Alert archive / North Carolina / Flash Flood Warnings in 2003
Flash Flood Warning 29, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this flash flood warning at Jun 7, 2003, 8:40 PM EDT for Mecklenburg County, North Carolina; York County, South 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
- Jun 7, 2003, 8:40 PM EDT (00:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 7, 2003, 11:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Mecklenburg County, NC, York County, SC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:40 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, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 147 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 850 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -33 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 3 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 080043 FFWGSP NCC119-SCC091-080330- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 840 PM EDT SAT JUN 7 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... MECKLENBURG COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA YORK COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA * UNTIL 1130 PM EDT * AT 840 PM EDT...AN AUTOMATED RAIN GAGE AT THE CHARLOTTE-DOUGLAS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT REPORTED 1 INCH OF RAIN HAD FALLEN BETWEEN 8 AND 830 PM. THIS SAME AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS INTENSIFYING AS IT WAS MOVING INTO THE CHARLOTTE METRO AREA. IN ADDITION...OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER NORTHERN YORK COUNTY WHERE RADAR INDICATED THAT RAINFALL RATES WERE APPROACHING AN INCH AN HOUR. * AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IS EXPECTED TO FALL FROM THE CHARLOTTE METRO AREA SOUTHWEST INTO NORTHERN YORK COUNTY WITH THIS AREA OF TRAINING THUNDERSTORMS. THIS WILL CAUSE MANY STREAMS TO LEAVE THEIR BANKS AND RESULT IN WIDESPREAD URBAN FLOODING. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING. $$ MCAVOY
1 follow-up statement
000 WGUS72 KGSP 080157 FFSGSP NCC119-SCC091-080345- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 957 PM EDT SAT JUN 7 2003 ...SEVERE URBAN FLOODING IN THE CHARLOTTE METROPOLITAN AREA... ...FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS CONTINUE FOR MECKLENBURG AND YORK COUNTIES UNTIL 1130 PM... AT 955 PM...WEATHER RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LINED UP ALONG...AND SOUTH...OF INTERSTATE 85...FROM HARRISBURG...THROUGH CHARLOTTE...SOUTHWEST TO HICKORY GROVE IN NORTHERN YORK COUNTY. SOME OF THESE STORMS HAVE BEEN PRODUCING RAIN AT THE RATE OF NEARLY 2 INCHES PER HOUR...ESPECIALLY IN CHARLOTTE...AND NEAR HICKORY GROVE. A MAJOR URBAN FLOODING EVENT WAS UNFOLDING IN CHARLOTTE. SEVERAL AUTOMATED RAIN GAGES IN...AND ON THE SOUTH SIDE...OF CHARLOTTE REPORTED BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN BETWEEN 7 PM AND 930 PM...BOTH IN THE VICINITY OF FREEDOM PARK. THE AIRPORT RECEIVED 1.28 INCHES OF RAIN BETWEEN 8 PM AND 9 PM. COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT IN MECKLENBURG COUNTY REPORT EVERY MAJOR THOROUGHFARE HAS BEEN AT LEAST PARTIALLY SHUT DOWN BY HIGH WATER...INCLUDING STRETCHES OF SOUTH TRYON STREET AND INDEPENDENCE BOULEVARD. ADDITIONAL URBAN FLOODING IS LIKELY AS THE BAND OF STORMS SHIFTS SLOWLY EASTWARD. EVACUATIONS WERE OCCURRING AT THE DORAL APARTMENTS ON MONROE ROAD...NEAR INDEPENDENCE BOULEVARD. ANOTHER INCH OR TWO OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE BEFORE RAINFALL ENDS. STREAM FLOODING COULD ALSO DEVELOP IN MECKLENBURG COUNTY. EXTREMELY RAPID RISES WERE OCCURRING LATE SATURDAY EVENING ON STREAMS. STEWART CREEK AT WEST MOREHEAD STREET IN CHARLOTTE HAD RISEN NEARLY 10 FEET THIS EVENING...AND WAS CLOSING IN ON 13 FEET. FLOOD STAGE AT THIS LOCATION IS 14 FEET. IN ADDITION...LITTLE HOPE CREEK AT SENECA PLACE WAS AT 9 FEET AND RISING RAPIDLY FLOOD STAGE AT THIS LOCATION IS 10 FEET. THERE ARE 3 HOMES ALONG THE CREEK THAT WILL FLOOD ONCE THE CREEK PASSES FLOOD STAGE. ADDITIONAL STREAM FLOODING DOWNSTREAM...ALONG SUGAR AND LITTLE SUGAR CREEKS...APPEARS LIKELY...WHICH COULD PREVENT DRAINAGE OF WATER FROM AREAS ADVERSELY AFFECTED BY THE TORRENTIAL RAIN. IN YORK COUNTY...FLOODING CONTINUES ALONG HIGHWAY 557...BETWEEN CLOVER AND THE MERGE WITH HIGHWAY 49. AN ADDITIONAL FLOOD REPORT RECEIVED FROM COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT INDICATED FLOODING ON RAYMOND CHURCH ROAD AND HIGHWAY 5. WE EXPECT FLOODING TO DEVELOP IN THE HICKORY GROVE AREA...OF WESTERN YORK COUNTY. THERE IS A VERY GOOD CHANCE THAT FLOOD WARNINGS COULD EXTENDED BEYOND THEIR DESIGNATED EXPIRATION TIMES. 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. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR YOUR FAVORITE NEWS SOURCE...FOR LATER UPDATES ON THIS POTENTIALLY DEVASTATING SITUATION. $$ BURRUS
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 7, 6:16 PM EDT, 2 hours 24 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 7, 6:16 PM EDT, 2 hours 24 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 616 PM EDT SAT JUN 7 2003 TSRA FIRING IN AXIS OF 1000-1500 SB CAPES. WHILE SHEAR DOES WEAKEN THE NEXT COUPLE HRS...WITH HIGH PW/S AND SEMI-ORGANIZED NATURE OF THE LINE...THE PATH OF LEAST REGRET IS TO EXTEND THE FFA A FEW HOURS ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE LINE. .GSP... GA...FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 10 PM FOR ZONES GAZ018...GAZ026...GAZ028>029. NC...FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 10 PM FOR ZONES NCZ035>037...NCZ056>057...NCZ068>072...NCZ082. SC...FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 10 PM FOR ZONES SCZ004>014...SCZ019. MCAVOY
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 7, 5:53 AM EDT, 14 hours 47 minutes before
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-071200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 553 AM EDT SAT JUN 7 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY ANOTHER ROUND OF HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED BY THE EARLY PART OF THE AFTERNOON. WITH THE GROUND ALREADY SATURATED BY OVERNIGHT RAIN... THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING OF CREEKS...STREAMS...AND URBAN AREAS. A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR TODAY. SEE THE FLOOD WATCH (FFAGSP) ISSUED AT 351 AM FOR MORE DETAILS. A FLOOD WARNING IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTH FORK CATAWBA RIVER AT LOWELL NORTH CAROLINA. FOR MORE DETAILS...SEE THE RIVER FLOOD WARNING (FLWGSP) ISSUED AT 315 PM FRIDAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE MOUNTAINS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA AGAIN ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED. MOORE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 11:30 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg | 3 hr |
| Jun 7, 11:35 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Cabarrus | 3 hr |
| Jun 8, 1:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Buncombe | 23 min |
| Jun 8, 1:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Buncombe, Henderson | 43 min |
| Jun 8, 2:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Rutherford | 48 min |
| Jun 8, 6:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Avery, Mitchell | 53 min |
| Jun 8, 6:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Buncombe | 43 min |
| Jun 8, 6:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | McDowell | 44 min |
| Jun 8, 7:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Burke, McDowell, Rutherford | 64 min |
| Jun 8, 7:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Alexander | 55 min |
| Jun 8, 7:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cleveland | 41 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in North Carolina, 2003Flash Flood Warnings in South Carolina, 2003Every flash flood warning in 2003
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.