Alert archive / North Carolina / Flash Flood Warnings in 2011
Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this flash flood warning at Jun 19, 2011, 8:56 AM EDT for Madison County, Yancey County, North Carolina. It was in force for 4 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
- Jun 19, 2011, 8:56 AM EDT (12:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 19, 2011, 1:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Madison County, NC, Yancey County, NC
The radar
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:56 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 10:17 AM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 6 N Mars Hill, NC | 2 HOMES ALONG LAUREL VALLY RD FLOODED BY BIG CREEK |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 0.9 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
- 35 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -220 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1343 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 151 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 249 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
527
WGUS52 KGSP 191256
FFWGSP
NCC115-199-191700-
/O.NEW.KGSP.FF.W.0013.110619T1256Z-110619T1700Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
856 AM EDT SUN JUN 19 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
MADISON COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
WEST CENTRAL YANCEY COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 100 PM EDT
* AT 851 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA. HEAVY RAIN HAS PREVIOUSLY FEEL ACROSS THE AREA OVER THE
PAST 24 HOURS. HEAVY RAIN AT THE RATE OF ONE HALF INCH AN HOUR IS
FALLING NOW ON THE ALL READY WET GROUND WHICH WILL LIKELY CAUSE
FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS.
* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
MARSHALL...HOT SPRINGS AND MARS HILL.
AND ADDITIONAL ONE INCH OF RAIN IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS.
LITTLE LAUREL AND SHELTON LAUREL CREEKS MAY FLOOD LOW LYING
AREAS...ESPECIALLY ON HIGHWAY 208 NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY
25 AND HIGHWAY 212...AND FROM FRANKLIN MOUNTAIN ROAD TO THE
TENNESSEE LINE. OTHER AREAS THAT WILL LIKELY BE AFFECTED ARE...BIG
CREEK AND HICKEY FORK CREEK MAY FLOOD HICKEYS FORK ROAD.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...
COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND
OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.
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 3603 8259 3601 8260 3597 8260 3596 8256
3598 8250 3593 8240 3582 8244 3578 8273
3584 8290 3589 8286 3595 8285 3593 8281
3599 8279 3605 8268
$$
PAT3 follow-up statements
633
WGUS72 KGSP 191407
FFSGSP
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1007 AM EDT SUN JUN 19 2011
NCC115-199-191700-
/O.CON.KGSP.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-110619T1700Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MADISON NC-YANCEY NC-
1007 AM EDT SUN JUN 19 2011
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL YANCEY AND
MADISON COUNTIES UNTIL 100 PM EDT...
AT 1002 AM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.
OVER ONE INCH OF RAIN HAS BEEN REPORTED NORTH OF HOT SPRINGS IN
THE LITTLE LAUREL CREEK AREA DURING THE PAST HOUR. FLOODING OF HOMES
HAS BEEN REPORTED ON LAUREL VALLEY ROAD IN THE MARS HILL AREA.
RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
MARSHALL...HOT SPRINGS AND MARS HILL.
MORE RAIN IS EXPECTED TO FALL OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS OVER THE
WARNED AREA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS
AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS
AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING
AREAS ARE ALSO SUBJECT TO FLOODING.
&&
LAT...LON 3603 8259 3601 8260 3597 8260 3596 8256
3598 8250 3593 8240 3582 8244 3578 8273
3584 8290 3589 8286 3595 8285 3593 8281
3599 8279 3605 8268
$$
PAT881
WGUS72 KGSP 191534
FFSGSP
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1134 AM EDT SUN JUN 19 2011
NCC115-199-191700-
/O.CON.KGSP.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-110619T1700Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MADISON NC-YANCEY NC-
1134 AM EDT SUN JUN 19 2011
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL YANCEY AND
MADISON COUNTIES UNTIL 100 PM EDT...
AT 1129 AM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED SEVERAL
LOCATIONS ALONG HIGHWAY 208 AND 213 WERE FLOODED. RAIN HAS TAPERED
OFF...HOWEVER MORE RAIN IS EXPECTED TO FALL OVER THE WARNED AREA
LATER THIS AFTERNOON. LOCAL REPORTS OF UP TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAD
FALLEN OVER THE LAUREL CREEK AREA.
RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING
INCLUDE...MARSHALL...HOT SPRINGS...LAUREL CREEK AREA AND MARS HILL.
FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR A PORTION OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...AVERY...GRAHAM...HAYWOOD...
MADISON...MITCHELL...SWAIN AND YANCEY THROUGH LATE TONIGHT HAS BEEN
ISSUED.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS
AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS
AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING
AREAS ARE ALSO SUBJECT TO FLOODING.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY.
&&
LAT...LON 3603 8259 3601 8260 3597 8260 3596 8256
3598 8250 3593 8240 3582 8244 3578 8273
3584 8290 3589 8286 3595 8285 3593 8281
3599 8279 3605 8268
$$
PAT553
WGUS72 KGSP 191654
FFSGSP
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1254 PM EDT SUN JUN 19 2011
NCC115-199-191708-
/O.EXP.KGSP.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-110619T1700Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MADISON NC-YANCEY NC-
1254 PM EDT SUN JUN 19 2011
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL YANCEY
AND MADISON COUNTIES HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE...
EXCESS RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA. STREAMS
AND CREEKS IN THE WARNED AREA HAVE RECEDED OR WERE BEGINNING TO
RECEDE...ENDING THE FLOOD THREAT. IF FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED...
PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR A PORTION OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...AVERY...GRAHAM...HAYWOOD...
MADISON...MITCHELL...SWAIN AND YANCEY CONTINUES FOR THIS EVENING.
* THROUGH LATE TONIGHT
LAT...LON 3603 8259 3601 8260 3597 8260 3596 8256
3598 8250 3593 8240 3582 8244 3578 8273
3584 8290 3589 8286 3595 8285 3593 8281
3599 8279 3605 8268
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 4:36 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Madison | 39 min |
| Jun 19, 4:57 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Madison | 48 min |
| Jun 19, 4:58 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Buncombe, Haywood, Madison | 62 min |
| Jun 19, 6:53 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Yancey | 52 min |
| Jun 19, 7:01 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Madison | 44 min |
| Jun 19, 7:11 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Buncombe, Madison, Yancey | 64 min |
| Jun 19, 7:45 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Madison | 105 min |
| Jun 19, 7:53 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Rutherford | 52 min |
| Jun 19, 8:56 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Madison, Yancey | 49 min |
| Jun 19, 9:15 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Haywood, Swain | 45 min |
| Jun 19, 9:59 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Buncombe, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, Transylvania | 46 min |
| Jun 19, 10:31 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Burke, Catawba | 44 min |
| Jun 19, 10:45 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Henderson, Polk, Rutherford, Transylvania | 30 min |
| Jun 19, 10:55 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cleveland, Gaston, Lincoln | 35 min |
| Jun 19, 11:02 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | GSP | Avery, Graham, Haywood, Madison, Mitchell, Swain and 1 more | 19 hr |
| Jun 19, 11:21 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cleveland | 24 min |
| Jun 19, 11:33 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cabarrus, Mecklenburg | 27 min |
| Jun 19, 12:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Avery, Graham, Haywood, Madison, Mitchell, Swain and 1 more | 33 min |
| Jun 19, 1:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Graham, Haywood, Jackson and 4 more | 27 min |
| Jun 19, 1:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Buncombe, Henderson, Jackson, Macon, Transylvania | 30 min |
| Jun 19, 2:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Henderson, Polk, Rutherford, Transylvania | 27 min |
Nearby
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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.