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Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

June 22, 2001Buncombe County, North Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this flash flood warning at Jun 22, 2001, 2:15 PM EDT for Buncombe County, North Carolina. It was in force for 2 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 22, 2001, 2:15 PM EDT (18:15 UTC)
Expired: Jun 22, 2001, 4:15 PM EDT
In force: 2 hr
Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area: Whole counties

County Buncombe County, NC

The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 243 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 1364 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -37 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 785 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 21 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 26 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WGUS52 KGSP 221816
FFWGSP
NCC021-222015-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
215 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN BUNCOMBE COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 415 PM EDT

* AT 209 PM EDT... A SKYWARN SPOTTER REPORTED STREAM FLOODING IN 
SOUTHWESTERN BUNCOMBE COUNTY ON AVERY CREEK. THE HIGH WATER WAS 
ENCROACHING ON NC 191. THE SPOTTER MEASURED THREE INCHES OF RAIN IN 
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THAT ALSO PRODUCED DAMAGING WIND AND LARGE 
HAIL EARLIER IN THE AFTERNOON.

* SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING ACROSS THE A%REA WILL CAUSE 
WATER LEVELS TO RISE SLOWLY. FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED IN LOW-LYING 
AREAS ALONG AVERY CREEK THROUGH 415 PM.  BE CAREFUL.  DO NOT DRIVE 
ACROSS FLOODED ROADS AND DO NOT PLAY IN FLOOD WATERS.

$$

LGL

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.

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Jun 22, 12:39 PM EDT, 1 hour 36 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 22, 12:39 PM EDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1239 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 2001

UPDATE FORTHCOMING TO INCLUDE OUR SIX GEORGIA COUNTIES INTO WATCH
NUMBER 464.

FCSTID = 44
GSP   84  67  84  64 /  60  60  40  30
AND   85  67  85  64 /  60  50  40  30
CLT   87  67  84  64 /  60  60  40  30
HKY   85  65  81  62 /  60  60  40  30
AVL   81  61  78  57 /  60  70  30  30

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

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 22, 12:09 PM EDT, 2 hours 6 minutes before

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014-
019-222100-

SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED FOR TYPO
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1040 AM EDT FRI JUN 22 2001

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS
THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA...

A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE EAST INTO THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS THIS
AFTERNOON...AND THEN MAKE VERY SLOW PROGRESS INTO FOOTHILL AND
PIEDMONT SECTIONS TONIGHT. THE WARM AND MOIST AIRMASS IN PLACE
ACROSS THE REGION...ALONG WITH A STRENGTHENING UPPER LEVEL LOW
PRESSURE SYSTEM...WILL COMBINE WITH THE COLD FRONT TO PRODUCE
NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS.

SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE HAIL LARGER THAN 3/4 INCH IN
DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS OF 60 MPH. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WILL
LIKELY AFFECT MOUNTAIN LOCATIONS BEGINNING EARLY THIS
AFTERNOON...AND GRADUALLY SPREAD EASTWARD THROUGH THE LATE DAY.
BRIEF TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS MAY ALSO CREATE CONSIDERABLE STANDING
WATER IN AFFECTED AREAS.

SPOTTER GROUPS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION THIS
AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. DISPATCHERS SHOULD ENSURE COUNTY
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS ARE AWARE OF THIS INFORMATION. STAY
TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET FOR THE
LATEST UPDATES CONCERNING THIS POTENTIAL SEVERE WEATHER SITUATION.

HG

Local storm report, Jun 22, 1:17 PM EDT, 58 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
117 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 2001

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

113 PM     6 S ASHEVILLE             NC   .75 INCH HAIL
06/22/01   BUNCOMBE                       3/4 INCH HAIL AND WINDS
                                          ESTIMATED AT 50 MPH WITH
                                         I TREE LIMBS DOWN NEAR
                                          ASHEVILLE AIRPORT, I-26,
                                          AND SKYLAND AREAS.

TJB

Local storm report, Jun 22, 1:47 PM EDT, 28 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
147 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 2001

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

134 PM     7 S ASHEVILLE             SC   1.75 INCH HAIL
06/22/01   BUNCOMBE                       GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AT
                                          SKYLAND AND EXIT 6 ON
                                          I-26.

TJB

Local storm report, Jun 22, 1:51 PM EDT, 24 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
151 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 2001

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

134 PM     7 SSW ASHEVILLE           NC   WIND DAMAGE
06/22/01   BUNCOMBE                       TREES DOWN NEAR AVERY
                                          CREEK AREA SOUTH OF
                                          ASHEVILLE AIRPORT.  ALSO
                                          1 INCH HAIL. REPORTED BY
                                          RETIRED NWS EMPLOYEE.

TJB

Local storm report, Jun 22, 1:56 PM EDT, 19 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
156 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 2001

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

114 PM     CHEROKEE                  NC   WIND DAMAGE
06/22/01   JACKSON                        TREES DOWN IN CHEROKEE,
                                          ONE ON A TRAILER.

TJB

Local storm report, Jun 22, 1:56 PM EDT, 19 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED LOCATION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
156 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 2001

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

114 PM     3 SE CHEROKEE             NC   WIND DAMAGE
06/22/01   JACKSON                        TREES DOWN ON CHEROKEE
                                          RESERVATION, ONE ON A TRAILER.

TJB

The office that day

Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 22, 1:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Buncombe	43 min
Jun 22, 1:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Madison	52 min
Jun 22, 4:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Lincoln	42 min
Jun 22, 4:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Mecklenburg	63 min
Jun 22, 4:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Catawba, Iredell	62 min
Jun 22, 6:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Union	50 min

Nearby

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

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.