Alert archive / North Carolina / Flash Flood Warnings in 2005
Flash Flood Warning 55, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this flash flood warning at Jul 13, 2005, 4:39 PM EDT for Lincoln 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 13, 2005, 4:39 PM EDT (20:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 13, 2005, 7:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Lincoln County, NC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:39 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 13, 5:00 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Lincolnton, NC | EM REPORTED THAT URBAN FLOODING BECAME SEVERE AND CREEKS ALSO FLOODED. WATER GOT INTO SOME HOUSES THAT WERE AFFECTED DURING THE RECENT SERIOUS FLASH FLOOD. |
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, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 140 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
- 570 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -113 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1071 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 40 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 132041 FFWGSP NCC109-132345- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 439 PM EDT WED JUL 13 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... LINCOLN COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA * UNTIL 745 PM EDT * AT 433 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE WARNED AREA. URBAN FLOODING HAS ALREADY BEEN REPORTED. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LINCOLNTON...VALE AND DENVER. 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 3542 8143 3540 8097 3554 8098 3556 8148 $$ JAT/SBK
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 13, 2:59 PM EDT, 1 hour 40 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 13, 2:59 PM EDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 259 PM EDT WED JUL 13 2005 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY)... SE UNITED STATES RADAR COMPOSITE SHOWS THAT CWA IS BETWEEN ROTATING SHIELD OF WIDESPREAD SH OVER TN/NC AND BROAD BAND OF VORT OVER CENTRAL SC TO SRN LA. CURRENTLY...LONG THIN LINES OF TS HAVE DEVELOP OVER THE MTNS AND SAVANNAH RIVER VALLEY AND SHOULD MOVE EAST ACROSS THE FA. LAPS ESTIMATES CAPES OVER 3K J/KG ACROSS MOST OF THE PIEDMONT. EXPECT THAT LINES SHOULD GENERALLY HOLD TOGETHER AND COVER A LARGE PERCENTAGE OF THE FA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WILL FORECAST WIDE COVERAGE MTNS TO LIKELY EAST. NAM CONTINUES TO HOLD THE CENTER OF THE H5 LOW OVER NRN KY WITH H5 S/W ROTATING OVER THE FA. THESE WEAK VORTS AND UPSLOPE FLOW SHOULD KEEP CONVECTION GOING LONGER THAN THE PAST SEVERAL EVENINGS. WOULD EXPECT MOST OF THE TS TO ASH OUT BY MIDNIGHT...HOWEVER...SCT SH ACTIVITY IS ANTICIPATED. LLVL STRATUS SHOULD ALSO DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT...WILL FORECAST MOSTLY CLOUDY CONDITIONS WITH PATCHY FOG BY SUNRISE. WITH AMPLE BL MOISTURE AND HIGH SKY COVER...KEPT MIN TEMPS CLOSEST TO THE WARMEST MOS. VERY LITTLE CHANGE IN THE PATTERN IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT TWO DAYS AS UPPER LOW CENTER WOBBLES SLOWLY WESTWARD AND SHOWS SIGNS OF FILLING AND LIFTING BY FRIDAY. A MOIST TROPICAL SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW WILL PERSIST IN THE INTERIM...WITH BEST PRECIP CHANCES SPIKING DURING THE DIURNALLY FAVORED AFTERNOON AND EVENING PERIODS. WEAK VORT LOBES MAY INFLUENCE THE WESTERN CWFA...CLOSER TO THE UPPER LOW...AND LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE AXIS SHOULD KEEP THE BEST COVERAGE IN THE MOUNTAINS. SOUNDING PARAMETERS ALSO LOOK VERY SIMILAR THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON...MEANING PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES 1.8 TO 1.9 INCES...WITH RELATIVELY HIGH FREEZING LEVELS...AND CONDITIONAL INSTABILITY. INSTABILITY WILL LIKELY ONCE AGAIN BE BETTER THAN PROGGED AS MODEL SOUNDINGS INITIATE AND MAINTAIN CONVECTION THROUGH THE DAY. HEIGHTS RISE MOST STRONGLY LATE FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...WITH LOW LEVEL FLOW GRADUALLY VEERING ACROSS THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS. PM POPS WILL FINALLY TRIM BACK INTO THE CHC RANGE ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS...ALTHOUGH STILL HIGHER THAN THE PIEDMONT THROUGH THE SHORT TERM. && .LONG TERM (SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY)... HEIGHTS CONTINUE TO RISE ACROSS THE SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES EARLY IN THE MEDIUM RANGE...KEEPING THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA SHIELDED FROM ANY IMPACTS FROM EMILY THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. WEAK LEE PIEDMONT TROUGHING IS EXPECTED IN LIGHT WESTERLY FLOW ALOFT SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...WITH LIGHT UPSLOPE TRIGGERING IN THE MOUNTAINS. THE RIDGE IS EXPECTED TO BREAK DOWN SLIGHTLY WITH A WEAK COLD FRONT APPROACHING FROM THE NORTHWEST LATE IN THE DAY WEDNESDAY. && .AVIATION... SIMILAR TO YESTERDAY AFTERNOON...GREATEST SHORT TERM AVIATION CONCERN WILL BE THE PATH OF ONGOING TS LINES. RADAR TRENDS ARE POINTING TO SEVERAL WELL ESTABLISHED LINES TO CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST ACROSS THE FA. WILL CARRY TEMPOS TO COVER ACTIVITY OVER ALL TERMINALS THROUGH 3Z. NAM SHOWS WINDS BELOW H85 TURNING TO A MORE UPSLOPE DIR AFTER 6Z. FWC/MAV/MET MOS ALL INDICATE THAT LOW STRATUS AND MVFR FOG WOULD DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT. MOS HAS NOT SERVED WELL AS LOW CLOUD AND FOG GUIDANCE OVER THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS. HOWEVER...TONIGHT IT MAY VERIFY WELL AS FORECAST SOUNDINGS SUPPORT A FORECAST OF LLVL MOISTURE...WILL BEGIN TO TAKE CONDITIONS DOWN AFTER 6Z. BASED ON THE TIMING OF THE PAST SEVERAL MORNINGS...WILL BRING CONDITIONS TO VFR BY MID TO LATE MORNING. && .GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. && SHORT TERM...HG/NED LONG TERM...HG AVIATION...NED
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 13, 6:04 AM EDT, 10 hours 35 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 604 AM EDT WED JUL 13 2005 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082- SCZ001>014-019-141015- 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- 604 AM EDT WED JUL 13 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA... MUCH OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AGAIN TODAY AND TONIGHT. A FEW OF THE STRONGER STORMS COULD PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS...MAINLY OVER THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT. FLASH FLOODING REMAINS WITHIN THE REALM OF POSSIBILITIES OWING TO DEEP TROPICAL MOISTURE ACROSS THE REGION AND ELEVATED STREAM AND RIVER LEVELS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY A CHANCE OF MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE EACH DAY THROUGH THE PERIOD. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. MOORE
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 13, 2:01 PM EDT, 2 hours 38 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
201 PM EDT WED JUL 13 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0100 PM FLASH FLOOD SKYLAND 35.48N 82.52W
07/13/2005 BUNCOMBE NC COUNTY OFFICIAL
BUNCOMBE EOC REPORTED THAT AREA FROM SKYLAND TO AIRPORT
HAD CREEKS FLOOD ROADS AND BUILDINGS.
0130 PM HAIL ANTREVILLE 34.30N 82.54W
07/13/2005 0.50 INCH ABBEVILLE SC COUNTY OFFICIAL
ALSO ONE TREE DOWN.
0130 PM TSTM WND DMG WOODLAWN 35.79N 82.04W
07/13/2005 MCDOWELL NC COUNTY OFFICIAL
TREES AND POWER LINES BLOWN DOWN. DOT ENROUTE.
&&
JONESLocal storm report, Jul 13, 2:05 PM EDT, 2 hours 34 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
205 PM EDT WED JUL 13 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0200 PM FLASH FLOOD ROSMAN 35.14N 82.82W
07/13/2005 TRANSYLVANIA NC COUNTY OFFICIAL
COUNTY COMMS CENTER REPORTED THAT LOTS OF FLASH FLOOD
PROBLEMS ONGOING AROUND THE GENERAL AREA OF LAKE TOXAWAY
AND ROSMAN WITH NO TIME FOR DETAILS.
&&
JONESLocal storm report, Jul 13, 3:24 PM EDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
324 PM EDT WED JUL 13 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0300 PM FLASH FLOOD ROSMAN 35.14N 82.82W
07/13/2005 TRANSYLVANIA NC COUNTY OFFICIAL
COUNTY REPORTS SEVERAL STREETS...INCLUDING MAIN
STREET...CLOSED IN AND AROUND ROSMAN DUE TO FLOODING.
SOME WATER IS INTO BUILDINGS.
&&
HGThe office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 13, 1:33 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Transylvania | 3 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.