Alert archive / North Carolina / Flash Flood Warnings in 2005
Flash Flood Warning 62, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this flash flood warning at Jul 20, 2005, 6:29 PM EDT for Mecklenburg 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 20, 2005, 6:29 PM EDT (22:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 20, 2005, 9:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Mecklenburg County, NC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:29 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, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 130 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
- 209 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -130 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1097 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -29 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 4 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 202231 FFWGSP NCC119-210130- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 629 PM EDT WED JUL 20 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... MECKLENBURG COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA * UNTIL 930 PM EDT * AT 629 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A NEARLY STATIONARY THUNDERSTORM JUST SOUTH OF CENTER CITY CHARLOTTE. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS PRODUCING RAINFALL AT RATES IN EXCESS OF TWO INCHES PER HOUR...AND FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO UNC CHARLOTTE...PAW CREEK...HUNTERSVILLE...EASTLAND MALL...CHARLOTTE DOUGLAS INTL AIRPORT AND CENTER CITY CHARLOTTE. 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 3514 8099 3504 8085 3521 8056 3551 8092 $$ JAT/HG
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS72 KGSP 202345 FFSGSP FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 744 PM EDT WED JUL 20 2005 NCC119-210130- MECKLENBURG NC- 744 PM EDT WED JUL 20 2005 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 930 PM EDT FOR MECKLENBURG COUNTY... AT 738 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED ONLY LIGHT SHOWERS OVER THE WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM EARLIER RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE...AND WATER LEVELS IN CREEKS AND STREAMS ARE EXPECTED TO RISE. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO CENTER CITY CHARLOTTE. LAT...LON 3514 8099 3504 8085 3521 8056 3551 8092 $$ 07
000 WGUS72 KGSP 210051 FFSGSP FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 849 PM EDT WED JUL 20 2005 NCC119-210059- MECKLENBURG NC- 849 PM EDT WED JUL 20 2005 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR MECKLENBURG COUNTY IS CANCELLED... AT 849 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT ALL THE HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS HAD DISSIPATED ACROSS MECKLENBURG COUNTY. NO REPORTS OF FLASH FLOODING HAVE BEEN RECEIVED...SO THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. LAT...LON 3514 8099 3504 8085 3521 8056 3551 8092 $$ HG
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 20, 2:57 PM EDT, 3 hours 32 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 20, 2:57 PM EDT, 3 hours 32 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 257 PM EDT WED JUL 20 2005 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT)... RIDGETOPS PROVIDING LOCATION FOR CONVECTIVE INITIATION THIS AFTERNOON. CELLS MOVING VERY SLOWLY WITH LIGHT STEERING FLOW IN THE MID LEVELS. ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING POSSIBLE AGAIN LATE THIS AFTERNOON/EARLY THIS EVENING. CANNOT RULE OUT A SEVERE STORM OR TWO...BUT SVR THREAT LOWER THAN FLOODING CHC. HAVE GONE WITH EARLY LIKELY POP NC FOOTHILLS/NC MTNS SOUTH AND WEST OF FRENCH BROAD...AND OVER SC/GA MTNS. SCT POP ELSEWHERE. WILL SEE SOME FOG OVERNIGHT...BUT BEST CHC FOR DENSE FOG WILL BE MTN VALLEYS. UPPER LEVEL ANTICYCLONE OVER THE SOUTHEAST TODAY WILL YIELD TO SLIGHT LOWERING OF UPPER HEIGHTS THURSDAY...RESULTING IN A DIFFLUENT NORTHWEST...BUT STILL PRETTY WEAK FLOW THROUGHOUT THE COLUMN. ALL IN ALL...DOUBT THERE WILL BE MUCH CHANGE TO OUR PERSISTENT SENSIBLE WEATHER...A CONTINUED THREAT OF SCATTERED DIURNAL DEEP CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT ALONG WITH ANOTHER DAY OF FTHL/PIEDMONT MAXES IN THE LOWER 90S AND AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX VALUES NEAR 100. IT CONTINUES TO REMAIN UNCERTAIN WITH RESPECT TO MCS EVOLUTION THURSDAY NIGHT AND/OR FRIDAY BUT THE OVERALL PATTERN WOULD STILL SUPPORT THE POTENTIAL FOR ORGANIZED TSTMS LATER THURSDAY NIGHT OR FRIDAY MORNING...WHETHER IT MAKES IT THIS FAR SOUTHEAST IS STILL DEBATABLE. NOT THAT IT IS CORRECT...BUT THE 12 UTC GFS IS NOW SHOWING STRONG SIGNALS OF LINEAR DEEP CONVECTION MOVING INTO THE MTNS FRIDAY MORNING AND QUICKLY SWEEPING ACRS THE CWFA BY THE AFTERNOON. THERE IS EVEN SOME SUPPORT ALBEIT WEAKER ON THE 12 UTC NAM WITH S/WV PASSAGE DURING THIS TIMEFRAME...SO WILL CONTINUE TO ADVERTISE POPS OUTSIDE OF TYPICAL DIURNAL FOR THIS PERIOD. AS IN EARLIER RUNS...THE LATEST GFS CONTINUES TO BE SLOWER/DEEPER WITH MAIN S/WV PASSAGE...WHICH DOES NOT OCCUR UNTIL LATER FRIDAY NIGHT. TO ACCOUNT FOR THIS...PLAN ON LEAVING CHC POPS AS IS UNTIL 06Z SATURDAY. && .LONG TERM (SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY)... CWFA LOOKS TO COME UNDER S/WV RIDGING SATURDAY WITH DEEPER RH DISPLACED OFF TO OUR SOUTH. IT WILL CONTINUE TO HEAT UP WITH FTHL/PIEDMONT MAXES IN THE MID 90S. WITH THE ABSENCE OF THE BETTER RH AND LARGER SCALE SUPPORT...PLAN ON CONTINUING DIURNAL CHC POPS FOR JUST THE MTNS. LARGE UPPER RIDGING TO BUILD EVEN FURTHER EAST INTO THE CWFA SUNDAY AND MONDAY FOR A FEW MORE HOT DAYS. AGAIN...ANY DIURNAL DEEP CONVECTIVE CHANCE WOULD LOOK TO BE ISOLATED TO THE HIGHER TERRAIN IF NOT COMPLETELY SUPPRESSED. WE WILL HAVE TO MONITOR DEWPOINT TRENDS SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY FOR THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAT ADVISORY CRITERIA BEING REACHED. PLAN ON SLIGHT CHANCE OR LOW CHANCE POPS FOR DAYS 6 AND 7 WITH TEMPS HEADING BACK TOWARD CLIMO AS UPPER RIDGING BREAKS DOWN. && .AVIATION... TAFS START OFF WITH VCTS AT ALL LOCATIONS XCPT KCLT WHERE TSRA STILL QUITE A DISTANCE AWAY. DO HAVE CB MENTION THERE. WILL AMD IF/WHEN CELLS APPROACH AIRFIELDS. GUIDANCE NOT CONSISTENT WITH MVFR FOG CHANCE OVERNIGHT...XCPT AT KAVL WHERE IFR FOG/CIGS LOOK LIKELY. DID INCLUDE MVFR FOG AT KHKY/KAND WHERE IT IS FAVORED ACCORDING TO CLIMO. RESTRICTIONS END QUICKLY...ABOUT 13Z...THU MORNING. VFR FOR THE REST OF THE TAF PERIOD. && .GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. && SHORT TERM...RWH/CSH LONG TERM...CSH AVIATION...RWH
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 20, 6:31 AM EDT, 11 hours 58 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 631 AM EDT WED JUL 20 2005 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082- SCZ001>014-019-211045- 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 NC- OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS- GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG- CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER- GREENWOOD- 631 AM EDT WED JUL 20 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA... MUCH OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ONCE AGAIN ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. THERE WILL BE A THREAT FOR ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING WITH THESE STORMS...ESPECIALLY OVER THE MOUNTAINS. PLEASE SEE CAESPSGSP FOR MORE INFORMATION. ONE OR TWO OF TODAYS STORMS COULD ALSO PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY. COVERAGE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD DECREASE FOR THE WEEKEND AND EARLY NEXT WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. LANE
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 20, 5:30 PM EDT, 59 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
530 PM EDT WED JUL 20 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0525 PM FLASH FLOOD 5 SSE TUCKASEGEE 35.20N 83.09W
07/20/2005 JACKSON NC COUNTY OFFICIAL
COUNTY REPORTS CHARLEY CREEK ROAD FLOODED NEAR HIGHWAY
281.
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HGSpecial weather statement, Jul 20, 6:25 PM EDT, 4 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 625 PM EDT WED JUL 20 2005 GAZ028-202330- HART- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...HARTWELL 625 PM EDT WED JUL 20 2005 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL TO AFFECT HART COUNTY THROUGH 730 PM EDT... AT 624 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHING FROM HARTWELL TO NEAR ROYSTON... MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING RAINFALL AT RATES IN EXCESS OF AN INCH PER HOUR...AND ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL WILL LIKELY AFFECT LOCATIONS OVER THE SOUTHERN END OF THE COUNTY THROUGH 730 PM. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO PRODUCE WIND GUSTS OF 35 MPH AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. HG
The office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 20, 5:28 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Jackson | 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.