Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

Issued

Mar 8, 1995, 10:55 AM EST (15:55 UTC)

Expired

Mar 8, 1995, 6:00 PM EST

In force

7 hr

Issued by

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

Area

Whole counties

Counties Buncombe County, NC, Burke County, NC, Henderson County, NC, McDowell County, NC, Polk County, NC, Rutherford County, NC

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BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ASHEVILLE NC
1055 AM EST WED MAR 8 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ASHEVILLE HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  600 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN WEST NORTH CAROLINA
 
   ...ASHE COUNTY...BUNCOMBE COUNTY...BURKE COUNTY
   ...CALDWELL COUNTY...CHEROKEE COUNTY...CLAY COUNTY...GRAHAM COUNTY
   ...HAYWOOD COUNTY...HENDERSON COUNTY...JACKSON COUNTY...MACON COUNTY
   ...MADISON COUNTY...MCDOWELL COUNTY...MITCHELL COUNTY...POLK COUNTY
   ...RUTHERFORD COUNTY...SWAIN COUNTY...TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY
   ...WATAUGA COUNTY...YANCEY COUNTY
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE
ALL MOUNTAIN AND FOOTHILL COUNTIES IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA EFFECTIVE
AT 1045 AM THIS DATE UNTIL 5PM THIS AFTERNOON.
 
AT 1030AM SHERIFFS OFFICES AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED
FLOODING OF SMALLER STREAMS WITH SECONDARY ROADS UNDER WATER IN AVERY..
BOONE AND CHEROKEE COUNTIES.
 
WEATHER SERVICE RADAR REPORTS INDICATED AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN MOVING
THROUGH AVERY AND BUNCOMBE COUNTIES TO THE EAST AT ABOUT 25 MPH. RAIN IS
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS AND FLOODING MAY OCCUR
FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON. THE RAIN IS ASSOCIATED WITH A COLD
FRONT MOVING INTO THE CENTRAL SECTIONS OF NORTH CAROLINA AT THIS TIME.
 
 
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY.  THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO
CROSS SAFELY.  VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE
ABANDONED QUICKLY.  MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
 
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.
RTD

In the hours before

NCZ001-033-053-055-034-060-061-058-052-065-059-063-062-048-054-
050-066-067-051-064-018-049-081715-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ASHEVILLE NC
1007 AM EST WED MAR 8 1995

AT 1000 AM RAINFALL IN AVERY..BUNCOMBE AND TRANSYLVANIA COUNTIES HAD
BECOME HEAVY IN AREAS AND APPROACHED FLOOD GUIDANCE VALUES. WEATHER
SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS
MOVING FROM WEST TO EAST THROUGH BUNCOMBE AND AVERY COUNTIES AT
APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH.

AT 945 AM THE SHERIFFS OFFICE IN AVERY COUNTY REPORTED SOME FLOODING OF
SECONDARY ROADS IN THE SOUTHERN AND EASTERN SECTIONS OF THE COUNTY. NO
REPORTS OF FLOODING HAVE BEEN RECEIVED IN OTHER AREAS.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF WNC THROUGH THIS
MORNING. RESIDENTS OF THE REGION ARE ADVISED TO KEEP A SHARP EYE ON
CONDITIONS IN THEIR AREA AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH
FLOODING BE OBSERVED OR A WARNING BE ISSUED.
RTD

NCZ001-033-053-055-034-060-061-058-052-065-059-063-062-048-054-
050-066-067-051-064-018-049-081715-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ASHEVILLE NC
1007 AM EST WED MAR 8 1995

AT 1000 AM RAINFALL IN AVERY..BUNCOMBE AND TRANSYLVANIA COUNTIES HAD
BECOME HEAVY IN AREAS AND APPROACHED FLOOD GUIDANCE VALUES. WEATHER
SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS
MOVING FROM WEST TO EAST THROUGH BUNCOMBE AND AVERY COUNTIES AT
APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH.

AT 945 AM THE SHERIFFS OFFICE IN AVERY COUNTY REPORTED SOME FLOODING OF
SECONDARY ROADS IN THE SOUTHERN AND EASTERN SECTIONS OF THE COUNTY. NO
REPORTS OF FLOODING HAVE BEEN RECEIVED IN OTHER AREAS.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF WNC THROUGH THIS
MORNING. RESIDENTS OF THE REGION ARE ADVISED TO KEEP A SHARP EYE ON
CONDITIONS IN THEIR AREA AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH
FLOODING BE OBSERVED OR A WARNING BE ISSUED.
RTD

Flash Flood Warnings in North Carolina, 1995Every flash flood warning in 1995

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.