Flash Flood Warning 46, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

Issued

Oct 12, 1990, 5:55 PM EDT (21:55 UTC)

Expired

Oct 12, 1990, 8:00 PM EDT

In force

2 hr

Issued by

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

Area

Whole counties

County Cleveland 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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FFWCLT
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BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLOTTE NC
555 PM EDT FRI OCT 12 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLOTTE HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  800 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
 
IN WEST NORTH CAROLINA
          ...CLEVELAND
 
THE CLEVELAND COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS CENTER HAS REPORTED SOME URBAN
FLOODING IN CLEVELAND COUNTY. THE CHARLOTTE WEATHER DETECTED SOME VERY
HEAVY SHOWERS OCCURRING OVER CLEVELAND COUNTY AT 600 THIS EVENING
WHICH WILL ADD TO THE FLOODING ALREADY OCCURRING. THE HEAVIEST
INTENSITY WAS OBSERVED FROM SHELBY WEST TO BOILING SPRINGS. THIS AREA
IS ABOUT 40 AIR MILES WEST OF CHARLOTTE.
 
 
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY.  THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO
CROSS SAFELY.  VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE
ABANDONED QUICKLY.  MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
 
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.
RNM

In the hours before

SCZ001>004-122145-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
447 AM EDT FRI OCT 12 1990

...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMD CONTINUE OVER THE UPSTATE AREA...

AT 435 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF RAIN OVER THE UPSTATE.
THE HEAVEST RAIN WAS IN WEST CHEROKEE COUNTY SOUTHWEST OF GAFFNEY AND
IN GREENVILLE COUNTY JUST SOUTH OF THE CITY OF GREENVILLE. THE STORMS
WERE MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 20 MPH.

RAINFALL AMOUNTHS OF 1.5 INCHES AN HOUR HAVE BEEN REPORTED THIS
AFTERNOON WITH THESE STORMS...THIS MAY CAUSE MORE FLOODING IN
THE UPSTATE AREA. LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNING
AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION IF A WARNING IS ISSUED.
VALVERDE

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.