Alert archive / North Carolina / Flash Flood Warnings in 2003
Flash Flood Warning 112, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this flash flood warning at Aug 7, 2003, 3:47 PM EDT for Caldwell County, North Carolina. It was in force for 118 min. 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, 3:47 PM EDT (19:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 7, 2003, 5:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 118 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Caldwell County, NC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:50 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 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 149 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
- 46 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -57 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1051 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS52 KGSP 071947 FFWGSP NCC027-072145- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 347 PM EDT THU AUG 7 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... CALDWELL COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA * UNTIL 545 PM EDT * THE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTED THAT COTTRELL HILL ROAD IN THE EASTERN PART OF LENOIR WAS CLOSED DUE TO A FLOODED STREAM. FLOODED ROADS WERE ALSO REPORTED IN THE KINGS CREEK AREA. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT AROUND 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN PART OF THE COUNTY DURING THE PAST HOUR. THIS IS ON TOP OF SEVERAL INCHES OF RAIN THAT FELL IN THE SAME AREA YESTERDAY. AS OF 345 PM...THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAD MOVED INTO THE EASTERN PART OF CALDWELL COUNTY...ALONG STATE ROUTE 64...IN THE VICINITY OF OAK HILL. IN THIS AREA...AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN MAY FALL. HEAVY RAIN WAS ALSO MOVING BACK INTO THE SOUTHWEST PART OF THE COUNTY. 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. $$ MCAVOY
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 7, 9:30 AM EDT, 6 hours 17 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 7, 9:30 AM EDT, 6 hours 17 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 930 AM EDT THU AUG 7 2003 FORECAST ON TRACK WITH SCT SHOWERS MOVING INTO MTNS...ISOLD ACROSS N FOOTHILLS/PIEDMONT ATTM. WILL UPDATE TO REMOVE MENTION OF FOG...NO OTHER CHANGES PLANNED. .GSP... GA...NONE. NC...FLOOD WATCH FOR TODAY AND TONIGHT FOR ZONES NCZ033>037... NCZ048>050...NCZ053>057...NCZ065>072...NCZ082. SC...FLOOD WATCH FOR TODAY AND TONIGHT FOR ZONES SCZ003... SCZ006>009...SCZ012>014. RB
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 7, 5:21 AM EDT, 10 hours 26 minutes before
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-071100- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 521 AM EDT THU AUG 7 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA TODAY AND THIS EVENING. WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL EXPECTED...A FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE WATCH COVERS PORTIONS OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS GENERALLY EAST OF A LINE THROUGH ASHEVILLE AND GREENVILLE. PLEASE SEE THE LATEST FLOOD WATCH (FFAGSP) FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS. OUTSIDE THE WATCH AREA...SCATTERED STORMS MAY PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. A FLOOD POTENTIAL OUTLOOK (ESFGSP) WILL ADDRESS CONCERNS FOR POSSIBLE FLOODING FOR TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY. IN ADDITION...SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY REACH SEVERE LEVELS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. PLEASE SEE THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK (SPSGSP) FOR FURTHER INFORMATION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... A FLOOD WATCH WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR TONIGHT. A UPPER AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL EXIST OVER THE FORECAST AREA FOR THE REST OF THE PERIOD. THIS SYSTEM WILL LEAD TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME MAY PRODUCE SEVERE WEATHER AND/OR EXCESSIVE RAINFALL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED TODAY AND TONIGHT. NED
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 7, 3:09 PM EDT, 38 minutes before
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-080300- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 309 PM EDT THU AUG 7 2003 ...ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND LOCALIZED FLOODING POSSIBLE AGAIN THIS EVENING... SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE WESTERN CAROLINAS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS OF 60 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD ALSO PRODUCE TORRENTIAL RAINFALL AT THE RATE OF A COUPLE OF INCHES PER HOUR. SOME LOCATIONS COULD EXPERIENCE SEVERAL ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS. POTENTIAL FLOODING TONIGHT IS ADDRESSED IN GREATER DETAIL IN THE FLOOD WATCH AND FLOOD POTENTIAL STATEMENTS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET FOR THE LATEST UPDATES CONCERNING THIS POTENTIAL SEVERE WEATHER SITUATION. SPOTTER GROUPS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO ACTIVATE QUICKLY THIS EVENING. DISPATCHERS SHOULD ENSURE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS ARE AWARE OF THIS INFORMATION. 07
Local storm report, Aug 7, 3:11 PM EDT, 36 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
311 PM EDT THU AUG 07 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
245 PM 3 NW SALEM SC .75 INCH HAIL
08/07/03 OCONEE REPORT RECEIVED FROM THE
PUBLIC
RBNThe 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, 12:07 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Cleveland | 3 hr |
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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.