Flash Flood Warning 35, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

Issued

Aug 17, 1994, 6:45 AM EDT (10:45 UTC)

Expired

Aug 17, 1994, 10:45 AM EDT

In force

4 hr

Issued by

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

Area

Whole counties

Counties Haywood County, NC, Jackson County, NC, Macon County, NC, Swain County, NC, Transylvania County, NC

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NCC021-087-089-099-113-115-149-161-173-175-171445-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ASHEVILLE NC
645 AM EDT WED AUG 17 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ASHEVILLE HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1045 AM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN WEST NORTH CAROLINA
 
   ...BUNCOMBE COUNTY...HAYWOOD COUNTY...HENDERSON COUNTY
   ...JACKSON COUNTY...MACON COUNTY...MADISON COUNTY...POLK COUNTY
   ...RUTHERFORD COUNTY...SWAIN COUNTY...TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY
 
THIS WARNING EXTENDS THE PREVIOUS FLASH FLOOD WARNING ISSUED FOR THE
CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS AND SOUTHERN FOOTHILLS OF WESTERN NORTH
CAROLINA. AT 635 AM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED MOSTLY LIGHT
RAIN ACROSS THESE PREVIOUSLY WARNED COUNTIES. EVEN THOUGH RAINFALL HAS
TAPERED OFF OVER THESE COUNTIES FLASH FLOODING IS STILL OCCURRING ALONG
MANY STREAMS AND CREEKS. CONDITIONS ARE ESPECIALLY POOR ALONG THE FRENCH
BROAD RIVER FROM ROSMAN TO ASHEVILLE AND ALONG THE SWANNANOA RIVER IN
BUNCOMBE COUNTY. ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL LIKELY CAUSE MORE FLOODING
ACROSS THESE COUNTIES.
 
 
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT.  IT'S
IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR
CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS.  CAMPERS SHOULD
AVOID CAMPING ALONG STREAMS OR CREEKS DURING THREATENING RAINS.
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.