Alert archive / North Carolina / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004
Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this flash flood warning at Jun 12, 2004, 6:05 PM EDT for Avery 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
- Jun 12, 2004, 6:05 PM EDT (22:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 12, 2004, 9:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Avery County, NC
The radar
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:07 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
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 183 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
- 19 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -217 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 685 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 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 122205 FFWGSP NCC011-130100- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 605 PM EDT SAT JUN 12 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... AVERY COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA * UNTIL 900 PM EDT * AT 600 PM EDT...FLASH FLOODING WAS REPORTED FROM A THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES WEST OF NEWLAND...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. * THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL BE AROUND... OVER NEWLAND BY 625 PM EDT 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 THROUGH FLOOD WATERS. LAT...LON 3624 8192 3606 8206 3594 8200 3597 8180 $$ JAT
3 follow-up statements
000 WGUS72 KGSP 122302 FFSGSP NCC011-130100- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 702 PM EDT SAT JUN 12 2004 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 900 PM EDT FOR AVERY COUNTY... AT 654 PM EDT...ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN WERE MOVING INTO WESTERN AVERY COUNTY. FLOODING WAS REPORTED ALONG ROARING CREEK AND WHITAKER BRANCH...BOTH TRIBUTARIES OF THE NORTH FORK OF THE TOE RIVER...BEWTEEN PLUMTREE AND MINNEAPOLIS. ADDITIONAL FLOODING WAS REPORTED IN THE LINVILLE AREA AT THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAYS 194 AND 105. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. LAT...LON 3624 8192 3606 8206 3594 8200 3597 8180 $$ 07
000 WGUS72 KGSP 122358 FFSGSP NCC011-130100- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 758 PM EDT SAT JUN 12 2004 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 900 PM EDT FOR AVERY COUNTY... AT 749 PM EDT...FLASH FLOODING WAS STILL OCCURRING ALONG ROARING FORK CREEK IN WESTERN AVERY COUNTY. ALTHOUGH RAINFALL HAS DIMINISHED IN THE AREA...HEAVY RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE INTO ROARING FORK CREEK FOR AT LEAST ANOTHER HOUR. 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. LAT...LON 3624 8192 3606 8206 3594 8200 3597 8180 $$ JAT
000 WGUS72 KGSP 130111 FFSGSP NCC011-130100- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 912 PM EDT SAT JUN 12 2004 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR AVERY COUNTY EXPIRED AT 900 PM EDT... AT 910 PM...WEATHER RADAR SHOWED LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN SHOWERS OVER AVERY COUNTY. COUNTY OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT ALL PREVIOUS FLOODING AREAS HAD IMRPOVED...SO THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS WERE MOVING INTO EAST TENNESSEE...THAT COULD MOVE INTO THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS. IT IS POSSIBLE FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS MAY BE REQUIRED AGAIN FOR AVERY COUNTY LATER TONIGHT. LAT...LON 3624 8192 3606 8206 3594 8200 3597 8180 $$ 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 Jun 12, 3:00 PM EDT, 3 hours 5 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 12, 3:00 PM EDT, 3 hours 5 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 300 PM EDT SAT JUN 12 2004 .SHORT TERM... WILL KEEP DISCUSSION BRIEF AS SEVERE WEATHER IS OCCURRING. WEDGE FRONT IS PUSHING THROUGH THE FA ATTM...ENCOUNTERING CAPES NEAR 3000 J/KG. STRONG STORMS SHOULD CONTINUE OVER THE SRN HALF OF THE FA UNTIL CAD AIRMASS DOMINATES LATE THIS EVENING. ISENTROPIC LIFT AND UPSLOPE FLOW SHOULD FUEL SH AND ISO TS OVERNIGHT AND INTO EARLY SUN. TEMPS SHOULD ONLY REACH THE UPPER 70S AND LOWER 80S SUN...LIMITING THE INSTABILITY. HOWEVER...BROAD S FLOW AND FLATTENING RIDGE WILL ALLOW SCT TO LIKELY COVERAGE TO REMAIN THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY...ESPECIALLY OVER THE MTNS. WITH THE HIGH FURTHER SE OVER THE ATLANTIC...DEEP GULF MOISTURE WILL BUILD OVER THE FA MON AND TUE. MEDIUM RANGE MODELS ALL HAVE A TROPICAL FEATURE MOVE ACROSS THE DEEP SOUTH EARLY IN THE WEEK...WILL CONTINUE CHC POPS AND MILD TEMPS. .LONG TERM... RIDGE REESTABLISHES ITSELF EARLY WED THEN SLOWLY MOVES E. ZONAL FLOW FOLLOWS THROUGH WEEK AS BROAD UPPER TROF DROPS S OVER E CANADA. LOW LEVELS REMAIN FAIRLY DRY THROUGH FRI IN NE FLOW BEHIND H85 LOW AS IT MOVES OFFSHORE AND FILLS. BY FRI NIGHT MOISTURE IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE OVER CWA AND SCT CONVECTION SHOULD DEVELOP FRI AFTN OVER MTNS...THEN ISOLD CONVECTION SAT AFTN...VCNTY SFC BOUNDARY STRETCHED ACROSS CWA. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... GSP 70 79 68 84 / 50 50 30 50 AND 72 82 68 84 / 50 50 30 50 CLT 67 81 69 85 / 20 30 30 50 HKY 66 78 66 81 / 30 30 30 50 AVL 65 76 64 79 / 50 50 40 50 && .GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. && NED/RAB
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 12, 5:57 AM EDT, 12 hours 8 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 557 AM EDT SAT JUN 12 2004 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-130956- 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- 557 AM EDT SAT JUN 12 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE... A COLD FRONT MOVING INTO THE REGION TODAY WILL BE THE FOCUS FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON. A FEW OF THE STORMS COULD BE QUITE STRONG...ESPECIALLY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA...AND AN ISOLATED SEVERE STORM CANNOT BE RULED OUT. STORMS THIS AFTERNOON SHOULD MOVE SLOWLY...ENHANCING HEAVY RAINFALL POTENTIAL. SEE THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK...UNDER THE PRODUCT HEADER CAESPSGSP...FOR MORE DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED LATER TODAY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. 44
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 12, 2:59 PM EDT, 3 hours 6 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
259 PM EDT SAT JUN 12 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0205 PM TSTM WND DMG WALHALLA 34.77N 83.06W
06/12/2004 OCONEE SC COUNTY OFFICIAL
COUNTY COMMS CENTER IS OPERATING FROM BASEMENT AS
NUMEROUS TREES DOWN IN WALHALLA.
0238 PM TSTM WND DMG TOCCOA 34.58N 83.32W
06/12/2004 STEPHENS GA COUNTY OFFICIAL
COUNTY COMMS CENTER REPORTS TWO TREES DOWN ON OLD CHURCH
ROAD AND PENNY SIZED HAIL IN TOCCOA.
&&
DEOLocal storm report, Jun 12, 3:30 PM EDT, 2 hours 35 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
330 PM EDT SAT JUN 12 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0318 PM HAIL 7 E RUTHERFORDTON 35.36N 81.84W
06/12/2004 1.00 INCH RUTHERFORD NC COUNTY OFFICIAL
ON BOSTIC-SUNSHINE ROAD.
0318 PM TSTM WND DMG 7 E RUTHERFORDTON 35.36N 81.84W
06/12/2004 RUTHERFORD NC COUNTY OFFICIAL
TREES DOWN.
&&
JATLocal storm report, Jun 12, 5:12 PM EDT, 53 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
512 PM EDT SAT JUN 12 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0420 PM TSTM WND DMG 4 S FOREST CITY 35.28N 81.87W
06/12/2004 RUTHERFORD NC TRAINED SPOTTER
SEVERAL TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN.
0430 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 N HARRIS 35.26N 81.87W
06/12/2004 RUTHERFORD NC TRAINED SPOTTER
POWERLINES FELLED. PEA SIZE HAIL
&&
NEDLocal storm report, Jun 12, 5:25 PM EDT, 40 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
525 PM EDT SAT JUN 12 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0515 PM HAIL 10 ESE SPARTANBURG 34.89N 81.77W
06/12/2004 1.75 INCH SPARTANBURG SC TRAINED SPOTTER
A TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL JUST
NORTH OF PACOLET. ALSO SEVERAL LARGE LIMBS OF UP TO 6
INCH DIAMETER WERE DOWN.
&&
DEOThe office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 2:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | McDowell, Rutherford | 53 min |
| Jun 12, 3:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Rutherford | 60 min |
| Jun 12, 4:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cleveland | 52 min |
| Jun 12, 4:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Rutherford | 58 min |
| Jun 12, 7:07 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Madison | 3 hr |
| Jun 12, 7:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Madison | 52 min |
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.