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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

July 28, 1995Jackson County, North Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this flash flood warning at Jul 28, 1995, 2:43 AM EDT for Jackson County, North Carolina. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 28, 1995, 2:43 AM EDT (06:43 UTC)
Expired
Jul 28, 1995, 5:45 AM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area
Whole counties

County Jackson County, NC

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 247 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 280644
FFWAVL
NCC099-280945-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ASHEVILLE NC
243 AM EDT FRI JUL 28 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ASHEVILLE HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  545 AM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOACTION...
 
IN WEST NORTH CAROLINA
 
   ...SOUTHERN JACKSON COUNTY
 
AT 240 AM EDT WEATHER RADARS INDICATED HEAVY RAINS MOVING OUT OF SOUTH
CAROLINA INTO SOUTHERN JACKSON COUNTY. THIS AREA OF RAIN IS MOVING TO
THE NORTH AT APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH.
 
 
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.
 
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 HIGHNER GROUND IMMEDIATELY
TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 28, 2:08 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningGSPTransylvania37 min

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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.