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River Flood Warning 18, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this river flood warning at Sep 15, 2018, 12:09 PM EDT for Cleveland County, North Carolina. It took effect at Sep 16, 2018, 11:28 PM EDT. It was in force for 35 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 15, 2018, 12:09 PM EDT (16:09 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 16, 2018, 11:28 PM EDT
- Expired
- Sep 18, 2018, 10:18 AM EDT
- In force
- 35 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Minor
County Cleveland County, NC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:12 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 Broad River above Sandy Run Ck, 3 SSW Boiling Springs (BSPN7). The gauge peaked at 5.56 ft at Sep 17, 2018, 10:00 AM EDT.
- Action stage
- 10 ft
- Minor stage
- 12 ft
- Moderate stage
- 14 ft
- Major stage
- 20 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02151500, 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 15, 11:35 AM EDT, 34 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 15, 11:35 AM EDT, 34 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 15, 4:15 AM EDT, 7 hours 54 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC 415 AM EDT Sat Sep 15 2018 NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-082-502-504-506-508-SCZ004>014-019-160815- Alexander-Iredell-Davie-Catawba-Rowan-Cleveland-Lincoln-Gaston- Mecklenburg-Cabarrus-Union-Greater Caldwell-Greater Burke- Eastern McDowell-Greater Rutherford-Greater Oconee-Greater Pickens- Greater Greenville-Spartanburg-Cherokee-York-Anderson-Abbeville- Laurens-Chester-Greenwood- 415 AM EDT Sat Sep 15 2018 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT SUNDAY... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS 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. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Wind Advisory. Flash Flood Watch. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Wind Advisory. Flash Flood Watch. Despite weakening quickly to a tropical storm and tropical depression as it moves west through the western Carolinas and northeast Georgia, Florence 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, brief tornadoes is possible 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. NCZ033-048>050-052-053-059-063>065-501-503-505-507-509-510- SCZ001>003-160815- Avery-Madison-Yancey-Mitchell-Haywood-Buncombe-Northern Jackson- Southern Jackson-Transylvania-Henderson-Caldwell Mountains- Burke Mountains-McDowell Mountains-Rutherford Mountains- Polk Mountains-Eastern Polk-Oconee Mountains-Pickens Mountains- Greenville Mountains- 415 AM EDT Sat Sep 15 2018 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT SUNDAY... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for western North Carolina and upstate South Carolina. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Wind Advisory. Flash Flood Watch. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Wind Advisory. Flash Flood Watch. Despite weakening quickly to a tropical storm and tropical depression as it moves west through the western Carolinas and northeast Georgia, Florence 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, brief tornadoes is possible 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-NCZ051-058-062-160815- Rabun-Habersham-Swain-Graham-Macon- 415 AM EDT Sat Sep 15 2018 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT SUNDAY... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northeast Georgia and western North Carolina. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Wind Advisory. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Wind Advisory. Despite weakening quickly to a tropical storm and tropical depression as it moves west through the western Carolinas and northeast Georgia, Florence 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, brief tornadoes is possible 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. GAZ018-026-028-029-160815- Stephens-Franklin-Hart-Elbert- 415 AM EDT Sat Sep 15 2018 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northeast Georgia. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. An isolated thunderstorm is possible through tonight. Winds may be gusty at times. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. Despite weakening quickly to a tropical storm and tropical depression as it moves west through the western Carolinas and northeast Georgia, Florence 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, brief tornadoes is possible 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.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 14, 8:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cabarrus, Iredell, Mecklenburg, Rowan | 40 min |
| Sep 14, 9:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cabarrus, Mecklenburg, Rowan | 43 min |
| Sep 14, 9:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cabarrus, Gaston, Mecklenburg, Rowan, Union | 43 min |
| Sep 14, 10:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Mecklenburg | 27 min |
| Sep 15, 2:56 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Union | 7 hr |
| Sep 15, 3:33 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Rowan | 7 hr |
| Sep 15, 4:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cabarrus, Gaston, Mecklenburg, Union | 66 min |
| Sep 15, 5:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cabarrus, Catawba, Cleveland, Davie, Gaston, Iredell and 5 more | 95 min |
| Sep 15, 7:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cabarrus, Cleveland, Davie, Gaston, Iredell, Lincoln and 3 more | 30 min |
| Sep 15, 7:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cabarrus, Catawba, Cleveland, Gaston, Lincoln, Mecklenburg and 2 more | 72 min |
| Sep 14, 9:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | York | 47 min |
| Sep 14, 10:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Chester | 48 min |
| Sep 15, 1:28 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | York | 47 min |
| Sep 15, 12:09 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | GSP | Cherokee, York | 72 hr |
Nearby
River Flood Warnings in North Carolina, 2018Every 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.