Alert archive / North Carolina / Flash Flood Warnings in 2003
Flash Flood Warning 51, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this flash flood warning at Jun 16, 2003, 8:00 PM EDT for Cabarrus County, North Carolina. It was in force for 90 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
- Jun 16, 2003, 8:00 PM EDT (00:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 16, 2003, 9:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 90 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Cabarrus County, NC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 162 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:02 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, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 97 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
- 9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -139 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 647 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 21 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 84 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS52 KGSP 170004 FFWGSP NCC025-170130- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 800 PM EDT MON JUN 16 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... CABARRUS COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA * UNTIL 930 PM EDT * AT 800 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED ADDITIONAL MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL MOVING SOUTHEAST OVER SECTIONS OF CABARRUS COUNTY THAT HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED IN EXCESS OF 3 INCHES OF RAIN TODAY. COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS AND SPOTTERS REPORT SIGNIFICANT ONGOING FLOODING ACROSS THE COUNTY...ESPECIALLY IN THE KANNAPOLIS AREA. * AN ADDITIONAL 1/2 TO 1 INCH OF RAIN THROUGH 9 PM WILL LIKELY WORSEN EXISTING FLOODING PROBLEMS FROM KANNAPOLIS TO CONCORD. WIDESPREAD STREAM AND CREEK FLOODING IS LIKELY...AND SIGNIFICANT STANDING WATER IN LOW SPOTS IN ROADWAYS WILL POSE A HAZARD TO VEHICULAR TRAFFIC. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE. EVEN MODERN SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES CANNOT BE SAFELY DRIVEN THROUGH FLOOD WATERS. $$ HG
1 follow-up statement
000 WGUS72 KGSP 170217 FFSGSP NCC025-179-170400- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1014 PM EDT MON JUN 16 2003 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT FOR UNION COUNTIES... ...FLOODING CONTINUES IN CABARRUS COUNTY... DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUES TO INDICATE MODERATE RAIN FALLING ACROSS ACROSS UNION AND CABARRUS COUNTIES. RAINFALL RATES WERE RANGING BETWEEN ONE HALF TO ONE INCH AN HOUR. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS MAINLY ALONG AND EAST OF HIGHWAY 601 NORTH OF MARSHVILLE INTO MIDLAND AND THE MOUNT PLEASANT AREAS IN CABARRUS COUNTY. STREAMS WILL CONTINUE TO RUN HIGH AND SOME ROADS WILL REMAIN FLOODED FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS AS MORE RAIN IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. USE CAUTION IN OR NEAR ANY SMALL CREEK TONIGHT...AND AVOID ROUTES THAT YOU KNOW ARE FLOOD PRONE. DO NOT BECOME A FATALITY DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS...THE ROAD COULD BE WASHED OUT FROM THE FLOW OF THE WATER...AND YOUR CAR COULD BE SWEPT AWAY BY THE SWIFTLY MOVING WATER. $$ PT
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 16, 3:20 PM EDT, 4 hours 40 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 16, 3:20 PM EDT, 4 hours 40 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 320 PM EDT MON JUN 16 2003 SURFACE FRONT HAS PUSHED INTO THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE FORECAST AREA THIS AFTERNOON. LOW CLOUDS HAVE BEEN VERY SLOW TO ERODE IN THE NC PIEDMONT TODAY...KEEPING THE AREA MORE STABLE THAN SC/GA AND THE WRN MOUNTAINS. CONVECTION HAS DEVELOPED IN THE MORE UNSTABLE AREAS AND THIS SHOULD STEADILY SPREAD EASTWARD ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING...WITH THE STALLING SFC BOUNDARY REMAINING A FOCUS FOR CONVECTION OVERNIGHT. PER COORDINATION WITH ADJACENT OFFICES...WILL MAINTAIN THE EXISTING FLOOD WATCH FOR MUCH OF NORTH CAROLINA TONIGHT. WILL LEAVE IT TO THE MID SHIFT TO ASSESS THE NEED FOR EXTENSION INTO TUESDAY. ISOLATED FLOODING PROBLEMS COULD DEVELOP OUTSIDE THE WATCH AREA FARTHER SW...BUT DEGREE OF TRAINING AWAY FROM THE SURFACE BOUNDARY WILL BE VERY HARD TO ASSESS AND IS PROBABLY NOT WORTH A WATCH AT PRESENT. SFC BOUNDARY IS FORECAST TO REMAIN OVER THE NE THIRD OF THE FORECAST AREA THROUGH TOMORROW WITH THE MODELS IN GOOD AGREEMENT THAT THE BOUNDARY SLOWLY LIFTS BACK NORTH THROUGH WEDNESDAY. WILL GENERALLY GO SLIGHTLY LOWER THAN GUIDANCE ON MAXES AND KEEP A SMALL DIURNAL TEMP RANGE. DEEPER MOISTURE SHOWS UP IN TIME HEIGHTS AGAIN WED WITH DEEP SW FLOW BUT LESS TRIGGERING AROUND. WILL OPT FOR SOLID CHC POPS WED AFTN. STRONG COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE NORTHWEST ON THU WITH HIGHEST EXTENDED RANGE POPS FEATURED FOR THU NIGHT. MODEL DISCREPANCIES THEN BEGIN TO SHOW UP. THE GFS HAS BEEN FAIRLY CONSISTENT THE PAST THREE RUNS WITH HANGING UP THE FRONT ACROSS THE SRN EDGE OF AREA WITH RETURN FLOW MOISTURE BY SAT. GFS ALSO FEATURES TROUGH AXIS TO THE WEST OVER THE MS VALLEY. WILL LEAN TOWARD ECM SOLUTION OF PLAINS RIDGING AND MUCH LATER RETURN OF A WEAKER FRONT FOR LATE WEEKEND AND RETURN TO DIURNAL AFTN CONVECTION. FCSTID = 33 GSP 69 82 69 82 / 70 60 60 50 AND 69 84 69 83 / 60 60 60 50 CLT 69 81 69 82 / 70 70 70 50 HKY 67 77 67 79 / 80 70 70 50 AVL 65 77 64 78 / 70 70 70 50 .GSP... GA...NONE. NC...FLOOD WATCH FOR TONIGHT FOR ZONES NCZ033>037...NCZ048>050... NCZ053>057...NCZ065>072...NCZ082. SC...NONE. HG
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 16, 6:22 AM EDT, 13 hours 38 minutes before
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-161200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 622 AM EDT MON JUN 16 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT AS IT MOVES SOUTH ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE MAIN THREAT FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS. ALONG AND A LITTLE BEHIND THE FRONT...THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL TEND TO REFORM OVER THE SAME AREAS. THIS WILL RESULT IN LOCALIZED VERY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. ON TUESDAY THE THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE HEAVY RAIN...WITH A BETTER CHANCE OF DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL ON WEDNESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER AS WELL AS TO MONITOR STREAM LEVELS AND REPORT RAINFALL TOTALS. MCAVOY
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 16, 6:55 PM EDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
655 PM EDT MON JUN 16 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
640 PM MT PLEASANT NC WIND DAMAGE
06/16/03 CABARRUS NUMEROUS TREES DOWN IN
EASTERN CABARRUS COUNTY
NEAR MT PLEASANT...
REPORTED BY SPOTTER.
645 PM KANNAPOLIS NC FLASH FLOOD
06/16/03 CABARRUS SPOTTER REPORTED
EVACUATION UNDER WAY ON
MCCLAIN ROAD IN
KANNAPOLIS.
645 PM 3 W STATESVILLE NC FLASH FLOOD
06/16/03 IREDELL SPOTTER REPORTED FLOODING
ON HWY 70 WEST OF
STATESVILLE.
638 PM 9 NE CHARLOTTE NC FLASH FLOOD
06/16/03 MECKLENBURG HAM REPORTED STANDING
FLOOD WATER AT CHARLOTTE
MOTOR SPEEDWAY AND NEARBY
CAMPGROUND. LOCATED AT
EXIT 49 ON I-85.
LAMBLocal storm report, Jun 16, 7:15 PM EDT, 45 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
715 PM EDT MON JUN 16 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
650 PM CHARLOTTE NC FLASH FLOOD
06/16/03 MECKLENBURG VEHICLE WASHED INTO BRIER
CREEK NEAR MONROE ROAD.
REPORTED BY EOC.
RBLocal storm report, Jun 16, 7:21 PM EDT, 39 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
721 PM EDT MON JUN 16 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
650 PM 3 S TROUTMAN NC FLASH FLOOD
06/16/03 IREDELL SPOTTER REPORTED THAT 7
TO 10 VEHICLES WERE
TRAPPED IN FLOODWATER
SOUTH OF TROUTMAN.
713 PM 3 N CHARLOTTE NC FLASH FLOOD
06/16/03 MECKLENBURG HAMS REPORTED SEVERAL
INCHES OF WATER OVER
NORTHBOUND LANES OF I-85
NEAR I-77 INTERCHANGE.
LAMBLocal storm report, Jun 16, 7:50 PM EDT, 10 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
750 PM EDT MON JUN 16 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
730 PM 6 NE MOORESVILLE NC FLASH FLOOD
06/16/03 ROWAN SPOTTER REPORTS FLOODING
ALONG ROUTE 150 AT
BRADSHAW ROAD.
HGLocal storm report, Jun 16, 7:54 PM EDT, 6 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
754 PM EDT MON JUN 16 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
545 PM 10 SW SALISBURY NC WIND DAMAGE
06/16/03 ROWAN SPOTTER REPORTS TREES
DOWN ON SHEPHERD ROAD.
555 PM 5 NW JOANNA SC WIND DAMAGE
06/16/03 LAURENS COUNTY 911 REPORTS 3
TREES BLOWN DOWN.
HGLocal storm report, Jun 16, 7:59 PM EDT, 1 minute before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
759 PM EDT MON JUN 16 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
753 PM MATTHEWS NC FLASH FLOOD
06/16/03 MECKLENBURG HAM SPOTTER REPORTED FOUR
MILE CREEK IN S.E.
MECKLENBURG COUNTY
FLOODING INTO SEVERAL
BACKYARDS.
LAMBThe office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 8:33 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Union | 57 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in North 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.