Alert archive / North Carolina / Flash Flood Warnings in 1994
Flash Flood Warning 39, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this flash flood warning at Aug 19, 1994, 6:00 AM EDT for Cleveland County, North Carolina. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 19, 1994, 6:00 AM EDT (10:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 19, 1994, 9:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Cleveland County, NC
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 00:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 171 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
- 196 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -13 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1515 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -19 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -18 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCLT 191001 FFWCLT NCC045-191300- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLOTTE NC 600 AM EDT FRI AUG 19 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLOTTE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 900 AM EDT FOR EVERYONE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN WEST NORTH CAROLINA ...CLEVELAND COUNTY AT 555 AM WEATHER RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN CONTINUING OVER NEARLY ALL OF CLEVELAND COUNTY. COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT WAS REPORTING MARGRAZE ROAD OFF OF ROUTE 29 IN THE SOUTHEASTERN PART OF THE COUNTY TO BE WASHED AWAY. MANY OTHER ROADS WERE REPORTED UNDER WATER INCLUDING PHIFER ROAD AND PHIFER CIRCLE AND BETHLEHEM ROAD. WATER WAS RISING NEAR THE BRIDGE ON NORTH LAFAYETTE STREET. THE RAIN HAS SHOWED VERY LITTLE MOVEMENT DURING THE LAST TWO HOURS. THIS COMBINED WITH THE ALREADY SATURATED GROUND FROM HEAVY RAINS EARLIER IN THE WEEK IS CAUSING THE FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE GROUND. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW FOR A SAFE CROSSING. OR... EROSION... LEAVING DEEP HOLES... COULD HAVE ALREADY TAKEN PLACE. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. GK t &
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, Aug 19, 5:41 AM EDT, 19 minutes before
NCZ001-018-033-034-048>055-058>067-191345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ASHEVILLE NC 541 AM EDT FRI AUG 19 1994 PATCHY DENSE FOG HAS DEVELOPED IN SOME AREAS OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA THIS MORNING. VISIBILITY HAS BEEN REDUCED TO A QUARTER MILE OR LESS IN SOME LOCATIONS. EARLY MORNING MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO USE EXTRA CAUTION THIS MORNING... MOTORISTS SHOULD REDUCE SPEED WHILE DRIVING THROUGH FOGGY AREAS AND ALLOW FOR SOME ADDITIONAL TRAVEL TIME THIS MORNING. VISIBILITY WILL IMPROVE BY MID MORNING. JRB
Special weather statement, Aug 19, 5:42 AM EDT, 18 minutes before
NCZ001-018-033-034-048>055-058>067-191345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ASHEVILLE NC 541 AM EDT FRI AUG 19 1994 PATCHY DENSE FOG HAS DEVELOPED IN SOME AREAS OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA THIS MORNING. VISIBILITY HAS BEEN REDUCED TO A QUARTER MILE OR LESS IN SOME LOCATIONS. EARLY MORNING MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO USE EXTRA CAUTION THIS MORNING... MOTORISTS SHOULD REDUCE SPEED WHILE DRIVING THROUGH FOGGY AREAS AND ALLOW FOR SOME> ADDITIONAL TRAVEL TIME THIS MORNING. VISIBILITY WILL IMPROVE BY MID MORNING. JRB
The office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 19, 12:48 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Union | 4 hr |
| Aug 19, 2:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Henderson | 39 min |
| Aug 19, 2:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Burke, Caldwell | 52 min |
| Aug 19, 4:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Catawba | 27 min |
| Aug 19, 4:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Catawba | 28 min |
| Aug 19, 4:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Gaston | 31 min |
| Aug 19, 5:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg | 51 min |
| Aug 19, 5:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Gaston | 25 min |
| Aug 19, 7:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Anson | 51 min |
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.