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Flash Flood Warning 6, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

April 28, 1991Watauga County, North Carolina

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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Special weather statement, Apr 28, 8:04 PM EDT, 16 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 29, 4:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPCatawba58 min
Apr 29, 6:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPPolk44 min
Apr 29, 6:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPRutherford26 min
Apr 29, 7:14 PM EDTTornado WarningGSPCleveland61 min
Apr 29, 7:42 PM EDTTornado WarningGSPLincoln48 min
Apr 28, 8:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPUnion58 min
Apr 29, 4:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPOconee57 min
Apr 29, 4:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPAnderson, Pickens64 min
Apr 29, 5:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPGreenville64 min
Apr 29, 6:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPSpartanburg30 min
Apr 29, 6:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPGreenwood47 min
Apr 29, 7:03 PM EDTTornado WarningGSPGreenwood27 min
Apr 29, 7:33 PM EDTTornado WarningGSPGreenwood57 min
Apr 29, 7:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPCherokee, Spartanburg56 min
Apr 29, 7:54 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningGSPGreenville4 hr

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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.