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Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

June 22, 2008Catawba County, Iredell County, North Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this flash flood warning at Jun 22, 2008, 7:01 PM EDT for Catawba County, Iredell 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 outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 22, 2008, 7:01 PM EDT (23:01 UTC)
Expired
Jun 22, 2008, 9:29 PM EDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Catawba County, NC, Iredell County, NC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 143 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:04 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.

Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this flash flood warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

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 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 110 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 12:00Z on 2008-06-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 866 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 12:00Z on 2008-06-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 50 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
866 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-67 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
808 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
50 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
63 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.8

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The text

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

000 
WGUS52 KGSP 222306
FFWGSP
NCC035-097-230200-
/O.NEW.KGSP.FF.W.0004.080622T2301Z-080623T0200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
701 PM EDT SUN JUN 22 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL CATAWBA COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...   
  WEST CENTRAL IREDELL COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...

* UNTIL 1000 PM EDT

* AT 655 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  AS MUCH AS 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN SINCE LATE AFTERNOON NEAR   
  THE CATAWBA AND IREDELL COUNTY LINE NEAR THE CATAWBA COMMUNITY.    
  ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE OVER THE WARNED AREA 
  EARLY THIS EVENING...POSSIBLY RESULTING IN ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES   
  OF RAIN. THIS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE FLASH     
  FLOODING ALONG SMALLER CREEKS AND STREAMS IN THIS AREA.   

* AFFECTED STREAMS INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO THE CATFISH...     
  BUFFALO SHOALS...LYLE...AND HAGAN FORK BASINS...AS WELL AS OTHER   
  SMALLER CREEKS AND STREAMS FEEDING INTO THE CATAWBA RIVER. 

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.

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 3580 8099 3568 8096 3564 8114 3577 8115
TIME...MOT...LOC 2301Z 180DEG 0KT 3573 8106

$$
LANE
2 follow-up statements
000 
WGUS72 KGSP 230041
FFSGSP

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
838 PM EDT SUN JUN 22 2008

NCC035-097-230200-
/O.CON.KGSP.FF.W.0004.000000T0000Z-080623T0200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CATAWBA NC-IREDELL NC-
838 PM EDT SUN JUN 22 2008

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT FOR WEST
CENTRAL IREDELL AND EAST CENTRAL CATAWBA COUNTIES...

AT 830 PM EDT...CALLS TO COUNTY AND LOCAL OFFICIALS ACROSS THE 
WARNED AREA INDICATED NO ROADS CLOSED OR STREAMS OUT OF THEIR BANKS. 
HIGH WATER CONDITIONS ALONG THE CATAWBA RIVER AND IT/S 
TRIBUTARIES...FROM LOOKOUT SHOALS LAKE DOWN TO LAKE NORMAN WILL 
LINGER THROUGH MID-EVENING.

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.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
SUNDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA.

LAT...LON 3580 8099 3568 8096 3564 8114 3577 8115
TIME...MOT...LOC 0038Z 180DEG 0KT 3573 8106

$$
000 
WGUS72 KGSP 230129
FFSGSP

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
927 PM EDT SUN JUN 22 2008

NCC035-097-230137-
/O.CAN.KGSP.FF.W.0004.000000T0000Z-080623T0200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CATAWBA NC-IREDELL NC-
927 PM EDT SUN JUN 22 2008

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR WEST CENTRAL
IREDELL AND EAST CENTRAL CATAWBA COUNTIES...

JUST SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OF MODERATE INTENSITY WILL BE SEEN 
ACROSS THE WARNED AREA THROUGH 10 PM. THE HIGH WATER CONDITIONS
FROM EARLIER TORRENTIAL RAINFALL WILL CONTINUING TO IMPROVE...
AND NO NEW FLOODING IS EXPECTED...THEREFORE THE FLASH
FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 3580 8099 3568 8096 3564 8114 3577 8115
TIME...MOT...LOC 0127Z 180DEG 0KT 3573 8106

$$

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 22, 3:01 PM EDT, 4 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 22, 3:01 PM EDT, 4 hours before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
301 PM EDT SUN JUN 22 2008

.SYNOPSIS...
A WEAK AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN OVER THE REGION THROUGH
MONDAY. A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE AT THE SURFACE WILL APPROACH FROM
THE NORTHWEST MONDAY AFTERNOON AND MOVE ACROSS THE AREA MONDAY
NIGHT. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BE OVER THE SOUTHERN MID ATLANTIC STATES
TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY DURING THE MIDDLE PART OF THE WEEK.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH MONDAY/...
WEAK SHORT WAVE TROUGH ALOFT CONTRIBUTING TO CURRENT CONVECTIVE
STORMS WILL CONTINUE MOVING EASTWARD THIS EVENING AND EXIT CWA
AROUND 00Z. LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING AND WEAK ANTICYCLONIC VORTICITY
ADVECTION BEHIND TROUGH WILL CONTRIBUTE TO SLOWLY DIMINISHING
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DURING NIGHTTIME PERIOD.  STRONGER SHORT
WAVE TROUGH MOVING THROUGH GREAT LAKES TROUGH WILL SWING TOWARD
SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS DURING MONDAY REACHING THE WESTERN PORTION OF
CWA BY THE END OF THE DAY. FAIRLY STEEP LAPSE RATES ACCOMPANY
APPROACH OF SHORT WAVE... BUT MOISTURE APPEARS SOMEWHAT LIMITED AT
THIS TIME.  NONETHELESS... EXPECT CONVECTIVE STORMS TO DEVELOP BUT
WILL KEEP MONDAY AFTERNOON POPS IN CHANCE CATEGORY FOR THE TIME
BEING.

&&

.SHORT TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY/...
AS OF 225 PM SUNDAY...CHANCES FOR CONVECTION WILL LINGER INTO MONDAY
EVENING...MAINLY ALONG/EAST OF THE I-77 CORRIDOR...ALTHOUGH SLIGHT
CHANCES WILL BE RETAINED ACROSS MUCH OF THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA
THROUGH MIDNIGHT. BY TUESDAY...THE REGION WILL BE UPSTREAM OF THE
LONG WAVE TROUGH AXIS...WITH GENERAL SUBSIDENCE AND DEEP LAYER
DRYING EXPECTED OVER MUCH OF THE SOUTHEAST. THIS SHOULD RESULT IN A
RARE SUMMER DAY ABSENT OF EVEN ISOLATED CONVECTION. THE DRY WEATHER
WILL LIKELY CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY...AS THE UPPER FLOW REMAINS
WEAKLY ANTICYCLONIC...AND MOISTURE GENERALLY REMAINS CONFINED TO
LOCATIONS NEAR THE COAST.

&&

.LONG TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/...
AS OF 240 PM SUNDAY...NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN THE OVERALL PATTERN
IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE END OF NEXT WEEK. GENERAL LOW AMPLITUDE
TROUGHINESS WILL PERSIST NEAR THE EAST COAST THROUGH THE PERIOD...
WITH W/NW UPPER FLOW EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF THE SOUTHEAST AND
MID-ATLANTIC. THIS WILL RESULT IN SOMEWHAT TYPICAL EARLY SUMMER
WEATHER...WITH MAX TEMPS AROUND 90 IN THE PIEDMONT AND ISOLATED TO
WIDELY SCATTERED DIURNAL CONVECTION...ESPECIALLY OVER THE MTNS.

&&

.AVIATION /19Z SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/...
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS WILL DRIFT TO THE
EAST AFFECTING PRIMARILY AVL AND HKY THROUGH 00Z.  ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE VICINITY OTHER TERMINALS... BUT BEST COVERAGE
SHOULD REMAIN ACROSS NORTHERN PORTION OF FORECAST AREA. SCATTERED TO
BROKEN CU AND TCU WITH BASES 4-5K FT WILL PREVAIL DURING THE
AFTERNOON BUT DIMINISH SLOWLY AFTER 00Z. MID CLOUD DEBRIS AROUND 10K
FT EXPECTED OVERNIGHT.  AFTER 06Z VISIBILITY WILL LOWER TO 4-6SM IN
FOG WITH ISOLATED IFR CONDS ESPECIALLY NEAR AVL. VISIBILITY WILL
IMPRROVE TO VFR AFTER 14Z MONDAY WITH SCATTERED CU 4-5K FT
DEVELOPING.

OUTLOOK...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP ACROSS THE
REGION ON MONDAY AFTERNOON. GRADUAL DRYING AND VFR CONDITIONS
EXPECTED TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN FROM
THE WEST. MOISTURE WILL SLOWLY RETURN THROUGH LATE WEEK PRODUCING
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.

&&

.GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...NONE.
NC...NONE.
SC...NONE.

&&

SYNOPSIS...LGL
NEAR TERM...LGL
SHORT TERM...JDL
LONG TERM...JDL
AVIATION...LGL
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 22, 3:26 PM EDT, 3 hours 35 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
326 PM EDT SUN JUN 22 2008

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ048-049-051>053-058-059-062>065-
068>072-082-505>510-SCZ001>014-019-231930-
RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-MADISON-YANCEY-SWAIN-
HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-
TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-
UNION NC-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-
326 PM EDT SUN JUN 22 2008

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

LOCALIZED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS
THE REGION INTO MID-EVENING...PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...HAIL AND/OR STRONG WIND GUSTS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP OVER THE MOUNTAIN RIDGES LATE MONDAY
AFTERNOON AND TRACK EAST ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT INTO THE
EVENING. ONE OR TWO OF THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS AND
PENNY SIZED HAIL. HOWEVER...CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL REMAIN
THE PRIMARY THREAT WITH THESE STORMS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

NCZ033-035>037-050-056-057-501>504-231930-
AVERY-ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-MITCHELL-CATAWBA-ROWAN-
CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-GREATER CALDWELL-BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE-
326 PM EDT SUN JUN 22 2008

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 594 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA AND
WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP OVER THE MOUNTAIN RIDGES LATE MONDAY
AFTERNOON AND TRACK EAST ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT INTO THE
EVENING. ONE OR TWO OF THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS AND
PENNY SIZED HAIL. HOWEVER...CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL REMAIN
THE PRIMARY THREAT WITH THESE STORMS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 22, 5:10 PM EDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
510 PM EDT SUN JUN 22 2008

NCZ033-050-222215-
AVERY-MITCHELL-
510 PM EDT SUN JUN 22 2008

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN MITCHELL AND WESTERN
AVERY COUNTIES THROUGH 615 PM EDT...

AT 506 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES SOUTH OF BULADEAN...OR 12 MILES NORTHEAST
OF BURNSVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 13 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  BULADEAN BY 515 PM EDT.

SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.

KRENTZ
Local storm report, Jun 22, 5:31 PM EDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
531 PM EDT SUN JUN 22 2008

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

0520 PM     HAIL             4 ENE CONOVER           35.73N 81.15W
06/22/2008  E0.75 INCH       CATAWBA            NC   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

BSH
Local storm report, Jun 22, 5:51 PM EDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
551 PM EDT SUN JUN 22 2008

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

0546 PM     HAIL             1 N CATAWBA             35.72N 81.08W
06/22/2008  E1.00 INCH       CATAWBA            NC   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

JPT
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 5:54 PM EDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
554 PM EDT SUN JUN 22 2008

GAZ028-SCZ010-222300-
ANDERSON-HART-
554 PM EDT SUN JUN 22 2008

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN HART AND
SOUTHWESTERN ANDERSON COUNTIES THROUGH 700 PM EDT...

AT 548 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES EAST OF HARTWELL...MOVING EAST AT 4 MPH.

SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.

KRENTZ
Local storm report, Jun 22, 6:36 PM EDT, 25 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
636 PM EDT SUN JUN 22 2008

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

0616 PM     HAIL             5 SSW BOILING SPRINGS S 34.98N 82.01W
06/22/2008  E0.88 INCH       SPARTANBURG        SC   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

JPT
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 6:50 PM EDT, 11 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
650 PM EDT SUN JUN 22 2008

NCZ053-504>506-222345-
BUNCOMBE-EASTERN MCDOWELL-GREATER BURKE-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-
650 PM EDT SUN JUN 22 2008

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT CENTRAL BUNCOMBE...CENTRAL
MCDOWELL AND SOUTHERN BURKE COUNTIES THROUGH 745 PM EDT...

AT 648 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF
MARION TO UNC ASHEVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 14 MPH.

THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  DOWNTOWN ASHEVILLE BY 700 PM EDT.
  ASHEVILLE MALL BY 705 PM EDT.
  MARION BY 710 PM EDT.
  SWANNANOA BY 715 PM EDT.
  OLD FORT BY 720 PM EDT.
  FAIRVIEW BY 740 PM EDT.

SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE
STORMS.

KRENTZ

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 21, 8:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPAlexander, Iredell48 min
Jun 21, 8:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPCatawba56 min
Jun 22, 12:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPAvery, Mitchell, Yancey40 min
Jun 22, 1:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPCaldwell50 min
Jun 22, 2:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPBuncombe, Haywood, Henderson, Transylvania19 min
Jun 22, 2:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPJackson, Transylvania43 min
Jun 22, 3:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPJackson, Transylvania55 min
Jun 22, 3:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPBurke, McDowell, Rutherford42 min
Jun 22, 3:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPMacon51 min
Jun 22, 4:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPMitchell, Yancey47 min
Jun 22, 4:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPAlexander, Catawba, Iredell22 min
Jun 22, 5:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPCatawba, Iredell60 min
Jun 22, 5:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPAvery, Mitchell12 min
Jun 22, 5:40 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPMitchell2 hr
Jun 22, 6:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPCatawba, Iredell64 min
Jun 22, 6:15 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPCatawba, Iredell2 hr
Jun 22, 7:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPRowan32 min
Jun 22, 7:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPCabarrus53 min
Jun 22, 7:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPGaston, Lincoln65 min

Nearby

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.