Flash Flood Warning 14, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

Issued

Mar 16, 1990, 7:10 PM EST (00:10 UTC)

Expired

Mar 16, 1990, 10:15 PM EST

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

Area

Whole counties

Counties Graham County, NC, Jackson County, NC, Macon County, NC, Swain County, NC

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED 
FLASH FLOOD WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ASHEVILLE NC
710 PM EST FRI MAR 16 1990

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING 
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1015 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTIES

   IN THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
      CHEROKEE...CLAY...MACON...JACKSON...GRAHAM...SWAIN

MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE
WARNING AREA HAS CAUSED SMALL STREAMS TO RISE.  WEATHER SERVICE
RADAR SHOWS THAT THE RAIN WILL CONTINUE FOR A FEW MORE HOURS
RESULTING IN THE FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS.  IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED,
ACT QUICKLY.  MOVE UP TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS.  DO NOT STAY IN AREAS
SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS
IMMINENT.  MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.  DO NOT
ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES, DIPS OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY.  NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM, EVEN A SMALL ONE,
ON FOOT.  TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.

MOORE

In the hours before

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREER SC
125 PM EST FRI MAR 16 1990

HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS PRODUCED MORE THAN ONE AND A HALF INCHES OF
RAIN IN OCONEE COUNTY OF SOUTH CAROLINA DURING THE LATE MORNING
HOURS. MS BRANDT...THE OFFICIAL WEATHER OBSERVER IN WALHALLA...
REPORTED 1.7 INCHES OF RAINFALL BETWEEN 7AM AND 1PM TODAY.
MUSGROVE

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREER SC
215 PM EST FRI MAR 16 1990

...THUNDERSTORMS WEAKEN OVER THE SOUTH CAROLINA UPSTATE...

AT 215 THIS AFTERNOON A BAND OF HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS EXTENDED
ACROSS GREENVILLE..PICKENS..ANDERSON..AND ABBEVILLE COUNTIES
OF THE PALMETTO STATE..WITH MOSTLY LIGHT RAIN FALLING OVER THE
REMAINING UPSTATE COUNTIES. THE SHOWERS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST
ABOUT 20 MILES AN HOUR.

THE RAINO WAS INDICATED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING..BECOMING
HEAVY AT TIMES..OVER NORTHWESTERN SOUTH CAROLINA.
MUSGROVE

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREER SC
310 PM EST FRI MAR 16 1990

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR THE SOUTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS
   TONIGHT AND SATURDAY...

AT 315 THIS AFTERNOON WEATHER RADAR NOTED A ONE TO TWO HOUR BREAK
IN THE RAIN ACROSS NORTHEASTERN GEORGIA AND THROUGH OCONEE COUNTY
OF SOUTH CAROLINA. ELSEWHERE...LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN WAS FALLING
IN THE UPSTATE AREAS OF THE PALMETTO STATE...WITH& A FEW HEAVY RAIN
SHOWERS IN GREENVILLE AND SPARTANBURG COUNTIES.

THE RAIN WAS MOVING NORTHEAST...WITH LITTLE CHANGE.
MUSGROVE

Flash Flood Warnings in North Carolina, 1990Every flash flood warning in 1990

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.