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Areal Flood Warning 13, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

September 13, 2014Burke County, North Carolina

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.

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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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 00:00Z on 2014-09-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1 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 00:00Z on 2014-09-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 32 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
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

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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, Sep 12, 4:46 PM EDT, 10 hours 15 minutes before
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.

&&

LANE
Local 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.

&&

07
Local 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.

&&

07
Local 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.

&&

07
Special weather statement, Sep 13, 2:27 AM EDT, 34 minutes before
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Local storm report, Sep 13, 2:33 AM EDT, 28 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 12, 8:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPMecklenburg32 min
Sep 12, 8:23 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPMecklenburg2 hr
Sep 12, 8:32 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPMcDowell3 hr
Sep 12, 8:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPBurke51 min
Sep 12, 8:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPBuncombe45 min
Sep 12, 8:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCaldwell66 min
Sep 12, 9:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCleveland45 min
Sep 12, 9:05 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPBuncombe115 min
Sep 12, 9:11 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPBurke, Caldwell3 hr
Sep 12, 9:41 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningGSPAvery, Burke, Caldwell3 hr
Sep 12, 9:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPLincoln39 min
Sep 12, 11:55 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPCleveland, Rutherford3 hr
Sep 13, 12:17 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningGSPBurke, Catawba, Cleveland, Lincoln, McDowell, Rutherford3 hr
Sep 13, 12:24 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningGSPAvery, Burke, Caldwell3 hr
Sep 13, 1:05 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPAlexander, Burke, Caldwell, Catawba, Iredell, Lincoln115 min
Sep 13, 2:27 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCabarrus, Davie, Iredell, Rowan93 min
Sep 13, 3:07 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPCatawba, Lincoln113 min
Sep 13, 4:44 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPMecklenburg46 min
Sep 13, 5:15 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPLincoln75 min
Sep 13, 5:27 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPRowan48 min
Sep 13, 6:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPUnion49 min
Sep 13, 7:30 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPUnion3 hr
Sep 13, 7:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPMecklenburg, Union52 min
Sep 12, 9:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPAbbeville61 min
Sep 12, 9:28 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPAbbeville3 hr
Sep 13, 3:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPSpartanburg62 min
Sep 13, 3:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPOconee57 min
Sep 13, 4:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPAnderson48 min
Sep 13, 4:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPPickens64 min
Sep 13, 4:51 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPPickens2 hr
Sep 13, 4:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPAnderson36 min
Sep 13, 5:07 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPAnderson113 min
Sep 13, 5:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPAbbeville, Anderson61 min
Sep 13, 5:19 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningGSPAnderson3 hr
Sep 13, 5:24 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPAbbeville, Anderson96 min
Sep 13, 5:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPGreenwood60 min
Sep 13, 6:06 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningGSPAbbeville, Greenwood, Laurens3 hr
Sep 13, 6:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPChester45 min
Sep 13, 7:22 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPChester, Laurens, Union, York98 min
Sep 13, 4:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPElbert, Hart65 min
Sep 13, 7:58 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPHabersham, Stephens2 hr

Nearby

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.