Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

Issued

Aug 2, 2012, 3:04 AM EDT (07:04 UTC)

Expired

Aug 2, 2012, 4:14 AM EDT

In force

70 min

Issued by

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

County Catawba County, NC

The Greer radar (KGSP), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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260 
WGUS52 KGSP 020704
FFWGSP
NCC035-021000-
/O.NEW.KGSP.FF.W.0013.120802T0704Z-120802T1000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
304 AM EDT THU AUG 2 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL CATAWBA COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...

* UNTIL 600 AM EDT

* AT 302 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
SLOWLY MOVING AND BACKBUILDING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY 
RAINFALL ACROSS CENTRAL CATAWBA COUNTY. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT IN 
EXCESS OF 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF 
HOURS...AND AN ADDITIONAL INCH OR TWO IS POSSIBLE THROUGH 4 AM.

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO  
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...  
NEWTON...CLAREMONT...AND CONOVER.

FLOODING IS ESPECIALLY LIKELY ALONG LYLE CREEK...MULLER CREEK...AND 
MILLER BRANCH. SERIOUS FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS 
WILL ALSO OCCUR.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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. TURN AROUND AND FIND ANOTHER ROUTE.

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 3578 8112 3574 8109 3567 8109 3565 8117
      3567 8127 3573 8130 3576 8127

$$

HG

778 
WGUS72 KGSP 020814
FFSGSP

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
414 AM EDT THU AUG 2 2012

NCC035-020829-
/O.CAN.KGSP.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-120802T1000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CATAWBA NC-
414 AM EDT THU AUG 2 2012

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL CATAWBA
COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

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.

LAT...LON 3578 8112 3574 8109 3567 8109 3565 8117
      3567 8127 3573 8130 3576 8127

$$

HG

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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.