Alert archive / North Carolina / Flash Flood Warnings in 2005
Flash Flood Warning 12, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this flash flood warning at Jun 9, 2005, 6:46 PM EDT for Rowan County, North Carolina. It was in force for 3 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 9, 2005, 6:46 PM EDT (22:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 9, 2005, 9:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Rowan County, NC
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 157 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:46 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 7:00 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 5 S Salisbury, NC | SPOTTER RELAYED SCANNER REPORT OF 10 TO 12 INCHES OF WATER FLOWING OVER OLD CONCORD RD. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
Did it verify
Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched one storm report to this flash flood warning; the first came 14 minutes after it went out.
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
Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 198 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
- 147 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -31 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 695 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 39 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 13 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 092251
FFWGSP
NCC159-100145-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
646 PM EDT THU JUN 9 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
ROWAN COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA
* UNTIL 945 PM EDT
* AT 642 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN ROWAN COUNTY.
THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL HAS AFFECTED LOCATIONS JUST NORTH OF CHINA
GROVE...WHERE RADAR ESTIMATES AS MUCH AS 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN
SINCE MID AFTERNOON. THROUGH LATE EVENING...SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE INTO ROWAN COUNTY FROM THE
SOUTH...WHILE STORMS DRIFT SLOWLY NORTH ACROSS THE REST OF ROWAN
COUNTY. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT LOCATIONS FROM
CHINA GROVE NORTH AND EAST TO GRANITE QUARRY...AND ALSO EDGE NORTH
TOWARD SALISBURY...CLEVELAND AND SPENCER.
* SEVERE URBAN FLOODING IS LIKELY IN AND AROUND CHINA GROVE...AND
EVENTUALLY IN SALISBURY...ESPECIALLY LOW LYING OR AREAS SUSCEPTIBLE
TO POOR DRAINAGE. SHALLOWER STREAMS AND CREEKS COULD COME OUT OF
THEIR BANKS SHOULD HEAVY RAINFALL PERSIST THIS EVENING...ESPECIALLY
TOWN CREEK AND COLD WATER CREEK.
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.
LAT...LON 3551 8073 3549 8021 3564 8028 3574 8047
3585 8069 3569 8076
$$
441 follow-up statement
000
WGUS72 KGSP 100018
FFSGSP
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
818 PM EDT THU JUN 9 2005
NCC159-100145-
ROWAN NC-
818 PM EDT THU JUN 9 2005
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 945 PM EDT FOR ROWAN
COUNTY...
AT 815 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SLOWLY WEAKENING BUT STILL COVERING MOST
OF ROWAN COUNTY. RAINFALL REMAINED HEAVIEST BETWEEN CHINA GROVE AND
SALISBURY...WITH RADAR ESTIMATING AS MUCH AS 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN
OVER THE TOWN CREEK AND GRANTS CREEK BASINS. PARTS OF OLD CONCORD
ROAD REMAINED CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING 5 MILES SOUTH OF SALISBURY.
RAINFALL RATES ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE WEAKENING THROUGH LATE
EVENING...BUT ADDITIONAL FLOODING COULD DEVELOP BETWEEN SALISBURY
AND SPENCER. THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
LAT...LON 3551 8073 3549 8021 3564 8028 3574 8047
3585 8069 3569 8076
$$
44What 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 9, 2:14 PM EDT, 4 hours 32 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 9, 2:14 PM EDT, 4 hours 32 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 214 PM EDT THU JUN 9 2005 .SHORT TERM (TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT)... UPPER LEVEL RIDGE TO REMAIN ALONG SE USA COAST...WITH TROUGH UPSTREAM OVER GULF STATES. MOISTURE ON W SIDE OF RIDGE TO REMAIN BANKED UP AGAINST S APPALACHIANS IN WEAK UPSLOPE COMPONENT THROUGH FRI EVENING...SUPPORTING POPS RANGING FROM CHANCE E AND TN LINE...TO LIKELY ALONG BLUE RIDGE ESCARPMENT. ON SAT MODELS TRY TO BRING DRIER AIR INTO AREA FROM ATLANTIC. GFS SHOWING SWATH OF HIGH RH WELL E OF TC ARLENE...WHILE ETA...THROUGH FARTHER E WITH ARLENE...IS LESS AGREESIVE WITH MOISTURE. AT THIS TIME...PREFER DRIER ETA SCENARIO AS ITS TRACK IS CLOSER TO TPC TRACK...THOUGH FASTER. ALSO BELIEVE THERE WILL BE A SHARP GRADIENT TO CONVECTION BETWEEN MOIST INFLOW E SIDE OF ARLENE AND DRIER ATLANTIC AIR. WILL LIMIT CHANCE POPS SAT TO MTS AND UPPER SAVANAH RIVER VALLEY. MODELS CONTINUE TO DIFFER WITH MOISTURE SPREADING N AND E INTO AREA SUN AS DRIER ATLANTIC AIR RETREATS...AND HAVE COMPROMISED WITH CHANCE POPS SUN...AGAIN FAVORING BLUE RIDGE IN UPSLOPE COMPONENT. MAX TEMPERATURES TO REMAIN RATHER LIMITED IN CLOUD COVER...EXCEPT IN DRIER AIR ON SAT WHERE FORECAST TRENDS TOWARD HIGH SIDE OF GUIDANCE. MINIMUM TMEPERATURES TO REAMIN UP IN MOIST AIR MASS. WIND GENERALLY FROM SE EARLY...SLOWLY VEERING TO S. LIMITED GUSTS TO LATE SAT AND SUN WHEN GRADIENT TIGHTENS BETWEEN RIDGE AND ARLENE. && .LONG TERM (MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY)... MEDIUM RANGE FCST LITTLE CHANGED FROM GOING FCST. UPPER RIDGE OVER THE AREA AT THE START OF THE PERIOD WEAKENS AND GIVES WAY TO A SERIES OF SHORT WAVES ON WED WHICH CARVE A TROF OVER THE EAST COAST THURSDAY. SLY FLOW AND DEEP MOISTURE CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA THRU WED WHEN A COLD FRONT MOVES IN. CHC...MAINLY DIURNAL...POP CONTINUES THRU THEN. DRIER AIR MOVES IN BEHIND THE FRONT FOR THU...BUT ENOUGH MOISTURE REMAINS ACROSS THE MTNS FOR CHC POP. SOME MINOR ADJUSTMENTS TO TEMPS...BUT VALUES REMAIN CLOSE TO PREV FCST. && .AVIATION... AS WE MOVE THROUGH ANOTHER DAY OF WITH THE SAME AIR MASS IN PLACE...FCST IS LITTLE CHANGED FROM PREV FEW. COULD BE SOME BRIEF MVFR CIGS THE NEXT TWO HOURS...BUT VFR WILL PREVAIL...XCPT WHERE TSRA MOVE OVER TAF SITES. AS IN PAST DAYS...VCTS ALL SITES THRU THE EVENING AND WILL AMEND AS NECESSARY. ABOUT MIDNIGHT...MVFR VSBY/CIGS RETURN. HAVE TEMPO FOR IFR VSBY/CIGS MOST LOCATIONS IN LINE WITH THIS MORNINGS OBS. VFR VSBY BY 15Z...BUT MVFR CIGS CONTINUE AS LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AND WEAK UPGLIDE CONTINUE. && .GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. && SHORT TERM...JAT LONG TERM...RWH AVIATION...RWH
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 9, 5:45 AM EDT, 13 hours 1 minute before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 545 AM EDT THU JUN 9 2005 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082- SCZ001>014-019-101000- RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-AVERY-CALDWELL- ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD- BUNCOMBE-MCDOWELL-BURKE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON- MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-POLK-RUTHERFORD- CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION- OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS- GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG- CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- 545 AM EDT THU JUN 9 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA... MUCH OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THE VERY MOIST AIR MASS ACROSS THE REGION WILL PROMOTE THE DEVELOPMENT OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGHOUT THE DAY AND INTO TONIGHT. LIGHT WINDS THROUGH A DEEP LAYER OF THE ATMOSPHERE WILL RESULT IN SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE THUNDERSTORMS. THIS WILL CAUSE LOCALLY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN SOME LOCATIONS. PEOPLE IN FLOOD PRONE AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF HIGH WATER LEVELS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRIMARILY DURING THE AFTERNOONS AND AT NIGHT. THE POSSIBILITY OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL EXISTS SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY... ESPECIALLY IN THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MIGHT BE REQUESTED IF FLOODING DEVELOPS. LGL
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 6:09 PM EDT, 37 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 609 PM EDT THU JUN 9 2005 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082- SCZ001>014-019-100015- RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-AVERY-CALDWELL- ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD- BUNCOMBE-MCDOWELL-BURKE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON- MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-POLK-RUTHERFORD- CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION- OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS- GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG- CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...CLARKESVILLE...TOCCOA... HARTWELL...ELBERTON...NEWLAND...STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE... SPRUCE PINE...CHEROKEE...WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...MARION... MORGANTON...HICKORY...SALISBURY...SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD... HENDERSONVILLE...COLUMBUS...RUTHERFORDTON...SHELBY...LINCOLNTON... GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE...CONCORD...MONROE...GREENVILLE... SPARTANBURG...GAFFNEY...ROCK HILL...ANDERSON...ABBEVILLE... LAURENS...UNION...CHESTER...GREENWOOD 609 PM EDT THU JUN 9 2005 ...SLOW MOVING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAUSING SOME PROBLEMS... JUST BEFORE 6 PM EDT...WEATHER RADAR SHOWED ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS ACROSS UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA...WITH MORE COVERAGE ACROSS NORTH CAROLINA. IN THE RICH TROPICAL AIR MASS...THE SHOWERS AND STORMS HAVE BEEN PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY...AND EVEN EXCESSIVE...RAINFALL. A FLASH FLOOD HAS OCCURRED IN EXTREME SOUTHWEST SWAIN COUNTY...AROUND WESSER. THE WESSER CREEK WAS REPORTED OUT OF ITS BANKS CLOSING ROADS AND POSSIBLY DAMAGING SOME HOMES. THIS FLASH FLOOD DEVELOPED FROM A VERY SMALL RAIN STORM THAT BECAME STATIONARY IN THE MOUNTAINS. OTHER SHOWERS TONIGHT MAY DO THE SAME THING...SO ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING MAY BE A THREAT IN OTHER LOCATIONS. AROUND CHARLOTTE...A LARGER COMPLEX OF SHOWERS AND STORMS EXTENDED FROM KANNAPOLIS SOUTH TO THE CITY. OFFICIALS AT MILLER CREEK AND INTERSTATE 85...AND AROUND UNCC...REPORTED SOME FUNNEL CLOUDS AROUND 545 PM...BUT NO DAMAGE WAS REPORTED. THE FUNNELS COULD BE A RAIN SHAFT...OR PERHAPS VAPOR FROM COLDER AIR ALOFT MIXING DOWN THROUGH THE MOIST TROPICAL AIR. THIS COMPLEX OF STORMS HAD BECOME NEARLY STATIONARY...AND A FLASH FLOOD THREAT COULD DEVELOP QUICKLY. THESE STORMS WILL BE MONITORED CLOSELY FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE WEATHER AND FLASH FLOODING. THE WEATHER COULD QUICKLY CHANGE MOST ANYWHERE IN THE FORECAST AREA TONIGHT...SO PEOPLE SHOULD REMAIN ALERT...AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLY A FEW WARNINGS OF SEVERE WEATHER OR FLASH FLOODING. JONES
Local storm report, Jun 9, 6:41 PM EDT, 5 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
641 PM EDT THU JUN 09 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0515 PM FLASH FLOOD 1 E WESSER 35.33N 83.57W
06/09/2005 SWAIN NC TRAINED SPOTTER
SPOTTER REPORTED 5 INCHES OF RAIN IN TWO HOURS OVER VERY
SMALL AREA. CAUSED WESSER CREEK TO FLOOD ROADS AND HOMES
NEAR THE NANTAHALA RIVER. COUNTY CONFIRMED FLOODING IN
THAT AREA.
&&
JONESThe office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 5:36 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Swain | 3 hr |
| Jun 9, 6:25 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Mecklenburg | 3 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in North Carolina, 2005Every flash flood warning in 2005
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.