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Flash Flood Warning 74, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

July 27, 2013Burke County, McDowell County, North Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this flash flood warning at Jul 27, 2013, 7:54 PM EDT for Burke County, McDowell 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 27, 2013, 7:54 PM EDT (23:54 UTC)
Expired
Jul 27, 2013, 11:00 PM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Burke County, NC, McDowell County, NC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:54 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.

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, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 197 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 12:00Z on 2013-07-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 408 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 12:00Z on 2013-07-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 49 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

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The text

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

317 
WGUS52 KGSP 272354
FFWGSP
NCC023-111-280300-
/O.NEW.KGSP.FF.W.0074.130727T2354Z-130728T0300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
754 PM EDT SAT JUL 27 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  MCDOWELL COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
  NORTHWESTERN BURKE COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...

* UNTIL 1100 PM EDT

* AT 751 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE      
  WARNED AREA. RAINFALL OF TWO TO THREE INCHES HAS OCCURRED IN       
  THIS AREA OVER THE LAST FEW HOURS...WITH MORE RAINFALL EXPECTED.

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
  OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...     
  MARION...ASHFORD...WOODLAWN...OLD FORT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE
BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.

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 3591 8174 3587 8171 3585 8165 3554 8218
      3560 8228 3563 8227 3565 8229 3568 8228
      3569 8230 3573 8220 3577 8217 3598 8185

$$

07
1 follow-up statement
614 
WGUS72 KGSP 280106
FFSGSP

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
906 PM EDT SAT JUL 27 2013

NCC023-111-280300-
/O.CON.KGSP.FF.W.0074.000000T0000Z-130728T0300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MCDOWELL NC-BURKE NC-
906 PM EDT SAT JUL 27 2013

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN BURKE AND
MCDOWELL COUNTIES UNTIL 1100 PM EDT...

AT 903 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WERE MOVING OUT OF THE WARNED 
AREA. UP TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN FELL ACROSS THIS AREA IN A FEW 
HOURS.

RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING 
INCLUDE...MARION...ASHFORD...WOODLAWN AND OLD FORT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS
AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...NORMALLY DRY WASHES... AS WELL AS
FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.

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 3591 8174 3587 8171 3585 8165 3554 8218
      3560 8228 3563 8227 3565 8229 3568 8228
      3569 8230 3573 8220 3577 8217 3598 8185

$$

07

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 27, 6:58 PM EDT, 56 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 27, 6:58 PM EDT, 56 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
658 PM EDT SAT JUL 27 2013

.SYNOPSIS...
A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT AND
SUNDAY...BRINGING SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE AND SLIGHTLY DRIER AIR TO
THE REGION...WHICH WILL REMAIN THROUGH TUESDAY. ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM
IS EXPECTED TO AFFECT THE AREA AROUND MID-WEEK.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH SUNDAY/...
AS OF 655 PM EDT SATURDAY...SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING
ALONG A PRONOUNCED AXIS OF LLVL CONVERGENCE. THIS AXIS EXTENDS FROM
FROM ABOUT UNION SC TO SPARTANBURG AND NORTHWEST TO JUST EAST OF
ASHEVILLE. THE NAM DEVELOPS A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF ACTIVITY ALONG
THIS BOUNDARY DURING THE EVENING HOURS...ESPECIALLY OVER THE
UPSTATE. WHILE WEAKER THAN LAST NIGHT...SLY LLVL FLOW WILL INCREASE
DURING THE COURSE OF THE EVENING...AND THE SYNOPTIC FORCING FOR
ANOTHER ROUND OF LATE EVENING CONVECTION IS EVIDENT. THE CONVECTIVE
ALLOWING MODELS ARE NOT BEATING THE DRUM OVER THIS EVENT THE WAY
THEY WERE LAST NIGHT...AND WE SHOULDN/T SEE ANYTHING TO MATCH THE
MAGNITUDE OF THE FLOODING WE HAD EARLIER TODAY. HOWEVER...CONVECTION
SHOULD CONTINUE TO GRADUALLY INCREASE ALONG THAT CONVERGENCE AXIS
AND DRIFT SLOWLY EAST. THE DAY SHIFT DELIMITED THIS AREA WITH LIKELY
POPS OVERNIGHT AND SO FAR I DON/T SEE MUCH REASON TO CHANGE IT. FOR
NOW CONVECTION IS CONFINED TO THE NC ZONES...BUT I WOULD EXPECT NEW
CELLS TO DEVELOP SOUTH OF THERE OVER THE NEXT COUPLE HOURS. FLOODING
WILL BE A CONCERN AGAIN WITH THE SLOW MOVING AND POSSIBLE ANCHORED
CELLS. THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL BE KEPT IN PLACE AND I/M
ENTERTAINING THE THOUGHT OF EXPANDING IT A COUPLE TIERS OF COUNTIES
TO THE WEST...WHICH WOULD ENCOMPASS THE SFC CONVERGENCE AXIS.

PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...LARGE AREA OF CONVECTION CONTINUES TO PUSH
GRADUALLY EAST ACROSS THE NC PIEDMONT EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. THE
ACTIVITY FINALLY DEVELOPED A BIT OF FORWARD MOMENTUM AS IT BECAME
MORE CONVECTIVELY ACTIVE...SO THE FLASH FLOOD THREAT HAS DIMINISHED
SOMEWHAT...BUT THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL BE CONTINUED ACROSS THE
EASTERN 1/3 OF THE AREA FOR THE TIME BEING. MEANWHILE...ALL IS QUIET
ON THE WESTERN FRONT...EXCEPT FOR SOME WIDELY SCATTERED DEEP
CONVECTION MOVING INTO THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS FROM THE TENN
VALLEY...WHICH IS DEVELOPING ALONG THE BACK EDGE OF THE DEEP
MOISTURE PLUME. THIS ACTIVITY IS MOVING INTO AN AIR MASS THAT IS
BECOMING INCREASINGLY UNSTABLE (CAPE > 2000 J/KG) IN LIGHT OF
THINNING LOW CLOUD COVER. THEREFORE...THE EXPECTATION IS THAT
COVERAGE WILL INCREASE DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS AS THIS ACTIVITY
MOVES INTO THE FORECAST AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING.
IN ADDITION...THE LULL OF SEVERAL HOURS THAT WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE
WESTERN PIEDMONT MAY ALLOW FOR A DECENT AMOUNT OF AIR MASS RECOVERY.
THEREFORE...WE WILL ADVANCE LIKELY POPS ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA
FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH ABOUT MID- EVENING.

WITH A RESPECTABLE AMOUNT OF SHEAR (30 KTS) IN THE ENVIRONMENT...AND
THE DEGREE OF INSTABILITY...A FEW SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE. IN
TERMS OF THE HEAVY RAIN THREAT...IT APPEARS THAT THE IMPROVING FLOW
WILL ALLOW FOR DECENT CELL MOVEMENT...ALTHOUGH WE STILL MAY NEED TO
WATCH FOR TRAINING CELLS AS WELL AS THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME DEGREE OF
UPSCALE CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT. THE FLOOD THREAT SHOULD THEREFORE
REMAIN CONFINED TO THE AREA THAT HAVE BEEN HAMMERED TODAY...SO NO
CHANGE TO THE FLOOD WATCH IS ANTICIPATED.

WITH FRONTAL BOUNDARY AND PRIMARY TROUGH AXIS FINALLY MOVING INTO
THE CWA TONIGHT...WE WILL HOLD ON TO SOME TOKEN LOW POPS AFTER
MIDNIGHT. HOWEVER...THE DEEPER MOISTURE SHOULD SHUNT EAST OF THE
AREA AFTER MIDNIGHT.

DRIER AIR MOVING INTO THE CWA TOMORROW SHOULD LIMIT THE AMOUNT OF
INSTABILITY...AS WELL AS THE COVERAGE OF CONVECTION DURING THE
AFTERNOON. NEVERTHELESS...WE WILL FEATURE 20-40 POPS ACROSS THE
AREA...WITH THE HIGHEST CHANCES EXISTING ACROSS THE EASTERN ZONES
(NEARER THE DEEPER MOISTURE) AND IN THE CLIMATOLOGICALLY FAVORED
AREAS ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE.

&&

.SHORT TERM /SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY/...
AS OF 1230 PM SAT...A BRIEF PERIOD OF DRIER WX EXPECTED THRU MOST OF
THE SHORT TERM...AS UPR TROF LIFTS NE OF THE AREA AND SHORTWAVE
RIDGING DEVELOPS ACRS THE CWFA. AT THE SFC...A COLD FRONT WILL
SLOWLY EXIT THE ERN EDGE OF THE CWFA SUNDAY EVENING...WITH WEAK DRY
HIGH PRES BUILDING IN FROM THE WEST.

POPS TAPER OFF SUNDAY EVENING FROM WEST TO EAST...WITH DRY WX FCST
FOR MONDAY. THE BNDRY STALLS TO OUR SOUTH AND MOISTURE BEGINS TO
LIFT NORTH AGAIN AHEAD OF THE NEXT SHORTWAVE TROF ENTERING THE MID
MS VLY. THE NAM HAS SOME SBCAPE OF 1000-2000 J/KG ACRS THE SRN HALF
OF THE CWFA AND SOME CONVECTIVE RESPONSE...WHILE THE GFS KEEPS THE
ENTIRE AREA STABLE AND DRY. I HAVE OPTED TO LEAVE THE SLGT CHC TO
LOW-END CHC POPS IN FOR TUESDAY. TEMPS BOTH MON AND TUE WILL BE
ABOUT ONE TO TWO CATEGORIES BELOW NORMAL.

&&

.LONG TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/...
AS OF NOON SATURDAY...NOT MUCH CHANGE NEEDED TO THE EXTENDED GRIDS.
MODELS IN DECENT AGREEMENT ON THE OVERALL SYNOPTIC PATTERN...WITH AN
ERN CONUS TROF ON DAY 4 (WED) GRADUALLY LIFTING OUT AND PRODUCING
QUASI-ZONAL FLOW (PRIMARILY AN ACTIVE JET STREAM ALONG THE NRN TIER
STATES BY NEW DAY 7 (SAT)).

SO ON WEDNESDAY...GUIDANCE STILL IN AGREEMENT ON A WAVE PROPAGATING
EAST ALONG A ZONALLY-ORIENTED FRONTAL ZONE...DRAPED ACRS THE
SOUTHEAST STATES ON WEDNESDAY...BRINGING A PERIOD OF DEEP LYR RH AND
LIFT ATOP THE CWFA. THE WPC GUIDANCE HAS LIKELY POPS...AND THAT
LOOKS GOOD. TEMPS WILL BE HELD WELL BELOW NORMAL (UPR 70S TO MID 80S
ACRS THE PIEDMONT) IN A PSEUDO-WEDGE. THE WAVE TRACK ACRS THE OH VLY
WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND REACH THE MID ATLANTIC COAST BY THURSDAY...BUT
THE FRONT WILL NOT PUSH THRU UNTIL THURSDAY NIGHT...WHEN THE 500 MB
TROF KICKS OUT THE NE. SO WE WILL CONTINUE TO ADVERTISE MID-HIGH CHC
POPS FOR THURSDAY...AND BELOW NORMAL TEMPS.

WITH HEIGHTS RISING ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY...EXPECT A SLIGHT WARM UP
TO NEAR NORMAL AND LOWER CHCS OF MAINLY DIURNALLY-DRIVEN CONVECTION.

&&

.AVIATION /00Z SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/...
AT KCLT...CONVECTION WITH HEAVY RAIN WILL REMAIN IN THE VICINITY OF
THE AIRFIELD THROUGH ABOUT 20Z...WITH VFR CONDITIONS LIKELY BY ABOUT
21Z. THEREAFTER...THERE SHOULD BE A LULL OF AT LEAST SEVERAL HOURS
BEFORE ADDITIONAL CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY. HOWEVER...AS ANOTHER UPPER
LEVEL DISTURBANCE AND ATTENDANT FRONTAL ZONE MOVE INTO THE REGION
THIS EVENING...ADDITIONAL SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL BE
POSSIBLE. THEREFORE...HAVE INTRODUCED TEMPOS/PROB30S FOR ADDITIONAL
ACTIVITY THIS EVENING. CHANCES FOR CONVECTION WILL GRADUALLY WANE
THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT...BUT AT LEAST SMALL CHANCES FOR A SHOWER OR
POSSIBLE TS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE END OF THE PERIOD. WITH A VERY
WET GROUND AND CONTINUED MOIST SOUTHERLY FLOW...LOW STRATUS APPEARS
TO BE A GOOD BET ONCE AGAIN TONIGHT INTO EARLY SUNDAY.

ELSEWHERE...CONVECTION HAS PUSHED EAST OF THE NC MTN/FHILL AND
UPSTATE SC TERMINALS. HOWEVER...THE ATM REMAINS VERY MOIST AND IS
ALSO HEATING UP NICELY THANKS TO SOME PATCHES OF CLEARING/THINNING
CLOUDS. AS SUCH...EXPECT AT LEAST SCATTERED CONVECTION TO REDEVELOP
DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS...AND VCTS WILL BE REINTRODUCED TO
THE FORECASTS BY 20Z. THE BEST CHANCES FOR CONVECTION ARE EXPECTED
THIS EVENING...AS AN AREA OF SCATTERED CONVECTION OVER THE TENN
VALLEY AT 1755Z IS EXPECTED TO FILL IN AS IT MOVES EAST. TEMPOS WILL
BE CARRIED DURING THIS TIME...ALTHOUGH TIMING IS BY NO MEANS A SLAM
DUNK. CHANCES FOR CONVECTION WILL GRADUALLY WANE THROUGH THE
OVERNIGHT...BUT AT LEAST SMALL CHANCES FOR A SHOWER OR POSSIBLE TS
WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE END OF THE PERIOD. WITH A VERY WET GROUND
AND CONTINUED MOIST SOUTHERLY FLOW...LOW STRATUS APPEARS TO BE A
GOOD BET ONCE AGAIN TONIGHT INTO EARLY SUNDAY.

OUTLOOK...CONVECTION WILL DEVELOP AGAIN SUNDAY AFTERNOON...BUT
COVERAGE SHOULD BE SCATTERED. BRIEF DRYING...WITH A BREAK FROM
CONVECTION IS EXPECTED ON MON AND TUE WITH HIGH PRES FOLLOWING
FROPA. AN ACTIVE/WET PATTERN IS EXPECTED TO RETURN BY MID-WEEK.

CONFIDENCE TABLE...

            23-05Z        05-11Z        11-17Z        17-23Z
KCLT       HIGH  98%     HIGH  82%     MED   71%     HIGH 100%
KGSP       LOW   59%     MED   63%     MED   65%     HIGH 100%
KAVL       MED   61%     MED   61%     MED   60%     HIGH 100%
KHKY       MED   70%     MED   72%     MED   62%     LOW   58%
KGMU       MED   61%     MED   65%     MED   63%     HIGH 100%
KAND       LOW   57%     MED   73%     HIGH  83%     HIGH 100%

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...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT FOR NCZ035>037-
     056-057-068>072-082-501-502.
SC...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT FOR SCZ008-009-
     013-014.

&&

SYNOPSIS...JDL
NEAR TERM...JDL/MCAVOY
SHORT TERM...ARK
LONG TERM...ARK
AVIATION...JDL
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 27, 11:38 AM EDT, 8 hours 16 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1138 AM EDT SAT JUL 27 2013

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-503>510-
SCZ001>007-010>012-019-281545-
RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-
MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-
SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-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-
ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-GREENWOOD-
1138 AM EDT SAT JUL 27 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...WESTERN
NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP
ACROSS THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS...NORTHEAST GEORGIA...AND THE
WESTERN HALF OF UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA THIS AFTERNOON...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 LARGE HAIL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE...
WHILE A BRIEF...WEAK TORNADO CANNOT BE RULED OUT.

.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.

NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-082-501-502-SCZ008-009-013-014-281545-
ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-
MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-GREATER CALDWELL-
CHEROKEE-YORK-UNION SC-CHESTER-
1138 AM EDT SAT JUL 27 2013

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PIEDMONT NORTH
CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   FLASH FLOOD WATCH.

IN ADDITION TO THE FLOODING THREAT...SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME
SEVERE THIS AFTERNOON...WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND PERHAPS BRIEF LARGE
HAIL BEING THE PRIMARY THREATS. A BRIEF...WEAK TORNADO ALSO CANNOT
BE RULED OUT.

.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.

LANE

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 27, 6:12 PM EDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
612 PM EDT SAT JUL 27 2013

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

0215 PM     FLOOD            2 SW NEWTON             35.65N 81.24W
07/27/2013                   CATAWBA            NC   TRAINED SPOTTER

            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.

&&

OUTLAW
Special weather statement, Jul 27, 6:17 PM EDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
617 PM EDT SAT JUL 27 2013

NCZ049-053-505-272300-
BUNCOMBE-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-YANCEY-
617 PM EDT SAT JUL 27 2013

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL MCDOWELL...NORTHEASTERN
BUNCOMBE AND SOUTHEASTERN YANCEY COUNTIES THROUGH 700 PM EDT...

AT 613 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES NORTH OF SWANNANOA...OR 11 MILES
NORTHEAST OF DOWNTOWN ASHEVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
  BLACK MOUNTAIN...
  BUSICK...

SMALL HAIL...WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH AND TORRENTIAL RAIN ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

LAT...LON 3586 8214 3582 8214 3585 8209 3572 8202
      3570 8204 3563 8206 3554 8242 3571 8251
      3588 8215

07
Local storm report, Jul 27, 6:32 PM EDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
632 PM EDT SAT JUL 27 2013

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

0215 PM     FLOOD            5 NNE NEWTON            35.74N 81.19W
07/27/2013                   CATAWBA            NC   TRAINED SPOTTER

            THE ROAD CONTINUES TO BE CLOSED THIS AFTERNOON AT THE
            INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 16 AND C AND B FARM ROAD AT LYLE
            CREEK.

0215 PM     FLOOD            4 NNE NEWTON            35.72N 81.19W
07/27/2013                   CATAWBA            NC   TRAINED SPOTTER

            ROAD CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING AT THE INTERSECTION OF ROCK
            BARN ROAD AND MCLIN CREEK ROAD.

0215 PM     FLOOD            5 NE VALE               35.58N 81.32W
07/27/2013                   CATAWBA            NC   TRAINED SPOTTER

            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.

&&

OUTLAW
Special weather statement, Jul 27, 6:37 PM EDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
637 PM EDT SAT JUL 27 2013

NCZ068-508-SCZ008-272315-
CHEROKEE-CLEVELAND-GREATER RUTHERFORD-
637 PM EDT SAT JUL 27 2013

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN CHEROKEE...SOUTHERN
RUTHERFORD AND SOUTHWESTERN CLEVELAND COUNTIES THROUGH 715 PM EDT...

AT 633 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES EAST OF HARRIS...OR 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
RUTHERFORDTON...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
  CLIFFSIDE...
  BOILING SPRINGS NC...

SMALL HAIL...WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH AND TORRENTIAL RAIN ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

LAT...LON 3525 8146 3501 8156 3513 8185 3519 8188
      3519 8194 3534 8187

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Special weather statement, Jul 27, 6:59 PM EDT, 55 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
659 PM EDT SAT JUL 27 2013

NCZ503>506-272345-
BURKE MOUNTAINS-EASTERN MCDOWELL-GREATER BURKE-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-
659 PM EDT SAT JUL 27 2013

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN MCDOWELL AND
NORTHWESTERN BURKE COUNTIES THROUGH 745 PM EDT...

AT 656 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES SOUTH OF WOODLAWN...OR 4 MILES NORTH OF
MARION...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
  LAKE JAMES...
  ASHFORD...

SMALL HAIL...WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH AND TORRENTIAL RAIN ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

LAT...LON 3597 8182 3576 8168 3563 8206 3581 8211
      3597 8183

07
Special weather statement, Jul 27, 7:47 PM EDT, 7 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
747 PM EDT SAT JUL 27 2013

NCZ503>506-280030-
BURKE MOUNTAINS-EASTERN MCDOWELL-GREATER BURKE-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-
747 PM EDT SAT JUL 27 2013

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT MCDOWELL AND WESTERN BURKE
COUNTIES THROUGH 830 PM EDT...

AT 744 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES EAST OF OLD FORT...OR 7 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF MARION...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
  GLENWOOD...
  MARION...
  LAKE JAMES...

SMALL HAIL...WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH AND TORRENTIAL RAIN ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

LAT...LON 3578 8158 3553 8208 3552 8214 3565 8226
      3588 8200 3587 8200 3589 8198 3590 8198
      3599 8188

07

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 26, 8:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPGraham44 min
Jul 26, 11:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPTransylvania67 min
Jul 27, 12:35 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPHenderson115 min
Jul 27, 1:03 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPAvery, Burke, Caldwell87 min
Jul 27, 1:12 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPPolk48 min
Jul 27, 2:07 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPMcDowell38 min
Jul 27, 2:35 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPAvery, Burke, Caldwell, McDowell, Mitchell115 min
Jul 27, 5:11 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPCleveland, Rutherford109 min
Jul 27, 5:28 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPCatawba2 hr
Jul 27, 6:06 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningGSPCatawba, Cleveland, Lincoln3 hr
Jul 27, 6:53 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningGSPCatawba3 hr
Jul 27, 7:54 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPHenderson, Polk2 hr
Jul 27, 9:05 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningGSPCatawba, Lincoln3 hr
Jul 27, 9:52 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningGSPAlexander, Catawba, Iredell5 hr
Jul 27, 10:06 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningGSPCatawba, Lincoln5 hr
Jul 27, 10:20 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningGSPCleveland3 hr
Jul 27, 10:27 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningGSPGaston67 hr
Jul 27, 10:34 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPDavie, Iredell56 min
Jul 27, 10:59 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCatawba, Cleveland, Lincoln46 min
Jul 27, 11:02 AM EDTFlash Flood WatchGSPAlexander, Cabarrus, Caldwell, Catawba, Cleveland, Davie and 6 more19 hr
Jul 27, 11:26 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPAlexander, Catawba, Iredell12 hr
Jul 27, 12:04 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningGSPCatawba, Lincoln3 hr
Jul 27, 12:08 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningGSPAlexander, Catawba, Iredell12 hr
Jul 27, 12:44 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPMecklenburg106 min
Jul 27, 1:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCabarrus40 min
Jul 27, 1:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPRowan48 min
Jul 27, 1:43 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPCabarrus107 min
Jul 27, 3:04 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningGSPCatawba, Iredell, Lincoln6 hr
Jul 27, 3:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPUnion47 min
Jul 27, 3:17 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPCabarrus, Mecklenburg2 hr
Jul 27, 6:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPMcDowell43 min
Jul 27, 6:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPBuncombe, Madison, Yancey60 min
Jul 27, 6:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPMcDowell46 min
Jul 27, 7:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPCleveland, Rutherford58 min
Jul 27, 7:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPBurke, McDowell43 min

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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.