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Flash Flood Warning 6, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

January 31, 2013Burke County, North Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this flash flood warning at Jan 31, 2013, 12:57 AM EST for Burke County, 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
Jan 31, 2013, 12:57 AM EST (05:57 UTC)
Expired
Jan 31, 2013, 4:00 AM EST
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Burke County, NC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:58 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
Jan 31, 3:45 AM ESTFLOOD6 N Morganton, NCTHE WATER LEVEL ON THE JOHNS RIVER AT ARNEYS STORE PEAKED AT 15.03 FEET...MINOR FLOOD CATEGORY.

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

Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this flash flood warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

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 00:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 161 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 00:00Z on 2013-01-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3 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 00:00Z on 2013-01-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 457 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
3 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-75 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1052 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
75 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
457 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
630 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

559 
WGUS52 KGSP 310557
FFWGSP
NCC023-310900-
/O.NEW.KGSP.FF.W.0006.130131T0557Z-130131T0900Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1257 AM EST THU JAN 31 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR MINOR FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS IN...
  CENTRAL BURKE COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...

* UNTIL 400 AM EST

* AT 1252 AM EST...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED FLASH FLOODING 
ALONG AND DOWNSTREAM OF JOHNS RIVER INCLUDING AREAS AROUND SIMMS CREEK.   

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE JOHNS RIVER 
ROAD...CORPENING BRIDGE ROAD...ANTIOCH ROAD...AND A CAMPING AREA ON 
LOWER CREEK  

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

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.

TO REPORT HIGH WATER...FLOODING...MUDSLIDES...LANDSLIDES OR OTHER
SEVERE WEATHER...CALL TOLL FREE... 1...800...2 6 7...8 1 0 1...AND
LEAVE A MESSAGE EXPLAINING THE EVENT AND THE APPROXIMATE ADDRESS
WHERE IT OCCURRED.

&&

LAT...LON 3587 8168 3585 8165 3582 8162 3583 8160
      3579 8157 3570 8160 3573 8175 3585 8176
      3587 8169

$$

JPT

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 Jan 30, 10:34 PM EST, 2 hours 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 30, 10:34 PM EST, 2 hours 23 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1034 PM EST WED JAN 30 2013

.SYNOPSIS...
A STRONG COLD FRONT MOVING ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND
NORTHEAST GEORGIA TODAY WILL GIVE WAY TO DRIER HIGH PRESSURE ON
THURSDAY. ANOTHER...FAIRLY WEAK FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL CROSS THE REGION
ON FRIDAY WITH HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING BACK IN FOR THE WEEKEND.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH THURSDAY/...
AS OF 1000 PM...THE LINEAR LINE OF CONVECTION HAS EXITED THE CWFA TO
THE EAST...WITH A FAIR AMT OF TRAILING LGT STRATIFORM RAIN STILL IN
THE AREA. HAVE ENDED THE TORNADO WATCH...AND NO MORE CONVECTIVE
THREAT IS EXPECTED FOR THE NGT.

THE 00Z SFC ANALYSIS SHOWED THE SECOND PUSH OF COLD AIR STILL BACK
OVER THE TN VLY. THIS FRONT IS WITHIN A COUPLE HOURS OF REACHING THE
SW NC MTNS. CONFIDENCE IS HIGH THAT STRONG CAA WILL BRING
FREEZING/SNOW LEVELS CRASHING DOWN TO THE VALLEY FLOORS OVERNIGHT.
THERE IS SOME WRAP-AROUND MOISTURE WHICH WILL ACCOMPANY THE COLD
AIR. SO STILL EXPECT SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SNOW SHWRS ALONG THE TN
LINE. SOME SPOTS IN THE SW/CENTRAL NC MTNS ABOVE 3500 FT MAY GET A
COUPLE INCHES OF SNOW. BUT OVERALL...STILL THINK MOST AREAS WILL BE
SUB-ADVISORY LEVEL. THE WINTER WX ADVISORY IN THE NRN MTNS LOOKS
OKAY.

THE OTHER TWO ISSUES ARE THE LINGERING HYDRO CONCERNS AND POTENTIAL
FOR WINDY CONDITIONS TO CONTINUE. SEVERAL STREAM GAGES WITHIN THE
FLOOD WATCH ARE STILL OVER FLOOD STAGE DUE TO RUNOFF. SO WILL LEAVE
THE WATCH AS IS...WHICH EXPIRES AT MIDNIGHT. THE WINDS STILL LOOK ON
TRACK PER THE 00Z NAM. OVERALL...THESE ARE SUB-ADVISORY LEVEL
(EXCEPT ABOVE 3500 FT). BUT WITH WET SOILS...THINK A FEW TREES MAY
BE KNOCKED DOWN WITH 20-30 MPH WINDS AND 40-50 MPH GUST POTENTIAL.
THESE WINDS ARE LIKELY TO LINGER IN THE MTNS INTO THURSDAY AFTN. SO
I WILL REPLACE THE HIGH WIND WARNING WITH A WIND ADVISORY AND HAVE
IT GO THRU 6 PM THURSDAY. THE WIND ADVISORY FOR THE
FOOTHILLS/PIEDMONT LOOKS GOOD TO EXPIRE AT 6 AM.

LLVL RH QUICKLY DECREASES THURSDAY MORNING...SO NW FLOW SNOW SHWR
ACTIVITY SHUD END BY MIDDAY.  THE REST OF THE AREA WILL SEE A RETURN
OF SUNSHINE...BUT WITH MUCH COOLER TEMPS THAN LAST COUPLE DAYS. LOWS
STARTING OUT 30 DEG COOLER THAN YESTERDAY MORNING...AND ONLY RISING
INTO THE 30S TO LWR 40S IN THE MTNS AND GENERALLY UPR 40S TO LWR 50S
PIEDMONT.

&&

.SHORT TERM /THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/...
AS OF NOON WEDNESDAY...THE SHORT RANGE WILL BE RELATIVELY TRANQUIL
AS WE REMAIN AT THE BOTTOM OF A BROAD UPPER LONG WAVE TROF THROUGH
THE PERIOD. A CLIPPER LIKE WAVE MOVING THROUGH THE TROF WILL PASS TO
THE NORTH THURSDAY NIGHT AND WILL DRIVE A REINFORCING COLD FRONT
ACROSS THE REGION. THE FRONT IS ACCOMPANIED BY A DECENT SLUG OF LOW
TO MID LEVEL MOISTURE THAT WILL GET RUN UP THE WESTERN SLOPES OF THE
MTNS BY SOME STRONG W TO NW FLOW AT 850MB. THIS SHOULD FORCE THE
DEVELOPMENT OF SNOW SHOWERS OVER THE MTNS MAINLY NEAR THE TN BORDER.
THE AIR MASS IS COLD ENOUGH THAT WHATEVER FALLS SHOULD BE ALL SNOW.
HARD TO SAY IF THE FRONT WILL BE STRONG ENOUGH FOR ANY OF THE SNOW
SHOWERS TO BREAK CONTAINMENT AND MOVE OUT E OF THE BLUE RIDGE...BUT
WITH THE UPPER SUPPORT BEING SO FAR TO THE N...THINK THE ANSWER IS
NO. THE PRECIP SHOULD BE FAIRLY SHORT LIVED AND WILL TAPER OFF
QUICKLY FRIDAY MORNING. AFTER THAT...SOME SHORT WAVE RIDGING WILL
CROSS THE REGION...SUPPORTING SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE...FOR FRIDAY AND
FRIDAY NIGHT. BY SATURDAY...THE NEXT WAVE DROPPING DOWN FROM THE NW
WILL APPROACH THE REGION...WITH AN INCREASE IN DEEPER MOISTURE AND
THE DEVELOPMENT OF SOME ISENTROPIC LIFT IN THE AFTERNOON. WILL START
TO INCREASE THE PRECIP CHANCES FROM THE WEST LATE IN THE DAY.

&&

.LONG TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
AS OF 1030 AM EST WEDNESDAY...THE MEDIUM RANGE SHOWS A SUBTLE
PATTERN CHANGE TOWARD THE EARLY PART OF NEXT WEEK. WE START OUT WITH
A BROAD UPPER TROF OVER EASTERN NORTH AMERICA. A SHORT WAVE DROPPING
DOWN INTO THE TROF WILL DRIVE A WEAK SYSTEM ACROSS THE REGION ON
SATURDAY NIGHT...TO WHICH THE GFS/ECMWF RESPOND WITH SOME LIGHT
PRECIP. A CHANCE OVER THE MTNS AND SLIGHT CHC E OF THE MTNS SHOULD
SUFFICE...AND THIS WOULD BE MAINLY LIGHT SNOW OVER THE MTNS AND
MAINLY RAIN OUTSIDE THE MTNS...BUT THIS HAS VERY LOW POTENTIAL TO BE
ANYTHING MORE THAN A MINOR EVENT. HIGH PRESSURE SHOULD BUILD BACK
ACROSS THE REGION FOR SUNDAY AND MONDAY. THE NEXT SYSTEM...AGAIN
RELATIVELY WEAK...WILL FOLLOW ON MONDAY NIGHT OR TUESDAY WITH A COLD
FRONTAL PASSAGE. THIS ONE ALSO HAS VERY LOW POTENTIAL AND WAS
HANDLED WITH ANOTHER ROUND OF CHC OR SLIGHT CHC POP FOR RAIN/SNOW
MAINLY OVER THE MTNS AND FOOTHILLS. THE GFS SHOWS THIS FRONT COMING
BACK NORTH AND REACTIVATING AS A WARM FRONT ON WEDNESDAY...BUT THIS
WAS DISREGARDED FOR THE TIME BEING AS THE ECMWF WAS DRY. TEMPS
SHOULD BE A BIT ABOVE NORMAL FOR THE PERIOD.

&&

.AVIATION /04Z THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY/...
AT KCLT...A LINE OF LOW-TOPPED CONVECTION IS ON TRACK TO REACH THE
TERMINAL AROUND 01Z. IT HAS LOST SOME STEAM...BUT STILL HAS
POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE VERY STRONG WIND GUSTS AND OCCASIONAL
CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING. BEHIND THE LINE...A FAIRLY LARGE AREA OF
LGT-MOD STRATIFORM RAIN WILL LIKELY LINGER OVER THE AEROSPACE THRU
THE EVENING HOURS. THINK RAIN AND LOWER CLOUDS SHUD CLEAR BY AROUND
05Z...AS STRONG LLVL CAA AND DOWNSLOPE WINDS HELP SCOUR OUT THE
MOISTURE. ON THURSDAY...THE MAIN CONCERN WILL BE GUSTY CROSS WINDS.
EXPECTING A 260-280 WIND WITH GUSTS IN THE 20-25 KT RANGE.

ELSEWHERE...LINE OF LOW-TOPPED CONVECTION HAS PASSED THRU ALL
SITES...EXCEPT KHKY AT THE TIME OF TAF ISSUANCE. LINGERING LGT-MOD
RAIN SHUD EXIT TO THE EAST DURING THE EVENING HOURS. SOME NW FLOW
RA/SN SHWRS ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE TN LINE...AND ARE NOT EXPECTED TO
DIRECTLY IMPACT KAVL. OVERALL...CONDITIONS LOOK TO BE VFR...EXCEPT
FOR SOME TEMPO MVFR/IFR RESTRICTIONS IN LINGERING RA/STRATUS. THE
MORE CHALLENGING PART OF THE FCST WILL BE THE WINDS. A WSW WIND
WITHIN STRONG LLVL CAA WILL LIKELY RESULT IN GUSTY WINDS EAST OF THE
MTNS. KAVL MAY NOT GET MUCH WIND UNTIL THEY FINALLY VEER TO MORE NW
LATE TNGT...AND THE VALLEY GETS CHANNELED. BREEZY W/NW WINDS ARE
EXPECTED ACRS THE REGION THURSDAY.

OUTLOOK...DRY HIGH PRESSURE WILL BEGIN TO BUILD OVER THE REGION ON
THURSDAY...BECOMING CENTERED OVER THE CWA BY SATURDAY MORNING.
CONDITIONS SHOULD FAVOR VFR...WITH MORNING VALLEY FOG POSSIBLE.

AN EXPERIMENTAL AVIATION FORECAST CONSISTENCY TABLE SHOWING THE
PERCENTAGE OF GUIDANCE MEMBERS AGREEING WITH THE SCHEDULED ISSUANCE
CATEGORY IS AVAILABLE AT THE FOLLOWING LINK (USE LOWER CASE)...

WWW.WEATHER.GOV/GSP/AVIATION_TABLES

&&

.GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM EST THURSDAY FOR GAZ010.
     WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 6 AM EST THURSDAY FOR GAZ017-018-026-028-
     029.
     FLOOD WATCH UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT FOR GAZ010.
NC...WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM EST THURSDAY FOR NCZ033-048>053-058-
     059-062>065-501-503-505.
     WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 6 AM EST THURSDAY FOR NCZ035>037-056-057-
     068>072-082-502-504-506>510.
     WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 10 AM EST THURSDAY FOR NCZ033-
     048>050.
     FLOOD WATCH UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT FOR NCZ059-062>065.
SC...WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 6 AM EST THURSDAY FOR SCZ001>014-019.

&&

SYNOPSIS...PAT
NEAR TERM...ARK
SHORT TERM...PM
LONG TERM...PM
AVIATION...ARK
Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 31, 12:12 AM EST, 45 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1212 AM EST THU JAN 31 2013

GAZ017-018-026-028-029-NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-082-502-504-
506>510-SCZ001>014-019-010515-
HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-
CATAWBA-ROWAN-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC-
GREATER CALDWELL-GREATER BURKE-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-
1212 AM EST THU JAN 31 2013

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST EARLY THIS MORNING...

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.

   WIND ADVISORY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

NONE.

GAZ010-NCZ051>053-058-059-062>065-501-503-505-010515-
RABUN-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-
SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-
BURKE MOUNTAINS-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-
1212 AM EST THU JAN 31 2013

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND 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.

   WIND ADVISORY.

AS TEMPERATURES FALL BELOW THE FREEZING MARK OVERNIGHT...BLACK ICE
MAY DEVELOP ON AREA ROADWAYS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

NONE.

NCZ033-048>050-010515-
AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-
1212 AM EST THU JAN 31 2013

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING...
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS MORNING...

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.

   WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY.
   WIND ADVISORY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

NONE.

HG

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jan 30, 8:47 PM EST, 4 hours 10 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
847 PM EST WED JAN 30 2013

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

0802 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 E ROCK HILL           34.94N 80.98W
01/30/2013                   YORK               SC   PUBLIC

            HOUSE WINDOWS BLOWN OUT BY WIND GUSTS JUST EAST OF ROCK
            HILL.

&&

JPT
Special weather statement, Jan 30, 8:48 PM EST, 4 hours 9 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
848 PM EST WED JAN 30 2013

SCZ014-310215-
CHESTER-
848 PM EST WED JAN 30 2013

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EASTERN CHESTER COUNTY THROUGH
915 PM EST...

AT 844 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF GREAT FALLS...OR 14 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF CHESTER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
  FORT LAWN...

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

LAT...LON 3465 8089 3456 8087 3453 8093 3454 8097
      3466 8110 3482 8091 3481 8088 3477 8086
      3474 8087 3470 8085

MCAVOY
Local storm report, Jan 30, 9:02 PM EST, 3 hours 55 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
902 PM EST WED JAN 30 2013

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

0835 PM     TSTM WND DMG     CONCORD                 35.41N 80.59W
01/30/2013                   CABARRUS           NC   EMERGENCY MNGR

            SEVERAL TREES AND POWER POLES REPORTED DOWN NEAR THE
            INTERSECTION OF SPRING ST AND BLUME ST IN CONCORD,NC.

&&

JPT
Local storm report, Jan 30, 9:18 PM EST, 3 hours 39 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
918 PM EST WED JAN 30 2013

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

0820 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 N COOLEEMEE           35.83N 80.56W
01/30/2013                   DAVIE              NC   COUNTY OFFICIAL

            4 TREES REPORTED DOWN OFF JUNCTION RD JUST NORTH OF
            COOLEEMEE.

&&

JPT
Local storm report, Jan 30, 9:37 PM EST, 3 hours 20 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
937 PM EST WED JAN 30 2013

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

0545 PM     TSTM WND DMG     4 ENE ANDERSON          34.54N 82.58W
01/30/2013                   ANDERSON           SC   COUNTY OFFICIAL

            TREES DOWN OFF BROADWAY SCHOOL RD ENE OF ANDERSON AND
            JUST WEST OF BELTON.

&&

JPT
Local storm report, Jan 30, 11:29 PM EST, 1 hour 28 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1129 PM EST WED JAN 30 2013

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

1100 PM     HEAVY RAIN       2 ENE LAKE TOXAWAY      35.14N 82.90W
01/30/2013  M6.87 INCH       TRANSYLVANIA       NC   TRAINED SPOTTER

            A MEASURED RAINFALL REPORT FOR THE EVENT STARTING TUESDAY
            NIGHT AND RAIN ENDING LATE THIS EVENING. 1.52 INCHES FELL
            FROM TUESDAY NIGHT TO 10 AM WEDNESDAY. 5.10 INCHES FELL
            FROM 10 AM TO 615 PM. THE FINAL 0.26 FELL DURING THE
            EVENING. TEMPERATURE HAD DROPPED TO 40 DEGREES AT 11 PM
            WEDNESDAY.

&&

OUTLAW

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 30, 7:05 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementGSPAlexander, Catawba, Cleveland, Gaston, Iredell, Lincoln55 min
Jan 30, 7:42 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPCatawba, Davie, Iredell, Lincoln, Rowan63 min
Jan 30, 8:01 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPCabarrus, Gaston, Mecklenburg, Rowan59 min
Jan 30, 8:27 PM ESTAreal Flood WarningGSPHenderson3 hr
Jan 30, 8:32 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementGSPUnion43 min
Jan 30, 8:50 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPUnion55 min
Jan 30, 9:14 PM ESTRiver Flood AdvisoryGSPBuncombe12 hr
Jan 30, 9:14 PM ESTRiver Flood AdvisoryGSPMadison12 hr
Jan 30, 9:14 PM ESTRiver Flood AdvisoryGSPBuncombe12 hr
Jan 30, 9:28 PM ESTAreal Flood WarningGSPTransylvania3 hr
Jan 30, 11:50 PM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPBurke100 min
Jan 30, 11:58 PM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPSwain2 hr
Jan 31, 12:34 AM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPTransylvania116 min
Jan 31, 3:56 AM ESTAreal Flood WarningGSPBurke3 hr
Jan 31, 4:20 AM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryGSPAvery, Graham, Haywood, Jackson, Madison, Mitchell and 2 more30 hr
Jan 31, 6:54 AM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPBurke2 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in North Carolina, 2013Every flash flood warning in 2013

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.