Alert archive / North Carolina / Flash Flood Warnings in 2005
Flash Flood Warning 52, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this flash flood warning at Jul 7, 2005, 4:21 PM EDT for Davie County, Rowan 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, 4:21 PM EDT (20:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 7, 2005, 7:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Davie County, NC, Rowan County, NC
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 146 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:22 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.
Did it verify
Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this flash flood warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.
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, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 71 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS52 KGSP 072022 FFWGSP NCC059-159-072315- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 421 PM EDT THU JUL 7 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... DAVIE COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA ROWAN COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA * UNTIL 715 PM EDT * AT 412 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED BANDS OF EXTREMELY HEAVY RAINFALL MOVING OVER THE AREA...AND THESE BANDS WILL CONTINUE UNTIL 6 PM AT LEAST. REPORTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FROM SPOTTERS OF WATER FILLING LOW PLACES. SMALL STREAMS WILL BEGIN TO FLOOD LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MOCKSVILLE...FARMINGTON AND COOLEEMEE. 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 3554 8072 3553 8025 3602 8045 3601 8068 $$ JONES
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS72 KGSP 072155 FFSGSP FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 556 PM EDT THU JUL 7 2005 NCC059-159-072315- DAVIE NC-ROWAN NC- 556 PM EDT THU JUL 7 2005 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 715 PM EDT FOR ROWAN AND DAVIE COUNTIES... AT 547 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THAT ONE LAST RAIN BAND WAS ABOUT TO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA. SOME FLOODING WAS REPORTED EARLIER IN AND AROUND MOCKSVILLE...AND IN THE FARMINGTON AREA. HIGH WATER WILL CONTINUE IN THOSE AREAS. ROWAN COUNTY HAD RECEIVED NO REPORTS OF FLOODING SO FAR. LAT...LON 3554 8072 3553 8025 3602 8045 3601 8068 $$ JONES
000 WGUS72 KGSP 072316 FFSGSP FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 716 PM EDT THU JUL 7 2005 NCC059-159-072326- DAVIE NC-ROWAN NC- 716 PM EDT THU JUL 7 2005 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR ROWAN AND DAVIE COUNTIES EXPIRED AT 715 PM EDT... MOST HEAVY RAIN HAS MOVED EAST OF THE AREA. HIGH WATER MAY LINGER IN A FEW AREAS. LAT...LON 3554 8072 3553 8025 3602 8045 3601 8068 $$ 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 7, 3:53 PM EDT, 28 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 7, 3:53 PM EDT, 28 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
353 PM EDT THU JUL 7 2005
.SHORT TERM (REST OF TONIGHT)...
UPDATED DISCUSSION TO ADD NEW TORNADO WATCH.
&&
.PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...
(ISSUED 249 PM EDT THU JUL 7 2005)
SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY)...
ACTIVE WEATHER ASSOCIATED WITH THE REMNANTS OF CINDY CONTINUED OVER
THE EASTERN PART OF THE CWA AT MID AFTERNOON. A STRONG WIND SHEAR
PROFILE CONTINUED TO GENERATE TORNADIC SIGNATURES ALONG CONVECTIVE
BANDS ON THE RADAR...WHILE BANDS OF HEAVY RAINSHOWERS CONTINUED
TO GENERATE IN DEEP TROPICAL MOISTURE. AS THE SYSTEM TRANSLATES E
THIS EVENING THE SEVERE STORM THREAT WILL DIMINISH...ALONG WITH
THE HEAVY RAIN. THE TORNADO WATCH IS SET TO EXPIRE AT 4 PM EDT.
THE FLOOD WATCH RUNS UNTIL EARLY TOMORROW MORNING SINCE AREAS THAT
RECEIVED...OR WILL RECEIVE HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO EXPERIENCE
FLOOD PROBLEMS AS RAINFALL DRAINS INTO STREAMS AND CREEKS THROUGH THE
EARLY MORNING HOURS.
AS THE UPPER SYSTEM AND SURFACE BOUNDARY PUSH E LATE TONIGHT...HIGH
PRESSURE BUILDS OVER THE AREA FRI INTO SAT...FOR A BRIEF PERIOD OF
RECOVERY BEFORE HURRICANE DENNIS APPROACHES THE GULF COAST AND
MAKES LANDFALL NEAR PENSACOLA SUNDAY.
LONG TERM (SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY)...
ALTHOUGH THE TRACK OF DENNIS IS EXPECTED TO STAY WELL W OF THE
AREA...TROPICAL MOISTURE IS EXPECTED TO STREAM UP ACROSS THE REGION
FOR THE FIRST PART OF THE WEEK. HAVE LIMITED EXTENDED POPS AND QPF
DUE TO THE UNCERTAINTY OF EVENTUAL TRACK AND STRENGTH OF
STORM...OTHERWISE HAVE STAYED CLOSE TO HPC GUIDANCE USING THE
GFS...WHICH IS COMBINED WITH THE LATEST NHC TRACK. LATEST FORECAST
HAS DENNIS MAKING LANDFALL ALONG GULF COAST VCNTY OF WHERE CINDY HIT
SUN AFTN-EVE AND TRACKING NW INTO N MS MON...INTO FAR SE KS TUE. THIS
TRACK WOULD KEEP DEEPEST TROPICAL MOISTURE AND BEST TORNADO THREAT
W OF CWA. THE SYSTEM WILL TURN E AT SOME POINT HOWEVER AND TRACK N
OF THE AREA. WITH UPPER LEVEL DIVERGENCE...LOW LEVEL UPSLOPE FLOW
AND ABUNDANT MOISTURE...HAVE CHANCE POPS IN THE GRIDS THROUGH THE
EXTENDED PERIOD.
AVIATION...
AS THE CENTER OF CIRCULATION OF THE REMNANTS OF CINDY CONTINUE TO
MOVE OFF TO THE NORTHEAST...GRADUAL IMPROVEMENT WILL OCCUR FROM THE
SOUTHWEST. LOW CIGS WILL HANG ON FOR THE NC TAFS THROUGH THE
NIGHT. THERE MAY BE SOME BREAKS IN SC LATE TONIGHT. THE SKY WILL
BECOME SCT FOR ALL TAFS AS WE GO INTO THE LATE MORNING TO MID DAY ON
FRIDAY. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT NORTH TO SOUTH RAIN BAND WILL LEAVE
HKY TO THE EAST THIS AFTN AND SHOULD BE MOVING EAST FROM CLT BY
EARLY EVENING. GUSTY S-SW WINDS WILL DECREASE THIS EVE AS THE
SYSTEM MOVES E.
&&
.GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...NONE.
NC...FLOOD WATCH FOR NCZ034>036-054>056-065>070 UNTIL 6 AM FRIDAY.
TORNADO WATCH FOR NCZ037-057-072-082
SC...FLOOD WATCH FOR SCZ001 >008-010 UNTIL 6 AM FRIDAY.
TORNADO WATCH FOR SCZ009-014
&&
SHORT TERM...RBHazardous weather outlook, Jul 7, 6:07 AM EDT, 10 hours 14 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 607 AM EDT THU JUL 7 2005 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082- SCZ001>014-019-081015- 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- 607 AM EDT THU JUL 7 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA... MUCH OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD ACROSS THE NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE WESTERN CAROLINAS TODAY. RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 4 TO 8 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS TO 1 TO 4 INCHES ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT. THIS RAINFALL COULD RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT FLOODING AND LANDSLIDES. THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING...A FEW STORMS EAST OF THE MOUNTAINS MAY PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND POSSIBLY AN ISOLATED TORNADO. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY HURRICANE DENNIS WILL APPROACH THE GULF COAST STATES THIS WEEKEND...AND IS FORECAST TO MAKE LANDFALL ON SUNDAY. AS DENNIS APPROACHES...A SLOW MOVING FRONT SHOULD SLIDE WEST OVER THE WESTERN CAROLINAS. THIS FRONT SHOULD TRIGGER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM LATE SATURDAY THROUGH THE EARLY PART OF THE WORK WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TODAY. NED
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 7, 2:18 PM EDT, 2 hours 3 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
218 PM EDT THU JUL 07 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0300 AM TORNADO 10 W ANDERSON 34.52N 82.82W
07/07/2005 ANDERSON SC NEWSPAPER
POSSIBLE TORNADO WITH BOATS DAMAGED AND ONE TOSSED 100
YDS AT WESTERN CAROLINA SAILING CLUB OFF OF SR 187 ON
LAKE HARTWELL.
&&
TJBLocal storm report, Jul 7, 3:07 PM EDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
307 PM EDT THU JUL 07 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0225 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 N HARMONY 35.99N 80.77W
07/07/2005 IREDELL NC COUNTY OFFICIAL
WIND DAMAGE/PSBLE TORNADO WITH TREES DOWN IN THE ROAD ON
HWY 21 NORTH OF HARMONY. ALSO TREES DOWN ON HWY 901 NEAR
HARMONY.
0225 PM TSTM WND DMG 5 N STATESVILLE 35.86N 80.89W
07/07/2005 IREDELL NC COUNTY OFFICIAL
TREES DOWN ALONG I-77 FROM EXIT 54 NORTH TO THE COUNTY
LINE. FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED EARLIER ON HWY 901 AND
TAYLORSBURG ROAD AREA IN THE NORTH PART OF COUNTY.
&&
TJBLocal storm report, Jul 7, 3:47 PM EDT, 34 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
347 PM EDT THU JUL 07 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0342 PM HAIL FORT MILL 35.01N 80.94W
07/07/2005 0.88 INCH YORK SC TRAINED SPOTTER
NICKEL SIZE HAIL IN FORT MILL.
&&
TBENTHALLocal storm report, Jul 7, 3:56 PM EDT, 25 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
356 PM EDT THU JUL 07 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0350 PM TORNADO CHARLOTTE 35.20N 80.83W
07/07/2005 MECKLENBURG NC COUNTY OFFICIAL
TORNADO TOUCH DOWN REPORTED AT COMMUNITY HOUSE CIRCLE AND
BLAKNEY DRIVE IN CHARLOTTE.
&&
TBENTHALLocal storm report, Jul 7, 4:08 PM EDT, 13 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
408 PM EDT THU JUL 07 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0335 PM HAIL ROCK HILL 34.94N 81.03W
07/07/2005 0.88 INCH YORK SC PUBLIC
PUBLIC REPORTED DIME TO NICKEL HAIL ON CONSTITUTION BVD
IN ROCK HILL
&&
LANESpecial weather statement, Jul 7, 4:08 PM EDT, 13 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 408 PM EDT THU JUL 7 2005 NCZ036>037-057-071>072-082-SCZ009-014-080200- CABARRUS-DAVIE-IREDELL-MECKLENBURG-ROWAN-UNION-CHESTER-YORK- 408 PM EDT THU JUL 7 2005 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CANCELED A PORTION OF TORNADO WATCH 618 AND HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 620 UNTIL 10 PM EDT FOR THE FOLLOWING AREA... IN NORTH CAROLINA THE NEW WATCH INCLUDES 6 COUNTIES IN PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA CABARRUS... DAVIE... IREDELL... MECKLENBURG... ROWAN... UNION... IN SOUTH CAROLINA THE NEW WATCH INCLUDES 2 COUNTIES IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA CHESTER... YORK... THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...CHARLOTTE...CHESTER...CONCORD... MOCKSVILLE...MONROE...MOORESVILLE...ROCK HILL... SALISBURY AND STATESVILLE. NCZ035-056-069-SCZ003-006>008-010>013-019-072100- ALEXANDER-CATAWBA-LINCOLN-ABBEVILLE-ANDERSON-CHEROKEE-GREENVILLE- -GREENWOOD-LAURENS-SPARTANBURG-UNION- 408 PM EDT THU JUL 7 2005 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL ALLOW TORNADO WATCH 618 TO EXPIRE FOR THE FOLLOWING AREA... IN NORTH CAROLINA THIS ALLOWS TO EXPIRE 7 COUNTIES IN PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA CLEVELAND... GASTON... LINCOLN... IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA ALEXANDER... CATAWBA... POLK... RUTHERFORD... IN SOUTH CAROLINA THIS ALLOWS TO EXPIRE 8 COUNTIES IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA ABBEVILLE... ANDERSON... CHEROKEE... GREENVILLE... GREENWOOD... LAURENS... SPARTANBURG... UNION... THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...ABBEVILLE...ANDERSON...COLUMBUS... GAFFNEY...GASTONIA...GREENVILLE...GREENWOOD...HICKORY...LAURENS... LINCOLNTON...NEWTON...RUTHERFORDTON...SHELBY...SPARTANBURG... TAYLORSVILLE AND UNION.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 6:41 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Cleveland | 37 min |
| Jul 7, 8:08 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Catawba, Iredell | 67 min |
| Jul 7, 8:45 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Iredell | 45 min |
| Jul 7, 10:05 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Polk | 4 hr |
| Jul 7, 11:33 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Rutherford | 4 hr |
| Jul 7, 12:40 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Catawba | 50 min |
| Jul 7, 1:02 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Alexander | 58 min |
| Jul 7, 1:30 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Alexander | 3 hr |
| Jul 7, 1:31 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Iredell | 62 min |
| Jul 7, 1:57 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Iredell | 3 hr |
| Jul 7, 3:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Davie | 27 min |
| Jul 7, 3:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg | 58 min |
| Jul 7, 3:41 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg | 49 min |
| Jul 7, 3:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Rowan | 13 min |
| Jul 7, 4:01 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Mecklenburg | 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.