Alert archive / North Carolina / Flash Flood Warnings in 2009
Flash Flood Warning 25, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
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.
- 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 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
$$
RWH3 follow-up statements
000
WGUS72 KGSP 102317
FFSGSP
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
717 PM EDT WED JUN 10 2009
NCC111-110115-
/O.CON.KGSP.FF.W.0025.000000T0000Z-090611T0115Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MCDOWELL NC-
717 PM EDT WED JUN 10 2009
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM EDT FOR
MCDOWELL COUNTY...
AT 708 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED MANY CREEKS
WERE AT OR JUST ABOVE BANKFULL. THE CATAWBA RIVER WAS ALSO REPORTED
TO BE AT BANKFULL.
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY
RAINFALL WERE BEGINNING TO MOVE OUT OF THE COUNTY.
HOWEVER...RAINFALL RATES UP TO AN INCH PER HOUR COULD CONTINUE
THROUGH 745 PM. WITH MANY AREAS CLOSE TO FLOOD CONDITIONS...PERSONS
SHOULD MONITOR WATER LEVELS AND TAKE ACTION IF FLOODING DEVELOPS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY
ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW
LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
&&
LAT...LON 3593 8193 3582 8197 3580 8199 3571 8187
3557 8182 3553 8203 3555 8223 3556 8226
3569 8228 3572 8221 3578 8216 3585 8205
3587 8199 3590 8199
$$
RWH000
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
$$
RWH000
WGUS72 KGSP 110110
FFSGSP
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
910 PM EDT WED JUN 10 2009
NCC111-110118-
/O.EXP.KGSP.FF.W.0025.000000T0000Z-090611T0115Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MCDOWELL NC-
910 PM EDT WED JUN 10 2009
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 915 PM EDT FOR MCDOWELL
COUNTY...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THAT RAINFALL HAD ENDED ACROSS
MCDOWELL COUNTY. CALLS TO COUNTY OFFICIALS INDICATED THAT NO REPORTS
OF FLOODING HAD BEEN RECEIVED. THEREFORE...THE WARNING WILL EXPIRE
AT 915 PM EDT.
LAT...LON 3593 8193 3582 8197 3580 8199 3571 8187
3557 8182 3553 8203 3555 8223 3556 8226
3569 8228 3572 8221 3578 8216 3585 8205
3587 8199 3590 8199
$$
NEDWhat 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.
&&
JPTSpecial 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
&&
RWHThe 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, 6:02 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Henderson | 2 hr |
| 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, 6:32 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 |
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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.