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Flash Flood Warning 69, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this flash flood warning at Aug 14, 2005, 4:58 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
- Aug 14, 2005, 4:58 PM EDT (20:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 14, 2005, 8:00 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), 137 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:02 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, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 127 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
- 1595 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -29 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 951 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 4 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 5 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 142100 FFWGSP NCC119-150000- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 458 PM EDT SUN AUG 14 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... MECKLENBURG COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA * UNTIL 800 PM EDT * AT 450 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT NUMEROUS ROADS IN THE SOUTHEAST PART OF MECKLENBURG COUNTY WERE UNDER WATER. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT AROUND 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THIS AREA IN A LITTLE OVER AN HOUR. AN ADDITIONAL HALF INCH OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE BEFORE PRECIPITATION TAPERS OFF. THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAD FALLEN TO THE SOUTHWEST OF MATTHEWS ALONG INTERSTATE 495 AND HIGHWAY 16. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO UNC CHARLOTTE...SOUTHPARK MALL...PAW CREEK...MINT HILL...MATTHEWS... AND EASTLAND MALL. DURING HEAVY RAIN EVENTS...SEVERE URBAN FLOODING CAN OCCUR IN AREAS SUCH AS UNDERPASSES AND LOW AREAS WHERE WATER TENDS TO COLLECT. DO NOT LET YOUR CHILDREN PLAY NEAR SMALL STREAMS OR FLOODED DRAINAGE DITCHES AND STORM SEWERS. LAT...LON 3514 8061 3533 8070 3526 8102 3500 8084 $$ MCAVOY
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS72 KGSP 142219 FFSGSP FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 608 PM EDT SUN AUG 14 2005 NCC119-150000- MECKLENBURG NC- 608 PM EDT SUN AUG 14 2005 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 800 PM EDT FOR SOUTHERN MECKLENBURG COUNTY... AT 605 PM EDT...THE MECKLENBURG COUNTY 911 CENTER REPORTED THAT FLOODING IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY HAD NOT IMPROVED MUCH IN THE LAST HOUR. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWS THAT THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN HAVE MOVED TO THE SOUTHWEST AND AWAY FROM THE AREA. SOME LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN CONTINUES OVER THE SOUTHERN HALF OF MECKLENBURG COUNTY AND SHOULD GRADUALLY COME TO AN END DURING THE NEXT HOUR. THE HEAVIEST RAIN ACCORDING TO RADAR ESTIMATES OCCURRED JUST WEST OF MATTHEWS...IN THE FOUR MILE CREEK AREA NEAR HIGHWAY 16 AND ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 485. IN THIS AREA...RADAR INDICATED AROUND THREE INCHES OF RAIN FELL IN ABOUT AN HOUR. DURING HEAVY RAIN EVENTS...SEVERE URBAN FLOODING CAN OCCUR IN AREAS SUCH AS UNDERPASSES...AND LOW AREAS WHERE WATER TENDS TO COLLECT. DO NOT LET YOUR CHILDREN PLAY NEAR SMALL STREAMS OR FLOODED DRAINAGE DITCHES AND STORM SEWERS. LAT...LON 3514 8061 3533 8070 3526 8102 3500 8084 $$ OUTLAW
000 WGUS72 KGSP 142312 FFSGSP FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 710 PM EDT SUN AUG 14 2005 NCC119-142320- MECKLENBURG NC- 710 PM EDT SUN AUG 14 2005 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHERN MECKLENBURG COUNTY IS CANCELLED... HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED ACROSS THE COUNTY. HOWEVER...THERE MAY BE A FEW LOCATIONS WHERE WATER REMAINS ON ROADS. 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. LAT...LON 3514 8061 3533 8070 3526 8102 3500 8084 $$ LANE
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 Aug 14, 2:31 PM EDT, 2 hours 27 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 14, 2:31 PM EDT, 2 hours 27 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 231 PM EDT SUN AUG 14 2005 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY)... WEAK UPPER RIDGE REMAINS OVER AREA WITH LIGHT WIND FLOW THROUGH THE ATMOSPHERIC COLUMN. MODELS IN GOOD AGREEMENT WITH MINIMAL UPPER DYNAMICS THROUGH THE SHORT TERM AND BOTH GFS AND NAM MOS HAVE LOWERED POPS SIGNIFICANTLY THIS EVE AND MON. WEAK UPPER DEFORMATION ZONE PERSISTS HOWEVER JUST W OF MTNS AND IS VISIBLE ON SAT IMAGERY. MAIN SURFACE FEATURE IS A COLD FRONT ACROSS THE OH VALLEY THAT STAYS WELL N OF AREA BUT A WEAK TROF HAS SET UP ACROSS THE PIEDMONT. WITH SFC HEATING ADDED TO THESE OTHER WEAK FACTORS EXPECT SCT CONVECTION THIS AFTN-EVE AND AGAIN LATE MON. RH REMAINS HIGH WITH TEMPS SIMILAR TO LAST FEW DAYS. && .LONG TERM (MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY)... HEIGHTS ALOFT PROGD TO CONTINUE A SLOW FALL THROUGH WEDNESDAY...AS A FRONTAL BOUNDARY SAGS SOUTH TOWARD THE CAROLINA BORDER. GFS QUITE INSISTENT THAT THIS FEATURE WILL SAG SOUTH TO THE PALMETTO STATE...BUT CONSENSUS IS THAT GFS IS TOO AGGRESSIVE...BUT NCEP DOES SHOW THE FEATURE SAGGING INTO NORTHERN NORTH CAROLINA BY WEDNESDAY. WILL CONTINUE MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING CONVECTION MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NITE...THEN SLIGHTLY HIGHER POPS EAST AND NORTH WITH FRONT WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NITE...AND WE DID INDICATE CONTINUED HIGHER ELEVATION POPS WEDNESDAY NITE/THURSDAY MOUNTAINS. ANY COOLDOWN AS A RESULT OF THIS FRONT WILL ERODE BY THE END OF THE WEEK...WITH UPPER RIDGE AGAIN ATTEMPTING TO BUILD OVER THE REGION. WE LOWERED MAXES TO 80S NORTH THURSDAY AND FRIDAY...THEN BUMP TEMPERATURES BACK TO 90S OUTSIDE THE MOUNTAINS BY THE START OF NEXT WEEKEND. NO REAL TRIGGERS EXPECTED AFTER THE FRONTAL PASSAGE...BUT LOWER LEVELS PROGD TO REMAIN MOIST...SO POPS BY THE WEEKEND MORE OF A DIURNAL NATURE. && .AVIATION... CONVECTION SLOWER TO GET GOING TODAY AND MODELS HAVE BACKED OFF ON POPS THIS AFTN-EVE. STILL EXPECT AT LEAST SCT TSTMS SO WILL RETAIN VCTS AND CB CLOUDS AT ALL SITES. CIGS HAVE BEEN FORMING JUST BELOW VFR SO HAVE ALSO INCLUDED A TEMPO GROUP FOR BKN CIGS AROUND 3K FT. MVFR FG/HZ EXPECTED AGAIN LATE TONIGHT-EARLY MON WITH PSBL IFR AROUND DAYBREAK...MAINLY AT KAVL. && .GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. && SHORT TERM...RB LONG TERM...SAB AVIATION...RB
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 14, 6:27 AM EDT, 10 hours 31 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 627 AM EDT SUN AUG 14 2005 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082- SCZ001>014-019-151030- 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- 627 AM EDT SUN AUG 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 SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ONCE AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING WILL BE THE BIGGEST THREAT FROM STORMS TODAY. ISOLATED EXCESSIVE RAINFALL AND PERHAPS FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE AS WELL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY A DAILY CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED THROUGH SATURDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 14, 4:29 PM EDT, 29 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 429 PM EDT SUN AUG 14 2005 SCZ008-142130- CHEROKEE SC- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...GAFFNEY 429 PM EDT SUN AUG 14 2005 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM AFFECTING CHEROKEE COUNTY... AT 423 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER EASTERN CHEROKEE COUNTY. THE MOST INTENSE PART OF THE STORM WAS LOCATED ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GAFFNEY...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT AROUND 5 MPH. THROUGH 530 PM...THIS STORM WILL MAINLY AFFECT LOCATIONS SOUTH OF GAFFNEY. THE MAIN THREAT FROM THIS STORM WILL BE IN THE FORM OF FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR. HOWEVER...THE STORM MAY ALSO PRODUCE BRIEF PERIODS OF PEA SIZE HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS OF AROUND 40 MPH. MOVE INDOORS UNTIL THIS STORM HAS PASSED. LANE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 14, 3:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg | 57 min |
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.