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WGUS82 KGSP 121506
FLSGSP
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1106 AM EDT MON OCT 12 2026
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES 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 LATE TONIGHT BEFORE MIDNIGHT EDT.
NCC089-175-130400-
/O.EXT.KGSP.FL.W.0003.000000T0000Z-261013T0400Z/
/BLAN7.1.ER.261011T0515Z.261012T0400Z.261012T1907Z.NO/
1106 AM EDT MON OCT 12 2026
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL LATE TONIGHT
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...FRENCH BROAD RIVER AT AT GROVE BRIDGE RD IN BLANTYRE.
* WHEN...UNTIL LATE TONIGHT.
* 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 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.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 9:00 AM EDT MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 17.0 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 15.0 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS ENDING
AT 9:00 AM EDT MONDAY WAS 17.7 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE
THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE FALLING GRADUALLY OVER THE COURSE OF
THE WEEK.
- MINOR FLOOD STAGE IS 16.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 17.0
FEET ON 05/16/1976.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 3538 8257 3537 8250 3529 8254 3521 8267
3526 8274 3534 8261
JCW
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