Flash Flood Warning 20, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

Issued

Jul 24, 1997, 1:32 AM EDT (05:32 UTC)

Expired

Jul 24, 1997, 6:00 AM EDT

In force

4 hr

Issued by

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

Area

Whole counties

Counties Cabarrus County, NC, Mecklenburg County, NC, Union County, NC

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TTAA00 KGSP 240536
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NCC025-119-179-241030-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
132 AM EDT THU JUL 24 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  600 AM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
 
   ...CABARRUS COUNTY...MECKLENBURG COUNTY...UNION COUNTY
 
VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ASSOCIATED WITH THE REMAINS OF DANNY IS BEING PUMPED
NORTH INTO MECKLENBURG...UNION...AND CABARRUS COUNTIES. THE CHARLOTTE
DOUGLAS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT HAS REPORTED RAINFALL AT A RATE OF 1 INCH
PER HOUR DURING THE LAST HOUR. YESTERDAY'S HEAVY RAIN HAS RESULTED
IN SATURATED SOIL CONDITIONS OVER ALL OF THE AREA. ADDITIONAL HEAVY
RAIN OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS COULD RESULT IN MAJOR FLASH FLOODING.
 
TROPICAL SYSTEMS USUALLY INTENSIFY AT NIGHT AROUND THE CENTER OF
CIRCULATION. WITH THE CENTER OF CIRCULATION CLOSE TO THE WARNED
AREA...RAINFALL WILL LIKELY BECOME MORE INTENSE OVERNIGHT..AND
LAST LONGER THAN INITIALLY ANTICIPATED.  RAINFALL WILL FALL AT A
RATE OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR FOR SEVERAL MORE HOURS...ENDING
BEFORE DAYBREAK.
 
ANOTHER 3 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. MAJOR
FLOODING PROBLEMS COULD DEVELOP. AREA DAMS SHOULD BE MONITORED
CLOSELY OVERNIGHT AS THESE STUCTURES HAVE ENDURED HIGH STRESS IN
THE LAST 24 HOURS. BRIDGES SHOULD ALSO BE CLOSELY WATCH FOR ANY
SIGNS OF WEAKENING.
 
REMEMBER NIGHTTIME MAKES IT DIFFICULT TO RECOGNIZE FLOODED
AREAS. USE CAUTION IN AND NEAR ANY SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS
TONIGHT.
 
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 LOSE YOUR VEHICLE. DO NOT RISK YOUR LIFE OR
VEHICLE...CHOOSE AN ALTERNATE ROUTE INSTEAD.
 
KAJ

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Jul 23, 10:00 PM EDT, 3 hours 32 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE/SPARTANBURG, SC
1000 PM EDT WED JUL 23 1997

.COORDINATED WITH CAE AND RAH BY PHONE.

CIRCULATION CENTER ON 88D APPEARS TO BE MOVING SOUTH OF THE GSP AREA
FROM LAURENS TO UNION COUNTY WITH PSBL SLIGHT S COMPONENT TO EAST
MVMNT.  HVIEST RAINS SO FAR STAYING JUST SOUTH OF CLT METRO AREA
THAT RECEIVED FLOODING EARLIER TODAY.   HEAVIEST RAINS SHLD CONTINUE
EAST ARND AND SOUTH OF CLT METRO AREA BUT WILL DIMINISH QUICKLY FROM
WEST AS CENTER PASSES EAST OF AREAS.  MORE STORMS WORKING INTO NE
TN IN ASSOCIATION WITH COLD FRNT DROPPING FROM OHIO VALLEY.  AM
COUNTING ON THESE DIMINISHING AND NOT MAKING IT ACROSS MTNS.

COULD GET SOME PATCHY FOG IN OVRNT AS SKIES CLEAR BUT WEST AND NW
WINDS SHLD DWNSLP SOME TO HELP HOLD FOG PROBLEMS TO A MINIMUM.

NEAL

Flash Flood Warnings in North Carolina, 1997Every flash flood warning in 1997

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.