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Flash Flood Watch 1, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

February 5, 202028 counties in North Carolina; 8 counties in South Carolina; 6 counties in Georgia

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this flash flood watch at Feb 5, 2020, 4:20 AM EST for 28 counties in North Carolina; 8 counties in South Carolina; 6 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Feb 5, 2020, 6:00 PM EST. It was in force for 30 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 5, 2020, 4:20 AM EST (09:20 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 5, 2020, 6:00 PM EST
Expired: Feb 7, 2020, 12:00 AM EST
In force: 30 hr
Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Flood severity: None

All 42 counties

Elbert County, GA, Franklin County, GA, Habersham County, GA, Hart County, GA, Rabun County, GA, Stephens County, GA, Alexander County, NC, Avery County, NC, Buncombe County, NC, Burke County, NC, Cabarrus County, NC, Caldwell County, NC, Catawba County, NC, Cleveland County, NC, Davie County, NC, Gaston County, NC, Graham County, NC, Haywood County, NC, Henderson County, NC, Iredell County, NC, Jackson County, NC, Lincoln County, NC, Macon County, NC, Madison County, NC, McDowell County, NC, Mecklenburg County, NC, Mitchell County, NC, Polk County, NC, Rowan County, NC, Rutherford County, NC, Swain County, NC, Transylvania County, NC, Union County, NC, Yancey County, NC, Abbeville County, SC, Anderson County, SC, Cherokee County, SC, Chester County, SC, Greenwood County, SC, Laurens County, SC, Union County, SC, York County, SC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood watch 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 flash flood watch went out at Feb 5, 3:38 AM EST, 42 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 5, 3:38 AM EST, 42 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 4, 9:33 PM EST, 6 hours 47 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
Feb 5, 3:13 PM EST	River Flood Warning	GSP	Henderson, Transylvania	4 days
Feb 5, 3:36 PM EST	River Flood Advisory	GSP	Buncombe, Henderson	4 days
Feb 5, 3:42 PM EST	River Flood Advisory	GSP	Buncombe	57 hr
Feb 5, 5:23 PM EST	River Flood Warning	GSP	Gaston	4 days
Feb 5, 5:47 PM EST	River Flood Advisory	GSP	Swain	24 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Watches in North Carolina, 2020 Flash Flood Watches in South Carolina, 2020 Flash Flood Watches in Georgia, 2020 Every flash flood watch in 2020

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.