Alert archive / North Carolina / Flash Flood Warnings in 1995
Flash Flood Warning 39, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this flash flood warning at Nov 11, 1995, 9:40 AM EST for Jackson County, Transylvania County, North Carolina. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 11, 1995, 9:40 AM EST (14:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 11, 1995, 12:45 PM EST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Jackson County, NC, Transylvania County, NC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:42 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
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 251 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 560 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 586 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 870 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 KGSP 111441 FFWGSP NCC099-113-175-111745- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC 940 AM EST SAT NOV 11 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1245 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN WEST NORTH CAROLINA ...JACKSON COUNTY...MACON COUNTY...TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY HEAVY RAINS CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS MACON...JACKSON AND TRANSYLVANIA COUNTIES WITH RAINFALL RATES RUNNING NEAR AN INCH PER HOUR. CREEKS AND STREAMS WERE BEGINNING TO RUN FULL AND SCATTERED HEAVY RAINS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS MORNING. OFFICIALS IN TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY REPORTED CREEKS IN SOUTHERN AREAS WERE STARTING TO COME OVER THEIR BANKS. KEEP AN EYE ON THE WEATHER AND RIVER OR STREAM CONDITIONS. RESIDENTS ALONG STREAM COURSES SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF ADDITIONAL HIGH WATER. MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING 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. RBN
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, Nov 11, 4:21 AM EST, 5 hours 19 minutes before
SCZ001>014-019-GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>055- 057>059-062>067-111600- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 422 AM EST SAT NOV 11 1995 ...SEVERE WEATHER POSSIBLE TODAY IN THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTH GEORGIA... A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTH GEORGIA THIS MORNING. INCREASING SOUTHERLY WINDS AHEAD OF THE FRONT WILL ADVECT COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE INTO THE AREA. STRONG WINDS AT ALMOST ALL LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE WILL BE IN PLACE OVER THE REGION LATER THIS MORNING. THE WINDS WILL ALSO BE CHANGING DIRECTION IN A DRAMATIC FASHION IN THE LOWEST LAYERS. FOR THESE REASONS...SEVERE WEATHER IS A GOOD POSSIBILITY LATE THIS MORNING AND EARLY THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS ALL OF NORTH GEORGIA AND THE UPSTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. AN ISOLATED SEVERE STORM CANNOT BE RULED OUT IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. THUNDERSTORMS TODAY WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND TORNADOES. PERSONS IN NORTEHAST GEORGIA AND THE WESTERN CAROLINAS ARE URGED TO STAY ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING CONDITIONS...AND BE READY TO TAKE ACTION IF A WARNING IS ISSUED. STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS OFFICIALS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR ACTIVATION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER DEVELOP. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS SEVERE WEATHER THREAT. BURRUS
Special weather statement, Nov 11, 4:22 AM EST, 5 hours 18 minutes before
SCZ001>014-019-GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>055- 057>059-062>067-111600- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 422 AM EST SAT NOV 11 1995 ...SEVERE WEATHER POSSIBLE TODAY IN THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTH GEORGIA... A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTH GEORGIA THIS MORNING. INCREASING SOUTHERLY WINDS AHEAD OF THE FRONT WILL ADVECT COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE INTO THE AREA. STRONG WINDS AT ALMOST ALL LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE WILL BE IN PLACE OVER THE REGION LATER THIS MORNING. THE WINDS WILL ALSO BE CHANGING DIRECTION IN A DRAMATIC FASHION IN THE LOWEST LAYERS. FOR THESE REASONS...SEVERE WEATHER IS A GOOD POSSIBILITY LATE THIS MORNING AND EARLY THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS ALL OF NORTH GEORGIA AND THE UPSTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. AN ISOLATED SEVERE STORM CANNOT BE RULED OUT IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. THUNDERSTORMS TODAY WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND TORNADOES. PERSONS IN NORTEHAST GEORGIA AND THE WESTERN CAROLINAS ARE URGED TO STAY ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING CONDITIONS...AND BE READY TO TAKE ACTION IF A WARNING IS ISSUED. STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS OFFICIALS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR ACTIVATION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER DEVELOP. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS SEVERE WEATHER THREAT. BURRUS
Special weather statement, Nov 11, 9:09 AM EST, 31 minutes before
SCZ001-002-003-004-005-006-007-008-010-011-012-019-013-014-009- NCZ058-051-059-052-048-053-062-063-064-065-049-050-033-054-055- 034-035-066-067-036-037-057-GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-111515- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC 910 AM EST SAT NOV 11 1995 ...HEAVY RAINS MOVING THROUGH NORTHEAST GEORGIA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND THE UPSTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWS HEAVY RAINS MOVING FROM NORTHEAST GEORGIA...THROUGH THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS OF NORTH CAROLINA AND ALSO THE UPSTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. THE RAIN HAS BEEN FALLING FROM A HALF INCH TO AN INCH PER HOUR. MANY CREEKS AND STREAMS WERE RISING AND SEVERAL IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND IN THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA WERE APPROACHING BANK FULL. WATER IS ALSO PONDING ALONG MOST ROADWAYS IN THESE AREAS MAKING DRIVING DIFFICULT IN SPOTS. PERSONS IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND THE UPSTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA LIVING NEAR LOW LYING OR FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD MONITOR WATER LEVELS IN THEIR VICINITY AND SHOULD BE READY TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR IF A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED. DRIVERS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION TO AVOID HYDRO-PLANING AND LOSING CONTROL OF THEIR VEHICLES. DO NOT TRY TO DRIVE THROUGH WATER FLOWING ACROSS ROADWAYS IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED. RBN
Special weather statement, Nov 11, 9:10 AM EST, 30 minutes before
SCZ001-002-003-004-005-006-007-008-010-011-012-019-013-014-009- NCZ058-051-059-052-048-053-062-063-064-065-049-050-033-054-055- 034-035-066-067-036-037-057-GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-111515- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC 910 AM EST SAT NOV 11 1995 ...HEAVY RAINS MOVING THROUGH NORTHEAST GEORGIA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND THE UPSTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWS HEAVY RAINS MOVING FROM NORTHEAST GEORGIA...THROUGH THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS OF NORTH CAROLINA AND ALSO THE UPSTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. THE RAIN HAS BEEN FALLING FROM A HALF INCH TO AN INCH PER HOUR. MANY CREEKS AND STREAMS WERE RISING AND SEVERAL IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND IN THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA WERE APPROACHING BANK FULL. WATER IS ALSO PONDING ALONG MOST ROADWAYS IN THESE AREAS MAKING DRIVING DIFFICULT IN SPOTS. PERSONS IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND THE UPSTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA LIVING NEAR LOW LYING OR FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD MONITOR WATER LEVELS IN THEIR VICINITY AND SHOULD BE READY TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR IF A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED. DRIVERS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION TO AVOID HYDRO-PLANING AND LOSING CONTROL OF THEIR VEHICLES. DO NOT TRY TO DRIVE THROUGH WATER FLOWING ACROSS ROADWAYS IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED. RBN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 11, 9:40 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Macon | 3 hr |
| Nov 11, 3:09 PM EST | Tornado Warning | GSP | Rutherford | 51 min |
| Nov 11, 3:36 PM EST | Tornado Warning | GSP | Alexander | 39 min |
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.