Flood Advisory
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg SC ยท US
Details
Flood Advisory In Effect Until 1130 PM EDT This Evening
- Event
- Flood Advisory
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Minor
- Certainty
- Likely
- Response
- Avoid
Description
What
Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected.
Where
Cherokee County in upstate South Carolina...
When
Until 1130 PM EDT.
Impacts
Minor flooding in low-lying and poor drainage areas.
Additional details
- At 733 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain due to thunderstorms. Minor flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly in the advisory area. Between 1 and 1.5 inches of rain have fallen with rain rates of 2 to 3 inches per hour noted at times. - Some locations that will experience flooding include... Gaffney, Blacksburg, Draytonville, Cherokee Falls, Thicketty and Saratt. - Locations along Pacelot Highway, Baker Road, and Blue Branch Road could see minor flooding develop. - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
Instructions
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. Be aware of your surroundings and do not drive on flooded roads.
Affected areas
- Cherokee County, SC
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg SC
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~42s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M35QTKPEYRN092HGEEH9RXK1
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.2d1c46ff39aebd6c28191d73598276caad0101db.001.1
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Scope
- Public
- CAP source
- 211803 v2.3.0
- Handling codes
- IPAWSv1.0
- Issuing office
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg SC
- AWIPS ID
- CAPGSP
- NWWS sequence
- nwws_processor.9237
- WMO heading
- XOUS52
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- United States (US)
- WMO bulletin number
- 52
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | NWS |
| NationalWeatherService | FAY |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | FLSGSP |
| WMOidentifier | WGUS82 KGSP 222339 |
| NWSheadline | FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 PM EDT THIS EVENING |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| VTEC | /O.NEW.KGSP.FA.Y.0112.260922T2339Z-260923T0330Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-22T23:30:00-04:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Cherokee County, SC
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 045021 |
| UGC | SCC021 |
- Polygons
- 34.87,-81.53 34.88,-81.54 34.87,-81.54 34.89,-81.59 34.87,-81.62 34.88,-81.64 34.9,-81.65 34.9,-81.68 34.91,-81.68 34.91,-81.7 34.93,-81.73 34.93,-81.75 34.99,-81.78 35.18,-81.71 35.17,-81.52 35.08,-81.53 34.96,-81.49 34.94,-81.49 34.94,-81.47 34.87,-81.47 34.87,-81.53