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Areal Flood Warning 13, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this areal flood warning at Sep 13, 2014, 3:01 AM EDT for Burke County, North Carolina. It was in force for 2 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 13, 2014, 3:01 AM EDT (07:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 13, 2014, 5:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Burke County, NC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:03 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 00:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 167 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -116 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 796 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 98 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this areal 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 areal flood warning went out at Sep 13, 2:15 AM EDT, 46 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 13, 2:15 AM EDT, 46 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 446 PM EDT FRI SEP 12 2014 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065- 068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-132100- 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- 446 PM EDT FRI SEP 12 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. A COLD FRONT WILL REMAIN ALMOST STATIONARY ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA THROUGH TONIGHT. A VERY MOIST AIR MASS WILL INTERACT WITH THE FRONT TO PRODUCE NUMEROUS TO WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING...AND CONTINUING OVERNIGHT. CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...POSSIBLY EXCESSIVE...WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THE STORMS AND COULD RESULT IN ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING. THIS WILL BE ESPECIALLY POSSIBLE NEAR THE FRONT...WHERE SEVERAL HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COULD MOVE ACROSS THE SAME LOCATION IN SUCCESSION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. ..SATURDAY...HEAVY RAIN WITH FLASH FLOODING POSSIBLE. THE THREAT FOR HEAVY RAIN AND LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY. ..SUNDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ..MONDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ..TUESDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ..WEDNESDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ..THURSDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... NONE. PM
In the hours before
Local storm report, Sep 12, 11:13 PM EDT, 3 hours 48 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1113 PM EDT FRI SEP 12 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1000 PM HEAVY RAIN CANDLER 35.54N 82.69W
09/12/2014 M4.42 INCH BUNCOMBE NC TRAINED SPOTTER
FELL BETWEEN 7 AND 10 PM...ABOUT 1.5 INCHES FELL IN THE
FIRST HALF HOUR.
&&
LANELocal storm report, Sep 12, 11:19 PM EDT, 3 hours 42 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1119 PM EDT FRI SEP 12 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1056 PM FLASH FLOOD 3 SE MORGANTON 35.71N 81.67W
09/12/2014 BURKE NC COUNTY OFFICIAL
OLD COLONY RD AT FIDDLERS CREEK FLOODED.
&&
07Local storm report, Sep 12, 11:39 PM EDT, 3 hours 22 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1139 PM EDT FRI SEP 12 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1030 PM DEBRIS FLOW 5 SSE MORGANTON 35.68N 81.67W
09/12/2014 BURKE NC COUNTY OFFICIAL
DEBRIS FLOW AT 1783 ENOLA RD.
&&
07Local storm report, Sep 12, 11:57 PM EDT, 3 hours 4 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1157 PM EDT FRI SEP 12 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1154 PM FLASH FLOOD 2 E MORGANTON 35.74N 81.66W
09/12/2014 BURKE NC COUNTY OFFICIAL
BETHEL RD CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING.
&&
07Special weather statement, Sep 13, 2:27 AM EDT, 34 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 12, 8:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Mecklenburg | 32 min |
| Sep 12, 8:23 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Mecklenburg | 2 hr |
| Sep 12, 8:32 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | McDowell | 3 hr |
| Sep 12, 8:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Burke | 51 min |
| Sep 12, 8:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Buncombe | 45 min |
| Sep 12, 8:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Caldwell | 66 min |
| Sep 12, 9:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cleveland | 45 min |
| Sep 12, 9:05 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Buncombe | 115 min |
| Sep 12, 9:11 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Burke, Caldwell | 3 hr |
| Sep 12, 9:41 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Avery, Burke, Caldwell | 3 hr |
| Sep 12, 9:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Lincoln | 39 min |
| Sep 12, 11:55 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Cleveland, Rutherford | 3 hr |
| Sep 13, 12:17 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Burke, Catawba, Cleveland, Lincoln, McDowell, Rutherford | 3 hr |
| Sep 13, 12:24 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | GSP | Avery, Burke, Caldwell | 3 hr |
| Sep 13, 1:05 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Alexander, Burke, Caldwell, Catawba, Iredell, Lincoln | 115 min |
| Sep 13, 2:27 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cabarrus, Davie, Iredell, Rowan | 93 min |
| Sep 13, 3:07 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Catawba, Lincoln | 113 min |
| Sep 13, 4:44 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Mecklenburg | 46 min |
| Sep 13, 5:15 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Lincoln | 75 min |
| Sep 13, 5:27 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Rowan | 48 min |
| Sep 13, 6:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Union | 49 min |
| Sep 13, 7:30 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Union | 3 hr |
| Sep 13, 7:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Mecklenburg, Union | 52 min |
| Sep 12, 9:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Abbeville | 61 min |
| Sep 12, 9:28 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Abbeville | 3 hr |
| Sep 13, 3:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Spartanburg | 62 min |
| Sep 13, 3:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Oconee | 57 min |
| Sep 13, 4:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Anderson | 48 min |
| Sep 13, 4:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Pickens | 64 min |
| Sep 13, 4:51 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Pickens | 2 hr |
| Sep 13, 4:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Anderson | 36 min |
| Sep 13, 5:07 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Anderson | 113 min |
| Sep 13, 5:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Abbeville, Anderson | 61 min |
| Sep 13, 5:19 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Anderson | 3 hr |
| Sep 13, 5:24 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Abbeville, Anderson | 96 min |
| Sep 13, 5:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Greenwood | 60 min |
| Sep 13, 6:06 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Abbeville, Greenwood, Laurens | 3 hr |
| Sep 13, 6:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Chester | 45 min |
| Sep 13, 7:22 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Chester, Laurens, Union, York | 98 min |
| Sep 13, 4:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Elbert, Hart | 65 min |
| Sep 13, 7:58 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Habersham, Stephens | 2 hr |
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Areal Flood Warnings in North Carolina, 2014Every areal flood warning in 2014
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.