Alert archive / North Carolina / Flash Flood Warnings in 1995
Flash Flood Warning 15, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this flash flood warning at Aug 20, 1995, 1:27 AM EDT for Henderson County, North Carolina. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 20, 1995, 1:27 AM EDT (05:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 20, 1995, 5:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Henderson County, NC
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 00:00Z, 5.5 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 190 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1207 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 6 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 6 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 KAVL 200529 FFWAVL NCC089-200930- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ASHEVILLE NC 127 AM EDT SUN AUG 20 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ASHEVILLE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 515 AM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOACTION... IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA ...SOUTHEASTERN HENDERSON COUNTY AT 115 AM EDT FLASH FLOODING WAS REPORTED IN SOUTHEASTERN HENDERSON COUNTY IN AND AROUND THE SALUDA AREA ALONG HWY 176. 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. WAP
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, 8:03 PM EDT, 5 hours 24 minutes before
NCZ054-067-051 200100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ASHEVILLE NC 802 PM EDT SAT AUG 19 1995 AT 8:00 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE IN SOUTHERN MCDOWELL COUNTY AND NORTHERN RUTHERFORD COUNTIES OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED OVER SWAIN COUNTY...ESPECIALLY IN THE NORTHERN SECTIONS OF THE COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTH AT 10 MPH. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAINFALL OF UP TO AN INCH AN HOUR...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL. DUE TO THE HEAVY RAINFALL RATE AND SLOW MOVMENT OF THESE STORMS PONDING ON ROADS AND IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS CAN BE EXPECTEvD. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL TV OR RADIO FOR ANY FURTHER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS. SM
Special weather statement, Aug 19, 8:59 PM EDT, 4 hours 28 minutes before
NCZ058-065-062-066-067-051-200200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ASHEVILLE NC 859 PM EDT SAT AUG 19 1995 AT 8:55 WEATHER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...GRAHAM...SWAIN...HENDERSON... POLK...AND RUTHERFORD. THE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THE STORMS IN GRAHAM COUNTY WILL MOVE INTO MACON COUNTY WITHIN THE HALF HOUR. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS OF UP TO 50 MPH...RAINFALL OF UP TO AN INCH AN HOUR...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL TV OR RADIO FOR ANY FURTHER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS. SM
Special weather statement, Aug 19, 9:39 PM EDT, 3 hours 48 minutes before
NCZ-065-062-066-067-064-200230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ASHEVILLE NC 939 PM EDT SAT AUG 19 1995 AT 9:30 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN MACON... TRANSYLVANIA...HENDERSON...POLK...AND RUTHERFORD. THE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS OF UP TO 50 MPH...RAINFALL OF UP TO AN INCH AN HOUR WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS OF 2 INCHES AN HOUR...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL. PONDING ON ROADWAYS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS CAN BE EXPECTED DUE TO THESE STORMS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL TV OR RADIO FOR ANY FURTHER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS. SM
Local storm report, Aug 19, 10:06 PM EDT, 3 hours 21 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ASHEVILLE NC
1005 PM EDT SAT AUG 19 1995
TIME ......CITY LOCATION...... STATE.......EVENT/REMARKS.........
....COUNTY LOCATION......
910 PM WAYNESVILLE NC LARGE TREES DOWN
HAYWOOD COUNTY REPORTD BY SHERIFFSpecial weather statement, Aug 19, 10:28 PM EDT, 2 hours 59 minutes before
NCZ-065-062-066-067-064-200315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ASHEVILLE NC 10:28 PM EDT SAT AUG 19 1995 AT 10:25 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...SOUTHERN MACON... TRANSYLVANIA...HENDERSON...POLK...AND RUTHERFORD. THE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS NOW MOVING OUT OF THE AREA INTO NORTHERN GEORGIA AND SOUTH CAROLINA. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS OF UP TO 50 MPH...RAINFALL OF UP TO AN INCH AN HOUR WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS OF 2 INCHES AN HOUR...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL. RAINFALL AT THE ASHEVILLE AIRPORT IN THE LAST HALF HOUR HAS MEASURED 1 INCH. PONDING ON ROADWAYS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS CAN BE EXPECTED DUE TO THESE STORMS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL TV OR RADIO FOR ANY FURTHER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS. SM
Special weather statement, Aug 19, 11:10 PM EDT, 2 hours 17 minutes before
NCZ-065-066-067-064-200400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ASHEVILLE NC 11:10 PM EDT SAT AUG 19 1995 AT 11:05 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA HAD DIMINISHED SIGNIFICANTLY IN INTENSITY. THE STRONGEST STORMS HAD MOVED SOUTH OF OUT OF THE STATE. THUNDERSTORMS REMAINING IN NORTH CAROLINA WERE LOCATED IN TRANSYLVANIA...HENDERSON...POLK...AND RUTHERFORD COUNTIES. THE STORMS CONTINUED TO MOVE TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS OF UP TO 30 MPH ...HEAVY RAINFALL OF UP TO 1/2 INCH AN HOUR WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS OF 1 INCH AN HOUR...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. PONDING ON ROADWAYS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS MAY OCCUR DUE TO THESE THESE STORMS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL TV OR RADIO FOR ANY FURTHER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS. SM
The office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 19, 8:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Haywood | 51 min |
Nearby
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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.