Alert archive / North Carolina / Flash Flood Warnings in 1995
Flash Flood Warning 12, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this flash flood warning at Jul 28, 1995, 2:08 AM EDT for Transylvania County, North Carolina. It was in force for 37 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 28, 1995, 2:08 AM EDT (06:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 28, 1995, 2:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Transylvania County, NC
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 257 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
- 1489 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 988 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -88 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 110 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -2.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KAVL 280613 RRA FFWAVL NCC175-280645- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ASHEVILLE NC 208 AM EDT FRI JUL 28 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ASHEVILLE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 245 AM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN WEST NORTH CAROLINA ...SOUTHERN TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY AT 205 AM EDT WEATHER RADARS INDICATED AN AREA OF HEAVY RAIN IN SOUTHERN TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY MOVING TO THE NORTH AT APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH. RAINFALL OF ABOUT 1.8 INCHES HAS OCCURRED NEAR CONNESTEE FALLS IN THE LAST THREE HOURS AND RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES OF APPROXIMATELY 1.2 INCHEIN THE LAST HOUR ARE REPORTED IN THE LAKE TOXAWAY AREA. THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS SITUATION. HEAVY RAINS THAT OCCUR IN MOUNTAINOUS AREAS CAUSE RIVERS AND STREAMS TO RISE EXTREMELY RAPIDLY. DO NOT HESITATE...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE. 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 ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.
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 27, 8:20 PM EDT, 5 hours 48 minutes before
NCZ056-280130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLOTTE NC 820 PM EDT THU JUL 27 1
Special weather statement, Jul 27, 8:20 PM EDT, 5 hours 48 minutes before
NCZ056-280130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLOTTE NC 820 PM EDT THU JUL 27 1
The office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 28, 2:43 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Jackson | 3 hr |
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.