Alert archive / North Carolina / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004
Flash Flood Warning 28, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this flash flood warning at Jul 9, 2004, 7:54 PM EDT for Haywood 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 outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 9, 2004, 7:54 PM EDT (23:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 9, 2004, 10:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Haywood County, NC
The radar
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:58 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.
Did it verify
Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this flash flood warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 272 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
- 481 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -67 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 976 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 4 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -31 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -23 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 092355
FFWGSP
NCC087-100245-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
754 PM EDT FRI JUL 9 2004
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL HAYWOOD COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA
* UNTIL 1045 PM EDT
* AT 750 PM EDT...FLASH FLOODING WAS REPORTED ALONG HYATT CREEK
IN WAYNESVILLE. ADDITIONAL SLOW MOVING STORMS COULD CAUSE STREAMS
AND CREEKS TO OVERRUN THEIR BANKS FROM WAYNESVILLE TO CANTON...AND
SOUTH TO SUNBURST. THE SHOWERS AND STORMS WERE SLOWLY WEAKENING
AS THEY SUNK TO THE SOUTH.
WATER FROM HIGH CREEK WAS UP TO BRIDGE LEVEL ALONG HYATT CREEK
ROAD...AND HAD OVERRUN THE ROAD...BLOCKING TRAVEL FOR SEVERAL
HOMES IN THE AREA.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR CAR INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.
THE WATER MAY BE TOO DEEP FOR THE VEHICLE TO CROSS SAFELY.
REPORT ANY FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND ASK
THEM TO FORWARD THE REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 3555 8316 3560 8312 3562 8310 3562 8307
3555 8278 3546 8280 3542 8275 3531 8285
3529 8292 3543 8306 3546 8310 3546 8313
3552 8318
$$
BURRUS2 follow-up statements
000
WGUS72 KGSP 100050
FFSGSP
NCC087-100245-
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
848 PM EDT FRI JUL 9 2004
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1045 PM EDT FOR SOUTHERN
AND CENTRAL HAYWOOD COUNTY...
AT 840 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM WAYNESVILLE TO 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
WAYNESVILLE. THE THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAIN WERE NEARLY
STATIONARY AND ARE EXPECTED TO SLOWLY WEAKEN AS THEY SAG SOUTH
THROUGH LATE EVENING.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MAGGIE
VALLEY...LAKE JUNALUSKA...CRUSO AND CANTON.
EVACUATIONS HAVE BEEN ORDERED FOR THE GREEN VALLEY MOBILE HOME PARK
ALONG HYATT CREEK. A DEPUTY REPORTEDLY LOST CONTROL OF HIS VEHICLE
WHILE ENTERING THE FLOOD AREA. EMERGENCY SERVICES AND FIRE
DEPARTMENTS WERE EN ROUTE TO THE MOBILE HOME PARK TO ASSIST IN THE
EVACUATIONS...WHICH COULD AFFECT AS MANY AS 60 TO 100 PEOPLE. WATER
HAD ALSO ENTERED THE SHERIFF/S OFFICE IN DOWNTOWN WAYNESVILLE.
ADDITONAL FLOODING IS LIKELY ALONG STREAMS...CREEKS AND TRIBUTARIES
IN AND AROUND WAYNESVILLE...ESPECIALLY THE EAST FORK OF CAMPBELL CREEK
AND THE FLOOD PRONE RICHLAND CREEK. DOWNSTREAM...NOTICEABLE RISES
CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG THE EAST FORK OF THE PIGEON RIVER IN THE
VICINITY OF CRUSO.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY
YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN
GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG.
LAT...LON 3555 8316 3560 8312 3562 8310 3562 8307
3555 8278 3546 8280 3542 8275 3531 8285
3529 8292 3543 8306 3546 8310 3546 8313
3552 8318
$$
BURRUS000
WGUS72 KGSP 100200
FFSGSP
NCC087-100245-
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
959 PM EDT FRI JUL 9 2004
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1045 PM EDT FOR SOUTHERN
AND CENTRAL HAYWOOD COUNTY...
AT 955 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASTERN...AND
SOUTHERN...HAYWOOD COUNTY. RAINFALL HAD DIMINISHED SIGNIFICANTLY
ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN PARTS OF THE COUNTY. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL
OF A HALF INCH OR LESS IS EXPECTED THROUGH MIDNIGHT...MOSTLY ALONG
AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM SUNBURST TO CRUSO.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MAGGIE
VALLEY...LAKE JUNALUSKA...CRUSO AND CANTON.
AN OVERALL IMPROVING SITUATION IS UNDERWAY ACROSS THE COUNTY AFTER
SEVERAL HOURS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN PRODUCED FLOODING ALONG
HYATT CREEK AND FLOOD PRONE SHALLOW CREEKS BETWEEN WAYNESVILLE AND
CANTON. PARTIAL EVACUATIONS OCCURRED IN THE GREEN VALLEY MOBILE HOME
PARK...BUT ALL RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN ALLOWED TO RETURN TO THEIR HOMES
AFTER FLOOD WATERS ALONG HYATT CREEK RECEDED. STREAMS AND CREEKS
WERE REPORTED ON THE RISE IN CANTON...WITH SOME FARM FIELDS FLOODED
IN THE VICINITY OF THE PIGEON RIVER AND ITS SMALLER TRIBUTARIES.
THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL CONTINUE THROUGH ITS DESIGNATED 1045 PM
EDT EXPIRATION TIME.
TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY
YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN
GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG.
LAT...LON 3555 8316 3560 8312 3562 8310 3562 8307
3555 8278 3546 8280 3542 8275 3531 8285
3529 8292 3543 8306 3546 8310 3546 8313
3552 8318
$$
BURRUSWhat 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 9, 2:33 PM EDT, 5 hours 21 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 9, 2:33 PM EDT, 5 hours 21 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 233 PM EDT FRI JUL 9 2004 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY)... UPPER LEVEL RIDGE RETROGRADES ACROSS SE USA THROUGH WEEKEND... RESULTING IN LOW AMPLITUDE TROUGHING ALONG EAST COAST BY SUN NIGHT. MOISTURE NOW S OF AREA TO GRADUALLY MOVE NORTHWEST THEN SOUTHEAST AROUND UPPER RIDGE...SUCH THAT BY SUN BEST MOISTURE LOCATED ACROSS N TIER OF AREA. ETA PLAYING UP OMEGA WITH VERY WEAK IMPULSES SAT AND TO A LESSER DEGREE SUN NIGHT. WITH ETA SHOWING ONLY WEAK IMPULSE SAT...WILL RAISE POP ONLY TO SMALL CHANCE...FAVORING MOUNTAINS WHERE BEST MOISTRUE WILL BE. MAINTAINING DIURNAL TREND...WILL CARRY SMALL CHANCE POP SUN/MON AS MOISTURE MIGRATES E ALONG I-40 CORRIDOR THEN DOWN I-77 CORRIDOR. TEMPERATURES WARMEST SAT...THEN GRADUALLY FALL AS RIDGE AXIS MOVES AWAY TOWARD W. MINIMUM TEMPERATURES LIMITED BY MOISTURE IN HUMID SUMMER AIR MASS. && .LONG TERM (MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY)... UPPER RIDGE AXIS REMAINS E OF REGION THROUGH THE EXTENDED PERIOD. THIS WILL ALLOW OCCASIONAL WEAK SHORTWAVE ENERGY TO AFFECT THE CWA AS UPPER DISTURBANCES PASS MAINLY N AND E OF THE AREA. LIGHT W TO NW LOW LEVEL FLOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEK. DAYTIME HIGHS SHOULD REACH THE LOW 90S ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT WITH LOWS NEAR 70. ALTHOUGH DEEPER MOISTURE IS FORECAST TO BE SOMEWHAT LIMITED...SUFFICIENT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE IS EXPECTED FOR SCT AFTN-EVE CONVECTION EACH DAY. && .AVIATION... ALTHOUGH HI PRESSURE BUILDS ALOFT...VERY WEAK FORCING AT 500MB WAS DEPICTED ON THE 12Z MODELS TO THE S. ISOLD TO SCATTERED CONVECTION IS EXPECTED TO INITIATE WITH HEATING AS AREA BECOMES SLIGHTLY UNSTABLE AND CB CLOUD TYPE HAS BEEN INCLUDED IN THE SC TAFS...ALSO AT AVL DUE TO LOWER CONVECTIVE TEMP OVER THE MTNS. HKY AND CLT ARE CAPPED DUE TO DRYER AIR AND MID LEVEL WARM ADVECTION. PATCHY MVFR FOG OCCURRED THIS MORNING AND THE SAME IS EXPECTED AROUND DAYBREAK SAT. WILL NOT PUT FOG IN TAFS ATTM BUT IF RAIN OCCURS NEAR AN AIRFIELD...EARLY AM FOG WILL BECOME MORE LIKELY. && .GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. && SHORT TERM...JAT LONG TERM...RB AVIATION...RB
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 9, 5:40 AM EDT, 14 hours 14 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 540 AM EDT FRI JUL 9 2004 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-100939- ABBEVILLE SC-ALEXANDER NC-ANDERSON SC-AVERY NC-BUNCOMBE NC-BURKE NC- CABARRUS NC-CALDWELL NC-CATAWBA NC-CHEROKEE SC-CHESTER SC- CLEVELAND NC-DAVIE NC-ELBERT GA-FRANKLIN GA-GASTON NC-GRAHAM NC- GREATER GREENVILLE SC-GREATER OCONEE SC-GREATER PICKENS SC- GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS SC-GREENWOOD SC-HABERSHAM GA-HART GA-HAYWOOD NC- HENDERSON NC-IREDELL NC-LAURENS SC-LINCOLN NC-MACON NC-MADISON NC- MCDOWELL NC-MECKLENBURG NC-MITCHELL NC-NORTHERN JACKSON NC- OCONEE MOUNTAINS SC-PICKENS MOUNTAINS SC-POLK NC-RABUN GA-ROWAN NC- RUTHERFORD NC-SOUTHERN JACKSON NC-SPARTANBURG SC-STEPHENS GA- SWAIN NC-TRANSYLVANIA NC-UNION SC-UNION NC-YANCEY NC-YORK SC- 540 AM EDT FRI JUL 9 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE... ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA TODAY. ONE OR TWO STORMS COULD PRODUCE ISOLATED SEVERE WEATHER AND/OR LOCALLY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL. PLEASE SEE THE SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CAESPSGSP...FOR DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED DURING MOST AFTERNOONS AND EVENINGS OVER THE NEXT 7 DAYS. THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF ISOLATED SEVERE WEATHER AND LOCALLY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL ON MOST DAYS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. LANE
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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.