Alert archive / North Carolina / Flash Flood Warnings in 2003
Flash Flood Warning 39, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this flash flood warning at Jun 15, 2003, 11:33 PM EDT for McDowell County, North Carolina. It was in force for 2 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 15, 2003, 11:33 PM EDT (03:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 16, 2003, 1:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Whole counties
County McDowell County, NC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:30 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, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 199 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
- 453 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -33 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 772 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 86 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS52 KGSP 160336 FFWGSP NCC111-160530- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1133 PM EDT SUN JUN 15 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... CENTRAL MCDOWELL COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA * UNTIL 130 AM EDT * AT 1125 PM EDT...THE COUNTY COMMUNICATION CENTER REPORTED HIGHWAY 70 WAS FLOODED IN THE NEBO AND SEVERAL OTHER COUNTY ROADS WERE ALSO FLOODED. * ALTHOUGH THE RAIN HAS MOSTLY ENDED RUNNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAIN WILL CAUSE ADDITIONAL FLOODING ALONG OTHER CREEKS IN THE AREA. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. $$ PT
1 follow-up statement
000 WGUS72 KGSP 160553 FFSGSP NCC023-045-111-160630- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 150 AM EDT MON JUN 16 2003 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS FOR BURKE...MCDOWELL AND CLEVELAND COUNTIES HAVE EXPIRED... THE HEAVY RAIN AS INDICATED BY DOPPLER RADAR HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA. NO NEW REPORTS OF FLOODING HAVE BEEN RECEIVED BY COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS OR FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOTTER NETWORK. EVEN THOUGH STREAMS AND CREEKS WERE RECEDING...SOME ROADWAYS STILL MAY BE COVERED WITH WATER. IN BURKE COUNTY...ROAD CREWS WERE STILL WORKING TO CLEAR FLAT GAP ROAD. MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED TO AVOID DRIVING THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. DO NOT BECOME A FATALITY DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS...THE ROAD COULD BE WASHED OUT FROM THE FLOW OF THE WATER...AND YOUR CAR COULD BE SWEPT AWAY BY THE SWIFTLY MOVING WATER. $$ SBK/SAB
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 15, 11:17 PM EDT, 16 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 15, 11:17 PM EDT, 16 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1117 PM EDT SUN JUN 15 2003 WILL KEEP LIKELY POPS IN NE ZONES FOR ONGOING CONVECTION. EFFICIENT RAIN PRODUCTION THERE IS CREATING A NUMBER OF POSSIBLE HYDRO CONCERNS. SEE FLASH FLOOD WARNING (CAEFFWGSP) FOR FURTHER DETAILS. .GSP... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. RB
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 15, 6:00 AM EDT, 17 hours 33 minutes before
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-151145- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 600 AM EDT SUN JUN 15 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 ACROSS THE REGION EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. THE ATMOSPHERE OVER THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA REMAINS VERY MOIST...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE. A WEAK SURFACE TROUGH MAY DEVELOP IN FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA THIS AFTERNOON. IF THIS HAPPENS...THE THREAT OF EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL INCREASE. OUR OFFICE WILL ISSUE A SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK CAESPSGSP LATER TODAY IF IT APPEARS THAT THIS HEAVY RAIN THREAT WILL DEVELOP. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SLOWLY SOUTH...CROSSING THE REGION MONDAY AND TUESDAY. AS THE FRONT INTERACTS WITH A VERY MOIST ATMOSPHERE... NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE REGION MONDAY AND TUESDAY. LOCALLY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE FRONT. SEE OUR PRODUCT CAEESFGSP FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. SOME OF THE STORMS...PARTICULARLY ON WEDNESDAY...MAY BE SEVERE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY. MCAVOY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 10:52 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Burke | 3 hr |
| Jun 15, 11:25 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Cleveland | 2 hr |
| Jun 16, 4:35 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Alexander | 115 min |
| Jun 16, 4:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Alexander, Catawba | 17 min |
| Jun 16, 4:44 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Iredell | 106 min |
| Jun 16, 4:54 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Catawba | 96 min |
| Jun 16, 5:09 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Burke, Caldwell | 2 hr |
| Jun 16, 5:18 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Rowan | 117 min |
| Jun 16, 5:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Iredell | 10 min |
| Jun 16, 5:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Iredell, Rowan | 31 min |
| Jun 16, 5:39 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Lincoln | 2 hr |
| Jun 16, 5:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cabarrus | 30 min |
| Jun 16, 5:47 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Cabarrus | 118 min |
| Jun 16, 6:05 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Davie | 115 min |
| Jun 16, 6:15 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg | 2 hr |
| Jun 16, 6:55 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Avery | 2 hr |
| Jun 16, 7:08 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Iredell, Rowan | 112 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.