Alert archive / North Carolina / Flash Flood Warnings in 2005
Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this flash flood warning at Jun 8, 2005, 6:49 PM EDT for Caldwell County, North Carolina. It was in force for 3 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 8, 2005, 6:49 PM EDT (22:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 8, 2005, 9:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Caldwell County, NC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:52 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 7:35 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Lenoir, NC | COMMS CENTER REPORTED THAT SEVERAL CREEKS IN/NEAR LENOIR HAD FLOODED...AND SEVERAL ROADS BLOCKED OFF. BY 845 PM...THE CREEKS HAD RECEDED BUT LENOIR PD STILL HAD 3 OR 4 STREETS BLOCKED OFF. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
Did it verify
Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched one storm report to this flash flood warning; the first came 46 minutes after it went out.
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
Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 233 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
- 3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -154 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1132 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 50 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 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 082251
FFWGSP
NCC027-090145-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
649 PM EDT WED JUN 8 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CALDWELL COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA
* UNTIL 945 PM EDT
* AT 641 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
PATTERSON...KINGS CREEK...GLOBE...LENOIR...HUDSON...GAMEWELL AND
COLLETTSVILLE.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY
ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER
LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING. SEVERE URBAN
FLOODING AROUND LENOIR COULD BE THE MAIN THREAT...ALONG WITH UPPER
LITTLE RIVER...ZACKS CREEK...AND GUNPOWDER CREEK.
LAT...LON 3601 8176 3606 8173 3609 8175 3610 8153
3606 8141 3598 8134 3581 8134 3581 8159
3587 8170 3592 8174 3593 8177
$$
JONES2 follow-up statements
000
WGUS72 KGSP 082349
FFSGSP
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
750 PM EDT WED JUN 8 2005
NCC027-090145-
CALDWELL NC-
750 PM EDT WED JUN 8 2005
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 945 PM EDT FOR CALDWELL
COUNTY...
AT 740 PM...THE COMMUNICATIONS CENTER REPORTED THAT CREEKS WERE
FLOODING AND THAT SOME ROADS WERE BEING BLOCKED OFF. MOST OF THE
FLOODING SO FAR HAS BEEN IN AND AROUND THE CITY OF LENOIR.
THE MAIN STORM WHICH DUMPED MOST OF THE HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH CAUSED
THE FLOODING...HAS NOW MOVED NORTH OF THE COUNTY...LEAVING AN AREA
OF STEADY MODERATE RAIN OVER THE WESTERN HALF OF THE COUNTY.
HOWEVER...RADAR SHOWED A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS TO THE SOUTH...MOVING
NORTH ABOUT 15 MPH. THE LEADING EDGE OF THIS AREA OF STORMS WAS
JUST MOVING INTO SOUTHEAST CALDWELL COUNTY. THEREFORE...THE THREAT
OF NEW FLASH FLOODING WILL CONTINUE.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. FLASH FLOODING OCCURS WHEN WATER RISES
QUICKLY FOLLOWING EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IN A SHORT TIME.
LAT...LON 3601 8176 3606 8173 3609 8175 3610 8153
3606 8141 3598 8134 3581 8134 3581 8159
3587 8170 3592 8174 3593 8177
$$
JONES000
WGUS72 KGSP 090152
FFSGSP
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
951 PM EDT WED JUN 8 2005
NCC027-090201-
CALDWELL NC-
951 PM EDT WED JUN 8 2005
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CALDWELL COUNTY EXPIRED AT 945 PM
EDT...
HEAVY RAIN HAS MOVED OUT OF THE COUNTY. HIGH WATER MAY LINGER
OVERNIGHT...SO MOTORISTS SHOULD BE CAUTIOUS. DO NOT DRIVE INTO
FLOODED AREAS...OR ACROSS FLOODED BRIDGES.
LAT...LON 3601 8176 3606 8173 3609 8175 3610 8153
3606 8141 3598 8134 3581 8134 3581 8159
3587 8170 3592 8174 3593 8177
$$
JONESWhat 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 Jun 8, 3:09 PM EDT, 3 hours 40 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 8, 3:09 PM EDT, 3 hours 40 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 309 PM EDT WED JUN 8 2005 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY)... WEAK SHORT WAVE OBSERVED IN THE WATER VAPOR WILL CONTINUE TO DRIFT EASTWARD DURING THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THIS SHORT WAVE...HIGH TERRAIN...AND OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES SHOULD PLAY AS THE MAIN FOCUS FOR CONVECTION INITIATION THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. CAPES ACROSS THE CWA RANGE FROM 1K OVER THE MTNS TO 2500 J/KG EAST WITH NORTHWARD STORM MOTIONS AROUND 5 KTS. WITH PW/S > 1.5 AND K-INDEX IN THE L30S COMBINED WITH THE SLOW PROPAGATION...EXPECT THAT EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL REMAIN THE MAIN THREAT. ISO MARGINAL HAIL EVENTS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE GIVEN THE AMOUNT OF MODERATE CAPE AVAILABLE. HOWEVER...ICE GROWTH REGIONS ARE HIGH AND WBZ IS > 13K FEET. WILL FORECAST HIGH CHC TO LOW LIKELY POPS FOR THE REST OF TODAY AND TONIGHT. FLOW FROM THE ATLANTIC HIGH WILL BRING SEA BREEZE MOISTURE ONCE AGAIN INLAND ACROSS MUCH OF MIDLANDS AND EASTERN PIEDMONT BY SUNRISE THU. ALSO...CONTINUED FLOW MAY SUPPORT CONVECTION A LITTLE LONGER TONIGHT AIDED BY UPSLOPE LIFT. WILL KEEP SCT POPS GOING UNTIL 10Z TONIGHT. LOW DWPT DEPRESSIONS ON THE NAM LATE TONIGHT WILL SIGNAL ANOTHER FOG/STRATUS SITUATION. EXPECT THAT THE LOWEST VIS/CEILINGS WILL REMAIN EAST...WILL WORD PATCHY FOG AND PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY SKY. THU THROUGH SATURDAY...PATTERN REMAINS...WHILE ATLANTIC MOISTURE CONTINUES TO THICKEN OVER THE CWA. BOTH THE NAM AND GFS BRING AN ENHANCED BAND OF MOISTURE OVER THE REGION ON FRIDAY. WILL CONTINUE MAINLY DIURNAL POPS...WITH MOST OF THE FA UNDER LIKELY POPS. ATMOSPHERE MAY DRY A BIT ON SATURDAY AS A TROPICAL LOW APPROACHES THE MS DELTA...THIS LOW COULD BECOME T.S. ARLENE. EXPECT THAT SAT HIGHS WILL WARM A DEGREE OR TWO FROM FRI AND KEPT POPS IN CHC RANGE. && .LONG TERM (SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY)... AXIS OF UPPER RIDGE STARTS OUT JUST TO OUR EAST ON SUNDAY...THEN RETROGRADES OVER THE AREA FOR MONDAY. RIDGING WEAKENS TUESDAY BEFORE SHORT WAVE MOVES THRU WEDNESDAY. AT THE SFC...BERMUDA HIGH IN PLACE SUNDAY REMAINS NEARLY STATIONARY UNTIL COLD FRONT MOVES THRU WITH SHORT WAVE ON WEDNESDAY. DEEP MOIST SLY FLOW AND DIFFERENTIAL HEATING WILL KEEP CHANCE OF DIURNAL CONVECTION...SLIGHTLY BETTER OVER THE MTNS...UNTIL THE FRONTAL SYSTEM APPROACHES. STILL HAVE CHC POP WED...BUT MORE OUTSIDE OF THE DIURNAL TIME FRAME WITH THE FRONT. OPERATIONAL MEX HIGHS HAVE COME BACK TOWARD ITS PREVIOUS NUMBERS...MORE IN LINE WITH GOING FCST. DID GO TOWARD THE HIGHER OF THE OPERATIONAL TEMPS OR ENSEMBLE MEAN FOR HIGHS AND LOWS...WHICH ARE PRETTY CLOSE TO THE GOING FCST. && .AVIATION... ANOTHER DAY OF CONVECTION ACROSS THE CWFA. HAVE VCTS ALL SITES...WITH SHORT TEMPOS FOR TSRA AT THE START OF THE TAFS WHERE THUNDER IS IMMINENT. WILL AMEND FOR NEW/ADDITIONAL CELLS AS NECESSARY. MDLS WERE OVERDONE REGARDING LOW CLOUDS LAST NIGHT...AND EXPECT THEY ARE AGAIN TONIGHT. THERE WILL BE DECENT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AND WEAK SLY FLOW...HOWEVER CONDENSATION PRESSURE DEFICITS REMAIN HIGH. WILL GO WITH PERSISTENCE KEEPING VCTS THROUGH MUCH OF THE EVENING...THEN BRINGING IN MVFR FOG. DID TEMPO SOME IFR FOG AT KHKY AND IFR FOG/MVFR CIGS AT KAVL TOWARD DAYBREAK...IN LINE WITH CONDITIONS THIS MORNING. DEBRIS CLOUDS EARLY SHOULD KEEP SITES FROM SOCKING IN...BUT CANNOT RULE OUT THE POSSIBILITY. TEMPOED IN SOME BRIEF MVFR CIGS AFTER SUNRISE AT LOCATIONS WHERE THEY OCCURRED THIS MORNING. && .GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. && SHORT TERM...NED LONG TERM...RWH AVIATION...RWH
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 8, 9:09 AM EDT, 9 hours 40 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 909 AM EDT WED JUN 8 2005 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082- SCZ001>014-019-091315- 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- 909 AM EDT WED JUN 8 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 THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL MOVE VERY SLOWLY TOWARD THE NORTH...AND MAY PRODUCE RAINFALL AT RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR IN THE HEAVIEST DOWNPOURS. FLOODING COULD DEVELOP IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. FREQUENT LIGHTNING WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY THUNDERSTORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING WILL CONTINUE TO BE THE MAIN THUNDERSTORM THREATS THROUGH THE PERIOD. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS COULD BE NEEDED LATE TODAY IF ISOLATED FLOODING DEVELOPS UNDER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS. NED
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 5:01 PM EDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 501 PM EDT WED JUN 8 2005 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082- SCZ001>014-019-082315- 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- 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 501 PM EDT WED JUN 8 2005 ...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND SOME STRONG THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY AGAIN TONIGHT... JUST BEFORE 5 PM EDT...WEATHER RADAR SHOWED WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS SHOWN FROM NORTH OF SPARTANBURG...TO HENDERSONVILLE AND FOREST CITY...AND AROUND LAURENS AND CLINTON IN SOUTH CAROLINA. A CLUSTER OF HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING SHOWERS AND STORMS WAS SHOWN FROM MONROE TO NORTHWEST OF CHARLOTTE. SOME STRONG STORMS SOUTH OF ELBERTON AND GREENWOOD WERE HEADED SLOWLY NORTH. AFTER HEAVY RAIN MOVED ACROSS GREENVILLE EARLIER...THE REEDY RIVER ROSE QUICKLY TO ABOVE 6 FEET. STORMS THE PAST FEW EVENINGS HAVE RESULTED IN SOME LOCAL FLOODING DEVELOPING QUICKLY HERE AND THERE...AND THAT COULD BE THE CASE AGAIN TONIGHT. ALSO...SOME STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL TO MODERATE SIZE HAIL COULD OCCUR. LISTEN TO NOAA ALL HAZARDS WEATHER RADIO...OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA SOURCE FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. JONES
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.