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Areal Flood Advisory 9, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

February 16, 2021Cabarrus County, North Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this areal flood advisory at Feb 16, 2021, 2:52 AM EST for Cabarrus County, North Carolina. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

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The facts

Issued: Feb 16, 2021, 2:52 AM EST (07:52 UTC)
Expired: Feb 16, 2021, 2:32 PM EST
In force: 12 hr
Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Cabarrus County, NC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 162 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:56 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 areal flood advisory 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 areal flood advisory went out at Feb 16, 1:15 AM EST, 1 hour 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 16, 1:15 AM EST, 1 hour 37 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 16, 12:04 AM EST, 2 hours 48 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Feb 15, 10:10 PM EST, 4 hours 42 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 15, 10:10 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Cleveland	110 min
Feb 15, 10:54 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Mecklenburg	4 hr
Feb 15, 11:23 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Rowan	4 hr
Feb 16, 12:12 AM EST	River Flood Advisory	GSP	Gaston	24 hr
Feb 16, 5:08 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Rowan	17 hr
Feb 16, 2:48 PM EST	Winter Storm Watch	GSP	Alexander, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell and 21 more	13 hr
Feb 15, 7:16 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Abbeville, Greenwood	29 min
Feb 15, 8:06 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Chester	24 min

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.