Flood Advisory issued October 11 at 6:36AM EDT until October 11 at 8:45AM EDT by NWS Greenville-Spartanburg SC
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* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues. * WHERE...Cherokee County in upstate South Carolina... * WHEN...Until 845 AM EDT. * IMPACTS...Nuisance flooding of low-lying areas adjacent to streams and other poor-drainage areas, including farmland, parks, greenways, boat-access areas, golf courses, underpasses, and parking lots. Isolated, shallow flows over roadways is possible. A few flood-prone, low-water crossings may become impassible. A small culvert washout or two is possible. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 631 AM EDT, Doppler radar indicated torrential rainfall has entered eastern Cherokee County, with additional 1-2" possible over the next hour. This rainfall is occurring on top of saturated soils due to a prolonged period of light to moderate showers that have occurred over the county since yesterday morning. Widespread, storm-total rainfall of the 2.5-3.5 inches fell yesterday. The rainfall has accumulated steadily, allowing soils to slowly saturate and runoff to slowly increase, resulting in steady rises in small streams. However, this brief period of torrential rainfall may cause more rapid rises to develop, especially near Chesnee in the headwaters of Thicketty Creek, Zekial Creek, Little Horse Creek, and Suck Creek as well as in city of Gaffney at the headwaters of Peoples Creek, Limestone Creek, and Irene Creek. Isolated out-of-bank conditions impacting low-lying areas adjacent to streams are likely occurring. - Some locations that will experience flooding include... Gaffney, Cowpens, Blacksburg, Pacolet Mills, Grover, Cowpens National Battlefield, Kings Mountain State Park, Crowders Mountain State Park, Draytonville and Cherokee Falls. - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the dangers of flooding. Be aware of your surroundings and do not drive on flooded roads.
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- NWS — active weather alerts (Storm)
- Location
- SC, US
- Severity
- Minor
- area
- Cherokee, SC
- event
- Flood Advisory
- onset
- 2026-10-11T06:36:00-04:00
- states
- ["SC"]
- urgency
- Expected
- certainty
- Likely
- effective
- 2026-10-11T06:36:00-04:00
- message id
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.8c1b6bbc942fbc0019087f4b07dc9e94747409ed.001.1
- references
- ["urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.dafbcd401a7b1bc90d39ea98a1284375c91e43a8.001.1"]
- instruction
- Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the dangers of flooding. Be aware of your surroundings and do not drive on flooded roads.
- message type
- Update
- freshness minutes
- 60
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