Alert archive / North Carolina / Flash Flood Warnings in 2003
Flash Flood Warning 110, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this flash flood warning at Aug 7, 2003, 12:07 AM EDT for Cleveland County, North Carolina. It was in force for 3 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
- Aug 7, 2003, 12:07 AM EDT (04:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 7, 2003, 3:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Cleveland County, NC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 00:00Z, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 171 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 413 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1235 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 8 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 16 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS52 KGSP 070407 FFWGSP NCC045-070700- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1207 AM EDT THU AUG 7 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... NORTHERN CLEVELAND COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA * UNTIL 300 AM EDT * AT 1149 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN FALLING OVER THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE COUNTY. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT IN EXCESS OF 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN AREAS NEAR THE GASTON AND LINCOLN COUNTY LINES. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE ACROSS THESE AREAS THROUGH 2 AM. * COUNTY OFFICIALS HAVE REPORTED AT LEAST ONE FLOODED ROAD IN THE NORTHEAST PART OF THE COUNTY. FLOODING IS LIKELY OCCURRING IN POOR DRAINAGE AND LOW LYING AREAS ACROSS THIS PORTION OF THE COUNTY. AS HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUES ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING...SOME CREEKS AND STREAMS ACROSS THE NORTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY WILL LIKELY BEGIN TO FLOOD. THIS INCLUDES BUFFALO CREEK...SUCK CREEK...AS WELL AS LONG BRANCH. 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. $$ LANE
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS72 KGSP 070519 FFSGSP NCC045-070700- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 119 AM EDT THU AUG 7 2003 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 3 AM EDT FOR NORTHERN CLEVELAND COUNTY... AT 110 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED MODERATE RAIN LINGERED OVER THE WARNED AREA. COUNTY OFFICIALS REPORTED FLOODING OF FALLSTON-WACO ROAD IN THE NORTHEAST PART OF CLEVELAND COUNTY. THIS MAY BE DUE TO BUFFALO CREEK OVERFLOWING ITS BANKS. IN ADDITION...RUNOFF FROM THE 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN THAT HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE AREA SINCE WEDNESDAY EVENING...IS LIKELY RESULTING IN FLOODING ALONG SUCK CREEK AND LONG BRANCH. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. USE CAUTION IN OR NEAR ANY SMALL CREEK TONIGHT...AND AVOID ROUTES THAT YOU KNOW ARE FLOOD PRONE. DO NOT BECOME A FATALITY DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS...THE ROAD COULD BE WASHED OUT FROM THE FLOW OF THE WATER...AND YOUR CAR COULD BE SWEPT AWAY BY THE SWIFTLY MOVING WATER. $$ LANE
000 WGUS72 KGSP 070701 FFSGSP NCC045-070715- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 300 AM EDT THU AUG 7 2003 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WHICH WAS IN EFFECT FOR CLEVELAND COUNTY HAS EXPIRED AS OF 300 AM EDT... AT 300 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL AFFECTING CLEVELAND COUNTY HAD LARGELY DISSIPATED. CLEVELAND COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS IS REPORTING NO FURTHER FLOODING...OTHER THAN THE EARLIER FLOODING ALONG BUFFALO CREEK NORTHEAST OF SHELBY. THE WARNING HAS THUS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. ALTHOUGH WATER LEVELS HAVE STARTED TO RECEDE...IT IS POSSIBLE THAT SOME ROADS MAY STILL BE FLOODED. BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT SINCE IT WILL BE HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. USE CAUTION NEAR ANY SMALL CREEK THIS MORNING...AND AVOID ROUTES THAT YOU KNOW ARE FLOOD PRONE. ALTHOUGH THE THREAT HAS MOMENTARILY DIMINISHED...CLEVELAND COUNTY REMAINS UNDER A FLOOD WATCH THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. ANY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TODAY COULD QUICKLY CREATE ADDITIONAL FLOODING PROBLEMS. $$ HG
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 Aug 6, 9:05 PM EDT, 3 hours 2 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 6, 9:05 PM EDT, 3 hours 2 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 905 PM EDT WED AUG 6 2003 KGSP RADAR SHOWS MOST OF THE REMAINING CONVECTION CONFINED TO THE NC FOOTHILLS AND THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE CLT METRO AREA. LAPS ANALYSIS SHOWS MOST OF THE REMAINING SURFACE BASED INSTABILITY LIMITED TO THE NC PIEDMONT...WHICH STANDS THE BEST CHANCE OF ADDITIONAL PRECIP FOR THE REST OF THE EVENING. WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS VORT AXIS MOVING IN FROM N GA. AS THIS FEATURE SWINGS THROUGH THE REGION OVERNIGHT... IT COULD TRIGGER ADDITIONAL CONVECTION AT ANY TIME. WILL NOT LOWER POP BELOW CHANCE RANGE FOR THAT REASON...BUT WILL ADJUST POPS TO MATCH ONGOING CONVECTION. AS FOR TEMPS...AREAS OF THE LOWER SC PIEDMONT ARE ALREADY AT FCST LOWS OWING TO COOL POOL IN THE WAKE OF EARLIER CONVECTION. WILL TWEAK TEMPS DOWN THERE BY A DEGREE...BUT WILL LEAVE TEMPS ALONE ELSEWHERE. .GSP... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. MOORE ...PREVIOUS DISCUSSION ISSUED AT 233 PM... ANOMALOUS UPPER LEVEL LONGWAVE TROUGH TO REMAIN OVER EASTERN USA THROUGH EARLY PART OF PACKAGE...WITH RIDGE TO W. CONVECTION IN N AL THIS AFTERNOON TRACKING E TOWARD GA/SC...AND WILL KEEP LIKELY EVENING POPS THOSE AREAS...WITH CHANCE NC. CONCERNED ABOUT SEVERE POTENTIAL S PORTION...AND FLOOD POTENTIAL ENTIRE AREA. WILL LEAVE CHANCE POPS WELL AFTER MIDNIGHT...AS CONVECTION HAS BEEN SLOW TO DIE OFF. DENSE FOG WAS OBSERVED ACROSS MUCH OF AREA EARLY THIS MORNING...AND WILL INCLUDE AGAIN THU. IMPULSE ROUNDING BASE OF TROUGH THU MORE IMPRESSIVE THAN TODAY...AND WILL CARRY LIKELY POP ENTIRE AREA. WITH UPPER ENERGY STILL UPSTREAM THU NIGHT...LOW CHANCE POP WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. ANOTHER VIGOROUS VORT LOBE APPROACHES AREA FRI...TAKING UNTIL LATE NIGHT TO MOVE THROUGH. CARRIED SLIGHTLY LOWER POP WITH THIS FEATURE AS IT IS A BIT WEAKER THAN THURSDAY IMPULSE. YET ANOTHER VORT LOBE APPROACHES SAT INTO SAT NIGHT. THOUGH MORE IMPRESSIVE THAN FRIDAY VORT...WILL KEEP POP ABOUT LIKE FRI...AS CONFIDENCE DECREASES ON STRENGTH/TIMING. TEMPERATURES NEAR PERSISTENCE WITH NO CHANGE IN AIR MASS. EXTENDED FORECAST STARTS MUCH AS EARLY PACKAGE ENDS. BY MON GFS HAS STRONG SHORTWAVE DIGGING INTO BASE OF TROUGH...CLOSING OF LOW IN S MS RIVER VALLEY. IF THIS SCENARIO UNFOLDS...W ATLANTIC RIDGE COULD RETROGRADE OVER AREA...WARMING/DRYING AREA. CURRENT NCEP SOLUTION MAINTAINS WEAK BOUNDARY OVER AREA ON E SIDE OF UPPER TROUGH THROUGH TUE...LEADING TO MORE PERSISTENCE IN FORECAST. BY WED BOUNDARY OUT OF AREA AND WEAKENING...AND WILL CARRY SLIGHT CHANCE POP. FCSTID = 7 GSP 69 85 68 85 / 60 60 60 40 AND 70 85 69 85 / 60 60 60 40 CLT 69 85 68 85 / 50 60 60 40 HKY 67 83 66 83 / 50 60 60 30 AVL 64 81 63 81 / 50 60 60 30 O7
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 6, 5:08 AM EDT, 18 hours 59 minutes before
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-061100- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 508 AM EDT WED AUG 6 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP TODAY OVER THE FORECAST AREA. ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. IN ADDITION...SLOW STORM MOTIONS WILL ALLOW FOR HIGH RAINFALL RATES. PLEASE SEE THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK (CAESPSGSP) FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLOODING THREAT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL LINGER OVER THE AREA THROUGH THE PERIOD. WITH THE GROUND NEARLY SATURATED...ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL QUICKLY RUNOFF INTO NEARBY STREAMS AND CREEKS. IF THESE HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP THROUGHOUT THE WEEK AS EXPECTED...FLOODING MAY RESULT. PLEASE SEE THE LATEST FLOOD POTENTIAL OUTLOOK (ESFGSP) FOR MORE DETAILED INFORMATION. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. NED
In the hours before
Local storm report, Aug 7, 12:07 AM EDT, 0 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
1207 AM EDT THU AUG 07 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1200 AM HICKORY NC FLASH FLOOD
08/07/03 CATAWBA COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS
REPORTS SEVERAL STREETS
CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING
WITH AT LEAST ONE VEHICLE
TRAPPED.
1200 AM LONGVIEW NC FLASH FLOOD
08/07/03 CATAWBA COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS
REPORTS SEVERAL STREETS
CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING.
HGThe office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 11:20 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Catawba | 3 hr |
| Aug 7, 3:47 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Caldwell | 118 min |
Nearby
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.