Alert archive / North Carolina / Flash Flood Warnings in 2007
Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this flash flood warning at Jun 14, 2007, 3:22 PM EDT for Cabarrus 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 counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 14, 2007, 3:22 PM EDT (19:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 14, 2007, 6:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Cabarrus County, NC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 162 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:24 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 97 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
- 63 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -56 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 699 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 22 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 48 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 141925 FFWGSP NCC025-142215- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 322 PM EDT THU JUN 14 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... CABARRUS COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA * UNTIL 615 PM EDT * AT 315 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 MOUNT PLEASANT AND CONCORD 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. HEAVY RAIN WILL LIKELY AFFECT IRISH BUFFALO CREEK AND ROCKY RIVER. 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 3524 8057 3524 8048 3540 8042 3549 8075 $$ ARK/PAT
1 follow-up statement
000 WGUS72 KGSP 142101 FFSGSP FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 459 PM EDT THU JUN 14 2007 NCC025-142109- CABARRUS NC- 459 PM EDT THU JUN 14 2007 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR CABARRUS COUNTY... AT 455 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS OVER CABARRUS COUNTY HAVE WEAKENED AND MOVED OUT OF THE COUNTY. AREA STREAM AND RIVER GAGES ARE REPORTING ONLY MINOR RISES AT THIS TIME. TO REPORT HIGH WATER...FLOODING...MUDSLIDES...LANDSLIDES OR OTHER SEVERE WEATHER THROUGH OUR AUTOMATED REPORTING SYSTEM...CALL OUR TOLL FREE NUMBER...1 8 7 7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2. LAT...LON 3524 8057 3524 8048 3540 8042 3549 8075 $$ ARK
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 Jun 14, 2:47 PM EDT, 35 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 14, 2:47 PM EDT, 35 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 247 PM EDT THU JUN 14 2007 .SYNOPSIS... HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN TO THE NORTH OF THE AREA THROUGH FRIDAY. WEAK UPPER TROUGHS WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA TODAY AND FRIDAY BRINGING A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORM EACH DAY. BY SATURDAY HIGH PRESSURE WILL ONCE AGAIN SETTLE IN ACROSS THE AREA BRINGING HOT AND DRY WEATHER THROUGH MONDAY. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM FRIDAY MORNING/... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOPED OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN AND IN THE VICINITY OF THE CLOUD EDGE TO OUR EAST WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS. CAPES ARE HIGH ENOUGH TO PROMOTE STRONG TO ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS... BUT LACK OF SIGNIFICANT SHEAR WILL DETRACT FROM WIDESPREAD ORGANIZED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS WILL BE TOWARD THE SOUTH SOUTHWEST THIS EVENING BUT WILL BECOME MORE NORTH TO SOUTH EARLY TONIGHT AHEAD OF SHORT WAVE TROUGH APPROACHING FROM THE NORTH. TROUGH AND ASSOCIATED COLD POOL ARE LIKELY TO PROMOTE CONVECTION THAT WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT. && .SHORT TERM /6 AM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH 6 PM FRIDAY/... GFS INDICATES SHORT WAVE TROUGH AND ASSOCIATED VORTICITY MAXIMUM WILL BE MOVING SOUTHWARD THROUGH THE CWA FRIDAY MORNING. IN THE WAKE OF THAT SYSTEM... AIR MASS OVER EASTERN PORTION OF CWA WILL BE LESS UNSTABLE DURING FRIDAY... BUT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AND HIGHER CAPES WILL REMAIN OVER WESTERN ZONES. LIGHT SOUTHEAST WIND WILL PROMOTE AFTERNOON CONVECTION... ESPECIALLY OVER MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS. WEAK CONVERGENCE AREA HIGHLIGHTED IN SPC DAY2 DISCUSSION IN THE VICINITY OF THE SAVANNAH RIVER VALLEY WILL ALSO BE FAVORABLE AREA FOR STRONG TO ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP DURING AFTERNOON HEATING. && .LONG TERM /FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY/... WE ARE STILL DEALING WITH TWO LOWS AFFECTING THE SOUTHEAST DURING THE NEXT SEVEN DAYS. THE FIRST LOW IN THE ATLANTIC WILL DRIFT TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AND CUT OFF THE EASTERLY FLOW AS HIGH MOVES OVER THE AREA DURING THE WEEKEND. THEN SECOND LOW DROPS IN OVER THE TOP OF THE GREAT LAKES HIGH TO TRIGGER ADDITIONAL CONVECTION BY MIDWEEK. THE FRONT REALLY DOESNT PUSH ALL THE WAY THROUGH...AS IS USUAL THIS TIME OF YEAR...SO I EXPECT IT TO BE THE FOCUS OF CONVECTION BY NEXT WEDNESDAY. NOTHING SPECIAL IN THE TEMP. KEEPING POPS IN THE CHANCE CATEGORY ON DAYS OF AFTERNOON CONVECTION. STAYED CLOSE TO HPC GUIDANCE WHO PREFERRED NOT TO FOLLOW GFS IN FAVOR OF EUROPEAN MODELS. && .AVIATION /19Z THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/... CLOUD DECK MOVING INTO NORTHEASTERN PORTION OF CWA ON THE HEELS OF A LIGHT NORTHEAST WIND HAS LIFTED A LITTLE AND DEVELOPED A FEW BREAKS AS HEATING MIXES THE BOUNDARY LAYER. QUITE A BIT OF TCU AND SHORT LINES OF CBS HAVE FORMED AND WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING. CELLS WILL EXHIBIT MOTION TOWARD THE SOUTH OR SOUTHWEST. IFR CIG AND VSBY WILL OCCUR IN VICINITY OF THUNDERSTORMS. ELSEWHERE EXPECT MVFR CIG AND VSBY AT OR ABOVE 6 MILES. THE LIGHT UPSLOPE WIND FLOW AND THE DIFFERENTIAL HEATING IN THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE CWA WILL PROMOTE CONTINUED CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT THROUGH SUNSET. THEREAFTER... EXPECT CONVECTIVE STORMS TO CONTINUE INTO THE NIGHT AS AIR MASS ALOFT DESTABILIZES BECAUSE OF APPROACH OF SHORT WAVE AND COLD POOL ALOFT FROM THE NORTH. IFR CEILINGS AND VISIBILITIES WILL DEVELOP BETWEEN 06Z AND 12Z ESPECIALLY IN AREAS THAT EXPERIENCE RAIN. AVIATION OUTLOOK...DRIER AND SLIGHTLY MORE STABLE AIR MASS WILL DIMINISH THE CHANCE OF AFTERNOON AND EVENING CONVECTIVE STORMS DURING THE WEEKEND. BY MONDAY AND TUESDAY... THE CHANCE OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE. && .EQUIPMENT... INTERESTING DISCUSSION FROM A USER THIS MORNING ABOUT RAINFALL ESTIMATES OFF RADAR IN CHARLOTTE AREA. CURRENT BIAS FROM STORMS THIS AFTERNOON IS 0.52. I SUSPECT THAT A LOT OF THIS WAS HAIL CONTAMINATION...WHILE THERE WILL PROBABLY NOT BE AS BAD TODAY...IT LOOKS LIKE RADAR IS STILL OVERESTIMATING RAINFALL RATES. && .GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...PAT NEAR TERM...LGL SHORT TERM...LGL LONG TERM...VAD AVIATION...LGL EQUIPMENT...VAD
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 14, 4:49 AM EDT, 10 hours 33 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 449 AM EDT THU JUN 14 2007 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065- 068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-150900- 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- 449 AM EDT THU JUN 14 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ANOTHER IN A SERIES OF UPPER LOWS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS THIS EVENING. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AHEAD OF THE LOW. A FEW OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY BECOME SEVERE...PRODUCING HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS AND DAMAGING WINDS OF 60 MPH. MUCH LIKE PREVIOUS DAYS...IT WILL BE HARD TO PINPOINT WHERE THE GREATEST THREAT OF SEVERE STORMS WILL BE. HOWEVER...LIGHT UPSLOPE WINDS WILL TEND TO CONCENTRATE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE LEE SLOPES AND ADJACENT FOOTHILL LOCATIONS OF NORTH AND SOUTH CAROLINA. AS THE UPPER LOW WILL BE ARRIVING DURING THE EARLY EVENING...THE THREAT OF SEVERE STORMS WILL LAST INTO THE LATE EVENING HOURS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THUNDERSTORMS WILL AGAIN AFFECT THE REGION FRIDAY AFTERNOON...AND A FEW MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 14, 1:17 PM EDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 117 PM EDT THU JUN 14 2007 NCZ071-141815- MECKLENBURG- 117 PM EDT THU JUN 14 2007 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT MECKLENBURG COUNTY THROUGH 215 PM EDT... AT 109 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF UNC CHARLOTTE TO MINT HILL...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 7 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR... I-77 AT I-85 BY 125 PM EDT. SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. HEAVY RAINS MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND UNDERPASSES. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS. WATER LEVELS OF SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS MAY ALSO RISE...THEREFORE SEEK HIGHER GROUND IF THREATENED BY FLOOD WATERS. KRENTZ
Special weather statement, Jun 14, 1:23 PM EDT, 1 hour 59 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 123 PM EDT THU JUN 14 2007 NCZ082-141830- UNION- 123 PM EDT THU JUN 14 2007 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EASTERN UNION COUNTY THROUGH 230 PM EDT... AT 117 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF WINGATE...OR 7 MILES EAST OF MONROE...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR... WINGATE BY 130 PM EDT. SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. HEAVY RAINS MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND UNDERPASSES. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS. WATER LEVELS OF SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS MAY ALSO RISE...THEREFORE SEEK HIGHER GROUND IF THREATENED BY FLOOD WATERS. KRENTZ
Special weather statement, Jun 14, 1:41 PM EDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 141 PM EDT THU JUN 14 2007 NCZ065-507-141845- HENDERSON-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS- 141 PM EDT THU JUN 14 2007 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN HENDERSON AND WESTERN RUTHERFORD COUNTIES THROUGH 245 PM EDT... AT 134 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR BAT CAVE...OR 14 MILES NORTHEAST OF HENDERSONVILLE...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH. SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. HEAVY RAINS MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND UNDERPASSES. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS. WATER LEVELS OF SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS MAY ALSO RISE...THEREFORE SEEK HIGHER GROUND IF THREATENED BY FLOOD WATERS. KRENTZ
Special weather statement, Jun 14, 2:11 PM EDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 211 PM EDT THU JUN 14 2007 NCZ059-063-141915- NORTHERN JACKSON-SOUTHERN JACKSON- 211 PM EDT THU JUN 14 2007 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT JACKSON COUNTY THROUGH 315 PM EDT... AT 204 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR CULLOWHEE...OR 6 MILES SOUTH OF SYLVA... MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 15 MPH. SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. HEAVY RAINS MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND UNDERPASSES. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS. WATER LEVELS OF SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS MAY ALSO RISE...THEREFORE SEEK HIGHER GROUND IF THREATENED BY FLOOD WATERS. KRENTZ
Special weather statement, Jun 14, 2:37 PM EDT, 45 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 237 PM EDT THU JUN 14 2007 NCZ071-141915- MECKLENBURG- 237 PM EDT THU JUN 14 2007 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT MECKLENBURG COUNTY THROUGH 315 PM EDT... AT 237 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES EAST OF HUNTERSVILLE...OR 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF UNC CHARLOTTE...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 10 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR... I-77 AT I-85 BY 310 PM EDT. PAW CREEK BY 315 PM EDT. PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. HG
Special weather statement, Jun 14, 3:12 PM EDT, 10 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 312 PM EDT THU JUN 14 2007 NCZ070-142000- GASTON- 312 PM EDT THU JUN 14 2007 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN GASTON COUNTY THROUGH 400 PM EDT... AT 307 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES EAST OF CHERRYVILLE...OR 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LINCOLNTON...MOVING EAST AT 7 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR... 5 MILES NORTH OF DALLAS BY 350 PM EDT. STANLEY BY 400 PM EDT. SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. KRENTZ
The office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 1:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg | 37 min |
| Jun 14, 1:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Union | 31 min |
| Jun 14, 2:00 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg | 3 hr |
| Jun 14, 2:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Jackson | 35 min |
| Jun 14, 2:22 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Union | 3 hr |
| Jun 14, 2:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Macon | 55 min |
| Jun 14, 3:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Lincoln | 65 min |
| Jun 14, 5:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Rutherford | 41 min |
| Jun 14, 6:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Burke | 59 min |
| Jun 14, 7:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Caldwell | 65 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.