Alert archive / North Carolina / Flash Flood Warnings in 1992
Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this flash flood warning at Apr 20, 1992, 10:45 PM EDT for 5 counties in North Carolina. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 20, 1992, 10:45 PM EDT (02:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 21, 1992, 2:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Avery County, NC, Burke County, NC, McDowell County, NC, Mitchell County, NC, Yancey County, NC
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 00:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 193 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 210249 FFWAVL NCC011-023-027-111-121-189-199-210645- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ASHEVILLE NC 1045 PM EDT MON APR 20 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ASHEVILLE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 245 AM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN WEST NORTH CAROLINA ...AVERY COUNTY...NORTHWESTERN BURKE COUNTY ...NORTHERN CALDWELL COUNTY...NORTHERN MCDOWELL COUNTY ...SOUTHEASTERN MITCHELL COUNTY...WATAUGA COUNTY...SOUTHERN YANCEY RAIN CONTINUES OVER MUCH OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. WHILE MOSTLY LIGHT RAIN IS INDICATED BY WEATHER RADAR...SOME PATCHES OF HEAVIER RAIN HAS BEEN REPORTED. IN WATAUGA COUNTY...PARK SERVICE PERSONNEL CONTINUE TO MONITOR WATER LEVELS IN PRICE LAKE. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTS SEVEN DEVILS LAKE IS AT CAPACITY. FLOODING CONTINUES ALONG NEW RIVER AND NEAR THE BOONE AIRPORT. THE TOE RIVER LEVEL WAS 4.6 FEET...OR ABOUT 2 AND A HALF FEET ABOVE NORMAL...IN MITCHELL COUNTY. FLOODING ALONG WILSON CREEK IN BOTH AVERY AND CALDWELL COUNTY CONTINUES WITH SEVERAL LOW WATER BRIDGES COVERED WITH WATER. PEOPLE IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND READY TO MOVE TO SAFER GROUND IMMEDIATELY IF RISING WATERS THREATEN. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR OFFICIAL INFORMATION. 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. RCJ/GGW/HM
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, 6:58 PM EDT, 3 hours 47 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, 3 hours 24 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
Special weather statement, Apr 20, 8:57 PM EDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before
SCZ001-002-004-210200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC 855 PM EDT MON APR 20 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING RAPIDLY TOWARD THE UPSTATE TONIGHT... AT 850 THIS EVENING AN AREA OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING IN NORTH GEORGIA EXTENDING SOUTH TO JUST WEST OF ATHENS GEORGIA. THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF HAIL..STRONG WINDS..FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN. THEY HAVE ACCELERATED IN THE PAST HOUR TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 40 TO 50 MPH AND COULD AFFECT THE WESTERN PARTS OF OCONEE..ANDERSON..AND ABBEVILLE COUNTIES BETWEEN 930 AND 1030 PM TONIGHT. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO..LOACAL TV AND RAIO STATIONS FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONCERNIN G THESE STORMS. LEFKOF
Special weather statement, Apr 20, 10:20 PM EDT, 25 minutes before
SCZ001-002-004-210330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC 1020 PM EDT MON APR 20 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING TOWARD THE UPSTATE... AT 1015 THIS EVENING A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDS FROM CLAYTON GEORGIA SOUTHWARD TOWARD MACON GEORGIA. ALTHOUGH THE LINE HAS DECREASED IN INTENSITY IN THE LAST HOUR THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT AROUND 30 MPH. RESIDENTS IN OCONEE...ANDERSON...AND ABBEVILLE SHOULD BE ALERT FOR HEAVY DOWNPOURS GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL CONTINUE TO WATCH THIS SITUATION THROUGH THE NIGHT. LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. LEFKOF
The office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 20, 8:19 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Avery, Caldwell, Watauga | 116 min |
| 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.