland	12 hr
May 30, 7:42 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Jackson	6 hr
May 30, 8:56 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	GSP	Madison	38 hr
May 30, 10:28 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	GSP	Burke, Caldwell, McDowell, Rutherford	18 hr
May 30, 10:55 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	GSP	Buncombe, Henderson, Polk	12 hr
May 30, 11:10 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Avery, Mitchell	6 hr
May 30, 1:30 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Jackson	12 hr
May 30, 5:10 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Avery, Mitchell, Yancey	6 hr
May 30, 6:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Union	27 min
May 30, 6:56 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	GSP	Cleveland	26 hr
May 29, 9:27 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	GSP	Greenville, Spartanburg	3 hr
May 30, 12:09 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	GSP	Greenville, Spartanburg	6 hr
May 30, 1:57 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Spartanburg	3 hr
May 30, 6:09 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	GSP	Greenville, Spartanburg	6 hr
May 30, 6:50 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Spartanburg	6 hr
May 30, 7:33 AM EDT	River Flood Advisory	GSP	Cherokee, York	12 hr
May 30, 9:44 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Cherokee, York	8 hr
May 30, 9:56 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Anderson, Oconee	18 hr
May 30, 10:30 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Greenville, Pickens	6 hr
May 30, 11:38 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Greenville, Spartanburg	6 hr
May 30, 4:18 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Greenville, Pickens	5 hr
May 30, 5:30 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Greenville, Spartanburg	16 hr
May 30, 6:05 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Cherokee, York	6 hr
May 30, 7:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Pickens	25 min
May 29, 8:56 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Rabun	10 hr
May 30, 6:54 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	GSP	Rabun	5 hr
May 30, 8:15 AM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	GSP	Habersham	42 hr
May 30, 8:58 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Habersham	6 hr
May 30, 12:05 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	GSP	Rabun	45 hr
May 30, 2:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Rabun	31 min
May 30, 5:39 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Habersham	3 hr
May 30, 6:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Hart	23 min
May 30, 6:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Hart	51 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in North Carolina, 2018 Every river flood warning 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.