Alert archive / North Carolina / Flash Flood Warnings in 2003
Flash Flood Warning 66, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this flash flood warning at Jul 11, 2003, 6:58 PM EDT for Mecklenburg County, Union 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
- Jul 11, 2003, 6:58 PM EDT (22:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 11, 2003, 10:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Mecklenburg County, NC, Union County, NC
The radar
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 136 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:00 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 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 128 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
- 24 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -69 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 870 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 86 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS52 KGSP 112300 FFWGSP NCC119-179-120200- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 658 PM EDT FRI JUL 11 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN MECKLENBURG COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA UNION COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA * UNTIL 1000 PM EDT * AT 656 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN COVERING EASTERN MECKLENBURG COUNTY...AND MOST OF UNION COUNTY. TRENDS SUGGEST MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN SHOULD LINGER FOR MOST OF THE EVENING. AS MUCH AS 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SO FAR THIS EVENING...AND AN ADDITIONAL INCH OR TWO OF RAIN COULD FALL FROM CHARLOTTE...TO PINEVILLE...MATTHEWS...WEDDINGTON...WAXHAW AND MONROE. * ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN WILL RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT RISES ON STREAMS...CREEKS AND RIVERS IN THE REGION. ESPECIALLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO FLOODING ARE THE CROOKED CREEK AND LITTLE SUGAR CREEK BASINS IN MECKLENBURG COUNTY...AND THE CROOKED CREEK AND DAVIS MINE CREEK BASINS IN UNION COUNTY. URBAN FLOODING...AND FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS CAN ALSO BE ANTICIPATED. 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 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS72 KGSP 112351 FFSGSP NCC119-120000- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 750 PM EDT FRI JUL 11 2003 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WHICH WAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT FOR SOUTHERN MECKLENBURG COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED... RADAR SHOWS ONLY SCATTERED LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS ACROSS THE MECKLENBURG COUNTY PORTION OF THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING. NO FLOODING HAD BEEN REPORTED TO COUNTY OFFICIALS OR THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL THIS EVENING IS NOT ANTICIPATED TO RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING. THEREFORE...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR MECKLENBURG COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. DO NOT BECOME A FATALITY DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS...THE ROAD COULD BE WASHED OUT FROM THE FLOW OF THE WATER...AND YOUR CAR COULD BE SWEPT AWAY BY THE SWIFTLY MOVING WATER. $$ BURRUS
000 WGUS72 KGSP 112356 FFSGSP NCC179-120200- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 753 PM EDT FRI JUL 11 2003 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1000 PM EDT FOR UNION COUNTY... AT 755 PM...WEATHER RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS OVER UNION COUNTY. RAINFALL EARLIER THIS EVENING RESULTED IN A FEW CREEKS COMING OUT OF THEIR BANKS...AND SOME URBAN FLOODING. MANY ROADS WERE CLOSED BECAUSE OF HIGH WATER IN THE VICINITY OF INDIAN TRAIL...UNIONVILLE AND STALLINGS. SOME PEOPLE WERE STRANDED IN CARS IN SOME OF THE FLOODING AREAS...AND WERE BEING PICKED UP BY COUNTY OFFICIALS. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL THROUGH 10 PM MAY ONLY BE LIGHT IN INTENSITY...BUT COULD DELAY RECESSION OF WATER LEVELS. DURING HEAVY RAIN EVENTS...SEVERE URBAN FLOODING CAN OCCUR IN AREAS SUCH AS UNDERPASSES...AND LOW AREAS WHERE WATER TENDS TO COLLECT. CHILDREN SHOULD BE KEPT AWAY FROM SMALL STREAMS AND STORM DRAINS. 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. $$ BURRUS
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 11, 1:50 PM EDT, 5 hours 8 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 11, 1:50 PM EDT, 5 hours 8 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 150 PM EDT FRI JUL 11 2003 WILL UPDATE TO INCLUDE NEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR UPSTATE SC AND NE GA THROUGH 8 PM EDT. FCSTID = 33 .GSP... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. HG
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 11, 5:11 AM EDT, 13 hours 47 minutes before
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-111100- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 511 AM EDT FRI JUL 11 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE REGION TODAY...BRINGING SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE AREA. A FEW OF THE STORMS COULD PRODUCE SEVERE WEATHER...ESPECIALLY IN THE PIEDMONT AND FOOTHILLS. PLEASE SEE THE SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK...CAESPSGSP...FOR MORE INFORMATION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... SCATTERED...MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING MUCH OF THE NEXT 7 DAYS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON. LANE
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 11, 4:22 PM EDT, 2 hours 36 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
422 PM EDT FRI JUL 11 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
420 PM BLACKSBURG SC .75 INCH HAIL
07/11/03 CHEROKEE MARBLE SIZED HAIL COVERED
THE GROUND LIKE SNOW.
420 PM 2 NE BLACKSBURG SC WIND DAMAGE
07/11/03 CHEROKEE LARGE TREE BLOCKING EAST
CHEROKEE ST BETWEEN
BLACKSBURG AND GROVER.
OTHER TREES DOWN IN
BLACKSBURG. REPORTED BY
COUNTY COMMS CENTER.
MCAVOYSpecial weather statement, Jul 11, 4:55 PM EDT, 2 hours 3 minutes before
NCZ071-072-082-SCZ009-112210- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 455 PM EDT FRI JUL 11 2003 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TO AFFECT THE CHARLOTTE METRO AREA BETWEEN 5 AND 6 PM... AT 450 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM SOUTHERN LAKE NORMAN IN NORTHERN MECKLENBURG COUNTY...SOUTHWEST TO BELTON. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL AFFECT AREAS FROM CONCORD TO CHARLOTTE TO PINEVILLE BETWEEN 5 AND 6 PM. NEARLY CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...40 TO 50 MPH WINDS... TORRENTIAL RAIN AND PEA SIZED HAIL WILL ACCOMPANY THE LINE. SECURE OUTDOOR OBJECTS...AND PREPARE FOR THE VISIBILITY TO FALL TO NEAR ZERO IN THE HEAVY RAIN AND WIND. IN EXCESS OF AN INCH OF RAIN WILL FALL WITH THE LINE IN ABOUT 30 MINUTES. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL WATCH THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS VERY CLOSELY IN CASE ANY WARNINGS BECOME NECESSARY. MCAVOY
Local storm report, Jul 11, 5:13 PM EDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
513 PM EDT FRI JUL 11 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
505 PM HUNTERSVILLE NC WIND DAMAGE
07/11/03 MECKLENBURG TREES AND POWER LINES
DOWN IN HUNTERSVILLE.
COUNTY 911 REPORT.
BURRUSLocal storm report, Jul 11, 5:37 PM EDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
537 PM EDT FRI JUL 11 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
510 PM CONCORD NC WIND DAMAGE
07/11/03 CABARRUS TREES AND POWER LINES
DOWN IN CONCORD...AS WELL
AS ACROSS THE REST OF THE
COUNTY. POWER OUT TO MOST
OF CONCORD. REPORTED BY
COUNTY COMMS CENTER.
MCAVOYLocal storm report, Jul 11, 5:42 PM EDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
542 PM EDT FRI JUL 11 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
515 PM 2 S CHARLOTTE NC FLASH FLOOD
07/11/03 MECKLENBURG HAM SPOTTER REPORTED
BRIDGE FLOODED AT NATIONS
FORD AND I-77.
530 PM KANNAPOLIS NC WIND DAMAGE
07/11/03 ROWAN TREE FELL ON MOBILE HOME
ON BRANTLEY RD. ODELL
F.D. ON SCENE. REPORTED
BY HAM SPOTTER.
517 PM ROCKWELL NC WIND DAMAGE
07/11/03 ROWAN ROWAN EOC REPORTED TREES
DOWN IN ROCKWELL...10 S
OF SALISBURY.
528 PM GRANITE QUARRY NC WIND DAMAGE
07/11/03 ROWAN ROWAN EOC REPORTED TREES
DOWN IN GRANITE
QUARRY...5 S OF
SALISBURY.
LAMBLocal storm report, Jul 11, 6:30 PM EDT, 28 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
630 PM EDT FRI JUL 11 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
527 PM 11 E CHARLOTTE NC WIND DAMAGE
07/11/03 MECKLENBURG TREES DOWN IN MINT HILL.
REPORT FROM COUNTY 911
CENTER.
BURRUSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 11, 4:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Mecklenburg | 63 min |
| Jul 11, 5:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Rowan | 45 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.