Alert archive / North Carolina / Flash Flood Warnings in 2005
Flash Flood Warning 57, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this flash flood warning at Jul 14, 2005, 6:21 PM EDT for Cleveland 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 14, 2005, 6:21 PM EDT (22:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 14, 2005, 9:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Cleveland County, NC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:25 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, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 172 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
- 644 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -20 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 514 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 4 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -17 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -18 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 142222
FFWGSP
NCC045-150115-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
621 PM EDT THU JUL 14 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CLEVELAND COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA
* UNTIL 915 PM EDT
* AT 614 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SHELBY...
KINGSTON...POLKVILLE...LAWNDALE AND WACO.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. EVEN MODERN SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES CANNOT BE
SAFELY DRIVEN THROUGH FLOOD WATERS.
LAT...LON 3553 8166 3536 8168 3522 8174 3522 8135
3554 8156
$$
RB2 follow-up statements
000
WGUS72 KGSP 150008
FFSGSP
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
809 PM EDT THU JUL 14 2005
SCC083-150200-
SPARTANBURG SC-
809 PM EDT THU JUL 14 2005
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1000 PM EDT FOR SPARTANBURG
COUNTY...
AT 801 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED RHOADES
PLACE OFF HOLLY SPRINGS ROAD...JUST SOUTH OF CAMPOBELLO AND WEST OF
GRAMLING...WAS WASHED OUT BY A FLOODED CREEK AT AROUND 645 PM
THURSDAY EVENING. NO OTHER REPORTS OF FLOODING HAD BEEN
REPORTED...BUT STEADY RISES ON STREAMS...CREEKS AND RIVERS MAY
OCCUR DOWNSTREAM BETWEEN GOWENSVILLE AND WELLFORD.
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED ONLY SCATTERED LIGHT
RAIN SHOWERS REMAINING OVER THE COUNTY. A FEW SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS WERE UPSTREAM IN PICKENS COUNTY AND WERE MOVING
STEADILY TOWARD NORTHERN SPARTANBURG COUNTY...WHERE THE HEAVIEST
RAIN HAS BEEN LOCATED THUS FAR. THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL REMAIN IN
EFFECT THROUGH ITS DESIGNATED EXPIRATION TIME.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LYMAN...INMAN
AND BOILING SPRINGS SC.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
LAT...LON 3516 8221 3495 8221 3484 8214 3475 8201
3482 8182 3518 8189
$$
BURRUS000
WGUS72 KGSP 150118
FFSGSP
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
918 PM EDT THU JUL 14 2005
NCC045-150122-
CLEVELAND NC-
918 PM EDT THU JUL 14 2005
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CLEVELAND COUNTY EXPIRED AT 915 PM
EDT...
COUNTY OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT FLETCHER ROAD...OFF OF 226 NORTH OF
SHELBY...HAD TO BE CLOSED DUE TO DEEP WATER FROM A SMALL CREEK
FLOWING OVER IT. ALTHOUGH SOME FLOODING WILL CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT
COUPLE HOURS...THE HEAVY RAIN HAS MOVED EAST OF THE COUNTY AND THE
WARNING WAS ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
LAT...LON 3553 8166 3536 8168 3522 8174 3522 8135
3554 8156
$$
RBWhat 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 14, 2:15 PM EDT, 4 hours 6 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 14, 2:15 PM EDT, 4 hours 6 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 215 PM EDT THU JUL 14 2005 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY)... UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OVER OH AND MS VALLEYS WITH REMAINS OF DENNIS IN N PORTION...WITH UPPER RIDGING EITHER SIDE. AREA REMAINS IN MOIST AIR MASS...WITH 70 OR GREATER DEW POINTS E OF MTS. KMRX RADAR SHOWS SLOW MOVING AND WEAKENING BAND OF SHOWERS MOVING ACROSS MTS THIS AFTERNOON. AS THIS ACTIVITY ENCOUNTERS MORE UNSTABLE AIR IN AFTERNOON HEATING...CONVECTION SHOULD FLARE UP...CONTINUING INTO THE EVENING AS IT MOVES E. CAPE LIMITED COMPARED TO LAST TWO DAYS...BUT STILL ENOUGH FOR MENTION OF THUNDER ACROSS AREA. EXPECT MORE FOG AND LOW CLOUDS LATE TONIGHT IN PRECIPITATION MOISTENED AIR. MODEL GUIDANCE KEEPS WIND UP FROM SW AT AROUND 3 TO 5 KNOTS...WHICH MAY KEEP FOG FROM BECOMING DENSE. HIGH DEW POINTS WILL KEEP MINIMUM TEMPERATURES A FEW DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. UPPER LOW CENTER WILL SLOWLY DRIFT WEST AND CONTINUE TO OPEN AND FILL THROUGH FRIDAY...AS STRONG SOUTHEAST RIDGING DEVELOPS FROM THE ATLANTIC THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THE DEEPEST MOISTURE...BEST LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE...AND UPSLOPE TRIGGERING WILL FOCUS THE HIGHEST PRECIPITATION CHANCES OVER THE HIGH TERRAIN THROUGH THE NEAR TERM. NAM CAPE VALUES AGAIN APPEAR TOO LOW EACH AFTERNOON...AS MODEL CONVECTIVE PRECIPITATION SCHEME IS TRIGGERED TOO EARLY IN THE DAY FRI AND SAT. PRECIPITATION CHANCES WILL DIMINISH SLIGHTLY BY LATE WEEKEND...WITH HIGHEST CHC VALUES OVER THE MOUNTAINS AS STRONG UPPER RIDGING IS FINALLY IN PLACE. && .LONG TERM (SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY)... SOUTHEAST HIGH PRES REMAINS DOMINANT THROUGH THE MEDIUM RANGE PERIOD IN THE CONSENSUS SOLUTION. WEAK FRONT MOVING SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE OH VALLEY WED APPEARS TO WASH OUT AHEAD OF A NRN STREAM WAVE...WITH ARRIVAL OF SECOND STRONGER FRONT DELAYED UNTIL LATE IN THE WEEK. CHC DIURNAL CONVECTION WILL BE FEATURED ALONG WITH PROLONGED PERIOD OF HEAT AND HUMIDITY UNDER THE RIDGE. && .AVIATION... ENOUGH CONVECTIVE COVERAGE EXPECTED TO CARRY TEMPO MVFR CONDITIONS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. MOIST AIR MASS AND PRECIPITATION SHOULD SUPPORT FOG ACROSS MUCH OF AREA. WILL ALLOW CIGS/VSBYS AT IFR LATE TONIGHT. EXCEPTIONS WILL BE WHERE GUIDANCE WINDS UP A BIT...AND WILL CARRY MVFR AT KGSP AND KGMU. && .GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. && SHORT TERM...HG/JAT LONG TERM...HG AVIATION...JAT
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 14, 5:56 AM EDT, 12 hours 25 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 556 AM EDT THU JUL 14 2005 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082- SCZ001>014-019-151000- 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- 556 AM EDT THU JUL 14 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 BE PREVALENT ACROSS THE REGION AGAIN TODAY AND TONIGHT. A FEW OF THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS...MAINLY ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT. THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING IS A BIT HIGHER TODAY COMPARED TO YESTERDAY AS THE ATMOSPHERE CONTAINS A BIT MORE MOISTURE AND STORMS SHOULD MOVE A BIT SLOWER. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY SCATTERED MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD DEVELOP EACH DAY THROUGH AT LEAST THE EARLY PART OF NEXT WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... MOORE
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 14, 2:58 PM EDT, 3 hours 23 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
258 PM EDT THU JUL 14 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0345 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 S MAYO 35.06N 81.85W
07/13/2005 SPARTANBURG SC PUBLIC
REPORTED THROUGH WSPA TV THEN INTERVIEW. LARGE OAKS HAD
TOPS BLOWN OUT AND TWISTED OFF ALONG CITY BLOCK WIDE AREA
AND PATH LENGTH OF AT LEAST 3000 FEET AT CHEROKEE
SPRINGS. SOME TREES ON POWER LINES. HEARD LOUD PULSATING
LOW HUM WITH STORM. NO HAIL NOTED AT THIS LOCATION.
&&
JONESLocal storm report, Jul 14, 4:04 PM EDT, 2 hours 17 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
404 PM EDT THU JUL 14 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0440 PM TORNADO 3 SE LINCOLNTON 35.45N 81.21W
07/13/2005 LINCOLN NC NWS STORM SURVEY
CONFIRMED TORNADO TRACK IN PREVIOUSLY REPORTED DAMAGE
AREA. MAINLY TREE AND CROP DAMAGE. TRACK WAS INTERMITTENT
3 MILES IN LENGTH AND 50-75 YDS WIDE. MAXIMUM F1 DAMAGE
WITH MORE F0 DAMAGE.
&&
JONESSpecial weather statement, Jul 14, 6:02 PM EDT, 19 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 602 PM EDT THU JUL 14 2005 NCZ055-056-066>070-SCZ003-006>008-142300- BURKE NC-CATAWBA-CHEROKEE SC-CLEVELAND-GASTON-GREATER GREENVILLE- GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-LINCOLN NC-POLK NC-RUTHERFORD-SPARTANBURG- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GAFFNEY...GASTONIA...GREENVILLE... HICKORY...LINCOLNTON...MORGANTON...RUTHERFORDTON...SHELBY... SPARTANBURG...TRYON 602 PM EDT THU JUL 14 2005 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL... A LINE OF LARGE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING EAST AT 12 MPH WILL AFFECT THE REGION FROM SPARTANBURG...NORTH TO FOREST CITY...AND EAST TOWARD WACO. THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES PER HOUR. DUE TO NEARLY SATURATED GROUND CONDITIONS FROM RECENT STORM ACTIVITY...LOW LYING AREAS AND URBAN FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. ALSO...HIGH WINDS GUSTING UP TO 50 MPH...AND PERIODS OF HAIL ARE PROBABLE AS THESE STORMS WILL GROW QUITE TALL. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL BE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS LINE AS WELL. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO USE CAUTION IN HEAVY DOWNPOURS AS VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED SUDDENLY TO LESS THAN 1/8 MILE. KRENTZ
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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.