Alert archive / North Carolina / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004
Flash Flood Warning 30, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this flash flood warning at Jul 10, 2004, 10:38 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 10, 2004, 10:38 PM EDT (02:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 11, 2004, 1:30 AM 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 02:41 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 00:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 276 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
- 1037 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1524 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 2 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 11 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 22 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 110238 FFWGSP NCC087-110530- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1038 PM EDT SAT JUL 10 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... HAYWOOD COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA * UNTIL 130 AM EDT * AT 1035 PM EDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM NEAR WAYNESVILLE. RAINFALL OF BETWEEN A HALF INCH AND AN INCH HAS RESULTED IN HYATT CREEK ESCAPING ITS BANKS FOR THE SECOND CONSECUTIVE EVENING IN THE VICINITY OF SWIFT CURVE. RADAR TRENDS SUGGEST ADDITIONAL STORMS COULD ALSO AFFECT THE AREA BETWEEN WAYNESVILLE AND CANTON... AS THE STORMS CURRENTLY AFFECTING THIS AREA DRIFT ONLY SLOWLY TO THE SOUTH. * OTHER CREEKS THAT MAY RECIEVE ENOUGH RAIN TO BRING THEM OUT OF THEIR BANKS INCLUDE RICHLAND...AND RACOON CREEKS. 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. LAT...LON 3563 8300 3546 8312 3532 8295 3551 8278 $$ BURRUS
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS72 KGSP 110353 FFSGSP NCC087-110530- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1153 PM EDT SAT JUL 10 2004 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 130 AM EDT FOR HAYWOOD COUNTY... AT 1150 PM EDT...WEATHER RADAR SHOWED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHERN AND EASTERN HAYWOOD COUNTY. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS OVER SUNBURST...BUT A WIDE SWATH OF 1 TO 2 INCH RAINFALL AMOUNTS HAD AFFECTED THE WAYNESVILLE VICINITY. THROUGH 130 AM...A CONTINUED WEAKENING OF RAINFALL IS EXPECTED BUT ADDITIONAL STREAMS AND CREEKS BETWEEN WAYNESVILLE AND CANTON...AS WELL AS SOUTH TO SUNBURST AND CRUSO...MAY OCCUR. A TRAINED SPOTTER IN WAYNESVILLE REPORTED HYATT CREEK WAS OUT OF ITS BANKS JUST WEST OF WAYNESVILLE...AND WAS AGAIN THREATENING THE GREEN VALLEY MOBILE HOME PARK. FIRE DEPARTMENT PERSONELL WERE REPORTED TO BE ON THE SCENE...ASSESSING WHETHER VOLUNTARY EVACUATIONS WERE NECESSARY. IN HAZELWOOD...ALLEN CREEK HAD ESCAPED ITS BANKS AND WAS FLOODING PART OF SKATE STREET. THE CREEK WAS OUT OF ITS BANKS IN SEVERAL LOCATIONS...AFFECTING MOSTLY PARKING LOTS AND SOME SIDE ROADS. THE CREEK MAY RISE A BIT MORE BEFORE WATER LEVELS RECEDE THROUGH THE PREDAWN HOURS. THE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH 130 AM EDT. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG. LAT...LON 3563 8300 3546 8312 3532 8295 3551 8278 $$ BURRUS
000 WGUS72 KGSP 110515 FFSGSP NCC087-110530- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 115 AM EDT SUN JUL 11 2004 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 130 AM EDT FOR SOUTHERN HAYWOOD COUNTY AND WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE ON SCHEDULE... AT 1247 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE STORMS THAT PRODUCED FLASH FLOOD CONDITIONS ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN HAYWOOD COUNTY HAVE WEAKENED AND WERE MOVING OUT OF THE COUNTY. LOCAL COUNTY OFFICIALS REPORTED NO NEW INFORMATION WAS AVAILABLE CONCERNING FLOODING IN AND AROUND THE HYATT CREEK AREA. IN FACT...REPORTS FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS STATED HYATT CREEK WAS WITHIN ITS BANKS AND NOT CREATING ANY HAZARDS. IN HAZLEWOOD...LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS OBSERVED GENERAL URBAN FLOODING. SOME SMALL STREAMS LEADING INTO ALLEN CREEK WERE REPORTED OUT OF THEIR BANKS...BUT WERE THOUGHT TO BE CAUSED BY BACKED UP SEWAGE DRAINS AND ELEVATED CULVERTS. IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY. LAT...LON 3563 8300 3546 8312 3532 8295 3551 8278 $$ KRENTZ
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 10, 2:42 PM EDT, 7 hours 56 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 10, 2:42 PM EDT, 7 hours 56 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 242 PM EDT SAT JUL 10 2004 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY)... UPPER LEVEL RIDGE RETROGRADES ACROSS SE USA THROUGH SUN...FOLLOWED BY UPPER LEVEL TROUGH DIGGING ALONG EAST COAST. MODELS CONTINUE TO SHOW MOISTURE SPREADING E ACROSS AREA...ESPECIALLY ALONG I-40 CORRIDOR. CONVECTION ALREADY ONGOING IN NC MTS...AND WILL FAVOR THIS AREA WITH SLIGHTLY BETTER POPS THIS EVENING...THOUGH STILL SMALL CHANCE. EVEN THOUGH SUNDAY FEATURES LITTLE IN THE WAY OF AN UPPER LEVEL TRIGGER...GUIDANCE RUNNING 40 POPS MOST OF AREA. WILL TREND IN THAT DIRECTION FOR AFTERNOON AND EVENING POPS...PARTICULARLY N TIER... WHERE ANY WEAK IMPULSE WOULD TRACK. ON MON UPPER LEVEL TROUGH SUFFICIENTLY IN PLACE TO ALLOW IMPULSES TO REACH AREA...AND AGAIN MODEL GUIDANCE HAS 40 POPS...AND THIS TIME MODELS BRING AN IMPULSE SE TOWARD AREA. GFS STRONGER WITH THIS IMPULSE... POSSIBLY SUPPORTING EVEN HIGHER POPS...BUT WILL STAY WITH 40 POP FOR NOW....CONTINUING THROUGH EVENING. ANOTHER IMPULSE ARRIVES TUE...SUPPORTING CHANCE POPS...AGAIN HIGHEST ALONG N TIER...WHICH REAMINS CLOSER TO TRACK OF UPPER LEVEL ENERGY AND UNDER BEST MOISTURE. MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES TO GRADUALLY COOL AS HEIGHTS FALL AND MOISTURE/CLOUD COVER INCREASE. MINIMUM TEMPERATURES GENERALLY HELD UP BY MOISTURE AND EVENTUALLY CLOUD COVER. && .LONG TERM (TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY)... 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... TSTMS WL BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD ACROSS THE MTNS DURING THE AFTN HOURS. HAVE INCLUDE A 2 HR TEMPO GROUP AT THE AVL AIRPORT FROM 18 TO 20 UTC. ALL OTHER TAFS CLOSE TO THE FOOTHILLS HAVE BEEN GIVEN A VCTS INTO THE EARLY EVENING. CLT ONLY HAS A CB LISTED AS BEST CONVECTIVE COVERAGE SHOULD BE WELL EAST AND WEST OF THE AIRPORT. LOOKS LIKE PATCHY MVFR FOG AGAIN TNGT. HAVE GONE WITH PREVAILING MVFR FOG AT ANDERSON...HKY AND AVL...THE USUAL SUSPECTS WHEN IT COMES TO FOG...LGT WNDS AND A HUMID AIRMASS. NO RESTRICTIONS ANYWHERE ELSE...THOUGH THAT COULD CHANGE IF ANY TAF SITES SEE RAIN THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. && .GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. && SHORT TERM...JAT LONG TERM...BPM AVIATION...BPM
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 10, 5:44 AM EDT, 16 hours 54 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 544 AM EDT SAT JUL 10 2004 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-110945- 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- 544 AM EDT SAT JUL 10 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 ONCE AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS THE AREA. THE MAIN THREAT FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE IN THE FORM OF FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. SLOW STORM MOVEMENT WILL ALSO CREATE A THREAT OF LOCALLY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL AND ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING. AN ISOLATED SEVERE STORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF PERIODS OF LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED EACH AFTERNOON AND EVENING OVER THE NEXT 7 DAYS. THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING AND/OR ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS EACH DAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. LANE
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 10, 6:56 PM EDT, 3 hours 42 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
656 PM EDT SAT JUL 10 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0554 PM TSTM WND DMG 3 E LAKE LURE 35.44N 82.15W
07/10/2004 RUTHERFORD NC COUNTY OFFICIAL
NUMEROUS TREES DOWN IN AND AROUND BILLS CREEK ROAD.
&&
SBKLocal storm report, Jul 10, 7:53 PM EDT, 2 hours 45 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
753 PM EDT SAT JUL 10 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0710 PM TSTM WND DMG 4 WNW MOCKSVILLE 35.92N 80.62W
07/10/2004 DAVIE NC TRAINED SPOTTER
SEVERAL TREES DOWN NEAR THE TOWN OF CENTER AND HWY 64.
&&
SBKLocal storm report, Jul 10, 7:58 PM EDT, 2 hours 40 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
758 PM EDT SAT JUL 10 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0710 PM TSTM WND DMG 4 WNW MOCKSVILLE 35.92N 80.62W
07/10/2004 DAVIE NC TRAINED SPOTTER
SEVERAL SMALL TREE LIMBS DOWN NEAR THE TOWN OF CENTER AND HWY 64.
&&
SBKLocal storm report, Jul 10, 8:08 PM EDT, 2 hours 30 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
808 PM EDT SAT JUL 10 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0745 PM TSTM WND DMG 5 NE MOCKSVILLE 35.95N 80.49W
07/10/2004 DAVIE NC COUNTY OFFICIAL
SEVERAL TREES DOWN NEAR SMITH GROVE.
&&
SBKSpecial weather statement, Jul 10, 8:08 PM EDT, 2 hours 30 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 808 PM EDT SAT JUL 10 2004 NCZ035>037-056-057-069>072-082-110702- ALEXANDER NC-CABARRUS NC-CATAWBA NC-DAVIE NC-GASTON NC-IREDELL NC- LINCOLN NC-MECKLENBURG NC-ROWAN NC-UNION NC- 808 PM EDT SAT JUL 10 2004 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE NORTH CAROLINA PIEDMONT THIS EVENING... THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS PARTS OF THE NORTH CAROLINA PIEDMONT THROUGH THE MIDDLE PART OF THE EVENING. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOST NUMEROUS IN THE AREA FROM TAYLORSVILLE TO STATESVILLE...MOORESVILLE...AND CONCORD THROUGH 9 PM. SOME OF THE STORMS WILL PRODUCE SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OF 50 MPH...THAT COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS. THE STORMS WILL GENERALLY MOVE TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. DUE TO THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS...TORRENTIAL RAINFALL WILL RESULT IN ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES IN SOME LOCATIONS. THIS COULD BE ENOUGH TO RESULT IN CREEKS APPROACHING BANKFULL. IF THE STORMS HOLD TOGETHER...THEY WILL MOVE INTO THE LAKE NORMAN AND CHARLOTTE METRO AREA BETWEEN 9 AND 10 PM. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR THE MEDIA FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. MOORE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 10, 8:17 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Davie | 3 hr |
| Jul 10, 8:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Alexander | 70 min |
| Jul 11, 5:47 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Yancey | 3 hr |
| Jul 11, 6:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg | 62 min |
| Jul 11, 7:32 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Union | 3 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in North Carolina, 2004Every flash flood warning in 2004
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.