Alert archive / North Carolina / Flash Flood Warnings in 2008
Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this flash flood warning at Aug 17, 2008, 12:31 AM EDT for Catawba County, Iredell County, North Carolina. It was in force for 3 hr. 2 reports 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 17, 2008, 12:31 AM EDT (04:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 17, 2008, 3:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 3 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), 147 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:32 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 17, 2:00 AM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Maiden, NC | CAR FLOODED AT DOMINOS PIZZA IN MAIDEN. ROAD FLOODED AT INTERSECTION OF HWY 321 AND MAYS CHAPEL ROAD. THREE STRUCTURES WERE FLOODED IN MAIDEN...AND PORTIONS OF HWY 16...AND SHERRILLS FORD ROAD FLOODED. |
| Aug 17, 3:10 AM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 5 Se Newton, NC | SEVERAL CREEKS FLOWING OVER ROADS, MANY WITH 1 TO 2 FEET OF WATER WERE REPORTED ACROSS THE EASTERN PART OF THE COUNTY. |
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 2 storm reports to this flash flood warning; the first came 89 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, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 104 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2120 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 6 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS52 KGSP 170431
FFWGSP
NCC035-097-170730-
/O.NEW.KGSP.FF.W.0008.080817T0431Z-080817T0730Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1231 AM EDT SUN AUG 17 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
EASTERN CATAWBA COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
CENTRAL IREDELL COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 330 AM EDT
* AT 1221 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THAT 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN FROM THE STATESVILLE AREA
SOUTHWEST TO NEWTON. FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE
WARNED AREA. STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS CONTINUE TO FORM IN THIS SAME
AREA...AND ANOTHER 2 INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE.
* MANY URBAN ROADS WILL BECOME IMPASSABLE FOR A WHILE EARLY THIS
MORNING AND A FEW STREAMS ARE ALSO EXPECTED TO LEAVE THEIR BANKS.
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 8073 3555 8111 3556 8134 3568 8123
3584 8099 3589 8070
$$
MCAVOY1 follow-up statement
000
WGUS72 KGSP 170559
FFSGSP
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
159 AM EDT SUN AUG 17 2008
NCC035-097-170730-
/O.CON.KGSP.FF.W.0008.000000T0000Z-080817T0730Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CATAWBA NC-IREDELL NC-
159 AM EDT SUN AUG 17 2008
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 AM EDT FOR
CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN IREDELL AND EASTERN CATAWBA COUNTIES...
AT 149 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER A LARGE PORTION
OF CATAWBA COUNTY.
THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PRODUCED OVER 4 INCHES OF RAIN DURING THE
PAST 2 HOURS WITH SOME ISOLATED AREAS RECEIVING EVEN MORE. REPORTS
OF FLOODING ALONG HWY 16 JUST SOUTHEAST OF NEWTON HAVE BEEN REPORTED
OVER THE PAST HOUR AS WELL AS ROAD FLOODING NORTH OF MAIDEN.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLOODING OF
SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND
UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
LAT...LON 3580 8073 3555 8111 3556 8134 3568 8123
3584 8099 3589 8070
$$
JPTWhat 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 16, 8:49 PM EDT, 3 hours 42 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 16, 8:49 PM EDT, 3 hours 42 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 849 PM EDT SAT AUG 16 2008 .SYNOPSIS... WEAK HIGH PRESSURE WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE CENTRAL APPALACHIANS...AS A WEAK BOUNDARY REMAINS OVER THE COASTAL PLAIN THROUGH MONDAY. MEANWHILE...TROPICAL STORM FAY WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK WESTWARD ACROSS THE GREATER ANTILLES. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH SUNDAY/... CONVECTION TAPERING OFF WITH COOLING THIS EVE BUT STILL EXPECT WIDELY SCT SHOWERS/TSTMS UNTIL MIDNIGHT. EVEN THOUGH DEBRIS CLOUDS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS...LOWS WILL COOL INTO THE L-M60S ACROSS THE PIEDMONT WITH MAINLY 50S MTNS. SFC BOUNDARY WILL REMAIN JUST S OF CWA SUN WITH SLIGHT CHANCE POPS DURING THE AFTN...MAINLY S CWA NEAR BETTER MOISTURE ALONG BOUNDARY. AFTN HIGHS WILL WARM INTO THE M-U80S WITH U70S-L80S MTNS. && .SHORT TERM /SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT/... AS OF 230 PM SATURDAY...I WILL FAVOR THE GFS SOLUTION FOR THE SHORT RANGE PERIOD. ON MONDAY...BROAD SFC HIGH PRESSURE SHOULD EXIST ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA UNDER A WEAKNESS IN THE H5 HEIGHTS. OVERALL FORCING SHOULD BE VERY WEAK ACROSS THE CWA...LIMITING AND FOCUS FOR CONVECTIVE INITIATION TO THE HIGH TERRAIN. GFS FORECAST SOUNDINGS INDICATE THAT A SIGNIFICANT INVERSION WILL EXIST BETWEEN H6-H7. I WILL FORECAST ONLY POCKETS OF SCHC COVERAGE MON AFTERNOON FOR SHRA/TSRA. OVERALL...CONDITIONS SHOULD SHOULD PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES. TUESDAY AFTERNOON...TROPICAL CYCLONE FAY SHOULD BE IN THE VICINITY OF CENTRAL FL...BASED ON LATEST NHC TRACK. CONVECTION AND MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH A OLD BOUNDARY WILL BEGIN TO LIFT NORTHWARD...APPROACHING THE PIEDMONT LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON. FORECAST SOUNDINGS LOOK VERY SIMILAR TO MONDAY/S PROFILES. BASED ON THE EXPECTED TIMING OF THE OLD BOUNDARY...I WILL INCREASE POPS TO CHC ACROSS THE EXTREME SOUTHERN TIER OF THE FORECAST AREA AND SCHC ELSEWHERE. HIGH TEMPERATURES MAY PEAK AROUND 90 BEFORE THICKER CLOUD COVER ARRIVE DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON. && .LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/... AS OF 1 PM SATURDAY...THE NHC TIMING AND PLACEMENT ON T.S. FAY AND THE 12Z GFS ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT. I WILL POPULATE THE WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY GRIDS WITH HPC GUIDANCE DUE TO THE APPROACHING TROPICAL CYCLONE. THE EXPECTED TRACK OF FAY SHOULD RESULT IN AN INCREASE OF MOISTURE FROM SOUTH TO NORTH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE HIGHEST COVERAGE OF SHRA AND TSRA SHOULD OCCUR ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY AS THE CENTER OF CIRCULATION MOVES INTO GEORGIA. EXTENDED RANGE MODELS INDICATE THAT THE NORTHERN MOTION OF FAY MAY SLOW CONSIDERABLY FRI NIGHT AND SAT. HPC POP GUIDANCE CONTINUES A MENTION OF CHC COVERAGE DURING THE SAT PERIOD. QPF AMOUNTS REMAIN HIGHLY UNCERTAIN...HOWEVER...THE EXPECTED TRACK AND TIMING WOULD YIELD SIGNIFICANT WIDESPREAD RAINFALL ACROSS THE CWA LATE NEXT WEEK. && .AVIATION /01Z SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/... CONVECTION DIMINISHING EARLY THIS EVE AND ISOLD TSTMS SHOULD BE COMPLETELY GONE BY MIDNIGHT. LOOK FOR LIGHT WINDS OVERNIGHT WITH MVFR FOG KCLT AND KHKY...IFR FOG AT KAVL. WITH HEAVY RAIN EARLIER AT KCLT...COULD SEE TEMPO IFR FOG AROUND DAYBREAK. EXPECT CU FIELD AGAIN SUN AFTN WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF TSTMS...MAINLY S CWA. OUTLOOK...SFC FRONT REMAINS JUST S OF AREA MON. PRECIP CHANCE APPEARS MINIMAL THROUGH THE PERIOD. TROPICAL STORM FAY MAY APPROACH FROM THE S AROUND MID WEEK. && .GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...PAT NEAR TERM...RB SHORT TERM...NED LONG TERM...NED AVIATION...RB
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 16, 3:17 PM EDT, 9 hours 14 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 317 PM EDT SAT AUG 16 2008 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065- 068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-171930- 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- 317 PM EDT SAT AUG 16 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. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. A FEW OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE...PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 16, 7:38 PM EDT, 4 hours 53 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 738 PM EDT SAT AUG 16 2008 NCZ501-502-504-170045- CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE-GREATER CALDWELL- 738 PM EDT SAT AUG 16 2008 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT BURKE AND SOUTHERN CALDWELL COUNTIES THROUGH 845 PM EDT... AT 733 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF GAMEWELL...OR 6 MILES WEST OF LENOIR...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 7 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO RUTHERFORD COLLEGE...LAKE RHODHISS...VALDESE...TABLE ROCK...SAWMILLS... RHODHISS...MORGANTON...LENOIR...ICARD...HUDSON...HILDEBRAN... GRANITE FALLS...GAMEWELL...DREXEL...CONNELLY SPRINGS... COLLETTSVILLE AND CAJAHS MOUNTAIN. SMALL HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...AND WIND GUSTS UP 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. 07
Special weather statement, Aug 16, 8:47 PM EDT, 3 hours 44 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 847 PM EDT SAT AUG 16 2008 SCZ012-019-170145- GREENWOOD-LAURENS- 847 PM EDT SAT AUG 16 2008 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN GREENWOOD AND SOUTHERN LAURENS COUNTIES THROUGH 945 PM EDT... AT 842 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR COKESBURY...OR 6 MILES NORTH OF GREENWOOD... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 14 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR... LAKE GREENWOOD BY 910 PM EDT. CROSS HILL BY 925 PM EDT. SMALL HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. 07
Special weather statement, Aug 16, 10:43 PM EDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1043 PM EDT SAT AUG 16 2008 NCZ068-070-SCZ008-009-170345- CHEROKEE-CLEVELAND-GASTON-YORK- 1043 PM EDT SAT AUG 16 2008 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN CHEROKEE...NORTHERN YORK...SOUTHEASTERN CLEVELAND AND SOUTHWESTERN GASTON COUNTIES THROUGH 1145 PM EDT... AT 1041 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF KINGS MOUNTAIN...OR 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SHELBY...MOVING EAST AT 8 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR... KINGS MOUNTAIN BY 1120 PM EDT. 5 MILES SOUTH OF BESSEMER CITY BY 1145 PM EDT. SMALL HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. 07
Special weather statement, Aug 16, 11:20 PM EDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1120 PM EDT SAT AUG 16 2008 NCZ068-070-170400- CLEVELAND-GASTON- 1120 PM EDT SAT AUG 16 2008 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EASTERN CLEVELAND AND NORTHWESTERN GASTON COUNTIES THROUGH MIDNIGHT EDT... AT 1111 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CHERRYVILLE...OR 7 MILES EAST OF SHELBY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 13 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR... CHERRYVILLE BY 1135 PM EDT. MOTHBALL SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 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. MCAVOY
Local storm report, Aug 16, 11:48 PM EDT, 43 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1148 PM EDT SAT AUG 16 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0924 PM TSTM WND DMG 3 E GREENWOOD 34.19N 82.10W
08/16/2008 GREENWOOD SC COUNTY OFFICIAL
COUNTY RECEIVED REPORTS OF DOWNED POWER LINES AND ONE
TREE DOWN ALONG HWY 34 JUST EAST OF GREENWOOD.
&&
JPTSpecial weather statement, Aug 16, 11:49 PM EDT, 42 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1149 PM EDT SAT AUG 16 2008 NCZ036-056-170445- CATAWBA-IREDELL- 1149 PM EDT SAT AUG 16 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT CENTRAL IREDELL AND EASTERN CATAWBA COUNTIES THROUGH 1245 AM EDT... AT 1141 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 4 MILES NORTH OF STATESVILLE TO 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF MAIDEN...MOVING EAST AT 12 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LOOKOUT SHOALS LAKE...TROUTMAN...TERRELL...STATESVILLE...SCOTTS...NEWTON... MAIDEN...CLAREMONT AND CATAWBA. SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. THESE STORMS WERE ALSO PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...IN EXCESS OF TWO INCHES PER HOUR. 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. 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. MCAVOY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 16, 11:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Gaston, Lincoln | 38 min |
| Aug 17, 12:10 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Catawba, Iredell | 80 min |
| Aug 17, 12:23 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Catawba, Iredell | 43 min |
| Aug 17, 1:13 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Catawba, Iredell | 62 min |
| Aug 17, 1:42 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Catawba, Iredell | 3 hr |
| Aug 17, 2:53 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Rutherford | 82 min |
| Aug 17, 3:30 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Rutherford | 3 hr |
| Aug 17, 3:40 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | GSP | Catawba | 3 hr |
| Aug 17, 5:25 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Union | 80 min |
| Aug 17, 6:51 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Union | 3 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.