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Flash Flood Warning 34, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this flash flood warning at Jul 3, 2005, 9:24 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
- Jul 3, 2005, 9:24 PM EDT (01:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 4, 2005, 12:15 AM 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), 156 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:26 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 3, 9:45 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | China Grove, NC | COUNTY COMMS REPORTED THAT SEVERAL ROADS WERE UNDER WATER IN THE LANDIS AND CHINA GROVE AREAS. |
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 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 78 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
- 1058 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 926 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -34 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 9 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.1
- Supercell composite
- -0.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS52 KGSP 040124 FFWGSP NCC159-040415- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 924 PM EDT SUN JUL 3 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... ROWAN COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA * UNTIL 1215 AM EDT * AT 919 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED FLASH FLOODING BECOMING IMMINENT...ESPECIALLY IN THE SOUTHWEST PART OF THE COUNTY AROUND CHINA GROVE. SOME SIGNIFICANT PONDING OF WATER HAS ALREADY BEEN REPORTED IN OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTY. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SPENCER... SALISBURY...GRANITE QUARRY...CLEVELAND...AND CHINA GROVE. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING. LAT...LON 3575 8075 3549 8072 3551 8025 3572 8043 $$ JONES
3 follow-up statements
000 WGUS72 KGSP 040237 FFSGSP FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1035 PM EDT SUN JUL 3 2005 NCC159-040415- ROWAN NC- 1037 PM EDT SUN JUL 3 2005 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1215 AM EDT FOR ROWAN COUNTY... AT 1031 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT AS MUCH AS 4 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER PARTS OF SOUTHERN ROWAN COUNTY...ESPECIALLY AROUND THE CHINA GROVE AREA. FLASH FLOODING WAS OCCURRING BETWEEN ENOCHVILLE AND CHINA GROVE...AND PERHAPS IN OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTY. THE COMMUNICATIONS CENTER REPORTED THAT FIRE DEPARTMENTS HAVE BEEN DISPATCHED TO FLASH FLOOD SITES...AND THAT MAINLY ROADS WERE INVOLVED AT THIS TIME. CREEKS IN THE WARNING AREA WILL CONTINUE TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE. LAT...LON 3566 8074 3549 8072 3551 8025 3565 8032 $$ JONES
000 WGUS72 KGSP 040313 FFSGSP FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1113 PM EDT SUN JUL 3 2005 NCC159-040415- ROWAN NC- 1113 PM EDT SUN JUL 3 2005 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1215 AM EDT FOR ROWAN COUNTY... AT 1101 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE HEAVY RAINFALL OVER PARTS OF ROWAN COUNTY. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS CENTERED AROUND ENOCHVILLE...IN THE SOUTHWESTERN CORNER. SOME OF THE HEAVY RAIN AROUND CHINA GROVE HAD TAPERED OFF...BUT RADAR ESTIMATED THAT AS MUCH AS 4 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN FELL THERE TODAY AND TONIGHT. RADAR ALSO SHOWED HEAVY RAIN INCREASING IN THE EASTERN PART OF THE COUNTY...AROUND HIGH ROCK. THIS RAIN WAS BUILDING TO THE WEST...AND COULD MOVE INTO THE ROCKWELL AND GRANITE QUARRY AREAS...INCREASING THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING THERE. FIRE DEPARTMENTS HAVE BEEN RESPONDING TO SOME FLASH FLOODING IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY. AT THIS HOUR...IT IS NOT CLEAR WHETHER CREEKS ARE FLOODING ROADS IN SOME PLACES...OR IF DEEP WATER IS PONDING IN LOW PLACES ON THE ROADS. MOST LIKELY...SOME OF EACH TYPE OF FLOODING HAS OCCURRED. MOST FLOOD DEATHS HAPPEN WHEN PEOPLE DRIVE INTO FLOODED AREAS...OR DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED BRIDGES OR THOSE WHICH HAVE BEEN WEAKENED BY HIGH WATER...OR WHEN VEHICLES ARE CAUGHT IN RAPDILY RISING WATER. TRAVEL ACROSS SOUTHERN ROWAN COUNTY TONIGHT WILL BE EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS. LAT...LON 3566 8074 3549 8072 3551 8025 3565 8032 $$ JONES
000 WGUS72 KGSP 040412 FFSGSP FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1211 AM EDT MON JUL 4 2005 NCC159-040421- ROWAN NC- 1211 AM EDT MON JUL 4 2005 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR ROWAN COUNTY EXPIRES AT 1215 AM EDT... HOWEVER...IT HAS BEEN REPLACED BY A FLOOD WARNING FOR THE COUNTY...WHICH IS VALID UNTIL 4 AM EDT. SOME SERIOUS FLOODING IS IMMINENT ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE COUNTY OVERNIGHT. THERE HAVE BEEN RECENT REPORTS OF EVACUATIONS AROUND KANNAPOLIS. LAT...LON 3566 8074 3549 8072 3551 8025 3565 8032 $$ JONES
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 Jul 3, 3:27 PM EDT, 5 hours 57 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 3, 3:27 PM EDT, 5 hours 57 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
327 PM EDT SUN JUL 3 2005
.SHORT TERM (TONIGHT)...
CONVERGENCE ON THE PERIPHERY OF THE COLD AIR DAMMING IS RESULTING IN
A RING OF CONVECTION FROM THE MIDLANDS TO NORTHERN GA THEN NORTH
INTO ERN TN. DEEPER INTO THE CAD THERE HAS ALSO BEEN QUITE A BIT OF
CONVECTION...PARTICULARLY ALONG THE LEE SLOPES AND ACROSS A SOMEWHAT
WEAKER TMB ACROSS THE SRN UPSTATE AND NE GA. HOWEVER...THE ACTIVITY
HAS DECREASED IN INTENSITY AND AREAL COVERAGE THE PAST HOUR OR TWO.
PLAN TO CONTINUE THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL MIDNIGHT. WITH THE
SHORT WAVE YET TO CROSS THE MTNS AND LOW 70 DWPTS AND UPSLOPE
FLOW...THERE IS PLENTY OF TIME FOR ADDITIONAL CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT
JUST ABOUT ANYWHERE ACROSS THE CWFA. LAPS SOUNDINGS CONTINUE TO SHOW
PWATS OVER 2 INCHES...AND 0-6KM BULK SHEAR IS ON THE ORDER OF 30 TO
35 KTS. THERE HAS BEEN CLEARING AND TEMPERATURE RECOVERY ACROSS THE
SRN AND SW MTNS AS WELL...AND EXPECT THAT SOME OF THE STRONGER NEW
STORMS MAY FIRE OUT THAT WAY. WL CUT POPS BACK TO CHANCE AFTER
MIDNIGHT...BUT WITH LINGERING UPSLOPE FLOW...WL NOT REMOVE THEM
COMPLETELY.
&&
.LONG TERM (MONDAY THROUGH SUNDAY)...
MID/UPPER HEIGHTS PROGGED TO RISE ON MONDAY...AS UPPER RIDGE BUILDS
NORTHWARD FROM THE FLORIDA COAST. ASSOCIATED WARMING MID LEVEL TEMPS
AND MID/UPPER DRYING SHOULD REDUCE COVERAGE OF CONVECTION ACROSS THE
CWFA ON MONDAY...ALTHOUGH WILL HAVE TO WATCH FOR CONVECTION BECMG
SOMEWHAT ORGANIZED ALONG ANY COLD POOLS (BUT SHEAR APPEARS TO BE TOO
WEAK FOR THAT ATTM.) IN ADDITION...WEAK CAP INDICATED ON NAM
FORECAST SOUNDINGS INDICATES CONVECTION MAY NOT REALLY GET GOING
UNTIL LATE AFTERNOON. WILL RETAIN PREVIOUS FORECAST OF 40 POP MNTNS
AND 30 POP EAST. THE BETTER CHANCE FOR CONVECTION MAY ACTUALLY BE
TOMORROW EVENING...AS NAM DEPICTS SW TROUGH RIDING OVER THE UPPER
RIDGE BY LATE IN THE DAY. THIS RESULTS IN A SLIGHT INCREASE IN SHEAR
AND COOLING AT CAP LEVEL...SO WILL RETAIN CHANCE POPS THROUGH THE
OVERNIGHT.
FOR TUESDAY...FLOW BEGINS TO FLATTEN IN RESPONSE TO A FAIRLY
SIGNIFICANT TROUGH DIGGING INTO THE MISS VALLEY...WITH ATM LESS
CAPPED AND MORE SHEARED...ALTHOUGH INSTABILITY IS LESS IMPRESSIVE.
WILL FEATURE POPS SIMILAR TO THAT OF MONDAY. ONCE AGAIN...WILL
EXTEND POPS THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS INTO WED...AS SW TROUGH AND
SURFACE FRONT MOVE ACROSS THE AREA.
TYPICAL UNCERTAINTY EXISTS IN THE EXTENDED...AS MUCH WILL DEPEND ON
FUTURE EVOLUTION OF THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY. IF THE GFS VERIFIES...WE
MAY EXPERIENCE A RARE RESPITE FROM JULY CONVECTION LATE THIS
WEEK...AS THE GFS DEPICTS UNSEASONABLY DRY AIR FILTERING INTO THE
AREA. FOR NOW...WILL FEATURE POPS AROUND CLIMO...GENERALLY 20 TO 30%
ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA.
&&
.AVIATION...
LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN AND A FEW EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL KEEP
CIGS AND VSBYS LOW FOR A WHILE ACROSS THE UPSTATE. WL ALSO TEMP IN
SOME LOWER CIGS AND VSBYS AT KHKY AND KAVL WHERE UPSLOPE SHOULD HELP
REDEVELOP CONVECTION IN THESE AREAS THE NEXT FEW HRS. WL IMPROVE
CONDITIONS FOR A WHILE LATE THIS AFTN AND EVENING...BUT WL KEEP LGT
PREVAILING SHRA IN AS UPSLOPE SHOULD KEEP QUITE A BIT OF SHRA
ACTIVITY IN THE AREA. WL TAKE CIGS AND VSBYS DOWN TO LOW END MVFR
LATER TNGT...EXCEPT AT KAVL AND KAND WHERE I WENT IFR. WITH HIGH
DEWPOINTS...WIDESPREAD RAIN AND HIGH DEWPOINTS WE SHOULD SEE
WIDESPREAD LOW CLOUDS AND FOG.
&&
.GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR GAZ010-017-018-026-028 UNTIL MIDNIGHT.
NC...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR NCZ033-034-049-050-053>055-062>068
MIDNIGHT.
SC...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR SCZ001>007-010 UNTIL MIDNIGHT.
&&
SHORT TERM/AVIATION...MCAVOY
LONG TERM...LANEHazardous weather outlook, Jul 3, 5:42 AM EDT, 15 hours 42 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 542 AM EDT SUN JUL 3 2005 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082- SCZ001>014-019-040945- 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- 542 AM EDT SUN JUL 3 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA... MUCH OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NUMEROUS TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE UNTIL MIDNIGHT. THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE SLOWLY TO THE NORTH AT 5 TO 10 MPH. THESE STORMS COULD RESULT IN AREAS OF EXCESSIVE RAINFALL. THE ATMOSPHERE OVER THE UPPER SAVANNAH RIVER VALLEY AND UPSTATE MAY SUPPORT ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED EACH DAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 3, 4:10 PM EDT, 5 hours 14 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
410 PM EDT SUN JUL 03 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0342 AM TSTM WND DMG 5 S CLINTON 34.41N 81.87W
07/03/2005 LAURENS SC COUNTY OFFICIAL
SEVERAL TREES DOWN ON HWY 56 SOUTH AND WHITMIRE RD.
&&
SBKLocal storm report, Jul 3, 4:10 PM EDT, 5 hours 14 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED EVENT TIME
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
410 PM EDT SUN JUL 03 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0342 PM TSTM WND DMG 5 S CLINTON 34.41N 81.87W
07/03/2005 LAURENS SC COUNTY OFFICIAL
SEVERAL TREES DOWN ON HWY 56 SOUTH AND WHITMIRE RD.
&&
SBKLocal storm report, Jul 3, 7:56 PM EDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
756 PM EDT SUN JUL 03 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0125 PM TSTM WND DMG 12 SE ANDERSON 34.40N 82.50W
07/03/2005 ANDERSON SC NWS STORM SURVEY
NWS SURVEY FOUND GUSTS TO 70 MPH KNOCKED DOWN NUMEROUS
TREES AND POWER LINES WHICH CAUSED SOME DAMAGE WHEN THEY
FELL. ALSO...ADDITIONAL REPORTS OF SOME STRUCTURAL DAMAGE
NEARBY WHICH WAS NOT SURVEYED. MUCH OF THE DAMAGE ALONG
JONES CHAPEL ROAD.
0125 PM HAIL 12 SE ANDERSON 34.40N 82.50W
07/03/2005 2.75 INCH ANDERSON SC NWS STORM SURVEY
DURING SURVEY THERE WAS ONE REPORT FROM PUBLIC OF
BASEBALL HAIL...TWO REPORTS OF HEN EGG HAIL...AND
NUMEROUS REPORTS OF GOLF BALL HAIL IN THE AREA BOUNDED BY
HIGHWAYS 28/413/284/185/20 IN SOUTHERN ANDERSON COUNTY.
0140 PM TORNADO 5 NNW DUE WEST 34.40N 82.42W
07/03/2005 ABBEVILLE SC NWS STORM SURVEY
NWS SURVEY FOUND F0 TO F1 TORNADO TRACK OF 3/4 MILE TO 1
MILE ALONG HIGHWAY 185 NORTH OF DUE WEST. MOST DEBRIS
BLOWN TO THE EAST OR SOUTHEAST...BUT CONVERGING DAMAGE
PATTERN NOTED ALONG NORTH SIDE OF TRACK WHERE DEBRIS WAS
BLOWN BACK TO THE WEST OR NORTHWEST.
0140 PM HAIL 5 NNW DUE WEST 34.40N 82.42W
07/03/2005 1.00 INCH ABBEVILLE SC NWS STORM SURVEY
PUBLIC RELAYED REPORT IN AREA OF TORNADO TRACK
0155 PM HAIL DONALDS 34.38N 82.35W
07/03/2005 1.00 INCH ABBEVILLE SC NWS STORM SURVEY
PUBLIC RELAYED REPORT. SURVEY NOTED DENTED VEHICLES FROM
THE HAIL.
&&
JONESThe office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 3, 9:40 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Lincoln | 3 hr |
| Jul 3, 10:29 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Iredell | 3 hr |
| Jul 4, 12:07 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Caldwell | 4 hr |
| Jul 4, 3:40 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Henderson | 4 hr |
| Jul 4, 7:28 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Rowan | 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.