Alert archive / North Carolina / Flash Flood Warnings in 1995
Flash Flood Warning 22, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this flash flood warning at Aug 27, 1995, 6:24 AM EDT for Henderson County, Polk County, Rutherford County, North Carolina. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 27, 1995, 6:24 AM EDT (10:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 27, 1995, 9:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Henderson County, NC, Polk County, NC, Rutherford County, NC
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 305 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
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KAVL 271026 FFWAVL NCC089-149-161-271330- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ASHEVILLE NC 624 AM EDT SUN AUG 27 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ASHEVILLE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 930 AM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN WEST NORTH CAROLINA ...HENDERSON COUNTY...POLK COUNTY...RUTHERFORD COUNTY THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR HENDERSON...POLK...AND RUTHERFORD COUNTIES IS EXTENDED UNTIL 930 AM EDT. WEATHER RADAR CONTINUES TO INDICATE MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN STREAMING NORTH FROM SOUTH CAROLINA INTO THE SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. 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 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.
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 27, 1:42 AM EDT, 4 hours 42 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
142 AM EDT SUN AUG 27 1995
TIME (EDT) .....CITY LOCATION....... ST ...EVENT/REMARKS...
.....COUNTY LOCATION.....
100 AM SPARTANBURG CO SC FLOODING
08/27/95 SPARTANBURG WATER OVER NUMEROUS ROADS
AND SOME BRIDGES OUT.
REPORTED BY COUNTY EPD.
100 AM GREENVILLE CO SC FLOODING
08/27/95 GREENVILLE WATER OVER NUMEROUS ROADS
AND SOME BRIDGES OUT.
REPORTED BY COUNTY EPD
RWHSpecial weather statement, Aug 27, 4:40 AM EDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before
NCZ055-054-270945- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ASHEVILLE NC 440 AM EDT SUN AUG 27 1995 AT 435 AM EDT WEATHER RADARS SHOWED AN AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN MOVING FROM RUTHERFORD COUNTY INTO SOUTHERN MCDOWELL AND BURKE COUNTIES AT APPROXIMATELY 15 TO 20 MPH. RAINFALL HAS AVERAGED TWO TO THREE INCHES WITHIN THIS AREA FOR THE PAST SEVERAL HOURS WITH SOME FLOODING REPORTED IN SOUTHERN MOUNTAIN COUNTIES OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT TODAY FOR ALL COUNTIES OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...INCLUDING THE NORTHERN FOOTHILL AND NORTHERN MOUNTAINS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR LOCAL NEWS MEDIA FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS. RTD
Special weather statement, Aug 27, 4:41 AM EDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before
NCZ055-054-270945- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ASHEVILLE NC 440 AM EDT SUN AUG 27 1995 AT 435 AM EDT WEATHER RADARS SHOWED AN AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN MOVING FROM RUTHERFORD COUNTY INTO SOUTHERN MCDOWELL AND BURKE COUNTIES AT APPROXIMATELY 15 TO 20 MPH. RAINFALL HAS AVERAGED TWO TO THREE INCHES WITHIN THIS AREA FOR THE PAST SEVERAL HOURS WITH SOME FLOODING REPORTED IN SOUTHERN MOUNTAIN COUNTIES OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT TODAY FOR ALL COUNTIES OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...INCLUDING THE NORTHERN FOOTHILL AND NORTHERN MOUNTAINS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR LOCAL NEWS MEDIA FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE FLASH FLOOD DWARNINGS. RTD
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 |
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.