Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

Issued

Mar 23, 1993, 3:48 PM EST (20:48 UTC)

Expired

Mar 23, 1993, 7:45 PM EST

In force

4 hr

Issued by

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

Area

Whole counties

Counties Ashe County, NC, Watauga County, NC

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BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ASHEVILLE NC
348 PM EST TUE MAR 23 1993
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ASHEVILLE HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  745 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN WEST NORTH CAROLINA
 
   ...ASHE COUNTY...WATAUGA COUNTY
 
IN WATAUGA COUNTY...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTS ELEVEN ROADS CLOSED DUE
TO FLOODING FROM BOTH THE WATAUGA AND NEW RIVERS. AT THE SOUTH FORK OF
THE NEW RIVER NEAR BOONE...WATER WAS ONE FOOT BELOW FLOOD STAGE. A
NUMBER OF LOW WATER BRIDGES ARE UNDER WATER IN THE COUNTY AS WELL.
MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN...COUPLED WITH SNOWMELT WILL CAUSE WATERS
TO CONTINUE TO RISE.
 
IN ASHE COUNTY...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED SEVERAL ROADS CLOSED.
THESE ROADS WERE ALONG BOTH THE NORTH AND SOUTH FORKS OF THE NEW RIVER.
THEY ALSO REPORTED MANY LOW WATER BRIDGES UNDER WATER. RAIN CONTINUED
OVER THE COUNTY.
 
PEOPLE IN BOTH WATAUGA AND ASHE COUNTIES SHOULD REMAIN ESPECIALLY
ALERT...BE READY TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY IF FLOOD WATERS
THREATEN. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION
FOR OFFICIAL INFORMATION FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OR LOCAL
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICES.
 
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 WATER<S.  DO
NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
 
R. JONES/AVL

In the hours before

NCZ010-011-012-232130-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ASHEVILLE NC
333 PM EST TUE MAR 23 1993

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...

AT 330 PM EST...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS
EXTENDING THROUGH NORTHERN GEORGIA AND INTO THE SOUTHWESTERN MOUNTAINS
OF NORTH CAROLINA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER NORTHERN
GEORGIA BUT WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. WITH THIS MOVEMENT
THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL MOVE INTO MACON AND JACKSON COUNTIES BY 4 PM.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT DEADLY
LIGHTNING. STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND SOME HAIL ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THE
STRONGEST STORMS.

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...MOVE INTO A STRONG
BUILDING AND REMAIN THERE UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION FOR LATER
INFORMATION.

EJC

Flash Flood Warnings in North Carolina, 1993Every flash flood warning in 1993

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.