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Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

June 12, 2004Madison County, North Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this flash flood warning at Jun 12, 2004, 7:07 PM EDT for Madison 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, 7:07 PM EDT (23:07 UTC)
Expired: Jun 12, 2004, 10:00 PM EDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Madison County, NC

The radar

The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:07 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, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 262 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WGUS52 KGSP 122307
FFWGSP
NCC115-130200-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
707 PM EDT SAT JUN 12 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  MADISON COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 1000 PM EDT

* AT 659 PM EDT...A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WAS   
  OCCURRING SOUTHWEST OF MARSHALL...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

* THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL BE AROUND...
  5 MILES SOUTH OF MARSHALL BY 720 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 3576 8287 3583 8285 3586 8281 3579 8253
          3575 8262 3572 8271 3569 8278 3569 8286
          3570 8290

$$
07

2 follow-up statements

000 
WGUS72 KGSP 130000
FFSGSP
NCC115-130200-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
800 PM EDT SAT JUN 12 2004

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1000 PM EDT FOR MADISON 
COUNTY...

AT 754 PM EDT...FLOODING WAS OCCURING AT THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 
209 AND WALDROP ROAD IN WESTERN MADISON COUNTY. ALTHOUGH RAINFALL 
HAS DIMINISHED OVER THE AREA...RUNOFF FROM EARLIER RAIN WILL 
CONTINUE.

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 3576 8287 3583 8285 3586 8281 3579 8253
          3575 8262 3572 8271 3569 8278 3569 8286
          3570 8290

$$

07

000 
WGUS72 KGSP 130103
FFSGSP
NCC115-130200-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
903 PM EDT SAT JUN 12 2004

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1000 PM EDT FOR MADISON
COUNTY...

AT 900 PM EDT...WEATHER RADAR AT GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SHOWED ONLY 
LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS OVER WESTERN AND CENTRAL MADISON COUNTY. RAIN HAD 
ENDED FOR THE TIME BEING IN EASTERN MADISON. HOWEVER...RADAR ALSO 
SHOWED CLUSTERS OF STORMS IN EAST TENNESSEE THAT WERE PUSHING 
EASTWARD TOWARD THE WESTERN MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA. THE FLASH 
FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM...AND COULD BE EXTENDED 
BEYOND THEN IF THE STORMS IN TENNESSEE MOVE IN.

COUNTY OFFICIALS REPORT SEVERAL MUDSLIDES HAVE OCCURRED IN AND 
AROUND HOT SPRINGS. A NEW MUDSLIDE CLOSED PART OF WALDROP 
ROAD...UPSTREAM OF THE INTERSECTION WITH HIGHWAY 209. HIGHWAY 209 
ITSELF WAS CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER AROUND HOT SPRINGS. TRAVEL IS 
DISCOURAGED IN AND AROUND HOT SPRINGS UNLESS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
MARSHALL.

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 3576 8287 3583 8285 3587 8282 3601 8266
          3590 8250 3579 8254 3576 8262 3572 8271
          3570 8279 3569 8286 3571 8291

$$

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, 4 hours 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 12, 3:00 PM EDT, 4 hours 7 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, 13 hours 10 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, 4 hours 8 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.

&&

DEO

Local storm report, Jun 12, 3:30 PM EDT, 3 hours 37 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.

&&

JAT

Local storm report, Jun 12, 5:12 PM EDT, 1 hour 55 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

&&

NED

Local storm report, Jun 12, 5:25 PM EDT, 1 hour 42 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.

&&

DEO

Local storm report, Jun 12, 6:51 PM EDT, 16 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
651 PM EDT SAT JUN 12 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0610 PM     FLASH FLOOD      4 W NEWLAND             36.09N 82.00W
06/12/2004                   AVERY              NC   COUNTY OFFICIAL

            WHITAKER CREEK RD FLOODED.

0610 PM     FLASH FLOOD      5 W NEWLAND             36.09N 82.02W
06/12/2004                   AVERY              NC   COUNTY OFFICIAL

            ROARING CREEK RD FLOODED.

&&

JAT

Local storm report, Jun 12, 6:59 PM EDT, 8 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
659 PM EDT SAT JUN 12 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0656 PM     TSTM WND DMG     UNION                   34.72N 81.62W
06/12/2004                   UNION              SC   COUNTY OFFICIAL

            COUNTY OFFICIALS REPORTED A FEW TREES DOWN ON SONOCO RD.
            ALSO...A FEW TREES DOWN AROUND THE COUNTY.

&&

DEO

The 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, 6:05 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	GSP	Avery	3 hr
Jun 12, 7:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Madison	52 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in North Carolina, 2004 Every 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.