Alert archive / North Carolina / Flash Flood Warnings in 1992
Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this flash flood warning at Apr 21, 1992, 6:29 PM EDT for Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 21, 1992, 6:29 PM EDT (22:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 21, 1992, 9:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Mecklenburg County, NC
The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 272 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
- 734 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 553 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 116 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 154 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCLT 212233 FFWCLT NCC119-220130- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLOTTE NC 629 PM EDT TUE APR 21 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLOTTE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 930 PM EDT FOR EVERYONE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA ...MECKLENBURG COUNTY AT 625 THIS AFTERNOON FLASH FLOODING HAD BEGUN OVER THE EASTERN PORTION OF MECKLENBURG COUNTY OF NORTH CAROLINA. SAM NEWELL ROAD IN THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE COUNTY AND JUST SOUTH OF WHERE IT CROSSES INDEPENDENCE BLVD HAS FLOODED IN A LOCALIZED AREA TO A DEPTH OF ABOUT 6 FEET. OTHER FLOODING... MORE MINOR IN EXTENT... WAS OCCURRING AT THE SAME TIME OVER A PORTION OF BROOKSHIRE FREEWAY AND ALSO ON SOUTH BLVD BOTH IN CHARLOTTE. RADAR SHOWED HEAVY RAIN IN THUNDERSTORMS COVERING MECKLENBURG COUNTY FROM CHARLOTTE EAST THROUGH MINT HILL AND MATTHEWS. NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN HAVE OR WILL OCCUR OVER MECKLENBURG COUNTY THROUGH 9 OCLOCK TONIGHT. RUNOFF WILL BE RAPID WITH STREAMS AND DRAINAGE DITCHES FLOODING QUICKLY. EVERYONE MUST BE ALERT FOR FLOODING IN MECKLENBURG COUNTY EARLY TONIGHT. 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. RK
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 21, 4:09 PM EDT, 2 hours 20 minutes before
NCZ007-008-014-212200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLOTTE NC 410 PM EDT TUE APR 21 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED AND IS VALID FROM 4 UNTIL 1000 PM TONIGHT... THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH COVERS A LARGE PORTION OF BOTH NORTH AND SOUTH CAROLINA. IN PARTICULAR THE NORTH CAROLINA COUNTIES WITHIN THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA INCLUDE CATAWBA... LINCOLN... CLEVELAND... GASTON... MECKLENBURG... UNION... CABARRUS... IREDELL... ROWAN... STANLY... ANSON ... RICHMOND AND MONTGOMERY. IN SOUTH CAROLINA THE COUNTIES INCLUDE CHEROKEE... YORK... CHESTER AND LANCASTER... ALL THUNDERSTORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITHIN THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IN ADDITION TO VERY HEAVY RAIN. AT 405 THIS AFTERNOON WEATHER RADAR IN CHARLOTTE SHOWED A DEVELOPING LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EAST OF CHARLOTTE FROM JUST SOUTH OF CONCORD /CABARRUS COUNTY/ SOUTHWEST TO NEAR MONROE /UNION COUNTY/ AND ON SOUTHWEST INTO EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN YORK COUNTY. THE HEAVIEST RAIN IN THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS NEAR ROUTE 74 MIDWAY BETWEEN MATTHEWS AND MONROE. HEAVY RAIN WILL PERSIST OVER PORTIONS OF UNION AND CABARRUS COUNTIES THROUGH 445 THIS AFTERNOON. AND... AT 405 A SINGLE THUNDERSTORM WAS NOTED IN MECKLENBURG COUNTY OVER THE EASTERN PORTION OF CHARLOTTE. AT THE SAME TIME WELL TO THE WEST OF CHARLOTTE BUT APPROACHING CLEVELAND AND CATAWBA COUNTIES THUNDERSTORMS IN A FAIRLY WELL DEFINED LINE WERE MOVING EAST AT ABOUT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS... WITH ACCOMPANYING HEAVY RAIN... WILL MOVE INTO CATAWBA AND CLEVELAND COUNTIES OF NORTH CAROLINA AND CHEROKEE COUNTY OF SOUTH CAROLINA WELL BEFORE 5 THIS AFTERNOON. THE GROUND THROUGHOUT THE AREA WITHIN SOME 100 MILES OF CHARLOTTE IS SATURATED. THIS MEANS RAINFALL THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT WILL RUN OFF RAPIDLY. POOLING OF WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS IS LIKELY. AND... STREAMS AND DRAINAGE DITCHES WILL RISE QUICKLY DESPITE WHERE SEVERAL SHOWERS OCCUR WITHIN A SHORT PERIOD. RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC MAY ENCOUNTER RAIN WHICH WILL SLOW TRAFFIC THIS EVENING. THIS IS ESPECIALLY TRUE EAST OF CHARLOTTE THROUGH UNION... CABARRUS... STANLY AND ANSON COUNTIES. COMMUTERS TO THE WEST IN CLEVELAND AND CATAWBA COUNTIES IN NORTH CAROLINA AND CHEROKEE COUNTY OF SOUTH CAROLINA MAY ALSO ENCOUNTER HEAVY RAIN WHICH WILL HAMPER TRAVEL DURING THE EVENING. THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED JUST PRIOR TO 5 PM. EVERYONE SHOULD BE ALERT IN THE MEANTIME SHOULD WARNINGS BE REQUIRED. RK
Special weather statement, Apr 21, 4:25 PM EDT, 2 hours 4 minutes before
NCZ007-008-014-212200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT... CORRECTION... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLOTTE NC 425 PM EDT TUE APR 21 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED AND IS VALID FROM 4 UNTIL 1000 PM TONIGHT... THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH COVERS A LARGE PORTION OF BOTH NORTH AND SOUTH CAROLINA. IN PARTICULAR THE NORTH CAROLINA COUNTIES WITHIN THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA INCLUDE CATAWBA... LINCOLN... CLEVELAND... GASTON... MECKLENBURG... UNION... CABARRUS... IREDELL... ROWAN... STANLY... ANSON ... RICHMOND AND MONTGOMERY. IN SOUTH CAROLINA THE COUNTIES INCLUDE CHEROKEE... YORK... CHESTER AND LANCASTER... ALL THUNDERSTORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITHIN THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IN ADDITION TO VERY HEAVY RAIN. AT 405 THIS AFTERNOON WEATHER RADAR IN CHARLOTTE SHOWED A DEVELOPING LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EAST OF CHARLOTTE FROM JUST SOUTH OF CONCORD /CABARRUS COUNTY/ SOUTHWEST TO NEAR MONROE /UNION COUNTY/ AND ON SOUTHWEST INTO EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN YORK COUNTY. THE HEAVIEST RAIN IN THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS NEAR ROUTE 74 MIDWAY BETWEEN MATTHEWS AND MONROE. HEAVY RAIN WILL PERSIST OVER PORTIONS OF UNION AND CABARRUS COUNTIES THROUGH 445 THIS AFTERNOON. AND... AT 405 A SINGLE THUNDERSTORM WAS NOTED IN MECKLENBURG COUNTY OVER THE EASTERN PORTION OF CHARLOTTE. AT THE SAME TIME WELL TO THE WEST OF CHARLOTTE BUT APPROACHING CLEVELAND AND CATAWBA COUNTIES THUNDERSTORMS IN A FAIRLY WELL DEFINED LINE WERE MOVING EAST AT ABOUT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS... WITH ACCOMPANYING HEAVY RAIN... WILL MOVE INTO CATAWBA AND CLEVELAND COUNTIES OF NORTH CAROLINA AND CHEROKEE COUNTY OF SOUTH CAROLINA WELL BEFORE 5 THIS AFTERNOON. THE GROUND THROUGHOUT THE AREA WITHIN SOME 100 MILES OF CHARLOTTE IS SATURATED. THIS MEANS RAINFALL THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT WILL RUN OFF RAPIDLY. POOLING OF WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS IS LIKELY. AND... WATER IN STREAMS AND DRAINAGE DITCHES WILL RISE QUICKLY DESPITE WHERE SEVERAL SHOWERS OCCUR WITHIN A SHORT PERIOD. RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC MAY ENCOUNTER RAIN WHICH WILL SLOW TRAFFIC THIS EVENING. THIS IS ESPECIALLY TRUE EAST OF CHARLOTTE THROUGH UNION... CABARRUS... STANLY AND ANSON COUNTIES. COMMUTERS TO THE WEST IN CLEVELAND AND CATAWBA COUNTIES IN NORTH CAROLINA AND CHEROKEE COUNTY OF SOUTH CAROLINA MAY ALSO ENCOUNTER HEAVY RAIN WHICH WILL HAMPER TRAVEL DURING THE EVENING. H THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED JUST PRIOR TO 5 PM. EVERYONE SHOULD BE ALERT IN THE MEANTIME SHOULD WARNINGS BE REQUIRED. RK
Local storm report, Apr 21, 4:26 PM EDT, 2 hours 3 minutes before
STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 425 PM EDT TUE APR 21 1992 DATE/TIME 422 PM TREES DOWN SOUTH OF GAFFNEY REPORTED BY SPOTTER. JONES
Local storm report, Apr 21, 4:37 PM EDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before
STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 437 PM EDT TUE APR 21 1992 DATE/TIME 435 PM SPOTTER REPORTS DIME SIZE HAIL DOWNTOWN GREENWOOD. JONES
Special weather statement, Apr 21, 4:55 PM EDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before
NCZ007-008-014-212230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLOTTE NC 455 PM EDT TUE APR 21 1992 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ISSUED EARLIER FOR A LARGE PORTION OF NORTH AND SOUTH CAROLINA REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 TONIGHT... ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 OCLOCK FOR CLEVELAND COUNTY OF NORTH CAROLINA... ... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS OF NORTH CAROLINA FOR TONIGHT... AT 450 THIS AFTERNOON A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING OUT OF THE FOOTHILLS OF THE CAROLINAS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALONG A LINE FROM HICKORY SOUTH THROUGH LINCOLN COUNTY WEST OF LINCOLNTON... EXTREME NORTHWESTERN GASTON COUNTY AND EASTERN CLEVELAND COUNTY ALL IN NORTH CAROLINA. THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED ON SOUTHWEST THROUGH THE EASTERN PORTION OF CHEROKEE COUNTY AND ON SOUTHWEST TO NEAR GREENWOOD. THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS... ACCOMPANIED BY VERY HEAVY RAIN... WAS MOVING EAST AT 20 TO 25 MPH. HEAVY RAIN... GUSTY WIND... AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WILL LIKELY HAMPER RUSH HOUR TRAVEL THIS AFTERNOON OVER CATAWBA... LINCOLN... GASTON AND YORK COUNTIES. THE THUNDESTORMS WHICH WERE QUITE HEAVY OVER UNION AND CABARRUS COUNTIES EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON WERE OVER CENTRAL CABARRUS COUNTY AND MOVING RAPIDLY NORTHEAST AT 450 THIS AFTERNOON. BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN WILL LIKELY CAUSE PROBLEMS IN CABARRUS COUNTY THROUGH 6 PM. THE NEXT STATEMENT WIwLL BE ISSUED JUST PRIOR TO 6 OCLOCK... BE ALERT SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER DEVELOP IN THE MEANTIME. RK
Special weather statement, Apr 21, 6:00 PM EDT, 29 minutes before
NCZ007-008-014-220000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLOTTE NC 555 PM EDT TUE APR 21 1992 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AND FLASH FLOOD WATCH ISSUED EARLIER FOR A LARGE PORTION OF THE CAROLINAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 TONIGHT. THE EXCEPTION IS CHEROKEE COUNTY AND COUNTIES TO THE WEST IN SOUTH CAROLINA WHERET HE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED... ...SOME SHALLOW FLOODING HAS OCCURRED AT MOUNT HOLLY... EASTERN GASTON COUNTY... AT 555 THIS AFTERNOON WEATHER RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG I-85 FROM SALISBURY SOUTHWEST THROUGH CHARLOTTE AND THEN SOUTH THROUGH CENTRAL YORK AND CHESTER COUNTIES OF SOUTH CAROLINA. JUST AFTER 530 THIS AFTERNOON RAIN FELL FOR SEVERAL MINUTES AT THE RATE OF MORE THAN ONE AND ONE HALF INCHES PER HOUR AT YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLOTTE. HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED AS WE APPROACHED THE 6 OCLOCK HOUR. ALONG WITH THE HEAVY RAIN WIND GUSTS EXCEEDED 30 MPH. THIS RAIN AND WIND WILL HAMPER COMMUTERS IN AND AROUND CHARLOTTE UNTIL AFTER 645 THIS EVENING. ELSEWHERE WIDESPREAD RAIN WAS NOTED WEST OF I-85 INTO THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA AND WEST OF THE CATAWBA RIVER BASIN THROUGH THE FOOTHILLS OF SOUTH CAROLINA. EVERYONE IN ROWAN... CABARRUS... MECKLENBURG... UNION.. STANLY AND ANSON COUNTIES OF NORTH CAROLINA AND YORK... CHESTER AND LANCASTER COUNTIES SHOULD PREPARE FOR THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN BETWEEN 6 AND 8 OCLOCK TONIGHT. THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED JUST PRIOR TO 8 OCLOCK... BE ALERT SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER DEVELOP IN THE MEANTIME. RK
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 | 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, 6:57 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.