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Flash Flood Warning 24, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this flash flood warning at Aug 26, 2008, 9:01 PM EDT for Mitchell County, Yancey 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
- Aug 26, 2008, 9:01 PM EDT (01:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 27, 2008, 12:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Mitchell County, NC, Yancey County, NC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:04 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 26, 10:02 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Micaville, NC | SOUTH TOE RIVER FLOWING OVER ROADS IN THE MICAVILLE AREA. ONE STREET WAS CLOSED IN MICAVILLE. |
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 61 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
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 208 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
- 148 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 474 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 193 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 247 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS52 KGSP 270101
FFWGSP
NCC121-199-270400-
/O.NEW.KGSP.FF.W.0024.080827T0101Z-080827T0400Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
901 PM EDT TUE AUG 26 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
MITCHELL COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
YANCEY COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT
* AT 824 PM EDT...COUNTY OFFICIALS REPORTED FLOODING AND HIGH WATER
CONDITIONS ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...ESPECIALLY ALONG 197 SOUTH...
THROUGHOUT THE NEWDALE VICINITY AND ALONG THE SOUTH TOE RIVER
FROM CELO AND POINTS DOWNSTREAM.
* THE SOUTH TOE RIVER GAGE AT CELO WAS ABOVE 6.5 FEET AND RISING.
AT 8 FEET...SIDE ROADS ALONG THE RIVER INCLUDING ROCK CREEK...IVY
HILL RIDGE AND HALLS CHAPEL ROAD...ALONG WITH HIGHWAY 80 WILL
FLOOD.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LEDGER...
CELO AND BANDANA.
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.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE
UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS
SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
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 3587 8203 3584 8207 3584 8210 3579 8216
3577 8216 3574 8218 3572 8221 3570 8226
3580 8231 3588 8227 3602 8245 3608 8226
$$1 follow-up statement
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WGUS72 KGSP 270235
FFSGSP
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1035 PM EDT TUE AUG 26 2008
NCC121-199-270400-
/O.CON.KGSP.FF.W.0024.000000T0000Z-080827T0400Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
YANCEY NC-MITCHELL NC-
1035 PM EDT TUE AUG 26 2008
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT FOR
WESTERN MITCHELL AND EASTERN YANCEY COUNTIES...
YANCEY COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS REPORTED SEVERAL STREAMS WHICH FEED
INTO THE SOUTH TOE RIVER...ALONG HIGHWAY 80 SOUTH...OUT OF THEIR
BANKS. THE SOUTH TOE RIVER GAGE AT CELO WAS HOVERING AROUND 6.5
FEET...AND ROADS WHICH COULD BE EFFECTING INCLUDE ROCK CREEK...IVY
HILL RIDGE AND HALLS CHAPEL ROAD.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LEDGER...CELO
AND BANDANA.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE
UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS
SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
LAT...LON 3587 8203 3584 8207 3584 8210 3579 8216
3577 8216 3574 8218 3572 8221 3570 8226
3580 8231 3588 8227 3602 8245 3608 8226
$$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 Aug 26, 8:19 PM EDT, 42 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 26, 8:19 PM EDT, 42 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
819 PM EDT TUE AUG 26 2008
.SYNOPSIS...
THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION FAY WILL MOVE SLOWLY NORTHEAST
FROM EAST CENTRAL TENNESSEE THIS EVENING TO FAR EASTERN KENTUCKY
LATE WEDNESDAY. AS THE REMAINS OF FAY MOVE NORTH OF THE AREA...THE
RAIN WILL DECREASE. HOWEVER...AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE
NORTHWEST THIS WEEKEND...THE CHANCES OF RAIN WILL RETURN.
&&
.NEAR TERM /THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
NO SIGNIFICANT MID COURSE CORRECTIONS AS OF EARLY EVENING. LOW
LEVELS REMAIN PRIMED FOR ADDITIONAL CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT SO EXPECT
MULTIPLE WAVES/AREAS OF DEEP CONVECTION WELL INTO THE OVERNIGHT
HOURS. COMBINATION OF SHEAR/INSTABILITY STILL RATHER IMPRESSIVE...
PARTICULARLY OVER THE SOUTH...SO THERE WAS REALLY NO CHOICE BUT TO
REPLACE THE TORNADO WATCH WITH A NEW ONE UNTIL WE CAN BE SURE THE
BOUNDARY LAYER HAS COOLED ENOUGH. THE REST OF THE FORECAST ELEMENTS
ARE IN GOOD SHAPE.
&&
.SHORT TERM /WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT/...
AS OF 130 PM EDT TUESDAY...THE REMNANTS OF FAY WILL DRIFT NEWD ACRS
ERN TN/KY (JUST WEST OF THE MOUNTAINS) ON WEDNESDAY...AS THE SYSTEM
CONTINUES TO INTERACT WITH AN E-W ORIENTED BNDRY ACRS THE MID
ATLANTIC/CENTRAL APLCNS. SELY LO LVL UPSLOPE FLOW WL
CONTINUE...HOWEVER...THE PRES GRADIENT B/T THE REMNANT LO...AND AN
EAST COAST SFC RDG WL WKN...DECRSG THE AMT OF UPSLOPE FLO BY
WEDNESDAY AFTN. THERE LUKS TO BE ENUF UPSLOPE CONVERGENCE/OMEGA TO
WARRANT A CATEGORICAL POP ALONG THE BLUE RDG ESCARPMENT. THE GFS
DIFFERS FROM THE NAM...IN PUTTING MORE NEG TILT TO THE REMNANT
LO/TROF...WITH A DRY SLOT PUSHING IN E OF THE MTNS BY WEDNESDAY
AFTN. THE NAM KEEPS A STRONGER UPSLOPE COMPONENT AND OVRLL HIER QPF.
I WENT WITH A BLEND OF THE TWO SOLUTIONS...KEEPING LIKELY POP
EVERYWHERE THRU THE AFTN...GRADUALLY TAPERING OFF TO CHC FROM S TO N
WEDNESDAY NGT...AS FAYS REMNANTS CONT TO MV NWD. WITH THE EXPECTED
OVERCAST SKY COVER AND HIGH POPS...MAX TEMPS WEDNESDAY WILL REMAIN
SEVERAL CATEGORIES BLO NORMAL...WITH MIN TEMPS RUNNING NEAR NORMAL.
THURSDAY THRU FRIDAY NIGHT...CLDS CLR OUT...WITH LINGERING UPR SHEAR
AXIS REMAINING OVR THE AREA AND TYPICAL LATE SUMMER AFTN
DESTABILIZATION. I KEEP A SOLID CHC POP ACRS THE NC
MTNS/PIEDMONT...AS INSTBY STILL LUKS GOOD. TEMPS WILL REBOUND CLOSE
TO NORMAL.
&&
.LONG TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/...
AS OF 2 PM EDT TUESDAY...WENT WITH LATEST HPC GUIDANCE FOR THE
MEDIUM RANGE DUE TO ACTIVE SHORT TERM AND THE LWR THAN AVG
CONFIDENCE IN THE MODEL SOLUTIONS. A NRN STREAM TROF PUSHES INTO THE
GREAT LAKES RGN SATURDAY...WITH AN ASSOC SFC FRONT APPROACHING OUR
AREA FROM THE OHIO VALLEY. A WLY LOW LVL FLOW OUT AHEAD OF THE FRONT
WL LMT THE AVAILABLE MOISTURE FOR THE FROPA. I WL KEEP A SLGT CHC
POP FOR SATURDAY. FOR SUNDAY INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK...UPR RDG BLDS IN
OVR THE ERN CONUS...WITH COOLER SFC HI PRES PUSHING IN FROM THE NW.
THE FRONTAL BNDRY IS FCST TO STALL OVR THE CWFA SUNDAY...WITH A CHC
POP PUT IN FOR SUNDAY.
&&
.AVIATION /00Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...
NO TWO WAYS ABOUT IT...AVIATION CONDITIONS ARE GOING TO BE
PROBLEMATIC AT BEST FOR AT LEAST THE NEXT 12-18 HOURS. AT LEAST FOR
THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS...WAVES OF CONVECTION WILL CONTINUE TO
DEVELOP AND MOVE TO THE EAST...EACH OF WHICH WILL CONTAIN IFR
CEILINGS AND VISIBILITY IN HEAVY RAIN. PATCHES OF VFR WILL LURK IN
BETWEEN AREAS/BANDS OF SHOWERS. FOR THE MOST PART...THE MVFR/IFR
CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL SO THAT IS WHAT WAS PUT IN THE TAFS.
AMENDMENTS WILL FEATURE TEMPO CONDITIONS TO DEAL WITH EITHER THE
HOLES OR THE MORE INTENSE CONVECTION. THE SLOW MOVING REMNANT
CIRCULATION WILL MAINTAIN A GENERAL UPSLOPE CONDITION OVERNIGHT SO
DO NOT EXPECT CONDITIONS ON THE WHOLE TO IMPROVE. IT WILL NOT BE
UNTIL THE MIDDLE PART OF THE DAY WEDNESDAY WHEN WE BEGIN TO BREAK
OUT AND LOSE THE MORE PRODUCTIVE UPSLOPE. CEILINGS SHOULD SETTLE
INTO MVFR BY AFTERNOON AND THEN REMAIN THAT WAY UNTIL PERHAPS LATE
IN THE DAY...WHEN SOME SCATTERING OUT WILL BEGIN. THIS WILL NOT BE
INDICATED IN THE TAFS AT THIS TIME.
OUTLOOK...LOW CIGS AND VSBYS MAY RETURN WED NIGHT AS THERE WILL BE
ABUNDANT MOISTURE IN THE WAKE OF FAY. LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL
CONTINUE INTO THE WEEKEND...WITH A CHANCE OF MORNING CIG/VSBY
RESTRICTIONS AND DIURNAL CONVECTION EACH DAY.
&&
.GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 8 AM EDT WEDNESDAY FOR GAZ010-017-018.
NC...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 8 AM EDT WEDNESDAY FOR NCZ033-048>053-
058-059-062>065-501>510.
SC...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 8 AM EDT WEDNESDAY FOR SCZ001>007.
&&
SYNOPSIS...DEO
NEAR TERM...PM
SHORT TERM...ARK
LONG TERM...ARK
AVIATION...PMHazardous weather outlook, Aug 26, 10:41 AM EDT, 10 hours 20 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1041 AM EDT TUE AUG 26 2008 NCZ035>037-056-057-068>070-072-271445- ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON- CABARRUS- 1041 AM EDT TUE AUG 26 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA AND WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. AS THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL SYSTEM FAY PASS JUST WEST OF THE APPALACHIANS...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE WIDESPREAD OVER THE WESTERN PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. LOCALIZED FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM THE HEAVY RAINFALL... ESPECIALLY IN URBAN AREAS. ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE WITH ANY STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS...ESPECIALLY FOR LOCATIONS SOUTHEAST OF INTERSTATE 85 AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 77. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY...THEN WILL BEGIN TO DECREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY. A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AS DRIER AIR ALOFT SPREADS OVER THE MOST AIR LEFT BEHIND FROM THE REMNANTS OF FAY...CAUSING THE ATMOSPHERE TO BECOME VERY UNSTABLE IN THE AFTERNOON. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED. GAZ026-028-029-NCZ071-082-SCZ008>014-019-271445- FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-MECKLENBURG-UNION NC-CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON- ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- 1041 AM EDT TUE AUG 26 2008 ...TORNADO WATCH 866 IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. TORNADO WATCH. AS THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL SYSTEM FAY PASS JUST WEST OF THE APPALACHIANS...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE WIDESPREAD OVER THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA TODAY AND TONIGHT. LOCALIZED FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM THE HEAVY RAINFALL... ESPECIALLY IN URBAN AREAS. ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE WITH ANY STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS... ESPECIALLY FOR LOCATIONS SOUTHEAST OF INTERSTATE 85. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY...THEN WILL BEGIN TO DECREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY. A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AS DRIER AIR ALOFT SPREADS OVER THE MOST AIR LEFT BEHIND FROM THE REMNANTS OF FAY...CAUSING THE ATMOSPHERE TO BECOME VERY UNSTABLE IN THE AFTERNOON. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED. GAZ010-017-018-NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-501>510-SCZ001-002-004- 005-271445- RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD- BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA- HENDERSON-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-GREATER CALDWELL-BURKE MOUNTAINS- GREATER BURKE-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-EASTERN MCDOWELL- RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-GREATER RUTHERFORD-POLK MOUNTAINS-EASTERN POLK- OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS- 1041 AM EDT TUE AUG 26 2008 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FLASH FLOOD WATCH. THERE IS ALSO A THREAT FOR ISOLATED TORNADOES TODAY INTO TONIGHT. GUSTY WINDS WILL ALSO DEVELOP AS THE REMNANTS OF FAY MOVE CLOSER TO THE MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON. THE COMBINATION OF WET GROUND AND GUSTY WINDS WILL LIKELY DOWN A FEW TREES...ESPECIALLY AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FLASH FLOOD WATCH. WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY...THEN WILL BEGIN TO DECREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY. A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AS DRIER AIR ALOFT SPREADS OVER THE MOST AIR LEFT BEHIND FROM THE REMNANTS OF FAY...CAUSING THE ATMOSPHERE TO BECOME VERY UNSTABLE IN THE AFTERNOON. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED. SCZ003-006-007-271445- GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG- 1041 AM EDT TUE AUG 26 2008 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... ...TORNADO WATCH 866 IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. TORNADO WATCH. FLASH FLOOD WATCH. AS THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL SYSTEM FAY PASS JUST WEST OF THE APPALACHIANS...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE WIDESPREAD OVER THE SOUTH CAROLINA UPSTATE TODAY AND TONIGHT. LOCALIZED FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM THE HEAVY RAINFALL...ESPECIALLY IN URBAN AREAS. ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE WITH ANY STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS...ESPECIALLY FOR LOCATIONS SOUTHEAST OF INTERSTATE 85. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FLASH FLOOD WATCH. WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY...THEN WILL BEGIN TO DECREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY. A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AS DRIER AIR ALOFT SPREADS OVER THE MOST AIR LEFT BEHIND FROM THE REMNANTS OF FAY...CAUSING THE ATMOSPHERE TO BECOME VERY UNSTABLE IN THE AFTERNOON. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED. MCAVOY
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 26, 5:50 PM EDT, 3 hours 11 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 550 PM EDT TUE AUG 26 2008 NCZ068-508>510-SCZ003-007>009-012>014-262230- CHEROKEE-CHESTER-CLEVELAND-EASTERN POLK-GREATER RUTHERFORD-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-LAURENS-POLK MOUNTAINS-SPARTANBURG-UNION-YORK- 550 PM EDT TUE AUG 26 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT CHEROKEE...CLEVELAND...EASTERN LAURENS...NORTHEASTERN GREENVILLE...NORTHWESTERN CHESTER... SOUTHEASTERN POLK...SOUTHERN RUTHERFORD...SPARTANBURG...UNION AND WESTERN YORK COUNTIES THROUGH 630 PM EDT... AT 546 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM LANDRUM TO 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF JOANNA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL PRODCUE VERY HEAVY RAIN WHICH MAY PRODUCE LOCALIZED FLOODING...GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLY AN ISOLATED TORNADO. LG
Local storm report, Aug 26, 6:24 PM EDT, 2 hours 37 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
624 PM EDT TUE AUG 26 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0340 PM TORNADO 5 SSW PENDLETON 34.58N 82.82W
08/26/2008 ANDERSON SC NEWSPAPER
AT MT TABOR RD AND HWY 187 HOME DAMAGED, TREE ON MOBILE
HOME, PATH OF DEBRIS, FUNNEL SEEN AND TRAIN SOUND HEARD
BY ZION CHURCH MINISTER.
&&
TJBLocal storm report, Aug 26, 7:19 PM EDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
719 PM EDT TUE AUG 26 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0400 PM TSTM WND DMG PICKENS 34.88N 82.71W
08/26/2008 PICKENS SC UTILITY COMPANY
TREE LIMBS DOWN THROUGHOUT COUNTY WITH POWER OUTAGES.
&&
TJBSpecial weather statement, Aug 26, 7:46 PM EDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 746 PM EDT TUE AUG 26 2008 GAZ010-017-018-026-SCZ001-004-270030- FRANKLIN-GREATER OCONEE-HABERSHAM-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-RABUN-STEPHENS- 746 PM EDT TUE AUG 26 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT EASTERN RABUN...FRANKLIN... NORTHEASTERN HABERSHAM...OCONEE AND STEPHENS COUNTIES THROUGH 830 PM EDT... AT 742 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM DILLARD TO TOCCOA TO MAYSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 19 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LAKE HARTWELL...LAKE KEOWEE...WHITWORTH...TOCCOA...TIGER...TALLULAH FALLS...SKY VALLEY...PINE MOUNTAIN...MOUNTAIN CITY...MARTIN... LAVONIA...LAKEMONT...EASTANOLEE...DILLARD...CLAYTON... CARNESVILLE...BOYDVILLE...AVALON...WESTMINSTER...WALHALLA... SENECA...SALEM...OAKWAY...MOUNTAIN REST AND LONG CREEK. WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. INTENSE LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS LINE OF STORMS. 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. TRY TO UNPLUG UNNECESSARY ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES BEFORE THE THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES. ARK
Special weather statement, Aug 26, 8:09 PM EDT, 52 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 809 PM EDT TUE AUG 26 2008 SCZ013-014-270115- CHESTER-UNION- 809 PM EDT TUE AUG 26 2008 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CHESTER AND EASTERN UNION COUNTIES THROUGH 915 PM EDT... AT 808 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WHITMIRE...OR 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF NEWBERRY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 4 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO RICHBURG... MONARCH MILLS...LEEDS...CORNWELL...CHESTER AND CARLISLE. WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 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. TRY TO UNPLUG UNNECESSARY ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES BEFORE THE THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES. DICARLO
Special weather statement, Aug 26, 8:50 PM EDT, 11 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 850 PM EDT TUE AUG 26 2008 NCZ070-071-SCZ009-270145- GASTON-MECKLENBURG-YORK- 850 PM EDT TUE AUG 26 2008 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT GASTON...SOUTHERN MECKLENBURG AND YORK COUNTIES THROUGH 945 PM EDT... AT 847 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CLOVER...OR 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF YORK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO I-77 AT I-85...CAROWINDS...CENTER CITY CHARLOTTE...SOUTHPARK MALL... EASTLAND MALL...RANLO...PINEVILLE...PAW CREEK...MOUNT HOLLY...MINT HILL...MCADENVILLE...MATTHEWS...LOWELL...GASTONIA...DALLAS... CROWDERS...CRAMERTON...BESSEMER CITY...BELMONT...YORK...TEGA CAY... SHARON...ROCK HILL...MCCONNELLS...LAKE WYLIE...FORT MILL...CLOVER AND CATAWBA. 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. DICARLO
The office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 26, 9:58 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Avery, Mitchell | 6 hr |
| Aug 26, 11:10 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Burke, Caldwell | 5 hr |
| Aug 26, 11:57 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | McDowell, Mitchell, Yancey | 3 hr |
| Aug 27, 12:20 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Gaston, Lincoln, Mecklenburg | 4 hr |
| Aug 27, 12:48 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Catawba | 3 hr |
| Aug 27, 2:56 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Transylvania | 3 hr |
| Aug 27, 3:52 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | GSP | Burke, Caldwell | 3 hr |
| Aug 27, 4:13 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Mecklenburg | 3 hr |
| Aug 27, 4:37 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Rowan | 3 hr |
| Aug 27, 7:21 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Mecklenburg | 6 hr |
| Aug 27, 7:32 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | GSP | Rowan | 4 hr |
| Aug 27, 11:12 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | GSP | Alexander, Avery, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell, Catawba and 10 more | 13 hr |
| Aug 27, 3:12 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Cabarrus | 4 hr |
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Flash Flood Warnings in North Carolina, 2008Every 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.