Alert archive / North Carolina / Flash Flood Warnings in 1995
Flash Flood Warning 11, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this flash flood warning at Jul 7, 1995, 2:12 AM EDT for Cabarrus County, North Carolina. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 7, 1995, 2:12 AM EDT (06:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 7, 1995, 4:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Cabarrus County, NC
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 00:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 97 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
- 615 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -101 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1012 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 86 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 126 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCLT 070614 FFWCLT NCC025-070815- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLOTTE NC 212 AM EDT FRI JUL 7 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLOTTE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 415 AM EDT FOR EVERYONE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA ...CENTRAL CABARRUS COUNTY AT 2 AM EDT..DOPPLER WEATHER RADARS IN BLACKSBURG..VIRGINIA AND GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG..SOUTH CAROLINA INDICATED RAINFALL RATE AMOUNTS RANGING FROM 1 TO 2.5 INCHES PER HOUR. THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING VERY SLOWLY TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH. .THUNDERSTORMS ARE CURRENTLY LOCATED IN A LINE FROM 10 MILES WEST OF CON RTO CONCORD AND EXTENDS TO ABLEMARLE IN STANLY COUNTY. .EMERGENCY SERVICES IN CABARRAS COUNTY HAVE REPORTED SOME STANDING WATER WITHIN THE COUNTY BUT ALL ROADS ARE REPORTED PASSABLE AT THIS TIME. .BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. QUICKLY MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS KNOWN TO FLOOD WHEN WATER BEGINS TO RISE. .A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR ABOUT TO TAKE PLACE. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS WHICH FLOOD DURING HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS SHOULD ABANDON CAMPGROUNDS ALONG STREAMS DURING HEAVY RAIN. .MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING OCCUR WHEN SOMEONE ATTEXMPTS TO DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED BRIDGES... DIPS... OR LOW SPOTS. ANOTHER VERY DANGEROUS UNDERTAKING IS TO TRY TO CROSS A FLOODED AREA ON FOOT. GW
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, Jul 6, 9:25 PM EDT, 4 hours 47 minutes before
NCZ067-070215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ASHEVILLE NC 924 PM EDT THU JUL 6 1995 AT 915 PM EDT DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN EASTERN RUTHERFORD COUNTY BETWEEN LOGAN AND CAROLEEN. THIS AREA HAS BEEN STATIONARY FOR THE PAST TWO HOURS BUT IS NOW SHOWING AN EASTWARD MOVEMENT OF APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH. RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES OF NEAR ONE HALF INCH PER HOUR HAVE BEEN CONSISTENT OVER THE PAST TWO HOURS. RESIDENTS IN LOW LYING SECTIONS SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE POSSIBILITY OF PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND DRIVE ACCORDINGLY. SMALLER CREEKS AND STREAMS MAY BRIEFLY RISE OUT OF THEIR BANKS IN SOME OF THE LOWER AREAS. RTD
Special weather statement, Jul 6, 10:05 PM EDT, 4 hours 7 minutes before
NCZ056-068>072-082-070400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLOTTE NC 1005 PM EDT THU JUL 6 1995 ...THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN CONTINUE ACROSS SECTIONS OF THE FOOTHILLS AND SOUTHERN PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA... AT 1000 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AROUND MOORESVILLE IN SOUTHERN IREDELL COUNTY SOUTH TO AROUND DAVIDSON IN NORTHERN MECKLENBURG COUNTY. ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED AROUND SHELBY IN CLEVELAND COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORM WERE MOVING TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 20 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO NORTHERN CABARRUS COUNTY AROUND 1030 PM. EVERYONE IN THE PATH OF THE THUNDERSTORMS CAN EXPECT PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND DEADLY LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE HAIL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR YOUR RADIO ...TELEVISION OR YOUR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR FOR THE POSSIBLE ISSUANCE OF WARNINGS. JPW
Special weather statement, Jul 6, 10:06 PM EDT, 4 hours 6 minutes before
NCZ056-068>072-082-070400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLOTTE NC 1005 PM EDT THU JUL 6 1995 ...THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN CONTINUE ACROSS SECTIONS OF THE FOOTHILLS AND SOUTHERN PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA... AT 1000 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AROUND MOORESVILLE IN SOUTHERN IREDELL COUNTY SOUTH TO AROUND DAVIDSON IN NORTHERN MECKLENBURG COUNTY. ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED AROUND SHELBY IN CLEVELAND COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORM WERE MOVING TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 20 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO NORTHERN CABARRUS COUNTY AROUND 1030 PM. EVERYONE IN THE PATH OF THE THUNDERSTORMS CAN EXPECT PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIbN...GUSTY WINDS AND DEADLY LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE HAIL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR YOUR RADIO ...TELEVISION OR YOUR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR FOR THE POSSIBLE ISSUANCE OF WARNINGS. JPW
Special weather statement, Jul 6, 11:45 PM EDT, 2 hours 27 minutes before
NCZ056-068>072-082-070400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLOTTE NC 1145 PM EDT THU JUL 6 1995 ...THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN CONTINUE ACROSS SECTIONS OF THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA... AT 1140 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN NEAR MINT HILL IN SOUTHEAST MECKLENBURG COUNTY EXTENDING EAST TO AROUND STALLING IN WESTERN UNION COUNTY. ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM WAS DEVELOPING NEAR LINCOLNTON IN LINCOLN COUNTY. THE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTEND NORTH INTO SOUTHERN IREDELL COUNTY AND EAST ACROSS CABARRUS AND TO ALBEMARLE IN STANLY COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORM WERE DRIFTING TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 10 MPH. EVERYONE IN THE PATH OF THE THUNDERSTORMS CAN EXPECT PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND DEADLY LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE HAIL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR YOUR RADIO ...TELEVISION OR YOUR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR FOR THE POSSIBLE ISSUANCE OF WARNINGS. JPW WWUS34KBIL /
Special weather statement, Jul 6, 11:49 PM EDT, 2 hours 23 minutes before
NCZ056-068>072-082-070400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLOTTE NC 1145 PM EDT THU JUL 6 1995 ...THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN CONTINUE ACROSS SECTIONS OF THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA... AT 1140 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN NEAR MINT HILL IN SOUTHEAST MECKLENBURG COUNTY EXTENDING EAST TO AROUND STALLING IN WESTERN UNION COUNTY. ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM WAS DEVELOPING NEAR LINCOLNTON IN LINCOLN COUNTY. THE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTEND NORTH INTO SOUTHERN IREDELL COUNTY AND EAST ACROSS CABARRUS AND TO ALBEMARLE IN STANLY COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORM WERE DRIFTING TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 10 MPH. EVERYONE IN THE PATH OF THE THUNDERSTORMS CAN EXPECT PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND DEADLY LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE HAIL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR YOUR RADIO ...TELEVISION OR YOUR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR FOR THE POSSIBLE ISSUANCE OF WARNINGS. JPW
Special weather statement, Jul 6, 11:50 PM EDT, 2 hours 22 minutes before
NCZ056-068>072-082-070400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLOTTE NC 1145 PM EDT THU JUL 6 1995 ...THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN CONTINUE ACROSS SECTIONS OF THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA... AT 1140 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN NEAR MINT HILL IN SOUTHEAST MECKLENBURG COUNTY EXTENDING EAST TO AROUND STALLING IN WESTERN UNION COUNTY. ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM WAS DEVELOPING NEAR LINCOLNTON IN LINCOLN COUNTY. THE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTEND NORTH INTO SOUTHERN IREDELL COUNTY AND EAST ACROSS CABARRUS AND TO ALBEMARLE IN STANLY COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORM WERE DRIFTING TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 10 MPH. EVERYONE IN THE PATH OF THE THUNDERSTORMS CAN EXPECT PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND DEADLY LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE HAIL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR YOUR RADIO ...TELEVISION OR YOUR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR FOR THE POSSIBLE ISSUANCE OF WARNINGS. JPW
The office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 10:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Gaston, Lincoln | 37 min |
| Jul 6, 10:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cabarrus | 55 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in North Carolina, 1995Every flash flood warning in 1995
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.