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Flash Flood Warning 72, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this flash flood warning at Jul 27, 2013, 10:06 AM EDT for Catawba County, Lincoln County, North Carolina. It was in force for 5 hr. 6 reports 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 27, 2013, 10:06 AM EDT (14:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 27, 2013, 3:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Catawba County, NC, Lincoln County, NC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:06 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 27, 10:50 AM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 4 Ene Newton, NC | KEISLER RD FLOODED DUE TO STREAM WITH WATER RESCUES |
| Jul 27, 11:00 AM EDT | HEAVY RAIN | 3 Sw Newton, NC | ON SATURDAY MORNING...A TRAINED SPOTTER LOCATED SOUTHWEST OF NEWTON MEASURED 11.31 INCHES OF RAINFALL IN A FOUR HOUR PERIOD FROM 7 AM TO 11 AM. THIS AMOUNT IS COMPARABLE TO RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES IN THE SOUTHWEST TO CENTRAL PORTION OF CATAWBA COUNTY IN THIS |
| Jul 27, 2:15 PM EDT | FLOOD | 2 Sw Newton, NC | 4 HOMES REPORTED EVACUATED AS FLOOD WATERS CONTINUE TO RISE AT THE INTERSECTION OF BOSTON ROAD AND HIGHWAY 10. CATAWBA COUNTY OFFICIALS HAVE SAID AT THE HEIGHT OF THE FLOODING AS MANY AS 60 ROADS IN THE COUNTY HAD SOME LEVEL OF FLOODING. |
| Jul 27, 2:15 PM EDT | FLOOD | 4 Nne Newton, NC | ROAD CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING AT THE INTERSECTION OF ROCK BARN ROAD AND MCLIN CREEK ROAD. |
| Jul 27, 2:15 PM EDT | FLOOD | 5 Ne Vale, NC | ROAD CONTINUES TO BE CLOSED LATE THIS AFTERNOON DUE TO FLOODING AT THE INTERSECTION OF POTTS CREEK ROAD AND REEPSVILLE ROAD WHERE POTT CREEK IS OUT OF ITS BANKS. |
| Jul 27, 2:15 PM EDT | FLOOD | 5 Nne Newton, NC | THE ROAD CONTINUES TO BE CLOSED THIS AFTERNOON AT THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 16 AND C AND B FARM ROAD AT LYLE CREEK. |
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 44 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, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 126 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
- 408 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -22 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 654 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 28 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
189
WGUS52 KGSP 271406
FFWGSP
NCC035-109-271900-
/O.NEW.KGSP.FF.W.0072.130727T1406Z-130727T1900Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1006 AM EDT SAT JUL 27 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL CATAWBA COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
WESTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 300 PM EDT
* AT 959 AM EDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED A MAJOR FLASH FLOOD
EVENT UNDERWAY ACROSS MUCH OF CATAWBA COUNTY. NUMEROUS ROADS ARE
IMPASSABLE DUE TO FLOODING OF STREAMS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. AS
MUCH AS 10 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA
SINCE ABOUT 4 AM...AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL
WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE REST OF THE MORNING. LINCOLN COUNTY
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED SEVERAL FLOODS OR WASHED OUT ROADS
WEST OF VALE THIS MORNING. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3
INCHES APPEARS LIKELY...RESULTING IN ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING.
* THE ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL WILL RESULT IN AN INCREASINGLY
SEVERE FLASH FLOOD EVENT ACROSS WESTERN CATAWBA AND WESTERN
LINCOLN COUNTIES THIS MORNING. IN ADDITION TO SEVERE URBAN
FLOODING ACROSS PORTIONS OF HICKORY...NUMEROUS STREAMS WILL
CONTINUE TO RISE WELL ABOVE BANKFULL. AFFECTED STREAMS INCLUDE BUT
ARE NOT LIMITED TO...POTT CREEK...JACOB FORK...LITTLE INDIAN
CREEK...AND BUFFALO CREEK. UNLESS YOUR HOME IS THREATENED BY FLOOD
WATERS...RESIDENTS OF WESTERN CATAWBA AND WESTERN LINCOLN COUNTIES
ARE ADVISED TO STAY IN THEIR HOMES UNTIL FLOOD WATERS RECEDE.
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.
DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF
RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE. TURN
AROUND... DONT DROWN.
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 3574 8107 3571 8106 3571 8101 3570 8099
3556 8110 3541 8129 3542 8145 3548 8149
3575 8123
$$
NED1 follow-up statement
671
WGUS72 KGSP 271457
FFSGSP
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1057 AM EDT SAT JUL 27 2013
NCC035-109-271900-
/O.CON.KGSP.FF.W.0072.000000T0000Z-130727T1900Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CATAWBA NC-LINCOLN NC-
1057 AM EDT SAT JUL 27 2013
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN LINCOLN AND
CENTRAL CATAWBA COUNTIES UNTIL 300 PM EDT...
AT 1056 AM EDT...BASED ON EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT...TRAINED
SPOTTERS...AND MEDIA REPORTS...WIDESPREAD FLOODING IS OCCURRING
ACROSS CENTRAL CATAWBA COUNTY AND PORTIONS OF WESTERN LINCOLN
COUNTY. AT 1045 AM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS
ACROSS WESTERN LINCOLN AND CATAWBA COUNTIES. THIS BAND WILL MOVE
SLOWLY EAST AND WILL LIKELY PRODUCE AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO THREE
INCHES OF RAIN THROUGH 1 PM. THE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL RESULT IN
NEW FLASH FLOODING AND RESULT IN RISING WATER WITHIN FLOODED AREAS.
IN ADDITION...THE STRUCTURE OF THE STORMS WILL SUPPORT WIND GUSTS TO
20 TO 30 MPH...PRODUCING NUMEROUS DOWNED TREES AND POWERLINES.
ALL SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS IN THE WARNED AREA ARE OVERFLOWING
THEIR BANKS...AND SOME ARE WELL OUT OF THEIR BANKS. NUMEROUS ROADS
ARE IMPASSABLE DUE TO FLOOD WATER. THIS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL
MAKE AN ALREADY BAD SITUATION WORSE. UNLESS YOU HAVE AN EMERGENCY...
DO NOT LEAVE YOUR HOME.
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.
DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF
RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.
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 3574 8107 3571 8106 3571 8101 3570 8099
3556 8110 3541 8128 3542 8145 3548 8149
3575 8123
$$
NEDWhat 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 27, 3:22 AM EDT, 6 hours 44 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 27, 3:22 AM EDT, 6 hours 44 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
322 AM EDT SAT JUL 27 2013
.SYNOPSIS...
PRECIPITATION CHANCES WILL REMAIN IN THE FORECAST THROUGH THE
WEEKEND AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE AND A COLD FRONT PASS THROUGH.
CONDITIONS LOOK TO IMPROVE FOR THE START OF NEXT WEEK AS SURFACE
HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN...REDUCING CHANCES FOR PRECIPITATION AND
BRINGING TEMPERATURES A FEW DEGREES BELOW NORMAL.
&&
.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/...
AS OF 3 AM EDT SATURDAY...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE INCREASING
OVER THE NC FOOTHILLS AND PORTIONS OF UPSTATE SC IN RESPONSE TO
INCREASING UPSLOPE SELY FLOW AND THE PASSAGE OF UPPER VORT MAX IN
SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT. THE COVERAGE OF PRECIP WILL INCREASE
THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS AS THE MAIN UPPER SHORTWAVE ENERGY
APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. AT THE SAME TIME...LLVL H85 WINDS WILL
INCREASE TO AROUND 20-25KT RANGE BY EARLY THIS MORNING AND
CONTINUING THROUGH AT LEAST LATE AFTERNOON HOURS ALONG AND AHEAD OF
THIS MAIN UPPER ENERGY. THE SHORT RANGE MODELS CONTINUE TO SUGGEST
THAT 0-3 KM BULK SHEAR MAGNITUDE OF 20-25KTS WILL BE PRESENT ALONG
WITH SBCAPE VALUES OF 1000-1500J/KG RANGE ACROSS MUCH OF THE CWA
BETWEEN 18Z SAT AND 00Z SUN. WITH THAT SAID...THE THREAT OF SEVERE
WEATHER EXISTS TODAY...MAINLY DAMAGING WINDS WITH A FEW BRIEF
TORNADOES POSSIBLE. IN RESPONSE TO THESE ELEMENTS...CONVECTIVE
ALLOWING MODELS INDICATE THAT A WELL ORGANIZED LINE OF CONVECTION
WILL TRAVERSE THE CWA FROM WEST TO EAST AT AROUND 16Z-22Z PERIOD AND
LIKELY POPS WERE MENTIONED FOR MOST LOCATIONS. EXPECT CONVECTION TO
DECREASE TOWARD THE EVENING HOURS DUE TO UPPER NVA AND LOSS OF
DAYTIME HEATING. WITH DECREASING H5 HEIGHTS AND ONGOING
PRECIP...TEMPS WILL REMAIN 5-7 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL TODAY.
&&
.SHORT TERM /SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT/...
AS OF EARLY SAT MORNING...DURING THE SHORT TERM THE REGION WILL
REMAIN PARTIALLY UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF A DEEP TROUGH CENTERED OVER
THE GREAT LAKES...AND AN ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT SET TO ARRIVE LATE
SUNDAY.
UPPER DYNAMICS ARE WEAK SUNDAY WITH NO SIGNIFICANT DIVERGENCE OR
VORTICITY. LAPSE RATES ARE POOR...BUT SFC MOISTURE IS SUFFICIENT TO
PRODUCE AFTN CAPE VALUES TYPICAL FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR...UP TO AROUND
1500 J/KG IN THE PIEDMONT WITH DRIER AIR LIMITING INSTABILITY IN THE
MTNS. OVERALL SHEAR PROFILES REMAIN UNIMPRESSIVE WITH WEAK LOW TO MID
LEVEL FLOW LIMITING STORM MOTION. HOWEVER MODEST UPPER FLOW IN THE
TIGHT HEIGHT GRADIENT AROUND THE CLOSED LOW DOES KEEP 0-6KM BULK
SHEAR HIGH ENOUGH THAT IF STORMS ARE ABLE TO FIRE THEY COULD POSE AT
LEAST AN ISOLATED SEVERE RISK...ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING THAT PROG
SOUNDINGS ARE FAIRLY DRY ALOFT.
FOLLOWING DIURNAL HEATING SUNDAY LLVL THETA-E VALUES BEGIN DROPPING
AND CONTINUE TO DO SO THRU MONDAY MORNING. WHILE CONVECTION SHOULD
WANE...THERE IS A SMALL POSSIBILITY ACTIVITY WILL CONTINUE A BIT
LATER INTO THE EVENING THAN USUAL. WEAK LLVL CONVERGENCE SEEN ALONG
WITH HIGH 1000-850MB RH OVER THE PIEDMONT SO AT LEAST A FEW SHOWERS
MAY BE POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT. HAVE KEPT SCHC POPS UNTIL AFTER MIDNIGHT
OVER THE SRN/ERN PORTIONS OF THE PIEDMONT. THE FRONT HAVING PASSED
THROUGH EARLY...LOW TEMPS SUN NIGHT WILL BE NOTABLY COOLER IN THE
MTNS...WITH LOWS IN THE MID TO UPPER 50S. THE FOOTHILLS WILL SEE LOWS
A COUPLE DEGREES COOLER THAN THOSE SAT NIGHT.
ON MONDAY DEEP MOISTURE IS LOWER AND WARM MIDLEVEL TEMPS UNDER HIGH
PRESSURE WILL PRECLUDE CONVECTION. CONSENSUS OF MAJOR GUIDANCE IS
FOR A DRY FCST WITH MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES. HIGH TEMPS WILL BE A FEW
DEGREES BELOW NORMAL IN THE CONTINENTAL AIRMASS. THICKNESS VALUES
BEGIN TO INCH BACK UP LATE MON...OFFSETTING FURTHER COOLING
MAKING FOR SIMILAR LOWS MON NIGHT.
&&
.LONG TERM /TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/...
AS OF 200 PM FRIDAY...THE EXTENDED PERIOD BEGINS LATE MONDAY WITH
HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING IN OVER THE EAST COAST BEHIND THE DEPARTING
FRONTAL SYSTEM...USHERING IN DRIER AIR OVER THE CWA FOR THE
BEGINNING OF NEXT WEEK. THE COMBINATION OF INVERSIONS AND WARMER AIR
ALOFT SHOULD KEEP MOST OF THE AREA CAPPED THROUGH MIDWEEK...ALLOWING
ONLY FOR SLIGHT CHANCE POPS MONDAY AND CHANCE POPS TUESDAY
AFTERNOON. THE AIRMASS BEGINS TO SATURATE AGAIN BY WEDNESDAY AS
ANOTHER TROUGH DIPS DOWN...AND THE MOIST AIR COMBINED WITH AN
APPROACHING SHORTWAVE WILL MAKE FOR GREATEST POPS WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON/EVENING. IMPROVED DEEP LAYER MOISTURE AND GENERAL
TROUGHINESS OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN CONUS WILL KEEP THE PATTERN
UNSETTLED WITH MORE DIURNALLY DRIVEN CONVECTION THROUGH THE END OF
NEXT WEEK.
CLOUD COVER AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PERIOD WILL KEEP HIGH TEMPS
BELOW AVERAGE...AND HIGHS WILL REMAIN COOLER THAN NORMAL THROUGH THE
END OF NEXT WEEK DUE TO LOWER THICKNESS ADVECTION. LOWS WILL BE NEAR
AVERAGE FOR THE ENTIRE MEDIUM RANGE.
&&
.AVIATION /08Z SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
AT KCLT...A LINE OF CONVECTION EXTENDING FROM THE NORTHERN NC
FOOTHILLS TO I-26 CORRIDOR WAS RATHER SLOWLY MOVING EAST TOWARD THE
AIRFIELD OVERNIGHT HOURS. THIS LINE MAY AFFECT THE TERMINAL BETWEEN
7Z AND 9Z SAT AND TEMPO THUNDER WAS MENTIONED ACCORDINGLY. CURRENT
VFR CONDITIONS WILL DEGRADE TO MVFR ONCE THE LINE MOVES THE FIELD
AND MVFR CLOUD DECK WITH INTERMITTENT SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH
THE MORNING HOURS. WITH DIURNAL HEATING AND THE PASSAGE OF UPPER
SHORT WAVE ENERGY ON SAT...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL
RE-DEVELOPER DURING THE PRIME HEATING HOURS. LIGHT SOUTHERLY WINDS
WILL PREVAIL THRU THE PERIOD THOUGH STRONGER WIND GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE
IN THUNDERSTORMS.
ELSEWHERE...A LINE OF SHRA/TSTMS WAS MOVING EAST ACROSS THE NC
FOOTHILLS AND UPSTATE SC OVERNIGHT HOURS. AREAS BEHIND THIS LINE
WILL REMAIN RELATIVELY QUIET THOUGH INTERMITTENT SHOWERS WILL BE
SEEN INTO THE MORNING HOURS. ONCE AGAIN...KAVL MAY SEE PATCHY FOG
WITH BRIEF IFR VISBY/CEILING TOWARD THE SUNRISE. AN UPPER SHORT WAVE
ENERGY WILL SWING ACROSS THE REGION DURING THE DAY ON SAT. THIS WILL
COMBINE WITH DIURNAL INSTABILITY TO TRIGGER CONVECTION DURING THE
AFTERNOON HOURS. LIGHT SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL PREVAIL FOR MOST
LOCATIONS THOUGH STRONGER WIND GUSTS CAN NOT BE RULED OUT IN
THUNDERSTORMS. KAVL WILL SEE WINDS VEERING TO THE NORTH BY THE
EVENING HOURS.
OUTLOOK...CONVECTION WILL DEVELOP AGAIN SUNDAY...BUT COVERAGE SHOULD
BE DIMINISHING. BRIEF DRYING IS POSSIBLE ON MON AND TUE WITH HIGH
PRES FOLLOWING FROPA.
CONFIDENCE TABLE...
07-13Z 13-19Z 19-01Z 01-07Z
KCLT MED 66% MED 74% HIGH 92% HIGH 87%
KGSP MED 77% MED 74% MED 79% MED 67%
KAVL HIGH 95% MED 72% HIGH 80% LOW 53%
KHKY MED 70% HIGH 84% MED 67% MED 71%
KGMU MED 79% MED 77% MED 78% MED 67%
KAND MED 76% HIGH 85% HIGH 86% MED 61%
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...WIMBERLEY
NEAR TERM...JOH
SHORT TERM...WIMBERLEY
LONG TERM...VISIN
AVIATION...JOHHazardous weather outlook, Jul 27, 4:10 AM EDT, 5 hours 56 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 410 AM EDT SAT JUL 27 2013 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065- 068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-280815- 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- 410 AM EDT SAT JUL 27 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION TODAY...WITH SOME ACTIVITY CONTINUING INTO THE EVENING. CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL BE FREQUENT AT TIMES...AND LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. CONDITIONS ARE ALSO FAVORABLE FOR SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS TO PRODUCE SEVERE WEATHER...MAINLY IN THE FORM OF DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. BRIEF TORNADOES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. 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. WIMBERLEY
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 27, 7:04 AM EDT, 3 hours 2 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
704 AM EDT SAT JUL 27 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0620 AM HEAVY RAIN 3 W HICKORY 35.74N 81.38W
07/27/2013 M3.04 INCH CATAWBA NC COCORAHS
3 HOUR TOTAL. MINOR FLOODING ALSO REPORTED.
&&
WIMBERLEYLocal storm report, Jul 27, 7:29 AM EDT, 2 hours 37 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
729 AM EDT SAT JUL 27 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0700 AM FLASH FLOOD HICKORY 35.74N 81.33W
07/27/2013 CATAWBA NC PUBLIC
SEVERAL STREETS FLOODED IN HICKORY
&&
PTANNERLocal storm report, Jul 27, 8:02 AM EDT, 2 hours 4 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
802 AM EDT SAT JUL 27 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0801 AM FLASH FLOOD CONOVER 35.71N 81.22W
07/27/2013 CATAWBA NC PUBLIC
SEVERAL STREAMS FLOODED WITH SOME FLOODED BY CREEKS IN
CONOVER
&&
PTANNERLocal storm report, Jul 27, 9:27 AM EDT, 39 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
927 AM EDT SAT JUL 27 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0925 AM FLASH FLOOD VALE 35.54N 81.40W
07/27/2013 LINCOLN NC EMERGENCY MNGR
SEVERAL ROADS WASHED OUT OR FLOODED IN THE NORTHWEST
PORTIONS OF LINCOLN COUNTY. SOME AREAS HAVE 2 TO 3 FEET
OF STANDING WATER.
&&
NEDLocal storm report, Jul 27, 9:29 AM EDT, 37 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
929 AM EDT SAT JUL 27 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0925 AM FLASH FLOOD 3 W VALE 35.54N 81.45W
07/27/2013 LINCOLN NC EMERGENCY MNGR
SEVERAL ROADS WASHED OUT OR FLOODED IN THE NORTHWEST
PORTIONS OF LINCOLN COUNTY. SOME AREAS HAVE 2 TO 3 FEET
OF STANDING WATER.
&&
NEDLocal storm report, Jul 27, 9:44 AM EDT, 22 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
944 AM EDT SAT JUL 27 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0942 AM FLASH FLOOD 2 NNW CLAREMONT 35.74N 81.16W
07/27/2013 CATAWBA NC PUBLIC
LYLE CREEK OUT OF BANKS FLOODING ROADS.
&&
PTANNERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 26, 8:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Graham | 44 min |
| Jul 26, 11:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Transylvania | 67 min |
| Jul 27, 12:35 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Henderson | 115 min |
| Jul 27, 1:03 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Avery, Burke, Caldwell | 87 min |
| Jul 27, 1:12 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Polk | 48 min |
| Jul 27, 2:07 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | McDowell | 38 min |
| Jul 27, 2:35 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Avery, Burke, Caldwell, McDowell, Mitchell | 115 min |
| Jul 27, 5:11 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Cleveland, Rutherford | 109 min |
| Jul 27, 5:28 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Catawba | 2 hr |
| Jul 27, 6:06 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Catawba, Cleveland, Lincoln | 3 hr |
| Jul 27, 6:53 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Catawba | 3 hr |
| Jul 27, 7:54 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Henderson, Polk | 2 hr |
| Jul 27, 9:05 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Catawba, Lincoln | 3 hr |
| Jul 27, 9:52 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Alexander, Catawba, Iredell | 5 hr |
| Jul 27, 10:20 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Cleveland | 3 hr |
| Jul 27, 10:27 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | GSP | Gaston | 67 hr |
| Jul 27, 10:34 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Davie, Iredell | 56 min |
| Jul 27, 10:59 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Catawba, Cleveland, Lincoln | 46 min |
| Jul 27, 11:02 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | GSP | Alexander, Cabarrus, Caldwell, Catawba, Cleveland, Davie and 6 more | 19 hr |
| Jul 27, 11:26 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Alexander, Catawba, Iredell | 12 hr |
| Jul 27, 12:04 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | GSP | Catawba, Lincoln | 3 hr |
| Jul 27, 12:08 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | GSP | Alexander, Catawba, Iredell | 12 hr |
| Jul 27, 12:44 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Mecklenburg | 106 min |
| Jul 27, 1:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cabarrus | 40 min |
| Jul 27, 1:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Rowan | 48 min |
| Jul 27, 1:43 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Cabarrus | 107 min |
| Jul 27, 3:04 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | GSP | Catawba, Iredell, Lincoln | 6 hr |
| Jul 27, 3:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Union | 47 min |
| Jul 27, 3:17 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Cabarrus, Mecklenburg | 2 hr |
| Jul 27, 6:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | McDowell | 43 min |
| Jul 27, 6:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Buncombe, Madison, Yancey | 60 min |
| Jul 27, 6:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | McDowell | 46 min |
| Jul 27, 7:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cleveland, Rutherford | 58 min |
| Jul 27, 7:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Burke, McDowell | 43 min |
| Jul 27, 7:54 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Burke, McDowell | 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.