Alert archive / North Carolina / Flash Flood Warnings in 2003
Flash Flood Warning 32, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this flash flood warning at Jun 8, 2003, 9:40 PM EDT for Iredell 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
- Jun 8, 2003, 9:40 PM EDT (01:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 9, 2003, 12:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Iredell County, NC
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 93 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
- 2171 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 748 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 72 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 71 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.7
- Supercell composite
- 3.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS52 KGSP 090141 FFWGSP NCC097-090430- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 940 PM EDT SUN JUN 8 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... NORTHERN IREDELL COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA * UNTIL 1230 AM EDT * AT 925 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN OVER NORTHERN IREDELL COUNTY IN A LITTLE OVER AN HOUR...WITH THE HIGHEST RAINFALL AMOUNTS OVER THE NORTHWEST PART OF THE COUNTY JUST SOUTH OF LOVE VALLEY. ANOTHER BAND OF TORRENTIAL RAIN WILL CROSS THE NORTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY THROUGH 1030 PM...WITH ANOTHER INCH OF RAIN LIKELY. * THIS AMOUNT OF RAIN WILL CAUSE STREAMS ACROSS THE NORTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY TO COME OUT OF THEIR BANKS. ROCKY CREEK AND PATTERN CREEKS ARE THE LOCATIONS MOST LIKELY TO FLOOD. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM 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. 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. $$ MCAVOY
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS72 KGSP 090235 FFSGSP NCC097-090430- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1035 PM EDT SUN JUN 8 2003 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1230 AM EDT FOR NORTHERN IREDELL COUNTY... AT 1025 PM...THE IREDELL COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS CENTER REPORTED WIDESPREAD FLOODING ACROSS THE NORTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY. SEVERAL ROADS WERE CLOSED. INCLUDED AMONG THOSE WERE CROSS COUNTRY ROAD AND HIGHWAY 115 JUST SOUTH OF THE WILKES COUNTY LINE. THUNDERSTORMS WERE EXITING THE COUNTY TO THE EAST. HOWEVER... RUNOFF FROM THIS EVENINGS TORRENTIAL RAINS WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH LARGER STREAMS OUT OF THEIR BANKS FOR A FEW MORE HOURS. DO NOT BECOME A FATALITY DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS...THE ROAD COULD BE WASHED OUT FROM THE FLOW OF THE WATER...AND YOUR CAR COULD BE SWEPT AWAY BY THE SWIFTLY MOVING WATER. DO NOT DRIVE ACROSS BRIDGES WHICH ARE UNDER WATER. ROADS AT THE ENDS OF THE BRIDGE MAY WASH OUT OR WEAKEN...AND YOUR VEHICLE MAY FALL INTO THE RAGING CURRENT. DO NOT RISK YOUR LIFE. BACK UP AND GO ANOTHER WAY. $$ MCAVOY
000 WGUS72 KGSP 090342 FFSGSP NCC097-090430- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1138 PM EDT SUN JUN 8 2003 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1230 AM EDT FOR NORTHERN IREDELL COUNTY... AS OF 1135 PM...RAIN HAD ENDED OVER IREDELL COUNTY. HOWEVER...THE COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS CENTER REPORTED THAT WATER WAS STILL RISING ON HIGHWAY 115...ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTH OF THE WILKES COUNTY LINE. OTHER ROADS ACROSS THE NORTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY REMAINED CLOSED AS WELL. THEREFORE...THE WARNING WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 AM. DO NOT DRIVE ACROSS BRIDGES WHICH ARE UNDER WATER. ROADS AT THE ENDS OF THE BRIDGE MAY WASH OUT OR WEAKEN...AND YOUR VEHICLE MAY FALL INTO THE RAGING CURRENT. DO NOT RISK YOUR LIFE. BACK UP AND GO ANOTHER WAY. $$ 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 Jun 8, 2:02 PM EDT, 7 hours 38 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 8, 2:02 PM EDT, 7 hours 38 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 202 PM EDT SUN JUN 8 2003 SHORTWAVE ASSOCIATED WITH GREAT LAKES UPPER LOW TO MOVE BY TO N TONIGHT. SURFACE FRONT STALLED NEAR AREA RIGHT NOW...WITH SECONDARY FRONT MOVING THROUGH MS RIVER VALLEY. RADAR SHOWS CONVECTION DEVELOPING MAINLY E OF I-85...THROUGH SECOND BAND DEVELOPING ALONG BLUE RIDGE. WILL LEAVE SCATTERED CONVECTION IN FORECAST THIS EVENING. STILL CONCERNED ABOUT FLOOD POTENTIAL IN CLT AREA THIS EVENING...AND WILL ISSUE ANOTHER FLOOD WATCH. ATMOSPHERE DRIES AS SECOND FRONT WEEPS ACROSS AREA LATE TONIGHT. GUIDANCE POPS VERY LOW NEXT TWO DAYS...THOUGH AVN RETURNS MOISTURE FASTER ON TUE. FOR NOW LEFT TUE DRY. NEXT COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM N WED. AVN MORE AGRESSIVE IN BRINGING GULF MOISTURE N TO MEET FRONT. INCREASED POP TO 30 WED AFTERNOON. DRIER AIR WILL ALLOW GREATER DIURNAL TEMPERATURE RANGE...PARTICULARLY TUE WITH LOWER MININUM TEMPERATURES. EXTENDED FORECAST FEATURES STALLED FRONT TO N...WITH OPEN GULF TO W...AND AREA IN WARM SECTOR. BEST ACTIVITY MAY BE LIMITED TO N AND W SECTIONS NEARES BEST DYNAMICS...OROGRAPHICS...AND MOISTURE SOURCE. A LOT WILL DEPND ON WHERE EXACTLY FRONT STALLS. AT THIS TIME WILL LEAVE 30 POPS THROUGHOUT EXTENDED...CONTINUING INTO SUN. TEMPERATURES NEAR PERSISTENCE AND CLIMATOLOGY. FCSTID = 7 GSP 64 87 63 87 / 30 10 10 10 AND 64 88 63 88 / 30 10 10 10 CLT 65 87 63 88 / 30 10 10 10 HKY 63 85 60 85 / 30 10 10 10 AVL 60 83 56 83 / 30 10 10 10 .GSP... GA...NONE. NC...FLOOD WATCH FOR THIS EVENING FOR ZONES NCZ069>072...NCZ082. SC...FLOOD WATCH FOR THIS EVENING FOR ZONE SCZ009. O7
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 8, 7:10 AM EDT, 14 hours 30 minutes before
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-081300- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 710 AM EDT SUN JUN 8 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN AFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF THE PIEDMONT OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS THIS MORNING. SEE CAEFFAGSP AND CAEFLSGSP FOR FURTHER INFORMATION. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE VERY SLOWLY ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS TODAY...AND SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP AHEAD OF THIS FEATURE DURING THE AFTERNOON. THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING ISOLATED HEAVY RAINFALL... AS WELL AS GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. HOWEVER...THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LEVELS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. LANE
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 6:19 PM EDT, 3 hours 21 minutes before
GAZ010-017-NCZ033>035-048>056-058-059-062>068-SCZ001>003-082315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 619 PM EDT SUN JUN 8 2003 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL TO AFFECT THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS OF NORTH CAROLINA THROUGH 8 PM... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT WERE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS OVER THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS SUNDAY EVENING. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RECEIVED A GENERAL PUBLIC REPORT OF NEARLY A HALF INCH OF RAIN IN THE VICINITY OF SWANNANOA EARLIER. IN ADDITION TO THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAIN...SOME OF THE STORMS COULD BE BRIEFLY SEVERE...RESULTING IN WIND GUSTS AROUND 70 MPH...OR HAIL AS LARGE AS QUARTERS. THE STORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE FOOTHILLS AS THE EVENING PROGRESSES...THEN FINALLY INTO THE PIEDMONT...WHICH HAD EXCESSIVE RAINFALL SATURDAY. ADDITIONAL STORMS COULD FIRE UP LATER...AS THE ACTUAL COLD FRONT CROSSES THE REGION. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR THE MEDIA FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION. BURRUS
Local storm report, Jun 8, 6:50 PM EDT, 2 hours 50 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
650 PM EDT SUN JUN 08 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
634 PM 15 W MARION NC 1.00 INCH HAIL
06/08/03 MCDOWELL MCDOWELL COUNTY 911
REPORTS QUARTER-SIZED
HAIL IN OLD FORT.
634 PM 15 W MARION NC WIND DAMAGE
06/08/03 MCDOWELL TREES DOWN...ONE ON
INTERSTATE 40 BLOCKING
ONE LANE OF TRAFFIC. THE
OTHER TREE OFF OAKDALE
AVENUE IN OLD FORT.
GENERAL PUBLIC REPORT
RELAYED BY COUNTU 911
CENTER.
640 PM 5 S NEWLAND NC .88 INCH HAIL
06/08/03 AVERY 911 CENTER REPORTED HAIL
COVERED THE GROUND IN
CROSSNORE.
BURRUSLocal storm report, Jun 8, 8:41 PM EDT, 59 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
841 PM EDT SUN JUN 08 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
805 PM 6 N TAYLORSVILLE NC WIND DAMAGE
06/08/03 ALEXANDER NUMEROUS TREES DOWN AND
CHICKEN HOUSES DESTROYED.
REPORTED BY COUNTY
EMERGENCY COORDINATOR.
MCAVOYLocal storm report, Jun 8, 8:49 PM EDT, 51 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
849 PM EDT SUN JUN 08 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
845 PM 5 NW COOL SPRINGS NC .75 INCH HAIL
06/08/03 IREDELL SPOTTER REPORTS DIME
SIZED HAIL AND FUNNEL
CLOUD.
KRENTZLocal storm report, Jun 8, 9:07 PM EDT, 33 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
907 PM EDT SUN JUN 08 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
835 PM LINCOLNTON NC WIND DAMAGE
06/08/03 LINCOLN 2 TREES DOWN IN
LINCOLNTON. REPORTED BY
COUNTY COMMS CENTER.
MCAVOYThe office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 8:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Catawba, Lincoln | 67 min |
| Jun 8, 8:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Iredell | 56 min |
| Jun 8, 9:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Davie | 44 min |
| Jun 8, 9:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Rowan | 39 min |
| Jun 8, 10:31 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Gaston, Mecklenburg | 4 hr |
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.