Alert archive / North Carolina / Flash Flood Warnings in 1990
Flash Flood Warning 18, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this flash flood warning at Mar 16, 1990, 11:13 PM EST for Watauga County, North Carolina. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 16, 1990, 11:13 PM EST (04:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 17, 1990, 1:15 AM EST
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Watauga County, NC
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 00:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 162 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 162 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -13 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 949 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 186 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 298 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KAVL 170413
FFWAVL
NCC189-170615-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ASHEVILLE NC
1113 PM EST FRI MAR 16 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 115 AM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY
IN THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
WATAUGA
SHOWERS AND TBUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN HAVE CAUSED MINOR
FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND IN LOW LYING 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.
MOOREWhat forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Mar 16, 7:19 PM EST, 3 hours 54 minutes before
SCZ001>004-170200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 720 PM EST FRI MAR 16 1990 ...SOME SEVERE WEATHER CONTINUES TO BE REPORTED FROM THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WHICH IS MOVING TOWARD THE UPSTATE... AT 715 PM EST THE LINE OF STORMS STRETCHED FROM NORTH OF ATHENS TO NEAR MACON AND CONTINUED MOVING EAST ABOUT 30 MPH. THE NORTHERN END OF THE LINE COULD AFFECT OCONEE COUNTY IN SOUTH CAROLINA AROUND 800 PM...AND THE MOST INTENSE PART OF THE LINE COULD AFFECT THE ANDERSON/ABBEVILLE COUNTIES AREA BETWEEN 800 PM AND 900 PM. IT IS NOT CLEAR WHETHER THIS LINE OF STORMS WILL MAINTAIN SEVERITY. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL CAREFULLY MONITOR THE PROGESS 3OF THIS WEATHER SYSTEM. IN ADDITION...FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS COULD BECOME NECESSARY IN PARTS OF THE UPSTATE DURING THE EVENING. JONES
Special weather statement, Mar 16, 8:20 PM EST, 2 hours 53 minutes before
NCZ 010-011-012-013-170315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ASHEVILLE NC 820 PM EST FRI MAR 17 1990 AT 810 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHERN MACON COUNTY. THIS WAS PART OF A LINE OF STORMS EXTENDING SOUTHWARD THROUGH WESTERN SOUTH CAROLINA AND EASTERN GEORGIA. THE LINE WAS MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS MACON..JACKSON..TRANSYLVANIA..HENDERSON.. POLK AND RUTHERFORD COUNTIES DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. THESE MAY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN IN ADDITION TO DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. HM
Local storm report, Mar 16, 9:13 PM EST, 2 hours before
STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 912 PM EST FRI MAR 16 1990 902 PM......NORTH END OF CITY OF GREENWOOD...SOME TREES BLOWN DOWN. WAJ
Special weather statement, Mar 16, 9:24 PM EST, 1 hour 49 minutes before
NCZ007-008-170400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLOTTE NC 920 PM EST FRI MAR 16 1990 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR SECTION OF THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA INCLUDING CLEVELAND...GASTON AND MECKLENBURG COUNTIES. THE WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR PORTION OF SOUTH CAROLINA INCLUDING THE COUNTIES OF CHEROKEE..YORK...CHESTER AND LANCASTER COUNTIES. A FLODD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR TONIGHT AND SATURDAY FOR THE NORTHERN FOOTHILLS INCLUDING CATAWBA COUNTY. AT 915 PM EST WEATHER RADAR SHOWES A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDS FROM NEAR ASHVILLE NORTH CAROLINA SOUTH TO NEAR GREENVILLE SOUTH CAROLINA. THIS AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT ABOUT 50 MPH AND WILL BE MOVING INTO CLEVELAND COUNTY BETWEEN 1000PM AND 1100 PM. STRONG GUSTY WIND...HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND POSSIBLE HAIL COULD ACCOMPANY THESE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG WITH SOME FLOODING. CONTINUE TO LISTEN TO YOUR LOCTAL RADIO...TV OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENT. THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY 1100 PM OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS WORSEN JPW
Special weather statement, Mar 16, 10:16 PM EST, 57 minutes before
NCZ007-008-170500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLOTTE NC 1015 PM EST FRI MAR 16 1990 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR SECTION OF THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA INCLUDING CLEVELAND...GASTON AND MECKLENBURG COUNTIES. THE WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR PORTION OF SOUTH CAROLINA INCLUDING THE COUNTIES OF CHEROKEE..YORK...CHESTER AND LANCASTER COUNTIES. A FLODD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR TONIGHT AND SATURDAY FOR THE NORTHERN FOOTHILLS INCLUDING CATAWBA COUNTY. AT 1010 PM EST WEATHER RADAR SHOWES A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN EXTENDS NORTH TO SOUTH ACROSS RUTHERFDORD COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ENTERING CLEVELAND COUNTY BY 1030 PM EST. NO REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER HAVE BEEN RECIEVED BUT VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND INTENSE LIGHTNING WERE REPORTED. ANOTHER AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS IN YORK AND CHESTER COUNTIES OF SOUTH CAROLINA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AND COULD AFFECT THE CHARLOTTE AREA AROUND 1100 PM. STRONG GUSTY WIND...HEAVY DOWNPOURS COULD ACCOMPANY THESE THUNDER STORMS ALONG WITH SOME FLOODING. CONTINUE TO LISTEN TO YOUR LOCAL RADIO...TV OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENT. THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY MIDNIGHT PM OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS WORSEN JPW
Special weather statement, Mar 16, 11:01 PM EST, 12 minutes before
NCZ007-008-170500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLOTTE NC 1055 PM EST FRI MAR 16 1990 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR SECTION OF THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA INCLUDING GASTON AND MECKLENBURG COUNTIES. THE WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR PORTION OF SOUTH CAROLINA INCLUDING THE COUNTIES OF CHEROKEE..YORK...CHESTER AND LANCASTER COUNTIES. A FLODD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR TONIGHT AND SATURDAY FOR THE NORTHERN FOOTHILLS INCLUDING CATAWBA COUNTY. AT 1050 PM EST WEATHER RADAR SHOWES A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN IN GASTON COUNTY MOVING INTO MECKLENBURG COUNTY. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM CATAWBA COUNTY SOUTH INTO SOUTH CAROLINA NEAR COLUMBIA. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AROUND 40 MPH. NO REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER HAVE BEEN RECIEVED BUT VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND INTENSE LIGHTNING WERE REPORTED. STRONG GUSTY WIND...HEAVY DOWNPOURS COULD ACCOMPANY THESE THUNDER STORMS ALONG WITH SOME FLOODING. CONTINUE TO LISTEN TO YOUR LOCAL RADIO...TV OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENT. THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 1230 AM OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS WORSEN JPW
The office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 16, 7:10 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Graham, Jackson, Macon, Swain | 3 hr |
| Mar 16, 7:10 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Cherokee, Clay | 3 hr |
| Mar 16, 9:11 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Henderson, Polk, Rutherford | 64 min |
| Mar 16, 9:44 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Henderson | 2 hr |
| Mar 16, 10:11 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Caldwell | 2 hr |
| Mar 17, 3:19 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Macon | 3 hr |
| Mar 17, 3:49 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Watauga | 2 hr |
Nearby
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Sources
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.