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Flash Flood Warning 30, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

July 4, 2013Buncombe County, North Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this flash flood warning at Jul 4, 2013, 5:37 PM EDT for Buncombe County, North Carolina. It was in force for 4 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: Jul 4, 2013, 5:37 PM EDT (21:37 UTC)
Expired: Jul 4, 2013, 9:30 PM EDT
In force: 4 hr
Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County Buncombe County, NC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:38 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
Jul 4, 8:36 PM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	Biltmore Forest, NC	SEVERAL STREETS FLOODED IN TOWN TO INCLUDE LYMAN RIVERSIDE DRIVE AMBOY ROAD..

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 one storm report to this flash flood warning; the first came 179 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, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 241 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1230 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 468 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 73 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 64 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.5

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

048 
WGUS52 KGSP 042137
FFWGSP
NCC021-050130-
/O.NEW.KGSP.FF.W.0030.130704T2137Z-130705T0130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
537 PM EDT THU JUL 4 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL BUNCOMBE COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...

* UNTIL 930 PM EDT

* AT 534 PM EDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED FLASH FLOODING ACROSS THE      
  WARNED AREA...ESPECIALLY NORTH ASHEVILLE AREA. DOPPLER RADAR       
  ESTIMATED AROUND 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE PAST 24   
  HOURS AND ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...DOWNTOWN
  ASHEVILLE...ASHEVILLE MALL...AVERY CREEK...BILTMORE FOREST...I-26
  AT I-40...LEICESTER...UNC ASHEVILLE...WEAVERVILLE AND WOODFIN.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES
AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.

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.

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 3571 8239 3548 8241 3546 8245 3545 8269
      3570 8269

$$

JOH

2 follow-up statements

531 
WGUS72 KGSP 050008
FFSGSP

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
808 PM EDT THU JUL 4 2013

NCC021-050130-
/O.CON.KGSP.FF.W.0030.000000T0000Z-130705T0130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BUNCOMBE NC-
808 PM EDT THU JUL 4 2013

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL BUNCOMBE COUNTY
UNTIL 930 PM EDT...

AT 803 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A BROAD AREA OF HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING 
NORTHWARD ACROSS BUNCOMBE COUNTY. RADAR INDICATED RAINFALL RATES 
AROUND ONE HALF INCH PER HOUR CONTINUING TO FALL ON AREAS THAT HAVE 
RECEIVED VERY HEAVY RAINFALL THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. 

RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO 
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING 
INCLUDE...DOWNTOWN ASHEVILLE...ASHEVILLE MALL...AVERY 
CREEK...BILTMORE FOREST...FAIRVIEW...I-26 AT I-40...LEICESTER...UNC 
ASHEVILLE...WEAVERVILLE AND WOODFIN. FLOODING CONTINUES ALONG TUNNEL 
ROAD ON THE EAST SIDE OF ASHEVILLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS 
AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS 
WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS. 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.

WITH THE ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN...THE RISK OF MUDSLIDES WILL 
INCREASE...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS WHERE SLIDES HAVE OCCURRED IN THE 
PAST.

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 3571 8239 3548 8241 3546 8245 3545 8269
      3570 8269

$$

HG

856 
WGUS72 KGSP 050124
FFSGSP

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
924 PM EDT THU JUL 4 2013

NCC021-050130-
/O.CON.KGSP.FF.W.0030.000000T0000Z-130705T0130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BUNCOMBE NC-
924 PM EDT THU JUL 4 2013

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL BUNCOMBE COUNTY
UNTIL 930 PM EDT...

AT 918 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CROSSING THE GREATER ASHEVILLE 
AREA FROM THE SOUTH. HOWEVER...RAINFALL RATES WITH THESE LATEST 
SHOWERS WERE GENERALLY ONE QUARTER INCH PER HOUR OR LESS. THE FLASH 
FLOOD WARNING FOR THE IMMEDIATE ASHEVILLE AREA WILL BE ALLOWED TO 
EXPIRE ON SCHEDULE AT 930 PM...HOWEVER A COUNTYWIDE FLOOD ADVISORY 
WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM...WITH A FLASH FLOOD WARNING 
CONTINUING FOR THE EASTERN PART OF THE COUNTY UNTIL 1230 AM EDT. 
HIGH WATER CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY LINGER AROUND THE AREA OVERNIGHT. 

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.

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 3571 8239 3548 8241 3546 8245 3545 8269
      3570 8269

$$

HG

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 Jul 4, 4:51 PM EDT, 46 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 4, 4:51 PM EDT, 46 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
451 PM EDT THU JUL 4 2013

.SYNOPSIS...
A DEEP UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL REMAIN IN PLACE OVER THE MID
MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...BEFORE GRADUALLY
LIFTING EASTWARD OVER THE WEEKEND. HIGH PRESSURE WILL THEN BUILD
OVER THE SOUTHERN TIER OF THE UNITED STATES NEXT WEEK...WITH A
RETURN TO MORE TYPICAL SUMMERTIME CONDITIONS.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH FRIDAY/...
AS OF 445 PM...A QUICK UPDATE TO THE TEMP/DEWPT AND SKY GRIDS TO
MATCH UP WITH OBS. POPS/WX LOOK ON TRACK...SO LEFT AS IS FOR NOW.

AS OF 300 PM...NOT MUCH HAS CHANGED IN REGARDS TO THE FORECAST OVER
THE NEXT 24 HOURS.  SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL PROMOTE CONTINUED SHOWER AND
THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION. HEAVY RAINFALL LOOKS
TO BE THE MAIN THREAT THROUGH THE PERIOD.  RAINFALL AMOUNTS
ADJACENT TO ANY THUNDERSTORMS COULD EXCEED 5 INCHES WHICH WILL ALLOW
FOR FLASH FLOODING CONDITIONS TO PERSIST.  THIS FLASH FLOODING
THREAT WILL MAINLY EXIST ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAINS AND THE
FOOTHILLS DUE TO UPSLOPE FLOW AND MIGRATION OF MOISTURE AXIS TO THE
WEST.  OTHERWISE...INCREASING INSTABILITY ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE SC
UPSTATE AND THE NC PIEDMONT WILL ALLOW FOR SOME STRONG TO SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS WITH DAMAGING WINDS...AND HEAVY RAINFALL BEING THE
MAIN THREATS.  DUE TO INCREASING FLOW ALOFT...AND BACKED SURFACE
WINDS...AN ISOLATED TORNADO CANNOT BE RULED OUT.  CONDITIONS WILL
NOT IMPROVE MUCH DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AS PLUME OF MOISTURE
REMAINS NEARLY STATIONARY ACROSS THE WESTERN PART OF THE CWFA.
THUS...EXTENDED FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH 00Z SATURDAY ACROSS ALL
ZONES WITH THE ONLY EXCEPTIONS BEING ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE NC
PIEDMONT.  TEMPERATURES OVERNIGHT WILL BE NEAR NORMAL FOR MOST SITES.

FOR FRIDAY...EXPECT MUCH OF THE SAME AS THURSDAY WITH CONTINUED
RAINFALL ACROSS THE WESTERN MOST PORTIONS OF THE REGION.
INSTABILITY WILL INCREASE YET AGAIN...HOWEVER CONVECTION SHOULD BE
ON MORE OF A DIURNAL TREND.  HIGH TEMPERATURES ON FRIDAY WILL BE
BELOW NORMAL AT ALL LOCATIONS.

&&

.SHORT TERM /FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT/...
AS OF 230 PM THURSDAY...THE SLOWLY FILLING UPPER WAVE WILL LIFT NE
ACROSS IL/IN ON SAT AND THEN OH ON SUNDAY. UPPER LEVEL DYNAMICS IN
THE FORM OF WIND DIVERGENCE AND A TRAILING VORTICITY AXIS WILL CROSS
OUR FORECAST AREA ON SUNDAY. UNTIL THEN...PERSISTENT MOIST SRLY LOW
LEVEL FLOW WILL CONTINUE. WILL FOCUS LIKELY POPS IN THE MTNS...AND
TAPER DOWN TO MID RANGE CHANCE ACROSS THE PIEDMONT FOR SAT AFTN.
COVERAGE MAY REBOUND THROUGHOUT THE REGION A BIT ON SUNDAY WITH THE
PASSING UPPER SUPPORT. THE THREAT OF HEAVY RAIN AND ISOLATED FLASH
FLOODING WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

&&

.LONG TERM /MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/...
AS OF 230 PM THURSDAY...A FLAT RIDGE WILL BUILD OVER THE SRN TIER OF
THE CONUS MON THROUGH WED. SFC HIGH PRES WILL DOMINATE EXCEPT FOR A
DEVELOPING LEE TROUGH OVER THE PIEDMONT. MID LEVEL DRYING IS
INDICATED...BUT LOW LEVELS WILL REMAIN MOIST THROUGH THE PERIOD. SFC
TO 850 MB FLOW WILL VEER MORE WESTERLY TO CURB PRECIPITATION CHANCES
AND PRODUCE MORE OF A DIURNAL TREND IN POPS. A COLD FRONT WILL
APPROACH THE AREA FROM THE NW ON THU. EXPECT MAX TEMPS TO RECOVER TO
NEAR SUMMERTIME NORMALS.

&&

.AVIATION /21Z THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/...
AT KCLT...LOW END VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL THROUGH THE PERIOD
WITH THE ONLY EXCEPTIONS BEING IN PROXIMITY TO CONVECTION THIS
AFTERNOON.  SOUTHERLY FLOW CONTINUES TO PROMOTE INCREASING
INSTABILITY ACROSS THE NC PIEDMONT...THUS WENT WITH A TEMPO FOR TSRA
THROUGH 00Z.  BEYOND THAT...CARRIED MVFR CIGS FOR A FEW MORE HOURS
AS THE BOUNDARY LAYER REMAINS NEAR SATURATION.  OTHERWISE...RAISED
CIGS TO VFR LEVELS THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE TAF CYCLE.  WINDS
WILL REMAIN SOUTHERLY AND IN THE 8-10KT RANGE.

ELSEWHERE...EXPECTING WIDESPREAD SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY TO
CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE TAF PERIOD...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE SC
SITES.  ADDED TEMPO GROUPS AT ALL SITES FOR MVFR TSRA THIS
AFTERNOON...THEN CARRIED MVFR CIGS THROUGH THE MORNING WITH EITHER
VCTS...SHRA...OR BOTH.  AS THE LOWER LEVELS CONTINUE TO MOISTEN
FURTHER THROUGHOUT THE EVENING...LOOKING FOR CIGS TO LOWER TO IFR
LEVELS AT ALL SITES.  WINDS WILL REMAIN SOUTHERLY AND AROUND
8-10KTS.

OUTLOOK...VERY MOIST AND UNSETTLED CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN OVER THE
REGION INTO SATURDAY...WITH PERIODS OF SHRA/TSRA. STRATUS AND FOG IS
POSSIBLE EACH DAY ACROSS THE REGION. GRADUAL IMPROVEMENT IS EXPECTED
FROM THE EAST THIS WEEKEND AS A BERMUDA HIGH STRENGTHENS ACROSS THE
REGION...YIELDING MAINLY DIURNAL SHRA/TSRA. MORNING FOG WILL FAVOR
THE MTN VALLEYS.

CONFIDENCE TABLE...

            21-03Z        03-09Z        09-15Z        15-21Z
KCLT       MED   79%     HIGH  89%     HIGH  92%     HIGH  93%
KGSP       HIGH  86%     HIGH  89%     MED   78%     HIGH  91%
KAVL       HIGH  89%     HIGH  86%     HIGH  87%     HIGH  95%
KHKY       HIGH  83%     HIGH  95%     HIGH  87%     HIGH  91%
KGMU       HIGH  86%     HIGH  90%     MED   73%     HIGH  88%
KAND       MED   78%     HIGH  85%     MED   79%     HIGH  91%

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...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING FOR GAZ010-017-018-
     026-028-029.
NC...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING FOR NCZ033-035-
     048>053-056-058-059-062>065-068>070-501>510.
     FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR NCZ036-037-
     057-071-072-082.
SC...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING FOR SCZ001>014-019.

&&

SYNOPSIS...HG
NEAR TERM...ARK/CDG
SHORT TERM...HG
LONG TERM...HG
AVIATION...CDG

Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 4, 4:11 PM EDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
411 PM EDT THU JUL 4 2013

NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-501-503-505-507-509-052015-
AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM-
NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-
CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-BURKE MOUNTAINS-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-
RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-POLK MOUNTAINS-
411 PM EDT THU JUL 4 2013

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   FLASH FLOOD WATCH.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. SOME OF
THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD BE STRONG TO SEVERE WITH DAMAGING
WINDS...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY RAINFALL
BEING THE MAIN THREATS. STRONG WINDS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE IN THE
HIGHER TERRAIN DUE TO INCREASING SOUTHERLY FLOW ALOFT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   FLASH FLOOD WATCH.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF LARGE
HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...TORNADOES OR FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE.

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ035-056-068>070-502-504-506-508-510-
SCZ001>014-019-052015-
RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-ALEXANDER-CATAWBA-
CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-GREATER CALDWELL-GREATER BURKE-
EASTERN MCDOWELL-GREATER RUTHERFORD-EASTERN POLK-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-
PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE-
GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK-
ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD-
411 PM EDT THU JUL 4 2013

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING...

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   FLASH FLOOD WATCH.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. SOME OF
THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD BE STRONG TO SEVERE...ESPECIALLY LATE
THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING...WITH DAMAGING WINDS...FREQUENT
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAINFALL...AND ISOLATED
TORNADOES BEING POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   FLASH FLOOD WATCH.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF LARGE
HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...TORNADOES OR FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE.

NCZ036-037-057-071-072-082-052015-
IREDELL-DAVIE-ROWAN-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC-
411 PM EDT THU JUL 4 2013

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. SOME OF
THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD BE STRONG TO SEVERE...ESPECIALLY LATE
THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING...WITH DAMAGING WINDS...FREQUENT
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAINFALL...AND ISOLATED
TORNADOES BEING POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL COULD CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY LEADING TO
ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF LARGE
HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...TORNADOES OR FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE.

HG

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 4, 3:48 PM EDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
348 PM EDT THU JUL 4 2013

NCZ070-071-SCZ009-042030-
GASTON-MECKLENBURG-YORK-
348 PM EDT THU JUL 4 2013

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EASTERN YORK...GASTON AND
SOUTHWESTERN MECKLENBURG COUNTIES THROUGH 430 PM EDT...

AT 343 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES SOUTH OF FORT MILL...OR 6 MILES EAST OF
ROCK HILL...MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
  FORT MILL...
  TEGA CAY...
  CAROWINDS...
  LAKE WYLIE...
  BELMONT...

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

THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS AND WET SOIL CONDITIONS WILL CAUSE
SCATTERED TREES AND POWER LINES TO FALL. SEEK SHELTER INSIDER AN
INTERIOR ROOM.

LAKE WYLIE IS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING
AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS BOATING CONDITIONS. MOVE TO
SHORE IMMEDIATELY.

LAT...LON 3500 8084 3505 8089 3501 8090 3495 8086
      3491 8086 3487 8108 3532 8129 3540 8096
      3501 8083

MOORE

Special weather statement, Jul 4, 4:03 PM EDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
403 PM EDT THU JUL 4 2013

NCZ065-507-509-510-SCZ003-042045-
EASTERN POLK-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-HENDERSON-POLK MOUNTAINS-RUTHERFORD
MOUNTAINS-
403 PM EDT THU JUL 4 2013

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EASTERN HENDERSON...NORTHEASTERN
GREENVILLE...WESTERN POLK AND WESTERN RUTHERFORD COUNTIES THROUGH 445
PM EDT...

AT 402 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR NORTH SALUDA RESERVOIR...OR 10 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF COLUMBUS...MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH.

PEOPLE IN EASTERN HENDERSON...NORTHEASTERN GREENVILLE...WESTERN POLK
AND WESTERN RUTHERFORD COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
LOCATIONS...

NORTH SALUDA RESERVOIR...FLAT ROCK AND HENDERSONVILLE...

SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE
WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE
WEATHER THREATEN.

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

THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS AND WET SOIL CONDITIONS WILL CAUSE
SCATTERED TREES AND POWER LINES TO FALL. SEEK SHELTER INSIDER AN
INTERIOR ROOM.

LAT...LON 3548 8221 3506 8222 3501 8241 3500 8247
      3543 8258 3544 8255 3542 8254 3544 8253
      3547 8228 3546 8225 3548 8224

MOORE

Special weather statement, Jul 4, 4:12 PM EDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
412 PM EDT THU JUL 4 2013

SCZ011-019-042100-
ABBEVILLE-GREENWOOD-
412 PM EDT THU JUL 4 2013

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EASTERN ABBEVILLE AND WESTERN
GREENWOOD COUNTIES THROUGH 500 PM EDT...

AT 411 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES WEST OF VERDERY...OR 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
ABBEVILLE...MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH.

PEOPLE IN EASTERN ABBEVILLE AND WESTERN GREENWOOD COUNTIES...
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...

ABBEVILLE AND DUE WEST...

SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE
WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE
WEATHER THREATEN.

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

THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS AND WET SOIL CONDITIONS WILL CAUSE
SCATTERED TREES AND POWER LINES TO FALL. SEEK SHELTER INSIDER AN
INTERIOR ROOM.

LAT...LON 3404 8233 3406 8234 3405 8242 3406 8243
      3433 8256 3448 8232 3425 8218 3404 8220
      3401 8232

MOORE

Local storm report, Jul 4, 4:48 PM EDT, 49 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
448 PM EDT THU JUL 04 2013

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

0430 PM     HEAVY RAIN       4 N ASHEVILLE           35.64N 82.55W
07/04/2013  M3.94 INCH       BUNCOMBE           NC   TRAINED SPOTTER

            3.94 INCHES OF RAIN IN PAST 24 HOURS. BEAVERDAM CREEK

            OVERFLOWING BANKS NEAR GOLF COURSE OFF OF BEAVERDAM ROAD.

&&

HG

Special weather statement, Jul 4, 5:20 PM EDT, 17 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
520 PM EDT THU JUL 4 2013

NCZ036-056-057-071-042200-
CATAWBA-IREDELL-MECKLENBURG-ROWAN-
520 PM EDT THU JUL 4 2013

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN MECKLENBURG...
SOUTHEASTERN CATAWBA...SOUTHERN IREDELL AND WESTERN ROWAN COUNTIES
THROUGH 600 PM EDT...

AT 518 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR DAVIDSON...OR 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF UNC
CHARLOTTE...MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH.

PEOPLE IN NORTHERN MECKLENBURG...SOUTHEASTERN CATAWBA...SOUTHERN
IREDELL AND WESTERN ROWAN COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
LOCATIONS...

DAVIDSON...CORNELIUS...MOORESVILLE...TROUTMAN AND STATESVILLE...

SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE
WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE
WEATHER THREATEN.

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

THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS AND WET SOIL CONDITIONS WILL CAUSE
SCATTERED TREES AND POWER LINES TO FALL. SEEK SHELTER INSIDER AN
INTERIOR ROOM.

LAKE NORMAN IS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING
AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS BOATING CONDITIONS. MOVE TO
SHORE IMMEDIATELY.

LAT...LON 3588 8071 3551 8073 3550 8079 3545 8078
      3545 8094 3551 8096 3553 8094 3555 8097
      3585 8105 3587 8104

MOORE

Special weather statement, Jul 4, 5:27 PM EDT, 10 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
527 PM EDT THU JUL 4 2013

SCZ002-003-005-006-010-042215-
ANDERSON-GREATER GREENVILLE-GREATER PICKENS-GREENVILLE
MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-
527 PM EDT THU JUL 4 2013

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN ANDERSON...PICKENS AND
WESTERN GREENVILLE COUNTIES THROUGH 615 PM EDT...

AT 523 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF POWDERSVILLE...OR 12 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF DOWNTOWN GREENVILLE...MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH.

PEOPLE IN NORTHERN ANDERSON...PICKENS AND WESTERN GREENVILLE
COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...

POWDERSVILLE...EASLEY...PICKENS AND TABLE ROCK STATE PARK...

SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE
WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE
WEATHER THREATEN.

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

THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS AND WET SOIL CONDITIONS WILL CAUSE
SCATTERED TREES AND POWER LINES TO FALL. SEEK SHELTER INSIDER AN
INTERIOR ROOM.

LAT...LON 3504 8291 3509 8278 3507 8278 3507 8276
      3510 8272 3510 8270 3512 8269 3512 8263
      3517 8251 3516 8249 3468 8241 3462 8270

MOORE

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 3, 8:08 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Buncombe, Henderson, Polk, Rutherford	3 hr
Jul 3, 8:25 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Haywood, Jackson, Swain	3 hr
Jul 3, 9:25 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	GSP	Avery, Mitchell	3 hr
Jul 3, 9:29 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	GSP	Avery, Burke, Caldwell, McDowell	3 hr
Jul 3, 9:43 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	GSP	Madison	59 hr
Jul 3, 9:43 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	GSP	Buncombe	22 hr
Jul 3, 9:57 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	GSP	Henderson, Transylvania	3 hr
Jul 3, 9:58 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	GSP	Madison	28 hr
Jul 3, 9:58 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	GSP	Swain	28 hr
Jul 3, 9:58 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	GSP	Haywood	32 hr
Jul 3, 10:25 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	GSP	Madison	3 hr
Jul 3, 11:27 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	GSP	Cleveland	4 hr
Jul 4, 12:19 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Alexander, Catawba, Cleveland, Gaston, Lincoln	2 hr
Jul 4, 12:36 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	GSP	Avery, Burke, Caldwell, McDowell, Mitchell, Yancey	6 hr
Jul 4, 3:40 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Polk, Rutherford	110 min
Jul 4, 4:14 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Cleveland	61 min
Jul 4, 5:09 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Lincoln	51 min
Jul 4, 5:55 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Catawba	50 min
Jul 4, 6:20 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Alexander	25 min
Jul 4, 8:36 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Alexander, Burke, Caldwell, Catawba, Iredell	8 hr
Jul 4, 8:43 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Avery, Mitchell	107 min
Jul 4, 9:20 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Iredell	2 hr
Jul 4, 9:37 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Haywood, Jackson, Macon, Transylvania	113 min
Jul 4, 10:29 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Burke, McDowell	6 hr
Jul 4, 10:52 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	McDowell, Polk, Rutherford	2 hr
Jul 4, 11:33 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	McDowell, Mitchell, Yancey	117 min
Jul 4, 1:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Transylvania	60 min
Jul 4, 1:57 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Alexander, Caldwell, Catawba	2 hr
Jul 4, 2:06 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Transylvania	3 hr
Jul 4, 2:21 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Avery, Burke, Caldwell, McDowell, Mitchell	3 hr
Jul 4, 3:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Cabarrus	44 min
Jul 4, 3:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Cabarrus, Mecklenburg, Union	54 min
Jul 4, 3:09 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Buncombe, Henderson, Madison	111 min
Jul 4, 3:16 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Jackson, Macon, Transylvania	3 hr
Jul 4, 3:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Gaston	42 min
Jul 4, 4:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Henderson	42 min
Jul 4, 4:29 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Alexander, Burke, Caldwell, Catawba, Iredell, McDowell	24 hr
Jul 4, 5:18 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Buncombe, Henderson, McDowell, Madison, Polk, Rutherford and 2 more	3 hr
Jul 4, 5:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Iredell	40 min
Jul 4, 5:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Iredell, Rowan	60 min
Jul 4, 5:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Alexander	43 min
Jul 4, 7:15 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	GSP	Henderson, Transylvania	4 hr
Jul 4, 7:26 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	GSP	Polk, Rutherford	4 hr
Jul 4, 7:38 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	GSP	Madison	24 hr
Jul 4, 7:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Cleveland	42 min
Jul 4, 7:53 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Buncombe, Madison	3 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.