Alert archive / North Carolina / Flash Flood Warnings in 2003
Flash Flood Warning 59, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this flash flood warning at Jul 3, 2003, 7:06 PM EDT for Macon County, North Carolina. It was in force for 114 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
- Jul 3, 2003, 7:06 PM EDT (23:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 3, 2003, 9:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 114 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Macon County, NC
The radar
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:10 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
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 221 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
- 333 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -39 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 926 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 18 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 032306 FFWGSP NCC113-040100- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 706 PM EDT THU JUL 3 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN MACON COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA * UNTIL 900 PM EDT * AT 647 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN OCCURRING IN TWO AREAS OF SOUTHERN MACON COUNTY...ONE IN AREAS AROUND UNION AND OTTO...AND ANOTHER IN AREAS SOUTH AND WEST OF HIGHLANDS. SLOW MOVING OR STATIONARY SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE HOURLY RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO AN INCH...AND PERHAPS MORE IN THESE AREAS THROUGH SUNSET. * FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG FLOOD PRONE TRIBUTARIES OF THE LITTLE TENNESSEE RIVER BETWEEN UNION AND OTTO...AND WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE ALONG TRIBUTARIES OF THE CULLASAJA RIVER IN THE VICINITY OF HIGHLANDS. IN ADDITION...MUD AND ROCK SLIDES WILL BE POSSIBLE IN AREAS OF STEEP TERRAIN. 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. WHEN DRIVING ALONG ROADS WHERE THE TERRAIN IS STEEP OR ROCKY...REMAIN ALERT FOR POSSIBLE ROCK OR MUD SLIDES DUE TO THE HEAVY RAIN. $$ LANE
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS72 KGSP 040003 FFSGSP NCC113-040100- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 803 PM EDT THU JUL 3 2003 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 900 PM EDT FOR MACON COUNTY... AS OF 750 PM...NO REPORTS OF FLOODING HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FROM THE COUNTY. THE SHOWERS THAT PRODUCED IN EXCESS OF 2 INCHES OF RAIN IN A BRIEF PERIOD IN THE HIGHLANDS AND UNION AREAS HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA. HOWEVER...RUNOFF FROM THESE SHOWERS COULD STILL CONTRIBUTE TO RISING WATER LEVELS AND FLOODING ALONG FLOOD PRONE STREAMS ALONG THE HIGHWAY 441 CORRIDOR BETWEEN OTTO AND UNION...AND IN AREAS FROM HIGHLANDS NORTHWARD TO THE CULLASAJA GORGE AREA. DO NOT BECOME A FATALITY DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS...THE ROAD COULD BE WASHED OUT FROM THE FLOW OF THE WATER...AND YOUR CAR COULD BE SWEPT AWAY BY THE SWIFTLY MOVING WATER. $$ LANE
000 WGUS72 KGSP 040100 FFSGSP NCC113-040105- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 900 PM EDT THU JUL 3 2003 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WHICH WAS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN MACON COUNTY UNTIL 900 PM HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE... NO FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED ACROSS THE COUNTY AND THE SHOWERS THAT PRODUCED HEAVY RAINFALL EARLY THIS EVENING HAVE DISSIPATED. THEREFORE THE THREAT OF FLOODING HAS ENDED. $$ LANE
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 Jul 3, 5:50 PM EDT, 1 hour 16 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 3, 5:50 PM EDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 550 PM EDT THU JUL 3 2003 A QUICK UPDATE TO ACCOUNT FOR CONVECTION ONGOING ACROSS SW NC/NE GA/FAR WRN SC. INSTABILITY IS FAIRLY LIMITED TO THE EAST OF THIS ACTIVITY. THINK ANY ADDITIONAL CONVECTION WILL BE LIMITED TO AREAS WHERE OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES CAN MAKE THE MOST OF WHAT INSTABILITY THERE IS...GENERALLY TO THE SOUTH AND WEST OF THE CONVECTION. ACTIVITY SHOULD DIE OUT AROUND SUNSET. .GSP... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. MOORE ...PREVIOUS DISCUSSION SENT AT 145 PM... SUBSIDENCE BEHIND BILL EXPECTED TO KEEP SKIES MCLR OVERNIGHT. FRI ALSO CONTINUES DRY WITH TEMPS EXPECTED TO REACH OR PSBLY BREAK THE 90 DEGREE MARK IN THE S FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT. LOW LEVEL MOISTURE BEGINS TO INCREASE FROM THE S LATE FRI AND EXPECT A FEW MORE CLOUDS...FORECAST FOR THE 4TH STILL LOOKS PRECIP FREE ATTM. DEEPER MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY RETURNS TO THE AREA THIS WEEKEND...BRINGING A CHANCE OF AFTERNOON-EVE CONVECTION. AS MOISTURE INCREASES FROM THE S...A WEAK UPPER LEVEL SHRTWAVE ALSO PUSHES IN FROM THE W ON SAT WITH WEAK OMEGA INDICATED. ON SUN AN UPPER TROF MOVES IN FROM THE W WITH PVA AND BETTER UVV. A SFC WAVE IS ALSO FCST TO SURGE MAINLY ACROSS NE GA AND UPSTATE SC. WILL KEEP CHANCE POPS THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND HAVE BUMPED POPS ACROSS THE S UP TP 40% SUN. SFC BOUNDARY AND MOISTURE FCST TO PUSH BACK S MON-TUE WITH ANOTHER WAVE MOVG IN FOR WED INTO THU. FCSTID = 77 GSP 68 90 70 89 / 10 10 10 30 AND 68 90 70 90 / 10 10 10 30 CLT 68 90 70 90 / 10 10 10 30 HKY 67 90 69 88 / 10 10 10 30 AVL 63 86 64 85 / 10 10 10 30 RB
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 3, 6:00 AM EDT, 13 hours 6 minutes before
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-031200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 600 AM EDT THU JUL 3 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER PORTIONS OF THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING ON SATURDAY...SUNDAY AND AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. RWH
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 3, 6:21 PM EDT, 45 minutes before
NCZ062-032310- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 621 PM EDT THU JUL 3 2003 ...TORRENTIAL RAINFALL OCCURRING ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF MACON COUNTY... AT 610 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SLOW MOVING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING TOREENTIAL RAINFALL IN AREAS NEAR HIGHLANDS. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT SINCE 5 PM...1.5 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ALONG HIGHWAY 28 NORTH OF HIGHLANDS...AND ALONG HIGHWAY 106 JUST WEST OF HIGHLANDS. MOTORISTS TRAVELING IN THESE AREAS SHOULD PREPARE FOR THE LIKELIHOOD OF STANDING WATER ON ROADS...AND BE ALERT FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF ROCK OR LAND SLIDES. OTHER SHOWERS AND STORMS WERE DEVELOPING NORTHWESTWARD TOWARD HIGHWAY 441 BETWEEN OTTO AND UNION. THROUGH 7 PM...THE STORMS SHOULD DRIFT SLOWLY SOUTHWEST...SHIFTING THE FOCUS OF HEAVIEST RAIN WESTWARD ALONG HIGHWAY 106 TOWARD SCALY. HOWEVER...HOURLY RAINFALL RATES APPROACHING AN INCH PER HOUR WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE AS FAR EAST AS HIGHLANDS...AND AS FAR NORTH AS UNION. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF THESE STORMS FOR POSSIBLE FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS IN THE NEAR FUTURE. LANE
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.