Alert archive / North Carolina / Flash Flood Warnings in 2005
Flash Flood Warning 77, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this flash flood warning at Aug 22, 2005, 6:15 PM EDT for Haywood 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 22, 2005, 6:15 PM EDT (22:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 22, 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 Haywood County, NC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:19 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
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 269 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
- 999 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -86 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1280 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -6 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -2 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 222215
FFWGSP
NCC087-230115-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
615 PM EDT MON AUG 22 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
HAYWOOD COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA
* UNTIL 915 PM EDT
* AT 612 PM EDT...HAYWOOD COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGAMENT REPORTED
ALLENS CREEK OUT OF ITS BANKS AND POSSIBLY SURROUNDING HOMES
JUST SOUTH OF WAYNESVILLE. LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL ARE URGING
PEOPLE TO AVOID THE AREAS JUST SOUTH OF WAYNESVILLE AROUND
ALLENS CREEK...ESPECIALLY ALONG BROWNING ROAD. THE HEAVY RAIN WILL
GRADUALLY SHIFT SOUTH TOWARD CRUSO.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
WAYNESVILLE...MAGGIE VALLEY...LAKE JUNALUSKA AND CANTON.
LAT...LON 3530 8295 3531 8285 3537 8279 3556 8278
3559 8305 3553 8312 3548 8314
$$
BURRUS1 follow-up statement
000
WGUS72 KGSP 222348
FFSGSP
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
744 PM EDT MON AUG 22 2005
NCC087-230115-
HAYWOOD NC-
744 PM EDT MON AUG 22 2005
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 915 PM EDT FOR HAYWOOD
COUNTY...
AT 745 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS LINGERING ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHERN HAYWOOD
COUNTY...BUT HEAVY RAIN HAD SHIFTED AWAY FROM WAYNESVILLE AND
DILLSBORO...WHERE SOME ROADS WERE CLOSED EARLIER DUE TO A SWOLLEN
ALLENS CREEK. WATER LEVELS HAVE RECEDED IN THAT AREA AND ROADS ARE
NO LONGER CLOSED...BUT SOME LOW LYING FLOOD PROBLEMS COULD STILL
DEVELOP IN SOUTHERN HAYWOOD COUNTY FROM WOLF MOUNTAIN TO CASHIERS AS
WHAT IS LEFT OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SHIFTS SOUTH AND SLOWLY
WEAKENS WITH THE LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING.
A NUMBER OF STREAMS AND CREEKS REMAIN NEAR BANKFULL AROUND
WAYNESVILLE...AND IN AREAS JUST SOUTH OF WAYNESVILLE. BE ALERT FOR
ENCOUNTERING AREAS OF STANDING WATER...AND BE PREPARED TO FIND AN
ALTERNATE ROUTE TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION SAFELY. NEVER DRIVE
THROUGH AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
WAYNESVILLE...MAGGIE VALLEY...LAKE JUNALUSKA AND CANTON.
LAT...LON 3530 8295 3531 8285 3537 8279 3556 8278
3559 8305 3553 8312 3548 8314
$$
BURRUSWhat 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 22, 2:45 PM EDT, 3 hours 30 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 22, 2:45 PM EDT, 3 hours 30 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 245 PM EDT MON AUG 22 2005 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT)... ISOLATED PULSE SEVERE THREAT WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY EVENING WITHIN THE HIGHEST LAPS CAPE AREA...ALONG AND EAST OF THE SWRN BLUE RIDGE INTO THE UPSTATE/NE GA. ASCENT WILL BE AIDED BY S/WV NOTED IN THE LATEST WV LOOPS. STILL PLAN TO RUN A LOW CHANCE SOUTH TO SLIGHT CHANCE NORTH POP INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AS SHEARING S/WV SAGS SE INTO THE CWFA COMBINED WITH MOISTENING OF DEEP LAYER RH AND CONTINUED LIGHT SSELY LLVL FLOW. MOS POPS CONTINUE TO AVERAGE IN THE LOW LIKELIES FOR TUESDAY WITHIN LINGERING DEEP MOISTURE AND WEAK WAA REGIME. PLAN ON CONTINUING TO ORIENT POPS HIGHEST EASTERN ZONES CLOSER TO STRONGER RIGHT ENTRANCE REGION OF UPPER JET. HAVE NUDGED POPS IN THE WEST UP TO LIKELY AS WELL WHERE BETTER LLVL CONVERGENCE LOOKS TO DEVELOP. && .LONG TERM (TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MON)... IN THE TUE NIGHT THROUGH FRI TIMEFRAME...NAM/GFS IN DECENT AGREEMENT THAT WEAK BOUNDARY WILL CONTINUE TO HOVER JUST TO THE SOUTH OF THE REGION THROUGH TUE NIGHT AND THEN BEGIN SETTLING S AS FRONTAL WAVE STRENGTHENS AS IT MOVES OFF THE COAST. BOTH NAM/GFS INDICATE THAT MOISTURE WILL BE TOUGH TO DISLODGE WITH WEDGE TYPE SCENARIO DEVELOPING ON WED. SOME LINGERING SCATTERED SHOWERS NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION ON WED ESPECIALLY ACROSS HIGHER TERRAIN. GFS SLOWER TO DRY COLUMN...BEYOND WED. PREFER FASTER NAM SOLUTION OF PUSHING DRYER AIR OVER FA. THEREFORE...WILL GRADUALLY CLEAR SKIES WED NIGHT AND FORECAST GENERALLY THU INTO FRI. USED A BLEND OF GFS/ETA MOS FOR MAX/MIN TEMPS THROUGH THU...BUT DID TRIM BACK A COUPLE DEGREES ON WED. WITH CLOUD COVER...WILL GENERALLY TOP OUT IN MID TO UPPER 70S MOUNTAINS AND NEAR 80 TO LOWER 80S ELSEWHERE. IN THE LONG TERM FRI NIGHT THROUGH MON...USED HPC GUIDANCE WITH ONLY MINOR ADJUSTMENTS. LOOKS LIKE A RATHER QUIET PERIOD WITH SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE SLOWLY MOVING THROUGH THE NE AND THEN FINALLY OFF THE COAST ON SAT. EXPECT THAT WEAK RIDGING WILL REMAIN IN PLACE ALONG THE E SIDE OF APPALACIANS THROUGH THE WEEKEND. AN EASTERN WIND COMPONENT LIKELY TO DEVELOP LATE IN THE PERIOD SO WILL INCREASE POPS INTO SLIGHT CHANCE CATEGORY OVER MOUNTAINS AT THAT POINT. MODELS CONTINUE TO TRY AND DEVELOP A TROPICAL SYSTEM VICINITY THE BAHAMAS AND TRACK IT SLOWLY W. 12Z GFS CONTINUES TO TAKE THIS SYSTEM INTO THE GULF...SO IT SHOULD BE A NON-PLAYER IN WEATHER OVER OUR REGION. && .AVIATION... DIFFICULT TO EXPRESS DEEP CONVECTIVE THREAT AT ANY ONE SPECIFIC TERMINAL THRU EARLY EVENING...BUT BEST CHANCES REMAIN AT THE UPSTATE SITES...WITHIN THE BETTER RH AND INSTABILITY. STILL... AT THIS JUNCTURE...BEST TO PLAY JUST VCTS UNTIL THREAT TIME CAN BE REFINED. WITH WEAKENING S/WV ENERGY SAGGING INTO THE CWFA TONIGHT...WILL CONTINUE WITH VICINITY SHOWER THREAT INTO THE OVERNIGHT...FOR ALL AREAS EXPECT KCLT WHERE ANY LIFT FROM S/WV WILL BE FURTHEST AWAY. WILL PLAY PERSISTENCE FOR OVERNIGHT/EARLY MORNING FOG THREAT...LIMITING MVFR CHANCES AT JUST KAVL/KAND. DO NOT WANT TO JUMP ALL OVER 12 UTC MAV WITH PRE-DAWN LIFR VSBY AT KAVL. 12 UTC NAM WOULD NOT SUPPORT THIS AND EVEN THE GFS DOES NOT LOOK THAT FAVORABLE FOR LOW VSBYS WITH DEEP MOISTENING FROM SFC-70H AFTER 06Z. && .GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. && SHORT TERM...CSH LONG TERM...LG AVIATION...CSH
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 22, 5:59 AM EDT, 12 hours 16 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 559 AM EDT MON AUG 22 2005 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082- SCZ001>014-019-231000- 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- 559 AM EDT MON AUG 22 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE UPSTATE...NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS OF NORTH CAROLINA. FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH MOST OF THE THUNDERSTORMS...AND ISOLATED LOCATIONS MAY ALSO SEE DAMAGING WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE FOUND ACROSS THE REGION ON TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL ACCOMPANY SOME OF THE STORMS...AND ISOLATED LOCATIONS MAY SEE ENOUGH RAIN TO CAUSE FLASH FLOODING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON. MCAVOY
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 22, 2:07 PM EDT, 4 hours 8 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 207 PM EDT MON AUG 22 2005 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082- SCZ001>014-019-222015- 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 207 PM EDT MON AUG 22 2005 ...A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING THIS AFTERNOON AND ISOLATED SEVERE WEATHER POSSIBLE... AT 2 PM EDT...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED ACROSS SEVERAL AREAS OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA. ONE PRIMARY AREA OF SHOWERS WAS LOCATED ALONG THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE MOUNTAINS...ALL THE WAY FROM CLAYTON GEORGIA TO LENOIR NORTH CAROLINA. AN ISOLATED STORM WAS OVER EASTERN SPARTANBURG COUNTY...AND AN AREA OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MIDLANDS WAS EXPANDING IN COVERAGE. STORMS SHOULD CONTINUE TO DEVELOP DURING THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON...AND PERSIST INTO THE EVENING. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND GUSTY WINDS WILL BE COMMON WITH MANY STORMS. A FEW STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE...MEANING THAT DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL COULD OCCUR. ALSO...SOME LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING COULD DEVELOP...ESPECIALLY IF A STORM BECOMES PARKED OVER AN URBAN AREA FOR ANY LENGTH OF TIME. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO ALL HAZARDS OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA SOURCE FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLY WARNINGS. JONES
Local storm report, Aug 22, 3:51 PM EDT, 2 hours 24 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
351 PM EDT MON AUG 22 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0300 PM TSTM WND DMG 10 S GREENWOOD 34.05N 82.15W
08/22/2005 GREENWOOD SC COUNTY OFFICIAL
911 REPORTED TREES BLOWN DOWN SOUTH OF THE CITY.
0330 PM TSTM WND DMG GREENWOOD 34.19N 82.15W
08/22/2005 GREENWOOD SC COUNTY OFFICIAL
911 REPORTED TREES BLOWN DOWN IN THE CITY.
&&
JONESSpecial weather statement, Aug 22, 4:21 PM EDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 421 PM EDT MON AUG 22 2005 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-222230- ABBEVILLE-ALEXANDER-ANDERSON-AVERY-BUNCOMBE-BURKE NC-CABARRUS- CALDWELL-CATAWBA-CHEROKEE SC-CHESTER-CLEVELAND-DAVIE-ELBERT- FRANKLIN GA-GASTON-GRAHAM-GREATER GREENVILLE-GREATER OCONEE- GREATER PICKENS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREENWOOD-HABERSHAM-HART- HAYWOOD-HENDERSON-IREDELL-LAURENS SC-LINCOLN NC-MACON NC-MADISON NC- MCDOWELL-MECKLENBURG-MITCHELL NC-NORTHERN JACKSON NC- OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-POLK NC-RABUN-ROWAN-RUTHERFORD- SOUTHERN JACKSON NC-SPARTANBURG-STEPHENS-SWAIN-TRANSYLVANIA-UNION NC- UNION SC-YANCEY-YORK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ABBEVILLE...ANDERSON...ASHEVILLE... BREVARD...CHARLOTTE...CHEROKEE...CHESTER...CLARKESVILLE...CLAYTON... CONCORD...ELBERTON...FRANKLIN...GAFFNEY...GASTONIA...GREENVILLE... GREENWOOD...HARTWELL...HENDERSONVILLE...HICKORY...LAURENS... LINCOLNTON...MARION...MOCKSVILLE...MONROE...MORGANTON...NEWLAND... ROCK HILL...RUTHERFORDTON...SALISBURY...SHELBY...SPARTANBURG... SPRUCE PINE...STATESVILLE...SYLVA...TOCCOA...TRYON...UNION... WAYNESVILLE 421 PM EDT MON AUG 22 2005 ...A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING THIS AFTERNOON AND ISOLATED SEVERE WEATHER POSSIBLE... AT 4 PM EDT...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE AFFECTING AREAS OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA. THE HEAVIEST STORMS ARE DEVELOPING OVER SOUTH GREENWOOD COUNTY AND SOUTHEAST SPARTANBURG COUNTIES. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE FAIRLY STRONG WINDS NEAR 45 MPH...SMALL HAIL...HEAVY RAINFALL AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. STORMS ACTIVITY WILL CONTINUE THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON...AND PERSIST INTO THE EVENING. A FEW OF THESE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE ENOUGH TO PRODUCE LARGE DAMAGING HAIL AND WINDS HIGH ENOUGH TO KNOCK DOWN TREES. ALSO...SOME LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING COULD DEVELOP... ESPECIALLY IF A STORM BECOMES PARKED OVER AN URBAN AREA FOR ANY LENGTH OF TIME. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO ALL HAZARDS OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA SOURCE FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLY WARNINGS. KRENTZ
The office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 22, 6:03 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Jackson | 3 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in North Carolina, 2005Every flash flood warning in 2005
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.