Alert archive / North Carolina / Flash Flood Warnings in 2009
Flash Flood Warning 26, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this flash flood warning at Jun 10, 2009, 8:31 PM EDT for Union 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
- Jun 10, 2009, 8:31 PM EDT (00:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 10, 2009, 11:30 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), 142 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:33 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 10:00 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 4 Se Monroe, NC | WOLF POND ROAD CLOSED WITH AROUND A FOOT OF WATER ON IT. |
| Jun 10, 10:00 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 6 S Monroe, NC | MEDLIN ROAD CLOSED WITH 1-2 FEET OF WATER. |
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, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 120 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
- 1336 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1080 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 13 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 71 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS52 KGSP 110031
FFWGSP
NCC179-110330-
/O.NEW.KGSP.FF.W.0026.090611T0031Z-090611T0330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
831 PM EDT WED JUN 10 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
EASTERN UNION COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 1130 PM EDT
* AT 825 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH INTENSE RAINFALL OVER EASTERN UNION COUNTY. RADAR
HAS RAINFALL ESTIMATES OF 2 TO 4 INCHES IN THE LAST HOUR OVER THAT
AREA. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 1 TO 3 INCHES IS LIKELY OVER THIS AREA.
* FLOODING IS LIKELY ALONG LITTLE RICHARDSON CREEK AND BUCK
BRANCH. LOW LYING AREAS NEAR THESE STREAMS WILL LIKELY FLOOD,
ESPECIALLY ALONG MACEDONIA CHURCH AND MEDLIN ROADS.
LANES...STEWART...WATSON CREEKS AND CRISCO AND STEGALL BRANCH COULD
ALSO SEE SIGNIFICANT FLOODING.
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.
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 3482 8033 3481 8055 3519 8051 3519 8049
3517 8046 3517 8041 3517 8040 3518 8038
3518 8033 3519 8028
$$
RWH2 follow-up statements
000
WGUS72 KGSP 110224
FFSGSP
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1024 PM EDT WED JUN 10 2009
NCC179-110330-
/O.CON.KGSP.FF.W.0026.000000T0000Z-090611T0330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
UNION NC-
1024 PM EDT WED JUN 10 2009
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 PM EDT FOR
EASTERN UNION COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
AT 1018 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED
AREA.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO NEW SALEM.
SEVERAL ROADS IN THE SOUTHEASTERN PART OF THE COUNTY ARE CLOSED DUE
TO FLOODING. SOME OF THESE ARE MEDLIN COUNTY ROAD...6 MILES SOUTH OF
MONROE...AND WOLF POND ROAD...4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MONROE. A FEW
WEAKER STORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA LATE THIS EVENING BUT
RAINFALL IS MUCH LIGHTER...SO NO ADDITIONAL FLOODING IS EXPECTED.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY
YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN
GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG.
&&
LAT...LON 3482 8033 3481 8055 3519 8051 3519 8049
3517 8046 3517 8041 3517 8040 3518 8038
3518 8033 3519 8028
$$
RB000
WGUS72 KGSP 110328
FFSGSP
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1128 PM EDT WED JUN 10 2009
NCC179-110336-
/O.EXP.KGSP.FF.W.0026.000000T0000Z-090611T0330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.IO/
UNION NC-
1128 PM EDT WED JUN 10 2009
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 1130 PM EDT FOR EASTERN
UNION COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
HEAVY RAINFALL HAS DECREASED IN INTENSITY AND THE STORMS WILL MOVE
OUT OF THE COUNTY SHORTLY. WATERS ARE RECEDING...AND THE WARNING
WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
LAT...LON 3482 8033 3481 8055 3519 8051 3519 8049
3517 8046 3517 8041 3517 8040 3518 8038
3518 8033 3519 8028
$$
ARKWhat 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, 7:42 PM EDT, 49 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 10, 7:42 PM EDT, 49 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 742 PM EDT WED JUN 10 2009 .SYNOPSIS... WEAK HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE REGION INTO THURSDAY WILL BREAK DOWN AND ALLOW A COLD FRONT TO DRIFT SOUTH FROM THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY LATE THIS WEEK. THE FRONT SHOULD STALL OUT THIS WEEKEND FROM WEST TO EAST OVER THE CAROLINAS. HIGH PRESSURE TO THE NORTH WILL PUSH THE FRONT JUST SOUTH OF OUR AREA EARLY NEXT WEEK BEFORE THE FRONT COMES BACK NORTH AGAIN IN MID 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 /00Z THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY/... TSRA ACTIVITY WILL PUSH EAST OF THE CWA BY LATE THIS EVENING. BY THEN...MOST OF THE NC MTNS...FOOTHILLS...AND PIEDMONT AREAS SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED MEASURABLE RAINFALL. OVERNIGHT...WINDS WILL BECOME LIGHT TO CALM UNDER HIGH DEBRIS CLOUDS. LIGHT FOG MAY DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT AND REMAIN UNTIL SUNRISE...ESPECIALLY KAVL AND KHKY. SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN TO 5-9 KTS BY MID DAY AHEAD OF A OHIO VALLEY LOW. INCREASING INSTABILITY AND ANOTHER PASSING S/W WILL RESULT IN GOOD COVERAGE OF DEEP CONVECTION THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. AT KCLT...A LINE OF SHRA/TSRA WILL LIKELY PASS ACROSS THE TERMINAL BETWEEN 0-2Z. THE LINE SHOULD BRING A PERIOD OF HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS FROM A WEST DIRECTION. I WILL HANDLE THE PASSAGE OF THE LINE WITH A TEMPO FOR THE INITIAL TAF. I PLAN TO REFINE TIMING AS THE LINE APPROACHES. THE WETTING RAIN WILL INCREASE THE CHC FOR FOG DURING THE PRE DAWN HOURS. I WILL TEMPO 6SM IN FOG AROUND SUNRISE. AFTER SUNRISE...WINDS SHOULD BECOME SOUTH AROUND 5 KTS AND VEER TO SOUTHWEST BY MID DAY. INCREASING INSTABILITY AND ANOTHER PASSING S/W WILL RESULT IN GOOD COVERAGE OF DEEP CONVECTION THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. 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...NED
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 10, 3:45 PM EDT, 4 hours 46 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, 6:53 PM EDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 653 PM EDT WED JUN 10 2009 SCZ007-110000- SPARTANBURG- 653 PM EDT WED JUN 10 2009 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL SPARTANBURG COUNTY THROUGH 800 PM EDT... AT 651 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR INMAN...OR 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF SPARTANBURG...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WELLFORD... SPARTANBURG...ROEBUCK...MAYO...LYMAN...INMAN...DUNCAN AND BOILING SPRINGS SC. 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, 6:59 PM EDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 659 PM EDT WED JUN 10 2009 SCZ014-102330- CHESTER- 659 PM EDT WED JUN 10 2009 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN CHESTER COUNTY THROUGH 730 PM EDT... AT 657 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR GREAT FALLS RESERVOIR...OR 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LANCASTER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO GREAT FALLS RESERVOIR...FISHING CREEK RESERVOIR AND GREAT FALLS. 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, 7:04 PM EDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 704 PM EDT WED JUN 10 2009 NCZ068-508-110000- CLEVELAND-GREATER RUTHERFORD- 704 PM EDT WED JUN 10 2009 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT EASTERN RUTHERFORD AND WESTERN CLEVELAND COUNTIES THROUGH 800 PM EDT... AT 703 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DYSARTSVILLE TO 3 MILES SOUTH OF CLIFFSIDE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BOSTIC... SUNSHINE...SHELBY...POLKVILLE...MOORESBORO...LAWNDALE... LATTIMORE...KINGSTOWN...HARRIS...FOREST CITY...ELLENBORO...EARL... CLIFFSIDE...CASAR...BOILING SPRINGS NC AND ALEXANDER MILLS. PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. 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, 7:16 PM EDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 716 PM EDT WED JUN 10 2009 NCZ082-110015- UNION- 716 PM EDT WED JUN 10 2009 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT UNION COUNTY THROUGH 815 PM EDT... AT 715 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF MINERAL SPRINGS...OR 5 MILES WEST OF MONROE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MINERAL SPRINGS...UNIONVILLE...WINGATE...WEDDINGTON...STURDIVANTS...NEW SALEM...MONROE...MARSHVILLE AND FAIRVIEW. 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, 7:43 PM EDT, 48 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 743 PM EDT WED JUN 10 2009 NCZ056-068>070-SCZ008-009-110045- CATAWBA-CHEROKEE-CLEVELAND-GASTON-LINCOLN-YORK- 743 PM EDT WED JUN 10 2009 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT CHEROKEE...CLEVELAND... NORTHWESTERN YORK...SOUTHWESTERN CATAWBA...WESTERN GASTON AND WESTERN LINCOLN COUNTIES THROUGH 845 PM EDT... AT 741 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF VALE TO 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF PACOLET...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WACO... VALE...SHELBY...PATTERSON SPRINGS...MAIDEN...LINCOLNTON... LAWNDALE...LATTIMORE...KINGSTOWN...KINGS MOUNTAIN...HIGH SHOALS... GROVER...FALLSTON...EARL...CROUSE...COOKSVILLE...CHERRYVILLE... BOILING SPRINGS NC...BOGER CITY...BESSEMER CITY...BELWOOD... THICKETTY...SMYRNA...SARATT...KINGS MOUNTAIN STATE PARK...HICKORY GROVE...GAFFNEY AND BLACKSBURG. PEA SIZE HAIL...WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...AND PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. RB
Special weather statement, Jun 10, 8:08 PM EDT, 23 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 808 PM EDT WED JUN 10 2009 NCZ037-110100- DAVIE- 808 PM EDT WED JUN 10 2009 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT DAVIE COUNTY THROUGH 900 PM EDT... AT 808 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FARMINGTON...OR 5 MILES NORTH OF MOCKSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BERMUDA RUN...SHEFFIELD...MOCKSVILLE...FORK CHURCH...FARMINGTON AND ADVANCE. 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
The office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 8:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Union | 29 min |
| Jun 10, 8:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Davie | 40 min |
| Jun 11, 2:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Graham, Haywood, Jackson, Macon, Swain, Transylvania | 87 min |
| Jun 11, 2:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Polk | 55 min |
| Jun 11, 2:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Macon | 62 min |
| Jun 11, 2:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Buncombe, Henderson, Polk, Rutherford | 66 min |
| Jun 11, 3:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Buncombe, Burke, McDowell | 68 min |
| Jun 11, 3:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Buncombe, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, Macon, Madison and 4 more | 65 min |
| Jun 11, 3:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Polk, Rutherford | 63 min |
| Jun 11, 4:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Avery, Burke, Caldwell, McDowell, Mitchell, Yancey | 70 min |
| Jun 11, 4:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Catawba, Iredell | 60 min |
| Jun 11, 4:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Henderson, Polk, Rutherford, Transylvania | 67 min |
| Jun 11, 4:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cleveland, Haywood, Henderson and 7 more | 64 min |
| Jun 11, 4:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Rowan | 55 min |
| Jun 11, 5:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cleveland, Gaston, Mecklenburg, Polk, Rutherford | 60 min |
| Jun 11, 5:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Alexander, Avery, Burke, Caldwell, Catawba, Cleveland and 7 more | 64 min |
| Jun 11, 5:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Davie, Rowan | 52 min |
| Jun 11, 5:40 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Rowan | 50 min |
| Jun 11, 5:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Cleveland, Gaston, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Union | 82 min |
| Jun 11, 6:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Alexander, Cabarrus, Catawba, Davie, Iredell, Lincoln and 1 more | 68 min |
| Jun 11, 7:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Davie, Iredell, Rowan | 49 min |
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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.