Alert archive / North Carolina / Flash Flood Warnings in 2012
Flash Flood Warning 30, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this flash flood warning at Sep 5, 2012, 10:02 PM EDT for 4 counties in North Carolina. It was in force for 3 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
- Sep 5, 2012, 10:02 PM EDT (02:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 6, 2012, 1:17 AM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Avery County, NC, Burke County, NC, McDowell County, NC, Mitchell County, NC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:04 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5, 10:15 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 5 Ne Spruce Pine, NC | ROAD CLOSURES AND EVACUATIONS AROUND THE INGALLS AREA...ALONG 3 MILE HIGHWAY AND US 19E...INCLUDING MULLEN HILL RD...GREEN PARK LANE AND HOWELLS STORE AREAS. REPORTED BY COUNTY COMMS AND SOCIAL MEDIA OUTLETS. |
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 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 182 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
- 1105 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 896 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 57 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
934 WGUS52 KGSP 060202 FFWGSP NCC011-023-111-121-060800- /O.NEW.KGSP.FF.W.0030.120906T0202Z-120906T0800Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1002 PM EDT WED SEP 5 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... NORTH CENTRAL MCDOWELL COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... NORTHWESTERN BURKE COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... SOUTHEASTERN MITCHELL COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... SOUTHERN AVERY COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... * UNTIL 400 AM EDT THURSDAY * AT 959 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. OVER TWO AND ONE HALF INCHES OF RAINFALL WAS ESTIMATED IN SOUTHERN AVERY COUNTY. * RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... INGALLS...ALTAMONT...LINVILLE FALLS...GREEN VALLEY...AND JONAS RIDGE. REPORTS OF FLOODING HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FROM INGALLS...ALTAMONT... LINVILLE FALLS...AND GREEN VALLEY. 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. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. DO NOT ENTER THE WATER. TURN AROUND AND MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. 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 3601 8181 3584 8180 3585 8207 3601 8208 $$ 07
3 follow-up statements
128
WGUS72 KGSP 060302
FFSGSP
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1102 PM EDT WED SEP 5 2012
NCC111-060312-
/O.CAN.KGSP.FF.W.0030.000000T0000Z-120906T0800Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MCDOWELL NC-
1102 PM EDT WED SEP 5 2012
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL
MCDOWELL COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
EXCESS RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA. STREAMS
AND CREEKS IN THE WARNED AREA HAVE RECEDED OR WERE BEGINNING TO
RECEDE...ENDING THE FLOOD THREAT. IF FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED...
PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
LAT...LON 3596 8181 3589 8181 3591 8192 3596 8194
3595 8196 3592 8195 3591 8198 3589 8198
3588 8203 3587 8203 3585 8207 3599 8208
3600 8190
$$
NCC011-023-121-060800-
/O.CON.KGSP.FF.W.0030.000000T0000Z-120906T0800Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
AVERY NC-MITCHELL NC-BURKE NC-
1102 PM EDT WED SEP 5 2012
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN BURKE...
SOUTHEASTERN MITCHELL AND SOUTHWESTERN AVERY COUNTIES UNTIL 400 AM
EDT...
AT 1057 PM EDT...IT WAS REPORTED THAT FLASH FLOODING WAS LINGERING
ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE NORTH TOE BASIN...MAINLY AROUND AND JUST
SOUTH OF THE INGALLS AREA...WHERE RADAR ESTIMATED LOCALLY UP TO 3.5
INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN. LINGERING HIGH WATER CONDITIONS ALONG AND
NEAR 3 MILE HIGHWAY...US 19 E AND ADJACENT ROADS WILL SLOWLY RECEDE
OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. DO NOT
ENTER THE WATER. TURN AROUND AND MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND. DO NOT
STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
&&
LAT...LON 3596 8181 3589 8181 3591 8192 3596 8194
3595 8196 3592 8195 3591 8198 3589 8198
3588 8203 3587 8203 3585 8207 3599 8208
3600 8190
$$315
WGUS72 KGSP 060358
FFSGSP
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1158 PM EDT WED SEP 5 2012
NCC023-060410-
/O.CAN.KGSP.FF.W.0030.000000T0000Z-120906T0800Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BURKE NC-
1158 PM EDT WED SEP 5 2012
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN BURKE
COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
EXCESS RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA. STREAMS
AND CREEKS IN THE WARNED AREA HAVE RECEDED OR WERE BEGINNING TO
RECEDE...ENDING THE FLOOD THREAT. IF FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED...
PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
LAT...LON 3600 8190 3596 8195 3596 8194 3595 8196
3592 8195 3591 8198 3589 8198 3588 8203
3587 8203 3585 8207 3599 8208
$$
NCC011-121-060800-
/O.CON.KGSP.FF.W.0030.000000T0000Z-120906T0800Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
AVERY NC-MITCHELL NC-
1158 PM EDT WED SEP 5 2012
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN MITCHELL
AND SOUTHWESTERN AVERY COUNTIES UNTIL 400 AM EDT...
AT 1155 PM EDT...LINGERING HIGH WATER CONDITIONS EXISTED
ACROSS A SMALL PORTION OF THE NORTH TOE BASIN...MAINLY AROUND AND
JUST SOUTH OF THE INGALLS AREA...WHERE RADAR ESTIMATED LOCALLY UP TO
3.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN EARLIER...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND NEAR 3
MILE HIGHWAY...US 19 E AND ADJACENT ROADS. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT
ANOTHER ROUND OF HEAVY RAIN WILL MOVE OVER THE WARNED AREA DURING
THE LATE NIGHT HOURS...BUT IT IS INCONCLUSIVE AT THIS POINT WHETHER
THE RAIN WILL BE HEAVY AND LINGER LONG ENOUGH TO CAUSE MORE FLOODING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. DO NOT
ENTER THE WATER. TURN AROUND AND MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND. DO NOT
STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
&&
LAT...LON 3600 8190 3596 8195 3596 8194 3595 8196
3592 8195 3591 8198 3589 8198 3588 8203
3587 8203 3585 8207 3599 8208
$$672
WGUS72 KGSP 060517
FFSGSP
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
117 AM EDT THU SEP 6 2012
NCC011-121-060531-
/O.CAN.KGSP.FF.W.0030.000000T0000Z-120906T0800Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
AVERY NC-MITCHELL NC-
117 AM EDT THU SEP 6 2012
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
MITCHELL AND SOUTHWESTERN AVERY COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE THREAT OF ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA
AND HIGH WATER CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN LIMITED TO JUST THE NORTH TOE
RIVER ITSELF FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS...BUT IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN
WITHIN IT/S BANKS. BASED ON THIS...THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 3600 8190 3596 8195 3596 8194 3595 8196
3592 8195 3591 8198 3589 8198 3588 8203
3587 8203 3585 8207 3599 8208
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5, 9:24 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Avery | 2 hr |
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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.