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River Flood Warning 7, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

September 5, 2022Henderson County, Transylvania County, North Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this river flood warning at Sep 5, 2022, 10:01 AM EDT for Henderson County, Transylvania County, North Carolina. It took effect at Sep 5, 2022, 2:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 63 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 5, 2022, 10:01 AM EDT (14:01 UTC)
In effect from
Sep 5, 2022, 2:00 PM EDT
Expired
Sep 8, 2022, 4:52 AM EDT
In force
63 hr
Issued by
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Henderson County, NC, Transylvania County, NC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:02 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 French Broad River at Grove Bridge Rd, in Blantyre (BLAN7).

Action stage
15 ft
Minor stage
16 ft
Moderate stage
19 ft
Major stage
23 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03443000, 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 Sep 5, 6:59 AM EDT, 3 hours 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 5, 6:59 AM EDT, 3 hours 2 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 4, 5:10 PM EDT, 16 hours 51 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
510 PM EDT Sun Sep 4 2022

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-NCZ051-052-058-059-062>065-507-509-SCZ101>106-
052115-
Rabun-Habersham-Stephens-Franklin-Hart-Swain-Haywood-Graham-
Northern Jackson-Macon-Southern Jackson-Transylvania-Henderson-
Rutherford Mountains-Polk Mountains-Oconee Mountains-
Pickens Mountains-Greenville Mountains-Greater Oconee-
Greater Pickens-Central Greenville-
510 PM EDT Sun Sep 4 2022

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northeast Georgia, western
North Carolina and upstate South Carolina.

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazards.

   Flood Watch.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazards.

   Flood Watch.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation may be needed. Please relay any information about
observed severe weather to the NWS while following all local, state,
and CDC guidelines.

GAZ029-NCZ033-048>050-053-501>506-508-510-SCZ010-107>109-052115-
Elbert-Avery-Madison-Yancey-Mitchell-Buncombe-Caldwell Mountains-
Greater Caldwell-Burke Mountains-Greater Burke-McDowell Mountains-
Eastern McDowell-Greater Rutherford-Eastern Polk-Anderson-
Southern Greenville-Northern Spartanburg-Southern Spartanburg-
510 PM EDT Sun Sep 4 2022

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northeast Georgia, western
North Carolina and upstate South Carolina.

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

Scattered showers with embedded thunder will develop across the
mountains and foothills of North Carolina this evening. Some of
these storms may produce torrential rainfall possibly leading to
localized flooding. Gusty winds and cloud to ground lightning are the
main potential impacts with this activity.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday.

Scattered showers with embedded thunder will develop across the
mountains and foothills of North Carolina again on Monday. Some of
these storms may produce torrential rainfall possibly leading to
localized flooding. Gusty winds and cloud to ground lightning are
the main potential impacts with this activity.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

None.

NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-082-SCZ008-009-011>014-019-052115-
Alexander-Iredell-Davie-Catawba-Rowan-Cleveland-Lincoln-Gaston-
Mecklenburg-Cabarrus-Union NC-Cherokee-York-Abbeville-Laurens-
Union SC-Chester-Greenwood-
510 PM EDT Sun Sep 4 2022

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for piedmont North Carolina and
upstate South Carolina.

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

Isolated to scattered thunderstorms will develop across the Piedmont
of the Carolinas and northeast Georgia this evening. The main hazard
with any of these storms will be cloud to ground lightning and gusty
outflow winds.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday.

Scattered thunderstorms will develop across the Piedmont of the
Carolinas and northeast Georgia again on Monday. The main hazard
with any of these storms will be cloud to ground lightning, gusty
outflow winds, and minor localized flooding from heavy downpours.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

None.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 5, 7:37 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPTransylvania12 hr
Sep 5, 8:06 AM EDTRiver Flood AdvisoryGSPHenderson, Transylvania2 hr
Sep 5, 8:44 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPBuncombe, Henderson, Polk, Rutherford8 hr
Sep 5, 9:05 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPJackson, Macon8 hr
Sep 5, 9:43 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPAvery, Burke, Caldwell, McDowell, Mitchell, Rutherford and 1 more6 hr
Sep 5, 10:10 AM EDTRiver Flood AdvisoryGSPBuncombe, Henderson40 hr
Sep 5, 11:02 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningGSPBuncombe, McDowell, Rutherford4 hr
Sep 5, 11:12 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningGSPHenderson, Polk, Transylvania4 hr
Sep 5, 11:37 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPJackson, Transylvania4 hr
Sep 5, 11:53 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPBurke, Caldwell, Cleveland, McDowell, Rutherford4 hr
Sep 5, 12:50 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningGSPBurke, Caldwell, McDowell, Rutherford3 hr
Sep 5, 2:59 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPBuncombe, McDowell, Rutherford2 hr
Sep 5, 4:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPMecklenburg65 min
Sep 5, 5:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPUnion54 min
Sep 5, 6:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPUnion57 min
Sep 5, 7:11 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPTransylvania6 hr
Sep 5, 3:06 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPOconee3 hr
Sep 5, 10:50 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningGSPOconee4 hr
Sep 5, 1:01 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPPickens3 hr
Sep 5, 2:14 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPOconee6 hr
Sep 5, 8:16 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPHabersham, Rabun6 hr
Sep 5, 2:42 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningGSPRabun5 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.