Flash Flood Warning 29, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

Issued

Sep 3, 2012, 2:19 PM EDT (18:19 UTC)

Expired

Sep 3, 2012, 6:30 PM EDT

In force

4 hr

Issued by

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

County Davie County, NC

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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238 
WGUS52 KGSP 031819
FFWGSP
NCC059-032230-
/O.NEW.KGSP.FF.W.0029.120903T1819Z-120903T2230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
219 PM EDT MON SEP 3 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN DAVIE COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...

* UNTIL 630 PM EDT

* AT 215 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE   
WARNED AREA. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OVER THE PAST 2 HOURS HAVE BEEN AROUND 
2 INCHES AND MORE STORMS ARE DEVELOPING TO THE SOUTH OF THE AREA. 
THESE NEW STORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THIS AREA... BRING AN ADDITIONAL 1 
TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN.  

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
  OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  ADVANCE...BERMUDA RUN AND COOLEEMEE.

REPORTS OF ROADWAY FLOODING ALONG HIGHWAY 801 AND 64 HAVE ALL READY 
BEEN REPORTED.  DUTCHMAN CREEK WILL LIKELY GO ABOVE BANKFULL 
FLOODING ADDITIONAL ROADS AND FARM FIELDS. 

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 3589 8039 3588 8041 3587 8040 3583 8042
      3582 8047 3575 8046 3578 8048 3578 8051
      3582 8057 3600 8050 3601 8041 3599 8041
      3597 8039 3592 8038

$$
PAT

337 
WGUS72 KGSP 031935
FFSGSP

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
335 PM EDT MON SEP 3 2012

NCC059-032230-
/O.CON.KGSP.FF.W.0029.000000T0000Z-120903T2230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
DAVIE NC-
335 PM EDT MON SEP 3 2012

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN DAVIE COUNTY
UNTIL 630 PM EDT...

AT 330 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR HAD ESTIMATED 
4 TO 6 INCHES OF RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. THE HEAVY RAIN HAS 
EXITED TO THE EAST...BUT ADDITIONAL STORMS MAY REDEVELOP ACROSS THE 
WARNED AREA WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS.

RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
ADVANCE...BERMUDA RUN AND COOLEEMEE.

HIGHWAY 801 AND 64 ARE STILL FLOODED. DUTCHMAN CREEK WILL LIKELY 
COME OUT OF ITS BANKS IF IT HAS NOT ALREADY DONE SO...FLOODING 
ADDITIONAL ROADS AND FARM FIELDS.

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.

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 3589 8039 3588 8041 3587 8040 3583 8042
      3582 8047 3575 8046 3578 8048 3578 8051
      3582 8057 3600 8050 3601 8041 3599 8041
      3597 8039 3592 8038

$$

ARK

875 
WGUS72 KGSP 032221
FFSGSP

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
621 PM EDT MON SEP 3 2012

NCC059-032236-
/O.EXP.KGSP.FF.W.0029.000000T0000Z-120903T2230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
DAVIE NC-
621 PM EDT MON SEP 3 2012

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN DAVIE
COUNTY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 630 PM EDT...

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 3589 8039 3588 8041 3587 8040 3583 8042
      3582 8047 3575 8046 3578 8048 3578 8051
      3582 8057 3600 8050 3601 8041 3599 8041
      3597 8039 3592 8038

$$

ARK

Flash Flood Warnings in North Carolina, 2012Every flash flood warning in 2012

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.