Flash Flood Warning 19, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

Issued

Jan 8, 1998, 7:52 AM EST (12:52 UTC)

Expired

Jan 8, 1998, 12:00 PM EST

In force

4 hr

Issued by

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

Area

Whole counties

Counties Buncombe County, NC, Haywood County, NC, Henderson County, NC, McDowell County, NC, Transylvania County, NC, Yancey County, NC

The Greer radar (KGSP), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING...CORRECTED FROM FLASH FLOOD TO FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
752 AM EST THU JAN 8 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A
FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL NOON EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...

IN WEST NORTH CAROLINA

   ...AVERY COUNTY...BUNCOMBE COUNTY...BURKE COUNTY
   ...CALDWELL COUNTY...HAYWOOD COUNTY...HENDERSON COUNTY
   ...MCDOWELL COUNTY...MITCHELL COUNTY...POLK COUNTY
   ...TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY...YANCEY COUNTY

THE FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL NOON EST FOR MOST OF THE
COUNTIES IN THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS THAT WERE
WARNED LAST NIGHT. THE ONLY COUNTY TO BE CLEARED FROM THE PREVIOUS
FLOOD WARNING IS RUTHERFORD COUNTY.

REPORTS FROM THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS INDICATE THAT WATER IN
RIVERS AND STREAMS IS STILL RISING IN MANY LOCATIONS. ALTHOUGH
RAINFALL IS TAPERING OFF...RUNOFF FROM EARLIER RAIN WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH THE MORNING. A FEW PLACES REPORTED WATERS TO BE RECEDING...
HOWEVER THESE AREAS CONTINUE TO REPORT ROADS UNDER WATER AND CLOSED.

BY MID DAY A COLD FRONT WILL REACH THE WESTERN CAROLINAS ACCOMPANIED
BY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. WITH THE GROUND SATURATED...ADDITIONAL
RAINFALL WILL RUNOFF...CAUSING RIVERS AND STREAMS TO RISE. FOR THIS
REASON THE FLOOD WATCH FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA CONTINUES THROUGH
4 PM TODAY.

PEOPLE NEAR RIVERS AND STREAMS IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA SHOULD
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF FLOODING THREATENS. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE
ESPECIALLY ALERT WHEN DRIVING TODAY...AND SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO
CROSS WATER COVERED ROADWAYS.

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.
STAY TUNED TO LOCAL TV AND RADIO...CABLE TV OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO
FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION.

JAT

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Jan 8, 2:40 AM EST, 5 hours 12 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
240 AM EST THU JAN 8 1998

RAH: KEEP FFA TO CURRENT EXPIRATION.
CAE/FFC: EXTEND FFA TO 1 PM.

VERY BUSY WEATHER NIGHT. WILL TRY TO BE BRIEF. SEVERE WEATHER THREAT
COMING TO AN END AS MESO LOW AND ASSOCIATED TSRA MOVING OUT OF CWA.
LOTS OF RAINFALL STILL TO OUR SOUTH AND WEST. UPR LOW OPENS AND MOVES
NE TODAY. DRYING OCCURS IN MID LEVELS BUT LOW LEVELS REMAIN VERY MOIST.
EXPECT CONVECTION TO REDEVELOP TODAY...BUT PROB NOT SVR. EXPECT
RAINFALL TO CONTINUE THROUGH MORNING AND PROBABLY INTO EARLY AFTERNOON.
RAINFALL WILL NOT END UNTIL SFC FNT MOVES THRU AND WINDS BECOME WLY.
WITH MANY AREAS IN FLOOD AND HEAVY RAINFALL TO RETURN THIS MORNING FLOOD
WATCHES SHOULD BE CONTINUED/EXTENDED. LEFT SMALL POP IN FOR TONIGHT.
MAY NOT BE NEEDED EXCEPT FOR ERN SECTIONS IF FNT SLOWS. ALSO FOR NC
MTNS AS COULD SEE SOME WRAP AROUND SHRA.

CURRENT TEMPS ARE AT OR ABOVE FCST HIGHS. TEMPS SHOULD BE RAISED TODAY.
COOLING OCCURS BEHIND THE FNT BUT TEMPS REMAIN MILD. LIKE SLIGHTLY
WARMER FWC HIGHS. LOWS CLOSE.

AVL 65/43/45 8/4/0
CLT 71/50/58 8/4/0
GSP 71/47/57 8/3/0

RWH

In the hours before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
233 AM EST THU JAN 08 1998

TIME (EST) .....CITY LOCATION....... ST   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           .....COUNTY LOCATION.....

225 AM     SALISBURY                 NC   60 MPH TSTM GUST
01/08/98   ROWAN                          WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED
                                          WIND GUST TO AT LEAST 60
                                          MPH IN SALISBURY AT 225
                                          AM.

TPJ

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
233 AM EST THU JAN 08 1998

TIME (EST) .....CITY LOCATION....... ST   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           .....COUNTY LOCATION.....

225 AM     SALISBURY                 NC   60 MPH TSTM GUST
01/08/98   ROWAN                          WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED
                                          WIND GUST TO AT LEAST 60
                                          MPH IN SALISBURY AT 225
                                          AM.

TPJ

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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.