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River Flood Warning 33, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

December 28, 2018Buncombe County, North Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this river flood warning at Dec 28, 2018, 11:37 AM EST for Buncombe County, North Carolina. It took effect at Dec 28, 2018, 3:40 PM EST. It was in force for 42 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 28, 2018, 11:37 AM EST (16:37 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 28, 2018, 3:40 PM EST
Expired: Dec 30, 2018, 10:00 AM EST
In force: 42 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 16:37 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 10.40 ft at Dec 28, 2018, 5:00 PM EST.

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 Dec 28, 9:24 AM EST, 2 hours 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 28, 9:24 AM EST, 2 hours 13 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 28, 11:33 AM EST, 4 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Dec 28, 7:58 AM EST, 3 hours 39 minutes before

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Local storm report, Dec 28, 8:04 AM EST, 3 hours 33 minutes before

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Local storm report, Dec 28, 10:44 AM EST, 53 minutes before

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Local storm report, Dec 28, 10:50 AM EST, 47 minutes before

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Local storm report, Dec 28, 11:08 AM EST, 29 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
Dec 28, 12:50 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Henderson	3 hr
Dec 28, 2:18 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Transylvania	4 hr
Dec 28, 2:41 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Graham, Swain	9 hr
Dec 28, 3:10 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Macon	4 hr
Dec 28, 3:40 AM EST	Areal Flood Warning	GSP	Henderson, Transylvania	23 hr
Dec 28, 3:57 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Jackson	4 hr
Dec 28, 4:38 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Haywood	10 hr
Dec 28, 5:46 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Buncombe	4 hr
Dec 28, 6:09 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Yancey	5 hr
Dec 28, 6:12 AM EST	River Flood Advisory	GSP	Swain	18 hr
Dec 28, 6:12 AM EST	River Flood Advisory	GSP	Swain	13 hr
Dec 28, 6:18 AM EST	River Flood Advisory	GSP	Buncombe	12 hr
Dec 28, 6:31 AM EST	River Flood Advisory	GSP	Haywood	12 hr
Dec 28, 6:45 AM EST	River Flood Advisory	GSP	Buncombe	17 hr
Dec 28, 6:46 AM EST	Areal Flood Warning	GSP	Macon	18 hr
Dec 28, 7:06 AM EST	Areal Flood Warning	GSP	Jackson	17 hr
Dec 28, 7:09 AM EST	River Flood Warning	GSP	Buncombe, Henderson	4 days
Dec 28, 7:11 AM EST	Areal Flood Warning	GSP	Buncombe	18 hr
Dec 28, 7:23 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Avery, Burke, Caldwell, McDowell, Mitchell	6 hr
Dec 28, 7:39 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Madison	5 hr
Dec 28, 9:08 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Henderson, Polk, Rutherford	6 hr
Dec 28, 9:25 AM EST	River Flood Warning	GSP	Madison	39 hr
Dec 28, 9:35 AM EST	River Flood Warning	GSP	Buncombe	14 hr
Dec 28, 10:12 AM EST	River Flood Advisory	GSP	Madison	24 hr
Dec 28, 10:17 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Burke, McDowell	3 hr
Dec 28, 11:02 AM EST	Areal Flood Warning	GSP	Yancey	6 hr
Dec 28, 11:17 AM EST	Areal Flood Warning	GSP	Burke, Caldwell, McDowell	12 hr
Dec 28, 11:38 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Graham, Swain	18 hr
Dec 28, 12:14 PM EST	River Flood Warning	GSP	Madison	10 hr
Dec 28, 12:28 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Gaston	32 min
Dec 28, 12:33 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Madison	6 hr
Dec 28, 12:51 PM EST	River Flood Warning	GSP	Swain	11 hr
Dec 28, 1:25 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Cabarrus, Mecklenburg, Union	35 min
Dec 28, 1:41 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Union	49 min
Dec 28, 1:52 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Mitchell	6 hr
Dec 28, 2:13 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Alexander	5 hr
Dec 28, 2:50 PM EST	Areal Flood Warning	GSP	Henderson, Polk, Rutherford	12 hr
Dec 28, 5:01 PM EST	River Flood Advisory	GSP	Cleveland	26 hr
Dec 28, 5:51 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Alexander, Burke, Caldwell, Catawba, McDowell	41 hr
Dec 28, 5:59 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Oconee	10 hr
Dec 28, 11:54 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Laurens, Union	36 min
Dec 28, 12:13 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Greenwood	32 min
Dec 28, 1:05 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Chester	25 min
Dec 28, 1:29 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Chester	16 min
Dec 28, 5:01 PM EST	River Flood Advisory	GSP	Cherokee, York	26 hr
Dec 28, 6:21 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Oconee	39 hr
Dec 28, 3:02 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Habersham, Rabun	4 hr
Dec 28, 6:35 AM EST	Areal Flood Warning	GSP	Habersham, Rabun	21 hr

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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.