Alert archive / North Carolina / Flash Flood Warnings in 2009
Flash Flood Warning 24, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this flash flood warning at Jun 10, 2009, 6:02 PM EDT for Henderson 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 10, 2009, 6:02 PM EDT (22:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 10, 2009, 8:03 PM EDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Henderson County, NC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:04 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, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 242 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
- 39 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -242 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 906 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 35 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 66 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 102202
FFWGSP
NCC089-110100-
/O.NEW.KGSP.FF.W.0024.090610T2202Z-090611T0100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
602 PM EDT WED JUN 10 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
HENDERSON COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 900 PM EDT
* AT 551 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SEVERAL
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE NORTHERN HENDERSON
COUNTY. THE PUBLIC REPORTED FLOODING HAD BEGUN ALONG A TRIBUTARY TO
CANE CREEK JUST NORTH OF FLETCHER.
* RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL OCCUR OVER THE
COUNTY THROUGH 7 PM. FLOODING ALONG CANE CREEK AND ITS TRIBUTARIES
IS LIKELY WITH PROBLEMS DEVELOPING IN LOW LYING AREAS NEAR THE CREEK
ESPECIALLY ALONG MILLS GAP ROAD AND CANE CREEK ROAD. FLOODING ALONG
MUD CREEK NEAR THE BROOKSIDE CAMP AND BALFOUR ROADS...AND NEAR THE
JUNCTION OF US HIGHWAY 25 AND 176...7TH AVENUE AND KING STREET. IF
THE HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUES OVER THE BAT CAVE AREA...THEN THE
HEADWATERS OF THE ROCKY BROAD RIVER WILL SEE RAPID RISES. LOW LYING
AREAS NEAR THE RIVER ESPECIALLY ALONG HIGHWAY 74 AND 64 ALONG WITH
RIVERSIDE DRIVE WOULD THEN FLOOD.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE
BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.
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 3547 8226 3544 8228 3539 8227 3520 8238
3521 8240 3519 8242 3516 8257 3529 8261
3542 8274 3544 8265 3543 8253 3545 8252
3547 8240 3546 8237 3547 8234
$$
RWH2 follow-up statements
000
WGUS72 KGSP 102305
FFSGSP
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
705 PM EDT WED JUN 10 2009
NCC089-110100-
/O.CON.KGSP.FF.W.0024.000000T0000Z-090611T0100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
HENDERSON NC-
705 PM EDT WED JUN 10 2009
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT FOR
HENDERSON COUNTY...
AT 700 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED
RAINFALL MOVING OUT OF HENDERSON COUNTY. HOWEVER...FLOODING COULD
STILL DEVELOP DUE TO RUNOFF FROM THE EARLIER VERY HEAVY RAINFALL.
PERSONS NEAR CANE CREEK AND ITS TRIBUTARIES NEAR FLETCHER...AND MUD
CREEK AND ITS TRIBUTARIES NEAR HENDERSONVILLE...SHOULD BE ALERT FOR
RISING WATER AND FLOODED AREAS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
&&
LAT...LON 3547 8226 3544 8228 3539 8227 3520 8238
3521 8240 3519 8242 3516 8257 3529 8261
3542 8274 3544 8265 3543 8253 3545 8252
3547 8240 3546 8237 3547 8234
$$
RWH000
WGUS72 KGSP 110003
FFSGSP
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
803 PM EDT WED JUN 10 2009
NCC089-110010-
/O.CAN.KGSP.FF.W.0024.000000T0000Z-090611T0100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
HENDERSON NC-
803 PM EDT WED JUN 10 2009
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR HENDERSON COUNTY...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THAT RAINFALL HAD ENDED ACROSS
HENDERSON COUNTY. CALLS TO COUNTY OFFICIALS INDICATED THAT NO
REPORTS OF FLOODING HAD BEEN RECEIVED. THEREFORE...THE WARNING HAS
BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 3547 8226 3544 8228 3539 8227 3520 8238
3521 8240 3519 8242 3516 8257 3529 8261
3542 8274 3544 8265 3543 8253 3545 8252
3547 8240 3546 8237 3547 8234
$$
RWHWhat 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 10, 2:46 PM EDT, 3 hours 16 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 10, 2:46 PM EDT, 3 hours 16 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 246 PM EDT WED JUN 10 2009 .SYNOPSIS... WEAK HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE REGION TODAY AND THURSDAY WILL BREAK DOWN AND ALLOW A COLD FRONT TO DRIFT IN FROM THE NORTHWEST ON FRIDAY. ONCE HERE...THE FRONT WILL LINGER ACROSS THE CAROLINAS THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH THURSDAY/... ROBUST OUTFLOW/VORT AIDED TSTMS WILL CONTINUE MAKING EASTWARD PROGRESS INTO THE NC MTNS THIS AFTERNOON WITH ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT AHEAD OF BROKEN LINE PROBABLE ACRS THE WESTERN CWFA WITHIN THE MODERATELY UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE. AS STEERING MOTION IS GREATER THAN THAN PAST SVRL DAYS...SHOULD WIND UP WITH SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS TSTMS ALL ACRS THE FA THRU LATE EVENING. WITH FAVORABLE WET-BULB ZERO HEIGHTS OBSERVED OFF THE 12 UTC KGSO SNDG...ALONG WITH THE ONGOING THREAT OF MULTICELL DEVELOPMENT...WILL CONTINUE THE THREAT OF SOME STORMS PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND/OR DAMAGING WIND. WILL BANK ON THE LATEST RUC AND NAM HAVING A FAIR ENUF HANDLE ON THE EASTWARD TRANSLATION OF VORT ENERGY...PASSING DOWNSTREAM OF THE CWFA OVERNIGHT TO LOWER POPS TO JUST SLIGHT CHANCE IN IT/S WAKE. PATTERN WILL AMPLIFY SOME ON THURSDAY IN RESPONSE TO MAIN S/WV DRIVING NE INTO THE OHIO VALLEY. SHEAR PROFILES EXPECTEDLY CREEP UPWARD IN MAGNITUDE IN RESPONSE...ALTHOUGH IT REMAINS TO BE SEEN TO WHAT DEGREE EMBEDDED S/WVS...PERHAPS NEARING THE FA IN THE MORNING...HAVE ON THE DIURNAL DESTABILIZATION PROCESS...BUT FOR NOW...PLAN ON RAMPING UP TO SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS TSTMS ONCE AGAIN IN THE AFTERNOON. FAVORABLE SHEAR PROFILES AND THE CHANCE FOR STORM ORGANIZATION WILL EXIST AGAIN...LEADING TO THE THREAT OF SEEING TSTMS PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND/OR DAMAGING WIND. && .SHORT TERM /THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT/... AS OF 245 PM WEDNESDAY...MODELS ARE STILL IN GENERAL AGREEMENT THRU THE SHORT TERM. NEARLY ZONAL FLOW AT THE START OF THE PERIOD BECOMES A LOW AMPLITUDE TROF BY THE END OF THE PERIOD AS A SERIES OF SHORT WAVES MOVE ACROSS THE AREA. STILL LOOKS LIKE MAINLY DIURNAL CONVECTION ENDING THU EVENING. HOWEVER...THERE IS SOME INDICATION MCS ACTIVITY WILL BE CLOSE ENUF TO THE MTNS AND NRN TIER FOR CONVECTION TO LINGER. HOWEVER...THE GFS APPEARS WAY OVERDONE WITH CONVECTIVE FEEDBACK. THAT SAID...WILL KEEP A CHC POP AFTER MIDNIGHT OVER THOSE AREAS. LOWS REMAIN ABOVE NORMAL. ON FRIDAY...WEAK FRONT DROPS INTO THE AREA PROVIDING GOOD LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE. ALTHOUGH HIGHS WILL BE A LITTLE COOLER...THE SREF HAS HIGH PROBABILITIES OF MODERATE CONVECTION DEVELOPING. ALTHOUGH SHEAR WILL BE LOW...IT WILL BE HIGHER THAN THE PREVIOUS FEW DAYS. SCT CONVECTION SHOULD DEVELOP ONCE AGAIN...WITH THE LEAST COVERAGE SOUTH OF I-85. FRONT SAGS SOUTH THRU THE AREA FRI NITE. EXPECT CONVECTION TO BECOME ISOLATED AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOWS A COUPLE OF DEGREES COOLER. FOR SATURDAY...EVEN WITH THE FRONT STALLED JUST TO OUR SOUTH OR OVER THE SRN CWFA...MODERATE INSTABILITY IS ONCE AGAIN PROBABLE. WITH THE FORCING AND SLIGHTLY INCREASED SHEAR...SCT CONVECTION DEVELOPS AGAIN. HIGHS SIMILAR TO FRIDAYS NUMBERS. CONVECTION SHOULD BE MAINLY DIURNAL SAT NITE WITH CONTINUED ABOVE NORMAL LOWS. && .LONG TERM /SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... AS OF 225 PM WEDNESDAY...CONFIDENCE IN THE RUN TO RUN ECMWF IS STILL LOW AS IT CONTINUES TO SHOW A WINTER TYPE LOW BOMBING NEAR THE DELMARVA TOWARD THE END OF THE MEDIUM RANGE. SOME CONFIDENCE LEANING MORE TOWARD THE GFS...ALTHOUGH A COMPLEX BLEND IS MORE IN ORDER. STARTING WITH SUNDAY...A NEARLY ZONAL PATTERN IN THE 500MB HEIGHTS AS THE SURFACE FRONT LINGERS FROM WEST TO EAST OVER THE CAROLINAS INTO MONDAY MORNING. SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE IS EXPECTED ACCORDING TO HPC TO BUILD FROM THE GREAT LAKES TO START THE WEEK AND PUSH THE SURFACE FRONT TO THE SOUTH STALLING OVER SOUTH GEORGIA TUESDAY. MODELS DO TEND TO AGREE THAT SOME SORT OF DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE OUT AHEAD OF THE GREAT LAKES HIGH...THEN SOME LEVEL OF EAST COAST LOW MAY DEVELOP. THE CONSENSUS IS THAT AS THIS DISTURBANCE PASSES TO THE NORTH ON MONDAY...A CONTINUED SLIGHT TO SMALL CHANCE OF CONVECTION WILL EXTEND INTO AT LEAST MONDAY NIGHT. THE LEVEL OF COASTAL LOW DEVELOPMENT WOULD DETERMINE OUR WEATHER GOING INTO THE END OF THE MEDIUM RANGE. SHOULD DRY OUT SOME IN MID WEEK ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE DEPARTING LOW. && .AVIATION /19Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY/... REGIONAL 88D IMAGES INDICATING THAT DEEP CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT IS JUST IN IT/S INFANCY ACRS THE HIGH TERRAIN OF THE FA...BUT WILL INCREASE IN CVRG THRU MID-AFTERNOON AND DEVELOP OUT INTO THE LOWER ELEVATIONS THROUGH THIS EVENING...AIDED BY VORT MAX MOVG EAST ACRS TENN. UNTIL TIMING AND CVRG CONFIDENCE INCREASES...WILL CONTINUE TO ADVERTISE JUST CB AT ALL TERMINAL LOCATIONS. WITH VORT TIMED TO MOVE EAST OF THE FA BY MID OR LATE EVENING...WILL END TSTM THREAT BEFORE MIDNIGHT AND FCST JUST DEBRIS CLOUDS OVERNIGHT...WITH AREAS OF 5-6SM BR...ESPECIALLY AT KAVL DURING THE PRE-DAWN HOURS. AT KCLT...SCT VFR LVL CU IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AS WIND DIRECTION REMAINS VARIABLE AND LESS THAN 6 KTS. AS TSTM ACTIVITY DEVELOPS OFF THE MTNS LATER TODAY...WOULD EXPECT TSTM CHANCES TO INCREASE AROUND THE TERMINAL THIS EVENING AND LINGER INTO THE LATE EVENING HOURS UNTIL VORT MAX PASSES. JUST DEBRIS CLOUDS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT WITH NO VSBY RESTRICTIONS. OUTLOOK...AREAS OF MVFR VISBY/PERHAPS CIG RESTRICTIONS ARE POSSIBLE EACH MORNING. CHANCES FOR AFTERNOON/EVENING THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THURSDAY...THEN PERSIST THROUGH THE WEEKEND AS A FRONT STALLS OVER THE AREA. && .GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...DEO NEAR TERM...CSH SHORT TERM...RWH LONG TERM...DEO AVIATION...CSH
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 10, 3:45 PM EDT, 2 hours 17 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 345 PM EDT WED JUN 10 2009 NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065-068>072-082-501>510-111945- 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- 345 PM EDT WED JUN 10 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA AND WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS...FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME SEVERE...WITH DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL THE PRIMARY THREAT. THE SLOWER MOVING THUNDERSTORMS COULD ALSO PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING. FREQUENT LIGHTNING CAN OCCUR WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AGAIN THURSDAY AFTERNOON. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD ALSO BECOME SEVERE...PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED FRIDAY AFTERNOON. A FEW OF THESE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...TORNADOES OR FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE. GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-SCZ001>014-019-111945- RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-OCONEE MOUNTAINS- PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE- GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK- ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- 345 PM EDT WED JUN 10 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE UPSTATE AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. A FEW OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE...WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS THE MAIN THREAT. FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL CAN OCCUR WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AGAIN THURSDAY AFTERNOON. A FEW OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD ALSO BECOME SEVERE...PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED FRIDAY AFTERNOON. A FEW OF THESE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...TORNADOES OR FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 10, 5:01 PM EDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 501 PM EDT WED JUN 10 2009 NCZ048-102130- MADISON- 501 PM EDT WED JUN 10 2009 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT MADISON COUNTY THROUGH 530 PM EDT... AT 501 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HOT SPRINGS...OR 13 MILES WEST OF MARSHALL...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WHITEROCK...WALNUT...SPRING CREEK...MARSHALL...LUCK AND HOT SPRINGS. PEA SIZE HAIL...AND 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. RB
Special weather statement, Jun 10, 5:03 PM EDT, 59 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 503 PM EDT WED JUN 10 2009 NCZ033-501-502-102145- AVERY-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-GREATER CALDWELL- 503 PM EDT WED JUN 10 2009 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN CALDWELL AND SOUTHEASTERN AVERY COUNTIES THROUGH 545 PM EDT... AT 502 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR GLOBE...OR 5 MILES SOUTH OF BLOWING ROCK... MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO UPTON... PATTERSON...KINGS CREEK...GLOBE AND EDGEMONT. PEA SIZE HAIL...AND 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. RB
Special weather statement, Jun 10, 5:18 PM EDT, 44 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 518 PM EDT WED JUN 10 2009 NCZ064-065-SCZ002-003-102200- GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-HENDERSON-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-TRANSYLVANIA- 518 PM EDT WED JUN 10 2009 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT NORTHERN PICKENS...NORTHWESTERN GREENVILLE...SOUTHERN HENDERSON AND SOUTHERN TRANSYLVANIA COUNTIES THROUGH 600 PM EDT... AT 516 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SEVERAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 5 MILES FROM ROSMAN TO TABLE ROCK STATE PARK...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO JONES GAP STATE PARK...TABLE ROCK RESERVOIR...NORTH SALUDA RESERVOIR... TUXEDO...ROSMAN...LITTLE RIVER...CEDAR MOUNTAIN...BREVARD...BALSAM GROVE...TIGERVILLE...ROCKY BOTTOM...PUMPKINTOWN...MARIETTA... CLEVELAND AND CAESARS HEAD. PEA SIZE HAIL...AND 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. RB
Local storm report, Jun 10, 5:59 PM EDT, 3 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
559 PM EDT WED JUN 10 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0530 PM NON-TSTM WND DMG 8 NW MORGANTON 35.82N 81.80W
06/10/2009 BURKE NC BROADCAST MEDIA
TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN NW OF MORGANTON ON HWY 181.
&&
JPTThe office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 3:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Buncombe, Haywood, Madison, Swain | 55 min |
| Jun 10, 4:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Buncombe, Henderson | 55 min |
| Jun 10, 4:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Burke, McDowell | 67 min |
| Jun 10, 5:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Henderson, Polk, Rutherford | 33 min |
| Jun 10, 6:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | McDowell | 42 min |
| Jun 10, 6:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Alexander, Iredell | 63 min |
| Jun 10, 6:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Alexander, Caldwell | 21 min |
| Jun 10, 6:23 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | McDowell | 3 hr |
| Jun 10, 6:32 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Burke, Caldwell | 58 min |
| Jun 10, 7:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Catawba, Iredell | 42 min |
| Jun 10, 7:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Union | 53 min |
| Jun 10, 7:47 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Union | 58 min |
| Jun 10, 7:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Union | 38 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in North Carolina, 2009Every flash flood warning in 2009
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.