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Flash Flood Warning 63, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this flash flood warning at Jul 21, 2013, 3:52 PM EDT for Iredell 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
- Jul 21, 2013, 3:52 PM EDT (19:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 21, 2013, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Iredell County, NC
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:54 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 21, 4:20 PM EDT | HEAVY RAIN 0 | 2 Ne Love Valley, NC | SPOTTER SAW ABOUT A 2 INCH DEEP FLOW OF MUDDY WATER CROSSING HIGHWAY 115 AT ROCK CREEK WHERE DITCHES WERE TOO FULL TO HOLD THE WATER. HIGHWAY WAS PASSABLE. |
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 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 88 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
- 345 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -70 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 676 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
072 WGUS52 KGSP 211952 FFWGSP NCC097-212300- /O.NEW.KGSP.FF.W.0063.130721T1952Z-130721T2300Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 352 PM EDT SUN JUL 21 2013 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... NORTHERN IREDELL COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA... * UNTIL 700 PM EDT * AT 351 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED BETWEEN 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE WARNED AREA IN THE PAST SEVERAL HOURS. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES AREA POSSIBLE IN THE NEXT HOUR. * RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN IREDELL COUNTY...INCLUDING THE TOWNS OF LOVE VALLEY AND UNION GROVE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. 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. 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 3594 8079 3593 8100 3606 8102 3606 8076 $$ JOH
1 follow-up statement
679 WGUS72 KGSP 212122 FFSGSP FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 522 PM EDT SUN JUL 21 2013 NCC097-212131- /O.CAN.KGSP.FF.W.0063.000000T0000Z-130721T2300Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ IREDELL NC- 522 PM EDT SUN JUL 21 2013 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL IREDELL COUNTY IS CANCELLED... RAIN HAS ENDED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. DESPITE DOPPLER RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES OF 4 TO 5 INCHES ACROSS A SMALL AREA NORTHWEST OF UNION GROVE IN THE HEADWATERS OF HUNTING CREEK...NO FLOODING WAS REPORTED BY COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS...FIRE DEPARTMENTS NOR SPOTTERS. BASED ON THIS...THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...YOU CAN ALWAYS REPORT HIGH WATER...FLOODING...LANDSLIDES OR OTHER SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG BY CALLING TOLL FREE...1...800...2 6 7...8 1 0 1...OR BY POSTING ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE...OR TWEET IT USING HASHTAG NWSGSP. YOUR MESSAGE SHOULD DESCRIBE THE EVENT AND THE SPECIFIC LOCATION WHERE IT OCCURRED. && LAT...LON 3594 8079 3593 8100 3606 8102 3606 8076 $$
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 21, 1:48 PM EDT, 2 hours 4 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 21, 1:48 PM EDT, 2 hours 4 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
148 PM EDT SUN JUL 21 2013
.SYNOPSIS...
AN TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPS OVER THE EASTERN U.S. DURING THE
FIRST PART OF THE WEEK...ALLOWING FOR OCCASIONAL UPPER LEVEL
DISTURBANCES TO MOVING THROUGH THE AREA. A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL THEN
MOVE INTO THE AREA ON THURSDAY...REACHING THE COAST BY FRIDAY. DRY
HIGH PRESSURE THEN MOVES IN BEHIND THE FRONT FOR THE
WEEKEND.
&&
.NEAR TERM /THROUGH MONDAY/...
AT 230 PM EDT SUNDAY...AN UPPER TROUGH WILL CONTINUE TO AMPLIFY OVER
THE EASTERN USA THROUGH MONDAY. A PAIR OF SHORTWAVES WILL MOVE
THROUGH THE BASE OF THE TROUGH OVER THE TN VALLEY...ONE EARLY
MONDAY...AND THE OTHER LATE MONDAY. MODEL TIME HEIGHTS SHOW DEEP
MOISTURE PERSISTING OVER OUR AREA ON THE WEST SIDE OF A BERMUDA
HIGH.
OUR AREA REMAINS IN WEAK STEERING FLOW AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON...WITH
ENOUGH INSTABILITY FOR TALL UPDRAFTS....AND A CASE CAN BE MADE FOR
SOME ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING WHERE CELLS MOVE SLOWLY OR TRAIN. SHEAR
REMAINS QUITE WEEK...AND STORM ORGANIZATION IS NOT FAVORED...
LIMITING SEVER WEATHER POTENTIAL.
INSTABILITY WILL WANE THIS EVENING...WHILE STEERING FLOW
INCREASES...DECREASING THE THREAT OF HEAVY RAINFALL. MINIMUM
TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN ABOVE NORMAL IN THE MOIST AIR MASS. THE
BEST CASE FOR FOG WILL BE IN THE NC MOUNTAIN VALLEYS...AS IT HAS
BEEN FOR SEVERAL NIGHTS NOW.
THE ADDITION OF UPPER LEVEL FORCING WILL SUPPORT HIGHER POPS...
ESPECIALLY OVER THE MOUNTAINS. MODEL SOUNDINGS SHOW MODEST
INSTABILITY AS HEATING WILL BE LIMITED WITH FALLING HEIGHTS ALOFT
AND ABUNDANT CLOUD COVER. SHEAR WILL BE SLIGHTLY BETTER HOWEVER.
VERY MOIST PROFILES WILL SUPPORT HEAVY RAINFALL WITH BETTER
DEVELOPED STORMS...BUT AT LEAST THERE WILL BE MORE STEERING FLOW
THAN BEFORE TO KEEP CELLS MOVING. MAXIMUMS TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED
TO RUN A COUPLE OF DEGREES BELOW NORMAL.
&&
.SHORT TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
AS OF 145 PM EDT SUNDAY...UPPER FORCING MAXIMA ASSOCIATED WITH THE
EASTERN RIPPING VORT REMAINS PROGGED TO LINGER WELL INTO MONDAY
NIGHT GIVING A BOOST NOCTURNAL COVERAGE OF SHOWERS AND ISOLD TSTMS
THROUGH DAYBREAK ON TUE. BROAD UPPER TROUGHINESS CONTINUES ALL ACRS
THE EASTERN CONUS ON TUESDAY AND IT IS UNCERTAIN AT THIS POINT
WHETHER A PERIOD OF NVA BEHIND DEPARTING VORT WILL DELAY OR INHIBIT
DEEP CONVECTIVE REDEVELOPMENT. AT THIS POINT...WILL STAY THE COURSE
WITH THE INHERITED POPS RAMPING BACK UP TO ABOVE CLIMO IN THE
AFTERNOON WITH GOOD MOS AGREEMENT. MAX TEMPS WILL BE CLOSE TO
PERSISTENCE...PRETTY CLOSE TO NORMAL. SHORT RANGE MODELS ADVERTISE
ADDITIONAL ENERGY ROTATING THROUGH THE L/WV TROUGH ON WEDNESDAY
WHICH SHOULD PROVIDE ANOTHER BOOST TO DIURNAL TSTM CVRG. ABOVE CLIMO
POPS WILL BE FEATURED AGAIN FOR WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON/EVENING.
&&
.LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/...
AS OF 1230 PM EDT SUNDAY...WITH THE 21/12 UTC OP GFS CONTINUING TO
ADVERTISE FRONTAL BNDRY SLIPPING E/SE OF THE CWFA ON THURSDAY...
THERE EXISTS THE POSSIBILITY OF EVENTUALLY LOWERING POPS TO BELOW
CLIMO...BUT FOR NOW WILL SIMPLY PARE INHERITED POP BACK TO LOW
CHANCE. THE SAME CAN BE SAID FOR FRIDAY AS THE CWFA MAY WIND UP
REMAINING WITHIN A MOISTURE AND LIFT MINIMA...BETWEEN THE LLVL
FRONTAL ZONE ALONG THE COAST AND MORE ENERGY LOADING UP ACRS THE
MIDWEST AND MID SOUTH. WE ARE STILL LOOKING AT LATE WEEK MAX TEMPS
TO BE NEAR TO SLIGHTLY BELOW CLIMO. MORE ROBUST TSTM CHANCES MAY
RETURN FOR NEXT WEEKEND AS ENERGY WITHIN LINGERING BROAD EASTERN
CONUS L/WV TROUGH ENCROACHES.
&&
.AVIATION /18Z SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/...
AT KCLT...A GUIDANCE CONSENSUS FAVORS MVFR VSBY IN FOG AROUND
DAYBREAK MONDAY. GUIDANCE APPEARS TO OPTIMISTIC WITH CIGS GIVER
PERSISTENT PATTER...AN MVFR WILL BE CARRIED LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY
MONDAY. CONVECTIVE COVERAGE THIS AFTERNOON IS EXPECTED TO BE
GREAT ENOUGH FOR A TEMPO IN THE TAF...WITH MVFR VSBY AND CIG
RESTRICTIONS ACCOMPANYING THUNDERSTORMS. LIGHT WINDS WILL GENERALLY
BE FROM THE SW.
ELSEWHERE...BLENDED MODEL GUIDANCE SUPPORTS MVFR FOG IN THE
FOOTHILLS TOWARD DAYBREAK MONDAY...WITH IFR AT KAVL. GUIDANCE IS TOO
OPTIMISTIC WITH CIGS GIVEN RECENT TRENDS AND A PERSISTENCE PATTERN.
MVFR CIGS WIL BE CARRIED LATE TONIGHT...WITH IFR AT KAVL AROUND
DAYBREAK. WINDS WILL GENERALLY BE LIGHT FROM THE WSW.
OUTLOOK...MOIST SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW CONTINUES INTO THE EARLY WEEK.
THIS WILL HELP DRIVE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...MAINLY IN THE
AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AND LIKELY CAUSE RESTRICTIVE CIGS/VSBYS
EARLY EACH MORNING.
CONFIDENCE TABLE...
17-23Z 23-05Z 05-11Z 11-17Z
KCLT HIGH 98% HIGH 100% MED 65% HIGH 80%
KGSP HIGH 100% HIGH 100% MED 65% MED 75%
KAVL LOW 58% MED 61% MED 72% MED 65%
KHKY HIGH 93% HIGH 100% MED 67% MED 75%
KGMU HIGH 93% HIGH 100% MED 67% MED 77%
KAND HIGH 100% HIGH 100% MED 69% 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...PAT
NEAR TERM...JAT
SHORT TERM...CSH
LONG TERM...CSH
AVIATION...JATHazardous weather outlook, Jul 21, 1:51 PM EDT, 2 hours 1 minute before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 151 PM EDT SUN JUL 21 2013 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065- 068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-221800- 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- 151 PM EDT SUN JUL 21 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. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP INTO THIS EVENING WITH OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. A FEW STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE...PRODUCING HAIL AS LARGE AS QUARTERS AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. STORMS WILL BE MOVING SLOWLY POSSIBLY LEADING TO LOCALLY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL AND ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING. .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
Special weather statement, Jul 21, 2:05 PM EDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
205 PM EDT SUN JUL 21 2013
NCZ509-510-SCZ003-007-211845-
EASTERN POLK-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-POLK MOUNTAINS-SPARTANBURG-
205 PM EDT SUN JUL 21 2013
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN GREENVILLE...
NORTHWESTERN SPARTANBURG AND SOUTHERN POLK COUNTIES THROUGH 245 PM
EDT...
AT 201 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TRYON...OR 6 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF COLUMBUS...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO GLASSY
MOUNTAIN...NORTH SALUDA RESERVOIR...TRYON...SALUDA...MILL SPRING...
COLUMBUS...LANDRUM...GOWENSVILLE AND CAMPOBELLO.
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 3511 8207 3508 8239 3519 8243 3521 8239
3518 8237 3521 8235 3524 8236 3526 8235
3532 8209
JOHSpecial weather statement, Jul 21, 2:10 PM EDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 210 PM EDT SUN JUL 21 2013 NCZ035-056-068>070-502-504-508-211900- ALEXANDER-CATAWBA-CLEVELAND-GASTON-GREATER BURKE-GREATER CALDWELL-GREATER RUTHERFORD-LINCOLN- 210 PM EDT SUN JUL 21 2013 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN RUTHERFORD... NORTHERN CLEVELAND...NORTHWESTERN GASTON...SOUTHEASTERN BURKE... SOUTHEASTERN CALDWELL...SOUTHERN ALEXANDER...WESTERN CATAWBA AND WESTERN LINCOLN COUNTIES THROUGH 300 PM EDT... AT 210 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM CAJAH'S MOUNTAIN TO 5 MILES WEST OF CASAR...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SOUTH MOUNTAINS STATE PARK...RUTHERFORD COLLEGE...LAKE RHODHISS...LAKE HICKORY...WACO...VALE...VALDESE...SUNSHINE...ST. STEPHENS... SAWMILLS...RHODHISS...POLKVILLE...PLEASANT GROVE...NEWTON... MILLERSVILLE...LONGVIEW...LENOIR...LAWNDALE...ICARD...HUDSON... HILDEBRAN...HICKORY...GRANITE FALLS...GAMEWELL...FALLSTON... DREXEL...CROUSE...COOKSVILLE...CONOVER...CONNELLY SPRINGS... CHERRYVILLE...CASAR...CAJAH'S MOUNTAIN...BETHLEHEM AND BELWOOD. WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...AND TORRENTIAL RAIN ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. 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 3589 8109 3531 8136 3544 8184 3595 8158 JOH
Special weather statement, Jul 21, 3:04 PM EDT, 48 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
304 PM EDT SUN JUL 21 2013
NCZ035-036-056-211945-
ALEXANDER-CATAWBA-IREDELL-
304 PM EDT SUN JUL 21 2013
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT ALEXANDER...NORTHERN CATAWBA AND
NORTHWESTERN IREDELL COUNTIES THROUGH 345 PM EDT...
AT 301 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES WEST OF LOVE
VALLEY TO 3 MILES EAST OF BETHLEHEM...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LOOKOUT
SHOALS LAKE...LAKE HICKORY...UNION GROVE...TAYLORSVILLE...STONY
POINT...ST. STEPHENS...SCOTTS...MILLERSVILLE...LOVE VALLEY...
HIDDENITE...CLAREMONT...CATAWBA AND BETHLEHEM.
WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...AND TORRENTIAL RAIN ARE EXPECTED WITH
THESE STORMS.
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 3606 8076 3567 8102 3576 8134 3604 8118
3603 8108 3607 8098
JOHSpecial weather statement, Jul 21, 3:07 PM EDT, 45 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
307 PM EDT SUN JUL 21 2013
SCZ003-006-007-211945-
GREATER GREENVILLE-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-SPARTANBURG-
307 PM EDT SUN JUL 21 2013
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN GREENVILLE AND
NORTHWESTERN SPARTANBURG COUNTIES THROUGH 345 PM EDT...
AT 306 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR GOWENSVILLE...OR 10 MILES SOUTH OF
COLUMBUS...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO GLASSY
MOUNTAIN...LAKE ROBINSON...LAKE BOWEN...TIGERVILLE...LANDRUM...
INMAN...GOWENSVILLE...FINGERVILLE AND CAMPOBELLO.
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 3506 8242 3519 8232 3520 8227 3518 8195
3492 8216
JOHSpecial weather statement, Jul 21, 3:29 PM EDT, 23 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
329 PM EDT SUN JUL 21 2013
SCZ005>007-010-212015-
ANDERSON-GREATER GREENVILLE-GREATER PICKENS-SPARTANBURG-
329 PM EDT SUN JUL 21 2013
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT CENTRAL GREENVILLE...EASTERN
PICKENS...NORTHEASTERN ANDERSON AND WESTERN SPARTANBURG COUNTIES
THROUGH 415 PM EDT...
AT 325 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM LAKE ROBINSON TO
BEREA...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WHITE HORSE
ROAD AT I-85...PELHAM ROAD AT I-85...SHOPS AT GREENRIDGE...
CHERRYDALE POINT...LAKE ROBINSON...HAYWOOD MALL...GSP AIRPORT...
FURMAN UNIVERSITY...DONALDSON CENTER...FIVE FORKS...WELLFORD...
WELCOME...TRAVELERS REST...TAYLORS...REIDVILLE...POWDERSVILLE...
PIEDMONT...PARIS MOUNTAIN STATE PARK...MAULDIN...LYMAN...GREER...
DOWNTOWN GREENVILLE...EASLEY...DUNCAN AND BEREA.
WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...AND TORRENTIAL RAIN ARE EXPECTED WITH
THESE STORMS.
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 3464 8245 3484 8264 3502 8240 3504 8232
3497 8190
JOHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 20, 9:10 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Mecklenburg, Union | 110 min |
| Jul 20, 10:57 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Union | 2 hr |
| Jul 21, 2:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Polk | 40 min |
| Jul 21, 2:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Catawba | 50 min |
| Jul 21, 2:20 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Burke, Cleveland, Rutherford | 2 hr |
| Jul 21, 2:20 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Burke | 2 hr |
| Jul 21, 2:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Henderson, Polk, Rutherford | 68 min |
| Jul 21, 2:41 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Polk | 109 min |
| Jul 21, 3:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Alexander | 41 min |
| Jul 21, 3:25 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | McDowell, Polk, Rutherford | 2 hr |
| Jul 21, 3:41 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Iredell | 109 min |
| Jul 21, 3:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Rutherford | 50 min |
| Jul 21, 5:45 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Cabarrus, Iredell, Mecklenburg, Rowan | 105 min |
| Jul 21, 6:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cabarrus, Mecklenburg | 43 min |
| Jul 21, 6:38 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Cabarrus, Mecklenburg | 112 min |
| Jul 21, 6:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Mecklenburg, Union | 59 min |
| Jul 21, 7:14 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Mecklenburg | 106 min |
Nearby
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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.