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Flash Flood Warning 12, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

July 28, 1995Transylvania County, North Carolina

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 00:00Z on 1995-07-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1489 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 00:00Z on 1995-07-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -88 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 28, 2:43 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningGSPJackson3 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.