Flood Warning for Cleveland, NC; Cherokee, SC
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What: Minor flooding is forecast. Impacts: At 15.0 to 16.0 feet, Action Stage Flooding continues. Areas of Buffalo Creek may flood due to backwater effects. The Broad River may also be flooding River Rd. and Little Hope Rd. near US 29. Adjacent farmland and low-lying area flooding is continuing. Where: (English)...
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Caution is urged when walking near riverbanks. 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 this evening before 1100 PM EDT.
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...The National Weather Service in Greenville-Spartanburg has issued a Flood Warning for the following rivers in South Carolina...North Carolina... (English) Broad River Near at Shelby Hwy (SC 18), 4 W Blacksburg affecting Cherokee and Cleveland Counties. * WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast. * WHERE...(English) Broad River near at Shelby Hwy (SC 18), 4 W Blacksburg. * WHEN...From this afternoon to Monday afternoon. * IMPACTS...At 15.0 to 16.0 feet, Action Stage Flooding continues. Areas of Buffalo Creek may flood due to backwater effects. The Broad River may also be flooding River Rd. and Little Hope Rd. near US 29. Adjacent farmland and low-lying area flooding is continuing. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... At 8:00 AM EDT Sunday the stage was 15.1 feet and rising. Bankfull stage is 13.0 feet. Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage late this afternoon to a crest of 16.7 feet this evening. It will then fall below flood stage just after midnight tonight. Flood stage is 16.0 feet. http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
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Flood Warning issued October 11 at 8:30AM EDT until October 12 at 2:00PM EDT by NWS Greenville-Spartanburg SC
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Publisher: Weather Alert Watch. Primary source: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg SC. This page reorganizes official fields and does not add a forecast or expand the affected area.
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