Alert archive / North Carolina / Flash Flood Warnings in 2007
Flash Flood Warning 10, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this flash flood warning at Jul 27, 2007, 8:16 PM EDT for Mecklenburg 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 counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 27, 2007, 8:16 PM EDT (00:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 27, 2007, 11:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Mecklenburg County, NC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:16 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 27, 8:29 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 2 Sw Charlotte, NC | SOUTH BLVD 5200 BLOCK CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 125 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
- 562 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -21 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1591 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 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 280017 FFWGSP NCC119-280315- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 816 PM EDT FRI JUL 27 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... EASTERN MECKLENBURG COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA... THIS INCLUDES THE AREA AROUND UNC CHARLOTTE... * UNTIL 1115 PM EDT * AT 812 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE WARNED AREA. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO EASTLAND MALL MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN. 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 3505 8075 3518 8056 3534 8069 3533 8079 $$ 07
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS72 KGSP 280118 FFSGSP FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 917 PM EDT FRI JUL 27 2007 NCC119-280315- MECKLENBURG NC- 917 PM EDT FRI JUL 27 2007 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 PM EDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN MECKLENBURG COUNTY... AT 915 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA. OVER TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN ONE HOUR. POORLY DRAINED AREAS WILL BE THE FIRST TO SEE WATER RISE. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO THE UNC CHARLOTTE AREA. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN. TO REPORT HIGH WATER...FLOODING...MUDSLIDES...LANDSLIDES OR OTHER SEVERE WEATHER THROUGH OUR AUTOMATED REPORTING SYSTEM...CALL OUR TOLL FREE NUMBER...1 8 7 7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2. LAT...LON 3505 8075 3518 8056 3534 8069 3533 8079 $$ 07
000 WGUS72 KGSP 280228 FFSGSP FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1026 PM EDT FRI JUL 27 2007 NCC119-280315- MECKLENBURG NC- 1026 PM EDT FRI JUL 27 2007 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 PM EDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN MECKLENBURG COUNTY... AT 1023 PM EDT...COUNTY OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT FLOODING WAS OBSERVED IN SEVERAL AREAS OF MECKLENBURG COUNTY. ALTHOUGH RAINFALL HAS DIMINISHED...RUNOFF FROM EARLIER RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE WATERS TO RISE...ESPECIALLY IN POORLY DRAINED AREAS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN. 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 3505 8075 3518 8056 3534 8069 3533 8079 $$ 07
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 27, 7:05 PM EDT, 1 hour 11 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 27, 7:05 PM EDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 705 PM EDT FRI JUL 27 2007 .SYNOPSIS... AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL CONTINUE TO INFLUENCE THE EASTERN THIRD OF THE COUNTY THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. MEANWHILE AT THE SURFACE...A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE FORECAST AREA THIS WEEKEND. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH SATURDAY/... THE 18Z LAPS ANALYSIS INDICATES THAT CAPES HAVE MANAGED TO POOL AROUND 2000 J/KG ACROSS MOST OF THE CWA. CAPE VALUES MAY REDUCE A BIT LATER THIS AFTERNOON WITH FURTHER MIXING OF SFC DEWPOINTS. DCAPE VALUES ARE ALSO HIGH ACROSS THE PIEDMONT...WITH VALUES AS HIGH AS 1000 J/KG. GIVEN THE MODERATE INSTABILITY...DOWNDRAFT POTENTIAL...AND COOL MID LEVEL TEMPS...IT APPEARS THAT SEVERAL SVR EVENTS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. COVERAGE OF SHRA/TSRA SHOULD INCREASE TO LIKELY ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS WITH A GOOD CHANCE POSSIBLE EAST OF THE MTNS UNTIL 6Z. AFTER 6Z...CHCS SHOULD LINGER ACROSS THE MTNS AND FOOTHILLS...BUT COVERAGE EAST SHOULD REMAIN ISO AT BEST. BOTH THE NAM AND GFS INDICATE A BROAD LOW WITHIN THE LLVLS...850-700MB. AROUND H5...A S/W SHOULD MOVE INTO THE CWA BY THE AFTERNOON. THE TIMING OF THE S/W AND INSTABILITY SHOULD RESULT IN ANOTHER DAY OF DECENT COVERAGE. THE POP FORECAST WILL REMAIN VERY SIMILAR TODAY...LIKELY WEST AND CHC EAST. THE SVR POTENTIAL WILL ALSO REMAIN THE SAME. && .SHORT TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH 6 PM SATURDAY/... THE MID LEVEL CIRCULATION...AS SEEN AT 700MB...PARKS ITSELF OVER SW VA/NRN TN EARLY SUNDAY AND DRFITS SLOWLY WEST THROUGH THE DAY. THIS SUPPORTS AN AXIS OF SURFACE CONVERGENCE ACROSS THE MTNS. THE COMBINATION OF GOOD LLVL CONVERGENCE...THE NEXT SPOKE OF SHORT WAVE ENERGY ROUNDING THE BASE OF THE WEAK E COAST TROUGH AND HIGH LAYER RH/S SHOULD RESULT IN NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS. I/VE UPPED POPS ACCORDINGLY. WITH A LIGHT UPSLOPE FLOW ALONG THE LEE SLOPES...SOME CELLS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO ANCHOR IN ONE SPOT WHICH MAY RESULT IN AN ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING THREAT. THE UPPER LOW WILL GRADUALLY PUSH EAST OF THE REGION SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY. HOWEVER...THE PAST FEW MODEL RUNS HAVE BEEN MORE CLOSED OFF WITH THE LOW AND SLOWER TO MOVE IT EASTWARD. THE EXTENDED RANGE MODELS WERE GOING BACK AND FORTH ON THIS SOLUTION...AND AS THIS FLOP FLOPPING IS CONTINUING INTO THE SHORT RANCE...CONFIDENCE IN MONDAY/S FORECAST IS LOW. FOR NOW I/VE GOING WITH LOW CHANCE POPS ACROSS THE REGION...WITH POPS A LITTLE HIGHER IN THE EASTERN PART OF THE FA. A NNE FLOW SHOULD KEEP IT FAIRLY COOL...THOUGH POOLING DEWPOINTS WILL LIKELY KEEP IT FEELING HUMID. && .LONG TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/... AS HEIGHTS RISE ACROSS THE UPPER MID-WEST AND THE GREAT LAKES STATES EARLY NEXT WEEK...THE WEAK LONG WAVE TROUGH WILL BE PUSHED SOUTHEAST OF THE FA...BUT NOT FAR TO THE SE. HPC HAS THE ASSOCIATED SFC FRONT SOUTH OF THE FA TUE-THU. WHILE THEY DID HAVE CHANCE POPS IN THEIR GUIDANCE GRIDS...I/VE REMOVED THOSE AFTER COLLABORATION WITH NEIGHBORING OFFICES. && .AVIATION /23Z FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... CONVECTION IS PUSHING SOUTHEAST FRONT EH MOUNTAINS TOWARD KHKY...KGSP AND KGMU. TEMPORARY THUNDER WILL BE CARRIED WHERE RADAR TRENDS WARRANT. A SEPARATE CELL WILL PASS BY TO THE NORTH OF KAND...WHERE AGAIN TEMPORARY THUNDER WILL BE CARRIED. VISIBILITIES MAY BE RESTRICTED BY THUNDER...BUT CEILINGS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN VFR. LATE TONIGHT MODEL TIME HEIGHTS SUGGEST THAT ALTOCUMULUS WILL BE THE PREDOMINANT CLOUD DECK. NOT MUCH FOG OCCURRED LAST NIGHT DUE TO ANVIL CIRRUS CEILINGS...AND WITH A LOWER AND THICKER CEILING... THE BEST CHANCE OF FOG WILL BE AT KAVL WHERE RAIN HAS OCCURRED AND COOL AIR WILL POOL IN THE VALLEY. CUMULUS IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP WITH HEATING LATE SATURDAY MORNING...AND CLOUD COVER IS EXPECTED TO BE GREATER AS UPPER DIVERGENCE ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE UPPER LOW MOVES SOUTH OVER THE AREA. SURFACE WINDS WILL BACK TO THE SOUTHWEST AS A LEE TROUGH FORMS. MORE CONVECTION WILL FORM IN THE AFTERNOON... PRIMARILY IN THE MOUNTAINS...AND THUNDER WILL BE CARRIED IN THE VICINITY AT KAVL. AVIATION OUTLOOK...A MOIST AIRMASS AND AFTERNOON INSTABILITY WILL LEAD TO CONTINUED MORNING FOG SCATTERED LATE DAY CONVECTION INTO THE WEEKEND. A COLD FRONT CLEARS THE LATE IN THE WEEKEND...LEADING TO LESS CONVECTION AND FOG. && .GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...BSH NEAR TERM...NED SHORT TERM...MCAVOY LONG TERM...MCAVOY AVIATION...JAT
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 27, 5:15 AM EDT, 15 hours 1 minute before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 515 AM EDT FRI JUL 27 2007 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065- 068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-280915- 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- 515 AM EDT FRI JUL 27 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ONE OR TWO THUNDERSTORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE...PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IN AFFECTED LOCATIONS. IF MULTIPLE THUNDERSTORMS AFFECT THE SAME LOCATION OVER A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME...ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING PROBLEMS COULD DEVELOP...ESPECIALLY IN THE MOUNTAINS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP EACH AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE GREATEST COVERAGE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED ON SATURDAY. A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE EACH DAY...AS WELL AS THE THREAT OF ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING FROM LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. HG
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 27, 7:11 PM EDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
711 PM EDT FRI JUL 27 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0520 PM TSTM WND DMG 3 NNE ASHEVILLE 35.61N 82.53W
07/27/2007 BUNCOMBE NC COUNTY OFFICIAL
BUNCOMBE COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS CENTER REPORTED FOUR TREES
DOWN FROM STORM WINDS.
&&
OUTLAWSpecial weather statement, Jul 27, 7:16 PM EDT, 1 hour before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 716 PM EDT FRI JUL 27 2007 NCZ064-280015- TRANSYLVANIA- 716 PM EDT FRI JUL 27 2007 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EASTERN TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY THROUGH 815 PM EDT... AT 712 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BREVARD...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. ARK
Local storm report, Jul 27, 7:25 PM EDT, 51 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
725 PM EDT FRI JUL 27 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0712 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 S WACO 35.35N 81.43W
07/27/2007 CLEVELAND NC TRAINED SPOTTER
A TRAINED STORM SPOTTER REPORTED A SEVERE GUST BROUGHT
DOWN SEVERAL LARGE TREE LIMBS IN THEIR YARD WITH ONE LIMB
CRASHING INTO THE HOUSE NEARLY BREAKING A WINDOW.
&&
OUTLAWLocal storm report, Jul 27, 7:50 PM EDT, 26 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
750 PM EDT FRI JUL 27 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0605 PM HAIL 5 N ETOWAH 35.39N 82.60W
07/27/2007 E0.75 INCH HENDERSON NC PUBLIC
A PUBLIC REPORT OF THREE-QUARTER INCH DIAMETER HAIL
FALLING FOR ABOUT FIVE MINUTES ON WATAGNEE TRAIL.
&&
OUTLAWLocal storm report, Jul 27, 8:02 PM EDT, 14 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
802 PM EDT FRI JUL 27 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0714 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 E WACO 35.36N 81.41W
07/27/2007 CLEVELAND NC FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
WACO FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORTED TWO MOBILE HOMES BLOWN OFF
THEIR FOUNDATIONS. NO ONE AT THE RESIDENCE AND NO
INJURIES.
&&
OUTLAWSpecial weather statement, Jul 27, 8:05 PM EDT, 11 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 805 PM EDT FRI JUL 27 2007 NCZ069-280030- LINCOLN- 805 PM EDT FRI JUL 27 2007 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY THROUGH 830 PM EDT... AT 804 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR IRON STATION...OR 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LINCOLNTON...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LOWESVILLE...LINCOLNTON...IRON STATION...DENVER AND BOGER CITY. SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. ARK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 27, 8:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Gaston | 38 min |
| Jul 27, 8:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Lincoln | 58 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in North Carolina, 2007Every flash flood warning in 2007
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.