Alert archive / North Carolina / Flash Flood Warnings in 1994
Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this flash flood warning at Mar 28, 1994, 1:45 AM EST for 6 counties in North Carolina. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 28, 1994, 1:45 AM EST (06:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 28, 1994, 5:00 AM EST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Avery County, NC, Burke County, NC, Caldwell County, NC, McDowell County, NC, Mitchell County, NC, Watauga County, NC
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 00:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 176 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
- 289 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -48 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 754 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 71 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 615 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 772 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 4.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KAVL 280647
FFWAVL
NCC009-011-021-023-039-043-075-087-089-099-111-113-
115-121-173-175-199-027-189-281000-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ASHEVILLE NC
145 AM EST MON MAR 28 1994
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ASHEVILLE HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 500 AM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
IN WEST NORTH CAROLINA THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
...ASHE...AVERY...BUNCOMBE...CHEROKEE...CLAY...GRAHAM...HAYWOOD...
HENDERSON...JACKSON...MACON...MADISON...MITCHELL...SWAIN...
TRANSYLVANIA...WATAUGA...YANCEY...
ALSO IN WEST NORTH CAROLINA...
...WEST CALDWELL COUNTY...WEST BURKE COUNTY...AND WEST MCDOWELL
COUNTY
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR ALL MOUNTAIN COUNTIES OF
WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA.
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 7 INCHES HAVE RESULTED IN ALMOST EVERY STREAM
AND CREEK IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AT BANKFUL OR ALREADY OUT OF THEIR
BANKS.
WHILE HEAVY RAINFALL HAS ENDED...LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN WILL CONTINUE
ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION CONTINUING THE RISK OF VERY SERIOUS FLOODING
AND MUD-SLIDES.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO AND TV FOR LATER
STATEMENTS.
RJ/REU/HM&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 27, 9:51 PM EST, 3 hours 54 minutes before
NCZ056-068>074-082>084-280300 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLOTTE NC 950 PM EST SUN MAR 27 1993 ...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM FOR MUCH OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. THE WATCH INCLUDES CATAWBA... CLEVELAND...LINCOLN... GASTON... MECKLENBURG... IREDELL... ROWAN...CABARRUS...UNION... STANLY...ANSON... MONTGOMERY AND RICHMOND COUNTIES. IN SOUTH CAROLINA THE WATCH INCLUDES CHEROKEE ...YORK... CHESTER AND LANCASTER COUNTIES. ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT FOR CLEVELAND... CATAWBA... LINCOLN... AND GASTON COUNTIES AND POINTS TO THE WEST. AT 945 PM WEATHER RADAR IN CHARLOTTE SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVING THROUGH THE SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA SOUTHWEST OF ASHEVILLE. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH AND MAY AFFECT CLEVELAND... LINCOLN AND CATAWBA COUNTIES BY ABOUT 1130 PM. ADDITIONAL STORMS OVER NORTHERN GEORGIA CONTINUE TO MOVE TOWARD WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND THE UPSTATE. STAY TUNED TO TV...RADIO OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION. THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. BE ALERT FOR CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS IN YOUR AREA AND BE READYT FOR QUICK ACTION SHOULD A WARNING BE ISSUED FOR YOUR COUNTY. THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED PRIOR TO MIDNIGHT. JS
Local storm report, Mar 27, 10:11 PM EST, 3 hours 34 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ASHEVILLE NORTH CAROLINA
1002 PM EST SUN MAR 27 1994
DATE/TIME EVENT
27/955PM PEA SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY HAM OPERATOR AT CANDLER IN
WESTERN BUNCOMBE COUNTY
HMSpecial weather statement, Mar 27, 10:29 PM EST, 3 hours 16 minutes before
SCZ001-002-003-004-005-006-007-008-010-011-012-013-019-280530- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC 1030 PM EST SUN MAR 27 1994 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR ALL UPSTATE COUNTIES UNTIL 200 AM... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA UNTIL 400 AM... AN AREA OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA BACK TO NEAR THE ATLANTA AREA. THESE STORMS WERE PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL..DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL AND WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AROUND 50 MPH. THE LEADING EDGE OF THESE STORMS MAY ENTER OCONEE COUNTY BEFORE 1100 PM. THE ATMOSPHERE STILL HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE TORNADOES AS THESE STORMS ENTER THE UPSTATE. THIS IS pA VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION WITH THE THREAT OF TORNADOES AND FLASH FLOODING. BE READY TO TAKE NECESSARY ACTION IF A WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA. LEFKOF/GSP
Local storm report, Mar 27, 10:31 PM EST, 3 hours 14 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ASHEVILLE NC
1029 PM EST SUN MAR 27 1994
TIME EVENT
1020 PM EST PEA SIZE HAIL REPORTED EAST OF FLETCHER NEAR HOOPER`S
CREEK IN HENDERSON COUNTY. REPORTED BY SKYWARN SPOTTER.
EJCLocal storm report, Mar 27, 10:59 PM EST, 2 hours 46 minutes before
STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC 1058 PM EST SUN MAR 27 1994 1055 PM QUARTER SIZE HAIL BY DEPUTY AT LONG CREEK IN OCONEE COUNTY. W. JONES/GSP
Special weather statement, Mar 27, 11:40 PM EST, 2 hours 5 minutes before
NCZ056-068>074-082>084-280600 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLOTTE NC 1140 PM EST SUN MAR 27 1994 ...A PORTION OF THE TORNADO WATCH COVERING UNION...ANSON... STANLY... MONTGOMERY AND RICHMOND COUNTIES OF NORTH CAROLINA HAS BEEN CANCELED... ...THE TORNADO WATCH STILL REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM FOR MUCH OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. THE WATCH INCLUDES CATAWBA... CLEVELAND...LINCOLN... GASTON... MECKLENBURG... IREDELL... ROWAN AND CABARRUS COUNTIES. IN SOUTH CAROLINA THE WATCH INCLUDES CHEROKEE ...YORK... CHESTER AND LANCASTER COUNTIES. ...ALSO A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT FOR CLEVELAND... CATAWBA... LINCOLN... AND GASTON COUNTIES AND POINTS TO THE WEST. AT 1135 PM WEATHER RADAR IN CHARLOTTE INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL MOVING ACROSS THE SOUTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AND WEAKENING. ADDITIONAL STORMS OVER NORTHERN GEORGIA CONTINUE TO MOVE TOWARD WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND THE UPSTATE. THESE STORMS STILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND TORNADOES. THEY WILL LIKELY MOVE INTO THE CAROLINAS BY 2 AM. STAY TUNED TO TV...RADIO OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION. BE ALERT FOR CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS IN YOUR AREA AND BE READY FOR QUICK ACTION SHOULD A WARNING BE ISSUED FOR YOUR COUNTY. THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED PRIOR TO 2 AM. JS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 7:05 PM EST | Tornado Warning | GSP | Cherokee, Graham | 25 min |
| Mar 27, 7:10 PM EST | Tornado Warning | GSP | Catawba | 50 min |
| Mar 27, 7:18 PM EST | Tornado Warning | GSP | Cleveland | 57 min |
| Mar 27, 7:24 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Macon, Swain | 51 min |
| Mar 27, 8:43 PM EST | Tornado Warning | GSP | Macon | 47 min |
| Mar 27, 8:58 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Buncombe, Madison | 47 min |
| Mar 27, 9:01 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Avery, Mitchell | 44 min |
| Mar 27, 9:16 PM EST | Tornado Warning | GSP | Jackson | 44 min |
| Mar 27, 9:35 PM EST | Tornado Warning | GSP | Transylvania | 40 min |
| Mar 28, 1:45 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Cherokee, Clay, Macon | 3 hr |
| Mar 28, 1:45 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Buncombe, Haywood, Madison, Yancey | 3 hr |
| Mar 28, 1:45 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Ashe | 3 hr |
| Mar 28, 1:45 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Henderson, Transylvania | 3 hr |
| Mar 28, 1:45 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Graham, Jackson, Swain | 3 hr |
| Mar 28, 3:27 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Caldwell | 33 min |
| Mar 28, 5:00 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Avery, Burke, Caldwell | 3 hr |
| Mar 28, 5:00 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Buncombe, Henderson, McDowell, Madison, Yancey | 3 hr |
| Mar 28, 5:00 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Mitchell | 3 hr |
| Mar 28, 5:00 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Macon | 3 hr |
| Mar 28, 5:00 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Ashe, Watauga | 3 hr |
| Mar 28, 5:00 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Haywood, Jackson, Swain, Transylvania | 3 hr |
| Mar 28, 6:58 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Mecklenburg | 47 min |
| Mar 28, 7:26 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Union | 49 min |
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.