Flash Flood Warning 31, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

Issued

Jun 7, 2003, 11:35 PM EDT (03:35 UTC)

Expired

Jun 8, 2003, 2:30 AM EDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

Area

Whole counties

County Cabarrus County, NC

The Greer radar (KGSP), 162 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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WGUS52 KGSP 080338
FFWGSP
NCC025-080630-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1135 PM EDT SAT JUN 7 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL CABARRUS COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH      
  CAROLINA

* UNTIL 230 AM EDT

* AT 1135 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY
  RAIN OVER SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL CABARRUS COUNTY...BASICALLY 
  SOUTH OF A LINE FROM HIGHWAY 29 EAST TO MOUNT PLEASANT. RAINFALL
  RATES OF AN INCH OR MORE PER HOUR THIS EVENING HAVE RESULTED
  IN DRAMATIC RISES ON SEVERAL STREAMS IN THE VICINITY OF 
  HARRISBURG. URBAN FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED IN HARRISBURG...AND
  FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY ON SHALLOW STREAMS AND CREEKS IN 
  SOUTHERN CABARRUS COUNTY THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING.

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.

TO REPORT FLOODING HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY YOUR
REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN
GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG.

$$

BURRUS

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Jun 7, 6:16 PM EDT, 5 hours 19 minutes earlier.

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

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

Flash Flood Warnings in North Carolina, 2003Every flash flood warning in 2003

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