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Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

July 8, 2008Union County, North Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this flash flood warning at Jul 8, 2008, 6:13 PM EDT for Union 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 outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 8, 2008, 6:13 PM EDT (22:13 UTC)
Expired
Jul 8, 2008, 9:15 PM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Union County, NC

The radar

The Columbia radar (KCAE), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:13 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.

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, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 131 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 2008-07-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2216 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 2008-07-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 45 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2216 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-48 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
755 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
45 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
22 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.7

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The text

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

000 
WGUS52 KGSP 082218
FFWGSP
NCC179-090115-
/O.NEW.KGSP.FF.W.0007.080708T2213Z-080709T0115Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
613 PM EDT TUE JUL 8 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 915 PM EDT

* AT 613 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
FLASH FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING THROUGH 
WESTERN UNION COUNTY...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 13 MILES 
SOUTHEAST OF UNC CHARLOTTE TO LANCASTER...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO   
WAXHAW...WEDDINGTON AND MINERAL SPRINGS. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED 
TO OCCUR ALONG TWELVEMILE CREEK...BLYTHE CREEK AND BIG CEDAR CREEK. 

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 3485 8031 3481 8033 3482 8080 3494 8079
      3500 8084 3503 8080 3503 8076 3520 8054
      3519 8051 3519 8049 3517 8046 3517 8044
      3509 8028

$$
JPT
2 follow-up statements
000 
WGUS72 KGSP 082345
FFSGSP

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
736 PM EDT TUE JUL 8 2008

NCC179-090115-
/O.CON.KGSP.FF.W.0007.000000T0000Z-080709T0115Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
UNION NC-
736 PM EDT TUE JUL 8 2008

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM EDT FOR UNION
COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...

AT 736 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT WATER 
COVERED SEVERAL ROADS IN THE COUNTY. THESE INCLUDED OLD MONROE ROAD 
AT WAXHAW INDIAN TRAIL...POTTER ROAD AT WESLEY CHAPEL SHOALS ROAD 
AND HIGHWAY 84 AT HARDWOOD DRIVE. 

AT 7:40 PM...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE MODERATE RAIN OVER 
MUCH OF THE COUNTY AND AN ADDITIONAL HALF INCH OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE OVER 
THE NEXT HOUR OR SO.   

DURING HEAVY RAIN EVENTS...SEVERE URBAN FLOODING CAN OCCUR IN AREAS
SUCH AS UNDERPASSES AND LOW AREAS WHERE WATER TENDS TO COLLECT. DO
NOT LET YOUR CHILDREN PLAY NEAR SMALL STREAMS OR FLOODED DRAINAGE
DITCHES AND STORM SEWERS.

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 3481 8033 3482 8080 3494 8079 3500 8084
      3503 8080 3503 8076 3520 8054 3519 8051
      3519 8049 3517 8046 3517 8044 3509 8028

$$

JPT
000 
WGUS72 KGSP 090058
FFSGSP

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
854 PM EDT TUE JUL 8 2008

NCC179-090115-
/O.CON.KGSP.FF.W.0007.000000T0000Z-080709T0115Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
UNION NC-
854 PM EDT TUE JUL 8 2008

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM EDT FOR UNION
COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...

AT 848 PM EDT...COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS DID NOT REPORT ANY ADDITIONAL 
FLOODING IN THE COUNTY. AS ONLY LIGHT RAIN IS STILL FALLING...THE 
FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. 

DURING HEAVY RAIN EVENTS...SEVERE URBAN FLOODING CAN OCCUR IN AREAS 
SUCH AS UNDERPASSES AND LOW AREAS WHERE WATER TENDS TO COLLECT. DO 
NOT LET YOUR CHILDREN PLAY NEAR SMALL STREAMS OR FLOODED DRAINAGE 
DITCHES AND STORM SEWERS.



LAT...LON 3481 8033 3482 8080 3494 8079 3500 8084
      3503 8080 3503 8076 3520 8054 3519 8051
      3519 8049 3517 8046 3517 8044 3509 8028

$$

JPT

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 Jul 8, 2:53 PM EDT, 3 hours 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 8, 2:53 PM EDT, 3 hours 20 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
253 PM EDT TUE JUL 8 2008

.SYNOPSIS...
THE BERMUDA HIGH WILL CONTINUE OVER THE REGION INTO WEDNESDAY. A
WEAK COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE REGION LATE WEDNESDAY AND WILL
MOVE THROUGH ON THURSDAY. THE FRONT SHOULD SETTLE SOUTH OF THE AREA
THURSDAY NIGHT WHERE IT WILL SLOWLY WEAKEN THROUGH SATURDAY.
ANOTHER WEAK COLD FRONT WILL MOVE DOWN FROM THE GREAT LAKES LATE IN
THE WEEKEND AND STALL OUT OVER OR REGION EARLY NEXT WEEK.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
WILL BANK ON NMRS SHOWERS/TSTMS DEVELOPING OUT OF THE MTNS AND INTO
THE FTHLS/PIEDMONT INTO THIS EVENING AS THE 12 UTC NAM REMAINS
RATHER BULLISH WITH THE ACCOMPANYING INCREASE IN LLVL CONVERGENCE.
JUST LIKE WHAT WAS FIGURED AFTER THIS MORNING/S ANALYSIS...ISOLATED
PULSE SVR STORMS ARE PROBABLE...WITH LOCALLY HVY RAIN THREAT WITH
THE ABOVE NORMAL VALUES OF PWAT. CANNOT GUARANTEE THAT DEEP
CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY WILL BE COMPLETELY DISSIPATED OVERNIGHT...SO
WILL HANG ONTO THE INHERITED SLIGHT CHANCE INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING.
AN INCREASE IN LAYER RH AHEAD OF SUBTLE FRONTAL ZONE SHOULD BE ABLE
TO PROMOTE NUMEROUS TO SCATTERED SHOWERS/TSTMS ONCE AGAIN WEDNESDAY.
FCST SNDGS LOOKING PRETTY SIMILAR TO TODAY...MOIST THROUGHOUT THE
COLUMN WITH ONLY ABOUT 10-15 KTS OF STEERING FLOW.

&&

.SHORT TERM /WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT/...
AS OF 245 PM TUESDAY...A BROAD AND FLAT UPPER TROUGH WILL PERSIST
ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA THROUGH THE SHORT RANGE. SLIGHT BACKING OF
THE LOW LEVEL FLOW IS INDICATED AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING SHORTWAVE
THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THE AREA WILL ALSO INCREASINGLY COME UNDER THE
INFLUENCE OF THE RIGHT ENTRANCE REGION OF THE UPPER JET THURSDAY
AFTERNOON. A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL PUSH SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE OHIO
VALLEY EARLY IN THE PERIOD BEFORE STALLING NEAR THE NRN TIER OF THE
FORECAST AREA THU. THIS WILL ALLOW DEEPER MOISTURE TO POOL ACROSS
THE NRN HALF OF THE REGION THU AFTN...WHILE INSTABILITY WILL BE
GREATEST ACROSS THE SOUTHERN TIER...AS THE UPPER SUPPORT ARRIVES
LATE IN THE DAY. WILL THUS FEATURE POPS IN THE HEALTHY CHANCE RANGE.

THE SURFACE PATTERN BECOMES WEAK AS THE FRONT WASHES OUT THROUGH
FRIDAY...BUT SOME DEGREE OF LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE AND MOISTURE WILL
PERSIST TO CREATE SCATTERED COVERAGE OF THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN ON
FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

&&

.LONG TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/...
AS OF 245 PM TUESDAY...THE EASTERN TROUGH WILL REINFORCE SLIGHTLY
OVER THE WEEKEND AS A STRONG UPPER LOW MOVES EAST FROM ONTARIO
THROUGH QUEBEC AND DIGS A TROUGH AXIS SOUTHWARD THROUGH THE GREAT
LAKES. DIURNAL SCATTERED THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL AFFECT MAINLY THE
MOUNTAINS IN THE NORTHWEST FLOW OVER THE WEEKEND.

A COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE FORECAST AREA FROM THE
NORTHWEST MONDAY AND STALL ACROSS THE REGION ON TUESDAY. SOME DEGREE
OF MODERATE RECOVERY OF HEIGHTS ALOFT IS EXPECTED...BUT WITH
CONTINUED LOW LEVEL MOISTURE. THE LOCATION OF THE BEST CONVECTION
MONDAY AND TUESDAY AFTERNOON WILL DEPEND LARGELY ON WHERE THE COLD
FRONT STALLS...BUT SOLID CHANCE POPS WILL BE NEEDED THROUGHOUT.

&&

.AVIATION /19Z TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...
DEEP CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT ACRS THE MTNS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON WILL
BE EXPANDING IN CVRG ACRS THE FA THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON AND INTO
EARLY EVENING. EXPECTED SCATTERED NATURE OF STORMS WILL LIMIT
CONFIDENCE OF OCCURRENCE AT ANY SPECIFIC TERMINAL TO JUST A VCTS
FOR NOW. EXPECTED DIURNAL NATURE OF STORMS SHOULD ALLOW ACTIVITY TO
DIMINISH LATE IN THE EVENING. 12 UTC MOS GUIDANCE LIMITS ANY EARLY
MORNING MVFR RESTRICTIONS TO JUST KAVL AND BASED ON PERSISTENCE WILL
CONTINUE TO LEAVE OUT ANY MENTION FOR THE TIME BEING.

OUTLOOK...LITTLE OVERALL CHANGE THRU SATURDAY...AS SFC RIDGE REMAINS
OFFSHORE BRINGING MOISTURE UP OVER OUR REGION. EXPECT MAINLY DIURNAL
CONVECTION WITH ASSOC HAZARDS.

&&

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

&&

SYNOPSIS...DEO
NEAR TERM...CSH
SHORT TERM...HG
LONG TERM...HG
AVIATION...CSH
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 8, 3:32 PM EDT, 2 hours 41 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
332 PM EDT TUE JUL 8 2008

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065-
068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-091945-
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-
332 PM EDT TUE JUL 8 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

NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AND MOVE EAST ACROSS THE
WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON
AND EVENING HOURS. LOCALLY STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WILL
CONTINUE...PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...HAIL TO
THE SIZE OF NICKELS...AND WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH. THE GREATEST RISK
OF SEVERE WEATHER THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS WILL BE OVER PIEDMONT
SECTIONS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED DURING THE AFTERNOON AND
EVENING HOURS WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. A FEW OF THESE STORMS COULD
BECOME SEVERE...PRODUCING PENNY SIZED HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND
GUSTS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ASKED TO RELAY ANY REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

HG

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 8, 5:33 PM EDT, 40 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
533 PM EDT TUE JUL 08 2008

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

0443 PM     HAIL             6 SE LINCOLNTON         35.41N 81.17W
07/08/2008  E0.75 INCH       LINCOLN            NC   AMATEUR RADIO

            PENNY HAIL REPORTED NEAR 27 AND ORCHARD RD.

&&

JPT
Special weather statement, Jul 8, 5:50 PM EDT, 23 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
550 PM EDT TUE JUL 8 2008

NCZ036-037-056-057-069>072-082-SCZ009-082245-
CABARRUS-CATAWBA-DAVIE-GASTON-IREDELL-LINCOLN-MECKLENBURG-ROWAN-
UNION-YORK-
550 PM EDT TUE JUL 8 2008

...HEAVY RAINFALL TO DIMINISH BUT MINOR FLOOD PROBLEMS TO DEVELOP IN
THE NORTH CAROLINA PIEDMONT...

AT 550 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH ACROSS PIEDMONT
SECTIONS EAST OF INTERSTATE 77. THESE STORMS HAVE BEEN PRODUCING
RAINFALL AT RATES AROUND TWO INCHES PER HOUR. ALTHOUGH THE RAINFALL
RATES WILL TAPER OFF THROUGH 7 PM...ADDITIONAL LIGHT TO MODERATE
RAIN WILL CAUSE DEEP PONDING IN LOW LYING AREAS AND RAPID RISES ON
STREAMS AND CREEKS. USE CAUTION IF DRIVING...AND DO NOT ATTEMPT TO
DRIVE THROUGH ANY FLOODED ROADWAYS.

HG
Special weather statement, Jul 8, 5:59 PM EDT, 14 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
559 PM EDT TUE JUL 8 2008

GAZ018-026-082300-
FRANKLIN-STEPHENS-
559 PM EDT TUE JUL 8 2008

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN FRANKLIN AND STEPHENS
COUNTIES THROUGH 700 PM EDT...

AT 554 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR EASTANOLEE...OR 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
TOCCOA...MOVING EAST AT 11 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  EASTANOLEE BY 605 PM EDT.
  MARTIN BY 630 PM EDT.

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

KRENTZ
Local storm report, Jul 8, 6:08 PM EDT, 5 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
608 PM EDT TUE JUL 08 2008

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

0513 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 NE LYMAN              34.97N 82.10W
07/08/2008                   SPARTANBURG        SC   COUNTY OFFICIAL

            POWER LINES DOWN IN THE BOBO ROAD AREA IN LYMAN

&&

JSIEGEL
Local storm report, Jul 8, 6:09 PM EDT, 4 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
609 PM EDT TUE JUL 08 2008

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

0513 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 E DUNCAN              34.94N 82.10W
07/08/2008                   SPARTANBURG        SC   COUNTY OFFICIAL

            POWER LINES DOWN NEAR THE CHURCH STREET AREA IN DUNCAN

&&

JSIEGEL
Local storm report, Jul 8, 6:10 PM EDT, 3 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
610 PM EDT TUE JUL 08 2008

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

0537 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 E BOILING SPRINGS SC  35.04N 81.94W
07/08/2008                   SPARTANBURG        SC   COUNTY OFFICIAL

            POWER LINES DOWN IN THE PARRIS BRIDGE ROAD VICINITY

&&

JSIEGEL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 7, 8:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPHenderson, Polk60 min
Jul 7, 8:12 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPHenderson93 min
Jul 8, 12:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPHenderson, Transylvania59 min
Jul 8, 12:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPBuncombe, Haywood29 min
Jul 8, 1:43 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPHenderson92 min
Jul 8, 2:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPMcDowell49 min
Jul 8, 3:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPCleveland, Rutherford49 min
Jul 8, 4:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPCatawba, Gaston, Lincoln67 min
Jul 8, 4:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPUnion55 min
Jul 8, 4:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPCatawba, Gaston, Iredell, Lincoln, Mecklenburg67 min
Jul 8, 4:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPMecklenburg61 min
Jul 8, 5:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPCabarrus, Davie, Rowan54 min
Jul 8, 5:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPCabarrus, Mecklenburg, Union80 min
Jul 8, 5:59 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPUnion2 hr
Jul 8, 5:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPCabarrus, Rowan25 min
Jul 8, 6:27 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPCabarrus2 hr

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.