Alert archive / North Carolina / Flash Flood Warnings in 2005
Flash Flood Warning 24, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this flash flood warning at Jun 27, 2005, 7:14 PM EDT for Madison County, North Carolina. It was in force for 4 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 27, 2005, 7:14 PM EDT (23:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 27, 2005, 11:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 4 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), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:13 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 27, 7:30 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 6 W Marshall, NC | BIG PINE CREEK OVERFLOWING BANKS IN VARIOUS LOCATIONS. SEVERAL PRIVATE BRIDGES WASHED OUT. |
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 16 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, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 255 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
- 1007 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -25 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 637 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 37 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 39 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS52 KGSP 272317
FFWGSP
NCC115-280315-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
714 PM EDT MON JUN 27 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
MADISON COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA
* UNTIL 1115 PM EDT
* AT 707 PM EDT...THE COUNTY OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING FROM
A THUNDERSTORM OVER BIG PINE CREEK NEAR NORTH FORK ROAD. STREAM
LEVELS IN THE AREA ARE APPROACHING BRIDGE HEIGHT AT THIS TIME AND
BRIDGE WASHOUT IS PROBABLE.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MARSHALL...
MARS HILL AND HOT SPRINGS.
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 3588 8288 3594 8291 3592 8280 3598 8278
3606 8264 3604 8260 3597 8260 3598 8251
3591 8250 3583 8242 3581 8242 3569 8279
3568 8288 3575 8295 3580 8295
$$
KRENTZ2 follow-up statements
000
WGUS72 KGSP 280145
FFSGSP
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
929 PM EDT MON JUN 27 2005
NCC115-280315-
MADISON NC-
929 PM EDT MON JUN 27 2005
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1115 PM EDT FOR MADISON
COUNTY...
AT 805 PM EDT...LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED A
THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA. MANY
AREAS ADJACENT TO BIG PINE CREEK REMAIN FLOODED AND SEVERAL PRIVATE
BRIDGES WERE REPORTED UNDERWATER.
CURRENTLY AT 935 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATES THAT THE
STRONGER STORMS HAVE MOVED OUT THE REGION...HOWEVER STREAM LEVELS
WILL TAKE A WHILE TO RECEDE AS RUNOFF FROM SURROUNDING MOUNTAINS
CONTINUES THROUGH THE EVENING.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE
UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS
SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
LAT...LON 3588 8288 3594 8291 3592 8280 3598 8278
3606 8264 3604 8260 3597 8260 3598 8251
3591 8250 3583 8242 3581 8242 3569 8279
3568 8288 3575 8295 3580 8295
$$
KRENTZ000
WGUS72 KGSP 280312
FFSGSP
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1111 PM EDT MON JUN 27 2005
NCC115-280321-
MADISON NC-
1111 PM EDT MON JUN 27 2005
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR MADISON COUNTY EXPIRES AT 1115 PM
EDT...
HEAVY RAINFALL HAS ENDED ACROSS THE COUNTY AND THE BIG PINE CREEK
HAS RECEDED WITHIN BANK LEVELS...THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL EXPIRE
ON TIME.
LAT...LON 3588 8288 3594 8291 3592 8280 3598 8278
3606 8264 3604 8260 3597 8260 3598 8251
3591 8250 3583 8242 3581 8242 3569 8279
3568 8288 3575 8295 3580 8295
$$
KRENTZWhat 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 27, 2:04 PM EDT, 5 hours 10 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 27, 2:04 PM EDT, 5 hours 10 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 204 PM EDT MON JUN 27 2005 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY)... MOIST AIRMASS REMAINS IN PLACE WITH A WEAK SHORTWAVE TROF APPROACHING FROM THE SW. AT LEAST SCT SHWRS AND TSTMS EXPECTED ACROSS THE CWA. UPPER DIFLUENCE AND UPSLOPE ENHANCEMENT IN S FLOW WILL HELP COVERAGE INCREASE TO LIKELY OVER MTNS...ESCARPMENT AND ADJACENT FOOTHILL/PIEDMONT AREAS THROUGH THIS EVE. LAPS CAPES REACHED 2000- 3000 J/KG OUTSIDE OF MTNS THIS AFTN. WIND SHEAR IS WEAK BUT SLIGHT DRYING SHOWING UP AT MID LEVELS SO IF ISOLD STRONG STORMS DO DEVELOP...HIGH STRAIGHT LINE WIND GUSTS WILL BE POSSIBLE...MAINLY FAR NE GA AND THE W PART OF UPSTATE SC WHERE DRYEST MID LEVELS ARE INDICATED. HEAVY RAIN STILL OF GREAT CONCERN THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT PERIOD... ESPECIALLY WHERE HEAVY RAIN FELL IN THE LAST 24 HOURS. THE THREAT OF MAINLY LATE DAY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES THROUGH THURSDAY...BUT WITH THIS AIRMASS...STORMS COULD DEVELOP ANYWHERE AND ANYTIME IF AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVES INTO THE AREA. && .LONG TERM (THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY)... GFS APPEARS TO BE THE MODEL OF CHOICE FOR THE MEDIUM RANGE...WHICH KEEPS A WEAK UPPER TROUGH OVER THE SRN APPALACHIANS INTO THE WEEKEND. A STRONG UPPER TROF MOVES E ACROSS N STATES LATE IN THE WEEK...WHICH REINFORCES THE TROF OVER THE E U.S. AS IT MOVES E. A COLD FRONT DROPS SE INTO N GA AND THE CAROLINAS FRI...THEN STALLS ALONG S EDGE OF THE AREA. WEAK SHORT WAVES MOVG THROUGH THE UPPER FLOW COULD INITIATE CONVECTION AT ANY TIME THROUGH THE PERIOD SO A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN KEPT IN THE GRIDDED FORECAST EACH DAY...WITH EMPHASIS ON MORE ACTIVE CONVECTION DURING THE WARMER AFTERNOON AND EVENING TIMEFRAME. && .AVIATION... CEILINGS WILL REMAIN IN LOW VFR RANGE THROUGH MID EVENING...EXCEPT WHERE SCATTERED RW/TRW DEVELOP. WITH SUCH A MOIST AIRMASS... CONTINUED UPGLIDE...VORTICITY ADVECTION AND UPPER DIFFLUENCE ASSOCIATED WITH TENNESSEE CLOSED LOW...EACH OF THE TAF SITES HAS AN EXCELLENT CHANCE AT SEEING SOME CONVECTION IN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. WE HAVE FEATURED TEMPO GROUPS FOR LATE AFTERNOON/EVENING...THEN AGAIN LATE TONIGHT AS ANOTHER ROUND OF SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TO AFFECT THE CWFA LATE WITH POSSIBLE SEA BREEZE INTERACTION FROM THE SOUTHEAST. VISIBILITIES WERE LOWERED INTO THE IFR RANGE MOST LOCATIONS IN PRE-DAWN TEMPO GROUPS...WITH ACCOMPANYING IFR CEILINGS TOWARD MORNING. LOCATIONS THAT DO NOT SEE CONVECTION IN THE PREDAWN SHOULD SEE WIDESPREAD BLANKET OF IFR CEILINGS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY IN MIST. CONVECTION LIKELY TO BE STILL WIDESPREAD AT THE ONSET OF THE OUTLOOK PERIOD...WHICH FEATURES CONTINUED VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS IN HAZE AND CEILINGS APPROACHING LOWER VFR LEVEL BY 18Z. && .GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. && SHORT TERM...RB LONG TERM...RB AVIATION...SAB
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 27, 5:54 AM EDT, 13 hours 20 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 554 AM EDT MON JUN 27 2005 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082- SCZ001>014-019-281000- 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- 554 AM EDT MON JUN 27 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 WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT. ISOLATED FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY UNDER THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS...ESPECIALLY IN LOCATIONS THAT RECEIVED HEAVY RAINFALL EARLY THIS MORNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THE TROPICAL AIRMASS WILL REMAIN IN PLACE THROUGH THE WEEK. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LIKELY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE EXTREME SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS. FOR FURTHER DETAILS ON THE POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING...SEE THE HYDROLOGIC OUTLOOK...CAEESFGSP...ISSUED THIS MORNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ASKED TO RELAY ANY REPORTS OF FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. HG
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 3:20 PM EDT, 3 hours 54 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 320 PM EDT MON JUN 27 2005 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082- SCZ001>014-019-280300- 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 320 PM EDT MON JUN 27 2005 ...THREAT OF ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL AND ISOLATED SEVERE WEATHER... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA AT MID AFTERNOON. THE BEST COVERAGE OF SHOWERS AND STORMS WAS FROM CHERRYVILLE THROUGH LINCOLNTON...TO SALISBURY AND MOCKSVILLE IN NORTH CAROLINA...AND JUST WEST OF GREENVILLE IN SOUTH CAROLINA. OVERNIGHT THUNDERSTORMS CAUSED SOME FLASH FLOODING IN A FEW LOCATIONS...AND THAT WILL BE A CONCERN AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SEVERAL LOCATIONS FROM AROUND GREENVILLE TO THE HENDERSONVILLE AREA HAD RAINFALL OF MORE THAN 3 INCHES IN A RELATIVELY SHORT TIME...WITH AN ISOLATED 9 INCH TOTAL REPORTED BY AN AUTOMATED GAGE IN EASTERN HENDERSON COUNTY. THE BEST CHANCE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE GENERALLY WEST OF A LINE FROM MARSHALL NORTH CAROLINA TO GREENWOOD SOUTH CAROLINA...WHERE THE AIR ALOFT WAS A BIT COLDER AND MORE UNSTABLE. A WEAK UPPER AIR FEATURE WILL HELP FOCUS SOME ORGANIZED THUNDERSTORMS IN THAT AREA. SOME HAIL COULD OCCUR...BUT DRIER AIR ALOFT WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR STRONG WIND GUSTS IN SOME OF THE STORMS. THE BEST CHANCE OF ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING WILL INITIALLY BE IN AREAS WHICH RECEIVED HEAVY RAINFALL OVERNIGHT...FROM THE GREENVILLE AREA NORTH INTO THE MOUNTAINS AROUND HENDERSONVILLE AND ASHEVILLE. THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING WILL INCREASE GRADUALLY ACROSS MUCH OF THE CENTRAL PART OF THE FORECAST AREA AS NEW RAINFALL CAUSES THE GROUND TO BECOME SATURATED OVER LARGER AREAS. CRITICAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN THOSE AREAS...WHICH WILL ENOUGH TO BEGIN FLASH FLOODING...WILL BE MORE THAN ABOUT 2 INCHES IN 3 HOURS. IT IS POSSIBLE A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MAY BE REQUIRED THIS EVENING FOR PART OF THE FORECAST AREA. ALSO...LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLY WARNINGS FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. JONES
Local storm report, Jun 27, 6:48 PM EDT, 26 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
648 PM EDT MON JUN 27 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0636 PM HAIL SEDALIA 34.60N 81.72W
06/27/2005 0.75 INCH UNION SC COUNTY OFFICIAL
STRONG WINDS ALSO REPORTED IN TOWN NEAR DEEP RIVER ROAD.
&&
SBKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 5:03 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Henderson | 6 hr |
| Jun 27, 7:42 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Rutherford | 3 hr |
| Jun 27, 7:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Gaston, Mecklenburg | 59 min |
Nearby
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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.