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WGUS82 KGSP 120250
FLSGSP
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1050 PM EDT SUN OCT 11 2026
...THE FLOOD WARNING IS EXTENDED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN NORTH
CAROLINA...
FRENCH BROAD RIVER AT AT GROVE BRIDGE RD IN BLANTYRE AFFECTING
HENDERSON AND TRANSYLVANIA COUNTIES.
.EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM WIDESPREAD 4 TO 6 INCHES OF STORM TOTAL
RAINFALL WILL MAINTAIN FLOODING ALONG THE FRENCH BROAD RIVER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES OR DRIVE CARS
THROUGH FLOODED AREAS.
FOR DETAILED INFORMATION INCLUDING OBSERVED AND FORECAST STAGES,
FLOOD IMPACTS, FLOOD HISTORY, FEMA FLOOD HAZARD LAYERS, AND MORE,
PLEASE VISIT: HTTPS://WATER.NOAA.GOV/WFO/GSP
THE NEXT STATEMENT SHOULD BE ISSUED MONDAY MORNING BEFORE 1100 AM
EDT.
NCC089-175-121500-
/O.EXT.KGSP.FL.W.0003.000000T0000Z-261013T0831Z/
/BLAN7.1.ER.261011T0515Z.261012T0600Z.261012T2031Z.NO/
1050 PM EDT SUN OCT 11 2026
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL LATE MONDAY NIGHT
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...FRENCH BROAD RIVER AT GROVE BRIDGE RD IN BLANTYRE.
* WHEN...UNTIL LATE MONDAY NIGHT.
* IMPACTS...AT 17.0 FEET, MINOR FLOODING CONTINUES. FLOODWATERS
CONTINUE TO INUNDATE FARMLAND BETWEEN THE FRENCH BROAD RIVER AND
THE OLD RAILROAD BED. FLOODWATERS MAY START TO INUNDATE THE
SHOULDERS OF RIVER ROAD NEAR THE BIG WILLOW ROAD INTERSECTION.
FLOODWATERS CONTINUE TO IMPACT BOAT ACCESS AREAS AT GROVE BRIDGE
RD. AND CRAB CREEK RD. AT 18.0 FEET, MINOR FLOODING CONTINUES.
WIDESPREAD FARMLAND FLOODING BETWEEN THE FRENCH BROAD RIVER AND THE
OLD RAILROAD BED IS ONGOING. THE RIVER MAY BE OVERTOPPING THE OLD
RAILROAD BED NEAR FODDERSTACK MOUNTAIN RD. AND RIVER RIDGE RD. THE
INTERSECTION OF RIVER RD. AND BIG WILLOW RD. IS INUNDATED WITH
SEVERAL INCHES OF WATER.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 10:30 PM EDT SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 17.7 FEET AND SLOWLY RISING.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 15.0 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS ENDING
AT 10:30 PM EDT SUNDAY WAS 17.7 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 17.8 FEET
JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE
TOMORROW AFTERNOON.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 16.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 17.8
FEET ON 01/03/1937.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 3538 8257 3537 8250 3529 8254 3521 8267
3526 8274 3534 8261
ARK
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