Alert archive / North Carolina / Flash Flood Warnings in 2005
Flash Flood Warning 20, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this flash flood warning at Jun 20, 2005, 2:37 PM EDT for Madison 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 20, 2005, 2:37 PM EDT (18:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 20, 2005, 5:30 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 18:38 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 20, 2:58 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 3 Ne Marshall, NC | HIGHWAY 213 AND 25/70 FLOODED CARS AT STAND STILL. |
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 21 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
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 258 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
- 76 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -30 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 606 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -7 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -26 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 201837 FFWGSP NCC115-202130- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 237 PM EDT MON JUN 20 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... MADISON COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA * UNTIL 530 PM EDT * AT 230 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS NEAR MARSHALL...WITH SOME CREEKS BEGINNING TO COME OUT OF THEIR BANKS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE NEARLY STATIONARY. * THE STORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT MARSHALL AND MARS HILL. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS...ROADS AND ROADSIDE CULVERTS. THE HEAVY RAINS COULD ALSO TRIGGER ROCK AND MUDSLIDES IN STEEP TERRAIN. TO REPORT FLOODING... HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG. LAT...LON 3570 8281 3575 8261 3594 8262 3589 8288 $$ JONES
1 follow-up statement
000 WGUS72 KGSP 202033 FFSGSP FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 430 PM EDT MON JUN 20 2005 NCC115-202130- MADISON NC- 430 PM EDT MON JUN 20 2005 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 530 PM EDT FOR MADISON COUNTY... AT 430 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE EARLIER THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE COUNTY HAD TAPERED OFF TO LIGHT RAIN. ADDITIONAL LIGHT RAINFALL AMOUNTS...ESPECIALLY IN THE SOUTHERN END OF THE COUNTY...WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 530 PM. FLASH FLOODING HAS ALREADY BEEN REPORTED NEAR MARSHALL ALONG HIGHWAY 213. ADDITIONAL UNREPORTED FLOODING MAY BE OCCURRING ELSEWHERE AROUND THE COUNTY. THE WARNING WILL THUS BE ALLOWED TO CONTINUE UNTIL 530 PM. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. TURN AROUND AND FIND ANOTHER ROUTE. LAT...LON 3570 8281 3575 8261 3594 8262 3589 8288 $$ HG
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 20, 2:21 PM EDT, 16 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 20, 2:21 PM EDT, 16 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
221 PM EDT MON JUN 20 2005
.SHORT TERM (TONIGHT)...
WL KEEP SCT CONVECTION IN THROUGH SUNSET...BUT WITH LIGHT SHEAR
DON/T THINK THAT TSTMS WL BE ABLE TO PERSIST AFTER DAYTIME HEATING
IS LOST. MIN TEMPS WL BE A BLEND OF THE MAV/MET MOS. WL ALSO ADD
SOME PATCHY DENSE VALLEY FOG IN THE NC MTNS.
&&
.LONG TERM (TUESDAY THROUGH MONDAY)...
DEEP AMPLITUDE TROUGH OVER THE SOUTHEAST SLOWLY DISSIPATES
AS KICKER SHIFTS ENERGY TO NORTH PART OF FLOW. RIDGE
SLOWLY DRIFTING FROM PLAINS INTO SOUTHEAST AND SETTING
UP VERY WARM THICKNESS PATTERN BY THE WEEKEND. AGREE
WITH HPC ASSESSMENT AND WILL STICK WITH GFS/EC SOLUTION.
AS TROUGH WEAKEN AND MOVES OFFSHORE HIGHER LEVEL FORCING
WILL NO LONGER ENHANCE CONVECTION OVER AREA. PLAN
TO KEEP SLIGHT CHANCE AND LOW CHANCE AFTN AND EVENING
TSTMS OVER MTN REGIONS.
&&
.AVIATION...
LIGHT EASTERLY UPSLOPE FLOW SHOULD HELP TSTMS TO DEVELOP IN THE KHKY
AND KAVL VCNTY OVER THE NEXT COUPLE HRS. THEREFORE HAVE A TEMPO
GROUP IN AT THOSE SITES FOR TSTMS THROUGH 2100 UTC. NOT CONFIDENT
ENUF ANYWHERE ELSE FOR TEMPO...BUT CONVECTION WL BE PREVALENT ENUF
THAT WL CONTINUE VCTS AND CB IN THE OTHER TAFS. OVERNIGHT...HAVE
GONE WITH IFR CIGS AND VSBYS LATER TNGT AT KAVL AS VALLEY FOG SHOULD
AGAIN DEVELOP. MOST OTHER TAF SITES ARE CLOSE TO CROSS OVER
TEMPERATURES...BUT NOT QUITE THERE...SO HAVE NOT INCLUDED FOG OR LOW
CLOUDS ANYWHERE ELSE. HAVE ADDED CB TO ALL TAFS STARTING AT NOON
TMRW...BUT HELD OFF ON VCTS AS EXPECT COVERAGE TO BE A LITTLE LESS
TMRW.
&&
.GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...NONE.
NC...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR NCZ048-051-052-058-059-062-063 UNTIL 6
PM MONDAY.
SC...NONE.
&&
SHORT TERM...BPM
LONG TERM...VAD
AVIATION...BPMHazardous weather outlook, Jun 20, 1:05 PM EDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 105 PM EDT MON JUN 20 2005 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082- SCZ001>014-019-210945- 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- 105 PM AM EDT MON JUN 20 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA... MUCH OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN TODAY...MAINLY FROM THE FOOTHILLS OF NORTH CAROLINA WESTWARD. THE STORMS WILL BE VERY SLOW MOVING...AND A FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THIS AFTERNOON FOR MADISON... HAYWOOD... JACKSON... SWAIN... GRAHAM... AND MACON COUNTIES FOR THE AFTERNOON HOURS. A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE...AND HAIL UP TO AN INCH IN DIAMETER WILL BE POSSIBLE. MOST OF THE STORMS WILL WEAKEN RAPIDLY THIS EVENING WITH THE LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY MAINLY AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN WEDNESDAY AHEAD OF A BACK DOOR COLD FRONT. ANOTHER FRONT WILL RETURN CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE MOUNTAINS FOR THE UPCOMING WEEKEND. FOOTHILL AND PIEDMONT AREAS SHOULD BE MOSTLY DRY DURING THIS PERIOD. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON. SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED FOR THE TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY PERIOD AT THIS TIME.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 20, 11:46 AM EDT, 2 hours 51 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1146 AM EDT MON JUN 20 2005 NCZ048-051-052-059-201800- MADISON-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-NORTHERN JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHEROKEE...WAYNESVILLE...SYLVA 1146 AM EDT MON JUN 20 2005 ...NEARLY STATIONARY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE STATE LINE... AT 1130 AM EDT...WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A BAND OF STORMS ALONG THE TENNESSEE NORTH CAROLINA STATE LINE...FROM NEAR CLINGMANS DOME TO WEST OF SPRING CREEK. SOME OF THE RAIN EXTENDED AS FAR SOUTH AS THE NORTHERN TIP OF HAYWOOD COUNTY. THE LIGHTNING DISPLAY SYSTEM SHOWED QUITE A BIT OF CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IN THE AREA...AND THE SLOW MOVEMENT WAS CAUSING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...PERHAPS AN INCH PER HOUR OR A LITTLE MORE. ALSO...IT IS LIKELY SOME SMALL HAIL WAS FALLING IN THE STRONGEST STORMS. THE STORMS WERE AFFECTING MAINLY PEOPLE ALONG THE APPALACHIAN TRAIL AND SOME CAMP GROUNDS IN THE HIGH TERRAIN...ESPECIALLY THE BIG CREEK AREA OF NORTHERN HAYWOOD COUNTY. PEOPLE SHOULD STAY IN SHELTER UNTIL THE LIGHTNING ENDS. JONES
Local storm report, Jun 20, 1:09 PM EDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
109 PM EDT MON JUN 20 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1255 PM HAIL CULLOWHEE 35.31N 83.18W
06/20/2005 0.75 INCH JACKSON NC LAW ENFORCEMENT
WESTERN CAROLINA UNIVERSITY REPORTED
&&
JONESLocal storm report, Jun 20, 1:27 PM EDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
127 PM EDT MON JUN 20 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0120 PM FLASH FLOOD CULLOWHEE 35.31N 83.18W
06/20/2005 JACKSON NC COUNTY OFFICIAL
SD REPORTED THAT FLASH FLOODING HAS CAUSED CREEKS TO
FLOOD IN AND AROUND CULLOWHEE...WITH SOME WATER GETTING
INTO TRAILER PARKS ALREADY.
&&
JONESSpecial weather statement, Jun 20, 2:26 PM EDT, 11 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 226 PM EDT MON JUN 20 2005 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082- SCZ001>014-019-202030- 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 226 PM EDT MON JUN 20 2005 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOTS OF LIGHTNING - HEAVY RAINFALL - AND SOME HAIL AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ALREADY DEVELOPED ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS...AND WERE DEVELOPING RAPIDLY IN THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT OF THE CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA. SOME OF THE STORMS WILL HAVE HAIL AND HEAVY RAINFALL. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PARTS OF THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS...AND COULD BE EXPANDED INTO OTHER COUNTIES AND/OR EXTENDED IN TIME. SEVERAL WARNINGS HAVE ALREADY BEEN ISSUED IN THE MOUNTAINS FOR SEVERE WEATHER OR FLASH FLOODING. SLOW MOVEMENT OF STORMS TODAY WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO DEVELOP QUICKLY IN URBAN AREAS AND IN AREAS WHICH RECEIVED HEAVY RAINFALL SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. ACCUMULATION OF EVEN SMALL HAIL COULD CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO DEVELOP QUICKLY IN SOME AREAS. HAIL WAS REPORTED ACCUMULATING ON ROADS EARLIER TODAY IN PARTS OF THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS. EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING WILL ALSO KNOCK OUT PHONES AND COMMUNICATIONS IN SOME AREAS...IN ADDITION TO THE USUAL LIGHTNING DANGERS. MORE PEOPLE ARE KILLED BY LIGHTNING THAN BY SEVERE WEATHER. KEEP UP TO DATE WITH LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AND BE READY TO MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER IF A WARNING IS ISSUED OR BAD WEATHER APPROACHES. JONES
The office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 20, 12:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Jackson | 59 min |
| Jun 20, 1:05 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Jackson | 3 hr |
| Jun 20, 2:03 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Transylvania | 3 hr |
| Jun 20, 2:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Transylvania | 54 min |
| Jun 20, 3:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Buncombe, Henderson | 64 min |
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.