Alert archive / North Carolina / Flash Flood Warnings in 1993
Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this flash flood warning at Mar 27, 1993, 2:33 AM EST for Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 27, 1993, 2:33 AM EST (07:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 27, 1993, 5:30 AM EST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Mecklenburg County, NC
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 00:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 125 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
- 665 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 146 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 188 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCLT 270735 FFWCLT NCC119-271030- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLOTTE NC 233 AM EST SAT MAR 27 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLOTTE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 530 AM EST FOR EVERYONE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA ...NORTHERN MECKLENBURG COUNTY THE MECKLENBURG COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS CENTER REPORTS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING AT MOUNTAIN ISLAND LAKE AND THAT RESIDENTS WITHIN THE IMMEDIATE VICINITY...ESPECIALLY DUKE POWER VILLIAGE...ARE UNDERGOING PROPERTY WATER DAMAGES. THE OFFICIALS AT DUKE POWER ARE MONITORING CLOSELY AND UTILIZING THE DAM TO ALLEVIATE THE WATER AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. ADDITIONAL RAINS AND SOME HEAVIER SHOWERS ARE MOVING TOWARDS THE FLOODED AREA. HEAVY RAINS WILL MOVE ACROSS MOUNTAIN ISLAND LAKE AND VICINITY BETWEEN 300 AND 330 THIS MORNING. RESIDENTS AT MOUNTAIN ISLAND LAKE AND DUKE POWER VILLIAGE SHOULD PREPARE FOR THE HEAVIER RAINFALL BEGINNING AROUND 300 AM. 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. QUICKLY MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS KNOWN TO FLOOD WHEN WATER BEGINS TO RISE. MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING OCCUR WHEN SOMEONE ATTEMPTS TO DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED BRIDGES... DIPS... OR LOW SPOTS. ANOTHER VERY DANGEROUS UNDERTAKING IS TO TRY TO CROSS A FLOODED AREA ON FOOT. RNM &
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, Mar 26, 9:30 PM EST, 5 hours 3 minutes before
SCZ001-002-004-270500 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC 930 PM EST FRI MAR 26 1993 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT TONIGHT AND SATURDAY FOR THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS OF SOUTH CAROLINA... AT 925PM...AN AREA OF LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN WAS SHOWN ON THE WEATHER RADAR COVERING THE UPSTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND MOVING NORTHWARD. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS OVER ANDERSON..OCONEE..AND PICKENS COUNTIES. AMOUNTS GENERALLY HAVE RANGED FROM 1/2 TO 1 INCH WITH 3/4 OF AN INCH FALLING AT THE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG AIRPORT. AS THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES NORTHEASTWARD...HEAVIER RAIN AND SOME THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE PALMETTO STATE. RAINFALL AMOUNTS TONIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING COULD EXCEED 2 INCHES OVER THE NORTHWEST PORTION OF SOUTH CAROLINA. WITH THE SOIL ALREADY SATURATED... MAXIMUM RUNOFF WILL DEVELOP AND ANY PERIOD OF HEAVY RAIN COULD PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING. < PEOPLE LIVING NEAR STREAMS AND RIVERS AND IN OTHER LOCATIONS SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING SHOULD CHECK PREPAREDNESS REQUIREMENTS. SHOULD HEAVY RAIN MOVE INTO YOUR AREA OR A WARNING IS ISSUED... BE READY TO TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION FOR SAFETY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADnIO...LOCAL RADIO...OR TV FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. CURTIS/GSP
Special weather statement, Mar 27, 12:39 AM EST, 1 hour 54 minutes before
SCZ001-002-004-270900 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC 1240 AM EST SAT MAR 27 1993 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT OVERNIGHT AND SATURDAY FOR THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS OF SOUTH CAROLINA... AT 1235 AM LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN WAS FALLING OVER THE EAST PORTION OF THE UPSTATE FROM GREENVILLE..SPARTANBURG..UNION..AND LAURENS COUNTIES. THE AREA OF RAIN EXTENDS INTO THE MIDLANDS OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND WAS MOVING NORTHWEST AROUND 25 MPH. THIS NORTHWESTWARD MOVMENT OF RAIN IS FAVORABLE FOR HEAVY RAIN TO DEVELOP AND PERSIST THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. THE REEDY RIVER IN GREENVILLE WAS AT 7.5 FEET AT 1225 AM AND FLOODING BEGINS TO OCCUR AROUND 8.0 FEET. WITH MORE RAINS HEADED FOR CENTRAL GREENVILLE COUNTY...IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THE REEDY RIVER MAY RISE ABOVE 8.0 FEET EARLY THIS MORNING. WITH STREAMS ALREADY RUNNING ABOVE NORMAL ADDITIONAL RAINS OVERNIGHT AND SATURDAY WILL CAUSE FURHTER SWELLING OF AREA STREAMS. PEOPLE LIVING NEAR STREAMS AND RIVERS...ESPECIALLY THE REEDY RIVER... SHOULD CHECK PREPAREDNESS REQUIREMENTS. SHOULD HEAVY RAIN MOVE INTO YOUR AREA OR A WARNING IS ISSUED... BE READY TO TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION FOR SAFETY. LEFKOF/GSP
The office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 4:49 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Gaston, Mecklenburg | 4 hr |
Nearby
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.