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Flash Flood Warning 6, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this flash flood warning at Apr 28, 1991, 8:20 PM EDT for Watauga County, North Carolina. It was in force for 55 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 28, 1991, 8:20 PM EDT (00:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 28, 1991, 9:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Watauga County, NC
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
What 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, Apr 28, 5:19 PM EDT, 3 hours 1 minute before
SCZ001>004-282215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC 518 PM EDT SUN APR 28 1991 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR MOST COUNTIES OF UPSTATE CAROLINA UNTIL 11 PM EDT... ...LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS APPROCHING NORTHWEST UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA... IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA THE WATCH AREA INCLUDES...OCONEE...PICKENS... GREENVILLE...LAURENS...SPARTANBURG...ANDERSON...ABBEVILLE...AND GREENWOOD COUNTIES. AT 515 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS NORTHERN GEORGIA. THIS LINE WAS MOVING EASTWARD AT ABOUT 35 TO 40 MPH AND SHOULD BE MOVING INTO THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF OCONEE AND ANDERSON COUNTIES BETWEEN 530 ANDq 630 PM EDT. PEOPLE IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA SHOULD BE ALERT THIS EVENING FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SAFE SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. ROBBINS
Special weather statement, Apr 28, 5:34 PM EDT, 2 hours 46 minutes before
NCZ007-009-010-011-012-013-282330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ASHEVILLE NC 530 PM EDT SUN APR 28 1991 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... AT 520 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY ON THE INCREASE ACROSS WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED IN NORTHERN CHEROKEE AND SOUTHERN GRAHAM COUNTIES. ANOTHER AREA OF STRONG STORMS WERE JUST NORTH OF BRYSON CITY IN SWAIN COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT AROUND 40 MPH. SOME OF THE THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY DOWNPOURS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL. REMEMBER...LIGHTNING KILLS!! IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA..SEEK SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. > LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION FOR FURTHER WSTATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS ON THIS THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. USSERY
Special weather statement, Apr 28, 6:09 PM EDT, 2 hours 11 minutes before
NCZ007-009-010-011-012-013-280000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ASHEVILLE NC 610 PM EDT SUN APR 28 1991 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... AT 600 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY HAD DECREASED OVER CHEROKEE AND GRAHAM COUNTIES. HOWEVER...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS NEAR BRYSON CITY IN SWAIN COUNTY. AT THIS TIME THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WERE ALSO MOVING ALONG THE NORTH CAROLINA GEORGIA BORDER ACROSS CLAY AND MACON COUNTIES. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. SOME OF THE THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY DOWNPOURS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL. REMEMBER...LIGHTNING KILLS!! IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA..SEEK SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. > STAY TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL RADIO...TELEVISION STATION OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FPR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS IF CONDITION WARRANT. USSERY
Special weather statement, Apr 28, 6:14 PM EDT, 2 hours 6 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Apr 29, 4:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Catawba | 58 min |
| Apr 29, 6:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Polk | 44 min |
| Apr 29, 6:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Rutherford | 26 min |
| Apr 29, 7:14 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Cleveland | 61 min |
| Apr 29, 7:42 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Lincoln | 48 min |
| Apr 28, 8:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Union | 58 min |
| Apr 29, 4:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Oconee | 57 min |
| Apr 29, 4:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Anderson, Pickens | 64 min |
| Apr 29, 5:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Greenville | 64 min |
| Apr 29, 6:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Spartanburg | 30 min |
| Apr 29, 6:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Greenwood | 47 min |
| Apr 29, 7:03 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Greenwood | 27 min |
| Apr 29, 7:33 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Greenwood | 57 min |
| Apr 29, 7:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cherokee, Spartanburg | 56 min |
| Apr 29, 7:54 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Greenville | 4 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in North Carolina, 1991Every flash flood warning in 1991
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The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.