Alert archive / North Carolina / Flash Flood Warnings in 2003
Flash Flood Warning 88, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this flash flood warning at Jul 29, 2003, 7:10 PM EDT for Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. It was in force for 110 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 29, 2003, 7:10 PM EDT (23:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 29, 2003, 9:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 110 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Mecklenburg County, NC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:12 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, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 125 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 292312 FFWGSP NCC119-300100- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 710 PM EDT TUE JUL 29 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... MECKLENBURG COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA * UNTIL 900 PM EDT * AT 710 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL OVER THE INTERSTATE 77 CORRIDOR IN MECKLENBURG COUNTY. RADAR INDICATES RAINFALL RATES IN EXCESS OF 2 INCHES PER HOUR. ADDITIONAL MODERATE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE AS THE LINE MOVES EAST OF THE AREA THROUGH 8 PM. * FLOODING OF STREAMS AND CREEKS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP ACROSS THE COUNTY...WITH SEVERE URBAN FLOODING DEVELOPING IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. THE FLOODING MAY BE SEVERE FROM CHARLOTTE SOUTHWARD TO PINEVILLE. ESPECIALLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO FLOODING WILL BE THE SUGAR CREEK...LITTLE SUGAR CREEK...AND CROOKED CREEK STREAM BASINS. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA...BE PREPARED TO 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. $$ HG
1 follow-up statement
000 WGUS72 KGSP 300014 FFSGSP NCC119-300100- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 810 PM EDT TUE JUL 29 2003 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 900 PM EDT FOR MECKLENBURG COUNTY... AT 810 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF MODERATE RAIN COVERING MUCH OF MECKLENBURG COUNTY. THIS AREA OF RAIN IS MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH...AND SHOULD DIMINISH BY 9 PM. MECKLENBURG COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS HAS REPORTED URBAN FLOODING PROBLEMS AROUND THE CITY OF CHARLOTTE. STREAMS AND CREEKS ARE ALSO RUNNING NEAR BANKFULL ACROSS THE COUNTY...AND SOME STREAM FLOODING COULD STILL DEVELOP. DO NOT BECOME A FATALITY DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS...THE ROAD COULD BE WASHED OUT FROM THE FLOW OF THE WATER...AND YOUR CAR COULD BE SWEPT AWAY BY THE SWIFTLY MOVING WATER. $$ 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, 1 hour 2 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 29, 6:08 PM EDT, 1 hour 2 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, 14 hours 12 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, 5:46 PM EDT, 1 hour 24 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, 1 hour 17 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, 55 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, 41 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.
MCAVOYLocal storm report, Jul 29, 7:01 PM EDT, 9 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
701 PM EDT TUE JUL 29 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
645 PM NEEDMORE NC FLASH FLOOD
07/29/03 ROWAN COUNTY 911 REPORTED WOMAN
RESCUED FROM FLOODED
HOUSE NEAR CREEK. NO
INJURIES. ALSO...MT
VERNON RD BRIDGE OVER
FOURTH CREEK FLOODED WITH
WATER OVER BRIDGE RAILS.
LAMBLocal storm report, Jul 29, 7:05 PM EDT, 5 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
705 PM EDT TUE JUL 29 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
630 PM CHINA GROVE NC WIND DAMAGE
07/29/03 ROWAN 2 FRUIT TREES BLOWN DOWN.
REPORTED BY HAM RADIO
OPERATOR.
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, 6:42 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Iredell | 2 hr |
| 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.