Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

Issued

Jul 1, 2002, 7:29 PM EDT (23:29 UTC)

Expired

Jul 1, 2002, 9:30 PM EDT

In force

2 hr

Issued by

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

Area

Whole counties

County Mecklenburg County, NC

The Greer radar (KGSP), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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000 
WGUS52 KGSP 012329
FFWGSP
NCC119-020130-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
729 PM EDT MON JUL 1 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN MECKLENBURG COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 930 PM EDT

* AT 720 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AS MUCH AS 
  4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE PINEVILLE AREA IN A VERY SHORT  
  PERIOD OF TIME. SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO PASS    
  OVER THE AREA DURING THE NEXT HOUR OR SO...CREATING THE POTENTIAL  
  FOR FLASH FLOODING.  

* CONTINUED HEAVY RAINFALL WILL LIKELY RESULT IN FLOODING ALONG      
  MCALPINE CREEK AND LITTLE SUGAR CREEK. IN ADDITION...PONDING OF    
  WATER WILL OCCUR ON ROADS   ACROSS THE AREA.   

DURING HEAVY RAIN EVENTS...SEVERE URBAN FLOODING CAN OCCUR IN AREAS
SUCH AS UNDERPASSES AND LOW AREAS WHERE WATER TENDS TO COLLECT.
CHILDREN SHOULD BE KEPT AWAY FROM SMALL STREAMS AND FLOODED STORM
DRAINS.

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.

$$

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000 
WGUS72 KGSP 020004
FFSGSP
NCC119-020130-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
758 PM EDT MON JUL 1 2002

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 930 PM EDT FOR MECKLENBURG
COUNTY...

AT 758 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SERIES OF 
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH ACROSS SOUTHERN 
MECKLENBURG COUNTY. RADAR INDICATES THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE 
FALLEN IN THE PAST HOUR...AND AN ADDITIONAL INCH OR SO IS POSSIBLE 
BEFORE THE SHOWERS TAPER OFF.

THIS RAINFALL WILL LIKELY PRODUCE FLOODING ALONG LITTLE SUGAR CREEK 
AND MCALPINE CREEK IN THE PINEVILLE AREA OF THE COUNTY. IN 
ADDITION...SIGNIFICANT PONDING OF WATER IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS MAY 
RENDER SOME ROADS IMPASSABLE.

DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. IF RISING WATER 
THREATENS YOUR LOCATION...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. IF YOU 
LEAVE NEAR A RISING CREEK...KEEP A CLOSE WATCH ON WATER LEVELS 
THROUGH 930 PM THIS EVENING.
$$
HG

000 
WGUS72 KGSP 020038
FFSGSP
NCC119-020100-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
836 PM EDT MON JUL 1 2002

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHERN MECKLENBURG COUNTY HAS BEEN 
CANCELED...

AT 836 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THAT HEAVY 
RAINFALL HAD ENDED ACROSS SOUTHERN MECKLENBURG COUNTY. ALTHOUGH 
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COULD AFFECT THE AREA AGAIN 
OVERNIGHT...NO ADDITIONAL FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THROUGH 
930 PM. THE WARNING HAS THUS BEEN CANCELLED.

STANDING WATER MAY STILL BE FOUND IN LOW SPOTS ON AREA ROADWAYS. USE 
CAUTION IF YOU ARE DRIVING AFTER DARK.
$$
HG

Flash Flood Warnings in North Carolina, 2002Every flash flood warning in 2002

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.