Alert archive / North Carolina / Flash Flood Warnings in 2003
Flash Flood Warning 87, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this flash flood warning at Jul 29, 2003, 6:42 PM EDT for Iredell 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
- Jul 29, 2003, 6:42 PM EDT (22:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 29, 2003, 8:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Iredell County, NC
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 146 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:45 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, 10.7 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
- 681 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -58 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1045 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS52 KGSP 292241 FFWGSP NCC097-300045- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 642 PM EDT TUE JUL 29 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... CENTRAL IREDELL COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA * UNTIL 845 PM EDT * AT 640 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL IREDELL COUNTY...FROM SHARON...THROUGH STATESVILLE TO ELMWOOD AND COOL SPRINGS. UP TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN SINCE 4 PM IN STATESVILLE...RESULTING IN NUMEROUS ROAD CLOSURES. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF AN INCH OR MORE COULD FALL THROUGH LATE EVENING...INCREASING THE POTENTIAL FOR ADDITIONAL URBAN...AND STREAM...FLOODING. 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 FLOODED STORM DRAINS. 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. TO REPORT FLOODING HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG. $$ BURRUS
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS72 KGSP 292351 FFSGSP NCC097-300045- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 752 PM EDT TUE JUL 29 2003 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 845 PM EDT FOR CENTRAL IREDELL COUNTY... AT 750 PM...WEATHER RADAR SHOWED MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN CONTINUING OVER MOST OF IREDELL COUNTY. THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAD FALLEN IN CENTRAL IREDELL...IN AREAS ALONG AND CLOSE TO INTERSTATE 40. SEVERE URBAN FLOODING DEVELOPED EARLIER AS A RESULT OF THE TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS...BUT COUNTY OFFICIALS REPORT CONDITIONS HAD GREATLY IMPROVED. OFFICIALS DID REPORT THAT DEPOT HILL ROAD WAS STILL CLOSED BECAUSE OF HIGH WATER. NO STREAM OR CREEK FLOODING HAD YET BEEN REPORTED. THROUGH 845 PM...THERE IS STILL A CHANCE THAT SOME FLOODING OF SHALLOW STREAMS AND CREEKS COULD STILL OCCUR...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE FOURTH AND FIFTH CREEKS BETWEEN ELMWOOD AND COOL SPRINGS. BE ALERT ALSO FOR RISES ON THE YADKIN RIVER AS RUNOFF FROM THE AFTERNOON STORMS FILTERS THROUGH COUNTY CREEK BASINS. DO NOT BECOME A FATALITY DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS...THE ROAD COULD BE WASHED OUT FROM THE FLOW OF THE WATER...AND YOUR CAR COULD BE SWEPT AWAY BY THE SWIFTLY MOVING WATER. $$
000 WGUS72 KGSP 300049 FFSGSP NCC097-300100- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 845 PM EDT TUE JUL 29 2003 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WHICH WAS IN EFFECT FOR IREDELL COUNTY HAS EXPIRED AS OF 845 PM EDT... AT 845 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE AREA OF HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA HAD SHIFTED EAST OF THE INTERSTATE 77 CORRIDOR. THE WARNING HAS THUS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. OTHER THAN URBAN DRAINAGE PROBLEMS...NO REPORTS OF SIGNIFICANT FLOODING HAVE BEEN RECEIVED. HOWEVER...CONTINUE TO USE CAUTION IF YOU MUST DRIVE THIS EVENING SINCE CONSIDERABLE STANDING WATER MAY HAVE COLLECTED IN LOW SPOTS. $$ HG
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 29, 6:08 PM EDT, 34 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 29, 6:08 PM EDT, 34 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 608 PM EDT TUE JUL 29 2003 AFTER COORDINATION WITH SPC...WILL UPDATE TO CLEAR THE NORTH CAROLINA FOOTHILLS AND THE WESTERN UPSTATE...INCLUDING GREENVILLE AND SPARTANBURG FROM THE CURRENT SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. LAPS ANALYSIS SHOWS LITTLE RESIDUAL INSTABILITY IN WORKED OVER AIRMASS AND VAD WIND PROFILE SHOWS LITTLE SHEAR REMAINING WITH 15 KT WESTERLY FLOW UP THE COLUMN. FCSTID = 33 .GSP... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. HG
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 29, 4:58 AM EDT, 13 hours 44 minutes before
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-291100- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 458 AM EDT TUE JUL 29 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE EXTENDED PERIOD. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED ATT HIS TIME. RB
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 29, 4:41 PM EDT, 2 hours 1 minute before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
441 PM EDT TUE JUL 29 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
434 PM VALDESE NC .75 INCH HAIL
07/29/03 BURKE HAM REPORTED DIME SIZED
HAIL.
441 PM 3 E BETHLEHEM NC WIND DAMAGE
07/29/03 ALEXANDER SPOTTER REPORTED 4-5
LIMBS BLOWING OFF TREES
AND PEA SIZE HAIL.
LAMBLocal storm report, Jul 29, 5:22 PM EDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
522 PM EDT TUE JUL 29 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
500 PM SPARTANBURG SC WIND DAMAGE
07/29/03 SPARTANBURG COUNTY 911 REPORTED TREES
AND POWERLINES DOWN AT
INTSCN OF CANNONS
CAMPGROUND RD AND
CONVERSE RD.
520 PM 0.5 S FALLSTON NC WIND DAMAGE
07/29/03 CLEVELAND HAM REPORTED 2 ROOFS
BLOWN OFF MOBILE HOMES
NEAR JIM CLINE RD AND HWY
18.
LAMBLocal storm report, Jul 29, 5:46 PM EDT, 56 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
546 PM EDT TUE JUL 29 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
522 PM WOODLEAF NC .75 INCH HAIL
07/29/03 ROWAN WOODLEAF F.D. REPORTED
DIME SIZE HAIL AND GUSTY
WIND.
LAMBLocal storm report, Jul 29, 5:53 PM EDT, 49 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
553 PM EDT TUE JUL 29 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
520 PM FALLSTON NC WIND DAMAGE
07/29/03 CLEVELAND UPDATE TO PREVOUS LSR.
NUMEROUS TREES UPROOTED
OR SNAPPED OFF HALFWAYUP.
OUTBUILDINGS BLOWN INTO
THE HIGHWAY. ONE MOBILE
HOME LOST ROOF WHILE MAN
WAS INSIDE. NO INJURIES.
REPORTED BY COUNTY 911
CENTER.
LAMBSpecial weather statement, Jul 29, 6:15 PM EDT, 27 minutes before
NCZ034-054-055-066-067-SCZ002-003-005>007-010>012-019-292245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 615 PM EDT TUE JUL 29 2003 THE NORTH CAROLINA FOOTHILLS AND THE WESTERN UPSTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA HAVE BEEN CLEARED FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH # 812. THIS CLEARANCE AFFECTS THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN NORTH CAROLINA... CALDWELL...BURKE...MCDOWELL...RUTHERFORD...AND POLK. AND THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN SOUTH CAROLINA... PICKENS...GREENVILLE...SPARTANBURG...LAURENS...ANDERSON...ABBEVILLE. ...AND GREENWOOD. THE STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY HAS MOVED EAST OF THE AREA. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY STILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION THIS EVENING...BUT THEY ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LEVELS. HG
Local storm report, Jul 29, 6:29 PM EDT, 13 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
629 PM EDT TUE JUL 29 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
610 PM BELMONT NC WIND DAMAGE
07/29/03 GASTON TREES DOWN...INCLUDING
ONE THAT DAMAGED A POOL
AT A PRIVATE RESIDENCE.
MCAVOYThe office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 2:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg, Union | 53 min |
| Jul 29, 2:46 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg | 119 min |
| Jul 29, 4:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Alexander, Catawba | 64 min |
| Jul 29, 5:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Lincoln | 65 min |
| Jul 29, 5:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Iredell | 47 min |
| Jul 29, 5:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Gaston | 54 min |
| Jul 29, 6:16 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Davie, Rowan | 3 hr |
| Jul 29, 6:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg | 56 min |
| Jul 29, 6:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Rowan | 58 min |
| Jul 29, 7:10 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg | 110 min |
| Jul 29, 7:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cabarrus | 49 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.