Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

NCZ009-262130-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ASHEVILLE NC
224 PM EDT WED AUG 26 1992

...SLOW MOVING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED OVER THE NORTHERN
MOUNTAINS OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...

AT 210 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERTSTORMS OVER WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA EXTENDING NORTHWARD FROM
YANCY TO ASHE COUNTIES.
SOME OF THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING HEAVY TO VERY
HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN.

THIS ACTIVITY WAS MOVING SLOWLY SOUTHEAST AT 5 TO 10 MPH AND SOME
LOCATIONS MAY RECEIVE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS FOR A PROLONGED PERIOD
OF TIME CAUSING STREAMS TO RISE RAPIDY AND ROADS TO FLOOD.

PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS OR NEAR SMALL STREAMS IN THE
NORTHERN MOUNTAINS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT THIS AFTERNOON IF HEAVY
RAINS OCCUR IN THEIR AREAS OR IF FLOODING DEVELOPS.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO AND TV FOR LATER
STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
 6
GGW

NCC021-262045-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ASHEVILLE NC
350 PM EDT WED AUG 26 1992

...THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAY RAINS OVER EASTERN BUNCOMBE COUNTY...

AT 445 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY
HEAVY RAINS BETWEEN BLACK MOUNTAIN AND ASHEVILLE MOVING SLOWLY
SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINS CAPABLE OF FLOODING ROADS
AND CAUSING SMALL STREAMS TO APPROACH BANK FULL OR COME OUT OF THEIR
BANKS.

PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS OR NEAR SMALL STREAMS IN
BUNCOMBE COUNTY SHOULD REMAIN ALERT IF HEAVY RAINS OCCUR IN THEIR
AREAS.

STAYED TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO AND TV FOR LATER
STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

GGW

NCC021-262045-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ASHEVILLE NC
350 PM EDT WED AUG 26 1992

...THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS OVER EASTERN BUNCOMBE COUNTY...

AT 345 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY
HEAVY RAINS BETWEEN BLACK MOUNTAIN AND ASHEVILLE MOVING SLOWLY
SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINS CAPABLE OF FLOODING ROADS
AND CAUSING SMALL STREAMS TO APPROACH BANK FULL OR COME OUT OF THEIR
BANKS.

PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS OR NEAR SMALL STREAMS IN
BUNCOMBE COUNTY SHOULD REMAIN ALERT IF HEAVY RAINS OCCUR IN THEIR
AREAS.

STAYED TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO AND TV FOR LAT$ER
STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

...CORRECTION FOR TIME IN FIRST PARAGRAPH...
GGW

NCZ009-010-011-012-007-013-262315-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ASHEVILLE NC
510 PM EDT WED AUG 26 1992

AT 510 PM EDT...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY
HEAVY RAIN...CONTINUED OVER PARTS OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA.

THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE DETECTED NEAR MARSHALL IN MADISON
COUNTY...WAYNESVILLE IN HAYWOOD COUNTY...AND SYLVA IN JACKSON COUNTY.
THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE DRIFTING SLOWLY SOUTH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY
PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS AND CAUSE MINOR FLOODING OF STREAMS AND
CREEKS. THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY ALSO BE ACCOMPANIED BY GUSTY WINDS AND
FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING.

EARLIER IN THE AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS IN WATAUGA COUNTY DUMPED OVER
TWO AND ONE HALF INCHES OF RAIN //2.67// IN BOONE CAUSING FLOODING IN
THE AREA OF THE BOONE MALL.

IN YANCEY COUNTY FLOODING ISOLATED BETWEEN 20 AND 30 TRAILERS. SEVERAL
SECONDARY ROADS WERE BRIEFLY COVERED BY FLOOD WATERS ALSO. EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLOOD WATERS HAVE STARTED TO RECEDE.

THUNDERSTORMS IN EASTERN BUNCOMBE COUNTY PRODUCED HEAVY RAINFALL
CAUSING SOME MINOR DAMAGE TO ROADS AND SEVERAL REPORTS OF HAIL BETWEEN
PEA SIZE //1/4 INCH DIAMETER// AND MARBLE SIZE //1/2 INCH DIAMETER//.

PEOPLE IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT. BE READY TO MOVE
TO A SAFE SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. STAY TUNED TO
NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO OR TV FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND
POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

R. JONES/WSO AVL