Alert archive / North Carolina / Flash Flood Watches in 2011
Flash Flood Watch 2, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this flash flood watch at Jun 19, 2011, 11:02 AM EDT for 7 counties in North Carolina. It was in force for 19 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 19, 2011, 11:02 AM EDT (15:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 20, 2011, 6:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 19 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Avery County, NC, Graham County, NC, Haywood County, NC, Madison County, NC, Mitchell County, NC, Swain County, NC, Yancey County, NC
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 261 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.
051 WGUS62 KGSP 191502 FFAGSP URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1102 AM EDT SUN JUN 19 2011 NCZ033-048>052-058-192315- /O.NEW.KGSP.FF.A.0002.110619T1502Z-110620T1000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-GRAHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE...CHEROKEE... BRYSON CITY...WAYNESVILLE 1102 AM EDT SUN JUN 19 2011 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A * 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 * SEVERAL ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BROUGHT HEAVY RAIN TO THE NORTHER CAROLINA MOUNTAINS OVER THE PAST COUPLE DAYS. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. LOCALIZED RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE WHERE STORMS REPEATEDLY MOVE ACROSS THE SAME AREAS. * THE PRIMARY FLOODING THREAT WILL BE ALONG CREEKS AND SMALLER RIVERS. URBAN FLOODING WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE DURING THE PERIODS OF HEAVIEST RAINFALL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$ MCAVOY
2 follow-up statements
361 WGUS62 KGSP 200153 FFAGSP FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 953 PM EDT SUN JUN 19 2011 NCZ033-048>052-058-201000- /O.CON.KGSP.FF.A.0002.000000T0000Z-110620T1000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-GRAHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE...CHEROKEE... BRYSON CITY...WAYNESVILLE 953 PM EDT SUN JUN 19 2011 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT MONDAY... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * A PORTION OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...AVERY...GRAHAM...HAYWOOD...MADISON...MITCHELL...SWAIN AND YANCEY. * UNTIL 6 AM EDT MONDAY * SEVERAL ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BROUGHT HEAVY RAIN TO THE NORTHER CAROLINA MOUNTAINS OVER THE PAST COUPLE DAYS. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF MONDAY. LOCALIZED RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE WHERE STORMS REPEATEDLY MOVE ACROSS THE SAME AREAS. * THE PRIMARY FLOODING THREAT WILL BE ALONG CREEKS AND SMALLER RIVERS. URBAN FLOODING WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE DURING THE PERIODS OF HEAVIEST RAINFALL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$
764 WGUS62 KGSP 201011 FFAGSP FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 611 AM EDT MON JUN 20 2011 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS EXPIRED... .THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS BORDERING TENNESSEE HAS EXPIRED. THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED QUICKLY ENOUGH... AND EXPERIENCED ENOUGH BREAKS BETWEEN EPISODES...TO PREVENT FLOODING FROM OCCURRING. NCZ033-048>052-058-201115- /O.EXP.KGSP.FF.A.0002.000000T0000Z-110620T1000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-GRAHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE...CHEROKEE... BRYSON CITY...WAYNESVILLE 611 AM EDT MON JUN 20 2011 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS EXPIRED... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR A PORTION OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA HAS EXPIRED. THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN MOVING QUICKLY ENOUGH TO KEEP RAINFALL FROM ACCUMULATING SIGNIFICANTLY. THERE HAVE ALSO BEEN SUBSTANTIAL BREAKS BETWEEN THUNDERSTORMS THAT HAVE ALLOWED RAIN WATER TO RUNOFF WITHOUT STREAMS AND CREEKS RISING. $$ 07
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood watch 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 watch went out at Jun 19, 7:44 AM EDT, 3 hours 18 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 19, 7:44 AM EDT, 3 hours 18 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 744 AM EDT SUN JUN 19 2011 .SYNOPSIS... A WEAK STATIONARY FRONT WILL LINGER IN OUR AREA TODAY. THE FRONT WILL MOVE NORTH AS A WARM FRONT EARLY IN THE WEEK AS HIGH PRESSURE MOVES INTO THE AREA. ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL REACH THE AREA LATE IN THE WEEK. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/... A LOW LEVEL JET PROVIDING FORCING OVER A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY AND MID LEVEL FORCING FROM AN MCS MOVING EWD ARE COMBINING TO PRODUCE SCT CONVECTION ACROSS THE NC MTNS AND ISOLATED CONVECTION ELSEWHERE. EXPECT THIS CONVECTION TO WANE BY MID MORNING AS MIXING ERODES THE LIFT FROM THE LOW LEVEL JET. THAT SAID...AN MCV FROM THE MCS WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA EARLY THIS AFTERNOON AND SWIFTLY MOVE EAST ACROSS THE AREA. THIS FORCING COMBINED WITH MODERATE INSTABILITY OVER THE AREA WILL PRODUCE A BKN LINE OF CONVECTION THAN SPREADS ACROSS THE AREA THRU THE AFTERNOON. ANOTHER ROUND OF SVR STORMS SEEMS LIKELY TODAY GIVEN THE FORCING...INSTABILITY...MUCH STRONGER SHEAR AND HIGH LEVELS OF DCAPE AND SFC DELTA THETA-E. THE MODE OF CONVECTION SHOULD BE SIMILAR TO SATURDAY WITH BOW ECHOES DRIVEN BY DEVELOPING COLD POOLS. DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS. TIMING OF THE SVR STORMS IS STILL SOMEWHAT IN QUESTION...SO WILL NOT MENTION ANY SVR IN THE GRIDS...BUT WILL IN THE HWO. THE CONVECTION SHOULD QUICKLY MOVE EAST OF THE AREA BY EARLY EVENING. HOWEVER...THE GUIDANCE ALL AGREES THAT ANOTHER MCV WILL MOVE JUST NORTH OF THE AREA OVERNIGHT. THIS SHOULD LEAD TO SCT CONVECTION RETURNING TO MUCH OF NC AFTER MIDNIGHT. THIS CONVECTION SHOULD MOVE EAST OF THE AREA BY DAYBREAK. WILL HAVE TO WATCH TO SEE IF SVR CHANCE RETURNS WITH THIS OVERNIGHT CONVECTION. && .SHORT TERM /MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT/... AT 2 AM EDT SUNDAY...AS AN UPPER RIDGE AMPLIFIES OVER THE TN AND OH RIVER VALLEYS MONDAY...NORTHWESTERLY UPPER FLOW WILL DIRECT IMPULSES INTO THE CAROLINAS...WHILE A WARM FRONT MOVES SLOWLY NORTH FROM NC TO VA. SCATTERED CONVECTION IS EXPECTED IN THE NORTHERN PORTION OF OUR AREA CLOSEST TO THE UPPER LEVEL IMPULSE TRACK AND THE FRONT... WITH ISOLATED CONVECTION TO THE SOUTH...PEAKING IN THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING WITH THE BEST INSTABILITY. ON TUESDAY OUR AREA WILL BE UNDER THE UPPER RIDGE...WITH UPPER LEVEL SYSTEMS TRACKING WELL NORTH OF OUR AREA....AND THE WARM FRONT WELL OFF TO THE NORTH. INSTABILITY REMAINS...BUT ONLY ISOLATED CONVECTION IS EXPECTED WITH DIURNAL HEATING AS UPPER LEVEL FORCING IS LACKING. TEMPERATURES WILL BE WELL ABOVE NORMAL AS HEIGHTS RISE ALOFT WITH THE BUILDING AND SLOWLY PROGRESSIVE UPPER RIDGE. && .LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/... AT 2 AM EDT SUNDAY...AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE AXIS WILL BE ALONG THE EAST COAST ON WEDNESDAY...WHILE A TROUGH WILL BE LOCATED UPSTREAM OVER THE MS RIVER VALLEY. THE RIDGE WEAKENS AND MOVES SLOWLY OFFSHORE LATE IN THE WEEK...AND THE TROUGH AXIS REACHES THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS BY THE WEEKEND. OUR AREA REMAINS IN A WARM AND HUMID AIR MASS ON WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY AHEAD OF A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT...AND ISOLATED TO SCATTERED POPS WILL BE CARRIED IN THE FORECAST. FRONTAL PASSAGE OCCURS LATE FRIDAY...AND SCATTERED CONVECTION IS EXPECTED WITH THIS BOUNDARY. CONVECTION MAY LINGER SATURDAY IN THE IN PROXIMITY TO THE DEPARTING FRONT. TEMPERATURES WILL TREND DOWNWARD FROM WELL ABOVE NORMAL ON WEDNESDAY...TO NEAR NORMAL LATE IN THE WEEK. && .AVIATION /12Z SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/... AT KCLT...MTN CONVECTION WILL MAKE A RUN AT THE AIRFIELD THIS MORNING. HOWEVER...PREVIOUS CONVECTION HAS BEEN WEAKENING TO SHRA SO HAVE LIMITED MENTION TO VCSH AND CB. EXPECT THIS CONVECTION TO WANE THIS MORNING BEFORE ANOTHER ROUND OF ORGANIZED CONVECTION MOVES IN THIS AFTERNOON. HAVE INCLUDED CB FOR THE MOST LIKELY TIME FRAME. THIS ROUND OF CONVECTION WILL MOVE EAST OF THE AREA BY EARLY EVENING...BUT ANOTHER ROUND COULD DEVELOP AFTER MIDNIGHT. DID NOT MENTION THIS CONVECTION FOR NOW. ANY RESTRICTIONS WILL BE LIMITED TO CONVECTION MOVING OVER. WINDS WILL STAY SOUTH OF WEST UNTIL AFTER MIDNIGHT. ELSEWHERE...THINKING FOR THE OTHER TAF SITES IS BASICALLY THE SAME AS FOR CLT. KAVL THE EXCEPTION WHERE CONVECTION WILL MOVE OVER THIS MORNING...AND KAND WHERE CONVECTION WILL REMAIN NORTH OF THE SITE. EXPECT GENERALLY WLY WINDS TODAY WITH LOW END GUSTS FOR THE SC SITES. KAVL REMAINS NLY. LIGHT WINDS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. OUTLOOK...DRIER AND HOT WEATHER IS EXPECTED MONDAY AND TUESDAY... THOUGH ISOLATED TSTMS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE MTNS. A COLD FRONT WILL BRING A BETTER CHANCE OF TSTMS...AND RESTRICTIONS...BY WED OR THU. && .GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...JAT NEAR TERM...RWH SHORT TERM...JAT LONG TERM...JAT AVIATION...MCAVOY/RWH
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 19, 9:20 AM EDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 920 AM EDT SUN JUN 19 2011 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065- 068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-201330- RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-AVERY-ALEXANDER- IREDELL-DAVIE-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-CATAWBA- ROWAN-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA- HENDERSON-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC- 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-GREATER OCONEE- GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK- ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- 920 AM EDT SUN JUN 19 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. A FEW OF THESE STORMS WILL BECOME SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING IS ALSO POSSIBLE WHERE SEVERAL THUNDERSTORMS MOVE ACROSS THE SAME AREAS. THIS AFTERNOON...ANOTHER ROUND OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR STORMS TO FORM A LINE AND MOVE INTO THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS...THEN RAPIDLY CROSS THE REST OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. SHOULD THIS DEVELOP...AREAS OF DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS WOULD ACCOMPANY THE LINE AS IT CROSSES THE REGION... ALONG WITH SOME LARGE HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. 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. DISPATCHERS PLEASE BE SURE THAT COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGERS ARE MADE AWARE OF THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR TODAY. MCAVOY
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 19, 8:56 AM EDT, 2 hours 6 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
856 AM EDT SUN JUN 19 2011
NCZ048-049-053-505-191345-
BUNCOMBE-MADISON-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-YANCEY-
856 AM EDT SUN JUN 19 2011
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT MADISON...NORTHEASTERN
BUNCOMBE...WESTERN MCDOWELL AND YANCEY COUNTIES THROUGH 945 AM EDT...
AT 848 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMSS NORTHWEST OF HOT SPRINGS...OR 15 MILES
NORTHWEST OF MARSHALL...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
THIS STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
MARSHALL...
MARS HILL...
BARNARDSVILLE...
RAMSEYTOWN...
BURNSVILLE...
MICAVILLE...
DIME SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH
SOME OF THESE STORMS.
HEAVY RAINS MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS. WATER
LEVELS OF SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS MAY ALSO RISE...THEREFORE SEEK
HIGHER GROUND IF THREATENED BY FLOOD WATERS.
LAT...LON 3604 8259 3597 8260 3596 8256 3603 8244
3601 8228 3599 8225 3599 8219 3595 8219
3591 8215 3564 8220 3568 8243 3580 8295
3588 8291 3593 8292 3596 8288 3593 8281
3599 8279 3606 8266
LGSpecial weather statement, Jun 19, 9:15 AM EDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
915 AM EDT SUN JUN 19 2011
NCZ048-051>053-059-191400-
BUNCOMBE-HAYWOOD-MADISON-NORTHERN JACKSON-SWAIN-
915 AM EDT SUN JUN 19 2011
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT NORTHERN HAYWOOD...NORTHWESTERN
JACKSON...SOUTHWESTERN MADISON...SWAIN AND WESTERN BUNCOMBE COUNTIES
THROUGH 1000 AM EDT...
AT 909 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS SOUTHWEST OF WATERVILLE...OR 18 MILES NORTHWEST
OF WAYNESVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
MAGGIE VALLEY...
LAKE JUNALUSKA...
LEICESTER...
WEAVERVILLE...
WINDS GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND SMALL HAIL ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.
HEAVY RAINS MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS. WATER
LEVELS OF SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS MAY ALSO RISE...THEREFORE SEEK
HIGHER GROUND IF THREATENED BY FLOOD WATERS.
LAT...LON 3557 8377 3557 8371 3557 8349 3567 8334
3566 8330 3573 8324 3573 8321 3576 8317
3579 8304 3578 8299 3581 8296 3569 8248
3532 8352 3539 8360 3543 8359 3544 8365
3555 8379
LGSpecial weather statement, Jun 19, 9:59 AM EDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
959 AM EDT SUN JUN 19 2011
NCZ049-051>053-059-062>065-505>508-191445-
BUNCOMBE-EASTERN MCDOWELL-GREATER
RUTHERFORD-HAYWOOD-HENDERSON-MACON-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-NORTHERN
JACKSON-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-SOUTHERN
JACKSON-SWAIN-TRANSYLVANIA-YANCEY-
959 AM EDT SUN JUN 19 2011
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT BUNCOMBE...JACKSON...NORTHEASTERN
MACON...NORTHERN HENDERSON...NORTHERN TRANSYLVANIA...NORTHWESTERN
RUTHERFORD...SOUTHEASTERN YANCEY...SOUTHERN HAYWOOD...SOUTHERN
MCDOWELL AND SOUTHERN SWAIN COUNTIES THROUGH 1045 AM EDT...
AT 951 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM WOODLAWN TO BRYSON
CITY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
WOODFIN...
UNC ASHEVILLE...
THORPE RESERVOIR...
CASHIERS...
ASHEVILLE MALL...
I-26 AT I-40...
DIME SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE
STORMS.
HEAVY RAINS MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS. WATER
LEVELS OF SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS MAY ALSO RISE...THEREFORE SEEK
HIGHER GROUND IF THREATENED BY FLOOD WATERS.
LAT...LON 3580 8220 3552 8184 3548 8194 3555 8200
3547 8201 3542 8213 3508 8316 3542 8350
LGSpecial weather statement, Jun 19, 10:31 AM EDT, 31 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1031 AM EDT SUN JUN 19 2011
NCZ056-068-069-502-504-506-508-191515-
CATAWBA-CLEVELAND-EASTERN MCDOWELL-GREATER BURKE-GREATER
CALDWELL-GREATER RUTHERFORD-LINCOLN-
1031 AM EDT SUN JUN 19 2011
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN
RUTHERFORD...NORTHWESTERN CLEVELAND...NORTHWESTERN
LINCOLN...SOUTHEASTERN CALDWELL...SOUTHEASTERN MCDOWELL...SOUTHERN
BURKE AND WESTERN CATAWBA COUNTIES THROUGH 1115 AM EDT...
AT 1025 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS NORTHEAST OF DYSARTSVILLE...OR 10 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF MORGANTON...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
MORGANTON...
POLKVILLE...
CASAR...
VALDESE...
RUTHERFORD COLLEGE...
CONNELLY SPRINGS...
SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.
HEAVY RAINS MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS. WATER
LEVELS OF SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS MAY ALSO RISE...THEREFORE SEEK
HIGHER GROUND IF THREATENED BY FLOOD WATERS.
LAT...LON 3587 8138 3580 8133 3556 8113 3538 8171
3568 8202
LGSpecial weather statement, Jun 19, 10:45 AM EDT, 17 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1045 AM EDT SUN JUN 19 2011
NCZ052-053-064-065-068-505>510-SCZ002-003-007-191515-
BUNCOMBE-CLEVELAND-EASTERN MCDOWELL-EASTERN POLK-GREATER
RUTHERFORD-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-HAYWOOD-HENDERSON-MCDOWELL
MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-POLK MOUNTAINS-RUTHERFORD
MOUNTAINS-SPARTANBURG-TRANSYLVANIA-
1045 AM EDT SUN JUN 19 2011
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT HENDERSON...NORTHERN
GREENVILLE...NORTHERN PICKENS...NORTHWESTERN
SPARTANBURG...POLK...RUTHERFORD...SOUTHEASTERN
BUNCOMBE...SOUTHEASTERN HAYWOOD...SOUTHERN MCDOWELL...TRANSYLVANIA
AND WESTERN CLEVELAND COUNTIES THROUGH 1115 AM EDT...
AT 1037 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EAST OF DANA...OR 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF
COLUMBUS...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
LAKE LURE...
SPINDALE...
FOREST CITY...
SMALL HAIL...INTENSE LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
HEAVY RAINS MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS. WATER
LEVELS OF SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS MAY ALSO RISE...THEREFORE SEEK
HIGHER GROUND IF THREATENED BY FLOOD WATERS.
LAT...LON 3524 8158 3501 8267 3524 8293 3529 8292
3532 8297 3535 8297 3564 8196
LGSpecial weather statement, Jun 19, 10:55 AM EDT, 7 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1055 AM EDT SUN JUN 19 2011
NCZ068>070-191530-
CLEVELAND-GASTON-LINCOLN-
1055 AM EDT SUN JUN 19 2011
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL CLEVELAND...LINCOLN AND
NORTHERN GASTON COUNTIES THROUGH 1130 AM EDT...
AT 1046 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES WEST OF WACO...OR 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF
SHELBY...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
KINGS MOUNTAIN...
BESSEMER CITY...
BOGER CITY...
DALLAS...
STANLEY...
MOUNT HOLLY...
SMALL HAIL...INTENSE LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
LAT...LON 3530 8101 3526 8101 3521 8156 3537 8170
3556 8110 3555 8108 3533 8098
LGThe 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 | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Madison, Yancey | 4 hr |
| 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, 11:21 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 |
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.