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River Flood Advisory 13, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

February 10, 2020Swain County, North Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this river flood advisory at Feb 10, 2020, 3:25 PM EST for Swain County, North Carolina. It took effect at Feb 10, 2020, 9:00 PM EST. It was in force for 20 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 10, 2020, 3:25 PM EST (20:25 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 10, 2020, 9:00 PM EST
Expired
Feb 11, 2020, 5:00 PM EST
In force
20 hr
Issued by
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Swain County, NC

The radar

The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:25 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 Tuckasegee River below Everett St, in Bryson City (TKSN7). The gauge peaked at 8.57 ft at Feb 11, 2020, 1:00 PM EST.

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Action stage
8 ft
Minor stage
10 ft
Moderate stage
13.5 ft
Major stage
15.5 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03513000, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 10, 9:17 AM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPGaston, Mecklenburg55 hr
Feb 10, 2:43 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningGSPHenderson, Transylvania63 hr
Feb 10, 3:01 PM ESTFlash Flood WatchGSPGraham, Haywood, Jackson, Macon, Swain, Transylvania23 hr
Feb 10, 3:16 PM ESTRiver Flood AdvisoryGSPBuncombe, Henderson34 hr

Nearby

River Flood Advisories in North Carolina, 2020Every river flood advisory 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.