Alert archive / North Carolina / Flash Flood Warnings in 1995
Flash Flood Warning 24, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this flash flood warning at Sep 11, 1995, 6:01 AM EDT for Cabarrus County, North Carolina. It was in force for 119 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 11, 1995, 6:01 AM EDT (10:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 11, 1995, 8:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 119 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Cabarrus County, NC
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 00:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 97 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
- 362 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -21 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 949 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 99 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCLT 111005 FFWCLT NCC025-111200- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLOTTE NC 601 AM EDT MON SEP 11 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLOTTE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 AM EDT FOR EVERYONE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA ...NORTH EASTERN CABARRUS COUNTY AT 550 AM EDT DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICADED A PERSISTENT AREA OF HEAVY RAIN IN EXTREME NORTHEASTERN CABARRUS COUNTY. DOPPLER RADAR 3 HOUR RAIN FALL ESTIMATES EXCEED 3 INCHES FOR THAT AREA. AT 545 AM EDT CABARRUS COUNTY SHERIFF DEPARTMENT REPORTS FLODDING ALONG ST. STEPHENS CHURCH RD. AND LENTZ SHOP RD. NEAR BUFFALO CREEK. MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING OCCUR WHEN SOMEONE ATTEMPTS TO DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED BRIDGES... DIPS... OR LOW SPOTS. ANOTHER VERY DANGEROUS UNDERTAKING IS TO TRY TO CROSS A FLOODED AREA ON FOOT. GUY
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, Sep 11, 2:40 AM EDT, 3 hours 21 minutes before
NCZ056-068>072-082-110730- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLOTTE NC 235 AM EDT MON SEP 11 1995 ...WIDELY SCATTERED NOCTURNAL THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE IN PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT... AT 235 AM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATES A BROAD AREA OF LIGHT RAIN AND RAINSHOWERS COVERING CLEVELAND..GASTON..LINCOLN AND CATAWBA COUNTIES. THUNDERSTORMS WERE DETECTED IN CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY NEAR THE CITY OF LINCOLTON AND EXTEND SOUTHWARD INTO CENTRAL GASTON COUNTY JUST NORTHWEST OF THE CITY OF GASTONIA. THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS MOVING SLOWLY TO THE EAST AT 5 TO 10 MPH. EVERYONE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS MAY EXPERIENCE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN ..DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS. REMEMBER PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS CAN MAKE THE ROAD SURFACE SLICK AND SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE STOPPING ABILITY. FURTHERMORE...VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED WITH RAIN AND FOG IN MANY LOCATIONS. SLOW DOWN AND PLEASE TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS. FOR THE MOST UP TO DATE WEATHER CONTINUE TO MONITOR YOUR RADIO.. TELEVISION OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO. GUY
Special weather statement, Sep 11, 2:41 AM EDT, 3 hours 20 minutes before
NCZ056-068>072-082-110730- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLOTTE NC 235 AM EDT MON SEP 11 1995 ...WIDELY SCATTERED NOCTURNAL THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE IN PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT... AT 235 AM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATES A BROAD AREA OF LIGHT RAIN AND RAINSHOWERS COVERING CLEVELAND..GASTON..LINCOLN AND CATAWBA COUNTIES. THUNDERSTORMS WERE DETECTED IN CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY NEAR THE CITY OF LINCOLTON AND EXTEND SOUTHWARD INTO CENTRAL GASTON COUNTY JUST NORTHWEST OF THE CITY OF GASTONIA. THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS MOVING SLOWLY TO THE EAST AT 5 TO 10 MPH. EVERYONE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS MAY EXPERIENCE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN ..DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS. REMEMBER PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS CAN MAKE THE ROAD SURFACE SLICK AND SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE STOPPING ABILITY. FURTHERMORE...VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED WITH RAIN AND FOG IN MANY LOCATIONS. SLOW DOWN AND PLEASE TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS. FOR THE MOST UP TO DATE WEATHER CONTINUE TO MONITOR YOUR RADIO.. TELEVISIoN OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO. GUY
Special weather statement, Sep 11, 3:35 AM EDT, 2 hours 26 minutes before
NCZ056-068>072-082-110845- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLOTTE NC 335 AM EDT MON SEP 11 1995 ...WIDELY SCATTERED NOCTURNAL THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE IN PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT... AT 330 AM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATES A BROAD AREA OF LIGHT RAIN AND RAINSHOWERS COVERING CLEVELAND..GASTON..LINCOLN..WESTERN MECKLENBURG AND CATAWBA COUNTIES. THUNDERSTORMS WERE DETECTED IN CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY NEAR THE CITY OF IRON STATION AND EXTEND SOUTHWARD INTO EASTERN GASTON COUNTY NEAR THE CITIES OF BELMONT.. LOWELL..GASTONIA AND MCADENVILLE. THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT AROUND 10 MPH. EVERYONE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS MAY EXPERIENCE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN ..DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS. REMEMBER PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS CAN MAKE THE ROAD SURFACE SLICK AND SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE STOPPING ABILITY. FURTHERMORE...VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED WITH RAIN AND FOG IN MANY LOCATIONS. SLOW DOWN AND PLEASE TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS. FOR THE MOST UP TO DATE WEATHER CONTINUE TO MONITOR YOUR RADIO.. TELEVISION OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO. GUY
Special weather statement, Sep 11, 3:40 AM EDT, 2 hours 21 minutes before
NCZ056-068>072-082-110845- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLOTTE NC 335 AM EDT MON SEP 11 1995 ...WIDELY SCATTERED NOCTURNAL THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE IN PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT... AT 330 AM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATES A BROAD AREA OF LIGHT RAIN AND RAINSHOWERS COVERING CLEVELAND..GASTON..LINCOLN..WESTERN MECKLENBURG AND CATAWBA COUNTIES. THUNDERSTORMS WERE DETECTED IN CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY NEAR THE CITY OF IRON STATION AND EXTEND SOUTHWARD INTO EASTERN GASTON COUNTY NEAR THE CITIES OF BELMONT.. LOWELL..GASTONIA AND MCADENVILLE. THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT AROUND 10 MPH. EVERYONE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS MAY EXPERIENCE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN ..DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS. REMEMBER PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS CAN MAKE THE ROAD SURFACE SLICK AND SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE STOPPING ABILITY. FURTHERMORE...VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED WITH RAIN AND FOG IN MANY LOCATIONS. SLOW DOWN AND PLEASE TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS. FOR THE MOST UP TO DATE WEATHER CONTINUE TO MONITOR YOUR RADIO.. TELEVISION OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO. GUY
Special weather statement, Sep 11, 4:35 AM EDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before
NCZ056-068>072-082-110945- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLOTTE NC 435 AM EDT MON SEP 11 1995 ...THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY DIMINISHING ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT... AT 430 AM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATES A BROAD AREA OF LIGHT RAIN AND RAINSHOWERS COVERING GASTON..LINCOLN..CABARRUS..MECKLENBURG AND CATAWBA COUNTIES. THE ONLY IMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WERE DETECTED IN EASTERN MOST CABARRUS COUNTY AND IN NORTH CENTRAL MECKLENBURG COUNTY IN NORTHERN CHARLOTTE. THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS MOVInG TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT AROUND 10 MPH. EVERYONE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS MAY EXPERIENCE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN ..DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS. REMEMBER PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS CAN MAKE THE ROAD SURFACE SLICK AND SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE STOPPING ABILITY. FURTHERMORE...VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN 1/2 MILE WITH RAIN AND FOG IN MANY LOCATIONS. SLOW DOWN AND PLEASE TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS. FOR THE MOST UP TO DATE WEATHER CONTINUE TO MONITOR YOUR RADIO.. TELEVISION OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO. GUY
Special weather statement, Sep 11, 4:39 AM EDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before
NCZ056-068>072-082-110945- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLOTTE NC 435 AM EDT MON SEP 11 1995 ...THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY DIMINISHING ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT... AT 430 AM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATES A BROAD AREA OF LIGHT RAIN AND RAINSHOWERS COVERING GASTON..LINCOLN..CABARRUS..MECKLENBURG AND CATAWBA COUNTIES. THE ONLY IMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WERE DETECTED IN EASTERN MOST CABARRUS COUNTY AND IN NORTH CENTRAL MECKLENBURG COUNTY IN NORTHERN CHARLOTTE. THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS MOVInG TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT AROUND 10 MPH. EVERYONE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS MAY EXPERIENCE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN ..DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS. REMEMBER PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS CAN MAKE THE ROAD SURFACE SLICK AND SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE STOPPING ABILITY. FURTHERMORE...VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN 1/2 MILE WITH RAIN AND FOG IN MANY LOCATIONS. SLOW DOWN AND PLEASE TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS. FOR TH|E MOST UP TO DATE WEATHER CONTINUE TO MONITOR YOUR RADIO.. TELEVISION OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO. GUY
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in North 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.