Flood Advisory
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg SC ยท US
Details
Flood Advisory In Effect Until 630 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
Northern Graham County in western North Carolina... West Central Swain County in western North Carolina...
When
Until 630 PM EDT.
Impacts
Minor flooding in low-lying and poor drainage areas. Some low-water crossings may become impassable.
Additional details
- At 422 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain due to thunderstorms. Overflowing poor drainage areas will cause minor flooding in the advisory area. Between 1 and 2 inches of rain have fallen. - Some locations that will experience flooding include... Town Of Santeetlah, Fontana Village, Smoky Mountains- Twentymile Creek, Lake Santeetlah, Fontana Lake, Smoky Mountains-Fontana Area, Tapoco and Deals Gap. - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
Instructions
Only when it is safe to do so, please report flooding or landslides threatening roads or property to the National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg by calling 1...800...2 6 7...8 1 0 1, by posting on our Facebook page, or by posting on X using hashtag NWSGSP. Your message should describe the specific location, address, or intersection where impacts occurred and the depth of flooding observed. Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. In hilly terrain there are hundreds of low water crossings which are potentially dangerous in heavy rain. Do not attempt to cross flooded roads. Find an alternate route. Flooding is occurring or is imminent. It is important to know where you are relative to streams, rivers, or creeks which can become killers in heavy rains. Campers and hikers should avoid streams or creeks.
Affected areas
- Graham County, NC
- Swain County, NC
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg SC
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~33s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M37Z053RYY40GC0A18PS3WAQ
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.17cc76e45a9c7ae6cfbf89aea2f8b0e6bbefc9d5.001.1
- 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.3711
- 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 232023 |
| NWSheadline | FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM EDT THIS EVENING |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| VTEC | /O.NEW.KGSP.FA.Y.0122.260923T2023Z-260923T2230Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-23T18:30:00-04:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Graham County, NC
- Swain County, NC
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 037075 |
| SAME | 037173 |
| UGC | NCC075 |
| UGC | NCC173 |
- Polygons
- 35.46,-83.95 35.47,-83.94 35.48,-83.91 35.52,-83.88 35.52,-83.83 35.55,-83.79 35.44,-83.61 35.35,-83.91 35.33,-84.03 35.35,-84.04 35.35,-84.02 35.37,-84.01 35.39,-84.01 35.41,-84.02 35.41,-84.01 35.44,-83.99 35.45,-83.97 35.46,-83.96 35.46,-83.95