Flash Flood Warning 10, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

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WGUS72 KGSP 201240
FFSGSP
NCC025-059-097-119-159-179-201440-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
740 AM EST THU MAR 20 2003

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL NOON EST FOR IREDELL... 
DAVIE...ROWAN...MECKLENBURG...CABARRUS... AND UNION COUNTIES IN 
NORTH CAROLINA...

URBAN AREAS AFFECTED BY THIS WARNING INCLUDE CHARLOTTE... MONROE... 
CONCORD... KANNAPOLIS... SALISBURY... STATESVILLE... AND MOCKSVILLE.

RAIN COVERED VIRTUALLY ALL OF THE WARNING AREA AT 740 AM.  MODERATE 
TO HEAVY RAIN WAS CONTRIBUTING TO HIGH WATER LEVELS IN MANY PLACES.  
NUMEROUS REPORTS OF PONDING WATER ON ROADWAYS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED.  
SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS ARE OUT OF THEIR BANKS IN SEVERAL LOCATIONS.

SPOTTER REPORTS AND RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT AS MUCH 
AS 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN PARTS OF DAVIE COUNTY.  CHURCH 
CREEK IN ROWAN COUNTY IS OVERFLOWING.  PARTS OF INTERSTATE 85 IN 
CHARLOTTE HAVE BEEN COVERED WITH WATER.  MOST OF MECKLENBURG COUNTY 
RECEIVED APPROXIMATELY 2 INCHES OF RAIN OVERNIGHT.

THE HEAVY RAIN IS GOING TO CONTINUE UNTIL LATE MORNING.  
THEREFORE... THE POSSIBILITY OF FLASH FLOODING WILL PERSIST.

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 STORM DRAINS.

DO NOT BECOME A FATALITY DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS...THE ROAD COULD
BE WASHED OUT FROM THE FLOW OF THE WATER...AND YOUR CAR COULD BE
SWEPT AWAY BY THE SWIFTLY MOVING WATER.

KEEP IN TOUCH WITH THE LATEST WEATHER CONDITIONS... FORECASTS... AND 
WARNINGS BY LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE RADIO 
OR TELEVISION STATION.

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LGL

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WGUS72 KGSP 201456
FFSGSP
NCC025-059-097-119-159-179-201630-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
955 AM EST THU MAR 20 2003

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL NOON EST FOR IREDELL... 
DAVIE...ROWAN...MECKLENBURG...CABARRUS... AND UNION COUNTIES IN 
NORTH CAROLINA...

THE INTERSTATE 77 AND INTERSTATE 85 CORRIDORS FROM THE CHARLOTTE 
METRO AREA NORTH ACROSS THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA WILL CONTINUE 
TO EXPERIENCE PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN DURING THE REMAINDER 
OF THE MORNING.  LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS AND WEATHER SPOTTERS HAVE 
REPORTED A NUMBER OF SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS THAT ARE OUT OF THEIR 
BANKS.  WATER HAS ALSO COLLECTED IN AREAS THAT COMMONLY EXPERIENCE 
POOR DRAINAGE DURING PERIODS OF EXCESSIVE RAINFALL.

IN CABARRUS COUNTY... POPLAR TENT ROAD AT COX MILL IS WASHED OUT 
ACCORDING TO THE COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS CENTER.

RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT 4 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAS 
FALLEN IN NORTHERN DAVIE COUNTY DURING THE NIGHT AND THIS MORNING.

NO MAJOR FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED FROM THE CITY OF CHARLOTTE.  
CREEKS AND STREAMS IN THE CITY ARE STILL FLOWING WITHIN THEIR 
BANKS... BUT THE LEVELS CONTINUE TO RISE. SINCE 300 AM APPROXIMATELY 
2.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN A BAND EXTENDING FROM THE CITY OF 
CHARLOTTE NORTHEAST ACROSS HUNTERSVILLE AND NEWELL TO NEAR 
HARRISBURG IN CABARRUS COUNTY. 

DO NOT BECOME A FATALITY DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS...THE ROAD COULD
BE WASHED OUT FROM THE FLOW OF THE WATER...AND YOUR CAR COULD BE
SWEPT AWAY BY THE SWIFTLY MOVING WATER.

KEEP IN TOUCH WITH THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION BY LISTENING TO 
NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE RADIO OR TELEVISION STATION.

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LGL

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WGUS72 KGSP 201607
FFSGSP
NCC025-059-097-119-159-179-201700-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1107 AM EST THU MAR 20 2003

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL NOON EST FOR IREDELL...
DAVIE...ROWAN...MECKLENBURG...CABARRUS AND UNION COUNTIES...

AT 11 AM EST PATCHES OF MODERATE RAIN WERE APPROACHING THE 
INTERSTATE 77 CORRIDOR FROM THE SOUTHWEST. NUMEROUS ROADS WERE 
REPORTED UNDER WATER...WITH WATER LEVELS STILL RISING IN RIVERS AND 
CREEKS. WATER LEVELS MAY CONTINUE TO RISE...EVEN AFTER RAIN 
DIMINISHES.

DO NOT BECOME A FATALITY DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS...THE ROAD COULD
BE WASHED OUT FROM THE FLOW OF THE WATER...AND YOUR CAR COULD BE
SWEPT AWAY BY THE SWIFTLY MOVING WATER.

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AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
430 AM EST THU MAR 20 2003

LATEST SFC ANALYSIS SHOWS WEDGE CONTROLLING EAST OF THE APPALACHIANS
DOWN TO ALMOST THE AL/GA STATE LINE. PARENT HIGH WILL SHIFT FURTHER
EAST TODAY...MAY BE COME SLIGHTLY PINCHED OFF WITH A SFC WAVE.
HOWEVER...WITH HEAVY RAIN FALLING INTO THE AIR MASS...WARM FRONT
WILL TAKE A SLOW BUT STEADY APPROACH TO ERODING THE WEDGE. SHORT
TERM MODELS ALL HAVE THE HEAVIEST RAIN MAKE A EXODUS THIS AFTERNOON
TO THE NORTHEAST. TIMING OF THIS FEATURE WILL BE TAKEN OFF THE ETA
AS GFS HAS SOME OBVIOUS FEEDBACK ISSUES. ALTHOUGH THE BEST FORCING
WILL LEAVE...THE ERODING EDGES OF THE WEDGE WILL ALLOW THE MOIST SFC
TO TEMPS TO WARM...INCREASING INSTABILITY. WILL CONTINUE FFA AT THE
CURRENT TIMING AND ZONES.

TONIGHT...H85 LIS COOL TO THE LOWEST VALUES OF THE EVENT. AFTER
MAKING A ANALYSIS OF THE FORECAST SOUNDINGS...HAVE CONCLUDED THAT
THE EASTERN EDGE WILL HAVE A THREAT OF SVR WX. USING THE TIMING OFF
THE ETA WILL EXPECT MID LEVELS TO DRY RATHER QUICK FROM THE SOUTH
AFTER MIDNIGHT. HAVE REFLECTED THIS IN THE GRIDS/FORECAST AS TS
CHANCE WILL BE LIMITED TO THE NC FOOTHILLS/PIEDMONT FRIDAY MORNING.
AFTER MID MORNING CWA WILL BE PAINTED WITH ONLY CHC OF SHOWERS. A
SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK WILL BE WRITTEN TO HIGHLIGHT CONCERNS.

WITH DYING WEDGE...TEMPS WILL LIKELY PRESENT A TIGHT TEMP
GRADIENT...WILL USE ETA FIELDS FOR TEMP AND WILL REFINE WITH A MOS
COMPROMISE.

FCSTID =   16
GSP   60  53  74  50 / 100  80  40  10
AND   64  56  74  48 / 100  80  40  10
CLT   61  53  75  51 / 100  80  40  10
HKY   55  51  73  50 / 100  80  40  10
AVL   60  49  72  44 /  90  70  30  10

.GSP...
GA...FLOOD WATCH FOR TODAY FOR ZONES GAZ010...GAZ017>018...GAZ026...
GAZ028>029.

NC...FLOOD WATCH FOR TODAY FOR ZONES NCZ033>037...NCZ048>059...
NCZ062>072...NCZ082.

SC...FLOOD WATCH FOR TODAY FOR ZONES SCZ001>014...SCZ019.

NED

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014-
019-201215-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
525 AM EST THU MAR 20 2003

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY

A FLOOD WATCH (FFAGSP) REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR TODAY ACROSS THE
WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA. THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY SOUTH
AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 85...COULD PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING
WINDS...THE POTENTIAL FOR AN TORNADO ALSO EXISTS. PLEASE SEE THE
SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK (SPSGSP) FOR FURTHER DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY LINGER INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS ON
FRIDAY...EAST OF INTERSTATE 85. PLEASE SEE THE ABOVE MENTIONED
SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE LIKELY THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING.

NED

NCZ068-SCZ008-200730-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
133 AM EST THU MAR 20 2003

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ACROSS WESTERN CHEROKEE COUNTY...

AT 130 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED MORE
THUNDERSTORMS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH ACROSS CHEROKEE COUNTY. ONE
THUNDERSTORM CELL IN PARTICULAR WILL MOVE ACROSS THE WESTERN HALF OF
THE COUNTY THROUGH 2 AM. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL PRODUCE PEA TO
MARBLE SIZED HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OF 40 MPH.

IF THE STORMS HOLD TOGETHER...THEY WILL MOVE INTO CLEVELAND COUNTY
NORTH CAROLINA BY 2 AM...AND SHOULD REACH THE AREA BETWEEN BOILING
SPRINGS AND SHELBY BETWEEN 215 AM AND 230 AM.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF
THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION.

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GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014-
019-201600-

SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
500 AM EST THU MAR 20 2003

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE AGAIN TODAY AND TONIGHT...

A VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR MASS WILL PERSIST AGAIN TODAY ACROSS
THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA...AHEAD OF A
COLD FRONT MOVING IN FROM ALABAMA AND MIDDLE TENNESSEE. WIND SHEAR
IN THE LOWER PART OF THE ATMOSPHERE WILL ALSO REMAIN STRONG. A WARM
FRONT ACROSS CENTRAL GEORGIA AND THE MIDLANDS OF SOUTH CAROLINA WILL
REMAIN A FOCUS FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT THROUGHOUT THE DAY.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS AND
PIEDMONT. HEAVY RAIN ASSOCIATED WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE
ADDITIONAL FLOODING OR AGGRAVATE EXISTING FLOOD PROBLEMS. A FLOOD
WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR TODAY.

THE GREATEST THREAT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ACROSS THE AREA
GENERALLY TO THE SOUTH AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 85...LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND
DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. HOWEVER...IF THE WARM FRONT CAN PUSH IN FROM
THE SOUTHEAST...THERE WILL BE THE POTENTIAL FOR A FEW TORNADOES
ACROSS THE AREA TO THE SOUTH AND EAST OF A LINE FROM ELBERTON
GEORGIA TO ABBEVILLE...CLINTON...CHESTER IN SOUTH CAROLINA...AND
MONROE NORTH CAROLINA. TO THE NORTH AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 85...THE
THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER IS LESS...BUT A FEW THUNDERSTORMS COULD
PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND WIND DAMAGE.

THE THREAT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD DIMINISH AFTER MIDNIGHT
AS THE COLD FRONT MOVES INTO THE WESTERN CAROLINAS.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR THE MEDIA FOR THE LATEST WEATHER
INFORMATION OR SEVERE WEATHER WATCHES OR WARNINGS.

SPOTTER GROUPS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO ACTIVATE QUICKLY LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. DISPATCHERS SHOULD ENSURE COUNTY
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS ARE AWARE OF THIS INFORMATION.

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