Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

Issued

Jun 12, 2005, 5:09 PM EDT (21:09 UTC)

Expired

Jun 12, 2005, 11:00 PM EDT

In force

6 hr

Issued by

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Haywood County, NC

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000 
WGUS52 KGSP 122111
FFWGSP
NCC087-130300-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
509 PM EDT SUN JUN 12 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1100 PM EDT

* AT 506 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED STREAMS 
  AND CREEKS RISING RAPIDLY TOWARD BANKFULL IN EXTREME SOUTHERN
  HAYWOOD COUNTY...SOUTH OF THE TOWN OF CRUSO. RAIN GAGES AT 
  DANIEL RIDGE AND WAGON ROAD GAP REPORTED OVER 4 INCHES OF RAIN
  HAS FALLEN TODAY. DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED CLUSTERS OF SHOWERS AND 
  STORMS MOVING STEADILY NORTHWARD INTO SOUTHERN HAYWOOD 
  COUNTY...AND AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN COULD FALL
  ACROSS THAT REGION THROUGH LATE EVENING. HEAVY RAIN WILL
  EVENTUALLY SPREAD NORTHWARD TO WAYNESVILLE AND CANTON...BRINGING 
  THE POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING TO THOSE LOCATIONS.

  AT 430 PM...A ROCKSLIDE WAS REPORTED ON HIGHWAY 276 IN THE 
  VICINITY OF CAMP HOPE. OCCASIONAL HEAVIER DOWNPOURS THROUGH LATE 
  EVENING WILL ENHANCE THE THREAT OF ADDITIONAL ROCKSLIDES OR 
  LANDSLIDES IN THE RUGGED TERRAIN OF SOUTHERN HAYWOOD COUNTY.
  
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO   
  WAYNESVILLE...WATERVILLE...MAGGIE VALLEY...LAKE 
  JUNALUSKA...CRUSO AND CANTON.

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.

IF YOU ARE NEAR A MOUNTAIN ROAD OR IN A STRUCTURE ON A 
MOUNTAINSIDE...YOU SHOULD WATCH FOR LOOSE...OR MOVING...SOIL OR 
ROCKS OR FOR ABRUPT INCREASES IN STREAMFLOW AND LEAVE THE AREA 
QUICKLY IF ANY OF THESE ARE OBSERVED. IF YOU ARE AT THE BASE OF A 
MOUNTAIN...OR DRIVING ALONG MOUNTAIN ROADS...WATCH AND LISTEN 
CAREFULLY FOR THE DANGERS OF FALLING ROCKS OR MUD...TREES AND DEBRIS.

LAT...LON 3582 8294 3564 8286 3555 8278 3541 8276
      3530 8292 3537 8301 3547 8316 3578 8325

$$

BURRUS

000 
WGUS72 KGSP 122354
FFSGSP

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
754 PM EDT SUN JUN 12 2005

NCC087-130300-
HAYWOOD NC-
754 PM EDT SUN JUN 12 2005

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1100 PM EDT FOR HAYWOOD
COUNTY...

AT 753 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
SHOW SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MOVING FROM SOUTH TO NORTH 
ACROSS HAYWOOD COUNTY. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL REMAINS ANCHORED ALONG 
THE SOUTHERN PART OF HAYWOOD COUNTY BORDERING TRANSYLVANIA 
COUNTY...WHERE AUTOMATED GAGES INDICATE AN ADDITIONAL INCH TO AN 
INCH AND A HALF OF RAIN HAS FALLEN THROUGH EARLY EVENING. NO NEW
FLOODING HAD BEEN REPORTED TO THE COMMUNICATIONS CENTER...BUT AT 
LEAST ONE CAMPGROUND AT CAMP HOPE HAS BEEN EVACUATED DUE TO RISING
CREEK LEVELS AND THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING. 

THROUGH 11 PM...BANDS OF OCCASIONALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE 
ACROSS THE WARNING AREA. WITH EACH BURST OF HEAVY RAIN WILL COME A 
RAPID RISE ON AREA STREAMS...CREEKS AND SHALLOWER RIVERS. FLASH 
FLOODING COULD DEVELOP AT ANY TIME...ESPECIALLY IN THE SOUTH BETWEEN 
WAYNESVILLE AND THE TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY LINE. LATER THIS 
EVENING...STREAMS IN THE VICINITY OF WAYNESVILLE AND CANTON COULD 
APPROACH BANKFULL...ESPECIALLY THE PIGEON RIVER AND HYATT 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.

LAT...LON 3582 8294 3564 8286 3555 8278 3541 8276
      3530 8292 3537 8301 3547 8316 3578 8325

$$

BURRUS

000 
WGUS72 KGSP 130257
FFSGSP

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1056 PM EDT SUN JUN 12 2005

NCC087-130306-
HAYWOOD NC-
1056 PM EDT SUN JUN 12 2005

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR HAYWOOD COUNTY EXPIRES AT 1100 PM
EDT...

HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA. STREAMS AND CREEKS IN THE 
WARNED AREA HAVE RECEDED OR WERE BEGINNING TO RECEDE...ENDING THE 
FLOOD THREAT. EVEN THOUGH MOST STREAMS AND CREEKS WERE 
RECEDING...SOME ROADWAYS MAY STILL BE COVERED WITH WATER. MOTORISTS 
ARE ADVISED TO AVOID DRIVING THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.

ALTHOUGH NO ADDITIONAL FLOODING IS IMMINENT...IF SHOWERS REDEVELOP 
AND MOVE OVER THE AREA...A FLOOD WARNING MAY NEED TO BE ISSUED. STAY 
TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...ALL HAZARDS...OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA 
FOR UPDATES.

LAT...LON 3582 8294 3564 8286 3555 8278 3541 8276
      3530 8292 3537 8301 3547 8316 3578 8325

$$

RB

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