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River Flood Warning 1, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

January 8, 2024Buncombe County, Henderson County, North Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this river flood warning at Jan 8, 2024, 2:51 PM EST for Buncombe County, Henderson County, North Carolina. It took effect at Jan 9, 2024, 12:00 PM EST. It was in force for 4 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 8, 2024, 2:51 PM EST (19:51 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 9, 2024, 12:00 PM EST
Expired: Jan 13, 2024, 10:04 AM EST
In force: 4 days
Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Buncombe County, NC, Henderson County, NC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point French Broad River at Old Fanning Bridge Rd, 3 W Fletcher (FLCN7). The gauge peaked at 15.31 ft at Jan 10, 2024, 5:00 AM EST.

Action stage: 10 ft
Minor stage: 13 ft
Moderate stage: 17 ft
Major stage: 20 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03447687, 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 Jan 8, 9:52 AM EST, 4 hours 59 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 8, 9:52 AM EST, 4 hours 59 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
Jan 8, 3:57 AM EST	High Wind Warning	GSP	Avery, Graham, Haywood, Jackson, Madison, Mitchell and 2 more	39 hr
Jan 8, 3:57 AM EST	Wind Advisory	GSP	Alexander, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell and 22 more	57 hr
Jan 8, 4:52 AM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	GSP	Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Henderson, Jackson and 6 more	26 hr
Jan 8, 4:57 AM EST	Flood Watch	GSP	Alexander, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell and 19 more	37 hr
Jan 8, 2:51 PM EST	River Flood Warning	GSP	Henderson, Transylvania	4 days
Jan 8, 3:28 PM EST	River Flood Warning	GSP	Gaston	3 days
Jan 8, 3:48 PM EST	River Flood Warning	GSP	Cleveland	53 hr
Jan 8, 4:32 PM EST	River Flood Advisory	GSP	Madison	24 hr
Jan 8, 4:32 PM EST	River Flood Advisory	GSP	Buncombe	3 days
Jan 8, 4:51 PM EST	River Flood Advisory	GSP	Haywood	28 hr
Jan 8, 5:09 PM EST	River Flood Advisory	GSP	Cherokee, York	23 hr
Jan 8, 5:35 PM EST	River Flood Advisory	GSP	Greenville, Pickens	53 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in North Carolina, 2024 Every river flood warning in 2024

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.