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River Flood Warning 6, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

February 6, 2020Swain County, North Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this river flood warning at Feb 6, 2020, 10:15 AM EST for Swain County, North Carolina. It took effect at Feb 6, 2020, 12:19 PM EST. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 6, 2020, 10:15 AM EST (15:15 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 6, 2020, 12:19 PM EST
Expired: Feb 6, 2020, 11:50 PM EST
In force: 12 hr
Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Swain County, NC

The radar

The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Oconaluftee River below Contesky Dr, in Birdtown (BIRN7). The gauge peaked at 9.66 ft at Feb 6, 2020, 3:00 PM EST.

Action stage: 8 ft
Minor stage: 10 ft
Moderate stage: 12 ft
Major stage: 13 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03512000, 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 Feb 6, 6:39 AM EST, 3 hours 36 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 6, 6:39 AM EST, 3 hours 36 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 6, 4:00 AM EST, 6 hours 15 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Feb 6, 8:24 AM EST, 1 hour 51 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
824 AM EST THU FEB 6 2020

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0815 AM     HEAVY RAIN       1 N GRANITE FALLS       35.82N 81.43W
02/06/2020  M3.11 INCH       CALDWELL           NC   PUBLIC

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OUTLAW

Local storm report, Feb 6, 8:43 AM EST, 1 hour 32 minutes before

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Local storm report, Feb 6, 9:05 AM EST, 1 hour 10 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
905 AM EST THU FEB 6 2020

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0901 AM     FLASH FLOOD      DACUSVILLE              34.94N 82.56W
02/06/2020                   PICKENS            SC   AMATEUR RADIO

            FREEMAN ROAD,NEAR THE INTERSECTION WITH HIGHWY 186, UNDER
            WATER WITH PART OF THE ROAD WASHED OUT.

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SWILKINS

Local storm report, Feb 6, 9:19 AM EST, 56 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
919 AM EST THU FEB 6 2020

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0910 AM     FLASH FLOOD      MARIETTA                35.03N 82.49W
02/06/2020                   GREENVILLE         SC   AMATEUR RADIO

            STREAMS FLOWING OUT OF THEIR BANKS ALONG PACE BRIDGE
            ROAD.

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SWILKINS

Local storm report, Feb 6, 9:59 AM EST, 16 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
959 AM EST THU FEB 6 2020

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0920 AM     HEAVY RAIN       3 NW TIGERVILLE         35.09N 82.41W
02/06/2020  M5.89 INCH       GREENVILLE         SC   COCORAHS

            STORM TOTAL RAIN REPORT.

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SWILKINS

Local storm report, Feb 6, 10:02 AM EST, 13 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, 11:43 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Madison	47 min
Feb 6, 12:20 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Buncombe, Mitchell, Yancey	25 min
Feb 6, 3:16 AM EST	Flash Flood Warning	GSP	Graham, Swain	8 hr
Feb 6, 5:52 AM EST	Flash Flood Warning	GSP	Macon	10 hr
Feb 6, 6:13 AM EST	Flash Flood Warning	GSP	Haywood, Jackson	10 hr
Feb 6, 6:27 AM EST	Flash Flood Warning	GSP	Transylvania	10 hr
Feb 6, 6:45 AM EST	Flash Flood Warning	GSP	Henderson	9 hr
Feb 6, 6:51 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Macon	24 min
Feb 6, 7:21 AM EST	Flash Flood Warning	GSP	Polk, Rutherford	12 hr
Feb 6, 9:01 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Polk	44 min
Feb 6, 9:21 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Burke, McDowell	72 min
Feb 6, 9:48 AM EST	Tornado Warning	GSP	Cleveland, Gaston, Lincoln	27 min
Feb 6, 10:08 AM EST	Tornado Warning	GSP	Catawba, Lincoln	42 min
Feb 6, 10:09 AM EST	River Flood Warning	GSP	Swain	22 hr
Feb 6, 10:22 AM EST	Flash Flood Warning	GSP	Burke, Caldwell, McDowell	5 hr
Feb 6, 10:27 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Alexander, Cabarrus, Catawba, Cleveland, Davie, Gaston and 4 more	14 hr
Feb 6, 10:32 AM EST	River Flood Warning	GSP	Buncombe	11 hr
Feb 6, 10:40 AM EST	Flash Flood Warning	GSP	Alexander, Catawba, Cleveland, Gaston, Lincoln	10 hr
Feb 6, 10:43 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Davie, Iredell, Rowan	47 min
Feb 6, 10:45 AM EST	River Flood Warning	GSP	Madison	46 hr
Feb 6, 10:45 AM EST	River Flood Warning	GSP	Buncombe, Henderson	48 hr
Feb 6, 10:45 AM EST	River Flood Warning	GSP	Buncombe	32 hr
Feb 6, 10:46 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Cleveland, Gaston, Lincoln, Mecklenburg	59 min
Feb 6, 10:47 AM EST	Tornado Warning	GSP	Davie, Rowan	43 min
Feb 6, 10:55 AM EST	Tornado Warning	GSP	Cleveland, Gaston	35 min
Feb 6, 10:57 AM EST	Flash Flood Warning	GSP	Graham, Swain	10 hr
Feb 6, 11:04 AM EST	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	GSP	Cabarrus, Gaston, Mecklenburg	41 min
Feb 6, 11:22 AM EST	Tornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threat	GSP	Cabarrus, Gaston, Mecklenburg	38 min
Feb 6, 11:28 AM EST	Tornado Warning	GSP	Cabarrus, Mecklenburg	32 min
Feb 6, 11:43 AM EST	Tornado Warning	GSP	Cabarrus, Rowan	32 min
Feb 6, 11:51 AM EST	River Flood Advisory	GSP	Cleveland	12 hr
Feb 6, 11:58 AM EST	River Flood Advisory	GSP	Haywood	4 hr
Feb 6, 12:02 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Cabarrus, Gaston, Mecklenburg, Union	43 min
Feb 6, 12:11 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Cabarrus, Davie, Gaston, Mecklenburg, Rowan, Union	3 hr
Feb 6, 12:12 PM EST	Tornado Warning	GSP	Mecklenburg, Union	33 min
Feb 6, 12:34 PM EST	Tornado Warning	GSP	Cabarrus	9 min
Feb 6, 1:23 PM EST	River Flood Warning	GSP	Cleveland	32 hr
Feb 6, 1:36 PM EST	River Flood Warning	GSP	Madison	44 hr
Feb 6, 1:54 PM EST	Flash Flood Warning	GSP	Mecklenburg, Union	6 hr
Feb 6, 2:03 PM EST	Flash Flood Warning	GSP	Gaston	7 hr
Feb 6, 3:18 PM EST	Areal Flood Warning	GSP	Burke, Caldwell	19 hr
Feb 6, 3:32 PM EST	Flash Flood Warning	GSP	Macon	4 hr
Feb 6, 3:54 PM EST	Areal Flood Warning	GSP	Henderson	6 hr
Feb 6, 4:20 PM EST	Areal Flood Warning	GSP	Haywood, Jackson	6 hr
Feb 6, 4:30 PM EST	Areal Flood Warning	GSP	McDowell	6 hr
Feb 6, 4:48 PM EST	Areal Flood Warning	GSP	Cabarrus	18 hr
Feb 6, 5:02 PM EST	Areal Flood Warning	GSP	Rowan	6 hr
Feb 6, 5:23 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Chester	37 min
Feb 6, 5:40 AM EST	Flash Flood Warning Emergency	GSP	Oconee, Pickens	14 hr
Feb 6, 5:51 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Greenville	24 min
Feb 6, 5:59 AM EST	Flash Flood Warning	GSP	Greenville	13 hr
Feb 6, 7:44 AM EST	Flash Flood Warning	GSP	Spartanburg	12 hr
Feb 6, 8:27 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Anderson	101 min
Feb 6, 9:15 AM EST	River Flood Warning	GSP	Greenville, Pickens	50 hr
Feb 6, 10:03 AM EST	Flash Flood Warning	GSP	Anderson, Greenville, Pickens	9 hr
Feb 6, 10:24 AM EST	Tornado Warning	GSP	Cherokee, Spartanburg	20 min
Feb 6, 10:28 AM EST	Tornado Warning	GSP	Anderson	17 min
Feb 6, 10:48 AM EST	Tornado Warning	GSP	Anderson, Greenville, Laurens	27 min
Feb 6, 11:04 AM EST	Flash Flood Warning EmergencyCatastrophic damage threat	GSP	Pickens	12 hr
Feb 6, 11:08 AM EST	Tornado Warning	GSP	Abbeville, Anderson	37 min
Feb 6, 11:15 AM EST	Tornado Warning	GSP	Greenville, Laurens, Spartanburg	30 min
Feb 6, 11:37 AM EST	Tornado Warning	GSP	Laurens	23 min
Feb 6, 11:43 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Abbeville, Greenville, Greenwood, Laurens, Spartanburg, Union	5 hr
Feb 6, 11:45 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Abbeville, Greenville, Greenwood, Laurens, Spartanburg, Union	5 hr
Feb 6, 11:51 AM EST	River Flood Advisory	GSP	Cherokee, York	12 hr
Feb 6, 11:59 AM EST	Tornado Warning	GSP	Laurens	31 min
Feb 6, 12:47 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Abbeville, Anderson, Greenwood	28 min
Feb 6, 12:59 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Abbeville, Anderson, Greenville, Greenwood, Laurens	46 min
Feb 6, 1:24 PM EST	Tornado Warning	GSP	Abbeville, Greenwood	51 min
Feb 6, 1:27 PM EST	Flash Flood Warning	GSP	Abbeville, Greenwood	8 hr
Feb 6, 1:38 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Laurens	37 min
Feb 6, 2:20 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Chester	40 min
Feb 6, 3:10 PM EST	River Flood Warning	GSP	Anderson, Greenville	48 hr
Feb 6, 3:11 PM EST	Flash Flood Warning EmergencyCatastrophic damage threat	GSP	Greenville	6 hr
Feb 6, 3:18 PM EST	River Flood Warning	GSP	Cherokee, York	37 hr
Feb 6, 6:55 PM EST	Flash Flood Warning	GSP	Greenville	2 hr
Feb 6, 5:30 AM EST	Flash Flood Warning	GSP	Habersham, Rabun	11 hr
Feb 6, 7:40 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Franklin	35 min
Feb 6, 8:36 AM EST	Flash Flood Warning	GSP	Franklin, Stephens	7 hr
Feb 6, 8:41 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Hart	86 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in North Carolina, 2020 Every river flood warning 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.