Alert archive / North Carolina / Flash Flood Warnings in 1994
Flash Flood Warning 29, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this flash flood warning at Aug 17, 1994, 4:18 AM EDT for Ashe County, Watauga County, North Carolina. It was in force for 117 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 17, 1994, 4:18 AM EDT (08:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 17, 1994, 6:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 117 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Ashe County, NC, Watauga County, NC
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 00:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 155 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
- 1105 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 648 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 141 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 219 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.6
- Supercell composite
- 5.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KAVL 170820 FFWAVL NCC009-011-121-189-199-171015- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ASHEVILLE NC 418 AM EDT WED AUG 17 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ASHEVILLE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 615 AM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN WEST NORTH CAROLINA ...ASHE COUNTY...AVERY COUNTY...MITCHELL COUNTY ...WATAUGA COUNTY...YANCEY COUNTY THIS FLASH FLOOD WARNING EXTENDS THE PREVIOUS WARNING FOR THE NORTHERN MOUNTAIN COUNTIES OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. AT 415 AM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINFALL CONTINUING ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS. EVEN THOUGH RAINFALL AMOUNTS HAVE TAPERED OFF DURING THE LAST COUPLE HOURS...ANY ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS THAT MAY FALL THIS MORNING WILL LIKELY AID IN THE CHANCES FOR FLASH FLOODING ACROSS THE WARNED COUNTIES. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. COLE
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
Local storm report, Aug 16, 11:25 PM EDT, 4 hours 53 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
1125 PM EDT TUE AUG 16 1994
TIME EVENT
1120 PM EDT PICKENS COUNTY FLASH FLOOD RAIN GAGE OBSERVER AT
ROCKY BOTTOM REPORTED 7.5 INCHES RAINFALL SINCE
11 PM MONDAY. SHERIFFS OFFICE SAYS SOME CREEKS
BEGINNING TO GET OUT ON ROADS NORTHERN PART COUNTY.
WAJLocal storm report, Aug 16, 11:27 PM EDT, 4 hours 51 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
1125 PM EDT TUE AUG 16 1994
TIME EVENT
1120 PM EDT PICKENS COUNTY FLASH FLOOD RAIN GAGE OBSERVER AT
ROCKY BOTTOM REPOVRTED 7.5 INCHES RAINFALL SINCE
11 PM MONDAY. SHERIFFS OFFICE SAYS SOME CREEKS
BEGINNING TO GET OUT ON ROADS NORTHERN PART COUNTY.
WAJThe office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 17, 2:22 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Henderson, Polk, Rutherford, Transylvania | 4 hr |
| Aug 17, 2:22 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Jackson, Macon | 4 hr |
| Aug 17, 3:20 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Buncombe, Burke, McDowell | 3 hr |
| Aug 17, 3:20 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Caldwell | 3 hr |
| Aug 17, 3:20 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Haywood, Madison, Swain | 3 hr |
| Aug 17, 4:18 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Mitchell, Yancey | 117 min |
| Aug 17, 4:18 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Avery | 117 min |
| Aug 17, 6:27 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Ashe, Watauga | 5 hr |
| Aug 17, 6:27 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Avery, McDowell, Mitchell, Yancey | 5 hr |
| Aug 17, 6:27 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Burke, Caldwell | 5 hr |
| Aug 17, 6:45 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Haywood, Jackson, Macon, Swain, Transylvania | 4 hr |
| Aug 17, 6:45 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Buncombe, Henderson, Madison, Rutherford | 4 hr |
| Aug 17, 6:45 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Polk | 4 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in North Carolina, 1994Every flash flood warning in 1994
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.