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Flash Flood Warning 58, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this flash flood warning at Jul 13, 2013, 1:25 AM EDT for Polk 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 counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 13, 2013, 1:25 AM EDT (05:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 13, 2013, 4:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Polk County, NC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:28 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 00:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 224 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
- 335 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -34 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 723 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 43 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 12, 10:56 PM EDT, 2 hours 29 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 12, 10:56 PM EDT, 2 hours 29 minutes before
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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, 10:45 PM EDT, 2 hours 40 minutes before
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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1053 PM EDT FRI JUL 12 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0952 PM HAIL 3 SW GLEN ALPINE 35.70N 81.81W
07/12/2013 M1.25 INCH BURKE NC TRAINED SPOTTER
OBSERVED ALONG KATHY ROAD.
0952 PM TSTM WND DMG 3 SW GLEN ALPINE 35.70N 81.81W
07/12/2013 BURKE NC TRAINED SPOTTER
TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN ALONG KATHY ROAD.
&&
CSHLocal storm report, Jul 12, 11:09 PM EDT, 2 hours 16 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1109 PM EDT FRI JUL 12 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1055 PM FLASH FLOOD 2 W GLEN ALPINE 35.73N 81.82W
07/12/2013 BURKE NC TRAINED SPOTTER
POWERHOUSE ROAD FLOODED.
1055 PM FLASH FLOOD 5 SW MORGANTON 35.70N 81.76W
07/12/2013 BURKE NC TRAINED SPOTTER
SWIFT WATER RESCUE AT BYRD AND CONLEY ROADS.
1055 PM FLASH FLOOD 4 S MORGANTON 35.68N 81.71W
07/12/2013 BURKE NC TRAINED SPOTTER
JENKINS ROAD NEAR BURKEMONT FLOODED.
1055 PM FLASH FLOOD 3 SW GLEN ALPINE 35.71N 81.81W
07/12/2013 BURKE NC TRAINED SPOTTER
SWIFT WATER RESCUES NEAR HWY 70 AND KATHY ROAD.
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CSHSpecial weather statement, Jul 12, 11:29 PM EDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1129 PM EDT FRI JUL 12 2013
NCZ506-508-130430-
EASTERN MCDOWELL-GREATER RUTHERFORD-
1129 PM EDT FRI JUL 12 2013
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN RUTHERFORD AND
SOUTHEASTERN MCDOWELL COUNTIES THROUGH 1230 AM EDT...
AT 1127 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES EAST OF THERMAL CITY...OR 12 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF MARION...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
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.
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 3561 8183 3558 8182 3558 8180 3560 8179
3556 8169 3539 8170 3533 8171 3551 8203
3565 8195Special weather statement, Jul 13, 12:00 AM EDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1200 AM EDT SAT JUL 13 2013 NCZ049-053-130445- BUNCOMBE-YANCEY- 1200 AM EDT SAT JUL 13 2013 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN BUNCOMBE AND SOUTHERN YANCEY COUNTIES THROUGH 1245 AM EDT... AT 1156 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES EAST OF BARNARDSVILLE...OR 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BURNSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH. 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. 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 3570 8225 3571 8242 3583 8241 3584 8225
The office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 12, 8:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Caldwell | 61 min |
| Jul 12, 8:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Caldwell | 43 min |
| Jul 12, 8:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Caldwell | 63 min |
| Jul 12, 9:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Burke | 59 min |
| Jul 12, 9:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | McDowell | 64 min |
| Jul 12, 9:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Buncombe, McDowell | 66 min |
| Jul 12, 9:45 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | McDowell | 105 min |
| Jul 12, 9:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Burke, Rutherford | 50 min |
| Jul 12, 10:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Buncombe, McDowell, Rutherford | 62 min |
| Jul 12, 10:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Yancey | 51 min |
| Jul 12, 10:44 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Burke | 3 hr |
| Jul 12, 11:20 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Buncombe, Madison | 2 hr |
| Jul 12, 11:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Rutherford | 61 min |
| Jul 13, 12:00 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Yancey | 45 min |
| Jul 13, 12:26 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | GSP | Burke | 2 hr |
| Jul 13, 12:47 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | McDowell, Rutherford | 2 hr |
| Jul 13, 1:09 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Polk | 111 min |
| Jul 13, 2:17 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | GSP | Burke | 4 hr |
| Jul 13, 2:48 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Rutherford | 2 hr |
| Jul 13, 3:54 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | GSP | Alexander, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Catawba and 17 more | 24 hr |
| Jul 13, 6:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Mecklenburg | 47 min |
| Jul 13, 6:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Gaston, Mecklenburg | 69 min |
| Jul 12, 8:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Chester | 44 min |
| Jul 12, 8:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Abbeville | 45 min |
| Jul 12, 9:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cherokee | 40 min |
| Jul 12, 9:17 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Abbeville | 3 hr |
| Jul 12, 10:23 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Cherokee, Union | 2 hr |
| Jul 12, 10:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Union | 44 min |
| Jul 12, 11:46 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Union | 2 hr |
| Jul 13, 3:26 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Pickens | 49 min |
| Jul 13, 3:47 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Anderson, Oconee, Pickens | 2 hr |
| Jul 13, 4:03 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Anderson, Pickens | 3 hr |
| Jul 13, 5:19 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Anderson, Oconee, Pickens | 3 hr |
| Jul 13, 7:00 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | GSP | Anderson, Pickens | 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.