Alert archive / North Carolina / Flash Flood Warnings in 2012
Flash Flood Warning 17, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this flash flood warning at Aug 7, 2012, 7:43 PM EDT for Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. It was in force for 4 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
- Aug 7, 2012, 7:43 PM EDT (23:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 7, 2012, 11:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Mecklenburg County, NC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 130 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:45 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 8:06 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 W Charlotte, NC | TWO SWIFT WATER RESCUES OCCURRED ON CHARLOTTES WEST SIDE. ONE RESCUE WAS AT A LOW POINT IN THE ROAD NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF ASHLEY ROAD AND WILKINSON BLVD. THE OTHER RESCUE OCCURRED DUE TO A CLOGGED UP STORM DRAIN NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF WESLEY VILLAGE AND F |
| Aug 7, 8:10 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Pineville, NC | A FEW BACK ROADS CLOSED AROUND PINEVILLE DUE TO HIGH WATER. |
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, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 134 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
- 984 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 541 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 5 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WGUS52 KGSP 072343
FFWGSP
NCC119-080530-
/O.NEW.KGSP.FF.W.0017.120807T2343Z-120808T0530Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
743 PM EDT TUE AUG 7 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN MECKLENBURG COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 130 AM EDT
* AT 741 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA.
* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
CENTER CITY CHARLOTTE...UNC CHARLOTTE...EASTLAND MALL...I-77 AT
I-85...MATTHEWS...MINT HILL...PAW CREEK...PINEVILLE AND SOUTHPARK
MALL.
RAINFALL OF OVER TWO INCHES HAS BEEN MEASURED AT PARK SOUTH DRIVE IN
SOUTH CHARLOTTE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE.
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.
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 3503 8077 3503 8080 3500 8084 3511 8094
3508 8098 3510 8101 3521 8099 3530 8096
3534 8069 3527 8066 3521 8055
$$
073 follow-up statements
472
WGUS72 KGSP 080052
FFSGSP
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
852 PM EDT TUE AUG 7 2012
NCC119-080530-
/O.CON.KGSP.FF.W.0017.000000T0000Z-120808T0530Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MECKLENBURG NC-
852 PM EDT TUE AUG 7 2012
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN MECKLENBURG
COUNTY UNTIL 130 AM EDT...
AT 849 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THAT THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WERE MOVING OUT OF THE
WARNED AREA. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AROUND THREE INCHES HAVE BEEN
ESTIMATED IN THIS AREA. STREAM AND CREEK LEVELS WERE STILL RISING.
RUNOFF FROM EARLIER EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING
INCLUDE...CENTER CITY CHARLOTTE...I-77 AT I-85...PINEVILLE AND
SOUTHPARK MALL.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLASH FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR
OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND
IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE
IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO
CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE.
&&
LAT...LON 3503 8077 3503 8080 3500 8084 3511 8094
3508 8098 3510 8101 3521 8099 3530 8096
3534 8069 3527 8066 3521 8055
$$
07836
WGUS72 KGSP 080217
FFSGSP
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1017 PM EDT TUE AUG 7 2012
NCC119-080530-
/O.CON.KGSP.FF.W.0017.000000T0000Z-120808T0530Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MECKLENBURG NC-
1017 PM EDT TUE AUG 7 2012
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN MECKLENBURG
COUNTY UNTIL 130 AM EDT...
AT 1012 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THAT THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL HAD MOVED OUT OF THE
WARNED AREA. EARLIER THIS EVENING...THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCED AROUND
THREE INCHES OF RAIN IN SOUTHERN MECKLENBURG COUNTY.
ALTHOUGH STREAM AND CREEK LEVELS ARE SUBSIDING...WATER LEVELS WILL
REMAIN HIGH LATE THIS EVENING. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE
FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...CENTER CITY CHARLOTTE...I-77 AT I-85...
PINEVILLE AND SOUTHPARK MALL.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLASH FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR
OCCURRING. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS
OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE.
&&
LAT...LON 3503 8077 3503 8080 3500 8084 3511 8094
3508 8098 3510 8101 3521 8099 3530 8096
3534 8069 3527 8066 3521 8055
$$
07342
WGUS72 KGSP 080315
FFSGSP
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1115 PM EDT TUE AUG 7 2012
NCC119-080328-
/O.CAN.KGSP.FF.W.0017.000000T0000Z-120808T0530Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MECKLENBURG NC-
1115 PM EDT TUE AUG 7 2012
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN
MECKLENBURG COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
EXCESS RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA. MOST
STREAMS AND CREEKS IN THE WARNED AREA HAVE RECEDED OR WERE BEGINNING
TO RECEDE...ENDING THE FLOOD THREAT. THE FEW STREAMS AND CREEKS THAT
WERE STILL RISING ARE NOT EXPECTED TO REACH FLOOD STAGE. IF FLOODING
HAS BEEN OBSERVED...PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY.
LAT...LON 3503 8077 3503 8080 3500 8084 3511 8094
3508 8098 3510 8101 3521 8099 3530 8096
3534 8069 3527 8066 3521 8055
$$
07The office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 8:10 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Cabarrus, Mecklenburg | 110 min |
| Aug 6, 8:46 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Mecklenburg | 119 min |
| Aug 7, 6:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Caldwell | 48 min |
| Aug 7, 6:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Mecklenburg | 45 min |
| Aug 7, 7:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Mecklenburg | 52 min |
| Aug 7, 7:32 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Mecklenburg | 118 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.