Alert archive / North Carolina / Flash Flood Warnings in 1992
Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this flash flood warning at Apr 20, 1992, 8:19 PM EDT for Avery County, Caldwell County, Watauga County, North Carolina. It was in force for 116 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 20, 1992, 8:19 PM EDT (00:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 20, 1992, 10:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 116 min
- 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 00:00Z, 0.3 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
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 87 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 188 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KAVL 210022 FFWAVL NCC011-027-189-210215- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ASHEVILLE NC 819 PM EDT MON APR 20 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ASHEVILLE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1015 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN WEST NORTH CAROLINA ...AVERY COUNTY...CALDWELL COUNTY...WATAUGA COUNTY RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL OVER THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS. MANY RIVERS ARE EITHER OUT OF THEIR BANKS OR ARE NEAR BANKFUL. IN WATAUGA COUNTY...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED FLOODING ALONG THE NEW RIVER WITH SEVERAL LOW WATER BRIDGES COVERED. PRICE LAKE...NEAR BLOWING ROCK...WAS ALSO REPORTED TO BE NEARING THE CREST OF THE DAM. PARK SERVICE PERSONNEL ARE MONITORING THIS SITUATION CLOSELY. PEOPLE ALONG THE WATAUGA RIVER...ESPECIALLY IN THE HOUNDS EARS AREA...SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR RISING WATERS. WILSON CREEK WAS STILL OUT OF ITS BANKS IN BOTH AVERY AND CALDWELL COUNTIES WITH SEVERAL LOW WATER BRIDGES COVERED. RADAR INDICATED AREAS OF RAIN...HEAVY AT TIMES...MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS. ADDITIONAL RAIN IN THIS ALREADY SOAKED AREA WILL CAUSE MORE FLOODING. SEVERAL OTHER COUNTIES HAD REPORTED MINOR FLOODING. IN YANCY COUNTY THE TOE RIVER WAS REPORTED TO BE COVERING SEVERAL LOW WATER BRIDGES. PEOPLE IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT THROUGH THE NIGHT. BE READY TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY IF RISING WATERS THREATEN. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. R. JONES
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, 5 hours 8 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, 4 hours 30 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, 4 hours 29 minutes 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
Special weather statement, Apr 20, 6:58 PM EDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before
NCZ010-011-210000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ASHEVILLE NC 653 PM EDT MON APR 20 1992 AT 650 PM EDT...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN MOVING INTO CHEROKEE COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING...LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL. PEOPLE IN EXTREME WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA SHOULD BE ALERT AND MOVE TO A SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL RADIO...TELEVISION...OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. R. JONES
Special weather statement, Apr 20, 7:21 PM EDT, 58 minutes before
SCZ001-002-004-210215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC 720 PM EDT MON APR 20 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE IN THE UPSTATE LATER TONIGHT... AT 715 THIS EVENING A BAND OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS OCCURRING IN CENTRAL GEORGIA FROM JUST WEST OF ATLANTA EXTENDING SOUTHWARD TOWARD COLUMBUS GEORGIA. THESE STORMS ARE PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY HAIL AS THEY MOVE RAPIDLY NORTHEASTWARD AROUND 30 TO 40 MPH. MANY AREAS IN THE UPSTATE...ESPECIALLY TOWARD THE MOUNTAINS...HAVE RECEIVED ANYWHERE FROM 1/2 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN SINCE LAST NIGHT AND ANY ADDITIONAL RAIN TONIGHT COULD AGGREVATE THE WEATHER SITUATION FURTHER. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL MONITOR THIS SITUATION CLOSELY AND PROVIDE THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THESE STORMS AS THEY APPROACH THE UPSTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. LEFKOF
The office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 20, 10:45 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Avery, Burke, McDowell, Mitchell, Yancey | 4 hr |
| Apr 20, 10:45 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Caldwell, Watauga | 4 hr |
| Apr 21, 2:54 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Ashe, Avery, Caldwell, Watauga | 3 hr |
| Apr 21, 2:54 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | McDowell, Mitchell, Yancey | 3 hr |
| Apr 21, 2:54 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Burke | 3 hr |
| Apr 21, 4:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cleveland | 32 min |
| Apr 21, 6:29 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg | 3 hr |
| Apr 21, 6:57 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Cabarrus | 3 hr |
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.