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Flash Flood Warning 55, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this flash flood warning at Jul 12, 2013, 7:48 PM EDT for Caldwell County, North Carolina. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 12, 2013, 7:48 PM EDT (23:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 12, 2013, 11:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Caldwell County, NC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 141 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:52 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.
Did it verify
Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched one storm report to this flash flood warning; the first came 67 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, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 157 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
- 932 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -36 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 511 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -50 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 2 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
813
WGUS52 KGSP 122348
FFWGSP
NCC027-130300-
/O.NEW.KGSP.FF.W.0055.130712T2348Z-130713T0300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
748 PM EDT FRI JUL 12 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN CALDWELL COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 1100 PM EDT
* AT 747 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATED UP TO 2.5 INCHES HAS ALREADY
FALLEN...AND RAIN IS STILL FALLING. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS MAY
DEVELOP AND MOVE ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING BRINGING YET MORE RAIN.
* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
GLOBE.
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.
IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS
FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.
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 3610 8147 3609 8147 3597 8162 3596 8180
3598 8180 3607 8173 3607 8175 3612 8180
3612 8156
$$
081 follow-up statement
578
WGUS72 KGSP 130251
FFSGSP
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1051 PM EDT FRI JUL 12 2013
NCC027-130305-
/O.EXP.KGSP.FF.W.0055.000000T0000Z-130713T0300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CALDWELL NC-
1051 PM EDT FRI JUL 12 2013
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN
CALDWELL COUNTY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 1100 PM EDT...
EXCESS RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA. STREAMS
AND CREEKS IN THE WARNED AREA HAVE RECEDED OR WERE BEGINNING TO
RECEDE...ENDING THE FLOOD THREAT. IF FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED...
PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PLEASE REPORT HIGH WATER...FLOODING...LANDSLIDES OR OTHER SEVERE
WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG BY
CALLING TOLL FREE...1...800...2 6 7...8 1 0 1...OR BY POSTING ON OUR
FACEBOOK PAGE...OR TWEET IT USING HASHTAG NWSGSP. YOUR MESSAGE SHOULD
DESCRIBE THE EVENT AND THE SPECIFIC LOCATION WHERE IT OCCURRED.
&&
LAT...LON 3610 8147 3609 8147 3597 8162 3596 8180
3598 8180 3607 8173 3607 8175 3612 8180
3612 8156
$$
CDGWhat 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 12, 5:34 PM EDT, 2 hours 14 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 12, 5:34 PM EDT, 2 hours 14 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
534 PM EDT FRI JUL 12 2013
.SYNOPSIS...
ABUNDANT TROPICAL MOISTURE WILL RETURN TO THE AREA THIS
WEEKEND...ALLOWING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP EACH
AFTERNOON. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN MONDAY AND PERSIST THROUGH
THE END OF NEXT WEEK.
&&
.NEAR TERM /THROUGH SATURDAY/...
AS OF 5 PM...THE POOL OF BEST SB CAPE VALUES REMAINS ACROSS NE GA
AND THE WESTERN UPSTATE...WHERE OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES ARE CONVERGING TO
INCREASE CONVECTIVE COVERAGE LATE THIS AFTN. WILL DCAPE VALUES
RUNNING 1000 TO 1200...AND A RECENT HISTORY OF QUARTER SIZE HAIL
WITH SOME MID LEVEL DRY AIR...SCATTERED SEVERE TSTMS WILL LIKELY
CONTINUE UNTIL AROUND 8 TO 9 PM. THE SATURATED SOIL CONDITIONS WILL
CONTINUE THE THREAT OF ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING AS WELL. PRECIP
COVERAGE WILL DECREASE LATER THIS EVENING THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT
HOURS. HOWEVER...COPIOUS LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AND UPSLOPE FLOW WILL
LEAD TO INCREASING CLOUDINESS AND ISOLATED OR POSSIBLY SCT LIGHT
SHRA.
THE UPPER LOW RETROGRADES TO THE MS VALLEY SAT...WHILE AT THE SFC AN
INVERTED TROF MOVES INTO THE AREA FROM THE COAST. THIS WILL KEEP LOW
LEVEL SELY UPSLOPE FLOW ACROSS THE AREA THRU THE DAY WITH CONTINUED
COPIOUS LOW LEVEL MOISTURE. THE NAM IS ALONE IN KEEPING DEEP
MOISTURE OUT OF THE AREA WITH THIS SYSTEM...SO HAVE FOLLOWED THE
TRENDS OF THE OTHER GUIDANCE AND INCREASE POP TO LIKELY OUTSIDE OF
THE MTNS BY AFTERNOON. THERE WILL BE ENUF INSTABILITY FOR
THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP...BUT SEVERE WILL BE LESS LIKELY AS THE
COOL AND DRY MID LEVELS MOVE WEST WITH THE UPPER LOW. FOR NOW...THE
QPF FORECAST DOES NOT SUGGEST WIDESPREAD FLOOD POTENTIAL DURING THE
DAY SAT. THEREFORE...WILL NOT ISSUE A WATCH ATTM...BUT LATER SHIFTS
WILL NEED TO EVALUATE THE POTENTIAL.
&&
.SHORT TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/...
AS OF MIDDAY FRI...ATLANTIC MOISTURE WILL HAVE SPREAD ACROSS THE CWFA
BY THE START OF THE PERIOD IN THE WAKE OF WARM FRONT. MODEST E TO SE
LLVL FLOW WILL BE UNDERWAY AT THAT TIME AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE END
OF THE PERIOD. THIS UPSLOPE FLOW WILL PROVIDE AT LEAST WEAK FORCING
WITH THE MAIN EFFECT TO ENHANCE THE COVERAGE OF ALREADY DIURNALLY
DRIVEN CONVECTION.
THE INITIAL WAVE OF MOISTURE AS SHOWN BY A PLUME OF PWATS NEAR 2
INCHES CROSSES THE CWFA SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING...BUT
DIMINISHES SOMEWHAT AS THE PLUME MOVES INLAND. SATURATED LAYER ON
PROG SOUNDINGS REMAINS SOMEWHAT SHALLOW WITH BEST LOOKING SOUNDINGS
IN THIS REGARD COMING FROM THE MTNS/FOOTHILLS. WEAK NEAR-SFC
INSTABILITY IS SEEN THOUGH...AND INDEED THE NAM PRECIP SHOWN SAT
NIGHT IS ALL CONVECTIVE. CLOUD LAYER FLOW LOOKS STRONG ENOUGH AT THIS
TIME TO LIMIT...BUT NOT TOTALLY ELIMINATE...THE FLASH FLOOD THREAT.
GOING FURTHER INTO THE DAY ON SUNDAY SOME DRYING OCCURS AND PWATS
LOWER CLOSER TO CLIMO. DESPITE THE RELATIVE LACK OF MOISTURE...CAPE
VALUES OF 2000 J OR MORE ARE SHOWN ON THE NAM /1000 OR MORE ON GFS/
SO SOME VIGOROUS CONVECTION COULD DEVELOP. SHEAR WILL CONTINUE TO BE
WEAK BUT STORM MOTIONS FAIRLY SLOW...THUS MORE OF THE SAME CONCERNS
IN THAT REGARD BUT PERHAPS WITH MORE CONCERN FOR SVR WX.
HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN SUN NIGHT SOMEWHAT DISRUPTING THE LLVL FLOW
ON THE GFS/NAM DEPICTION OF THE FEATURE...AND CONTINUING TO DRY THE
ATMOSPHERE. A WEAK MIDLEVEL SUBSIDENCE INVERSION DEVELOPS BUT SOME
PROG SOUNDINGS STILL SHOW VERY WEAK INSTABILITY DESPITE A REFLECTION
OF THE SUBSIDENCE. THUS HUNG ON TO VERY LOW BUT MENTIONABLE POPS THRU
THE NIGHT...SLIGHTLY HIGHER WEST WHERE THE BEST LLVL MOISTURE
REMAINS. ON MONDAY WARM MIDLEVELS APPEAR TO CONTINUE TO STIFLE
CONVECTION PARTICULARLY TOWARD THE NORTH NEARER THE CENTER OF THE
HIGH.
WITH THE REGION COMING BACK INTO A MORE TYPICAL PATTERN DOMINATED BY
ATLANTIC HIGH PRESSURE...TEMPERATURES SHOULD MODERATE TO NEAR NORMAL
DURING THE PERIOD...REMAINING SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL GIVEN THE MORE
NORTHWARD THAN USUAL POSITION OF THE HIGH.
&&
.LONG TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/...
AS OF 130 PM FRIDAY...THE OVERALL PATTERN HAS BECOME DRIER IN THE
LATEST OP MODEL RUNS. THE 12Z GFS IS STILL A MOISTER MODEL WITH THE
UPSLOPE FLOW...WHILE THE ECWMF KEEPS LLVL LAYERED RH THE RATHER LOW.
IN ANY CASE...A DEEP SUB INVERSION WILL BE IN PLACE THROUGH MOST OF
THE PERIOD ASSOCIATED WITH THE ANOMALOUS STACKED HIGH. THUS...SCF
BASED PARCELS WILL HAVE A GOOD AMOUNT OF CIN TO OVERCOME WITH NO
DEFINED KICKER...HOWEVER SOME MODERATE ELCAPE WILL BE AVAILABLE AND
AREAS UNDER DIFFERENTIAL HEATING SHOULD SPAWN ISOL AFTERNOON PULSE
STORMS. THE CLIMO POP IS ADHERED TO ACROSS THE MTNS AS WELL...WITH
NE/LY TO E/LY MECH LIFT PROVIDING THE ADDED FACTOR FOR SCT AFTERNOON
CONVECTION. PWATS WILL REMAIN RELATIVELY LOW...YET INCREASE AS THE
PERIOD PROGRESSES IN A MORE DEFINED AND CONTINUOUS SW/LY LLVL FLOW
ASSOCIATED WITH A DEVELOPING AND NORMALLY PLACED BERMUDA HIGH. MAX
TEMPS WILL RESPOND IN THE DRIER ENVIRONMENT AND A RETURN TO NEAR
NORMAL LEVELS IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE PERIOD. NORMAL MIN TEMPS WILL
ALSO PERSIST AS EVENING CONVECTIVE CLOUDS DISSIPATE AND ALLOW GOOD
RADIATIONAL COOL CONDS.
&&
.AVIATION /22Z FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
AT KCLT...THE VICINITY HAS BEEN LARGELY EXEMPT FROM CONVECTION THIS
AFTERNOON...WITH OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES MAINLY S AND W OF THE AREA
MOVING AWAY INTO SC. WILL JUST MENTION VCSH FOR A POSSIBLE ROGUE
SHOWER...WITH VFR CIGS THROUGH THE LATE EVENING HOURS. LOW END GUSTS
ARE LIKELY THROUGH AT LEAST SUNDOWN. ANTICIPATE A RETURN TO MVFR AND
THEN IFR STRATUS OVERNIGHT WITH CONTINUED HIGH LEVELS OF BOUNDARY
LAYER MOISTURE. THERE SHOULD BE A SLOW RISE TO MVFR THROUGH THE
MORNING HOURS ON SATURDAY. NE WINDS CONTINUE THROUGH THE PERIOD WITH
OCCASIONAL GUSTS...AND SHRA/TSRA POSSIBLY REDEVELOPING NEAR THE END
OF THE PERIOD.
ELSEWHERE...KAVL AND THE UPSTATE TAFS WILL SEE ADDITIONAL
THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ON OUTFLOWS THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING
HOURS...WITH DRYING AT KHKY. ANTICIPATE COVERAGE DIMINISHING
OVERNIGHT...BUT WITH ROGUE -SHRA POSSIBLE IN ANY UPSLOPE MOISTURE.
ANTICIPATE MAINLY IFR CIGS THROUGH DAYBREAK...IMPROVING THROUGH MVFR
INTO EARLY AFTERNOON...WITH SHRA/TSRA REDEVELOPING SAT AFTN. EXPECT
MAINLY NE WINDS AWAY FROM ANY TSTMS...WITH BRIEF GUSTS THIS
EVENING.
OUTLOOK...A COLD FRONT WILL SLOWLY DISSIPATE THROUGH THE WEEKEND.
LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL PERSIST...CONTINUING THE CHANCES FOR DIURNAL
THUNDERSTORMS AND MORNING FOG/LOW CLOUDS INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK.
CONFIDENCE TABLE...
21-03Z 03-09Z 09-15Z 15-21Z
KCLT HIGH 94% HIGH 94% MED 65% MED 77%
KGSP MED 71% HIGH 97% MED 73% MED 72%
KAVL HIGH 93% MED 79% HIGH 95% HIGH 87%
KHKY HIGH 93% HIGH 91% MED 61% MED 72%
KGMU MED 71% HIGH 94% MED 70% MED 72%
KAND LOW 58% HIGH 84% HIGH 90% MED 75%
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...SBK
NEAR TERM...HG/RWH
SHORT TERM...WIMBERLEY
LONG TERM...SBK
AVIATION...HG/RWHHazardous weather outlook, Jul 12, 5:37 PM EDT, 2 hours 11 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 537 PM EDT FRI JUL 12 2013 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065- 068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-132145- 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- 537 PM EDT FRI JUL 12 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO TONIGHT. A FEW STORMS WILL BE SEVERE...WITH THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. HEAVY RAINFALL AND ISOLATED FLOODING WILL REMAIN A THREAT WITH ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP...AS STORMS WILL BE SLOW MOVING AND THE GROUND IS SATURATED ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. SCATTERED TO WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH SUNDAY...WITH TROPICAL MOISTURE RETURNING FROM THE EAST. HEAVY RAINFALL AND ISOLATED FLOODING WILL REMAIN A THREAT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...OR FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE. HG
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 12, 7:15 PM EDT, 33 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
715 PM EDT FRI JUL 12 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0705 PM FLASH FLOOD 2 NNE MARIETTA 35.07N 82.48W
07/12/2013 GREENVILLE SC LAW ENFORCEMENT
SCHP REPORTS HART CUT RD CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING.
&&
CSHSpecial weather statement, Jul 12, 7:15 PM EDT, 33 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
715 PM EDT FRI JUL 12 2013
GAZ017-130000-
HABERSHAM-
715 PM EDT FRI JUL 12 2013
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT HABERSHAM COUNTY THROUGH 800 PM
EDT...
AT 711 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BATESVILLE...OR 6 MILES
NORTH OF CLARKESVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
CLARKESVILLE...
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.
PLEASE REPORT DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL...OR FLOODING 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
SPECIFIC LOCATION WHERE IT OCCURRED.
LAT...LON 3454 8362 3466 8367 3468 8365 3476 8363
3479 8357 3475 8355 3472 8348 3474 8344
3466 8337 3449 8345 3449 8354 3443 8362
3450 8367Special weather statement, Jul 12, 7:21 PM EDT, 27 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
721 PM EDT FRI JUL 12 2013
NCZ050-130000-
MITCHELL-
721 PM EDT FRI JUL 12 2013
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL MITCHELL COUNTY THROUGH
800 PM EDT...
AT 719 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF BAKERSVILLE...OR 10 MILES
NORTH OF SPRUCE PINE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH.
PEOPLE IN CENTRAL MITCHELL COUNTY...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
LOCATION...
BAKERSVILLE...
SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE
WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE
WEATHER THREATEN.
DIME SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 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.
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 3611 8212 3611 8208 3604 8205 3601 8204
3598 8218 3610 8222 3613 8214
08Local storm report, Jul 12, 7:24 PM EDT, 24 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
724 PM EDT FRI JUL 12 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0623 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 ESE DUNCAN 34.93N 82.13W
07/12/2013 SPARTANBURG SC LAW ENFORCEMENT
SCHP REPORTS TREE DOWN ALONG DANZLER RD AND HWY 290
&&
CSHLocal storm report, Jul 12, 7:35 PM EDT, 13 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
735 PM EDT FRI JUL 12 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0620 PM FLASH FLOOD 3 NW MARIETTA 35.07N 82.53W
07/12/2013 GREENVILLE SC LAW ENFORCEMENT
PINE RIDGE DR CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING
&&
CSHLocal storm report, Jul 12, 7:36 PM EDT, 12 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
736 PM EDT FRI JUL 12 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0720 PM FLASH FLOOD 3 NW MARIETTA 35.07N 82.53W
07/12/2013 GREENVILLE SC LAW ENFORCEMENT
PINE RIDGE DR CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING
&&
CSHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 11, 8:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Davie, Iredell | 58 min |
| Jul 11, 9:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Rowan | 46 min |
| Jul 11, 10:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Transylvania | 42 min |
| Jul 12, 12:15 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Polk | 45 min |
| Jul 12, 1:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Caldwell | 52 min |
| Jul 12, 1:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Transylvania | 28 min |
| Jul 12, 1:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Avery | 50 min |
| Jul 12, 2:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Burke | 45 min |
| Jul 12, 3:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Burke, McDowell | 42 min |
| Jul 12, 3:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Henderson | 55 min |
| Jul 12, 3:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Macon | 67 min |
| Jul 12, 3:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | McDowell | 40 min |
| Jul 12, 3:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Henderson | 65 min |
| Jul 12, 3:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Henderson | 49 min |
| Jul 12, 4:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | McDowell, Rutherford | 38 min |
| Jul 12, 4:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Polk, Rutherford | 66 min |
| Jul 12, 4:37 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | McDowell, Rutherford | 113 min |
| Jul 12, 5:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Polk | 42 min |
| Jul 12, 6:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Caldwell | 26 min |
| Jul 12, 7:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Mitchell | 39 min |
| Jul 12, 7:26 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Caldwell | 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.