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River Flood Warning 24, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

May 20, 2020Cleveland County, North Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this river flood warning at May 20, 2020, 12:24 AM EDT for Cleveland County, North Carolina. It took effect at May 20, 2020, 2:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 56 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 20, 2020, 12:24 AM EDT (04:24 UTC)
In effect from: May 20, 2020, 2:00 AM EDT
Expired: May 22, 2020, 10:08 AM EDT
In force: 56 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 04:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Broad River above Sandy Run Ck, 3 SSW Boiling Springs (BSPN7).

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 May 19, 10:40 PM EDT, 1 hour 44 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 19, 10:40 PM EDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 19, 8:07 PM EDT, 4 hours 17 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 19, 6:52 PM EDT, 5 hours 32 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 19, 9:26 PM EDT, 2 hours 58 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
May 19, 8:33 PM EDT	River Flood Advisory	GSP	Cleveland	5 hr
May 19, 8:53 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Buncombe, Henderson, Polk, Rutherford	3 hr
May 19, 10:00 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	McDowell	3 hr
May 19, 10:25 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Avery, Burke, Caldwell, McDowell	3 hr
May 20, 1:13 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Burke, Caldwell	12 hr
May 20, 8:24 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Transylvania	10 hr
May 20, 8:33 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Gaston, Mecklenburg	60 hr
May 20, 8:54 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Henderson, Polk	9 hr
May 20, 9:58 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	GSP	Henderson, Transylvania	54 hr
May 20, 10:16 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Henderson	5 hr
May 20, 11:26 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Buncombe, McDowell, Rutherford	6 hr
May 20, 12:20 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	GSP	Buncombe, Henderson, Rutherford	6 hr
May 20, 12:39 PM EDT	River Flood Advisory	GSP	Buncombe, Henderson	12 hr
May 20, 12:43 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	GSP	McDowell	6 hr
May 20, 2:29 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Mecklenburg	3 hr
May 20, 3:32 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Henderson	14 hr
May 20, 5:53 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Cabarrus, Mecklenburg	13 hr
May 20, 6:32 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Transylvania	32 hr
May 20, 6:51 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	GSP	McDowell	6 hr
May 19, 8:28 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Greenville, Spartanburg	21 hr
May 19, 8:33 PM EDT	River Flood Advisory	GSP	Cherokee, York	12 hr
May 20, 4:21 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Anderson	6 hr
May 20, 4:38 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Greenville	6 hr
May 20, 5:39 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Abbeville	36 min
May 20, 5:55 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	GSP	Anderson, Greenville	6 hr
May 20, 6:07 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Abbeville	38 min
May 20, 6:56 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Laurens	49 min
May 20, 11:05 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	GSP	Anderson, Greenville	25 hr
May 20, 11:40 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	GSP	Greenville	27 hr
May 20, 11:52 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	GSP	Anderson	6 hr
May 20, 3:18 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	GSP	Cherokee, York	45 hr
May 20, 6:13 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Greenville, Spartanburg	18 hr
May 20, 5:38 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Hart	4 hr

Nearby

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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.