Alert archive / South Carolina / Flash Flood Warnings in 1995
Flash Flood Warning 17, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this flash flood warning at Aug 26, 1995, 11:33 PM EDT for Cherokee County, Greenville County, Spartanburg County, South Carolina. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 26, 1995, 11:33 PM EDT (03:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 27, 1995, 4:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Cherokee County, SC, Greenville County, SC, Spartanburg County, SC
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 290 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
- 408 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 579 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -28 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 4 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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
Local storm report, Aug 26, 5:55 PM EDT, 5 hours 38 minutes before
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</html>Special weather statement, Aug 26, 9:29 PM EDT, 2 hours 4 minutes before
NCZ053-065-054-066-067-270230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ASHEVILLE NC 927 PM EDT SAT AUG 26 1995 *FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA* AT 915PM EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF MODERATE RAIN MOVING THROUGH HENDERSON...BUNCOMBE...POLK...RUTHERFORD..AND MCDOWELL COUNTIES. THIS AREA OF MODERATE RAIN WAS MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH AND IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. ONE INCH AND HOUR IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS AREA OF MODERATE RAIN. THIS WILL CAUSE MINOR FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS...CREEKS..AND LOW LYING ROADWAYS. THE GREATEST AMOUNT OF RAIN HAS FALLEN NEAR SUGARLOAF MOUNTAIN IN HENDERSON COUNTY...THEY HAVE RECEIVED 4.12 INCHES IN THE PAST 12 HOURS. SHERIFF OFFICE HAS NOT REPORTED ANY FLOODING IN THIS AREA....HOWEVER ALL SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS ARE RUNNING FULL. MOTORIST SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION WILL DRIVING THIS EVENING. PEOPLE IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD MONITOR WATER LEVELS OFTEN. KEEP INFORMED AND BE READY TO LEAVE QUICKLY IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED. FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF FLOODING TO LOCAL LAW ENFORECEMENT AGENCY AND ASK THEM TO FORWARD TH REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. STAY TUNNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO..LOCAL RADIO OR TV FOR UPDATES OR WARNINGS. BL
Special weather statement, Aug 26, 10:28 PM EDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
NCZ053-065-054-066-067-270330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ASHEVILLE NC 1028 PM EDT SAT AUG 26 1995 *FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA* AT 1018 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED LIGHT RAIN MOVING THROUGH HENDERSON COUNTY AND MODERATE RAIN MOVING THROUGH POLK...RUTHERFORD...AND MCDOWELL COUNTIES. THE AREA OF RAIN WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. AT 1015 PM EDT THE SHERIFFS OFFICE IN HENDERSONVILLE IN HENDERSON COUNTY REPORTED SOME MINOR FLOODING OF LOW LYING ROADS IN AND AROUND HENDERSONVILLE. THE FOLLOWING ROADS ARE FLOODING IN LOW LYING SECTIONS UPPER ROAD...JACKSON ROAD...MAPLE ROAD..AND BLANTYRE ROAD. MOTORIST SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION WHILE TRAVEL ON THESE ROADS. PEOPLE IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD MONITOR WATER LEVELS OFTEN. KEEP INFORMED AND BE READY TO LEAVE QUICKLY IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR WARNING IS ISSUED. FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF FLOODING TO LOACL LAW ENFORECEMENT AGENCY AND ASK THEM TO FORWARD THE REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. STAY TUNNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL RADIO AND TV FOR UPDATES OR WARNINGS. BL
Special weather statement, Aug 26, 10:30 PM EDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
NCZ053-065-054-066-067-270330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ASHEVILLE NC 1028 PM EDT SAT AUG 26 1995 *FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA* AT 1018 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED LIGHT RAIN MOVING THROUGH HENDERSON COUNTY AND MODERATE RAIN MOVING THROUGH POLK...RUTHERFORD...AND MCDOWELL COUNTIES. THE AREA OF RAIN WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. AT 1015 PM EDT THE SHERIFFS OFFICE IN HENDERSONVILLE IN HENDERSON COUNTY REPORTED SOME MINOR FLOODING OF LOW LYING ROADS IN AND AROUND HENDERSONVILLE. THE FOLLOWING ROADS ARE FLOODING IN LOW LYING SECTIONS UPPER ROAD...JACKSON ROAD...MAPLE ROAD..AND BLANTYRE ROAD. MOTORIST SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION WHILE TRAVEL ON THESE ROADS. PEOPLE IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD MONITOR WATER LEVELS OFTEN. KEEP INFORMED AND BE READY TO LEAVE QUICKLY IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR WARNING IS ISSUED. FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF FLOODING T&O LOACL LAW ENFORECEMENT AGENCY AND ASK THEM TO FORWARD THE REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. STAY TUNNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL RADIO AND TV FOR UPDATES OR WARNINGS. BL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 27, 2:04 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Polk, Rutherford | 5 hr |
| Aug 27, 4:03 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Union | 5 hr |
| Aug 27, 6:24 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Henderson, Polk, Rutherford | 3 hr |
| Aug 27, 12:51 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Laurens | 3 hr |
| Aug 27, 4:03 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Cherokee, Greenville, Laurens, Spartanburg | 6 hr |
| Aug 27, 4:07 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Union | 6 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in South 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.