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Flash Flood Warning 19, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

June 9, 2013Burke County, Caldwell County, North Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this flash flood warning at Jun 9, 2013, 5:30 PM EDT for Burke County, Caldwell County, North Carolina. It was in force for 3 hr. 6 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
Jun 9, 2013, 5:30 PM EDT (21:30 UTC)
Expired
Jun 9, 2013, 8:30 PM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Burke County, NC, Caldwell County, NC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:30 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 9, 6:00 PM EDTFLASH FLOODDrexel, NCFOUR ROADS IN THE DREXEL AREA WERE FLOODED AND HAD TO BE CLOSED. LOCATIONS AFFECTED WERE LOW LYING AREAS AND FLOODING WAS DESCRIBED AS RATHER BAD.
Jun 9, 6:15 PM EDTFLASH FLOOD2 Nne Lenoir, NCZACKS FORK CREEK HAD FLOODED WITH VIDEO SHOWING THE CREEK OUT OF ITS BANKS AND CROSSING POWELL ROAD.
Jun 9, 6:15 PM EDTFLASH FLOOD3 Ne Lenoir, NCVIDEO OF FLOODING POSTED ON SOCIAL MEDIA IN FRONT OF CHAPEL OF HOPE SHOWING COTTRELL HILL ROAD COVERED WITH WATER AND PERHAPS IMPASSIBLE NEAR THE INTERSECTION WITH SEVERT CIRCLE.
Jun 9, 6:15 PM EDTFLASH FLOOD4 S Lenoir, NCLITTLE GUNPOWDER CREEK WAS SHOWN TO BE FLOODING NEARBY AREAS ON SOUTHWEST AND WEST SIDE OFF HUDSON. VIDEO SHOWS A VERY WIDE CREEK COVERING A RECREATIONAL AREA UP TO A FOOT DEEP AROUND A PICNIC TABLE.
Jun 9, 6:15 PM EDTFLASH FLOODLenoir, NCSEVERAL ROADS AND BRIDGES HAVE BEEN WASHED OUT IN AND AROUND VALMEAD...HUDSON AND COLLETTESVILLE. HEAVIEST RAIN AFFECTED LENOIR AND POINTS SOUTH ACCORDING TO RADAR AND MORE LOCATIONS IN ADDITION TO THE ONES MENTIONED MAY HAVE HAD FLOODING DAMAGE. TIME ESTIMATE
Jun 9, 7:00 PM EDTFLASH FLOOD6 S Kings Creek, NCFIRE DEPARTMENT ENCOUNTERED FLOODING ON OAK HILL SCHOOL ROAD WHILE RESPONDING TO A CALL

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched 6 storm reports to this flash flood warning; the first came 30 minutes after it went out.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 147 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 12:00Z on 2013-06-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 500 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 12:00Z on 2013-06-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 28 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
500 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-20 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
836 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
28 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
72 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

630 
WGUS52 KGSP 092130
FFWGSP
NCC023-027-100030-
/O.NEW.KGSP.FF.W.0019.130609T2130Z-130610T0030Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
530 PM EDT SUN JUN 9 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL BURKE COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
  EASTERN CALDWELL COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...

* UNTIL 830 PM EDT

* AT 528 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE 
  WARNED AREA. THE HEAVIEST RAIN...WITH RATES AROUND 2 INCHES PER 
  HOUR WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP FROM DREXEL UP TO LENOIR. SPOTTER
  REPORTS OF WIDESPREAD STANDING WATER ON HIGHWAY 70 AND ON BRANDON
  ROAD AS WELL.

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
  OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  LENOIR...CONNELLY SPRINGS...GAMEWELL...GRANITE FALLS...HUDSON...
  KINGS CREEK...LAKE RHODHISS...PATTERSON...RUTHERFORD COLLEGE AND
  VALDESE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR
IN VEHICLES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...DIPS...
OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM... EVEN A
SMALL ONE...ON FOOT OR IN A VEHICLE.

PLEASE REPORT HIGH WATER...FLOODING...LANDSLIDES OR OTHER SEVERE
WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG BY
CALLING TOLL FREE...1...800...2 6 7...8 1 0 1...OR BY POSTING ON OUR
FACEBOOK PAGE...OR TWEET IT USING HASHTAG NWSGSP. YOUR MESSAGE SHOULD
DESCRIBE THE EVENT AND THE SPECIFIC LOCATION WHERE IT OCCURRED.

&&

LAT...LON 3598 8137 3584 8139 3573 8149 3572 8162
      3585 8165 3592 8164 3597 8159 3607 8151

$$
2 follow-up statements
086 
WGUS72 KGSP 092224
FFSGSP

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
624 PM EDT SUN JUN 9 2013

NCC023-027-100030-
/O.CON.KGSP.FF.W.0019.000000T0000Z-130610T0030Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CALDWELL NC-BURKE NC-
624 PM EDT SUN JUN 9 2013

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL BURKE AND
EASTERN CALDWELL COUNTIES UNTIL 830 PM EDT...

AT 621 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
THAT ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED
TO MOVE UP ACROSS THE WARNED AREA EARLY THIS EVENING. A SMATTERING
OF HIGH WATER REPORTS...MAINLY THE RESULT OF POOR DRAINAGE...HAD
BEEN RECEIVED. 

RUNOFF FROM ANY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO 
DEVELOP. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING 
INCLUDE...LENOIR...CONNELLY SPRINGS...GAMEWELL...HUDSON...KINGS 
CREEK...LAKE RHODHISS...PATTERSON...RUTHERFORD COLLEGE AND VALDESE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.
NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT OR
IN A VEHICLE.

PLEASE REPORT HIGH WATER...FLOODING...LANDSLIDES OR OTHER SEVERE
WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG BY
CALLING TOLL FREE...1...800...2 6 7...8 1 0 1...OR BY POSTING ON OUR
FACEBOOK PAGE...OR TWEET IT USING HASHTAG NWSGSP. YOUR MESSAGE SHOULD
DESCRIBE THE EVENT AND THE SPECIFIC LOCATION WHERE IT OCCURRED.

&&

LAT...LON 3598 8137 3584 8139 3573 8149 3572 8162
      3585 8165 3592 8164 3597 8159 3607 8151

$$
369 
WGUS72 KGSP 092337
FFSGSP

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
737 PM EDT SUN JUN 9 2013

NCC023-027-100030-
/O.CON.KGSP.FF.W.0019.000000T0000Z-130610T0030Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CALDWELL NC-BURKE NC-
737 PM EDT SUN JUN 9 2013

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL BURKE AND
EASTERN CALDWELL COUNTIES UNTIL 830 PM EDT...

AT 735 PM EDT...COUNTY OFFICIALS AND SOCIAL MEDIA OUTLETS REPORTED
VARIOUS DEGREES OF FLOOD DAMAGE ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...BUT WITH 
RAIN COMING TO AN END...AREAS OF FLOODING AND HIGH WATER CONDITIONS 
ARE EXPECTED TO SLOWLY RECEDE THROUGH THE EVENING. BASED ON 
THIS...THE WARNING IS EXPECTED TO EXPIRE ON SCHEDULE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

PLEASE REPORT HIGH WATER...FLOODING...LANDSLIDES OR OTHER SEVERE
WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG BY
CALLING TOLL FREE...1...800...2 6 7...8 1 0 1...OR BY POSTING ON OUR
FACEBOOK PAGE...OR TWEET IT USING HASHTAG NWSGSP. YOUR MESSAGE SHOULD
DESCRIBE THE EVENT AND THE SPECIFIC LOCATION WHERE IT OCCURRED.

&&

LAT...LON 3598 8137 3584 8139 3573 8149 3572 8162
      3585 8165 3592 8164 3597 8159 3607 8151

$$

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood warning 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 warning went out at Jun 9, 4:56 PM EDT, 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 9, 4:56 PM EDT, 34 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
456 PM EDT SUN JUN 9 2013

.SYNOPSIS...
MOIST SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL CONTINUE AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING UPPER LOW
PRESSURE TROUGH TONIGHT. THE TROUGH WILL PUSH A COLD FRONT INTO THE
REGION MONDAY NIGHT...FOLLOWED BY HIGH PRESSURE TUESDAY AND
WEDNESDAY. ANOTHER FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA LATE IN
THE WEEK.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH MONDAY/...
400 PM UPDATE...UPPED POPS PER LATEST RADAR. MOST OF THE PRECIP
ACTIVITY CURRENTLY OVER THE AREA IS FROM STRATIFORM RAIN SHIELD WITH
THUNDER NOW BECOMING MORE ISOLATED. UPSTREAM ACTIVITY NOT ESPECIALLY
POTENT PERHAPS DUE TO CIRRUS SPREADING OVER IT AND KEEPING SFC TEMPS
COOLER. SOME THUNDER LIKELY TO CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING NONETHELESS
FOR AFOREMENTIONED REASONS.

PREV DISCUSSION...
AS OF 2 PM EDT...DEEP SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST FLOW WILL CONTINUE OVER THE
REGION FOR MOST OF THE PERIOD WITH BERMUDA HIGH REMAINING STRONG
OVER THE SE CONUS. HOWEVER THE CWFA WILL BEGIN TO SEE THE INFLUENCE
OF THE UPPER TROUGH AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT GRADUALLY THRU THE
PERIOD. THOSE FEATURES WILL MOVE THRU THE TENNESSEE VALLEY TONIGHT
INTO TOMORROW.

THE FLOW WILL CONTINUE TO BRING IN GULF MOISTURE THROUGHOUT THE
COLUMN WITH NUMEROUS MESOSCALE DISTURBANCES SEEN IN THE MID-UPPER
LEVELS ASSOCIATED WITH CONVECTION NEAR THE COAST. UPPER RH INCREASES
SIGNIFICANTLY WITH CIRRUS DEBRIS PERHAPS LIMITING DAYTIME INSTABILITY
BOTH THIS AFTN AND MONDAY. THIS WILL LIMIT STRONG/SEVERE TSTM
THREAT...BUT STRENGTHENING UPPER FLOW AHEAD OF THE TROUGH WILL
AMPLIFY SHEAR AS TIME PROGRESSES LEADING TO AN INCREASING THREAT ON
ITS OWN.

CONVECTION THIS AFTN MAY WEAKEN OR BECOME LESS WIDESPREAD FOLLOWING
THE PEAK OF DIURNAL HEATING...BUT WITH THE INCREASINGLY NOISY UPPER
FLOW AND MOISTURE FLUX ACTIVITY SHOULD PICK BACK UP THIS EVENING.
PWAT VALUES WILL REMAIN MODESTLY ABOVE NORMAL. LLVL JET NOTED
OVERNIGHT AND VEERING TO A MORE WESTERLY DIRECTION WHICH COOLS THE
MIDLEVELS AND IMPROVES LLVL LAPSE RATES. THUNDER STILL POSSIBLE
OVERNIGHT AND WITH THE VERY JUICY SOUNDINGS AND GOOD LLVL MSTR
TRANSPORT I LEANED IN FAVOR OF THE HIGHER MODEL QPF.

ON MONDAY CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING
THUNDERSTORMS WITH UNSTABLE SOUNDINGS AS UPPER TROUGH MOVES IN. COLD
FRONT LOOKS TO BEGIN ENTERING THE MTNS FROM THE WEST AROUND MIDDAY.
DRY SLOT SHOWN AHEAD OF THE FRONT ON BOTH NAM/GFS. THIS WILL START TO
DIMINISH POPS FROM WEST TO EAST. ONCE AGAIN...DEEP SHEAR CONTINUES TO
INCREASE WITH THE ARRIVAL OF THE TROUGH SO STORMS AHEAD OF THE FRONT
MAY BE QUITE VIGOROUS.

&&

.SHORT TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
CA

AS OF 1245 PM SUNDAY...LINGERING DEEP CONVECTIVE CHANCES WILL REMAIN
IN THE FORECAST THRU MONDAY NIGHT SINCE THE 09/12 UTC OP SHORT RANGE
MODELS CONTINUE TO ADVERTISE THE PASSAGE OF A SHARP LOOKING S/WV
TROUGH. WITH THE LATEST NAM RUN NOW IN STEP WITH THE OP GFS IN
TRANSLATING UPPER TROUGH AXIS DOWNSTREAM OF THE CWFA BY TUESDAY
AFTERNOON...WITH PLAN ON SHAVING BACK POP A BIT MORE...ESPECIALLY
GIVING THE PALTRY MOS POPS...FALLING SFC DWPTS AND SOME DOWNSLOPE
FLOW. MAX TEMPERATURES REMAIN SLATED TO REBOUND TO VALUES VERY CLOSE
TO CLIMO.

THE CWFA WILL BE UNDER BROADLY DIFFLUENT WNW FLOW ALOFT TUESDAY
NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY AND IT IS WITHIN THE REALM OF POSSIBILITY
THAT OHIO VALLEY MCS ACTIVITY WILL MAKE A RUN AT THE NW CWFA BY
WED AM...BUT CONFIDENCE IS STILL NOT HIGH ENUF TO INTRODUCE ANYTHING
AT THIS POINT. UNLESS IT BECOMES OBVIOUS THAT AN IMPULSE/OUTFLOW
IS GOING TO MAKE IT/S WAY ACRS THE CWFA WEDNESDAY WILL PLAN ON
LIMITING DIURNAL TSTM CHANCES TO THE MTNS/LEE TROUGH LOCALES.

&&

.LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/...
CA

AS OF 1130 AM EDT SUNDAY...A BROAD UPPER RIDGE OF H5 HIGH WILL
REMAIN ANCHORED ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS...LEAVING OUR FORECAST
AREA UNDER N/NW FLOW ALOFT THROUGH MUCH OF THE MEDIUM RANGE PERIOD.
AT THE SURFACE...A WEAK SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL PREVAIL WED NIGHT
INTO THURSDAY ACROSS THE REGION PROVIDING MOSTLY DRY CONDITIONS. A
COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE REGION THU NIGHT INTO
EARLY FRI. MODELS AGREE THAT THE FRONT WILL WEAKEN AS IT CROSSES THE
CWA. HENCE...I HAVE CARRIED LOW END CHANCE POPS DURING THIS PERIOD.
CONDITIONS LOOK DRY FOR THE NEXT WEEKEND WITH HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING
ACROSS THE REGION. TEMPS ON THURSDAY WILL BE AROUND 3-5 DEGREES
ABOVE NORMAL WITH HIGHS REACHING THE LOW 90S EAST OF THE MTNS. THEN
TEMPS BACK TO NEAR...OR A FEW DEGREES BELOW NORMAL FRI/SAT BEFORE
WARMING UP TO NEAR NORMAL SUN.

&&

.AVIATION /21Z SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/...
AT KCLT /21Z UPDATE/...CONVECTIVE TRENDS DIMINISHING ATTM AS EARLIER
BURST OF ACTIVITY SEEMS TO HAVE USED UP MOST OF THE AVBL
INSTABILITY. -RA WITH OCNL HEAVIER SHRA LIKELY TO LAST INTO THE
EARLY EVENING. HOWEVER SOME EMBEDDED TSTMS...ESPECIALLY IN WEAKLY
ORGANIZED LINE NOW ACRS N CENT SC...COULD CAUSE MVFR VSBY THRU 00Z.
KEPT A TEMPO UNTIL THEN...BUT REMOVED TS MENTION THEREAFTER. LOW VFR
CU BASES WILL HANG AROUND INTO THE EVENING. RAIN CHANCES INCREASE
LATE TONIGHT IN DEEPENING MOISTURE AND WITH UPPER DISTURBANCES
OVERHEAD. CIGS SHOULD ACCORDINGLY LOWER TO MVFR THEN IFR TOWARD
DAYBREAK. UNSTABLE ENVIRONMENT MON MRNG AHEAD OF COLD FRONT WILL
BRING BACK THUNDER CHANCES. HAVE SUFFICIENT CONFIDENCE TO GO
PREVAILING -TSRA WITH MVFR CLOUD BASES AFTER 14Z. STRENGTHENING LLVL
WINDS WILL ALLOW GUSTS TO AROUND 20KT AT THIS TIME IGNORING ANY
STRONGER GUSTS WHICH MIGHT ACCOMPANY TS.

ELSEWHERE...HEAVY RAIN WITH MVFR VSBY REMAINS POSSIBLE BUT
NOW...WITH INSTABILITY WANING...THAT LOOKS ISOLATED AT BEST. -RA TO
CONTINUE ACRS MUCH OF THE AREA THRU EARLY EVENING. CLOUD BASES
SHOULD GENERALLY REMAIN LOW VFR...PERHAPS MVFR IN THE POCKETS OF
HEAVIER RA. INCREASING LLVL MOISTURE WITH SOMEWHAT UPSLOPE WINDS
WILL LIKELY LEAD TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN MVFR DECK LATE THIS
EVENING. SOME GUIDANCE SUGGESTS IT WILL LOWER TO IFR TOWARD DAYBREAK
ACROSS MAINLY THE UPSTATE SC SITES. PRECIP WILL CONTINUE
OVERNIGHT...RAMPING BACK UP MON MRNG AS INSTABILITY GROWS AHEAD OF
COLD FRONT WHICH WILL PASS AFTER 18Z. GIVEN THE MOIST CONDITIONS AND
ONGOING PRECIP CIGS WILL LIKELY BE SLOW TO LIFT AFTER SUNRISE. S TO
SW WINDS WILL PREVAIL THRU THE PERIOD. AS LOW LEVEL JET DEVELOPS
OVERNIGHT AHEAD OF THE FRONT...THE MTNS ARE AT RISK FOR LLWS NEAR
020...BUT LEFT OUT OF KAVL TAF DUE TO POOR AGREEMENT FROM GUIDANCE.

OUTLOOK...A COLD FRONT WILL ARRIVE LATE MONDAY ASSOCIATED WITH MORE
WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND STORMS.  CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE ON TUESDAY
AND THROUGH THE MIDWEEK AS UPPER LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS.

CONFIDENCE TABLE...

            21-03Z        03-09Z        09-15Z        15-21Z
KCLT       HIGH 100%     HIGH  86%     MED   77%     HIGH  80%
KGSP       HIGH  87%     HIGH  84%     HIGH  95%     HIGH  87%
KAVL       HIGH  94%     HIGH 100%     HIGH  96%     HIGH  90%
KHKY       HIGH  92%     HIGH  90%     HIGH  88%     HIGH  87%
KGMU       HIGH  86%     HIGH  91%     HIGH  91%     HIGH  87%
KAND       HIGH  81%     HIGH  90%     HIGH  89%     HIGH  82%

THE PERCENTAGE REFLECTS THE NUMBER OF GUIDANCE MEMBERS AGREEING
WITH THE SCHEDULED TAF ISSUANCE FLIGHT RULE CATEGORY. COMPLETE
HOURLY EXPERIMENTAL AVIATION FORECAST CONSISTENCY TABLES AND ENSEMBLE
FORECASTS ARE AVAILABLE AT THE FOLLOWING LINK: (MUST BE LOWER CASE)

WWW.WEATHER.GOV/GSP/AVIATION_TABLES

&&

.GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...NONE.
NC...NONE.
SC...NONE.

&&

SYNOPSIS...JOH
NEAR TERM...WIMBERLEY
SHORT TERM...CSH
LONG TERM...JOH
AVIATION...WIMBERLEY
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 9, 1:23 PM EDT, 4 hours 7 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
123 PM EDT SUN JUN 9 2013

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065-
068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-101730-
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-
123 PM EDT SUN JUN 9 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT
NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP BY ACROSS THE
WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA. IN ADDITION TO CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING...SOME OF THE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH
DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND HAIL. HEAVY DOWNPOURS MAY RESULT IN SOME
FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. THE STORMS SHOULD
DECREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY AFTER MIDNIGHT.

.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.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 9, 4:21 PM EDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
421 PM EDT SUN JUN 09 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0306 PM     TSTM WND DMG     BOILING SPRINGS SC      35.04N 81.98W
06/09/2013                   SPARTANBURG        SC   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TREE ACROSS ROADWAY AT SPRING VALLEY AND CLARK. ALSO
            REPORTED TREE ACROSS EXIT RAMP AT BUSINESS 85 AND N PINE
            STREET.

&&

CGANT
Local storm report, Jun 9, 4:38 PM EDT, 52 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
438 PM EDT SUN JUN 09 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0330 PM     TSTM WND DMG     6 ENE LANDRUM           35.21N 82.10W
06/09/2013                   POLK               NC   PUBLIC

            TREES DOWN ON COLLINSVILLE ROAD AND JOHN WEAVER ROAD IN
            THE GREEN CREEK COMMUNITY OF SOUTHEAST POLK COUNTY.
            REPORT FROM SOCIAL MEDIA.

&&

OUTLAW
Local storm report, Jun 9, 4:40 PM EDT, 50 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
440 PM EDT SUN JUN 09 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0245 PM     HAIL             1 WSW BOILING SPRINGS S 35.04N 81.99W
06/09/2013  E0.75 INCH       SPARTANBURG        SC   PUBLIC

            PUBLIC REPORT OF DIME SIZE HAIL ON CARMICHAEL COURT.

&&

HG
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 4:47 PM EDT, 43 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
447 PM EDT SUN JUN 9 2013

SCZ007-012-013-092145-
LAURENS-SPARTANBURG-UNION-
447 PM EDT SUN JUN 9 2013

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL LAURENS...SOUTHEASTERN
SPARTANBURG AND UNION COUNTIES THROUGH 545 PM EDT...

AT 444 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF CLINTON...OR 5 MILES EAST OF
LAURENS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO UNION...
  SEDALIA...PAULINE...ORA...MONARCH MILLS...LAURENS...ENOREE...CROSS
  KEYS...CROSS ANCHOR...CLINTON AND BUFFALO.

SMALL HAIL...WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH AND TORRENTIAL RAIN ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

HEAVY RAINS MAY FLOOD AREAS WITH POOR DRAINAGE...SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS. WATER
LEVELS OF SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS MAY ALSO RISE RAPIDLY. SEEK HIGHER
GROUND IF THREATENED BY FLOOD WATERS.

LAT...LON 3490 8190 3476 8152 3443 8187 3450 8207

JOH
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 4:47 PM EDT, 43 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
447 PM EDT SUN JUN 9 2013

NCZ504-092130-
GREATER BURKE-
447 PM EDT SUN JUN 9 2013

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT BURKE COUNTY THROUGH 530 PM EDT...

AT 442 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MILES SOUTH OF DREXEL...OR 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
MORGANTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
  MORGANTON...
  VALDESE...
  LAKE RHODHISS...

SMALL HAIL...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND TORRENTIAL RAIN ARE EXPECTED
WITH THIS STORM.

HEAVY RAINS MAY FLOOD AREAS WITH POOR DRAINAGE...SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS. WATER
LEVELS OF SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS MAY ALSO RISE RAPIDLY. SEEK HIGHER
GROUND IF THREATENED BY FLOOD WATERS.

LAT...LON 3586 8165 3578 8156 3578 8145 3576 8141
      3557 8154 3556 8165 3558 8170 3561 8172
      3561 8175 3558 8180 3563 8184 3584 8181
      3589 8174
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 4:59 PM EDT, 31 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
459 PM EDT SUN JUN 9 2013

NCZ501-502-092200-
CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-GREATER CALDWELL-
459 PM EDT SUN JUN 9 2013

...PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT CALDWELL
COUNTY THROUGH 600 PM EDT...

AT 455 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY
STORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS THE COUNTY. THERE IS THE LIKELIHOOD OF TORRENTIAL
RAINFALL...AND PERHAPS STRONG STORMS PRODUCING SMALL HAIL. FLOODING OF
POOR DRAINAGE AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS...ESPECIALLY ACROSS GREATER
LENOIR...WILL BE POSSIBLE.

* OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO UPTON...
  PATTERSON...KINGS CREEK...GLOBE...EDGEMONT...SAWMILLS...LENOIR...
  HUDSON...GRANITE FALLS...GAMEWELL...COLLETTSVILLE AND CAJAH'S
  MOUNTAIN.

HEAVY RAINS MAY FLOOD AREAS WITH POOR DRAINAGE...SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS. WATER
LEVELS OF SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS MAY ALSO RISE RAPIDLY. SEEK HIGHER
GROUND IF THREATENED BY FLOOD WATERS.

LAT...LON 3608 8141 3601 8132 3592 8135 3580 8133
      3577 8136 3576 8140 3578 8145 3578 8153
      3589 8173 3593 8175 3595 8180 3607 8173
      3610 8177 3612 8176 3612 8154

The office that day

Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 9, 12:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPHaywood46 min
Jun 9, 12:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPSwain43 min
Jun 9, 12:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPHenderson39 min
Jun 9, 12:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPMitchell52 min
Jun 9, 12:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCaldwell48 min
Jun 9, 1:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPBuncombe55 min
Jun 9, 1:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPBuncombe45 min
Jun 9, 1:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPMcDowell48 min
Jun 9, 2:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPMcDowell54 min
Jun 9, 2:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPPolk, Rutherford66 min
Jun 9, 3:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPJackson, Transylvania43 min
Jun 9, 3:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPRutherford52 min
Jun 9, 3:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPHenderson47 min
Jun 9, 3:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPAlexander46 min
Jun 9, 3:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPBurke46 min
Jun 9, 4:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCaldwell47 min
Jun 9, 4:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPBuncombe44 min
Jun 9, 4:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCaldwell61 min
Jun 9, 5:07 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPBurke, Caldwell113 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.