Alert archive / North Carolina / Flash Flood Warnings in 1990
Flash Flood Warning 64, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this flash flood warning at Oct 25, 1990, 5:41 PM EDT for Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 25, 1990, 5:41 PM EDT (21:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 25, 1990, 8:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Mecklenburg 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 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 125 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
- 1129 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 40 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 92 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KCLT 252147
FFWCLT
NCC119-260045-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLOTTE NC
541 PM EDT THU OCT 25 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLOTTE HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 845 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
...MECKLENBURG
AT 540PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED WIDESPREAD MODERATE TO HEAVY
RAINS CONTINUING TO FALL OVER MECKLENBURG COUNTY. THE RAINS THAT HAVE
FALLEN DURING THE DAY TODAY HAVE CAUSED FLOODING OF CHOATE CIRCLE IN
THE CAROWINDS AREA OF SOUTHERN CHARLOTTE AND POLICE HAVE CLOSED THIS
ROAD OFF TO TRAFFIC. ELSEWHERE HIGHWAY 160 AT STEELE CREEK NEAR
PINEVILLE IN SOUTHERN MECKLENBURG COUNTY REMAINS CLOSED DUE TO
FLOODING. RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO THE NIGHT TONIGHT.
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 HIGHER GROUND 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 SAPOTS IF WATER COVERS
THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A
SMALL ONE...ON FOOT.
JDSWhat 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 25, 12:28 PM EDT, 5 hours 13 minutes before
NCZ008-251730- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLOTTE NC 1220 PM EDT THU OCT 25 19990 ...THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING SMALL HAIL IN ADDITION TO VERY HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS OVER AND THE SURROUNDING PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA... SMALL HAIL OCCURRED AT 1207 PM EDT ALONG HIGHWAY 160 JUST SOUTH OF THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLOTTE. AT 1212 PM AN AMATEUR RADIO OPERATOR REPORTED ONE QUARTER INCH HAIL IN SOUTH CHARLOTTE. ANOTHER AMATEUR RADIO OPERATOR OBSERVED PEA SIZE HAIL IN CHARLOTTE AT I-77 AND BROOKSHIRE FREEWAY AT 1217 PM. THUNDERSTORMS WITH SMALL HAIL... GUSTY WINDS... BRIEF HEAVY PERIODS OF RAIN WHICH WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND DEADLY LIGHTNING WILL CONTINUE ACROSS MECKLENBURG... CABARRUS AND UNION COUNTIES OF NORTH CAROLINA UNTIL AFTER 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON. ... ACTION ITEM... DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE NOR WALK THROUGH FLOODED AREAS. AND... BE ALERT BSHOULD THE WIND BECOME GUSTY IN YOUR AREA. WITH THE GROUND ALREADY SATURATED TREES COULD EASILY TUMBLE OVER IN GUSTY WINDS AND EVEN DURING HEAVY RAIN. RK
Special weather statement, Oct 25, 12:38 PM EDT, 5 hours 3 minutes before
NCZ007-009-010-011-012-013-252000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ASHEVILLE NC 1238 AM EDT THU OCT 25 1990 ...MIXED PRECIPITATION CONTINUES ACROSS WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... A MIXED BAG OF PRECIPITATION CONTINUES TO OCCUR ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA THIS AFTERNOON. RAIN WAS THE WEATHER WORD FOR MOST LOCATIONS BELOW 4000 FEET IN ELEVATION. IN THE IN THE 4000 TO 5000 FOOT LEVEL PRECIPITATION TENDED TO BE IN THE FORM OF RAIN AND SNOW MIXED WITH SOME SLEET. HEAVIER ACCUMMULATIONS OF SNOW WERE MAINLY CONFINED TO ELEVATIONS ABOVE 5500 FEET. MT PISGAH AT 5721 FEET REPORTED A LITTLE OVER AN INCH OF SNOW ON THE GROUND AT NOON. WHILE MT MITCHELL AT 6684 FEET REPORTED AROUND 8 INCHES. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO USE EXTREME CAUTION WHILE DRIVING IN THE HIGHER MOUNTAIN ELEVATIONS THIS AFTERNOON. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IS MONITORING THIS WEATHER SITUATION VERY CLOSELY AND WILL ISSUE STATEME\NTS AS CONDITIONS WARRANT. COLE
Local storm report, Oct 25, 2:52 PM EDT, 2 hours 49 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLOTTE NC 255 PM EDT THU OCT 25 1990 ...STEWART CREEK AT HOSKINS ROAD OUT OF ITS BANKS AND OVER THE ROAD. HOSKINS ROAD CLOSED. THIS IS WITHIN THE CITY OF C4HARLOTTE... NORTHERN MOST SECTION AND NORTH OF I-85. RK
Local storm report, Oct 25, 4:01 PM EDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLOTTE NC 400 PM EDT THU OCT 25 1990 ... CORRECTION TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING ISSUED EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON FOR STANLY COUNTY OF NORTH CAROLINA... TIME OF THE NICKEL SIZE HAIL IN LOCUST WAS GIVEN AS 1302... THIS IS INCORRECT... THE TIME SHOULD HAVE BEEN 130 AND THAT IS EDT. LATE REPORT... STANLY COUNTY COMMS CENTER PERSONNEL REPORTED SEVERAL OCCURRENCES OF HAIL UP TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL IN WESTERN STANLY COUNTY BETWEEN 130 AND 145. RK
Special weather statement, Oct 25, 5:10 PM EDT, 31 minutes before
NCZ 007-009-010-011-012-013-260000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ASHEVILLE NC 510 PM EDT THU OCT 25 1990 ...A VARIETY OF WEATHER IS AROUND WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA TONIGHT... ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS UP UNTIL 11 PM FOR THE NORTHERN FOOTHILLS AREA WHICH INCLUDES MCDOWELL...BURKE AND CALDWELL COUNTIES. RAINFALL THERE HAS BEEN AN INCH OR LESS. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL BE WATCHING THESE COUNTIES CLOSELY. RAIN WILL BE THE RULE IN MOST PLACES TONIGHT BUT IT WILL BE MIXED WITH SNOW AT TIMES. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO TWO INCHES IA LIKELY AT ELEVATIONS ABOVE 300 FEET. SOME SPOTS GOT HEAVY SNOW THURSDAY AFTERNOON UP IN THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS. MT. MITCHELL CHECKED IN WITH NEARLY A FOOT/11 INCHES/. BEECH MT. IN WATAUGA COUNTY MEASURED 7 INCHES AND SUGAR MT. NEAR BANNER ELK IN AVERY COUNTY HAD 4 INCHES. ALL THE PRECIPITATION WILL BE TAPERING OFF LATER TONIGHT AND IS EXPECTED TO END ENTIRELY BEFORE SUNUP FRIDAY. WINDY AND COLD WEATHER THAT SWEPT IN THURSDAY WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT AND FRIDAY NIGHT . FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IN THE FORECAST FOR TONIGHT AND AGAIN FRIDAY NIGHT. THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 8 OCLOCK TONIGHT . SCOTT
Special weather statement, Oct 25, 5:18 PM EDT, 23 minutes before
NCZ 007-009-010-011-012-013-260000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION FOR ELEVATION IS PARAGRAPH 3 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ASHEVILLE NC 515 PM EDT THU OCT 25 1990 ...A VARIETY OF WEATHER IS AROUND WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA TONIGHT... ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS UP UNTIL 11 PM FOR THE NORTHERN FOOTHILLS AREA WHICH INCLUDES MCDOWELL...BURKE AND CALDWELL COUNTIES. RAINFALL THERE HAS BEEN AN INCH OR LESS. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL BE WATCHING THESE COUNTIES CLOSELY. RAIN WILL BE THE RULE IN MOST PLACES TONIGHT BUT IT WILL BE MIXED WITH SNOW AT TIMES. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO TWO INCHES ARE LIKELY AT ELEVATIONS ABOVE 3000 FEET. SOME SPOTS GOT HEAVY SNOW THURSDAY AFTERNOON UP IN THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS. MT. MITCHELL CHECKED IN WITH NEARLY A FOOT/11 INCHES/. BEECH MT. IN WATAUGA COUNTY MEASURED 7 INCHES AND SUGAR MT. NEAR BANNER ELK IN AVERY COUNTY HAD 4 INCHES. ALL THE PRECIPITATION WILL BE TAPERING OFF LATER TONIGHT AND IS EXPECTED TO END ENTIRELY BEFORE SUNUP FRIDAY. WINDY AND COLD WEATHER THAT SWEPT IN THURSDAY WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT AND FRIDAY NIGHT . FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IN THE FORECAST FOR TONIGHT AND AGAIN FRIDAY NIGHT. THE NEXT STAT'EMENT WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 8 OCLOCK TONIGHT. SCOTT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 25, 12:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg | 69 min |
| Oct 25, 1:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Stanly | 51 min |
| Oct 25, 1:46 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg | 4 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in North 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.