Alert archive / North Carolina / Flash Flood Warnings in 1992
Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this flash flood warning at Apr 20, 1992, 3:51 PM EDT for Avery County, Caldwell County, Watauga County, North Carolina. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 20, 1992, 3:51 PM EDT (19:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 20, 1992, 6:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Avery County, NC, Caldwell County, NC, Watauga County, NC
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 164 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
- NaN m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 79 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 KAVL 201952 RRA FFWAVL NCC011-027-189-202200- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ASHEVILLE NC 351 PM EDT MON APR 20 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ASHEVILLE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN WEST NORTH CAROLINA ...AVERY COUNTY...CALDWELL COUNTY...WATAUGA COUNTY AT 350 PM EDT REPORT FROM THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICE IN WATAUGA COUNTY REPORTED THE WATAUGA RIVER OUT ITS BANKS. A FEW ROADS WERE CLOSED AND ONE REPORT OF AN APPARTMENT BUILDING FIRST FLOOR UNDER WATER. IN CALDWELL COUNTY WILSON CREEK WAS NEAR ITS BANK AND IN YANCEY COUNTY THE LINVILLE RIVER WAS OUT ITS BANKS NEAR ROSEBORO RIDGE. PEOPLE IN THESE COUNTIES LIVING NEAR RIVERS AND SMALL STREAMS SHOULD MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. MORE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL OCCUR THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. THE THREAT OF LOCAL SMALL STREAM AND URBAN FLOODING WILL CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. STAY TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL TV...RADIO STATION OR WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS. USSERY A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS 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. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND. MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING OCCUR IN AUTOMLOBILES. 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.
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 20, 3:11 PM EDT, 40 minutes before
NCZ007-009-010-011-012-013-202345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ASHEVILLE NC 310 PM EDT MON APR 20 1992 ...SOME LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... PERSISTENT SOUTHEAST WINDS HAVE PRODUCED SOME LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS PARTS OF WESTHERN NORTH CAROLINA. THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS BEEN ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE IN THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS. ANYWHERE FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN SIMCE LATE SUNDAY. HOWEVER...LOCALLY AMOUNTS HAVE BEEN REPORTED TO BE AS MUCH AS 5 INCHES FROM THE PUBLIC IN SOME LOCATIONS. AT 300 PM MT. MITCHELL IN YANCEY COUNTY REPORTED 4.91 INCHES OF RAIN. ALSO THE DIVISION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IN AVERY COUNTY REPORTED THE LINVILLE RIVER WAS NEAR BANKFULL AND WILL OVERFLOW DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS. MORE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. LATE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY...HEAVY RAIN MAY BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS AS A COLD FRONT MOVES INT}O THE RGION FROM THE WEST. THE THREAT OF LOCAL SMALL STREAM AND URBAN FLOODING WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY AS THE RISK OF WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAIN BECOMES GREATER. REU
Special weather statement, Apr 20, 3:49 PM EDT, 2 minutes before
NCZ007-202145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLOTTE N 345 PM EDT APR 20 1992 ... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS OF NORTH CAROLINA FOR THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT ... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR A PORTION OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA ... INCLUDING CATAWBA COUNTY FOR THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR FLASH FLOODING. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS. AT 340 PM EDT ... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WESTERN CAROLINAS. THIS PRECIPITATION WAS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH AT AROUND 15 MPH. THIS PATTERN WILL LIKELY CONTINUE THROUGH THE HOURS OF DARKNESS. THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THIS OFFICE AROUND 545 PM EDT. CLARK
Special weather statement, Apr 20, 3:50 PM EDT, 1 minute before
NCZ007-202145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLOTTE NC 345 PM EDT APR 20 1992 ... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS OF NORTH CAROLINA FOR THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT ... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR A PORTION OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA ... INCLUDING CATAWBA COUNTY FOR THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR FLASH FLOODING. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS. AT 340 PM EDT ... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WESTERN CAROLINAS. THIS PRECIPITATION WAS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH AT AROUND 15 MPH. THIS PATTERN WILL LIKELY CONTINUE THROUGH THE HOURS OF DARKNESS. THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THIS OFFICE AROUND 545 PM EDT. CLARK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 20, 6:02 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Avery, Caldwell, Watauga | 118 min |
| Apr 20, 7:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cherokee | 42 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in North Carolina, 1992Every flash flood warning in 1992
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.