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Flash Flood Warning 25, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

June 10, 2009McDowell County, North Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this flash flood warning at Jun 10, 2009, 6:23 PM EDT for McDowell 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
Jun 10, 2009, 6:23 PM EDT (22:23 UTC)
Expired
Jun 10, 2009, 9:15 PM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County McDowell County, NC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:25 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, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 197 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 2009-06-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 39 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 2009-06-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 35 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
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

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The text

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

000 
WGUS52 KGSP 102223
FFWGSP
NCC111-110115-
/O.NEW.KGSP.FF.W.0025.090610T2223Z-090611T0115Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
623 PM EDT WED JUN 10 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  MCDOWELL COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...

* UNTIL 915 PM EDT

* AT 613 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER CENTRAL 
MCDOWELL COUNTY. RADAR HAS ESTIMATED 1 TO 3 INCHES HAS FALLEN IN THE 
PAST 2 HOURS. RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE LIKELY TO CONTINUE 
THROUGH 7 PM. 

* BETWEEN OLD FORT AND MARION...THE CATAWBA RIVER COULD OVERFLOW ITS 
BANKS IN LOW LYING AREAS. FLOODING IS ALSO POSSIBLE ALONG LYTLE 
MOUNTAIN ROAD AND MCHONE DRIVE. FLOODING COULD DEVELOP NORTHEAST OF 
OLD FORT AT THE INTERSECTION OF PARKER PADGETT AND OAKDALE ROADS. IF 
THE HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUES OVER MARION...THEN FLOODING HIGHWAY 70 
JUST WEST OF HIGHWAY 221. CLEAR CREEK EAST OF MARION IS ALSO 
THREATENED.

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 3593 8193 3582 8197 3580 8199 3571 8187
      3557 8182 3553 8203 3555 8223 3556 8226
      3569 8228 3572 8221 3578 8216 3585 8205
      3587 8199 3590 8199

$$

RWH
3 follow-up statements
000 
WGUS72 KGSP 102317
FFSGSP

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
717 PM EDT WED JUN 10 2009

NCC111-110115-
/O.CON.KGSP.FF.W.0025.000000T0000Z-090611T0115Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MCDOWELL NC-
717 PM EDT WED JUN 10 2009

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM EDT FOR
MCDOWELL COUNTY...

AT 708 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED MANY CREEKS 
WERE AT OR JUST ABOVE BANKFULL. THE CATAWBA RIVER WAS ALSO REPORTED 
TO BE AT BANKFULL.

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY 
RAINFALL WERE BEGINNING TO MOVE OUT OF THE COUNTY. 
HOWEVER...RAINFALL RATES UP TO AN INCH PER HOUR COULD CONTINUE 
THROUGH 745 PM. WITH MANY AREAS CLOSE TO FLOOD CONDITIONS...PERSONS 
SHOULD MONITOR WATER LEVELS AND TAKE ACTION IF FLOODING DEVELOPS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY
ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW
LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.

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 3593 8193 3582 8197 3580 8199 3571 8187
      3557 8182 3553 8203 3555 8223 3556 8226
      3569 8228 3572 8221 3578 8216 3585 8205
      3587 8199 3590 8199

$$

RWH
000 
WGUS72 KGSP 110038
FFSGSP

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
838 PM EDT WED JUN 10 2009

NCC111-110115-
/O.CON.KGSP.FF.W.0025.000000T0000Z-090611T0115Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MCDOWELL NC-
838 PM EDT WED JUN 10 2009

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM EDT FOR
MCDOWELL COUNTY...

AT 833 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED HEAVY 
RAINFALL HAD MOVED OUT OF MCDOWELL COUNTY. CREEKS AND RIVERS 
CONTINUED TO RUN HIGH ACROSS THE COUNTY...BUT NO FLOODING HAD BEEN 
REPORTED.

SOME ADDITIONAL LIGHT RAINFALL WILL MOVE ACROSS THE COUNTY THROUGH 
915 PM. THEREFORE...WITH THE HIGH WATER LEVELS THE WARNING WILL 
REMAIN IN EFFECT.

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 3593 8193 3582 8197 3580 8199 3571 8187
      3557 8182 3553 8203 3555 8223 3556 8226
      3569 8228 3572 8221 3578 8216 3585 8205
      3587 8199 3590 8199

$$

RWH
000 
WGUS72 KGSP 110110
FFSGSP

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
910 PM EDT WED JUN 10 2009

NCC111-110118-
/O.EXP.KGSP.FF.W.0025.000000T0000Z-090611T0115Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MCDOWELL NC-
910 PM EDT WED JUN 10 2009

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 915 PM EDT FOR MCDOWELL
COUNTY...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THAT RAINFALL HAD ENDED ACROSS 
MCDOWELL COUNTY. CALLS TO COUNTY OFFICIALS INDICATED THAT NO REPORTS 
OF FLOODING HAD BEEN RECEIVED. THEREFORE...THE WARNING WILL EXPIRE 
AT 915 PM EDT.

LAT...LON 3593 8193 3582 8197 3580 8199 3571 8187
      3557 8182 3553 8203 3555 8223 3556 8226
      3569 8228 3572 8221 3578 8216 3585 8205
      3587 8199 3590 8199

$$

NED

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 10, 2:46 PM EDT, 3 hours 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 10, 2:46 PM EDT, 3 hours 37 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 38 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, 5:18 PM EDT, 1 hour 5 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, 24 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.

&&

JPT
Special weather statement, Jun 10, 6:04 PM EDT, 19 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
604 PM EDT WED JUN 10 2009

NCZ053-505>508-102230-
BUNCOMBE-EASTERN MCDOWELL-GREATER RUTHERFORD-MCDOWELL
MOUNTAINS-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-
604 PM EDT WED JUN 10 2009

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EASTERN BUNCOMBE...NORTHWESTERN
RUTHERFORD AND SOUTHERN MCDOWELL COUNTIES THROUGH 630 PM EDT...

AT 603 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTH OF OLD FORT...OR 13 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF MARION...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LAKE
  JAMES...NEBO...THERMAL CITY...SUGAR HILL...OLD FORT...MONTREAT...
  MARION...GLENWOOD AND FERO.

PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 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, 6:05 PM EDT, 18 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
605 PM EDT WED JUN 10 2009

NCZ502-102230-
GREATER CALDWELL-
605 PM EDT WED JUN 10 2009

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN CALDWELL COUNTY
THROUGH 630 PM EDT...

AT 603 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR LENOIR...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO KINGS
  CREEK...SAWMILLS...LENOIR...HUDSON...GRANITE FALLS...GAMEWELL AND
  CAJAHS MOUNTAIN.

PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 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, 6:06 PM EDT, 17 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
606 PM EDT WED JUN 10 2009

NCZ035-036-102245-
ALEXANDER-IREDELL-
606 PM EDT WED JUN 10 2009

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT ALEXANDER AND NORTHWESTERN
IREDELL COUNTIES THROUGH 645 PM EDT...

AT 606 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF TAYLORSVILLE...MOVING EAST
AT 10 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  TAYLORSVILLE...STONY POINT...SCOTTS...MILLERSVILLE...LOVE VALLEY...
  HIDDENITE AND ELLENDALE.

PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 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, 6:08 PM EDT, 15 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
608 PM EDT WED JUN 10 2009

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

0515 PM     HAIL             1 NNE FLETCHER          35.45N 82.50W
06/10/2009  E1.00 INCH       BUNCOMBE           NC   PUBLIC

            QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND HEAVY RAINFALL

&&

RWH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 10, 3:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPBuncombe, Haywood, Madison, Swain55 min
Jun 10, 4:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPBuncombe, Henderson55 min
Jun 10, 4:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPBurke, McDowell67 min
Jun 10, 5:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPHenderson, Polk, Rutherford33 min
Jun 10, 6:02 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningGSPHenderson2 hr
Jun 10, 6:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPMcDowell42 min
Jun 10, 6:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPAlexander, Iredell63 min
Jun 10, 6:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPAlexander, Caldwell21 min
Jun 10, 6:32 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPBurke, Caldwell58 min
Jun 10, 7:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPCatawba, Iredell42 min
Jun 10, 7:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPUnion53 min
Jun 10, 7:47 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPUnion58 min
Jun 10, 7:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPUnion38 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.