Alert archive / North Carolina / Flash Flood Warnings in 1990
Flash Flood Warning 32, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this flash flood warning at Oct 10, 1990, 9:08 PM EDT for Union County, North Carolina. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 10, 1990, 9:08 PM EDT (01:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 11, 1990, 1:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Union 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
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 237 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
- 1733 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 550 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 184 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 254 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.0
- Supercell composite
- 8.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KCLT 110108
FFWCLT
NCC179-110515-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SMALL STREAM AND URBAN FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLOTTE NC
908 PM EDT WED OCT 10 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLOTTE HAS ISSUED A
SMALL STREAM AND URBAN FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 115 AM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
...UNION
FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED IN UNION COUNTY BY THE UNION COUNTY
COMMUNICATIONS CENTER. THE AREA OF MOST IMMINENT CONCERN IS IN THE
IMMEDIATE VICINITY OF STALLINGS NEAR THE MATTHEWS AND INDIAN TRAIL
ROAD SECTION AND ALONG SECREST/SHORT CUT ROAD. THESE AREAS ARE LOCATED
ABOUT 14 AIR MILES EAST OF THE CITY OF CHARLOTTE. REPORTS WERE ALSO
RECEIVED BY THE COMMUNICATIONS CENTER OF SEVERAL INCHES OF WATER
COVERING DIPS IN ROADS AND OVER A FEW LOW BRIDGES NEAR STREAMS FROM
SEVERAL OTHER SECTIONS AROUND THE COUNTY. UNION COUNTY RESIDENTS ARE
ADVISED TO CONTACT THE COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS CENTER OR LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCIES TO REPORT ADDITIONAL FLOODING OR TO OBTAIN INFORMATION WHERE
SHELTERS ARE BEING SET UP.
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.
MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING 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.
RNMWhat 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, Oct 10, 6:25 PM EDT, 2 hours 43 minutes before
NCZ007-008-014-110200 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLOTTE NC 625 PM EDT WED OCT 10 1990 ...HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUES OVER CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA... AT 600 THIS EVENING NEARLY 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN AT DOUGLAS AIRPORT AND NUMEROUS ROADS THROUGHOUT THE AREA ARE EXPERIENCING WATER OVERRRUNING ONTO STREETS AND HIGHWAYS. ALL MOTORISTS IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF METROLINA CHARLOTTE SHOULD EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION AS HYDROPLANNING ON ROADS CAN EASILY OCCUR. AN ADDITIONAL HAZARD IS THE LOWERED VISIBILITY IN THE RAIN AND FOG. THE VISIBILITY WAS AVERAGING AROUND 1 MILE BUT THERE ARE LIKELY POCKETS IN AREAS WHERE THE VISIBILITY WILL BE LOWER. THUS FAR THIS EVENING...NO FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED FOR THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT OR FOOTHILLS...BUT THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY OVER THE MIDLANDS OF SOUTH CAROLINA IS CAUSING FLOODING IN THAT AREA. SHOULD THESE STORMS REMAIN INTACT AS THEY MOVE NORTH...THERE IS A POSSIBILITY OF SOME FLOODING LATER TONIGHT. THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 1000 THIS EVENING UNLESS FLOODING IS REPORTED. RNM
Special weather statement, Oct 10, 8:49 PM EDT, 19 minutes before
NCZ 007-009-010-011-012-013-110230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ASHEVILLE NC 845 PM EDT WED OCT 10 1990 ...FLOOD WATCH THROUGH TONIGHT FOR THE FOOTHILLS AND NORTHERN MOUNTAINS OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... AT 840 PM EDT LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN WAS FALLING OVER MUCH OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL OCCUR AS A SURGE OF TROPICAL MOISTURE CONTINUES MOVING NORTH FROM FLORIDA THROUGH THE CAROLINAS. RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH IN THE 3 TO 5 INCH RANGE WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS UP TO 7 INCHES POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT. RAIN TOTALS GENERALLY RANGED BETWEEN 1/2 AND 1 AND 1/2 INCHES ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS SINCE EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...THE CENTRAL SECTIONS OF SOUTH CAROLINA RECEIVED UP TO 7 INCHES THIS EVENING WHILE THE CHARLOTTE AREA REPORTED UP TO AROUND 3 INCHES. REMEMBER...A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT FLOODING IS POSSIBLE IN THE WATCH AREA. PEOPLE IN THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS SHOULD STAY ALERT FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. BE PREPARED TO TAKE QUICK ACTION SHOULD FLOODING BE OBSERVED OR A FLOOD WARNING ISSUED. DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE DANGER OF FLOODING IN THE MOUNTAINS OR THE FOOTHILLS. HEAVY RAINFALL IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME WILL CAUSE WATER LEVELS TO RISE RAPIDLY IN SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS. THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BEFORE 11 PM EDT. CC
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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.