Alert archive / North Carolina / Flash Flood Warnings in 1992
Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this flash flood warning at Apr 21, 1992, 2:54 AM EDT for McDowell County, Mitchell County, Yancey County, North Carolina. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 21, 1992, 2:54 AM EDT (06:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 21, 1992, 6:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties McDowell County, NC, Mitchell County, NC, Yancey County, NC
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 00:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 206 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 210657 FFWAVL NCC009-011-023-027-111-121-189-199-211000- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ASHEVILLE NC 254 AM EDT TUE APR 21 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ASHEVILLE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 AM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN WEST NORTH CAROLINA ...ASHE COUNTY...AVERY COUNTY...NORTHWESTERN BURKE COUNTY ...NORTHERN CALDWELL COUNTY...NORTHERN MCDOWELL COUNTY ...SOUTHERN MITCHELL COUNTY...WATAUGA COUNTY...SOUTHERN YANCEY COUN MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES OVER THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA. IN WATAUGA COUNTY...A DAM IN THE TOWN OF SEVEN DEVILS IS SEEPING WATER AND THE COMMUNITY OF FOSCOE HAS BEEN EVACUATED AS A PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE. STREAMS IN THE TOWN OF BOONE WERE RISING AND BEING WATCHED CLOSELY BY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS. ACROSS THE REGION SMALL STREAMS WERE OUT OF THEIR BANKS AND THERE WAS CONSIDERABLE STREET FLOODING. THE RAIN IS EXPECTED TO AFFECT THE WARNING AREA FOR ANOTHER TWO OR THREE HOURS THEN TAPER OFF OR END. HOWEVER THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL BE CONTINUED DURING THE DAY AS MORE RAIN DEVELOPS AND BRINGS A THREAT OF MORE FLOODING TO THE MOUNTAINS AND THE FOOTHILLS. HM PEOPLE IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND BE READY TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY IF RISING WATERS THREATEN. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL RADIO OF NOAA WEATHER RADIO FO 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.
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, 8:57 PM EDT, 5 hours 57 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, 4 hours 34 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
Special weather statement, Apr 20, 11:33 PM EDT, 3 hours 21 minutes before
SCZ001-002-004-210430- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC 1132 PM EDT MON APR 20 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE WESTERN COUNTIES OF THE UPSTATE... THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS OCONEE...ANDERSON...PICKENS... AND ABBEVILLE COUNTIES. ONE STRONG STORM WAS NEAR NINE TIMES IN PICKENS COUNTY. REPORTS OF FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING... STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAINFALL HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN SENECA ...CLEMSON AND WESTMINSTER COMMUNITIES. THE STORMS HAVE PICKED UP IN STRENGTH THE LAST HOUR AND WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT AROUND 30 TO 40 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL AFFECT THE REMAINDER OF THE UPSTATE COUNTIES FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. STA Y TUNED TO FOR FURTHER UPDATES 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 | 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 | 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.