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Flash Flood Warning 36, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this flash flood warning at Jul 28, 2009, 7:37 PM EDT for Mecklenburg County, North Carolina; York County, South Carolina. It was in force for 3 hr. 4 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
- Jul 28, 2009, 7:37 PM EDT (23:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 28, 2009, 10:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Mecklenburg County, NC, York County, SC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:38 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 28, 8:21 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 2 S Charlotte, NC | LITTLE SUGAR CREEK AT HILLSIDE AVE EXCEEDED FLOOD STAGE. |
| Jul 28, 8:36 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 6 Se Charlotte, NC | MC MULLEN CREEK OVERFLOWED BANKSS FLOODING ADDISON AND LINCREST STREETS.. 6 INCHS TO A FOOT. |
| Jul 28, 8:38 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 2 Se Charlotte, NC | SINK HOLE AT RODMAN AND SAM DRENAN RD .. BOTH ROADS CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING. |
| Jul 28, 8:40 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 6 S Charlotte, NC | CARMEL RD CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING |
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 4 storm reports to this flash flood warning; the first came 44 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 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 141 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
- 1744 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -43 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 655 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 2 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -33 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -76 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 282337
FFWGSP
NCC119-SCC091-290230-
/O.NEW.KGSP.FF.W.0036.090728T2337Z-090729T0230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
737 PM EDT TUE JUL 28 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN MECKLENBURG COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
EASTERN YORK COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 1030 PM EDT
* AT 732 PM EDT...AUTOMATED RAINGAGES ACROSS ACROSS SOUTHEAST CHARLOTTE
HAVE RECORDED RAINFALL TOTALS AROUND AN INCH SINCE 7 PM AND ADDITIONAL
STORMS WITH HOURLY RAINFALL RATES NEARING ONE AND ONE HALF INCH
PER HOUR WILL CONTINUE TO OVERSPREAD THE WARNED AREA THROUGH MID-EVENING.
* AMONG OTHER PLACES IN THE WARNED AREA...WITH HEAVY RAIN FALLING
ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PART OF MECKLENBURG COUNTY....THIS WILL RESULT
IN SIGNIFICANT RISES ON STREAMS IN THE AREA TO INCLUDE STEELE...FOUR
MILE...LOWER SUGAR...CROOKED AND GOOSE CREEKS. HEAVY RAIN WEST OF
THE MATHEWS AREA WILL CAUSE RAPID RISES ON LOCAL CREEKS ESPECIALLY
FOUR MILE CREEK. FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS NEAR THESE CREEKS
ESPECIALLY ALONG IVERLEIGH TRAIL...REVERDY OAKS AND STEVENS RIDGE
ROADS IS POSSIBLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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 3504 8076 3501 8085 3505 8089 3502 8090
3493 8088 3483 8119 3507 8113 3516 8101
3524 8101 3531 8079 3526 8066 3519 8059
$$
CSH3 follow-up statements
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WGUS72 KGSP 290017
FFSGSP
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
817 PM EDT TUE JUL 28 2009
NCC119-SCC091-290230-
/O.CON.KGSP.FF.W.0036.000000T0000Z-090729T0230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MECKLENBURG NC-YORK SC-
817 PM EDT TUE JUL 28 2009
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 PM EDT FOR
EASTERN YORK AND SOUTHERN MECKLENBURG COUNTIES...
AT 812 PM EDT...AUTOMATED RAINGAGES ACROSS SOUTHEAST CHARLOTTE
RECORDED LOCALLY UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN SINCE 7 PM...WITH SEVERAL
REPORTS OF POOR DRAINAGE AND URBAN FLOODING ACROSS THIS AREA.
RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE
SOUTHEASTERN THIRD OF MECKLENBURG COUNTY THROUGH MID-EVENING WITH
ADDITIONAL HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS MOVING IN FROM THE EASTERN UPSTATE...
AND OVERSPREADING THE WARNED AREA BETWEEN 9 AND 10 PM.
LAT...LON 3504 8076 3501 8085 3505 8089 3502 8090
3493 8088 3483 8119 3507 8113 3516 8101
3524 8101 3531 8079 3526 8066 3519 8059
$$
CSH000
WGUS72 KGSP 290105
FFSGSP
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
905 PM EDT TUE JUL 28 2009
NCC119-SCC091-290230-
/O.CON.KGSP.FF.W.0036.000000T0000Z-090729T0230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MECKLENBURG NC-YORK SC-
905 PM EDT TUE JUL 28 2009
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 PM EDT FOR
EASTERN YORK AND SOUTHERN MECKLENBURG COUNTIES...
AT 901 PM EDT...AUTOMATED RAINGAGES INDICATED LOCALLY AS HIGH AS 2
INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN ACROSS SOUTHEAST CHARLOTTE SINCE 7 PM.
BRIAR CREEK AT PROVIDENCE ROAD AND MCMULLEN CREEK AT LINCREST PLACE
WERE NEAR FLOOD STAGE.
ADDITIONAL HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WILL OVERSPREAD THE WARNED AREA
THROUGH 10 PM...AS HOURLY RAINFALL RATES OF 1-2 INCHES ENCROACH FROM
THE EASTERN UPSTATE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY
YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN
GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG.
&&
LAT...LON 3504 8076 3501 8085 3505 8089 3502 8090
3493 8088 3483 8119 3507 8113 3516 8101
3524 8101 3531 8079 3526 8066 3519 8059
$$
CSH000
WGUS72 KGSP 290222
FFSGSP
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1022 PM EDT TUE JUL 28 2009
NCC119-SCC091-290230-
/O.CON.KGSP.FF.W.0036.000000T0000Z-090729T0230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MECKLENBURG NC-YORK SC-
1022 PM EDT TUE JUL 28 2009
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 PM EDT FOR
EASTERN YORK AND SOUTHERN MECKLENBURG COUNTIES...
AT 1020 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED WIDESPREAD MODERATE SHOWERS
LINGERING ACROSS THE NORTH CAROLINA PIEDMONT...BUT HOURLY RAINFALL
RATES HAVE DECREASED TO LESS THAN ONE INCH PER HOUR. BASED ON THIS
DIMINISHED RAINFALL TREND...THIS SHOULD PREVENT ANY NEW FLOODING
FROM OCCURRING...BUT POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING AND HIGH WATER CONDITIONS
WILL LINGER INTO THE LATE EVENING HOURS ACROSS GREATER CHARLOTTE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE
UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS
SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
&&
LAT...LON 3504 8076 3501 8085 3505 8089 3502 8090
3493 8088 3483 8119 3507 8113 3516 8101
3524 8101 3531 8079 3526 8066 3519 8059
$$
CSHWhat 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 Jul 28, 2:24 PM EDT, 5 hours 13 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 28, 2:24 PM EDT, 5 hours 13 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 224 PM EDT TUE JUL 28 2009 .SYNOPSIS... ABUNDANT GULF MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST THROUGH WEDNESDAY. HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE ATLANTIC COMBINED WITH LOW PRESSURE WEST OF THE APPALACHIANS WILL KEEP DEEP MOISTURE OVER THE REGION THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. ANOTHER FRONT MAY STALL OUT NEAR OUR REGION EARLY NEXT WEEK. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... NOT MUCH CHANGE IN THINKING FROM THE MORNING UPDATE. THE RUC CONTINUES TO BRING A STRONG UPSTREAM MCV INTO THE WRN FA EARLY THIS EVENING. THE TIMING ON THIS FEATURE HAS SLOWED A FEW HOURS DURING THE DAY. THIS HAS KEPT MOST OF THE FA UNDER NVA THIS AFTERNOON...WHICH IS PRIMARILY WHAT IS INHIBITING CONVECTION. SKIES REMAIN MOSTLY CLEAR AND SBCAPE VALUES HAVE RISEN TO BETWEEN 2500 AND 3000 ACROSS THE FA. LATEST DAPE VALUES FROM THE SPC MESO-ANALYSIS PAGE ARE OVER 1000 J/KG OVER A GOOD BIT OF THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT. CONSIDERING THE RESPECTABLE BUFKIT DELTA THETA-E VALUES AND THE SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF CAPE BETWEEN -10 AND -30 DEG C...THE MICROBURST POTENTIAL STILL LOOKS GOOD DURING THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. RIGHT NOW WE ARE THINKING THAT A 50-55 DBZ CORE UP AROUND 26-27 KFT OR A 60+ CORE AROUND 17-18 KFT WILL BE ENOUGH TO PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS. THE LATEST RUNS OF THE GFS AND NAM REMAIN CONSISTENT IN GENERATING A 30 TO 40 KT LLVL JET OVERNIGHT. AS THE AIRMASS BECOMES MORE SATURATED CLOSER TO THE SHORT WAVE...THE SEVERE CHANCES SHOULD LOWER...BUT CONVECTIVE CONVERGE SHOULD ACTUALLY INCREASE THROUGH THE NIGHT OWING TO THE GOOD LLVL WARM ADVECTION. THERE IS SOME HINT FROM THE GFS AND NAM PCPN FIELDS THAT CONVECTION MAY TRAIN OVER THE FOOTHILLS AND ERN SLOPES OF THE APPALACHIANS THIS EVENING. CONFIDENCE IS NOT NEARLY HIGH ENOUGH FOR ANY KIND OF FLASH FLOOD WATCH...BUT IT/S A TREND TO WATCH CLOSELY. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION TOMORROW AS A CHAIN OF SHORT WAVES MOVE ACROSS THE REGION. THE MODELS KEEP THE AIRMASS SATURATED. THIS SHOULD LIMIT SEVERE POTENTIAL AND HOLD MAX TEMPS A FEW DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. && .SHORT TERM /WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/... AS OF 145 PM TUESDAY...THE MEAN UPPER TROUGH WILL REMAIN OVER THE MS RIVER VALLEY THURSDAY AND FRIDAY...WITH A SHORTWAVE ROUNDING ITS BASE LATE THURSDAY. MOIST INFLOW FROM THE GULF AND ATLANTIC WILL SUPPORT WIDESPREAD CONVECTIVE COVERAGE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY WHILE A STATIONARY FRONT REMAINS OVER THE OH RIVER VALLEY. A SURFACE WAVE MOVES UP THIS FRONT ON THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY IN RESPONSE TO THE SHORTWAVE...BUT APPEARS TO BE FAR ENOUGH WEST OF THE MOUNTAINS THAT ITS IMPACT ON OUR AREA WILL BE LIMITED. POPS WILL BE ABOVE CLIMATOLOGY. TEMPERATURES WILL NEAR SUMMERTIME NORMALS. && .LONG TERM /FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY/... AS OF 145 PM TUESDAY...THE MEAN UPPER TROUGH WILL PERSIST FROM THE GREAT LAKES TO THE GULF FROM SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...REMAINING QUITE BROAD AND OF LOW AMPLITUDE...WITH MOST OF ITS ENERGY CROSSING THE NORTHERN TIER OF THE USA. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO OUR AREA FROM THE NORTHWEST FRIDAY NIGHT...THEN WILL LIFT NORTH AS A WARM FRONT ON SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT...LEAVING OUR AREA FIRMLY IN THE WARM SECTOR ON SUNDAY. WEAK HIGH PRESSURE LINGERS ON MONDAY...WITH LEE TROUGHING SUGGESTED BY THE MODELS AND HPC SOLUTION. A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH FROM THE NORTHWEST ON TUESDAY. THE WARM AND HUMID AIR MASS WILL SUPPORT SCATTERED CONVECTION...WITH SURFACE BOUNDARIES SERVING AS FOCUSING MECHANISMS. TEMPERATURES WILL BE NEAR CLIMATOLOGY...AS THE UPPER TROUGH IS RATHER SHALLOW...AND THE UPPER RIDGE AXIS IS TO OUR EAST OVER THE ATLANTIC. && .AVIATION /19Z TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/... KCLT AND ELSEWHERE...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE BEGINNING TO DEVELOP OVER THE UPSTATE AND NE GA AT ISSUANCE TIME. I/M NOT ADDING ANY TEMPO GROUPS FOR CONVECTION JUST YET...BUT THEY WILL BE NEEDED FAIRLY SOON ONCE WE SEE WHERE THE STORMS BECOME MORE ORGANIZED. I EXPECT THE UPSTATE TAF SITES WILL BE AFFECTED A COUPLE HOURS BEFORE THE NC SITES. THE PREVIOUS SET OF TAFS HAD MVFR CIGS AND PREVAILING SHRA LATER TONIGHT AT ALL SITES. I/VE CONTINUED THIS TREND FOR THIS PACKAGE...KEEPING SHOWERS AND MVFR CLOUDS AND VSBY/S IN THROUGH NOON TOMORROW. I HAVE GONE A LITTLE LOWER WITH CIGS WHICH MATCHES A BLEND OF THE MOS GUIDANCE. WINDS WILL BE OUT OF THE SSW FOR THE MOST PART THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON WILL PRODUCE MICROBURSTS...WITH 50KT+ WINDS POSSIBLE. OUTLOOK...AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH TO THE W WILL KEEP REGION UNSETTLED THRU THE WEEKEND. EARLY MRNG MVFR FOG WILL BE POSSIBLE EACH DAY... WITH ENHANCED AFTN-EVE SHWRS/TSTMS. && .GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...DEO NEAR TERM...MCAVOY SHORT TERM...JAT LONG TERM...JAT AVIATION...MCAVOY
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 28, 7:13 PM EDT, 24 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 713 PM EDT TUE JUL 28 2009 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065- 068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-292315- 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- 713 PM EDT TUE JUL 28 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. SEVERAL THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA MAY BECOME SEVERE TONIGHT. LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING...AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING MAY OCCUR WITH THESE STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE EACH DAY THIS WEEK...ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. A FEW OF THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE SEVERE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... NONE. ARK
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 28, 2:30 PM EDT, 5 hours 7 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 230 PM EDT TUE JUL 28 2009 GAZ017-018-281915- HABERSHAM-STEPHENS- 230 PM EDT TUE JUL 28 2009 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHERN HABERSHAM AND WESTERN STEPHENS COUNTIES THROUGH 315 PM EDT... AT 229 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES SOUTH OF TURNERVILLE...OR 6 MILES WEST OF TOCCOA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO TURNERVILLE...TOCCOA...MOUNT AIRY...HOLLYWOOD...DEMOREST... CORNELIA...CLARKESVILLE...BOYDVILLE AND BALDWIN. SMALL HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. LG
Special weather statement, Jul 28, 4:30 PM EDT, 3 hours 7 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 430 PM EDT TUE JUL 28 2009 NCZ053-282130- BUNCOMBE- 430 PM EDT TUE JUL 28 2009 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT BUNCOMBE COUNTY THROUGH 530 PM EDT... AT 430 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES WEST OF LAKE BOWEN...OR 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF COLUMBUS. THIS STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. * OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO DOWNTOWN ASHEVILLE...ASHEVILLE MALL...I-26 AT I-40...UNC ASHEVILLE... FAIRVIEW...WOODFIN...WEAVERVILLE...SWANNANOA...SKYLAND... MONTREAT...BLACK MOUNTAIN...BILTMORE FOREST...BENT CREEK... BARNARDSVILLE...AVERY CREEK AND ASHEVILLE. SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. 07
Special weather statement, Jul 28, 5:23 PM EDT, 2 hours 14 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 523 PM EDT TUE JUL 28 2009 NCZ057-072-282230- CABARRUS-ROWAN- 523 PM EDT TUE JUL 28 2009 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CABARRUS AND EASTERN ROWAN COUNTIES THROUGH 630 PM EDT... AT 523 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES EAST OF LOWES MOTOR SPEEDWAY...OR 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CONCORD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LOWES MOTOR SPEEDWAY...SPENCER...SALISBURY...ROCKWELL...MOUNT PLEASANT... LANDIS...KANNAPOLIS...HARRISBURG...GRANITE QUARRY...GOLD HILL... FAITH...CRAVEN...CONCORD AND CHINA GROVE. SMALL HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. 07
Special weather statement, Jul 28, 6:15 PM EDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 615 PM EDT TUE JUL 28 2009 NCZ071-SCZ009-282300- MECKLENBURG-YORK- 615 PM EDT TUE JUL 28 2009 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EASTERN YORK AND SOUTHWESTERN MECKLENBURG COUNTIES THROUGH 700 PM EDT... AT 614 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF YORK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO CAROWINDS...PINEVILLE...YORK...TEGA CAY...ROCK HILL...LAKE WYLIE AND FORT MILL. SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. CSH
Local storm report, Jul 28, 6:36 PM EDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
636 PM EDT TUE JUL 28 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0610 PM TSTM WND DMG 5 S YORK 34.92N 81.24W
07/28/2009 YORK SC AMATEUR RADIO
MULTIPLE TREES DOWN ON HWY 321 AND SANDIFUR ROAD.
0610 PM HAIL 5 S YORK 34.92N 81.24W
07/28/2009 E0.75 INCH YORK SC AMATEUR RADIO
&&
KRENTZThe office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 27, 9:57 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Cabarrus | 2 hr |
| Jul 27, 10:09 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Cabarrus | 3 hr |
| Jul 27, 11:09 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Mecklenburg | 111 min |
| Jul 27, 11:34 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Union | 116 min |
| Jul 28, 4:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Buncombe | 47 min |
| Jul 28, 5:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cleveland, Polk, Rutherford | 60 min |
| Jul 28, 6:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Gaston, Mecklenburg | 82 min |
| Jul 28, 7:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Mecklenburg | 49 min |
| Jul 28, 1:52 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Greenville, Spartanburg | 53 min |
| Jul 28, 5:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Chester, Union, York | 60 min |
| Jul 28, 7:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cherokee, Greenville, Laurens, Spartanburg | 63 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in North Carolina, 2009Flash Flood Warnings in South 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.