Alert archive / North Carolina / Flash Flood Warnings in 2005
Flash Flood Warning 64, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this flash flood warning at Jul 29, 2005, 7:05 AM 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 29, 2005, 7:05 AM EDT (11:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 29, 2005, 10:00 AM 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), 144 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:06 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 00:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 120 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
- 2649 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 905 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 129 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 199 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.2
- Supercell composite
- 14.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS52 KGSP 291109
FFWGSP
NCC119-291400-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
705 AM EDT FRI JUL 29 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
MECKLENBURG COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA
* UNTIL 1000 AM EDT
* AT 705 AM EDT...FLASH FLOODING WAS REPORTED FROM A SERIES OF
THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHING FROM PINEVILLE TO THE EASTLAND MALL AREA.
THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
* THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO REPEATEDLY AFFECT THE SAME
LOCATIONS...AND ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE BUILDING TO THE
SOUTHWEST OVER EASTERN YORK COUNTY. A SPOTTER REPORTS THAT
MCALPINE CREEK IS ALREADY OUT OF ITS BANK AT NORTH CAROLINA ROUTE
51.
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. TURN AROUND AND FIND ANOTHER ROUTE.
LAT...LON 3512 8065 3512 8068 3507 8080 3523 8091
3534 8072 3534 8069 3528 8067 3525 8064
3525 8062 3521 8055
$$
HG1 follow-up statement
000
WGUS72 KGSP 291306
FFSGSP
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
904 AM EDT FRI JUL 29 2005
NCC119-291314-
MECKLENBURG NC-
904 AM EDT FRI JUL 29 2005
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR MECKLENBURG COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED ACROSS THE COUNTY AND COUNTY OFFICIALS REPORT
LITTLE IN THE WAY OF FLOODING PROBLEMS. MOTORISTS MAY STILL
EXPERIENCE STANDING WATER ON ROADS AND HIGHWAYS. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT
HEAVY RAIN WILL REDEVELOP ACROSS THE COUNTY LATER TODAY...BUT THE
THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING HAS ENDED FOR NOW.
LAT...LON 3512 8065 3512 8068 3507 8080 3523 8091
3534 8072 3534 8069 3528 8067 3525 8064
3525 8062 3521 8055
$$
LANEWhat 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 29, 3:01 AM EDT, 4 hours 4 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 29, 3:01 AM EDT, 4 hours 4 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 301 AM EDT FRI JUL 29 2005 .SHORT TERM (TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY)... CONVECTION LINGERS ACROSS THE EASTERN PIEDMONT PORTION OF THE CWFA EARLY THIS MORNING. THIS APPEARS TO BE FORCED BY LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE NEAR THE WAVE ALONG THE SURFACE FRONT...PERSISTENT UPPER DIVERGENCE NEAR THE RIGHT ENTRANCE REGION OF THE UPPER JET...AND A LIGHT WARM ADVECTION FLOW AT 850 MB. A BRIEF LULL IS EXPECTED LATER THIS MORNING...BUT UPPER DIVERGENCE REMAINS IN PLACE THROUGH THE DAY...THROUGH THE UPCOMING WEEKEND ACTUALLY...AND A RETURN TO AT LEAST LIKELY COVERAGE BY AFTERNOON IS ANTICIPATED. MODELS AGREE THAT PERISTENT UPPER TROUGHINESS WILL REMAIN ALONG...OR JUST WEST OF...THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS THROUGH THE VERY SHORT TERM. THE MODELS DIFFER...HOWEVER...WITH THE PLACEMENT OF THE DEEPEST MOISTURE AND FORCING IN THE NEAR TERM. THE GFS LIFT AND MOISTURE APPEAR FARTHER NORTHWEST THAN THE NAM THROUGH TONIGHT. THE CONSENSUS 850 MB CONVERGENCE AXIS WILL STRETCH ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS...AND THE HIGHEST RAIN CHANCES AND QPF ARE EXPECTED IN THIS LOCATION LATE TODAY GIVEN THE PROXIMITY OF THE UPPER SUPPORT. FAIRLY ABUNDANT CLOUDINESS AND COOLER TEMPERATURES TODAY SHOULD LIMIT INSTABILITY...AND SEVERE THREAT...COMPARED TO YESTERDAY. SLIGHTLY MORE UNSTABLE GFS SOUNDINGS ARE FAVORED...HOWEVER...AND WILL LIKELY ISSUE AN SPS TO MENTION BOTH ISOLATED SEVERE AND ISOLATED FLOODING THREAT WITH ANY STRONG CONVECTION LATER TODAY. LINGERING WAVES ALONG THE DECAYING FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL KEEP SOLID PRECIPITATION CHANCES IN THE FORECAST THROUGH THE WEEKEND...AND DEVELOPING NORTHEAST TO EAST FLOW WILL HOLD TEMPERATURES WELL UNDER NORMAL MAXES. && .LONG TERM (SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY)... A CONTINUED PERIOD OF EASTERLY FLOW REMAINS POSSIBLE THROUGH MUCH OF NEXT WEEK. THE STALLED SOUTHEAST FRONT WILL GRADUALLY DISSIPATE...AND A SLOW RESURGENCE OF THE SOUTHEAST RIDGE IS EXPECTED BY LATE WEEK. TEMPERATURES SHOULD SLOWLY REBOUND TOWARD NORMAL VALUES BY MID WEEK. NO CHANGES ARE EXPECTED IN THE CURRENT MEDIUM RANGE AT THIS TIME. && .AVIATION... CURRENT ROUND OF CONVECTION MOVING E THROUGH KCLT AREA...WITH LOW LEVELS CLEARING OUT IN ITS WAKE. RAIN MOISTENED AIR ALREADY YIELDING FOG IN SOME LOCATIONS...AND EXPECT MVFR VSBYS BY DAWN...WITH TEMPO TO IFR VSBY KGSP WHERE FOG OFF TO A FAST START. MORNING FINDS AREA ON S SIDE OF STATIONARY FRONT WITH SW WIND...HAZE...AND BKN LOW END OF VFR. EXPECT ANOTHER ROUND OF AFTERNOON/EVENING CONVECTION AS WAVES MOVE UP FRONT. AS ALL MODEL GUIDANCE HAS RATHER HIGH POPS EACH SITE...CARRYING TEMPO MVFR VSBY WITH THUNDER EVERYWHERE. WENT WITH CONSERVATIVE GFS ON FROPA MID EVENING...BRINGING NE WIND AND MVFR VSBY S ACROSS ALL SITES. && .GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. && SHORT TERM...HG LONG TERM...HG AVIATION...JAT
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 29, 5:08 AM EDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 508 AM EDT FRI JUL 29 2005 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082- SCZ001>014-019-300915- 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- 508 AM EDT FRI JUL 29 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA... MUCH OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A STALLED FRONT ACROSS THE REGION WILL PRODUCE NUMEROUS STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TODAY...ESPECIALLY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A FEW OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE. ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL ALSO HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN AFFECTED LOCATIONS. ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING COULD RESULT IF THE HEAVY RAIN FALLS IN AREAS ALREADY SATURATED FROM THE RAINFALL ON THURSDAY. FOR FURTHER DETAILS ON THE SEVERE WEATHER AND FLOODING THREAT...PLEASE THE SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...SPSGSP...ISSUED EARLIER THIS MORNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE REGION SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY. HEAVY RAINFALL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING WILL BE THE MAIN HAZARDS WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME MORE ISOLATED BY THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ASKED TO RELAY ANY REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER OR FLASH FLOODING TODAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. GERAPETRITIS
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 29, 4:07 AM EDT, 2 hours 58 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 407 AM EDT FRI JUL 29 2005 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082- SCZ001>014-019-291015- 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...CLARKESVILLE...TOCCOA... HARTWELL...ELBERTON...NEWLAND...STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE... SPRUCE PINE...CHEROKEE...WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...MARION... MORGANTON...HICKORY...SALISBURY...SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD... HENDERSONVILLE...COLUMBUS...RUTHERFORDTON...SHELBY...LINCOLNTON... GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE...CONCORD...MONROE...GREENVILLE... SPARTANBURG...GAFFNEY...ROCK HILL...ANDERSON...ABBEVILLE... LAURENS...UNION...CHESTER...GREENWOOD 407 AM EDT FRI JUL 29 2005 ...ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND ISOLATED FLOODING POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING... A FRONT STALLED ACROSS THE REGION TODAY WILL FOCUS THE DEVELOPMENT OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA. SINCE TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO BE ABOUT FIVE DEGREES COOLER THAN YESTERDAY...THE ATMOSPHERE SHOULD NOT BE AS UNSTABLE AS WAS OBSERVED ON THURSDAY. NEVERTHELESS...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP AND A FEW OF THOSE COULD BECOME SEVERE...WITH WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH AND HAIL AS LARGE AS PENNIES. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO LIKELY PRODUCE RAINFALL AT RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR. SOIL CONDITIONS ARE ALREADY MOIST IN MANY LOCATIONS FROM THE HEAVY RAINFALL ON THURSDAY...AND HEAVY RAIN THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING COULD LEAD TO ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING. ONCE THE DEVELOPMENT OF HEAVY RAINFALL BECOMES MORE IMMINENT...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR ALL OR PART OF THE AREA COULD BE REQUIRED LATER TODAY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO ALL HAZARDS...OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET...FOR THE LATEST UPDATES ON THE SEVERE WEATHER OR FLASH FLOOD POTENTIAL. GERAPETRITIS
Special weather statement, Jul 29, 4:07 AM EDT, 2 hours 58 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED EXPIRATION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 407 AM EDT FRI JUL 29 2005 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082- SCZ001>014-019-292100- 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...CLARKESVILLE...TOCCOA... HARTWELL...ELBERTON...NEWLAND...STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE... SPRUCE PINE...CHEROKEE...WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...MARION... MORGANTON...HICKORY...SALISBURY...SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD... HENDERSONVILLE...COLUMBUS...RUTHERFORDTON...SHELBY...LINCOLNTON... GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE...CONCORD...MONROE...GREENVILLE... SPARTANBURG...GAFFNEY...ROCK HILL...ANDERSON...ABBEVILLE... LAURENS...UNION...CHESTER...GREENWOOD 407 AM EDT FRI JUL 29 2005 ...ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND ISOLATED FLOODING POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING... A FRONT STALLED ACROSS THE REGION TODAY WILL FOCUS THE DEVELOPMENT OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA. SINCE TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO BE ABOUT FIVE DEGREES COOLER THAN YESTERDAY...THE ATMOSPHERE SHOULD NOT BE AS UNSTABLE AS WAS OBSERVED ON THURSDAY. NEVERTHELESS...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP AND A FEW OF THOSE COULD BECOME SEVERE...WITH WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH AND HAIL AS LARGE AS PENNIES. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO LIKELY PRODUCE RAINFALL AT RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR. SOIL CONDITIONS ARE ALREADY MOIST IN MANY LOCATIONS FROM THE HEAVY RAINFALL ON THURSDAY...AND HEAVY RAIN THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING COULD LEAD TO ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING. ONCE THE DEVELOPMENT OF HEAVY RAINFALL BECOMES MORE IMMINENT...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR ALL OR PART OF THE AREA COULD BE REQUIRED LATER TODAY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO ALL HAZARDS...OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET...FOR THE LATEST UPDATES ON THE SEVERE WEATHER OR FLASH FLOOD POTENTIAL. GERAPETRITIS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 4:54 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Union | 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.