Alert archive / North Carolina / Flash Flood Warnings in 2009
Flash Flood Warning 47, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this flash flood warning at Nov 11, 2009, 1:21 AM EST for Henderson County, North Carolina. It was in force for 6 hr. 1 report 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
- Nov 11, 2009, 1:21 AM EST (06:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 11, 2009, 7:15 AM EST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Henderson County, NC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:23 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 11, 6:15 AM EST | FLASH FLOOD | Hendersonville, NC | COUNTY OFFICIALS REPORTED MUD CREEK IS OUT OF ITS BANKS AND IS FLOODING HWY 25 AND HWY 176. WARLICK RD AND DANA RD HAVE ALSO BEEN REPORTED FLOODED. |
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 one storm report to this flash flood warning; the first came 294 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, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 241 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 575 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 426 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 110621
FFWGSP
NCC089-111215-
/O.NEW.KGSP.FF.W.0047.091111T0621Z-091111T1215Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
121 AM EST WED NOV 11 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
HENDERSON COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 715 AM EST
* AT 111 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
VERY HEAVY RAIN FALLING ACROSS THE COUNTY. OVER THE LAST 6
HOURS...ONE TO ONE AND THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH OF RAIN HAS FALLEN
FROM AROUND FLAT ROCK TO FLETCHER. ADDITIONAL MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN
WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE INTO THE COUNTY THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING
HOURS...WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE HALF TO THREE
QUARTERS OF AN INCH POSSIBLE.
* FLOODING IS LIKELY ALONG AREA CREEKS AND STREAMS...INCLUDING MUD
CREEK...BAT FORK CREEK...AND CLEAR CREEK. AFFECTED ROADS WILL LIKELY
INCLUDE...BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...SHEPHARD STREET AND NEW HOPE
ROAD...BROOKSIDE CAMP AND BALFOUR ROADS...AND TOWNSEN AND FRUITLAND
ROADS.
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.
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.
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 3546 8226 3544 8228 3538 8226 3529 8234
3519 8236 3521 8240 3518 8243 3515 8256
3529 8261 3542 8274 3546 8267 3543 8253
3547 8240 3546 8237 3548 8237 3550 8231
$$
BSH1 follow-up statement
000
WGUS72 KGSP 110909
FFSGSP
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
409 AM EST WED NOV 11 2009
NCC089-111215-
/O.CON.KGSP.FF.W.0047.000000T0000Z-091111T1215Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
HENDERSON NC-
409 AM EST WED NOV 11 2009
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 AM EST FOR
HENDERSON COUNTY...
AT 358 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN OVER HENDERSON COUNTY. FLOODING CONDITIONS
WERE OBSERVED FROM TWO RAIN GAUGES NEAR HENDERSONVILLE. THE GAUGE AT
MUD CREEK REPORTED 8.15 FEET AND THE GAUGE AT BAT FORK CREEK
REPORTED 7.6 FEET.
FROM PREVIOUS OBSERVATIONS OF FLOODING EVENTS...THE MUD RIVER WILL
BEGIN TO FLOOD KING STREET AND 5 POINTS IN SOUTHERN HENDERSONVILLE
ONCE IT RISES OVER 8 FEET. THE BAT FORK CREEK IS ALSO EXPECTED TO BE
PRODUCING FLOODING AT AIRPORT ROAD AFTER IT REACHES 7.4 FEET.
ADDITONAL...YET SLOW RISES IN STREAM LEVELS ACROSS HENDERSON COUNTY
ARE EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MILLS RIVER.
LAT...LON 3546 8226 3544 8228 3538 8226 3529 8234
3519 8236 3521 8240 3518 8243 3515 8256
3529 8261 3542 8274 3546 8267 3543 8253
3547 8240 3546 8237 3548 8237 3550 8231
$$
KRENTZWhat 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 Nov 11, 12:56 AM EST, 25 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 11, 12:56 AM EST, 25 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1256 AM EST WED NOV 11 2009
.SYNOPSIS...
ABUNDANT MOISTURE AND RAINFALL ASSOCIATED WITH THE REMNANTS OF
TROPICAL STORM IDA WILL MOVE TO THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN CAROLINAS BY
WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE LOW IS EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP NEAR THE CAROLINA
COAST THURSDAY AS IT MOVES NORTHEAST. HIGH PRESSURE WILL THEN BUILD
OVERHEAD AND REMAINS IN PLACE THROUGH THE WEEKEND.
&&
.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TODAY/...
LITTLE CHANGE TO THE FCST NEEDED THIS EVENING...AS LONG-DURATION
RAIN EVENT IS UNDER WAY.
WIND-DRIVEN RAIN IS THE STORY TONIGHT...AS THE CENTER OF REMNANTS OF
IDA SLOWLY EDGES EWD NEAR THE AL/FL BORDER. A RAIN SHIELD OF
MODERATE TO SOME EMBEDDED HEAVY RAIN CAN BE SEEN ON RADAR
MOSAIC...EXTENDING FROM ERN AL...THRU ERN TN/WRN NC...TO SWRN VA.
THIS RAIN BAND WILL SLOWLY ADVANCE EWD ACRS THE CWFA...COINCIDENT
WITH AREA OF STRONG 700-500 MB FGEN FORCING AND UPR DIV ASSOC W/ RRQ
OF 250 MB JET. AT THE SFC...PRES GRAD HAS INCREASED AS THE LOW MOVES
EAST ACRS THE FL PANHANDLE...AND HIGH PRES BUILDS TOWARD THE SE ACRS
THE GREAT LAKES.
AS OF 9 PM...QPF TOTALS HAVE RUN FROM OVER 2 ACRS THE SWRN NC
MTNS...TO 0.75 ACRS THE NWRN NC PIEDMONT. RAIN RATES HAVE BEEN
GENERALLY 0.25/HR OR LESS...WITH SCATTERED EMBEDDED RATES IN THE
0.25-0.50 RANGE. WITH THAT SAID...THREATS FOR ANY FLOODING WILL BE
MAINLY IN THE CENTRAL NC MTNS THIS EVENING. OUTSIDE THAT
AREA...GENERALLY JUST LOCALIZED URBAN FLOODING DUE TO POOR DRAINAGE
IS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. KEEP IN MIND...RAIN TOTALS WILL ADD UP SUCH
THAT A FLOOD THREAT OF RIVERS/CREEKS WILL INCREASE FROM WEST TO EAST
(AS RAIN ACCUMS APPROACH THE 3-5 RANGE). SO THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH
STILL IN GOOD SHAPE.
TEMPS WILL REMAIN NEARLY STEADY OR GRADUALLY FALL A FEW DEGREES BY
DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY.
PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...
PLUME OF TROPICAL MOISTURE EAST OF THE REMNANT CIRCULATION OF IDA
CONTINUING TO INTERACT WITH COLD CORE TROUGH RESULTING IN WIDESPREAD
RAINFALL ACRS THE REGION. 12 UTC OP GLOBAL MODELS...AND ESPECIALLY
THE GFS/ECMWF...CONTINUE TO ADVERTISE NORTHWARD DEVELOPMENT OF
MID-LVL FRONTOGENESIS MAX INTO THE MTNS AND FOOTHILLS TONIGHT. MODEL
RESPONSE CONSENSUS PAINTS THE HEAVIEST QPF ALONG THIS AXIS INTO
WEDNESDAY MORNING...BUT EVEN RAINFALL ACRS THE PIEDMONT STANDS TO BE
IMPRESSIVE...DRIVEN BY THE DEEP AND ROBUST UPGLIDE FLOW. CONTINUED
DIGGING OF UPPER TROUGH AND THE ASSUMPTION OF A NEUTRAL TILT...WILL
RESULT IN DEEP LAYERED FORCING MAXIMA LINGERING ACRS THE
NORTHEASTERN HALF OF THE CWFA WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...AND THE
ACCOMPANYING THREAT FOR WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAIN POSSIBLY INTO THE
EVENING. INCREASING PRESSURE GRADIENT NORTH OF IDA/S REMNANTS WILL
LIKELY RESULT IN WIND DRIVEN RAINFALL TONIGHT AND INTO WEDNESDAY.
WITH WIDESPREAD 2 TO 5 INCH RAINFALL AMTS BY THE END OF THE NEAR
TERM...FFA WILL CONTINUE AS IS...AND GUSTY NORTHERLY WINDS COULD
TOPPLE TREES WITHIN THE SATURATED SOIL.
&&
.SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/...
AS OF 330 PM TUESDAY...THE LATEST MODEL SOLUTIONS CUT OFF A DEEP H5
LOW OVER THE SC COAST WED NIGHT. THE LOW WILL REMAIN STATIONARY
THROUGH THE DAY ON THU BEFORE IT STARTS TO MOVE SLOWLY OFF TO THE
EAST. THIS PHASING OF NRN STREAM ENERGY AND THE REMNANTS OF IDA IS A
CONSIDERABLE CHANGE FROM THE PREVIOUS FORECAST REASONING WHICH HAD A
MUCH MORE PROGRESSIVE NRN STREAM TROUGH THAT KICKED THE TROPICAL
REMNANTS OUT TO SEA WED EVENING.
THE NAM AND GFS NOW HAVE A STRONG LOW OFF THE SC COAST WED NIGHT AND
THU...WITH A 50-60 KT NE ORIENTED H8 JET OVER THE FA DURING THIS
TIME ON THE GFS. THE FLOW IS EVEN A LITTLE STRONGER ON THE NAM. THE
NAM DROPS THE PHASING NORTHERN STREAM ENERGY A LITTLE FARTHER
SOUTHWEST THAN THE GFS. THIS PULLS IT/S HEAVY DEFORMATION ZONE PCPN
A LITTLE FARTHER SOUTHWEST WED NIGHT AND PARTICULARLY ON THU.
HOWEVER...THEY BOTH HAVE A PERIOD OF STRONG LLVL ISENTROPIC UPGLIDE
WHICH MAXIMIZES LATE THE DAY ON THU OVER THE I-77 CORRIDOR ON THE
NAM AND CLOSER TO THE VA BORDER ON THE GFS. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN IS
A GOOD BET AS THIS HAPPENS...THOUGH PREDICTING WHERE THE HEAVIEST
DEFORMATION ZONE PCPN FALLS WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT. FORTUNATELY THE
LATEST MODEL TRENDS HINT THAT THE HEAVY PCPN MAY INDEED STAY NORTH
OF OF THE CHARLOTTE URBAN CORRIDOR WITH THIS SECOND PHASE OF THE
EVENT. HOWEVER...WE/LL HAVE TO KEEP A CLOSE EYE ON THINGS AS THE
MODELS HAVE BEEN CHANGING THE ORIENTATION OF THEIR AXIS OF HEAVIEST
PCPN RUN TO RUN.
WITH THE TIGHT GRADIENT...WINDS WILL GUST OVER 30 MPH AT TIMES OVER
THE ERN ZONES WED THROUGH THU. WITH THE GROUND SATURATED FROM THE
HEAVY RAIN...AN UNUSUAL NUMBER OF TREES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL. THERE
WILL ALSO BE GREATER THAN USUAL URBAN FLOODING POTENTIAL OWING TO
LEAVES CLOGGING STORM DRAINS.
PCPN SHOULD COME TO AN END OVER THE ERN PART OF THE FA AS THE GALE
CENTER TRACKS FARTHER OFF THE COAST THU NIGHT...THOUGH EVEN THAT/S
IN SOME DOUBT PER THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE UPPER LOW. SKIES PROBABLY
WON/T CLEAR ON FRIDAY...WITH CONTINUED BREEZY CONDITIONS AND NEAR
STEADY TEMPS.
&&
.LONG TERM /FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY/...
AS OF 240 PM TUESDAY...EVEN IF THE SLOWEST OF MODEL SOLUTIONS
VERIFY...AN UPPER LOW SHOULD MOVE FAR ENOUGH EAST OF THE REGION FOR
CLEARING BY FRIDAY NIGHT. THERE IS CONSIDERABLE MODEL DIFFERENCE IN
HOW HOW DEEPLY AND HOW FAR WEST THE NEXT LONG WAVE AMPLIFICATION
WILL OCCUR. THE GFS ENSEMBLE IS IN BETTER AGREEMENT WITH THE LATEST
ECMWF THAN THE OPERATIONAL GFS. THIS SHOULD RESULT IN A DEEPER AND
SLOWER TROUGH MOVING ACROSS THE MID-WEST AND LOWER MS RIVER VALLEY
EARLY NEXT WEEK. THE UPSHOT OF THIS IS THAT SAT AND SUN SHOULD BOTH
BE NICE DAYS WITH PLENTY OF SUNSHINE AND ABOVE NORMAL TEMPS. A WEAK
FRONT MAY DROP TEMPS BACK A LITTLE ON MONDAY...BUT THE FORCING STAYS
WELL WEST OF THE REGION. I DIDN/T GO AGAINST HPC/S LOW CHANCE POPS
OVER THE WEST MONDAY NIGHT...BUT WITH THE GULF CUT OFF...ANY PCPN
SHOULD BE LIGHT.
&&
.AVIATION /06Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...
AT KCLT...IT APPEARS THAT CONDITIONS WILL GENERALLY REMAIN IN THE
MVFR RANGE THROUGH MUCH OF THE PERIOD. HOWEVER...SOME PERIODS OF IFR
ARE LIKELY AROUND SUNRISE...AND THIS THREAT HAS BEEN ADDRESSED WITH
TEMPOS. OTHERWISE...THE RAIN WILL CONTINUE. IN FACT...IT APPEARS
LIKELY THAT RAIN WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE END OF THE PERIOD...AS THE
SYSTEM RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CURRENT PRECIPITATION SLOWS CONSIDERABLY.
ALTHOUGH RAIN SHOULD BECOME LIGHTER THIS AFTERNOON...PERIODS OF +RA
WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 06Z THURSDAY. AS LOW PRESSURE INTENSIFIES
ALONG THE SOUTHEAST COAST...THE GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS WILL PERSIST
AS WELL.
ELSEWHERE...GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS...RAIN...AND MAINLY LOW MVFR
CONDITIONS (OCCL IFR) WILL CONTINUE THROUGH AT LEAST THE REMAINDER
OF THE MORNING. THE RAINFALL SHOULD BEGIN TO GRADUALLY TAPER OFF
FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST BY MID-DAY OR SO...THUS CATEGORICAL RAIN
GIVES WAY TO VCSH AROUND 18Z AT THE UPSTATE SC TERMINALS AND KAVL.
HOWEVER...RAIN WILL LIKELY CONTINUE THROUGH THE END OF THE PERIOD AT
KHKY. ALTHOUGH SOME IMPROVEMENT IN CIGS IS EXPECTED...AND VISBY
SHOULD INCREASE TO VFR AS PRECIP COMES TO AN END...ABUNDANT
LINGERING LOW LEVEL MOISTURE SUGGESTS THAT MVFR CIGS WILL LIKELY
LINGER THROUGH THE END OF THE PERIOD.
OUTLOOK...GUSTY NORTHERLY WINDS SHOULD LINGER ACRS THE FA THRU
THURSDAY...ALTHOUGH WIDESPREAD RAIN WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY
CONFINED TO JUST THE NC PIEDMONT/FTHLS WED NITE INTO THURSDAY.
QUIETER WEATHER AND VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED FROM FRIDAY THROUGH
THE WEEKEND.
&&
.GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL NOON EST TODAY FOR GAZ010-017-018-026-
028-029.
NC...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON FOR NCZ035>037-056-
057-068>072-082-501>508.
FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL NOON EST TODAY FOR NCZ033-048>053-058-
059-062>065-509-510.
SC...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON FOR SCZ008-009-014.
FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL NOON EST TODAY FOR SCZ001>007-010>013-
019.
&&
SYNOPSIS...JPT
NEAR TERM...ARK/CSH
SHORT TERM...MCAVOY
LONG TERM...MCAVOY
AVIATION...JDLHazardous weather outlook, Nov 10, 4:14 PM EST, 9 hours 7 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 414 PM EST TUE NOV 10 2009 NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-082-501>508-SCZ008-009-014-112115- ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON- MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-GREATER CALDWELL- BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-EASTERN MCDOWELL- RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-GREATER RUTHERFORD-CHEROKEE-YORK-CHESTER- 414 PM EST TUE NOV 10 2009 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FLASH FLOOD WATCH. PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WILL LAST INTO THURSDAY. IN ADDITION TO HEAVY RAIN...WINDS WILL INCREASE OVERNIGHT...WITH GUSTS OVER 30 MPH EXPECTED AT TIMES. AS THE GROUND BECOMES INCREASINGLY SATURATED...THE GUSTY WINDS WILL BEGIN TO KNOCK OVER A CONSIDERABLE NUMBER OF TREES. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS POWER OUTAGES AND BLOCKED ROADS CAN BE EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FLASH FLOOD WATCH. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT RAINFALL TOTALS OVER TWO INCHES AS WELL AS ANY STREAMS OUT OF THEIR BANKS THAT ARE FLOODING ROADS. GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-509-510- SCZ001>007-010>013-019-112115- RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY- MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON- SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-POLK MOUNTAINS-EASTERN POLK- OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS- GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG- ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION SC-GREENWOOD- 414 PM EST TUE NOV 10 2009 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WILL LAST INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. IN ADDITION TO HEAVY RAIN...WINDS WILL INCREASE OVERNIGHT...WITH GUSTS OVER 30 MPH EXPECTED AT TIMES. AS THE GROUND BECOMES INCREASINGLY SATURATED...THE GUSTY WINDS WILL BEGIN TO KNOCK OVER A FEW TREES. SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES AND A FEW BLOCKED ROADS CAN BE EXPECTED. THE GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND POSSIBLY INTO THURSDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FLASH FLOOD WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FLASH FLOOD WATCH. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT RAINFALL TOTALS OVER TWO INCHES AS WELL AS ANY STREAMS OUT OF THEIR BANKS THAT ARE FLOODING ROADS. MCAVOY
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Nov 10, 7:40 PM EST, 5 hours 41 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 740 PM EST TUE NOV 10 2009 GAZ018-026-028-SCZ001>007-010-110300- STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS- GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS- GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-ANDERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TOCCOA...HARTWELL...GREENVILLE... SPARTANBURG...ANDERSON 740 PM EST TUE NOV 10 2009 ...MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL TO AFFECT THE WESTERN UPSTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS... AT 733 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A BROAD AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL MOVING NORTHEAST ALONG THE INTERSTATE 85 CORRIDOR. RAINFALL RATES OF ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH PER HOUR WILL FALL ON AREAS THAT HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED IN EXCESS OF ONE INCH OF RAIN TODAY. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WILL AFFECT LOCATIONS NORTHWEST OF INTERSTATE 85...FROM WALHALLA TO PICKENS TO NORTH OF GREENVILLE. DEEP PONDING OF WATER MAY DEVELOP IN LOW SPOTS IN AREA ROADWAYS...AND STEADY RISES ON AREA STREAMS AND CREEKS ARE EXPECTED. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH ANY FLOODED ROADWAYS. GERAPETRITIS
Special weather statement, Nov 10, 8:59 PM EST, 4 hours 22 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 859 PM EST TUE NOV 10 2009 NCZ033-049-050-068-501>510-110400- AVERY-YANCEY-MITCHELL-CLEVELAND-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS- GREATER CALDWELL-BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS- EASTERN MCDOWELL-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-GREATER RUTHERFORD- POLK MOUNTAINS-EASTERN POLK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE...SHELBY... LENOIR...MORGANTON...MARION...LAKE LURE...RUTHERFORD...COLUMBUS 859 PM EST TUE NOV 10 2009 ...MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL TO AFFECT PORTIONS OF THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS THROUGH THE LATE EVENING... AT 855 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN MOVING INTO THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS OF NORTH CAROLINA. HOURLY RAINFALL RATES WILL GENERALLY RANGE BETWEEN A QUARTER AND A HALF INCH THROUGH THE LATE EVENING...WITH EMBEDDED HEAVIER RATES POSSIBLE. LOCATIONS THAT ARE EXPECTED TO BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...COLUMBUS...LAKE LURE...MARION...MORGANTON...LENOIR...AND NEWLAND. THESE AREAS HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED BETWEEN AN INCH AND ONE AND A QUARTER INCHES TODAY. DEEP PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS...AS WELL AS ALONG ROADWAYS...CAN BE EXPECTED. ALSO...STEADY RISES ON AREA CREEKS AND STREAMS WILL OCCUR THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENING. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION AND SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE ACROSS WATER COVERED ROADWAYS...ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT. BSH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 10, 7:27 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Buncombe, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, Madison, Transylvania | 8 hr |
| Nov 10, 11:43 PM EST | River Flood Advisory | GSP | Buncombe | 24 hr |
| Nov 11, 3:12 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Avery, Burke, Caldwell, Cleveland, McDowell, Mitchell and 3 more | 6 hr |
| Nov 11, 3:27 AM EST | Lake Wind Advisory | GSP | Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Henderson, McDowell and 5 more | 16 hr |
| Nov 11, 3:27 AM EST | Wind Advisory | GSP | Alexander, Cabarrus, Catawba, Cleveland, Davie, Gaston and 7 more | 51 hr |
| Nov 11, 3:42 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | GSP | Graham, Swain | 6 hr |
| Nov 11, 3:52 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Alexander, Cabarrus, Catawba, Cleveland, Davie, Gaston and 5 more | 6 hr |
| Nov 11, 5:26 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Mecklenburg | 6 hr |
| Nov 11, 6:54 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | GSP | Henderson | 6 hr |
| Nov 11, 8:34 AM EST | River Flood Warning | GSP | Cleveland | 20 hr |
| Nov 11, 9:16 AM EST | River Flood Warning | GSP | Buncombe | 19 hr |
| Nov 11, 10:07 AM EST | River Flood Advisory | GSP | Madison | 19 hr |
| Nov 11, 10:07 AM EST | River Flood Advisory | GSP | Madison | 19 hr |
| Nov 11, 10:07 AM EST | River Flood Advisory | GSP | Gaston | 24 hr |
| Nov 11, 10:45 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Polk, Rutherford | 3 hr |
| Nov 11, 11:11 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | GSP | Burke, Caldwell, McDowell | 6 hr |
| Nov 11, 11:22 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | GSP | Cleveland, Lincoln | 6 hr |
| Nov 11, 11:25 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | GSP | Alexander, Catawba | 6 hr |
| Nov 11, 11:34 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | GSP | Polk, Rutherford | 6 hr |
| Nov 11, 11:35 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Mecklenburg | 5 hr |
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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.