Flood Advisory
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg SC ยท US
Details
Flood Advisory In Effect Until 415 AM EDT Early This Morning
- 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
East Central Buncombe County in western North Carolina... West Central McDowell County in western North Carolina... Southeastern Yancey County in western North Carolina...
When
Until 415 AM EDT.
Impacts
Minor flooding in low-lying and poor drainage areas.
Additional details
- At 1211 AM 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 2.5 inches of rain have fallen. - Some locations that will experience flooding include... B.R. Parkway-Craggy To Little Switzerland, Mount Mitchell State Park, B.R. Parkway-Little Switzerland To Linville, Montreat, Busick, Little Switzerland and Woodlawn. - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
Instructions
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the dangers of flooding.
Affected areas
- Buncombe County, NC
- McDowell County, NC
- Yancey County, NC
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg SC
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~21s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M367FNJ6PDFBGNHTRJMV2WNE
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.e1d6b2d1c66a0d2de718878854c75a178b8828fc.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.6051
- 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 230413 |
| NWSheadline | FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 AM EDT EARLY THIS MORNING |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| VTEC | /O.NEW.KGSP.FA.Y.0121.260923T0413Z-260923T0815Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-23T04:15:00-04:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Buncombe County, NC
- McDowell County, NC
- Yancey County, NC
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 037021 |
| SAME | 037111 |
| SAME | 037199 |
| UGC | NCC021 |
| UGC | NCC111 |
| UGC | NCC199 |
- Polygons
- 35.85,-82.14 35.84,-82.14 35.84,-82.15 35.82,-82.14 35.82,-82.12 35.84,-82.1 35.85,-82.1 35.85,-82.06 35.8,-81.98 35.61,-82.26 35.71,-82.34 35.85,-82.14