Alert archive / South Carolina / Flash Flood Warnings in 1990
Flash Flood Warning 34, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this flash flood warning at Oct 12, 1990, 9:38 AM EDT for Spartanburg County, South Carolina. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 12, 1990, 9:38 AM EDT (13:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 12, 1990, 11:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Spartanburg County, SC
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
Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 12:00Z, 1.6 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 624 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 97 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 191 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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TTAA00 KGSP 121338
FFWGSP
SCC083-121545-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREER SC
938 AM EDT FRI OCT 12 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1145 AM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY
IN THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
SPARTANBURG
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR HAS BEEN
REPORTED. TAKE THE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND
PROPERTY IMMEDIATELY.
THE SPARTANBURG COUNTY EMERGENCY PREPARDNESS OFFICE HAS REPORTED
SEVERAL SMALL STREAMS FLOODED AROUND AND SOUTH OF SPARTANBURG.
A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WAS INDICATED BY RADAR
THROUGH SPARTANBURG COUNTY AT 930 THIS MORNING...MOVING NORTHEAST.
LOWLAND AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING SHOULD BE EVACUATED. PEOPLE
IN AREAS THAT ARE PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY
RISING WATER .. AND GO TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
AVOID ALREADY FLOODED AREAS. TRAVELERS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT
TO CROSS FLOODED ROADS. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS .. LEAVE IT
IMMEDIATELY AND GO TO HIGHER GROUND.
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL UPSTATE COUNTIES
OF SOUTH CAROLINA TODAY.
MUSGROV~EWhat 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 12, 5:49 AM EDT, 3 hours 49 minutes before
NCZ 007-009-010-011-012-013-131245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ASHEVILLE NC 545 AM EDT FRI OCT 12 1990 ...FLOOD WATCH CONTINUE IN EFFECT FOR TODAY AND TONIGHT FOR THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... THE FLOOD WATCH FOR THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS OF WESTHERN NORTH CAROLINA HAS BEEN EXTENDED THROUGH TONIGHT. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN WILL OCCUR AS THE REMAINS OF TROPICAL STORM MARCO MOVE TO NORTHERN GEORGIA BY LATE TODAY OR EARLY TONIGHT. LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN HAS FALLEN OFF AND ON OVER WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA SINCE MIDNIGHT. ALTHOUGH THE PRECIPITATION HAS BEEN MOSTLY LIGHT...THE THREAT FOR HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES TODAY AND TONIGHT FOR THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWS HEAVY RAIN OVER THE UPSTATE AREA OF SOUTH CAROLINA CONTINUES TO MOVE NORTH AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. RAINFALL TOTALS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE STILL POSSIBLE IN PORTIONS OF THE WATCH AREA OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS. PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TODAY AND TONIGHT FOR THE POSSIBLITY OF FLOODING. BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF FLOODING OCCURS OR IF A WARNING IS ISSUED. THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BEFORE 6 AM EDT. USSERY
Special weather statement, Oct 12, 5:51 AM EDT, 3 hours 47 minutes before
NCZ 007-009-010-011-012-013-131245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ASHEVILLE NC 545 AM EDT FRI OCT 12 1990 ...FLOOD WATCH CONTINUE IN EFFECT FOR TODAY AND TONIGHT FOR THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... THE FLOOD WATCH FOR THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS OF WESTHERN NORTH CAROLINA HAS BEEN EXTENDED THROUGH TONIGHT. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN WILL OCCUR AS THE REMAINS OF TROPICAL STORM MARCO MOVE TO NORTHERN GEORGIA BY LATE TODAY OR EARLY TONIGHT. LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN HAS FALLEN OFF AND ON OVER WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA SINCE MIDNIGHT. ALTHOUGH THE PRECIPITATION HAS BEEN MOSTLY LIGHT...THE THREAT FOR HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES TODAY AND TONIGHT FOR THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWS HEAVY RAIN OVER THE UPSTATE AREA OF SOUTH CAROLINA CONTINUES TO MOVE NORTH AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. RAINFALL TOTALS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE STILL POSSIBLE IN PORTIONS OF THE WATCH AREA OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS. PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TODAY AND TONIGHT FOR THE POSSIBLITY OF FLOODING. BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF FLOODING OCCURS OR IF A WARNING IS ISSUED. USSERY
Special weather statement, Oct 12, 9:27 AM EDT, 11 minutes before
SCZ001>004-121400-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
925 AM EDT FRI OCT 12 1990
...RAIN AND STORMS SLIPPING NORTHEAST...
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH TODAY THROUGHOUT THE SOUTH CAROLINA UPSTATE...
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CANCELLED FOR GREENWOOD COUNTY...
AT 925 THIS MORNING A BAND OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTOMS WAS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN OVER THE SOUTH CAROLINA PIEDMONT AND EASTERN FOOTHILLS.
THE SHOWERS NEAR GREENWOOD HAVE WEAKENED AND THE FLOOD PROBLEMS THERE
ARE EXPECTED TO SLOWLY SUBSIDE.
THE BACK EDGE OF THE PRECIPITATION WAS INCIDTAED BY RADAR FROM
TABLE ROCK TO EASLEY TO GREENWOOD. ALONG THIS LINE THE WINDS HAVE
BECOME STRONG AND GUSTY AS THE RAIN TAPERED OFF. A BRIEF GUST OF
46 MILES AN HOUR WAS REPORTED AT THE ANDERSON AIRPORT AND STRONG
WINDS OCCURRED NEAR EASLEY DURING THE PAST HOUR.
.
THUNDERSTORMS WITH STRON GUSTY WINDS AND jLOCALLY HEAVY RAIN
CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG THE I-85 CORRIDOR DURING THE NEXT TWO
HOURS FROM GREENVILLE TO BLACKSBURG.
MUSGROVEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 12, 6:24 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Greenwood | 3 hr |
| Oct 12, 5:33 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Cherokee | 117 min |
| Oct 12, 5:52 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Spartanburg, Union | 2 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in South Carolina, 1990Every flash flood warning in 1990
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.