Alert archive / North Carolina / Flash Flood Warnings in 2011
Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this flash flood warning at Mar 6, 2011, 12:22 AM EST for Jackson County, Transylvania County, North Carolina. It was in force for 6 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
- Mar 6, 2011, 12:22 AM EST (05:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 6, 2011, 6:30 AM EST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Jackson County, NC, Transylvania County, NC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:23 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.
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
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 249 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
- 10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 581 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 319 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 262 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
855
WGUS52 KGSP 060522
FFWGSP
NCC099-175-061130-
/O.NEW.KGSP.FF.W.0001.110306T0522Z-110306T1130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1222 AM EST SUN MAR 6 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN JACKSON COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 630 AM EST
* AT 1218 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR
INDICATED AN AREA OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.
A TRAINED SPOTTER IN LAKE TOXAWAY REPORTED 3.6 INCHES OF RAIN AS
OF 1132 PM...AND SEVERAL GAUGES IN THIS AREA HAVE HAD OVER THREE
INCHES OF RAINFALL. A LARGE AREA OF HEAVY EXTENDS WELL INTO
GEORGIA AND ANOTHER 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN IS LIKELY.
* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
BREVARD...CASHIERS...LAKE TOXAWAY AND ROSMAN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE
YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME
KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD AVOID STREAMS OR
CREEKS.
WHEN DRIVING ALONG ROADS WHERE THE TERRAIN IS STEEP OR ROCKY...REMAIN
ALERT FOR POSSIBLE ROCK OR MUD SLIDES DUE TO THE HEAVY RAIN.
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 3521 8321 3531 8284 3541 8274 3528 8260
3526 8261 3515 8258 3512 8268 3510 8269
3508 8274 3509 8276 3500 8310 3506 8316
3509 8315 3515 8321
$$
MCAVOY2 follow-up statements
824
WGUS72 KGSP 060733
FFSGSP
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
233 AM EST SUN MAR 6 2011
NCC099-175-061130-
/O.CON.KGSP.FF.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110306T1130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
TRANSYLVANIA NC-JACKSON NC-
233 AM EST SUN MAR 6 2011
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN JACKSON AND
TRANSYLVANIA COUNTIES UNTIL 630 AM EST...
AT 223 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN
AREA OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. AUTOMATED RAIN
GAUGES HAVE REPORTED BETWEEN 4 AND 5 INCHES OF RAIN OVER WESTERN
TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY AND AROUND 3 INCHES OVER THE EASTERN PART OF THE
COUNTY. A SPOTTER IN LAKE TOXAWAY HAS REPORTED 4.67 INCHES OF RAIN
FOR THE EVENT SO FAR. AROUND THREE INCHES HAS ALSO FALLEN OVER
SOUTHERN JACKSON COUNTY. SOME OF THE HEAVIEST RAIN OF THE NIGHT IS
FALLING OVER THE WARNING AREA...WITH ANOTHER 2 INCHES OF RAIN
POSSIBLE.
RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING
TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING
INCLUDE...BREVARD...CASHIERS...LAKE TOXAWAY...ROSMAN AND THORPE
RESERVOIR.
FROZEN CREEK IN THE GORGES STATE PARK MAY FLOOD ALONG FROZEN CREEK
ROAD. PERSONS CAMPING NEAR STREAMS SHOULD MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE
YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME
KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD AVOID STREAMS OR
CREEKS.
&&
LAT...LON 3521 8321 3531 8284 3541 8274 3528 8260
3526 8261 3515 8258 3512 8268 3510 8269
3508 8274 3509 8276 3500 8310 3506 8316
3509 8315 3515 8321
$$
MCAVOY364
WGUS72 KGSP 060956
FFSGSP
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
456 AM EST SUN MAR 6 2011
NCC099-175-061130-
/O.CON.KGSP.FF.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110306T1130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
TRANSYLVANIA NC-JACKSON NC-
456 AM EST SUN MAR 6 2011
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN JACKSON AND
TRANSYLVANIA COUNTIES UNTIL 630 AM EST...
AT 452 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE AN AREA OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.
AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATE THAT ANYWHERE FROM 3 TO 5.5 INCHES OF
RAIN HAS FALLEN. THE HEAVIEST RAIN OF THE NIGHT WAS FALLING OVER
THIS AREA AT 450 AM...AND ANOTHER QUICK INCH OF RAIN IS LIKELY
THROUGH 6 AM.
HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS
EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS
THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...BREVARD...CASHIERS...
LAKE TOXAWAY AND ROSMAN.
THE LITTLE RIVER NEAR PENROSE WAS AT 8.5 FEET AT 445 AM AND WILL SOON
RISE ABOVE BANKFULL. THIS WILL FLOOD CASCADE ROAD AT MERRILL LANE.
SEVERAL OTHER ROADS IN THE COUNTY SHOULD SOON FLOOD AS A RESULT OF
THE PROLONGED HEAVY RAIN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE
YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME
KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD AVOID STREAMS OR
CREEKS.
&&
LAT...LON 3521 8321 3531 8284 3541 8274 3528 8260
3526 8261 3515 8258 3512 8268 3510 8269
3508 8274 3509 8276 3500 8310 3506 8316
3509 8315 3515 8321
$$
MCAVOYWhat 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 Mar 6, 12:03 AM EST, 19 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 6, 12:03 AM EST, 19 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1203 AM EST SUN MAR 6 2011
.SYNOPSIS...
A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT AND LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE OFF THE CAROLINA
COAST SUNDAY EVENING AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS OVER THE REGION TO
START THE WEEK. ANOTHER FRONTAL SYSTEM APPROACHES THE AREA FROM THE
WEST ON THURSDAY.
&&
.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TODAY/...
AT 2Z...SATELLITE IMAGES INDICATED AN IMPRESSIVE BAND OF COLD CLOUD
TOPS FROM THE GULF NORTH ACROSS SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN REGION. THE
COLD CLOUD TOPS AND DEEP CONVECTION WAS LOCATED MAINLY OVER THE
WATERS OF THE NRN GULF...NEAR THE FL PANHANDLE. THE CONVECTION WILL
LIKELY CONTINUE EAST OVERNIGHT...POSSIBLE RELIEVING ANY BLOCKING TO
THE NRN MOISTURE TRANSPORT. WATER VAPOR AND MODEL GUIDANCE INDICATES
THAT A STRONG S/W OVER THE SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY WILL
RIPPLE EAST TONIGHT. AS THE WAVE APPROACHES...RAINFALL RATES SHOULD
INCREASE...WITH THE GREATEST RATES EXPECTED BETWEEN 9Z TO 15Z. IN
ADDITION...LATEST SFC OBS AND MODELS ARE AGREEING THAT A SFC WAVE
OVER THE DEEP SOUTH WILL LIFT NORTH ALONG THE COLD FRONT...TRACKING
ACROSS THE CWA AROUND SUNRISE. AFTER THE WAVE PASSES...NORTHWEST
WINDS WILL DEVELOP AND DEEP DRY AIR WILL ADVECT ACROSS THE REGION.
AT 2Z...AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES ACROSS THE SOUTH AND EAST FACING
SLOPES OF WESTERN NC RANGED FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES...WITH THE GREATEST
AMOUNTS ACROSS THE HEAD WATER AREAS OF THE FRENCH BROAD RIVER. IT
APPEARS THAT AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES COULD FALL OVER THE WESTERN
NC MTNS BY MID DAY SUNDAY. BASED ON THE OBSERVED AND EXPECTED
RAINFALL...THE CURRENT FLOOD WATCH APPEARS WELL PLACED AND TIMED.
STRONG TO SEVERE CONVECTION CONTINUES TO REMAIN A CONCERN FOR SUNDAY
MORNING. STRONG SHEAR AND WEAK INSTABILITY MAY SUPPORT ORGANIZED
CONVECTION AFTER SUNRISE. NAM FORECAST SOUNDING FOR CLT INDICATES
OVER 350 M2/S2 BETWEEN 0 TO 1 KM WITH LCL VALUES BELOW 1 KFT. CAPE
REMAINS LIMITED...BUT GENERALLY POSITIVE ALONG AND EAST OF I-85 AND
I-77. EXPECT BROAD MODERATE TO HEAVY CLUSTERS OF SHRA TO ORGANIZED
TO LINEAR CONVECTION NEAR THE I-77 CORRIDOR BETWEEN SUNRISE AND MID
DAY...POSSIBLY RESULTING IN A FEW SEVERE EVENTS.
FOR THE UPDATE...I WILL INCREASE POPS...QPF...AND THE DURATION OF
MODERATE RAINFALL. TEMPERATURES APPEAR ON TRACK. WINDS ACROSS THE
MTNS WILL REMAIN MARGINAL LWA...I WILL UPDATE THE NPW. THE CURRENT
FLOOD WATCH LOOKS GOOD...I WILL UPDATE THE FFA.
&&
.SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY/...
AS OF 100 PM SATURDAY...THE FORECAST BEGINS SUNDAY NIGHT WITH GOOD
CAA BEHIND THE DEPARTING FRONT ACROSS THE FA. TEMPERATURES WILL DROP
RAPIDLY SUNDAY NIGHT...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS...WHERE
WIDESPREAD SUBFREEZING TEMPS ARE EXPECTED. THERE WILL LIKELY BE A
RELATIVELY BRIEF PERIOD OF SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS IN THE UPSLOPE NW
FLOW THAT COMBINES WITH SOME LINGERING LOW LEVEL MOISTURE. AS THE
PRESSURE GRADIENT RELAXES INTO MONDAY MORNING AND THE LOW LEVEL
MOISTURE DRIES UP...SNOW SHOWER ACTIVITY SHOULD COME TO A CLOSE BY
THE PRE DAWN HOURS. NO SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS ARE
EXPECTED...THOUGH UP TO A HALF INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE ON THE HIGHEST
PEAKS AND NW FACING SLOPES.
FOR MONDAY...HIGH PRESSURE WILL RIDGE DOWN THE EAST SIDE OF THE
APPALACHIANS WITH A PERSISTENT NE LOW LEVEL FLOW. THICKNESSES
SUPPORT HIGHS IN THE UPPER 50S TO LOW 60S OUTSIDE THE MOUNTAINS AND
MID 50S IN THE MOUNTAIN VALLEYS. INTO TUESDAY...FLOW ALOFT WILL
REMAIN QUASI ZONAL AND THE LOW LEVEL SURFACE RIDGE CONTINUES.
THICKNESSES AND UPPER HEIGHTS DO NOT CHANGE MUCH SO HIGHS ARE VERY
SIMILAR TO MONDAY. COULD SEE SOME INCREASE IN JET INDUCED HIGH
CLOUDS THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON...BUT IT LOOKS LIKE THAT IS ABOUT
ALL THE EXCITEMENT THAT CAN BE DRUMMED UP AT THIS TIME.
&&
.LONG TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/...
AS OF 230 PM SATURDAY...ONCE AGAIN A GFS/ECMWF BLEND SEEMED THE BEST
FIT FOR THE EXTENDED PERIOD. UPPER RIDGE MOVES E OF THE AREA TUE
NIGHT-WED WHILE AHEAD OF A 500MB TROF OVER THE CENTRAL-SOUTHERN
PLAINS...A COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE MS VALLEY AND TOWARD THE W
CWA. AS WARM S FLOW DEVELOPS AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM MOISTURE WILL
INCREASE OVER THE AREA AND WITH DEVELOPING UPSLOPE AND ISENTROPIC
LIFT...AN INCREASING CHC OF SHWRS CAN BE EXPECTED THRU THE DAY.
MODELS STILL IN DECENT AGREEMENT WITH LIKELY POPS WED NIGHT INTO THU
MRNG. LATEST MODEL SOUNDINGS NOT SHOWING MUCH INSTABILITY AND LESS
SHEAR...PLUS MID LEVELS APPEAR SLIGHTLY CAPPED SO DROPPED MENTION OF
TSTMS. MODELS STILL SHOW TROF MOVG E OF THE AREA QUICKLY WITH POPS
TAPERING OFF THU AFTN...AND JUST A SLIGHT CHC LINGERING OVER MAINLY
THE N MTNS INTO THU EVE. HI PRES BUILDS OVER THE REGION FRO FRI-SAT.
TEMPS SHOULD BE ABOVE AVG THRU THE PERIOD.
&&
.AVIATION /05Z SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/...
AT KCLT...CURRENT VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO GIVE WAY TO IFR IN
A FEW HOURS AS PRECIPITATION INTENSIFIES AHEAD OF AN ARRIVING COLD
FRONT. JUST AFTER DAWN WEAK INSTABILITY AND STRONG SHEAR WILL
SUPPORT ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE WESTERN NC
PIEDMONT...AND CB WILL BE CARRIED IN THE TAF. FRONTAL PASSAGE AND A
WIND SHIFT FROM S TO NW WILL OCCUR BY MIDDAY...WITH VFR RETURNING.
ELSEWHERE...CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE TO IFR AT SITES THAT REMAIN
VFR OR MVFR AS HEAVY RAIN SPREAD EAST OF THE MOUNTAINS AHEAD OF AN
APPROACHING COLD FRONT. A BIT BEFORE DAWN AS THE SURFACE LOW MOVES
NORTHEAST ACROSS SC...WEAK INSTABILITY ND STRONG SHEAR WILL SUPPORT
ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...AND CB WILL BE CARRIED IN THE
SC TAFS. GUSTY SSW WINDS SHIFT TO NW WITH FRONTAL PASSAGE LATE THIS
MORNING...EXCEPT FOR SOME BRIEF W WINDS AT KAND IN LEE TROUGHING.
UPSLOPE PRECIPITATION BEHIND THE FRONT WILL LIKELY REMAIN WELL W OF
KAVL NEAR THE TN BORDER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
OUTLOOK...VFR CONDITIONS RETURN SUN NIGHT THROUGH MID WEEK. ANOTHER
COLD FRONT WILL ARRIVE WED NIGHT OR THU WITH RESTRICTIONS POSSIBLE.
&&
.HYDROLOGY...
PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS IN THE SRLY UPSLOPE AREAS HAS BEEN QUITE A BIT
HIGHER THAN INDICATED BY THE NEAR TERM MODELS...AND THIS MAY PORTEND
ADDITIONAL ISSUES WITH UPSLOPE ENHANCEMENT AHEAD OF THE FRONT
OVERNIGHT. ALTHOUGH FFG VALUES ARE GENERALLY 3.5 INCHES IN 6
HOURS...THESE GUIDANCE VALUES WILL LIKELY COME DOWN AS THEY TAKE
INTO ACCOUNT THE ANTECEDENT RAINFALL TODAY. PLUS...WITH THE LOW
ZIPPING UP THE FRONT...A CONVERGENCE MAXIMA IS ALSO LIKELY IN THE
UPSLOPE ZONE LATE TONIGHT. LOCAL MODEL RUNS ON SMALLER RIVERS IN THE
AREA ALSO INDICATE SOME POSSIBLE FLOODING ON SUNDAY IF THE QPF IS
REALIZED. WILL THUS POST A SMALL FLOOD WATCH FOR THE EXTREME SRN
MTNS TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY. THIS MAY NEED TO BE EXPANDED LATER IF
HIGHER RATES LOOK IMMINENT.
&&
.GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...FLOOD WATCH THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON FOR GAZ010-017.
NC...LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 6 AM EST EARLY THIS MORNING FOR
NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065.
FLOOD WATCH THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON FOR NCZ058-062>064.
SC...NONE.
&&
SYNOPSIS...PAT
NEAR TERM...NED
SHORT TERM...BSH
LONG TERM...RB
AVIATION...JAT/NED
HYDROLOGY...HGHazardous weather outlook, Mar 5, 4:22 PM EST, 8 hours before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 422 PM EST SAT MAR 5 2011 GAZ018-026-028-029-NCZ036-037-057-068>072-082-SCZ004>014-019-062130- STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-IREDELL-DAVIE-ROWAN-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN- GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS- GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE- LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- 422 PM EST SAT MAR 5 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAINFALL WILL MOVE INTO PORTIONS OF THE PIEDMONT OF THE CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA TONIGHT. DURING THE LATE NIGHT HOURS...THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING WITHIN THIS AREA OF HEAVY RAINFALL. IF THUNDERSTORMS DO DEVELOP...THEY WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND EVEN A BRIEF TORNADO...MAINLY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 85. THIS WOULD MAINLY AFFECT AREAS ACROSS THE WESTERN UPSTATE AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA FOR THE LATE NIGHT HOURS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. ON SUNDAY...THE THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL SHIFT EASTWARD ACROSS THE EASTERN UPSTATE AND PORTIONS OF THE NORTH CAROLINA PIEDMONT. ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP WOULD AGAIN BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND EVEN A BRIEF TORNADO. THE MAIN THREAT AREAS WOULD BE SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 85...AS WELL AS EAST OF INTERSTATE 77 THROUGH THE LATE MORNING HOURS ON SUNDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...TORNADOES OR FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE. NCZ035-056-501>510-SCZ001>003-062130- ALEXANDER-CATAWBA-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- 422 PM EST SAT MAR 5 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA THROUGH TONIGHT. THE RAINFALL WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES IN SOME AREAS...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND NEAR THE SOUTH FACING ESCARPMENT. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH MIDNIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY MORNING ACROSS THESE AREAS WITH STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES EXPECTED...AND LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OF UP TO 4 INCHES POSSIBLE. THIS HEAVY RAINFALL MAY CAUSE STREAMS...CREEKS...AND MAIN STEM RIVERS TO EXPERIENCE CONSIDERABLE RISES OUTSIDE OF THE CURRENT FLOOD WATCH AREA. ISOLATED FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE AND THE CURRENT FLOOD WATCH COULD BE EXPANDED IF NECESSARY. MOST OF THE EXCESSIVE RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR IN THE MOUNTAINS OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...TORNADOES OR FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE. NCZ033-048>053-059-065-062130- AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE- NORTHERN JACKSON-HENDERSON- 422 PM EST SAT MAR 5 2011 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST SUNDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH 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. LAKE WIND ADVISORY. RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY THROUGH TONIGHT. THE RAINFALL WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES IN SOME AREAS...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND NEAR THE ESCARPMENT. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH MIDNIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY MORNING ACROSS THESE AREAS WITH STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES EXPECTED...AND LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OF UP TO 4 INCHES POSSIBLE. THIS HEAVY RAINFALL MAY CAUSE STREAMS...CREEKS...AND MAIN STEM RIVERS TO EXPERIENCE CONSIDERABLE RISES OUTSIDE OF THE CURRENT FLOOD WATCH AREA. ISOLATED FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE AND THE CURRENT FLOOD WATCH COULD BE EXPANDED IF NECESSARY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...TORNADOES OR FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE. NCZ058-062>064-062130- GRAHAM-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA- 422 PM EST SAT MAR 5 2011 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST SUNDAY... ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH 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. FLOOD WATCH. LAKE WIND ADVISORY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FLOOD WATCH. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...TORNADOES OR FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE. GAZ010-017-062130- RABUN-HABERSHAM- 422 PM EST SAT MAR 5 2011 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA. .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. FLOOD WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FLOOD WATCH. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...TORNADOES OR FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE. BSH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 6, 2:47 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Macon | 103 min |
| Mar 6, 3:53 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Henderson, Polk, Rutherford | 3 hr |
| Mar 6, 4:17 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Macon | 6 hr |
| Mar 6, 4:35 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Avery, Burke, Caldwell, McDowell, Mitchell | 3 hr |
| Mar 6, 5:19 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Henderson, Polk, Rutherford | 6 hr |
| Mar 6, 5:28 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Graham, Haywood, Jackson, Macon, Swain | 3 hr |
| Mar 6, 6:29 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Jackson, Transylvania | 4 hr |
| Mar 6, 8:12 AM EST | River Flood Warning | GSP | Henderson, Transylvania | 56 hr |
| Mar 6, 9:35 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Alexander, Avery, Burke, Caldwell, Catawba, Cleveland and 6 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 6, 9:37 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | GSP | Avery, Haywood, Madison, Mitchell, Swain, Yancey | 7 hr |
| Mar 6, 9:49 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | GSP | Macon | 3 hr |
| Mar 6, 10:21 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | GSP | Jackson, Transylvania | 3 hr |
| Mar 6, 11:13 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | GSP | Henderson, Polk, Rutherford | 3 hr |
| Mar 6, 11:54 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cabarrus, Mecklenburg | 51 min |
| Mar 6, 12:29 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Macon | 3 hr |
| Mar 6, 12:29 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Burke, Caldwell, McDowell | 4 hr |
| Mar 6, 12:42 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Jackson, Transylvania | 6 hr |
| Mar 6, 1:44 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Henderson, Polk, Rutherford | 4 hr |
| Mar 6, 2:36 PM EST | River Flood Advisory | GSP | Madison | 7 hr |
| Mar 6, 2:54 PM EST | River Flood Advisory | GSP | Buncombe | 24 hr |
| Mar 6, 4:40 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | GSP | Burke | 5 hr |
| Mar 6, 5:40 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Henderson | 3 hr |
| Mar 6, 6:32 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Transylvania | 3 hr |
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Flash Flood Warnings in North Carolina, 2011Every flash flood warning in 2011
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.