Alert archive / North Carolina / Flash Flood Warnings in 1992
Flash Flood Warning 23, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this flash flood warning at Sep 10, 1992, 7:29 PM EDT for Jackson County, North Carolina. It was in force for 61 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 10, 1992, 7:29 PM EDT (23:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 10, 1992, 8:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Jackson County, NC
The nearest sounding before it
Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 149 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
- 1092 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -13 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 585 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 17 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -28 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 102331 FFWAVL NCC099-110030- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ASHEVILLE NC 729 PM EDT THU SEP 10 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ASHEVILLE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 830 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN WEST NORTH CAROLINA ...NORTHERN JACKSON COUNTY MACON COUNTY RELAYED REPORTS OF FLASH FLOODING ON THE CHEROKEE INDIAN RESERVATION IN NORTHERN JACKSON COUNTY. 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. R. JONES/WSO AVL
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, Sep 10, 4:34 PM EDT, 2 hours 55 minutes before
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
Special weather statement, Sep 10, 5:20 PM EDT, 2 hours 9 minutes before
NCZ009-010-011-012-007-013-102215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ASHEVILLE NC 518 PM EDT THU SEP 10 1992 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA... AT 515 PM EDT...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN OVER MCDOWELL COUNTY NEAR MARION...OVER EXTREME EASTERN SWAIN COUNTY...AND IN SOUTHERN WATAUGA COUNTY AND SOUTHERN ASHE COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 20 TO 25 MILES AN HOUR. IN ADDITION TO HEAVY RAIN...THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING. HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE. ANOTHER LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED ACROSS EASTERN TENNESSEE. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST...INTO WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. PEOPLE IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES BE READY TO MOVE TO A SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. STAY TUNED TO RNOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. R. JONES/WSO AVL
Special weather statement, Sep 10, 6:25 PM EDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
NCZ009-010-011-012-007-013-102330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ASHEVILLE NC 623 PM EDT THU SEP 10 1992 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA... AT 615 PM EDT...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN OVER MCDOWELL COUNTY WEST OF MARION...OVER NORTHERN YANCEY COUNTY NORTH OF BURNSVILLE...AND IN WESTERN CHEROKEE COUNTY NEAR HIWASSEE LAKE. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS IN WESTERN CHEROKEE COUNTY WHERE GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING WERE REPORTED. SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES WERE ALSO REPORTED IN THIS AREA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 20 TO 25 MILES AN HOUR. IN ADDITION TO HEAVY RAIN...THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING. HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE. PEA-SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN NORTHWEST MCDOWELL COUNTY AROUND 540 PM THIS AFTERNOON. IN EASTERN TENNESSEE...A REMOTE RAIN GAGE REPORTED OVER TWO INCHES OF RAIN IN ONE HOUR. THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING THIS HEAVY RAINFALL WEAKENED AS IT MOVED INTO MADISON COUNTY. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ASSOCIATED WITH A COLD FRONT EXTENDED ACROSS EASTERN TENNESSEE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE JUST MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR...INTO EXTREME WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. PEOPLE IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT. BE READY TO MOVE TO A SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN MAY CAUSE SMALL CREEKS TO OVERFLOW THEIR BANKS. IF YOU ARE IN A FLOOD PRONE AREA...KEEP A CLOSE WATCH AND BE READY TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY IF WATERS BEGIN TO RISE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. R. JONES/WSO AVL
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.