Flash Flood Warning 33, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

Issued

Aug 17, 1994, 6:27 AM EDT (10:27 UTC)

Expired

Aug 17, 1994, 11:30 AM EDT

In force

5 hr

Issued by

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

Area

Whole counties

Counties Avery County, NC, McDowell County, NC, Mitchell County, NC, Yancey County, NC

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BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ASHEVILLE NC
627 AM EDT WED AUG 17 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ASHEVILLE HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1130 AM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN WEST NORTH CAROLINA
 
   ...ASHE COUNTY...AVERY COUNTY...BURKE COUNTY...CALDWELL COUNTY
   ...MCDOWELL COUNTY...MITCHELL COUNTY...WATAUGA COUNTY...YANCEY COUNTY
 
THIS FLASH FLOOD WARNING EXTENDS THE PREVIOUS WARNING ISSUED FOR THE
NORTHERN MOUNTAINS AND NORTHERN FOOTHILLS OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. AT
625 AM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINFALL
CONTINUING ACROSS THESE PREVIOUSLY WARNED COUNTIES. FLASH FLOODING HAS
OCCURRED ACROSS MANY OF THESE COUNTIES WITH NUMEROUS STREAMS AND CREEKS
OUT OF THEIR BANKS. WITH MORE RAIN EXPECTED...THE POTENTIAL FOR MORE
FLOODING STILL EXISTS.
 
 
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.
 
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 ESCfAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.
GRC/HM

In the hours before

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
548 AM EDT WED AUG 17 1994

AT 545 PM EDT WEATHER SERVIVE RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM
IN NORTHERN SPARTANBURG COUNTY. THIS STORM IS LOCATED NORTHEAST OF THE
INTERSECTION OF I85 AND I26...BETWEEN CHESNEE AND COWPENS. MOVEMENT IS
TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THE STORM WILL PASS THROUGH NORTH METRO
SPARTANBURG SHORTLY...AND THEN ON TOWARD THE UNION...CHEROKEE COUNTY BORDER
WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR.

DUE TO THE HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS...THE GROUND
IS SATURATED AND ANY RAINFALL MAY PRODUCE STREET AND URBAN FLOODING.
USE EXTREME CAUTION AROUND THIS STORM AS IT MAY PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL
...STRONG WINDS...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR LOCAL TELEVISION AND RADIO FOR
FURTHER UPDATES.
COBLENTZ/GSP

Flash Flood Warnings in North Carolina, 1994Every flash flood warning in 1994

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.