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Flash Flood Warning 37, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

August 6, 2010Mecklenburg County, North Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this flash flood warning at Aug 6, 2010, 9:16 PM EDT for Mecklenburg 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 counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 6, 2010, 9:16 PM EDT (01:16 UTC)
Expired
Aug 7, 2010, 12:15 AM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Mecklenburg County, NC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Aug 6, 7:32 PM EDT, 1 hour 44 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 6, 7:32 PM EDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 6, 5:37 PM EDT, 3 hours 39 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
537 PM EDT FRI AUG 06 2010

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

0429 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 SSW LAURENS           34.46N 82.05W
08/06/2010                   LAURENS            SC   COUNTY OFFICIAL

            ONE TREE DOWN ON EASY ROAD.

&&

BSH
Special weather statement, Aug 6, 5:43 PM EDT, 3 hours 33 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
543 PM EDT FRI AUG 6 2010

SCZ014-062230-
CHESTER-
543 PM EDT FRI AUG 6 2010

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CHESTER COUNTY THROUGH 630 PM
EDT...

AT 539 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES EAST OF LEEDS...OR 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
CHESTER...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

PEOPLE IN CHESTER COUNTY...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...

CHESTER...RICHBURG AND FORT LAWN...

SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE
WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE
WEATHER THREATEN.

SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.

INTENSE LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. IF OUTDOORS...STAY
AWAY FROM ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. MOVE INDOORS IF
POSSIBLE. WHEN INDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID
USING TELEPHONES UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY. TRY TO UNPLUG UNNECESSARY
ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES BEFORE THE THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES.

LAT...LON 3465 8089 3462 8087 3454 8087 3454 8106
      3456 8142 3457 8143 3463 8142 3464 8144
      3469 8145 3482 8099 3482 8088 3471 8086

MOORE
Local storm report, Aug 6, 5:51 PM EDT, 3 hours 25 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
551 PM EDT FRI AUG 06 2010

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

0500 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 WNW GREENWOOD         34.20N 82.19W
08/06/2010                   GREENWOOD          SC   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREE ACROSS OLD ABBEVILLE HWY

&&
Local storm report, Aug 6, 5:52 PM EDT, 3 hours 24 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
552 PM EDT FRI AUG 06 2010

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

0436 PM     TSTM WND DMG     5 SSW ELBERTON          34.04N 82.90W
08/06/2010                   ELBERT             GA   COUNTY OFFICIAL

            TWO TREES DOWN ON JONES FERRY ROAD. ONE AT DANTON ROAD
            AND THE OTHER AT BODIE RAYLE ROAD.

0436 PM     TSTM WND DMG     7 S ELBERTON            34.00N 82.86W
08/06/2010                   ELBERT             GA   COUNTY OFFICIAL

            ONE TREE DOWN ON RIVER ROAD.

&&

BSH
Local storm report, Aug 6, 6:03 PM EDT, 3 hours 13 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
603 PM EDT FRI AUG 06 2010

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

0400 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 ESE CARNESVILLE       34.35N 83.18W
08/06/2010                   FRANKLIN           GA   COUNTY OFFICIAL

            ONE TREE DOWN ON JACKSON BRIDGE ROAD.

0400 PM     TSTM WND DMG     LAVONIA                 34.44N 83.11W
08/06/2010                   FRANKLIN           GA   COUNTY OFFICIAL

            ONE TREE DOWN ON RAINBOW DRIVE.

&&

BSH
Special weather statement, Aug 6, 6:08 PM EDT, 3 hours 8 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
608 PM EDT FRI AUG 6 2010

NCZ036-057-062300-
IREDELL-ROWAN-
608 PM EDT FRI AUG 6 2010

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHERN IREDELL AND WESTERN
ROWAN COUNTIES THROUGH 700 PM EDT...

AT 604 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES EAST OF STATESVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
15 MPH.

PEOPLE IN SOUTHERN IREDELL AND WESTERN ROWAN COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE
FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...

STATESVILLE AND CLEVELAND...

SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE
WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE
WEATHER THREATEN.

SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.

INTENSE LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. IF OUTDOORS...STAY
AWAY FROM ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. MOVE INDOORS IF
POSSIBLE. WHEN INDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID
USING TELEPHONES UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY. TRY TO UNPLUG UNNECESSARY
ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES BEFORE THE THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES.

LAT...LON 3570 8042 3551 8072 3578 8098 3590 8082

MOORE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 7, 5:17 AM EDTDense Fog AdvisoryGSPCleveland, Gaston, Henderson, Jackson, Lincoln, Macon and 3 more3 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in North Carolina, 2010Every flash flood warning in 2010

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.