Flash Flood Warning 28, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

Issued

Jul 29, 2001, 10:12 AM EDT (14:12 UTC)

Expired

Jul 29, 2001, 1:15 PM EDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

Area

Whole counties

County Madison County, NC

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WGUS52 KGSP 291419
FFWGSP

NCC115-291715-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1012 AM EDT SUN JUL 29 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 115 PM EDT

* AT 1012 AM EDT...AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES AND DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES
  INDICATE THAT 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER PARTS OF NORTHERN
  MADISON COUNTY DURING THE MORNING HOURS. RADAR TRENDS OVER THE PAST
  HOUR HAVE SHOWN A DECREASING COVERAGE OF RAINFALL AROUND AND IMMEDIATELY
  UPSTREAM OF MADISON COUNTY...BUT RAIN WAS WIDESPREAD OVER FAR SOUTHWEST
  NORTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEAST TENNESSEE AND SHOULD MOVE BACK OVER   
  THE AREA THIS MORNING. 

* COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED WATER ACROSS THE ROAD ALONG ROUTE 208 NEAR
  THE STATE LINE AND ROUTE 212 NEAR HICKEY CREEK.  

THIS EXTENDS THE PREVIOUS FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR MADISON COUNTY.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE 
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS 
SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. 
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. EVEN MODERN SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES CANNOT BE 
SAFELY DRIVEN THROUGH FLOOD WATERS.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT. IT IS
IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR
CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS SHOULD AVOID
CAMPING ALONG STREAMS OR CREEKS DURING THREATENING RAINS.
$$

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Jul 29, 10:10 AM EDT, 2 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1010 AM EDT SUN JUL 29 2001

VERY MOIST AIR MASS IN PLACE TODAY ACROSS THE ENTIRE FORECAST AREA
WITH PW ON GSO MORNING RAOB AROUND 2.1 INCHES...170 PERCENT OF
NORMAL...AND SURFACE BOUNDARY ANALYZED TO THE NORTH. SATELLITE/KGSP
RADAR SHOWS AREA OF WARM-TOPPED CONVECTION MOVING SLOWLY EAST BUT
REMAINING OVER NC. MAIN CONCERN FOR TODAY IS THE POTENTIAL FOR
FLOODING...AND CURRENT FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS THE GREATEST THREAT
AREA OUTLINED NICELY. WILL NOT EXPAND AT THIS TIME.

THE CURRENT SET OF ZONES IS IN NEED OF SEVERAL ADJUSTMENTS BASED ON
THE CURRENT LOCATION OF THE PRECIP. THE NC SRN PIEDMONT ZONES WILL
BE BROKEN OUT TO GO WITH A CATEGORICAL POP BASED ON THE LIGHT RAIN
ALREADY MOVING ACROSS THAT AREA. THE SOUTHERNMOST ZONES WILL ALSO BE
BROKEN OUT TO BRING THE PRECIP IN DURING THE LATER PART OF THE
AFTERNOON. TEMPS ARE AT LEAST A CATEGORY OR TWO TOO WARM OWING TO
THE EXTENSIVE CLOUD COVER AND ONGOING PRECIP ACROSS ALL BUT THE
SOUTHERNMOST ZONES...IF THEY GET A FEW BREAKS IN THE CLOUD COVER.

THE RUC INDICATES THAT THE MAIN BAND OF PRECIP WILL SLOWLY SHIFT
SOUTH INTO NORTHERN SOUTH CAROLINA LATE IN THE DAY. IF THAT IS THE
CASE...THEN THE PRECIP CHANCE FOR TONIGHT IS WAY TOO LOW. WILL NOT
UPDATE TONIGHT PERIOD AT THIS TIME...BUT EXPECT TO BUMP POPS UP IN
THE NEXT SET OF ZONES.

.GSP...
GA...NONE.
kNC...FLASH FLOOD WATCH TODAY FOR ZONES NCZ033>034...
NCZ048>055...NCZ058>059.
SC...NONE.

MOORE

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

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