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Flash Flood Warning 89, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this flash flood warning at Sep 1, 2013, 4:18 PM EDT for Alexander County, Caldwell 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
- Sep 1, 2013, 4:18 PM EDT (20:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 1, 2013, 7:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Alexander County, NC, Caldwell County, NC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 142 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:20 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 4:45 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 9 Ese Lenoir, NC | AT LEAST ONE BRIDGE ALONG MORRIS CREEK ROAD WAS OVERTOPPED BY A STREAM. FLOOD WATERS RESULTED IN IMPASSABLE CONDITIONS ACROSS A PORTION OF DUDLEY SHOALS ROAD NEAR PETRA MILL AND CHARLIE LITTLE ROADS. |
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 27 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, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 127 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
- 875 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -49 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 627 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 84 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 82 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
299 WGUS52 KGSP 012018 FFWGSP NCC003-027-012330- /O.NEW.KGSP.FF.W.0089.130901T2018Z-130901T2330Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 418 PM EDT SUN SEP 1 2013 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... EASTERN CALDWELL COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... ALEXANDER COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA... * UNTIL 730 PM EDT * AT 416 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATED THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THIS AREA OVER THE PAST HOUR. AN ADDITIONAL 2 INCHES OF RAIN IS LIKELY. * RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... LENOIR...TAYLORSVILLE...ELLENDALE AND HUDSON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS. 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. && LAT...LON 3597 8113 3583 8114 3582 8154 3596 8154 $$ MCAVOY
1 follow-up statement
322
WGUS72 KGSP 012106
FFSGSP
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
506 PM EDT SUN SEP 1 2013
NCC003-027-012330-
/O.CON.KGSP.FF.W.0089.000000T0000Z-130901T2330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
ALEXANDER NC-CALDWELL NC-
506 PM EDT SUN SEP 1 2013
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL CALDWELL
AND CENTRAL ALEXANDER COUNTIES UNTIL 730 PM EDT...
AT 503 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 4
TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN ALONG THE HWY 90/64 CORRIDOR FROM
ELLENDALE WEST TO LITTLE RIVER.
ACROSS THIS REGION...LOW LYING AREAS NEAR THE MIDDLE LITTLE
RIVER MAY FLOOD...ESPECIALLY ALONG HIGHWAY 127 AND ANTIOCH CHURCH
AND DOVER CHURCH ROADS. ALSO...URBAN FLOODING AND RUNOFF ISSUES
WILL BE PRESENT ALONG HIGHWAY 90/64.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PLEASE REPORT HIGH WATER...FLOODING...LANDSLIDES OR OTHER SEVERE
WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG BY
CALLING TOLL FREE...1...800...2 6 7...8 1 0 1...OR BY POSTING ON OUR
FACEBOOK PAGE...OR TWEET IT USING HASHTAG NWSGSP. YOUR MESSAGE SHOULD
DESCRIBE THE EVENT AND THE SPECIFIC LOCATION WHERE IT OCCURRED.
&&
LAT...LON 3596 8144 3597 8113 3585 8114 3583 8126
3582 8135 3582 8143 3584 8149 3586 8154
3591 8154
$$
CSHWhat 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 Sep 1, 2:56 PM EDT, 1 hour 22 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 1, 2:56 PM EDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
256 PM EDT SUN SEP 1 2013
.SYNOPSIS...
MOIST SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL REMAIN ACROSS THE AREA AS WEAK HIGH
PRESSURE SLOWLY SLIDES OFFSHORE THIS EVENING. THIS MOIST FLOW WILL HELP TO
KICK OFF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH LABOR DAY. A COLD FRONT
WILL CROSS THE CAROLINAS ON TUESDAY WITH DRY HIGH PRESSURE RETURNING
ON WEDNESDAY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO
RETURN BY NEXT WEEKEND.
&&
.NEAR TERM /THROUGH MONDAY/...
AS OF 245 PM...REGIONAL RADAR INDICATED A OUTFLOW SUPPORTED LINE OF
STORMS ACROSS THE UPPER SAVANNAH RIVER VALLEY WITH CLUSTERS OF
STORMS ACROSS THE NC MTNS AND NRN FOOTHILLS. THE CONVECTION APPEARS
TO BE SUPPORTED BY THE APPROACH OF A S/W RIPPLING ACROSS EASTERN
KY/TN. LATEST MESOSCALE ANALYSIS SHOWS THAT CAPES ACROSS THE CWA
RANGE FROM 2000 J/KG ACROSS THE MTNS TO 3500 J/KG ACROSS THE PIEDMONT.
SIMILAR TO SATURDAY...THE FORECAST AREA WILL LIKELY SEE AFTERNOON
DEWPOINTS IN THE LOW TO MID 70S WITH HIGHS IN THE U80S. DCAPE VALUES
MAY CONTINUE TO RANGE BELOW 1000 J/KG. KFFC AND KGSO FZL ABOVE 14
KFT/WBZ ABOVE 12 KFT AND WEAK SHEAR WILL NOT FAVOR LARGE HAIL. I
ANTICIPATE THAT STORM COVERAGE WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE THROUGH THE
REST OF THE AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...THE MODERATELY UNSTABLE ENVIRONMENT
COUPLED WITH INCREASING UPPER SUPPORT WILL LIKELY RESULT IN A BROAD
BAND OF TSRA FORMING OVER THE MTNS LATE THIS AFTERNOON...TRACKING
EAST DURING THE EVENING. STORM COVERAGE SHOULD BE THE GREATEST
DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON TO EARLY EVENING HOURS. STORMS THROUGH
THIS EVENING COULD PRODUCE SEVERAL DAMAGING WIND EVENTS AND TORRENTIAL
RAINFALL...HIGHLIGHTED WELL IN THE HWO.
TONIGHT...MODERATE AFTERNOON CAPE VALUES WILL SLOWLY ERODE THROUGH
THE LATE NIGHT HOURS. THE LINGERING INSTABILITY AND EXPECTED PASSAGE
OF WEAK VORTS MAY SUPPORT COVERAGE THROUGH MOST OF TONIGHT.
CONVECTION ALLOWING MODELS INDICATE THAT SHRA/TSRA MAY LINGER UNTIL
9Z. HOWEVER...THE GFS CONTINUES QPF ACROSS THE MTNS...POSSIBLY
ASSOCIATED WITH THE ARRIVAL OF CONVECTION FROM THE WEST. I WILL KEEP
POPS OVER THE MTNS WITHIN CHC RANGE...EAST OF THE MTNS WILL REMAIN
SCHC. LOW TEMPERATURES SHOULD ARE FORECAST TO RANGE FROM MID 60S
ACROSS THE MTNS TO AROUND 70 EAST.
LABOR DAY...THE GFS INDICATES THAT H85 TEMPS WILL WARM 2 TO 3
DEGREES FROM THIS AFTERNOON. MOS GUIDANCE INDICATE THAT HIGHS ARE
FORECAST TO WARM ABOVE TODAYS VALUES BY A FEW DEGREES. WARMER
TEMPERATURES AND DEWPOINTS IN THE L70S SHOULD ONCE AGAIN RESULT IN
CAPES AROUND 3000 J/KG. THE PASSAGE OF THE MID LEVEL TROUGH...WITH
MODERATE INSTABILITY WILL RESULT MID DAY MTN THUNDERSTORMS. SIMILAR
TO TODAY...STEERING FLOW SHOULD PUSH COVERAGE EAST DURING THE HEAT
OF THE AFTERNOON. AFTERNOON AND EVENING STORMS MAY RESULT IN SEVERAL
DAMAGING WIND EVENTS AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL.
&&
.SHORT TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
AS OF 140 PM SUNDAY...UPPER LEVEL L/WV TROUGH AXIS IS SLATED FOR
PASSAGE SOME TIME TUESDAY MORNING WITH THE BETTER LARGE SCALE FORCING
DEVELOPING TOWARD THE COAST TUESDAY AFTERNOON. AT THE SFC...WEAK
COLD FRONT NW OF THE MTNS MONDAY NIGHT REMAINS PROGGED TO JUMP INTO
EXISTING LEE TROUGH POSITION ON TUESDAY. WITHIN THE BROAD UVV/S ALONG
FRONT SIDE OF UPPER TROUGH...AT LEAST SMALL POP WILL NEED TO BE IN
THE FCST ALL NIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. AS TUESDAY WEARS ON...THE
INFLUX OF DRIER LLVL AIR WOULD SEEM TO INCREASINGLY LIMIT DIURNAL
DEEP CONVECTIVE CHANCES TO AREAS E/SE OF THE BLUE RIDGE...ROUGHLY
COINCIDENT WITH THE EASTWARD PROGRESSION OF THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY.
DEEP LAYERED DRY AIR AND WEAK RIDGING ARE STILL EXPECTED TO SPREAD
INTO THE REGION THROUGH WEDNESDAY RESULTING IN QUIET WX CONDS AND
MAX TEMPERATURES A COUPLE OF DEG F BELOW THE EARLY SEPT CLIMO.
&&
.LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/...
AS OF 1 PM SUNDAY...THE MEDIUM RANGE FCST PICKS UP AT 00Z ON
THURSDAY WITH THE STEEP UPPER RIDGE PERSISTING OVER THE WESTERN
CONUS AND BROAD UPPER TROFFING OVER THE EAST. THIS PATTERN WILL
LARGELY MAINTAIN ITSELF UNTIL A CLOSED H5 LOW SPINS UP OVER THE
PACIFIC NW ON FRI AND THEN GRADUALLY SLIDES EASTWARD AND UP OVER THE
RIDGE. THE LONG RANGE MODELS SUGGEST THAT THIS LOW WILL ACT TO
FLATTEN THE UPPER RIDGE TOWARDS THE END OF THE PERIOD ON
SUN...LEAVING A MORE ZONAL SYNOPTIC PATTERN OVER MOST OF THE CONUS.
AT THE SFC...DRY CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE WILL BE SLIDING OVER THE
REGION WITH WEAK FLOW AT THE SFC AND ALOFT. AS WE MOVE INTO FRI AND
THE WEEKEND...THE BERMUDA HIGH WILL GRADUALLY SPREAD MOIST SLY FLOW
OVER THE FCST AREA WITH INCREASING CHANCES FOR SCT SH AND TS EACH
DAY/EVENING. TEMPS SHOULD START THE PERIOD NEAR CLIMO AND DROP A
DEGREE OR 2 BY DAYS 6 AND 7.
&&
.AVIATION /19Z SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/...
AT KCLT...LATEST VISIBLE SATELLITE IMAGES AND WEB CAMS INDICATE
WEAKLY DEVELOPED CU ACROSS THE TERMINAL AT TAF ISSUANCE TIME.
REGIONAL RADARS INDICATE A FEW TSRA BANDS EXITING THE
FOOTHILLS...ON A TRACK TO MOVE NORTH AND SOUTH OF THE TERMINAL.
HOWEVER...THE SPC SSEO INDICATES THAT CONVECTION WILL RAPIDLY
DEVELOP OVER THE MTNS LATER THIS AFTERNOON AS A MODERATE S/W MOVES
TOWARD THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS. STEERING FLOW SHOULD BRING THE
CONVECTION ACROSS THE TERMINAL BETWEEN 22Z TO 2Z. SFC WINDS AHEAD OF
THE CONVECTION SHOULD REMAIN SW AROUND 10 KTS. FOLLOWING THE PASSAGE
OF THE STORMS...THICK DEBRIS CLOUDS SHOULD REMAIN OVER THE REGION
FOR MOST OF THE NIGHT. VFR FOG MAY DEVELOP OVER RAIN SOAKED AREAS
AROUND DAWN. ONE OR TWO HOURS AFTER SUNRISE MONDAY...WITH SHOULD
INCREASE TO AROUND 5 KTS FROM THE WSW WITH SCT CU BASES AROUND 030.
ELSEWHERE...KAND/KGSP/KGMU/KAVL WILL HAVE A GOOD CHANCE FOR
OBSERVING A SHRA OR TSRA DURING THE BEGINNING HOURS OF THE 18Z TAF.
I WILL INCLUDE A MENTION OF TEMPO FOR TS OR VCTS FOR EACH SITE. KHKY
SHOULD SEE VCTS BY 21Z. THE SPC SSEO INDICATES THAT CONVECTION WILL
RAPIDLY DEVELOP OVER THE MTNS LATER THIS AFTERNOON AS A MODERATE S/W
MOVES TOWARD THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS. STEERING FLOW SHOULD BRING
THE CONVECTION ACROSS THE TERMINALS THROUGH EARLY EVENING. SFC WINDS AHEAD
OF THE CONVECTION SHOULD REMAIN SW AROUND 10 KTS. FOLLOWING THE
PASSAGE OF THE STORMS...THICK DEBRIS CLOUDS SHOULD REMAIN OVER THE
REGION FOR MOST OF THE NIGHT. MVFR FOG MAY DEVELOP OVER RAIN SOAKED
AREAS AROUND DAWN. FORECAST SOUNDINGS INDICATE THAT KAVL WILL LIKELY
SEE ANOTHER PERIOD AROUND DAWN OF LIFR FOG AND CEILINGS. ONE OR TWO
HOURS AFTER SUNRISE MONDAY...WITH SHOULD INCREASE TO AROUND 5 KTS
FROM THE WSW WITH SCT CU WITH VFR BASES.
OUTLOOK...DIURNALLY DRIVEN ISOLD TO SCT CONVECTION EXPECTED AGAIN
MONDAY. DAYBREAK FOG WILL BE MOST LIKELY IN MOUNTAIN VALLEYS AND
WHERE RAIN FELL THE DAY BEFORE. A COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE AREA ON
TUESDAY...BUT CONVECTIVE CHANCES ARE UNCERTAIN AT THIS TIME. DRIER
AIR WILL FOLLOW THE FRONT.
CONFIDENCE TABLE...
19-01Z 01-07Z 07-13Z 13-19Z
KCLT HIGH 92% HIGH 100% HIGH 100% HIGH 100%
KGSP HIGH 100% HIGH 91% HIGH 91% HIGH 100%
KAVL HIGH 100% HIGH 91% MED 65% HIGH 95%
KHKY HIGH 92% HIGH 100% HIGH 87% HIGH 100%
KGMU HIGH 100% HIGH 100% HIGH 100% HIGH 95%
KAND HIGH 100% HIGH 100% HIGH 98% 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...NONE.
SC...NONE.
&&
SYNOPSIS...JPT
NEAR TERM...NED
SHORT TERM...CSH
LONG TERM...JPT
AVIATION...NEDHazardous weather outlook, Sep 1, 3:22 PM EDT, 56 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 322 PM EDT SUN SEP 1 2013 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065- 068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-021930- 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- 322 PM EDT SUN SEP 1 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 DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION INTO THIS EVENING. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN LIKELY WITH WIND GUSTS GREATER THAN 40 MPH. THE COMBINATION OF WET SOIL...GUSTY WINDS...AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS MAY RESULT IN AREAS OF DOWNED TREES AND POWERLINES. A FEW STORMS COULD PRODUCE WIND GUSTS GREATER THAN 60 MPH....RESULTING IN MORE SUBSTANTIAL WIND DAMAGE. IN ADDITION TO THE WIND...THE HEAVY DOWNPOURS COULD LEAD TO AREAS OF FLASH FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA ON MONDAY. THE ATMOSPHERE WILL REMAIN CONDUCIVE TO SUPPORT SCATTERED STRONG STORMS. A FEW SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE...PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS OR FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Sep 1, 3:47 PM EDT, 31 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
347 PM EDT SUN SEP 1 2013
SCZ007-012-013-019-012030-
GREENWOOD-LAURENS-SPARTANBURG-UNION-
347 PM EDT SUN SEP 1 2013
...GUSTY THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT GREENWOOD...LAURENS...SOUTHERN
SPARTANBURG AND WESTERN UNION COUNTIES THROUGH 430 PM EDT...
AT 341 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHING ACROSS LAURENS AND GREENWOOD
COUNTIES...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY
OF PRODUCING GUSTY WIND...AND MAY TOPPLE A FEW TREES AS THEY RUMBLE
ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA.
* OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LAKE
GREENWOOD...WOODRUFF...WATERLOO...VERDERY...UNION...TROY...
SEDALIA...PAULINE...ORA...NINETY SIX...MONARCH MILLS...LAURENS...
JONESVILLE...JOANNA...GREENWOOD...ENOREE...DYSON...CROSS KEYS...
CROSS HILL...CROSS ANCHOR...CORONACA...CLINTON...CALLISON AND
BUFFALO.
WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH 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 INSIDE AN
INTERIOR ROOM.
LAT...LON 3398 8209 3397 8220 3401 8224 3397 8231
3406 8233 3413 8225 3419 8224 3446 8206
3477 8215 3492 8171 3478 8160 3465 8155
3452 8163 3436 8178 3430 8189 3420 8194
3413 8187 3395 8201
CSHSpecial weather statement, Sep 1, 3:47 PM EDT, 31 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
347 PM EDT SUN SEP 1 2013
NCZ035>037-012030-
ALEXANDER-DAVIE-IREDELL-
347 PM EDT SUN SEP 1 2013
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN ALEXANDER...
NORTHERN IREDELL AND NORTHWESTERN DAVIE COUNTIES THROUGH 430 PM
EDT...
AT 346 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR LOVE VALLEY...OR 13 MILES NORTHEAST OF
TAYLORSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
HARMONY...
SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.
LAT...LON 3606 8094 3606 8063 3593 8061 3591 8106
3603 8109 3605 8105 3607 8098 3607 8094
07Special weather statement, Sep 1, 3:50 PM EDT, 28 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
350 PM EDT SUN SEP 1 2013
NCZ505>508-012030-
EASTERN MCDOWELL-GREATER RUTHERFORD-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-RUTHERFORD
MOUNTAINS-
350 PM EDT SUN SEP 1 2013
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN RUTHERFORD AND SOUTHERN
MCDOWELL COUNTIES THROUGH 430 PM EDT...
AT 346 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SUGAR HILL...OR 11 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF MARION...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
THERMAL CITY...
GLENWOOD...
SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.
LAT...LON 3573 8188 3560 8183 3559 8183 3558 8182
3546 8177 3542 8215 3552 8220 3553 8217
3555 8222 3559 8223
07Special weather statement, Sep 1, 3:54 PM EDT, 24 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
354 PM EDT SUN SEP 1 2013
NCZ052-059-063-064-012045-
HAYWOOD-NORTHERN JACKSON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-
354 PM EDT SUN SEP 1 2013
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EASTERN JACKSON...NORTHERN
TRANSYLVANIA AND SOUTHEASTERN HAYWOOD COUNTIES THROUGH 445 PM EDT...
AT 350 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES EAST OF TUCKASEGEE...OR 11 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF SYLVA...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.
LAT...LON 3542 8274 3539 8271 3518 8268 3518 8315
3536 8317
07Local storm report, Sep 1, 4:13 PM EDT, 5 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
413 PM EDT SUN SEP 01 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0337 PM TSTM WND DMG 4 NW LOVE VALLEY 36.03N 81.04W
09/01/2013 ALEXANDER NC 911 CALL CENTER
FIVE TREES AND 3 POWER LINES DOWN ALONG LINNEYS MILL
ROAD.
&&
MCAVOYLocal storm report, Sep 1, 4:16 PM EDT, 2 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
416 PM EDT SUN SEP 01 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0403 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 ESE ENOREE 34.65N 81.95W
09/01/2013 SPARTANBURG SC LAW ENFORCEMENT
SCHP REPORTS TREE DOWN ALONG HWY 221
&&
CSHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31, 9:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Macon | 43 min |
| Sep 1, 11:06 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Mitchell | 24 min |
| Sep 1, 2:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | McDowell | 49 min |
| Sep 1, 3:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Alexander | 44 min |
| Sep 1, 3:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Alexander, Caldwell, Catawba, Iredell | 55 min |
| Sep 1, 3:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Henderson | 51 min |
| Sep 1, 3:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Burke, Caldwell, McDowell | 57 min |
| Sep 1, 3:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Iredell | 43 min |
| Sep 1, 3:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | McDowell | 40 min |
| Sep 1, 3:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Jackson, Transylvania | 51 min |
| Sep 1, 4:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Alexander, Burke, Caldwell, Catawba, Iredell, McDowell | 53 min |
| Sep 1, 4:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Burke, Cleveland, McDowell, Rutherford | 58 min |
| Sep 1, 4:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Davie | 43 min |
| Sep 1, 4:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Alexander, Catawba, Davie, Iredell, Rowan | 57 min |
| Sep 1, 4:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Henderson, Polk, Rutherford | 52 min |
| Sep 1, 4:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cleveland, Lincoln, Rutherford | 64 min |
| Sep 1, 4:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Henderson | 31 min |
| Sep 1, 5:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cleveland, Gaston, Lincoln | 57 min |
| Sep 1, 5:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Buncombe, Henderson, McDowell, Polk, Rutherford | 62 min |
| Sep 1, 5:26 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Henderson, Polk, Rutherford | 3 hr |
| Sep 1, 5:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cleveland | 52 min |
| Sep 1, 5:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Iredell, Mecklenburg, Rowan | 54 min |
| Sep 1, 6:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Gaston, Mecklenburg | 48 min |
| Sep 1, 6:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Gaston | 51 min |
| Sep 1, 7:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Union | 57 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.