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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

April 26, 2008Cabarrus County, North Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this flash flood warning at Apr 26, 2008, 8:29 PM EDT for Cabarrus County, North Carolina. It was in force for 2 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: Apr 26, 2008, 8:29 PM EDT (00:29 UTC)
Expired: Apr 26, 2008, 10:48 PM EDT
In force: 2 hr
Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County Cabarrus County, NC

The radar

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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 Apr 26, 7:45 PM EDT, 44 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 26, 7:45 PM EDT, 44 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 26, 4:20 AM EDT, 16 hours 9 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
420 AM EDT SAT APR 26 2008

GAZ010-017-NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-501-503-505-507-509-
SCZ001>003-270830-
RABUN-HABERSHAM-AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-
GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-
HENDERSON-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-BURKE MOUNTAINS-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-
RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-POLK MOUNTAINS-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-
PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-
420 AM EDT SAT APR 26 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...WESTERN
NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ALONG AND AHEAD OF A COLD
FRONT TODAY. THE COVERAGE OF THE THUNDERSTORMS IS FORECAST TO PEAK
ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. THESE
STORMS MAY PRODUCE FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...PERIODS OF
HEAVY DOWNPOURS...AND GUSTY WINDS. ONE OR TWO OF THESE STORMS
COULD PRODUCE PENNEY SIZED HAIL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE
MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY. A FEW OF THESE STORMS
COULD BECOME SEVERE...PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL.

TEMPERATURES WILL FALL INTO THE LOW TO MID 30S ACROSS THE
MOUNTAINS AROUND SUNRISE TUESDAY. THESE TEMPERATURES MAY RESULT IN A
LIGHT FREEZE OR FROST...ESPECIALLY ABOVE 3000 FEET IN ELEVATION.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE.

GAZ018-026-028-029-NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-082-502-504-506-508-
510-SCZ004>014-019-270830-
STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-
CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC-
GREATER CALDWELL-GREATER BURKE-EASTERN MCDOWELL-GREATER RUTHERFORD-
EASTERN POLK-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-
SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION SC-
CHESTER-GREENWOOD-
420 AM EDT SAT APR 26 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT
NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ALONG AND AHEAD OF A COLD
FRONT TODAY. THE COVERAGE OF THE THUNDERSTORMS IS FORECAST TO PEAK
ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. THESE
STORMS MAY PRODUCE FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...PERIODS OF
HEAVY DOWNPOURS...AND GUSTY WINDS. ONE OR TWO OF THESE STORMS
COULD PRODUCE PENNEY SIZED HAIL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE
FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY. A FEW OF THESE STORMS
COULD BECOME SEVERE...PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE.

NED

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 26, 5:44 PM EDT, 2 hours 45 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 26, 5:55 PM EDT, 2 hours 34 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 26, 5:58 PM EDT, 2 hours 31 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 26, 6:00 PM EDT, 2 hours 29 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 26, 6:20 PM EDT, 2 hours 9 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 26, 7:13 PM EDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 27, 4:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Gaston, Lincoln, Mecklenburg	53 min
Apr 27, 5:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Union	58 min
Apr 27, 2:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Greenville, Spartanburg	53 min
Apr 27, 3:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Spartanburg, Union	61 min
Apr 27, 3:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Cherokee, Chester, Union, York	47 min

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Flash Flood Warnings in North Carolina, 2008 Every flash flood warning in 2008

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.