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Areal Flood Warning 14, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

October 7, 2021Anderson County, South Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this areal flood warning at Oct 7, 2021, 9:16 AM EDT for Anderson County, South Carolina. It was in force for 7 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Oct 7, 2021, 9:16 AM EDT (13:16 UTC)
Expired: Oct 7, 2021, 3:50 PM EDT
In force: 7 hr
Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County Anderson County, SC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:20 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 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 areal flood warning went out at Oct 6, 5:17 PM EDT, 15 hours 59 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 6, 5:17 PM EDT, 15 hours 59 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 6, 4:51 PM EDT, 16 hours 25 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
Oct 7, 12:20 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Avery, Caldwell	2 hr
Oct 7, 6:40 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Buncombe, Haywood, Henderson, Transylvania	3 hr
Oct 7, 6:59 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Transylvania	5 hr
Oct 7, 7:08 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Jackson, Macon, Transylvania	3 hr
Oct 7, 7:34 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	GSP	Buncombe, McDowell, Rutherford	7 hr
Oct 7, 8:10 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	GSP	Henderson, Rutherford	3 hr
Oct 7, 9:05 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Burke	55 min
Oct 7, 9:25 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	GSP	Burke, McDowell	5 hr
Oct 7, 9:41 AM EDT	River Flood Advisory	GSP	Buncombe, Henderson	3 days
Oct 7, 9:41 AM EDT	River Flood Advisory	GSP	Buncombe	17 hr
Oct 7, 9:46 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	GSP	Henderson, Transylvania	68 hr
Oct 7, 10:53 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Transylvania	6 hr
Oct 7, 11:03 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	GSP	Burke	6 hr
Oct 7, 11:19 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	GSP	Henderson, Rutherford	6 hr
Oct 7, 11:49 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Henderson, Polk	8 hr
Oct 7, 1:02 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Macon, Swain	8 hr
Oct 7, 2:01 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	GSP	Burke, McDowell	4 hr
Oct 7, 5:47 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Greenville	43 min
Oct 7, 6:16 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	GSP	Anderson	3 hr
Oct 7, 7:45 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Abbeville	3 hr
Oct 7, 8:59 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	GSP	Abbeville	3 hr
Oct 7, 9:42 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Greenwood	63 min
Oct 7, 10:21 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	GSP	Greenwood	4 hr
Oct 7, 12:03 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	GSP	Abbeville	6 hr
Oct 7, 3:38 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Habersham, Rabun	37 min
Oct 7, 4:21 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Habersham, Rabun	2 hr
Oct 7, 4:45 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Elbert, Hart	3 hr
Oct 7, 6:12 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	GSP	Elbert, Hart	3 hr
Oct 7, 6:26 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Habersham, Rabun	4 hr
Oct 7, 8:26 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	GSP	Rabun	6 hr
Oct 7, 9:11 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	GSP	Elbert, Hart	35 hr
Oct 7, 10:39 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	GSP	Habersham	7 hr
Oct 7, 4:30 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Hart	3 hr

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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.