Flash Flood Warning 17, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

Issued

Jul 3, 2001, 12:22 AM EDT (04:22 UTC)

Expired

Jul 3, 2001, 3:00 AM EDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

Area

Whole counties

County Caldwell County, NC

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1222 AM EDT TUE JUL 3 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CALDWELL COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 300 AM EDT

* AT 1222 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED NEARLY
  STATIONARY THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL...MAINLY
  OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF THE COUNTY. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 2 TO 3
  INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN THUS FAR. SOME FLOODING OF AREA
  ROADWAYS HAS ALREADY BEEN REPORTED NEAR LENOIR...WITH MUDSLIDES
  OCCURRING IN THE NORTHERN END OF THE COUNTY.

* AN ADDITIONAL INCH OR TWO OF RAIN MAY FALL BEFORE THESE
  THUNDERSTORMS DISSIPATE. STREAMS AND CREEKS...PARTICULARLY THOSE
  OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF THE COUNTY...WILL LIKELY EXCEED BANKFULL.
  EXTREME PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS MAY ALSO DEVELOP.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT
QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY
IN AREAS SUBQJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

$$
HG

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Jul 2, 9:30 PM EDT, 2 hours 52 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
930 PM EDT MON JUL 2 2001

PRECIP COVERAGE HAS NOT BEEN TREMENDOUS THIS EVENING...BUT WITH
FRONT STALLED ACROSS WESTERN NC AND VAD WIND PROFILE STARTING TO
SHOW A GRADUAL SHIFT TO AN EASTERLY FLOW IN THE LOWEST 4K FT...AM
RELUCTANT TO TRIM POPS VERY MUCH. DEVELOPING WEAK UPSLOPE FLOW ALONG
WITH LOW LEVEL MOIST FLUX CONVERGENCE SHOULD PROVIDE PLENTY OF
SUPPORT TO KEEP TSRA FIRING FOR MUCH OF THE OVERNIGHT. WILL REDUCE
POPS TO CHC RANGE WITH LOWEST POPS NRN TIER TO HIGHEST SOUTH.

SFC DEWPOINTS SHOW LITTLE HINT OF DRYING IN THE EASTERLY FLOW ALONG
THE SLOWING FRONT. CURRENT FORECAST GENERALLY HAS TEMPS WELL IN
HAND. WILL REDUCE NRN MTN MINS TO AROUND 60 GIVEN LATEST TRENDS.

SEVERE THREAT REMAINS MINIMAL WITH HIGH WET BULB ZERO VALUES...MOIST
SOUNDINGS...AND WEAK WIND PROFILE. HEAVY RAIN WILL BE THE GREATEST
THREAT DURING THE OVERNIGHT WITH LATEST SRN PIEDMONT LAPS SOUNDINGS
SHOWING VIRTUALLY NO 0 TO 6 KM STORM MOTION. ALTHOUGH MOST STORMS
WILL RAIN OUT IN PLACE...WILL NOT ISSUE A SHORT TERM FLASH FLOOD
WATCH DUE TO SCATTERED COVERAGE.

FCSTID = 33
GSP   68  88  69  88 /  40  50  40  50
AND   68  88  69  88 /  40  50  40  50
CLT   67  86  68  88 /  40  40  40  50
HKY   66  83  67  86 /  30  30  30  50
AVL   64  82  64  83 /  40  40  40  50

.GSP...
GA...NONE.
NC...NONE.
SC...NONE.

HG


Flash Flood Warnings in North Carolina, 2001Every flash flood warning in 2001

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.