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Flood Watch 2, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

September 16, 202016 counties in North Carolina; 8 counties in South Carolina; 6 counties in Georgia

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this flood watch at Sep 16, 2020, 4:28 AM EDT for 16 counties in North Carolina; 8 counties in South Carolina; 6 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Sep 17, 2020, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Sep 16, 2020, 4:28 AM EDT (08:28 UTC)
In effect from: Sep 17, 2020, 8:00 AM EDT
Expired: Sep 16, 2020, 5:14 AM EDT
In force
Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Flood severity: None

All 30 counties

Elbert County, GA, Franklin County, GA, Habersham County, GA, Hart County, GA, Rabun County, GA, Stephens County, GA, Cabarrus County, NC, Catawba County, NC, Cleveland County, NC, Davie County, NC, Gaston County, NC, Henderson County, NC, Iredell County, NC, Jackson County, NC, Lincoln County, NC, Macon County, NC, Mecklenburg County, NC, Polk County, NC, Rowan County, NC, Rutherford County, NC, Transylvania County, NC, Union 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), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:32 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 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 flood watch went out at Sep 16, 4:04 AM EDT, 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 16, 4:04 AM EDT, 24 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
Sep 16, 5:14 AM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	GSP	Alexander, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell, Catawba, Cleveland and 14 more	39 hr

Nearby

Flood Watches in North Carolina, 2020 Flood Watches in South Carolina, 2020 Flood Watches in Georgia, 2020 Every 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.