Alert archive / North Carolina / Flash Flood Warnings in 2011
Flash Flood Warning 10, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this flash flood warning at Apr 16, 2011, 8:35 AM EDT for 6 counties in North Carolina. It was in force for 6 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
- Apr 16, 2011, 8:35 AM EDT (12:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 16, 2011, 2:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Avery County, NC, Burke County, NC, Caldwell County, NC, McDowell County, NC, Mitchell County, NC, Yancey County, NC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:35 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 16, 9:00 AM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 6 N Morganton, NC | FLOOD STAGE REACHED AT JOHNS RIVER GAGE. JOHNS RIVER ROAD FLOODED. |
| Apr 16, 10:30 AM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 5 N Table Rock, NC | BRIDGE FLOODED NEAR HIGHWAY181. STEEL CREEK FLOODING A ROAD. |
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 25 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, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 196 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
- 516 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 605 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 909 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
624
WGUS52 KGSP 161235
FFWGSP
NCC011-023-027-111-121-199-161830-
/O.NEW.KGSP.FF.W.0010.110416T1235Z-110416T1830Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
835 AM EDT SAT APR 16 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
AVERY COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
MCDOWELL COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
SOUTHEASTERN MITCHELL COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
WESTERN BURKE COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
WESTERN CALDWELL COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
YANCEY COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 230 PM EDT
* AT 831 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.
PRECIPITATION GAUGES INDICATE 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN
ACROSS THE WARNING AREA SINCE FRIDAY EVENING. SHOWERS WILL
CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND PRODUCE MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS
THE AREA THROUGH THE MORNING...AND ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF
AN INCH OR MORE APPEAR LIKELY. COUNTY OFFICIALS REPORT NUMEROUS
STREAMS IN THE WARNING AREA ARE NEAR BANKFULL...WITH A COUPLE OF
STREAMS OVERFLOWING THEIR BANKS IN AVERY COUNTY.
* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. AFFECTED STREAMS INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...THE TOE
RIVER...TRIBUTARIES OF THE LINVILLE RIVER...JOHNS RIVER...
TRIBUTARIES OF THE CATAWBA RIVER...AND OTHER SMALL STREAMS NEAR
THE BLUE RIDGE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE
BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.
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 3616 8182 3612 8181 3612 8153 3584 8161
3559 8185 3559 8228 3561 8227 3571 8228
3578 8235 3580 8234 3581 8235 3582 8239
3588 8243 3620 8186
$$
LANE3 follow-up statements
039
WGUS72 KGSP 161356
FFSGSP
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
956 AM EDT SAT APR 16 2011
NCC011-023-027-111-121-199-161830-
/O.CON.KGSP.FF.W.0010.000000T0000Z-110416T1830Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
AVERY NC-MITCHELL NC-YANCEY NC-MCDOWELL NC-CALDWELL NC-BURKE NC-
956 AM EDT SAT APR 16 2011
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN BURKE...WESTERN
CALDWELL...MCDOWELL...YANCEY...SOUTHEASTERN MITCHELL AND AVERY
COUNTIES UNTIL 230 PM EDT...
AT 948 AM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT FLASH
FLOODING WAS OCCURRING ALONG WILSON CREEK IN THE BEACH GORGE AREA.
ALSO...THE JOHNS RIVER AT ARNEYS STORE IS OVER FLOOD STAGE AT 10.83
FEET AND CONTINUING TO RISE. AT THIS LEVEL...THE PLAYMORE BEACH ROAD
AND JOHNS RIVER ROAD AND OTHER BRIDGES OVER THE RIVER WILL FLOOD
NEAR THE CONFLUENCE OF WILSON CREEK AND JOHNS RIVER. ADDITIONAL
HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 30 MINUTES TO ONE HOUR.
OTHER STREAMS MAY BE FLOODING IN THE WARNED AREA. AFFECTED STREAMS
INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...THE TOE RIVER...LINVILLE
RIVER...AND TRIBUTARIES OF THE CATAWBA RIVER AND OTHER SMALL STREAMS
ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
BURNSVILLE...MARION...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE...ASHFORD...
BAKERSVILLE...BANNER ELK...BUSICK...COLLETTSVILLE...DYSARTSVILLE...
GAMEWELL...GLENWOOD...GLOBE...INGALLS...JONAS RIDGE...LAKE JAMES...
LINVILLE...MICAVILLE AND OLD FORT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS
AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...NORMALLY DRY WASHES... AS WELL AS
FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.
&&
LAT...LON 3616 8182 3612 8181 3612 8153 3584 8161
3559 8185 3559 8228 3561 8227 3571 8228
3578 8235 3580 8234 3581 8235 3582 8239
3588 8243 3620 8186
$$
ARK755
WGUS72 KGSP 161500
FFSGSP
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1100 AM EDT SAT APR 16 2011
NCC011-023-027-111-121-199-161830-
/O.CON.KGSP.FF.W.0010.000000T0000Z-110416T1830Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
AVERY NC-MITCHELL NC-YANCEY NC-MCDOWELL NC-CALDWELL NC-BURKE NC-
1100 AM EDT SAT APR 16 2011
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN BURKE...WESTERN
CALDWELL...MCDOWELL...YANCEY...SOUTHEASTERN MITCHELL AND AVERY
COUNTIES UNTIL 230 PM EDT...
AT 1051 AM EDT...A REPORT WAS RECEIVED THAT BRIDGES ALONG
STEELS CREEK IN NORTHWESTERN BURKE COUNTY WERE FLOODED. ALSO...JOHNS
RIVER AT ARNEYS STORE WAS AT 12.5 FEET AND RISING RAPIDLY. IT IS
EXPECTED TO CREST ABOVE 13.5 FEET...WHICH WILL RESULT IN BACKWATER
EFFECTS ON SIMS BRANCH. JOHNS RIVER ROAD AND CAMPING AREAS ALONG THE
RIVER ARE ALSO EXPECTED TO FLOOD.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
BURNSVILLE...MARION...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE...ASHFORD...
BAKERSVILLE...BANNER ELK...BUSICK...COLLETTSVILLE...DYSARTSVILLE...
GAMEWELL...GLENWOOD...GLOBE...INGALLS...JONAS RIDGE...LAKE JAMES...
LINVILLE...MICAVILLE AND OLD FORT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS
AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...NORMALLY DRY WASHES... AS WELL AS
FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.
&&
LAT...LON 3616 8182 3612 8181 3612 8153 3584 8161
3559 8185 3559 8228 3561 8227 3571 8228
3578 8235 3580 8234 3581 8235 3582 8239
3588 8243 3620 8186
$$
ARK246
WGUS72 KGSP 161628
FFSGSP
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1228 PM EDT SAT APR 16 2011
NCC011-023-027-111-121-199-161830-
/O.CON.KGSP.FF.W.0010.000000T0000Z-110416T1830Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
AVERY NC-MITCHELL NC-YANCEY NC-MCDOWELL NC-CALDWELL NC-BURKE NC-
1228 PM EDT SAT APR 16 2011
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN BURKE...WESTERN
CALDWELL...MCDOWELL...YANCEY...SOUTHEASTERN MITCHELL AND AVERY
COUNTIES UNTIL 230 PM EDT...
AT 1224 PM EDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED THAT FLASH FLOODING
WAS OCCURRING ALONG JOHNS RIVER AND WILSON AND STEEL CREEKS. THE
RAIN HAS SLACKED OFF OR QUIT HOWEVER RUNOFF FROM THE PAST HEAVY RAIN
WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE RISES ON LOCAL STREAMS. SEVERAL SWIFT WATER
RESCUES ARE ON GOING AT THIS TIME. IN ADDITION RISE ALONG THE YADKIN
RIVER IN THE PATTERSON AREA ARE EXPECTED AND MAY CAUSE SOME LOW
LLYING AREAS TO FLOOD.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
BURNSVILLE...MARION...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE...ASHFORD...
BAKERSVILLE...BANNER ELK...BUSICK...COLLETTSVILLE...DYSARTSVILLE...
GAMEWELL...GLENWOOD...GLOBE...INGALLS...JONAS RIDGE...LAKE JAMES...
LINVILLE...MICAVILLE AND OLD FORT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS
AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...NORMALLY DRY WASHES... AS WELL AS
FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.
&&
LAT...LON 3616 8182 3612 8181 3612 8153 3584 8161
3559 8185 3559 8228 3561 8227 3571 8228
3578 8235 3580 8234 3581 8235 3582 8239
3588 8243 3620 8186
$$
PATWhat 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 Apr 16, 8:19 AM EDT, 16 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 16, 8:19 AM EDT, 16 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
819 AM EDT SAT APR 16 2011
.SYNOPSIS...
A COLD FRONT WILL TRACK ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA TODAY...THEN MOVE
OFF THE COAST THIS EVENING. A SURFACE RIDGE WILL BUILD OVER THE
REGION SUNDAY AND REMAIN INTO MID WEEK. ANOTHER COLD FRONT IS
EXPECTED TO AFFECT THE AREA FOR THE LAST PART OF THE WEEK.
&&
.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/...
AT 8 AM...A QUICK UPDATE TO ADD THE TN BORDER COUNTIES TO THE LAKE
WIND ADV. HAVE UPDATED TEMPS AND DEW POINTS FOR CURRENT CONDITIONS
AS WELL.
LATEST WV IMAGES INDICATED A MID LEVEL LOW OVER THE CENTRAL CONUS
WITH A PLUME OF MOISTURE FROM THE FL PANHANDLE NORTH ACROSS THE
APPALACHIANS. DRY AIR WRAPPING ON THE SOUTHERN SIDE OF THE LOW
SHOULD BEGIN TO MOVE EAST ACROSS THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS DURING
THE PRE DAWN HOURS...PUSHING ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE CWA THROUGH
THE AFTERNOON. RECENT RADAR IMAGES SHOW A SHARP LINE OF WEAK
REFLECTIVITY ASSOCIATED WITH THE SFC COLD FRONT/DRY AIR NEAR THE
AL/GA/TN LINE. AREAS OF MODERATE SHRA AND ISO EMBEDDED TSRA EXTENDED
FROM THE VICINITY OF THE COLD FRONT EAST ACROSS THE PIEDMONT OF THE
CAROLINAS. CAPE ACROSS THE REGION REMAINS VERY LIMITED TO NEAR ZERO.
HOWEVER...0 TO 1 KM HELICITY VALUES RANGE FROM 300 TO 400 M2/S2
AHEAD OF THE FRONT. IN ADDITION...QG FORCING ASSOCIATED WITH THE
CENTRAL CONUS LOW WILL PEAK ACROSS THE CWA BETWEEN 12 TO 18Z. IT
APPEARS THAT THE SHRA CLUSTERS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE CWA AHEAD OF
THE COLD FRONT. THE COLD FRONT IS FORECAST TO MOVE ACROSS THE UPPER
SAVANNAH RIVER VALLEY AROUND 15Z...AND REACHING THE CLT METRO AREA
AROUND 21Z. POPS WILL REMAIN NEAR 100 PERCENT AHEAD OF THE
FRONT...BUT WILL FALL SHARPLY AS THE BOUNDARY BEGINS TO MOVE WEST TO
EAST ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA. SVR TSRA POTENTIAL APPEARS VERY
LIMITED THIS MORNING. INSTABILITY IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE RAPIDLY
AFTER SUNRISE...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND EAST OF THE I-77 CORRIDOR. 4KM
WRF INDICATES THAT A LINE OF ORGANIZED TSRA WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE
FRONT OVER THE NC PIEDMONT THIS AFTERNOON. BASED ON THE TIMING OF
THE FRONT I WOULD ANTICIPATE THAT THE LINE WILL INITIATE EAST OF
I-77 DURING THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. THE STORMS THAT DEVELOP
WITHIN THE CWA WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING WINDS/HAIL AND
BRIEF TORNADOES...WILL HIGHLIGHT IN THE HWO.
OBSERVED RAINFALL ACROSS THE EAST FACING SLOPES OF THE WESTERN NC
MTNS RANGED FROM NEAR 3 INCHES TO 1 INCH. AREA RIVERS AND STREAMS
HAVE STARTED TO RISE...POSSIBLE YIELDING NEAR BANKFULL LEVELS WITHIN
THE HEADWATERS LATER TODAY. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 1.5 INCHES MAY FALL
OVER THE REGION BEFORE RAINFALL ENDS.
FORECAST SOUNDINGS INDICATE THAT POST FRONTAL MIXING HEIGHTS WILL
INCREASE TO 6 TO 8 KFT THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WITHIN THE MIXED LAYER
WILL GENERALLY RANGE FROM 30 TO 40 KTS...WITH SFC GUSTS REACHING
NEAR 30 KTS. BASED ON THE CURRENT WIND OBS AND EXPECTED MIXING WINDS
TODAY...I WILL ISSUE A LAKE WIND ADVISORY FOR THE ENTIRE
CWA...KEEPING THE MORNING WIND ADVISORY FOR THE TN BORDER COUNTIES.
TEMPERATURES WILL PEAK NEAR NORMAL THIS AFTERNOON.
TONIGHT...CLEARING CONDITIONS WILL CAA SHOULD RESULT IN MIN TEMPS 3
TO 5 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE MTNS WILL RANGE
IN THE MID TO UPPER 30S...WITH BREEZY NORTHWEST WINDS.
&&
.SHORT TERM /SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT/...
AS OF 330 AM SATURDAY...FRONT MOVES WELL E OF CWA SAT NIGHT WITH NW
FLOW SHWRS LINGERING OVER TN BORDER MTNS AND A PERIOD OF LGT SNOW
MIXING IN WITH RAIN AT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS BEFORE PRECIP ENDS
AROUND DAYBREAK. LOWS WILL BE WITHIN A DEG OR TWO OF AVG SAT
NIGHT...THEN A DEG OR TWO ABOVE AVG SUN AS A RIDGE BUILDS INTO THE
AREA UNDER MSUNNY SKIES. RIDGE AXIS MOVES OFFSHORE MON WITH S FLOW
DEVELOPING ACROSS THE REGION. TEMPS SHOULD BE A COUPLE CATEGORIES
ABOVE AVG.
&&
.LONG TERM /TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/...
AS OF 330 AM SATURDAY...A WEAK UPPER RIDGE BUILDS OVER THE AREA MON
NIGHT INTO TUE WITH A SFC HIGH OFF THE SE COAST RIDGING UP INTO THE
AREA. EXPECT PCLOUDY SKIES WITH ABOVE AVG TEMPS FOR THE FIRST PART
OF THE WEEK. A SERIES OF WEAK UPPER WAVES MOVE ACROSS THE REGION
WED-THU WITH A COLD FRONT EXPECTED TO APPROACH THE CWA FROM THE NW
WED NIGHT-THU. THIS WILL BRING A CHC OF SHWRS AND TSTMS TO THE
AREA...ESP TO THE MTNS. THE ECMWF PUSHES THE FRONT THRU THE CWA THU
AND WASHES IT OUT TO THE S WHILE THE GFS STALLS THE FRONT ALONG THE
S CWA AND MAINTAINS HIGHER CHC POPS THRU FRI. USED A BLEND FOR
SLIGHT CHC TO CHC POPS...ESP OVER THE MTNS...WED AFTN-FRI. TEMPS ARE
EXPECTED TO REMAIN ABOVE AVG.
&&
.AVIATION /12Z SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
AT KCLT...GUSTY SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE TERMINAL
THROUGH THE PRE DAWN HOURS...THEN VEERING SOUTH AN HOUR OR TWO AFTER
SUNRISE. SHRA WILL BRING TEMPO REDUCTIONS TO VIS THIS MORNING AND
AFTERNOON. MOS AND FORECAST SOUNDINGS INDICATE THAT CEILINGS WILL
REMAIN OR LOWER TO IFR THIS MORNING...WITH A GRADUAL IMPROVEMENT TO MVFR
BY MID DAY. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO VEER THROUGH THE DAYLIGHT
HOURS...ESPECIALLY AS A COLD FRONT CROSSES THE TERMINAL DURING THE
MID AFTERNOON. CB SHOULD HOLD OFF UNTIL MID MORNING AND REMAIN UNTIL
THE PASSAGE OF THE COLD FRONT. BY THIS EVENING...EXPECTING CLEARING
CONDITIONS WITH WINDS FAVORING A WEST DIRECTION WITH SPEEDS BETWEEN
9 TO 13 KTS.
ELSEWHERE ACRS THE FA...PERIODS OF MODERATE SHRA WILL CONTINUE
ACROSS THE TERMINALS THIS MORNING...LOWERING VIS TEMPO TO MVFR/IFR
WITH HEAVIER RAINFALL. MOS AND FORECAST SOUNDINGS INDICATE THAT
CEILINGS WILL CONTINUE OR LOWER TO IFR THIS MORNING WITH GUSTY
SOUTHEAST WINDS. A GRADUAL IMPROVEMENT TO MVFR IS EXPECTED BY MID
DAY...GUSTY WINDS VEERING TO SOUTHWEST. CLEARING SKY COVER WILL
ADVANCE SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST ACROSS THE TERMINALS THIS AFTERNOON
IN THE WAKE OF A COLD FRONT. CB SHOULD HOLD OFF UNTIL MID MORNING
AND REMAIN UNTIL THE PASSAGE OF THE COLD FRONT. BY THIS
EVENING...EXPECTING CLEAR CONDITIONS WITH WINDS FAVORING A WEST
DIRECTION WITH SPEEDS BETWEEN 9 TO 13 KTS.
OUTLOOK...DRY HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER THE REGION ON SUNDAY AND
REMAIN THROUGH TUESDAY. ANOTHER COLD FRONT MAY SWEEP ACROSS THE
REGION WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
&&
.GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR GAZ010-017-
018-026-028-029.
NC...LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR NCZ033-
035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065-068>072-082-501>510.
SC...LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR SCZ001>014-
019.
&&
SYNOPSIS...RB
NEAR TERM...NED/RWH
SHORT TERM...RB
LONG TERM...RB
AVIATION...NEDHazardous weather outlook, Apr 16, 8:25 AM EDT, 10 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 825 AM EDT SAT APR 16 2011 GAZ018-026-028-029-NCZ064-065-068>072-082-507>510-SCZ001>014-019- 171230- STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-CLEVELAND- LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC-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- 825 AM EDT SAT APR 16 2011 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...TORNADO WATCH 149 IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY 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. TORNADO WATCH. WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS THE AREA TODAY. DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE...MAINLY ACROSS THE PIEDMONT. RAINFALL TOTALS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND ADJACENT FOOTHILLS BY THE TIME THE RAIN ENDS LATER TODAY. SOME URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .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-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062-063-501>506-171230- RABUN-HABERSHAM-AVERY-ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-MADISON-YANCEY- MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-GRAHAM- NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS- GREATER CALDWELL-BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS- EASTERN MCDOWELL- 825 AM EDT SAT APR 16 2011 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA AND WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY 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. WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS THE AREA TODAY. DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE...MAINLY ACROSS THE PIEDMONT. RAINFALL TOTALS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND ADJACENT FOOTHILLS BY THE TIME THE RAIN ENDS LATER TODAY. SOME URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING ARE POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .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
Local storm report, Apr 16, 5:42 AM EDT, 2 hours 53 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
542 AM EDT SAT APR 16 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0520 AM FLASH FLOOD LITTLE RIVER 35.24N 82.63W
04/16/2011 TRANSYLVANIA NC OFFICIAL NWS OBS
THE STAGE OF THE LITTLE RIVER WAS 9.06 FT. FLOOD STAGE IS
9 FT.
0525 AM FLASH FLOOD HENDERSONVILLE 35.32N 82.46W
04/16/2011 HENDERSON NC OFFICIAL NWS OBS
THE STAGE ON MUD CREEK WAS 7.52 FT. FLOOD STAGE IS 7.5
FT.
&&
NEDLocal storm report, Apr 16, 6:11 AM EDT, 2 hours 24 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
611 AM EDT SAT APR 16 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0545 AM FLASH FLOOD HENDERSONVILLE 35.32N 82.46W
04/16/2011 HENDERSON NC OFFICIAL NWS OBS
THE STAGE ON BAT FORK CREEK WAS 7.18 FT. FLOOD STAGE IS 7
FT.
&&
NEDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 16, 4:20 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Henderson | 6 hr |
| Apr 16, 4:54 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Transylvania | 6 hr |
| Apr 16, 7:23 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | GSP | Henderson, Transylvania | 60 hr |
| Apr 16, 7:37 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Avery, Mitchell, Yancey | 4 hr |
| Apr 16, 9:48 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | GSP | Henderson, Transylvania | 6 hr |
| Apr 16, 10:23 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cleveland | 37 min |
| Apr 16, 11:01 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Catawba, Gaston, Lincoln | 29 min |
| Apr 16, 11:31 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Alexander, Catawba, Gaston, Iredell, Lincoln, Mecklenburg | 29 min |
| Apr 16, 11:50 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Davie, Gaston, Iredell, Lincoln, Mecklenburg and 1 more | 40 min |
| Apr 16, 11:59 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Mecklenburg, Union | 46 min |
| Apr 16, 12:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Davie, Rowan | 45 min |
| Apr 16, 12:40 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Davie, Rowan | 18 min |
| Apr 16, 12:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Union | 44 min |
| Apr 16, 1:00 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Union | 26 min |
| Apr 16, 2:16 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | GSP | Burke, Caldwell | 6 hr |
| Apr 16, 3:31 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Henderson, Transylvania | 119 min |
| Apr 16, 3:52 PM EDT | Lake Wind Advisory | GSP | Alexander, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell and 22 more | 14 hr |
| Apr 16, 3:52 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | GSP | Alexander, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell and 22 more | 4 hr |
| Apr 16, 7:53 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | GSP | Burke, Caldwell | 6 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.