Alert archive / North Carolina / Flash Flood Warnings in 2006
Flash Flood Warning 16, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this flash flood warning at Jul 4, 2006, 7:38 PM EDT for Rowan County, North Carolina. It was in force for 4 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 4, 2006, 7:38 PM EDT (23:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 4, 2006, 11:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Rowan County, NC
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 163 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:39 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, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 76 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
- 409 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -135 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1631 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 56 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 66 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 042344 FFWGSP NCC159-050345- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 738 PM EDT TUE JUL 4 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... CENTRAL ROWAN COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA * UNTIL 1145 PM EDT * AT 730 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 SALISBURY...GRANITE QUARRY AND FAITH. MINOR FLOODING IS ANTICIPATED IN THE SMALL STREAM AND CREEKS LEADING INTO THE YADKIN RIVER BASIN. PERSONS ALONG TOWN CREEK SHOULD BE ALERT FOR WATER RISING OUT THE BANKS. 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 DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. EVEN MODERN SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES CANNOT BE SAFELY DRIVEN THROUGH FLOOD WATERS. TO REPORT HIGH WATER...FLOODING...MUDSLIDES...LANDSLIDES OR OTHER SEVERE WEATHER THROUGH OUR AUTOMATED REPORTING SYSTEM...CALL OUR TOLL FREE NUMBER...1 8 7 7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2. LAT...LON 3551 8056 3553 8037 3567 8033 3563 8048 $$ KRENTZ
3 follow-up statements
000 WGUS72 KGSP 050124 FFSGSP FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 917 PM EDT TUE JUL 4 2006 NCC159-050345- ROWAN NC- 917 PM EDT TUE JUL 4 2006 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 PM EDT FOR CENTRAL ROWAN COUNTY... AT 912 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A WEAKENING THUNDERSTORM MOVING NORTHEAST AWAY FROM THE WARNED AREA. HOWEVER...RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL SINCE 700 PM EDT RANGED FROM 5 TO 6 INCHES ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SOUTHERN SALISBURY...FAITH AND GRANITE QUARRY. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS. THE CREEKS MOST SUSCEPTIBLE TO FLOODING INCLUDE TOWN CREEK AND CHURCH CREEK. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE. TO REPORT HIGH WATER...FLOODING...MUDSLIDES...LANDSLIDES OR OTHER SEVERE WEATHER THROUGH OUR AUTOMATED REPORTING SYSTEM...CALL OUR TOLL FREE NUMBER...1 8 7 7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2. LAT...LON 3551 8056 3553 8037 3567 8033 3563 8048 $$ KRENTZ
000 WGUS72 KGSP 050243 FFSGSP FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1027 PM EDT TUE JUL 4 2006 NCC159-050345- ROWAN NC- 1027 PM EDT TUE JUL 4 2006 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 PM EDT FOR CENTRAL ROWAN COUNTY... AT 1018 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL HAVE WEAKENED AND MOVED NORTHEAST OF THE WARNED AREA. HOWEVER...NEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING SOUTHWEST OF THE AREA AND MOVING TOWARDS THE BASINS WHICH HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED AN ESTIMATED 5 TO 6 INCHES OF RAINFALL THIS EVENING. A NEWSPAPER COMPANY IN SALISBURY HAS REPORTED TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE THAT FLOODING HAS BLOCKED STOKES FERRY ROAD. IT IS NOT KNOWN AT THIS TIME WHETHER THIS FLOODING WAS CAUSED BY CREEK FLOODING....BUT IT IS SUSPECTED THAT CHURCH CREEK COULD HAVE FLOODED OUT OF ITS BANKS. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SOUTHERN SALISBURY...FAITH AND GRANITE QUARRY. 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. TO REPORT HIGH WATER...FLOODING...MUDSLIDES...LANDSLIDES OR OTHER SEVERE WEATHER THROUGH OUR AUTOMATED REPORTING SYSTEM...CALL OUR TOLL FREE NUMBER...1 8 7 7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2. LAT...LON 3551 8056 3553 8037 3567 8033 3563 8048 $$ KRENTZ
000 WGUS72 KGSP 050344 FFSGSP FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1136 PM EDT TUE JUL 4 2006 NCC159-050346- ROWAN NC- 1136 PM EDT TUE JUL 4 2006 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 1145 PM EDT FOR CENTRAL ROWAN COUNTY... THE LATEST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR LOOPS INDICATE THE STRONG STORMS PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL HAVE WEAKENED AND MOVED NORTHEAST OF THE WARNED REGION. THE THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING HAS BEEN MINIMIZED...HOWEVER ADDITIONAL YET WEAKER STORMS WILL MOVE INTO ROWAN COUNTY TONIGHT. THESE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO PRODUCE NEW FLOODING CONDITIONS...BUT ANY RAINFALL THEY PRODUCE WILL ADD TO THE EXISTING RUNOFF FROM THE PREVIOUS STORMS AND COULD HELP MAINTAIN ELEVATED CREEK AND STREAM LEVELS THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT. TO REPORT HIGH WATER...FLOODING...MUDSLIDES...LANDSLIDES OR OTHER SEVERE WEATHER THROUGH OUR AUTOMATED REPORTING SYSTEM...CALL OUR TOLL FREE NUMBER...1 8 7 7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2. LAT...LON 3551 8056 3553 8037 3567 8033 3563 8048 $$ KRENTZ
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 4, 3:09 PM EDT, 4 hours 29 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 4, 3:09 PM EDT, 4 hours 29 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 309 PM EDT TUE JUL 4 2006 .SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT/... THUNDERSTORMS ARE FIRING UP AGAIN IN THE NC MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON. THE LATEST RUC MATCHES UP BETTER WITH THE WRF THAN WITH THE GFS IN THAT IT STRENGTHENS LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE IN THE LEE OF THE APPALACHIANS RATHER THAN OVER WESTERN TN. THIS COUPLED WITH A WEAK WESTERLY FLOW SHOULD ALLOW STORMS TO DRIFT INTO THE FOOTHILLS LATER IN THE AFTERNOON. SB-CAPE VALUES ON LAPS SOUNDINGS IN THE FRENCH BROAD VALLEY AND THE NC FOOTHILLS ARE AROUND 2500...SO THERE IS QUITE A BIT OF INSTABILITY AROUND. THERE WILL BE BOTH A SEVERE AND FLASH FLOODING THREAT THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS WITH THESE STORMS. WON/T KNOW UNTIL RIGHT BEFORE ZONE ISSUANCE TIME...BUT WILL PROBABLY NEED TO CARRY AN AREA OF NUMEROUS TSTMS INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS INTO THE LEE. BY LATE TONIGHT...CONVECTION SHOULD SUBSIDE...LEAVING MAINLY CONVECTIVE DEBRIS. I DON/T THINK WE SEE ADDITIONAL CONVECTION MOVE INTO THE WEST LATE TONIGHT AS CORFIDI VECTORS ARE GENERALLY OUT OF THE WEST OVERNIGHT...WHICH WILL KEEP MOST OF THE NOCTURNAL MCS ACTIVITY NORTH OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS. FOLLOWED A LITTLE MORE IN LINE WITH THE NAM ON WED WHICH IS FASTER WITH THE SURFACE FRONT. I DON/T THINK IT WILL REALLY MATTER FROM A SENSIBLE WEATHER PERSPECTIVE AS LLVL THETA-E RIDGE IS PROGGED TO BE OVER THE MOUNTAINS ALONG WITH GOOD LLVL CONVERGENCE INTO THE HIGH TERRAIN DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. CONVECTION HAS GENERALLY BEEN DEVELOPING A COUPLE HUNDRED MILES SOUTH OF THE SFC FRONT...ALONG OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES...THE PAST COUPLE DAYS. THIS WILL PUT THE WESTERN CAROLINAS IN AN OPTIMAL AREA FOR CONVECTIVE INITIATION LATER WED. AS A RESULT HAVE LIKELY POPS IN THE MTNS IN THE AFTERNOON. EXPECT AMPLE INSTABILITY AND A GOOD SCATTERING OF SEVERE STORMS AGAIN WED. WITH DECENT ENOUGH STEERING FLOW WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...WOULD EXPECT NUMEROUS TSTMS TO MOVE OFF THE HIGH TERRAIN AND SPREAD INTO THE PIEDMONT DURING THE EVENING HOURS. BASED ON THIS...HAVE SPREAD LIKELY POPS TO I-85. SHORT RANGE MODELS ARE IN DECENT ENUF AGREEMENT WEDNESDAY NIGHT WITH RESPECT TO THE SOUTHEASTWARD MOVEMENT OF MOIST FRONTAL BAND AND UPPER SUPPORT...TO MAINTAIN AT LEAST SOLID CHANCE POPS FOR THUNDERSTORMS WELL INTO THE LATE NIGHT HOURS. ON THURSDAY...ANY LINGERING DEEP LAYERED FORCING WILL BE SHIFTING OFF TO THE EAST QUICKLY DURING THE MORNING HOURS WITH EVEN THE SLOWER GFS SOLUTION DIMINISHING FRONTAL BAND MOISTURE OVER THE PIEDMONT IN THE AFTERNOON. && .LONG TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/... LITTLE CHANGE TO THE GOING SENSIBLE WEATHER FORECAST FOR THE WEEKEND AS MODELS REMAIN IN GOOD AGREEMENT EARLY ON IN SETTLING A DRIER AND COOLER POST-FRONTAL AIRMASS ACROSS THE REGION ON FRIDAY. A CONTINUED PCPN FREE FCST WILL REMAIN AS WELL FOR BOTH SATURDAY AND SUNDAY... ALTHOUGH WILL BE LESS AGGRESSIVE IN WARMING MAX TEMPS AS MEDIUM RANGE MODELS ARE IN DECENT ENUF AGREEMENT IN SLOWING HEIGHT RISES ACRS THE SOUTHEAST U.S. WILL PLAN ON DRIFTING TEMPS AND POPS BACK TOWARD CLIMO MONDAY AND TUESDAY. && .AVIATION... CONVECTIVE COVERAGE WILL BE GREATER IN THE NC MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON...AND HAVE A TEMPO GROUP AT KAVL THROUGH 20 UTC...AND CB/S IN THE TAF WELL INTO THE NIGHTTIME HOURS. ALSO HAVE CB/S IN AT ALL OTHER TAF SITES EXCEPT FOR KCLT BEGINNING MID AFTERNOON. OTHER THAN CONVECTIVE OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES...WHICH COULD HAVE GUSTS AS HIGH AS 30 KTS...WINDS WILL GENERALLY BE LIGHT OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST INTO THE EVENING HOURS. FOG AND HAZE HAVE BEEN INCREASINGLY WIDESPREAD THE PAST FEW NIGHTS...AND HAVE A FEW HOURS OF MVFR AT ALL SITES LATER TONIGHT...WITH A FEW SITES HAVING A BRIEFER PERIOD OF IFR FOG. HOPEFULLY MID AND HIGH CLOUDS WL KEEP VSBYS FROM FALLING MUCH LOWER THAN THAT. TSTMS SHOULD HOLD OFF THROUGH 1800 UTC TOMORROW AT ALL TAF SITES. && .GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. && SHORT TERM...BPM/CSH LONG TERM...CSH AVIATION...BPM
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 4, 5:48 AM EDT, 13 hours 50 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 548 AM EDT TUE JUL 4 2006 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065- 068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-051000- RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-AVERY-ALEXANDER- IREDELL-DAVIE-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE- CATAWBA-ROWAN-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON- TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG- CABARRUS-UNION NC-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-GREATER CALDWELL- BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-EASTERN MCDOWELL- RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-GREATER RUTHERFORD-POLK MOUNTAINS- EASTERN POLK-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS- GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS- GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE- LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- 548 AM EDT TUE JUL 4 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS THE AREA. A FEW OF THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE BRIEF PERIODS OF DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS THE AREA...WITH THE MOST WIDESPREAD ACTIVITY EXPECTED ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS. THERE IS A GOOD CHANCE THAT SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE SEVERE WEATHER. AN ORGANIZED COMPLEX OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO AFFECT THE AREA WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE MAIN THREAT OVERNIGHT WILL BE HEAVY RAINFALL...ALTHOUGH ISOLATED SEVERE WEATHER WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY...BUT WILL TAPER OFF BY THURSDAY NIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED TODAY. LANE
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 4, 6:35 PM EDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
635 PM EDT TUE JUL 04 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0630 PM HAIL 1 N CONOVER 35.72N 81.22W
07/04/2006 E1.00 INCH CATAWBA NC AMATEUR RADIO
NICKLE TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY HAM RADIO
OPERATER.
&&
SKRENTZSpecial weather statement, Jul 4, 6:39 PM EDT, 59 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 639 PM EDT TUE JUL 4 2006 NCZ057-042345- ROWAN- 639 PM EDT TUE JUL 4 2006 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS DEVELOPING IN ROWAN COUNTY... AT 635 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR GRANITE QUARRY...OR NEAR SALISBURY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR... SALISBURY BY 645 PM EDT. SPENCER BY 700 PM EDT. SMALL HAIL...AND WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. A WARNING COULD BE ISSUED ON THIS STORM AT ANY TIME IF IT CONTINUES TO STRENGTHEN. 44
Special weather statement, Jul 4, 6:57 PM EDT, 41 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 657 PM EDT TUE JUL 4 2006 SCZ007-050000- SPARTANBURG- 657 PM EDT TUE JUL 4 2006 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS AFFECTING SPARTANBURG COUNTY... AT 651 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR ROEBUCK...OR 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SPARTANBURG...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR... 6 MILES SOUTH OF SPARTANBURG BY 700 PM EDT. PACOLET BY 725 PM EDT. WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. A WARNING MAY BE REQUIRED IF IT CONTINUES TO STRENGTHEN. 44
Local storm report, Jul 4, 7:01 PM EDT, 37 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
701 PM EDT TUE JUL 04 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0659 PM HAIL GRANITE QUARRY 35.61N 80.45W
07/04/2006 E0.88 INCH ROWAN NC TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
HGLocal storm report, Jul 4, 7:06 PM EDT, 32 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
706 PM EDT TUE JUL 04 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0659 PM TSTM WND GST GRANITE QUARRY 35.61N 80.45W
07/04/2006 E60 MPH ROWAN NC TRAINED SPOTTER
SPOTTER ESTIMATES 60 MPH WIND GUST WITH NUMEROUS BRANCHES
FALLING.
&&
HGSpecial weather statement, Jul 4, 7:31 PM EDT, 7 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 731 PM EDT TUE JUL 4 2006 SCZ007-008-050030- CHEROKEE-SPARTANBURG- 731 PM EDT TUE JUL 4 2006 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS AFFECTING CHEROKEE AND SPARTANBURG COUNTIES... AT 731 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR PACOLET...OR 9 MILES EAST OF SPARTANBURG... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR... GAFFNEY BY 745 PM EDT. BLACKSBURG BY 805 PM EDT. SMALL HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. INTENSE LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. IF OUTDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. MOVE INDOORS IF POSSIBLE. WHEN INDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID USING TELEPHONES UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY. HG
The office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 4, 2:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Buncombe | 72 min |
| Jul 4, 2:16 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Swain | 3 hr |
| Jul 4, 2:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Henderson | 74 min |
| Jul 4, 3:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Transylvania | 60 min |
| Jul 4, 4:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Henderson, Polk | 59 min |
| Jul 4, 4:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cleveland, Gaston | 79 min |
| Jul 4, 4:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Lincoln | 82 min |
| Jul 4, 5:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Transylvania | 74 min |
| Jul 4, 5:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cleveland | 41 min |
| Jul 4, 6:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Alexander, Catawba | 62 min |
| Jul 4, 6:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Iredell | 62 min |
| Jul 4, 6:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Rowan | 62 min |
| Jul 4, 7:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Gaston | 41 min |
| Jul 4, 7:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Rowan | 59 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in North Carolina, 2006Every flash flood warning in 2006
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.