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Flash Flood Warning 37, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

October 5, 1995Avery County, North Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this flash flood warning at Oct 5, 1995, 6:15 AM EDT for Avery County, North Carolina. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Oct 5, 1995, 6:15 AM EDT (10:15 UTC)
Expired: Oct 5, 1995, 10:15 AM EDT
In force: 4 hr
Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area: Whole counties

County Avery County, NC

The radar

The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 00:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 182 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 531 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 159 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 249 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KGSP 051019
FFWGSP
NCC011-051415-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
615 AM EDT THU OCT 5 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1015 AM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN WEST NORTH CAROLINA
 
   ...AVERY COUNTY
 
AVERY COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS REPORTS NUMEROUS ROADS CLOSED...ROCK SLIDE
ON NC 105 AND A MUD SLIDE ON NC 184. MILL POND IS OVERFLOWING AND ROADS
ARE CLOSED IN NEWLAND. IFLOWS RAIN GAUGES REPORT 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL IN
THE LAST THREE HOURS. HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE MOVING THROUGH THE COUNTY
FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS ADDING TO THE PROBLEM.
 
REMEMBER THAT SEVENTY FIVE PERCENT OF ALL FLOOD FATALITIES
ARE THE RESULT OF EITHER DRIVING INTO FLOOD WATERS OR
CHILDREN PLAYING IN OR NEAR DRAINAGE DITCHES OR STREAMS.
 
ANYONE DRIVING ACROSS BRIDGES WHICH ARE UNDER WATER SHOULD
BE ADVISED THAT SOMETIMES THE ROADS NEAR THE BRIDGES WASH OUT.
IF YOU DRIVE NEAR THE BRIDGES...YOU MAY SINK INTO THE WASHED
OUT AREA AND LOOSE YOUR VEHICLE. DO NOT RISK YOUR LIFE OR
VEHICLE...CHOOSE AN ALTERNATE ROUTE INSTEAD.
 
RWH
 
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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, Oct 5, 3:05 AM EDT, 3 hours 10 minutes before

NCZ058-68>71-050830-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLOTTE NC
0305 AM EDT THU OCT 05 1995

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY RAINSHOWERS SOUTHERN PIEDMONT...

AT 0300 AM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
OVER CENTRAL GASTON COUNTY JUST SOUTH OF THE CITY OF GASTONIA. THERE
WERE ALSO MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINSHOWERS OVER
MECKLENBERG...CLEVELAND...LINCOLN AND CATAWBA COUNTIES. THESE STORMS
WERE MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH.

BECAUSE OF THE SATURATED GROUND...FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND
ROADWAYS IS HIGHLY LIKELY.

RESIDENTS ARE ADVISED TO BE ALERT TO CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND
BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION. THESE THUNDERSTORMS  MAY PRODUCE SMALL
HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND STRONG WINDS.

MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO... LOCAL TELEVISION OR RADIO
FOR LATER UPDATES ON THIS WEATHER SITUATION. BE READY TO TAKE QUICK
ACTION IF A WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR LOCATION.

JN

Special weather statement, Oct 5, 3:06 AM EDT, 3 hours 9 minutes before

NCZ058-68>71-050830-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLOTTE NC
0305 AM EDT THU OCT 05 1995

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY RAINSHOWERS SOUTHERN PIEDMONT...

AT 0300 AM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
OVER CENTRAL GASTON COUNTY JUST SOUTH OF THE CITY OF GASTONIA. THERE
WERE ALSO MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINSHOWERS OVER
MECKLENBERG...CLEVELAND...LINCOLN AND CATAWBA COUNTIES. THESE STORMS
WERE MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH.

BECAUSE OF THE SATURATED GROUND...FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND
ROADWAYS IS HIGHLY LIKELY.

RESIDENTS ARE ADVISED TO BE ALERT TO CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND
BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION. THESE THUNDERSTORMS  MAY PRODUCE SMALL
HVAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND STRONG WINDS.

MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO... LOCAL TELEVISION OR RADIO
FOR LATER UPDATES ON THIS WEATHER SITUATION. BE READY TO TAKE QUICK
ACTION IF A WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR LOCATION.

JN

Local storm report, Oct 5, 5:39 AM EDT, 36 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
539 AM EDT THU OCT 05 1995

TIME (EDT) .....CITY LOCATION....... ST   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           .....COUNTY LOCATION.....
300 AM     CASHIERS                  NC   FLOODING
10/05/95   JACKSON                        SECONDARY ROADS BLOCKED,
                                          BUFFALO CREEK RD FLOODED
                                          CO. SHERIFF DEPT.
405 AM     COUNTY WIDE               NC   WIND, FLOODING
10/05/95   JACKSON                        TREES AND POWER LINES
                                          DOWN, SMALL STREAM
                                          FLOODING
                                          COUNTY EM MGT. RPT.
412 AM     COUNTY WIDE               NC   WIND
10/05/95   TRANSYLVANIA                   TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
                                          COUNTY EM MGT. RPT.
420 AM     VARIOUS LOCATIONS         NC   WIND
10/05/95   HERDERSON                      TREES DOWN.  HENDERSON CO
                                          EM. MGT. REPORT

445 AM     1 MI N OF CLARKSVILLE     GA   WIND
10/05/95   HABERSHAM                      POWER LINES AND TREES DOWN
                                          1 MI N OF CLARKSVILLE
                                          COUNTY EM MGT. REPORT

515 AM     THROUGHOUT COUNTY         GA   STRAIGHT LINE WINDS
10/05/95   STEPHENS                       MANY TREES/POWER LINES
                                          DOWN. COUNTY EM. MGT. RPT.

JMP

Special weather statement, Oct 5, 5:45 AM EDT, 30 minutes before

NCZ-056-068>071-082-051900-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLOTTE NC
0545 AM EDT THU OCT 05 1995

...TORNADO WATCH TILL NOON...
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH TODAY...

FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN THE WXL70 LISTENING AREA...

IN NORTH CAROLINA

ANSON           CABARRUS        CLEVELAND
IREDELL         LINCOLN         MECKLENBURG
ROWAN           STANLY          UNION
GASTON          ALEXANDER       CATAWBA

IN SOUTH CAROLINA...

CHEROKEE        YORK             CHESTER
LANCASTER

TORNADOES...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS ARE
POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA.
PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING
WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE
WARNINGS.

TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXTREME TURBULENCE AND
SURFACE WINDS GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS CAN BE EXPECTED.

AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS AND SEVERE WEATHER SPOTTER GROUPS ARE
REQUESTED TO RELAY STORM INFORMATION TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER TO LAW
ENFORCEMENT FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

LISTEN TO LOCAL RADIO...TV OR WEATHER RADIO FOR WEATHER UPDATES AND
POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

JN

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Special weather statement, Oct 5, 5:46 AM EDT, 29 minutes before

NCZ-056-068>071-082-051900-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLOTTE NC
0545 AM EDT THU OCT 05 1995

...TORNADO WATCH TILL NOON...
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH TODAY...

FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN THE WXL70 LISTENING AREA...

IN NORTH CAROLINA

ANSON           CABARRUS        CLEVELAND
IREDELL         LINCOLN         MECKLENBURG
ROWAN           STANLY          UNION
GASTON          ALEXANDER       CATAWBA

IN SOUTH CAROLINA...

CHEROKEE        YORK             CHESTER
LANCASTER

TORNADOES...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS ARE
POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA.
PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING
WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE
WARNINGS.

TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXTREME TURBULENCE AND
SURFACE WINDS GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS CAN BE EXPECTED.

AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS AND SEVERE WEATHER SPOTTER GROUPS ARE
REQUESTED TO RELAY STORM INFORMATION TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER TO LAW
ENFORCEMENT FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
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LISTEN TO LOCAL RADIO...TV OR WEATHER RADIO FOR WEATHER UPDATES AND
POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

JN

Local storm report, Oct 5, 6:01 AM EDT, 14 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
539 AM EDT THU OCT 05 1995

TIME (EDT) .....CITY LOCATION....... ST   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           .....COUNTY LOCATION.....
300 AM     CASHIERS                  NC   FLOODING
10/05/95   JACKSON                        SECONDARY ROADS BLOCKED,
                                          BUFFALO CREEK RD FLOODED
                                          CO. SHERIFF DEPT.
405 AM     COUNTY WIDE               NC   WIND, FLOODING
10/05/95   JACKSON                        TREES AND POWER LINES
                                          DOWN, SMALL STREAM
                                          FLOODING
                                          COUNTY EM MGT. RPT.
412 AM     COUNTY WIDE               NC   WIND
10/05/95   TRANSYLVANIA                   TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
                                          COUNTY EM MGT. RPT.
420 AM     VARIOUS LOCATIONS         NC   WIND
10/05/95   HERDERSON                      TREES DOWN.  HENDERSON CO
                                          EM. MGT. REPORT

445 AM     1 MI N OF CLARKSVILLE     GA   WIND
10/05/95   HABERSHAM                      POWER LINES AND TREES DOWN
                                          1 MI N OF CLARKSVILLE
                                          COUNTY EM MGT. REPORT

515 AM     THROUGHOUT COUNTY         GA   STRAIGHT LINE WINDS
10/05/95   STEPHENS              J         MANY TREES/POWER LINES
                                          DOWN. COUNTY EM. MGT. RPT.

JMP

The office that day

Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 5, 12:11 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	GSP	Jackson, Macon	4 hr
Oct 5, 12:11 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	GSP	Transylvania	4 hr
Oct 5, 3:24 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	GSP	Catawba, Cleveland, Gaston, Lincoln	4 hr
Oct 5, 3:24 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	GSP	Mecklenburg	4 hr
Oct 5, 4:01 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Haywood	44 min
Oct 5, 4:41 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	GSP	Jackson, Transylvania	5 hr
Oct 5, 4:41 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	GSP	Henderson	5 hr
Oct 5, 10:10 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	GSP	Avery	4 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in North Carolina, 1995 Every 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.