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Flash Flood Warning 30, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

August 27, 2008Cabarrus County, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this flash flood warning at Aug 27, 2008, 4:13 AM EDT for Cabarrus County, 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 outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Aug 27, 2008, 4:13 AM EDT (08:13 UTC)
Expired
Aug 27, 2008, 7:15 AM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Cabarrus County, NC, Mecklenburg County, NC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:13 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 27, 4:52 AM EDTFLASH FLOOD1 Nw Kannapolis, NCREST HOME BEING EVACUATED ON PINE STREET.

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 39 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, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 127 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 00:00Z on 2008-08-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 148 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 00:00Z on 2008-08-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 193 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WGUS52 KGSP 270813
FFWGSP
NCC025-119-271115-
/O.NEW.KGSP.FF.W.0030.080827T0813Z-080827T1115Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
413 AM EDT WED AUG 27 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS EXTENDED 
THE

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CABARRUS COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
  MECKLENBURG COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...

* UNTIL 715 AM EDT

* AT 400 AM EDT...CHARLOTTE FIRE DISPATCH REPORTS CONSIDERABLE
  FLOODING...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST SIDE OF THE CITY
  WHERE CARS WERE UNDERWATER AND EVACUATIONS UNDERWAY. WIDESPREAD
  HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD NORTHEAST INTO CABARRUS
  COUNTY THROUGHOUT THE PRE-DAWN HOURS AND THEN DIMINISH BY
  SUNRISE. CONSIDERABLE HIGH WATER CONDITIONS WILL BE LINGERING
  FOR THE MORNING RUSH HOUR.

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.

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 3519 8050 3520 8054 3507 8071 3504 8079
      3507 8091 3510 8093 3508 8096 3510 8103
      3514 8103 3518 8100 3530 8100 3534 8097
      3535 8092 3537 8098 3540 8095 3551 8095
      3549 8030

$$
2 follow-up statements
000 
WGUS72 KGSP 270958
FFSGSP

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
558 AM EDT WED AUG 27 2008

NCC025-119-271115-
/O.CON.KGSP.FF.W.0030.000000T0000Z-080827T1115Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CABARRUS NC-MECKLENBURG NC-
558 AM EDT WED AUG 27 2008

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 AM EDT FOR
MECKLENBURG AND CABARRUS COUNTIES...

AT 555 AM EDT...LOCAL OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT WIDESPREAD FLOODING 
WAS STILL TAKING PLACE ACROSS MECKLENBURG AND CABARRUS COUNTIES. 
ANOTHER LINE OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL WILL MAKE ITS WAY ACROSS 
THE WARNED AREA...DROPPING UP TO AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF RAINFALL FROM 
MATTTHEWS NORTH TO KANNAPOLIS...AND LOCATIONS EASTWARD. 

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 AM EDT WEDNESDAY MORNING
FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA AND CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA.

LAT...LON 3519 8050 3520 8054 3507 8071 3504 8079
      3507 8091 3510 8093 3508 8096 3510 8103
      3514 8103 3518 8100 3530 8100 3534 8097
      3535 8092 3537 8098 3540 8095 3551 8095
      3549 8030

$$

BSH
000 
WGUS72 KGSP 271115
FFSGSP

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
715 AM EDT WED AUG 27 2008

NCC025-119-271123-
/O.EXP.KGSP.FF.W.0030.000000T0000Z-080827T1115Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CABARRUS NC-MECKLENBURG NC-
715 AM EDT WED AUG 27 2008

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 715 AM EDT FOR MECKLENBURG
AND CABARRUS COUNTIES...

HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE CHARLOTTE METRO AREA...THEREFORE THE 
FLASH WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 715 AM. HOWEVER... 
EXTENSIVE FLOODING IS ONGOING IN THIS AREA. AS NO NEW FLOODING IS 
ANTICIPATED...BUT FLOOD WATERS WILL BE VERY SLOW TO RECEDE...A FLOOD 
WARNING WILL BE ISSUED SHORTLY.

LAT...LON 3519 8050 3520 8054 3507 8071 3504 8079
      3507 8091 3510 8093 3508 8096 3510 8103
      3514 8103 3518 8100 3530 8100 3534 8097
      3535 8092 3537 8098 3540 8095 3551 8095
      3549 8030

$$
MCAVOY

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 27, 3:24 AM EDT, 49 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 27, 3:24 AM EDT, 49 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
324 AM EDT WED AUG 27 2008

.SYNOPSIS...
THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION FAY WILL MOVE SLOWLY NORTHEAST
TODAY...FROM EASTERN TENNESSEE TO EASTERN KENTUCKY...THEN WILL MOVE
INTO THE UPPER OHIO RIVER VALLEY ON THURSDAY. A COLD FRONT WILL
APPROACH THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS FROM THE NORTHWEST ON FRIDAY...
CROSSING OUR AREA OVER THE WEEKEND.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/...
CIRCULATION OF FAY CONTINUES TRACKING E INTO THE S APPALACHIANS.
EXPECT AREAS OF DEEP CONVECTION THRU THE EARLY MORNING HOURS...
MAINLY E...AND ESP SE CWA WHERE A COMBINATION OF SHEAR AND
INSTABILITY PROMPTED A NEW TORNADO WATCH THRU 14Z. CONVECTION
TAPERED OFF OVER THE FAR W CWA BUT AT LEAST CHANCE POPS CONTINUE
THRU THE EARLY MRNG HOURS THERE. REMNANT LOW CENTER TRACKS SLOWLY NE
ALONG NW ESCARPMENT TODAY SO WILL KEEP CAT TO LIKELY POPS THRU THE
DAY. MOISTURE AND FORCING WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER HOWEVER WITH
MUCH LESS RAINFALL FCST...SO FLOOD THREAT EXPECTED TO BE MUCH LESS.
WILL KEEP CURRENT FLOOD WATCH THAT EXPIRES AT 14Z BUT DO NOT PLAN TO
EXTEND OR EXPAND ATTM. WINDS WILL BE FROM THE S TODAY AND EVEN WITH
MCLOUDY SKIES...HI TEMPS SHOULD BE A CAT OR TWO WARMER THIS AFTN.
REMNANT CIRCULATION EXPECTED TO TRACK NE OF AREA OVERNIGHT WITH POPS
DECREASING FROM THE SW. LOOK FOR MRNG LOWS NEAR AVG.

&&

.SHORT TERM /THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT/...
AS OF 2 AM EDT WEDNESDAY...THE UPPER LOW ASSOCIATED WITH FAY WILL
MOVES VERY SLOWLY NORTHEAST IN THE UPPER OH VALLEY THURSDAY AND
THURSDAY NIGH AS A REX BLOCK WILL EXIST DOWNSTREAM IN THE CANADIAN
MARITIMES. THE WEAK TRAILING UPPER TROUGH SOUTH OF FAY WILL FINALLY
MOVE EAST OF OUR AREA ON FRIDAY...AS THE UPPER BLOCK BEGINS TO
WEAKEN. WEAK UPPER RIDGING WILL MOVE INTO THE TN VALLEY FRIDAY NIGHT.

ACCORDING TO THE GFS...DRIER AIR BEHIND FAY WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD
INTO OUR AREA FROM THE SOUTHWEST ON THURSDAY AND THURSDAY
NIGH...LOWERING CLOUD COVER AND THE CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION. THE NAM
BUILDS A STRONG SURFACE RIDGE DOWN THE EASTERN SEABOARD BEHIND THE
BLOCK...WITH MOISTURE ON THE SOUTHERN PERIPHERY OF THE RIDGE
REMAINING OVER OUR AREA. SINCE THE NAM SOLUTION IS A BREAK WITH
CONTINUITY...THE GFS SOLUTION WILL BE USED REGARDING POST FAY
MOISTURE...WITH DECREASING POPS AND REBOUNDING TEMPERATURES.

ON FRIDAY A COLD FRONT MOVES SOUTHEAST TOWARD THE SOUTHERN
APPALACHIANS...WHILE OUR AREA REMAINS IN THE WARM SECTOR. THE FRONT
REACHES THE MOUNTAINS FRIDAY NIGHT...BUT WITH LIMITED MOISTURE.
SCATTERED CONVECTION WILL BE CARRIED IN THE FORECAST AHEAD OF THE
FRONT...WITH TEMPERATURES NEAR SUMMERTIME NORMALS.

&&

.LONG TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/...
AS OF 2 AM EDT WEDNESDAY...DESPITE SOME TIMING PROBLEMS...OVERALL
THE GFS AND ECMWF WERE SIMILAR ALOFT IN EASTERN CANADA UNTIL LATE IN
THE PERIOD...BREAKING SOWN THE BLOCK AN ALLOWING PROGRESSION OF A
LONGWAVE AND A CLOSED LOW OFF NOVA SCOTIA. EVEN MORE SIMILARITY WAS
NOTED OVER THE SOUTHEAST...WHERE WEAK TROUGHING IS REPLACED BY AN
UPPER RIDGE. THE BIG PROBLEM IS WITH GUSTAV...WHERE MODEL
DISCREPANCIES LOWER CONFIDENCE IN THE MEDIUM RANGE PERIOD. FOR THIS
REASON...WILL STAY WITH CONSISTENCY AND THE HPC SURFACE SOLUTION. A
COLD FRONT WILL CROSS OUR AREA FROM THE NORTHWEST ON SATURDAY...
SUPPORTING SCATTERED CONVECTION. DRYING WILL TAKE PLACE BEHIND THIS
FRONT...WITHE THE DRY SURFACE RIDGE LASTING INTO TUESDAY. THE FRONT
APPEARS TO BE FAR ENOUGH SOUTH THAT ANY CLOUD COVER ASSOCIATED WITH
IT OR GUSTAV SHOULD BE TO OUR SOUTH. TEMPERATURES WILL TREND FROM
NEAR NORMAL TO BELOW NORMAL WITH THE ARRIVAL OF THE COOLER AIR MASS.

&&

.AVIATION /08Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...
COMPLEX WX CONTINUES. THERE IS A CHANCE OF TSTMS...ESP E CWA...BUT
EXPECT DECREASING PRECIP FROM THE W OVERNIGHT...LINGERING IN THE E
VCNTY KCLT. VRBL CIG/VSBY WILL CONTINUE WITH MOST SITES FINALLY
DROPPING TO IFR THRU THE MRNG HOURS. E TO SE WINDS WILL DIMINISH
SLIGHTLY OVERNIGHT...SWINGING S-SW AS THE LOW PASSES TO THE N. BY
MID DAY MOST SITES SHOULD IMPROVE TO MVFR WITH OCNL VFR PSBL DURG
THE AFTN-EVE...MAINLY W CWA.

OUTLOOK...LOW CIGS AND VSBY 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 THIS MORNING FOR GAZ010-017-
     018.
NC...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING FOR NCZ033-
     048>053-058-059-062>065-501>510.
SC...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING FOR SCZ001>007.

&&

SYNOPSIS...JAT
NEAR TERM...RB
SHORT TERM...JAT
LONG TERM...JAT
AVIATION...RB
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 27, 2:01 AM EDT, 2 hours 12 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
201 AM EDT WED AUG 27 2008

GAZ010-017-018-NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-501>510-SCZ001>007-
280615-
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-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-
GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-
201 AM EDT WED AUG 27 2008

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT THIS 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.

GUSTY WINDS WILL DEVELOP AS THE REMNANTS OF FAY MOVE CLOSER TO THE
MOUNTAINS OVERNIGHT. THE COMBINATION OF WET GROUND AND GUSTY
WINDS WILL LIKELY DOWN A FEW TREES...ESPECIALLY AT HIGHER
ELEVATIONS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

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 MAY BE NEEDED.

GAZ026-028-029-NCZ035>037-056-057-SCZ010-011-280615-
FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-ANDERSON-
ABBEVILLE-
201 AM EDT WED AUG 27 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT
NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH 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 REGION THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. LOCALIZED FLOODING WILL BE
POSSIBLE FROM THE HEAVY RAINFALL... ESPECIALLY IN URBAN AREAS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

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 MAY BE NEEDED.

NCZ068>072-082-SCZ008-009-012>014-019-280615-
CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC-CHEROKEE-YORK-
LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD-
201 AM EDT WED AUG 27 2008

...TORNADO WATCH 869 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EDT THIS MORNING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR 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 WESTERN PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA 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...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

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 MAY BE NEEDED.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 27, 1:29 AM EDT, 2 hours 44 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
129 AM EDT WED AUG 27 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0120 AM     FLASH FLOOD      7 SW TABLE ROCK         35.77N 81.89W
08/27/2008                   BURKE              NC   COUNTY OFFICIAL

            SHOALS CREEK REPORTED RUNNING OVER PARKS DRIVE.

&&

JPT
Local storm report, Aug 27, 1:34 AM EDT, 2 hours 39 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
134 AM EDT WED AUG 27 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0100 AM     FLASH FLOOD      3 SW COLLETTSVILLE      35.89N 81.70W
08/27/2008                   CALDWELL           NC   COUNTY OFFICIAL

            WILSON CREEK REPORTED FLOWING OVER BROWN MOUNTAIN ROAD AT
            THE INTERSECTION WITH ADAKO ROAD.

&&

JPT
Local storm report, Aug 27, 2:16 AM EDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
216 AM EDT WED AUG 27 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0200 AM     FLASH FLOOD      CHERRYVILLE             35.38N 81.38W
08/27/2008                   GASTON             NC   COUNTY OFFICIAL

            PINE AVENUE AND MOONEY AVENUE REPORTED UNPASSIBLE. VERY
            HIGH WATER AROUND CHERRYWOOD APARTMENTS.

&&

JPT
Local storm report, Aug 27, 2:41 AM EDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
241 AM EDT WED AUG 27 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0220 AM     FLASH FLOOD      2 W MARION              35.68N 82.04W
08/27/2008                   MCDOWELL           NC   COUNTY OFFICIAL

            MUD SLIDE NEAR THE PLEASAMT GARDENS AREA.

&&

NED
Local storm report, Aug 27, 2:41 AM EDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED FOR SPELLING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
241 AM EDT WED AUG 27 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0220 AM     FLASH FLOOD      2 W MARION              35.68N 82.04W
08/27/2008                   MCDOWELL           NC   COUNTY OFFICIAL

            MUD SLIDE NEAR THE PLEASANT GARDENS AREA.

&&

NED
Special weather statement, Aug 27, 3:21 AM EDT, 52 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
321 AM EDT WED AUG 27 2008

NCZ035>037-057-270915-
ALEXANDER-DAVIE-IREDELL-ROWAN-
321 AM EDT WED AUG 27 2008

...HEAVY RAIN LINGERING ACROSS THE NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA
PIEDMONT...

LOCALLY HEAVY TO TORRENTIAL SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL
CONTINUE MOVE NORTH ACROSS THE AREA THROUGHOUT THE PRE-DAWN
HOURS. REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND PONDING OF WATER WILL LIKELY HAMPER
TRAVEL THROUGHOUT THE I-77...I-85 AND I-40 CORRIDORS.

HOURLY RAINFALL RATES OF ONE TO ONE AND ONE HALF INCHES WILL CAUSE
RISES ON AREA CREEKS. 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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 26, 9:01 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningGSPMitchell, Yancey3 hr
Aug 26, 9:58 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningGSPAvery, Mitchell6 hr
Aug 26, 11:10 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningGSPBurke, Caldwell5 hr
Aug 26, 11:57 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningGSPMcDowell, Mitchell, Yancey3 hr
Aug 27, 12:20 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningGSPCabarrus, Gaston, Lincoln, Mecklenburg4 hr
Aug 27, 12:48 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningGSPCatawba3 hr
Aug 27, 2:56 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPTransylvania3 hr
Aug 27, 3:52 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningGSPBurke, Caldwell3 hr
Aug 27, 4:37 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningGSPRowan3 hr
Aug 27, 7:21 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningGSPCabarrus, Mecklenburg6 hr
Aug 27, 7:32 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningGSPRowan4 hr
Aug 27, 11:12 AM EDTFlash Flood WatchGSPAlexander, Avery, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell, Catawba and 10 more13 hr
Aug 27, 3:12 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPCabarrus4 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.