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Flash Flood Warning 49, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

July 7, 2005Alexander County, North Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this flash flood warning at Jul 7, 2005, 1:30 PM EDT for Alexander County, North Carolina. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 7, 2005, 1:30 PM EDT (17:30 UTC)
Expired
Jul 7, 2005, 4:30 PM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Alexander County, NC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 145 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:31 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 119 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 12:00Z on 2005-07-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 309 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 12:00Z on 2005-07-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 74 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
309 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-68 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1315 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
74 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
170 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WGUS52 KGSP 071731
FFWGSP
NCC003-072030-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
130 PM EDT THU JUL 7 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  ALEXANDER COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 430 PM EDT

* AT 126 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH   
FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA. SEVERAL ROADS 
WERE FLOODED IN THE TAYLORSVILLE AREA. MORE HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED 
TO MOVE ACROSS THE COUNTY THE NEXT FEW HOURS.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  TAYLORSVILLE AND ELLENDALE.

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 3582 8131 3584 8109 3601 8102 3599 8131

$$

PAT
1 follow-up statement
000 
WGUS72 KGSP 072028
FFSGSP

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
427 PM EDT THU JUL 7 2005

NCC003-072037-
ALEXANDER NC-
427 PM EDT THU JUL 7 2005

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR ALEXANDER COUNTY EXPIRES AT 430 PM
EDT...

THE HEAVIEST BANDS OF RAIN HAVE MOVED EAST AND NO FLOODING HAD BEEN 
REPORTED TO THE COUNTY AS OF 415 PM EDT.  HOWEVER...SOME STREAMS 
COULD BE RUNNING VERY HIGH AND ADDITIONAL MODERATE RAINFALL WILL 
OCCUR. A NEW WARNING COULD BE REQUIRED A LITTLE LATER.

LAT...LON 3582 8131 3584 8109 3601 8102 3599 8131

$$
JONES

The office that day

Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 7, 6:41 AM EDTTornado WarningGSPCleveland37 min
Jul 7, 8:08 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPCatawba, Iredell67 min
Jul 7, 8:45 AM EDTTornado WarningGSPIredell45 min
Jul 7, 10:05 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningGSPPolk4 hr
Jul 7, 11:33 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningGSPRutherford4 hr
Jul 7, 12:40 PM EDTTornado WarningGSPCatawba50 min
Jul 7, 1:02 PM EDTTornado WarningGSPAlexander58 min
Jul 7, 1:31 PM EDTTornado WarningGSPIredell62 min
Jul 7, 1:57 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningGSPIredell3 hr
Jul 7, 3:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPDavie27 min
Jul 7, 3:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPMecklenburg58 min
Jul 7, 3:41 PM EDTTornado WarningGSPMecklenburg49 min
Jul 7, 3:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPRowan13 min
Jul 7, 4:01 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningGSPCabarrus, Mecklenburg3 hr
Jul 7, 4:21 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningGSPDavie, Rowan3 hr

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.