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Flash Flood Warning 26, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this flash flood warning at Sep 10, 1992, 11:42 PM EDT for Swain County, North Carolina. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 10, 1992, 11:42 PM EDT (03:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 11, 1992, 1:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Swain 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, Sep 10, 6:25 PM EDT, 5 hours 17 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
Special weather statement, Sep 10, 7:59 PM EDT, 3 hours 43 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 10, 8:39 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Transylvania | 70 min |
| Sep 10, 8:56 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Swain | 3 hr |
| Sep 10, 9:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cleveland | 36 min |
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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.