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River Flood Warning 16, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

September 14, 2018Gaston County, North Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this river flood warning at Sep 14, 2018, 2:14 PM EDT for Gaston County, North Carolina. It took effect at Sep 16, 2018, 11:12 AM EDT. It was in force for 19 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Sep 14, 2018, 2:14 PM EDT (18:14 UTC)
In effect from: Sep 16, 2018, 11:12 AM EDT
Expired: Sep 17, 2018, 5:42 AM EDT
In force: 19 hr
Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Major

County Gaston County, NC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:14 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 SF Catawba River below George Poston Park, 1 N Lowell (LOWN7). The gauge peaked at 7.73 ft at Sep 17, 2018, 2:00 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 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 Sep 14, 11:30 AM EDT, 2 hours 44 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 14, 11:30 AM EDT, 2 hours 44 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 14, 6:34 AM EDT, 7 hours 40 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
634 AM EDT Fri Sep 14 2018

NCZ033-035>037-048>050-052-053-056-057-059-063>065-068>072-082-
501>510-SCZ001>014-019-151045-
Avery-Alexander-Iredell-Davie-Madison-Yancey-Mitchell-Haywood-
Buncombe-Catawba-Rowan-Northern Jackson-Southern Jackson-
Transylvania-Henderson-Cleveland-Lincoln-Gaston-Mecklenburg-Cabarrus-
Union-Caldwell Mountains-Greater Caldwell-Burke Mountains-
Greater Burke-McDowell Mountains-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-
634 AM EDT Fri Sep 14 2018

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY
EVENING...

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

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

Isolated showers and thunderstorms will develop this afternoon. Heavy
rainfall and frequent cloud-to-ground lightning are possible in any
thunderstorms that develop.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazards.

   Flash Flood Watch.

Tropical cyclone Florence is expected to move slowly westward after
making landfall along the Carolina coast today. Despite weakening
quickly to a tropical storm and tropical depression as it moves west
through the western Carolinas and northeast Georgia, it will bring
very significant impacts to the region through the weekend and
possibly into Monday. Prepare now for flooding rainfall, landslides
along steep terrain in and near the mountains, and gusty winds that
could damage trees and power lines. In addition, the threat of
isolated tornadoes will increase across the area on Sunday. The track
of Florence, and the latest forecast of the elements, will need to
be monitored very closely over the next several days.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

None.

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ051-058-062-151045-
Rabun-Habersham-Stephens-Franklin-Hart-Elbert-Swain-Graham-Macon-
634 AM EDT Fri Sep 14 2018

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northeast Georgia and western
North Carolina.

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

Isolated showers and thunderstorms will develop this afternoon. Heavy
rainfall and frequent cloud-to-ground lightning are possible in any
thunderstorms that develop.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday.

Tropical cyclone Florence is expected to move slowly westward after
making landfall along the Carolina coast today. Despite weakening
quickly to a tropical storm and tropical depression as it moves west
through the western Carolinas and northeast Georgia, it will bring
very significant impacts to the region through the weekend and
possibly into Monday. Prepare now for flooding rainfall, landslides
along steep terrain in the mountains, and gusty winds that could
damage trees and power lines. In addition, the threat of isolated
tornadoes will increase across the area on Sunday. The track of
Florence, and the latest forecast of the elements, will need to be
monitored very closely over the next several days.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

None.

CARROLL

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 14, 1:56 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	GSP	Davie, Rowan	62 hr
Sep 14, 5:36 PM EDT	Wind Advisory	GSP	Alexander, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell and 22 more	48 hr
Sep 14, 7:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Cabarrus, Mecklenburg	41 min
Sep 14, 7:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Chester, York	32 min

Nearby

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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.