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Flash Flood Warning 12, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this flash flood warning at Jun 29, 2014, 3:16 AM EDT for Polk County, Rutherford County, North Carolina. It was in force for 4 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
- Jun 29, 2014, 3:16 AM EDT (07:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 29, 2014, 7:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Polk County, NC, Rutherford County, NC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:17 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 4:00 AM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 6 Ene Lake Lure, NC | ANTIOCH ROAD CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING FROM CEDAR 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 2 storm reports 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 00:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 217 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
- 110 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1229 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -12 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
053
WGUS52 KGSP 290716
FFWGSP
NCC149-161-291100-
/O.NEW.KGSP.FF.W.0012.140629T0716Z-140629T1100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
316 AM EDT SUN JUN 29 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
POLK COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
WESTERN RUTHERFORD COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 700 AM EDT
* AT 308 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
REDEVELOPING CLUSTER OF HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS POLK AND WESTERN RUTHERFORD COUNTIES...DRIFTING
SLOWLY EAST AT 5 MPH. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING
RAINFALL AT RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR...AND WERE AFFECTING
LOCATIONS THAT HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN EARLIER
THIS MORNING.
* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
COLUMBUS...CHIMNEY ROCK...LAKE ADGER...LAKE LURE...
SPINDALE...THERMAL CITY AND TRYON. FLOODING IS LIKELY TO DEVELOP
ALONG THE BROAD RIVER EAST OF LAKE LURE PARALLEL TO HIGHWAY 64.
EXPECT FLOODING ALONG ANTIOCH ROAD AT CEDAR CREEK IN WESTERN
RUTHERFORD COUNTY NORTHWEST OF SHINGLE HOLLOW...AND ALSO ALONG THE
NORTH PACOLET RIVER...VAUGHN CREEK...AND FORK CREEKS NEAR TRYON IN
COLUMBUS COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT
NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. DO NOT
DRIVE THROUGH ANY FLOODED ROADWAYS...TURN AROUND AND FIND ANOTHER
ROUTE. BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR MUDSLIDES AND OTHER DEBRIS SLIDES
COVERING ROADWAYS. IF FLOODING AFFECTS YOUR LOCATION...SEEK OUT
HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
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 3552 8197 3554 8185 3519 8195 3520 8227
3519 8232 3519 8236 3529 8235 3539 8226
3544 8228 3547 8226 3547 8224 3552 8222
3552 8214 3553 8203 3555 8201
$$
HG1 follow-up statement
187
WGUS72 KGSP 290828
FFSGSP
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
428 AM EDT SUN JUN 29 2014
NCC149-161-291100-
/O.CON.KGSP.FF.W.0012.000000T0000Z-140629T1100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
POLK NC-RUTHERFORD NC-
428 AM EDT SUN JUN 29 2014
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN RUTHERFORD AND
POLK COUNTIES UNTIL 700 AM EDT...
AT 421 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A BROAD AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS...WITH A FEW
EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS...COVERING MUCH OF POLK AND RUTHERFORD
COUNTIES. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL RATES...ESTIMATED AT ONE HALF TO ONE
INCH PER HOUR BY RADAR...WERE AFFECTING THE AREA FROM LAKE LURE TO
SHINGLE HOLLOW IN WESTERN RUTHERFORD COUNTY. THIS AREA HAS ALREADY
RECEIVED FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN EARLIER THIS MORNING...AND ANY
ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL WILL LIKELY CAUSE FLOODING...OR WORSEN
EXISTING FLOODING CONDITIONS.
RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT ARE MOST LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE FLASH
FLOODING INCLUDE...LAKE LURE...SHINGLE HOLLOW...LAKE ADGER...AND
TRYON. FLOODING IS ALSO POSSIBLE FROM COLUMBUS TO GREEN HILL TO
THERMAL CITY. ANTIOCH ROAD WILL LIKELY BE FLOODED FROM CEDAR CREEK
JUST NORTHWEST OF SHINGLE HOLLOW. FLOODING IS ALSO QUITE LIKELY
ALONG COVE CREEK AND ALONG THE BROAD RIVER EAST OF LAKE LURE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLASH FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR
OCCURRING. 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. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO
RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING.
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 3552 8197 3554 8185 3519 8195 3520 8227
3519 8232 3519 8236 3529 8235 3539 8226
3544 8228 3547 8226 3547 8224 3552 8222
3552 8214 3553 8203 3555 8201
$$
HGWhat 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 Jun 29, 1:53 AM EDT, 1 hour 23 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 29, 1:53 AM EDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
153 AM EDT SUN JUN 29 2014
.SYNOPSIS...
OFFSHORE HIGH AND LOW PRESSURE SYSTEMS WILL CONTINUE TO BRING IN
HIGH AMOUNTS OF ATLANTIC MOISTURE...POSSIBLY PRODUCING LOCALIZED
FLOODING EVENTS THROUGH THE LATE WEEKEND. THE WEATHER PATTERN WILL
CHANGE ON MONDAY WITH A TREND BACK TO A TYPICAL SUMMERTIME REGIME
THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK.
&&
.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/...
AS OF 140 AM EDT...THE BEST CONVECTIVE COVERAGE EARLY THIS MORNING
HAS FANNED OUT ALONG AND JUST EAST OF THE IMMEDIATE BLUE RIDGE IN
DEEP LAYER SE UPSLOPE FLOW. THE KGSP VAD WIND PROFILE HAS STARTED TO
INDICATE SOME VEERING OF FLOW TO S OR SW IN THE 4000 TO 7000 FT
LAYER...THOUGH BOUNDARY LAYER WINDS ARE LIKELY TO REMAIN SE THROUGH
THE MORNING HOURS TO RETAIN SOME SE UPSLOPE COMPONENT FOR CONTINUED
TRIGGERING. MEANWHILE...THE H5 RIDGE ALOFT WILL START TO BREAK DOWN
FROM THE W TODAY AND CONTINUE TO SEE HEIGHT FALLS THROUGH TONIGHT.
THIS WILL ALLOW STEERING FLOW TO ACQUIRE MORE OF A WESTERLY
DIRECTION...RELIEVING SOME OF THE HIGHER HYDRO THREAT ALONG THE BLUE
RIDGE. HOWEVER...PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES AT OR ABOVE 1.8 INCHES
ALONG AND EAST OF THE BLUE RIDGE WILL KEEP A LOCALIZED HEAVY
RAINFALL THREAT GOING TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING. IT WILL BECOME
INCREASINGLY HARD TO PIN DOWN THE LOCATION OF ANY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL
WITH THE GRADUAL LOSS OF THE SE UPSLOPE FLOW...SO NO FLASH FLOOD
WATCH WILL BE ADVERTISED AT THIS POINT. IN ADDITION...SW SECTIONS OF
THE FORECAST AREA WILL BECOME THE MOST UNSTABLE LATE THIS AFTN. THE
COMBINATION OF IMPROVED INSTABILITY...STEEPER LAPSE RATES
ALOFT...AND WEAK SW UPSLOPE FORCING COULD YIELD SOME STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS IN THAT AREA. WILL FEATURE MAX TEMPS A FEW DEGREES
BELOW MOS GIVEN THE CLOUD COVER.
THE H5 RIDGE WILL CONTINUE TO BREAK DOWN THROUGH TONIGHT...ALLOWING
A MORE ZONAL FLOW PATTERN TO RESULT. 850 MB FLOW WILL LIKELY BECOME
LIGHT WESTERLY...WITH NOCTURNAL SHRA/TSRA COVERAGE LESS THAN IN
PREVIOUS NIGHTS. EXPECT CONTINUED MILD MIN TEMPS AT LEAST A CATEGORY
ABOVE NORMAL.
&&
.SHORT TERM /MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/...
AT 230 PM EDT SATURDAY...A POSITIVELY TILTED UPPER RIDGE WILL SLOWLY
CROSS THE NORTHEAST COAST FROM SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY....WHILE
A WEAK UPPER LOW DRIFTS ABOUT OFF THE SC/GA/FL COAST. THE MODEL SHOW
A SLOW MOVING UPPER IMPULSE CROSSING THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS
DURING THIS TIME. MEANWHILE...SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL DRIFT
SLOWLY OFF THE EAST COAST....BUT WILL MAINTAIN ENOUGH OF A FOOTHOLD
TO KEEP MOISTURE BANKED UP AGAINST THE MOUNTAINS...WITH A WEAK
EASTERLY WIND COMPONENT ON MONDAY. LOW LEVEL FLOW BECOMES VERY LIGHT
DOWNSLOPE BY TUESDAY. THIS SETUP WILL INITIALLY FAVOR THE GREATEST
POPS ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE...ALTHOUGH MOISTURE WILL BE SUFFICIENT FOR
PRECIPITATION ANYWHERE IN THE AREA. AS THE UPPER IMPULSE MOVES EAST
ON TUESDAY...CONVECTIVE CHANCES ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE EAST OF THE
BLUE RIDGE. DAYTIME INSTABILITY WILL BE SUFFICIENT FOR CONVECTION
BOTH DAYS. WEAK SOUTHEASTERLY STEERING FLOW ON MONDAY WILL MAKE FOR
SLOW MOVING CELLS...AND WITH A LIGHT UPSLOPE FLOW...LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE. STEERING FLOW REMAINS WEAK ON TUESDAY...
BUT WITH UPSLOPE FLOW DIMINISHED EAST THE TN BORDER. THE MODELS SHOW
A SURFACE LOW OFF THE SC/GA/SC COAST THAT IS BEING MONITORED BY NHC
FOR POSSIBLE TROPICAL DEVELOPMENT. TEMPERATURES WILL RUN NEAR NORMAL
ON MONDAY...AND SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL ON TUESDAY.
&&
.LONG TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/...
AS OF 130 PM EDT SATURDAY...MODELS ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT ON A
PROGRESSIVE UPPER TROF SWINGING THRU THE UPPER MIDWEST TO THE GREAT
LAKES...HELPING BREAK DOWN THE RIDGE ALONG THE EAST COAST BY THE END
OF THE NEXT WORKWEEK. THIS TROF WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY A SFC COLD
FRONT...WHICH IS EXPECTED TO REACH THE APPALACHIAN CHAIN BY
THURSDAY. THE LLVL FLOW LOOKS TO REMAIN RATHER WEAK AHEAD OF THE
FRONT. EXPECT HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS WITH ISOLD TO SCATTERED
DIURNALLY-DRIVEN CONVECTION. THERE WILL PROBABLY BE ENHANCED
CONVECTIVE COVERAGE AND INTENSITY JUST AHEAD OF THE FRONT...AS BOTH
THE GFS AND ECMWF SHOW POOLING MOISTURE AND HIGH SBCAPE WITHIN THE
WARM SECTOR AIR MASS. SYNOPTIC FORCING NEVER GETS ALL THAT
IMPRESSIVE...EVEN WITH THE HEIGHT FALLS. SO WILL HAVE TO WAIT AND
SEE IF ANY MESOSCALE VORT MAXES/MCV MAY CROSS DURING OPTIMAL
DAYTIME HEATING.
ANOTHER FEATURE TO WATCH IN THE MEDIUM RANGE IS THE TROPICAL
WAVE/LOW OFF THE SC COAST. THIS SYSTEM STILL HAS BELOW AVERAGE
PREDICTABILITY. HOWEVER...THE OP MODELS GENERALLY AGREE THAT THE LOW
WILL LIKELY BE PICKED UP BY THE EASTERN CONUS TROF AND REMAIN OFF
THE COAST AS IT LIFTS NE. HOWEVER...THE 00Z GFS ENS MEMBERS
GENERALLY HAVE THE LOW DRIFT WEST INTO FL...THEN GET ABSORBED BY THE
FRONTAL ZONE WED-THU. IN ANY CASE...UNLESS THE SYSTEM STRENGTHENS
MUCH MORE THAN CURRENTLY EXPECTED...OR TRACKS FURTHER WEST BEFORE
LIFTING NE...WE ARE NOT EXPECTING ANY DIRECT IMPACTS FROM THE SYSTEM
OR ITS MOISTURE.
TEMPS WILL BE ABOVE NORMAL WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY AHEAD OF THE
FRONT...THEN NEAR NORMAL BEHIND THE FRONT FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. POPS
A BIT HIGHER THAN MID SUMMER CLIMO...SOLID CHC WEDNESDAY AND
THURSDAY OWING TO FALLING HEIGHTS ALOFT AND HIGH INSTBY BOTH DAYS.
THEN GENERALLY SLGT CHC TO LOW-END CHC POP FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.
&&
.AVIATION /06Z SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/...
AT KCLT...ALL EARLY MORNING CONVECTION HAS BEEN FOCUSED NEAR THE
HIGHER TERRAIN IN THE UPSLOPE FLOW...GENERALLY STAYING WELL WEST OF
KCLT. HOWEVER...A SLIGHT WESTERLY STEERING FLOW COULD BRING THIS EWD
ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS THROUGH DAYBREAK...BUT PROBABLY NOT AS FAR AS
THE PIEDMONT. THE MAIN ISSUE WILL THUS BE DEVELOPING MVFR CIGS IN
THE LOW LEVEL MOISTURE. IN ADDITION...LIGHT WINDS MAY TOGGLE BETWEEN
ENE AND ESE AT TIMES THROUGH THE PERIOD. DIURNAL SHRA/TSRA CHANCES
INCREASE AGAIN MAINLY AFTER 18Z WITH WEAK HEATING. WILL KEEP PRECIP
MENTION AT VCSH WITH PROB TSRA 19Z TO 23Z.
ELSEWHERE...MOIST CONVECTION IS FOCUSED MAINLY ALONG AND JUST EAST
OF THE BLUE RIDGE...GENERALLY KEEPING THE TAF LOCATIONS DRY THIS
MORNING. KAVL TO KHKY WILL HAVE THE BEST CHANCE OF SHRA/TSRA THROUGH
DAYBREAK...BUT WILL ONLY FEATURE SHRA IN THE TAF GIVEN THE WANING
NOCTURNAL INSTABILITY. WILL MENTION VCSH AT THE SC TAF SITES AS
SHOWERS COULD WOBBLE WESTWARD AS THE DEEP LAYER STEERING FLOW VEERS.
EXPECT MAINLY MVFR CIGS DEVELOPING EXCEPT FOR IFR AT KAVL AND A
NARROW WINDOW OF POSSIBLE IFR CIGS IN THE UPSTATE TOWARD DAYBREAK.
SHRA AND TSRA COVERAGE WILL INCREASE AGAIN THIS AFTN/EVENING.
COVERAGE SHOULD BE BEST AT KAVL...WITH ONLY A VCTS OR PROB30 MENTION
AT THE FOOTHILL SITES AFTER 19Z.
OUTLOOK...LINGERING LOW LEVEL MOISTURE COULD RESULT IN LOW CLOUD
RESTRICTIONS AGAIN LATE TONIGHT/MON MORNING. THE EASTERLY FLOW
AROUND HIGH PRES WILL BREAK DOWN ON MONDAY...WITH A RETURN TO MORE
TYPICAL SUMMERTIME CONDITIONS.
CONFIDENCE TABLE...
06-12Z 12-18Z 18-24Z 00-06Z
KCLT HIGH 85% HIGH 83% HIGH 100% HIGH 100%
KGSP MED 78% MED 72% HIGH 85% HIGH 100%
KAVL MED 78% MED 78% MED 76% MED 79%
KHKY HIGH 88% MED 77% HIGH 86% HIGH 100%
KGMU HIGH 81% MED 69% HIGH 100% HIGH 100%
KAND MED 79% MED 68% HIGH 100% 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...ARK/HG
NEAR TERM...HG
SHORT TERM...JAT
LONG TERM...ARK
AVIATION...HGHazardous weather outlook, Jun 28, 10:48 PM EDT, 4 hours 28 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1048 PM EDT SAT JUN 28 2014 NCZ033-049-050-501-503-505>507-300300- AVERY-YANCEY-MITCHELL-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-BURKE MOUNTAINS- MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-EASTERN MCDOWELL-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS- 1048 PM EDT SAT JUN 28 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. NUMEROUS TO WIDESPREAD SHOWERS WITH OCCASIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS ACROSS THE EASTERN BLUE RIDGE ESCARPMENT...ESPECIALLY NEAR AND NORTH OF I-40. PERSISTENCE OF THE SHOWERS...SOME OF WHICH WILL PRODUCE TORRENTIAL RAINFALL COULD RESULT IN LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE FOOTHILLS...AS WELL AS ALONG AND NEAR THE CREST OF THE BLUE RIDGE. IN ADDITION...OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING MAY ALSO OCCUR. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. ..SUNDAY...HEAVY RAIN WITH FLOODING POSSIBLE. ..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. ..FRIDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE. GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ035>037-048-051>053-056>059-062>065- 068>072-082-502-504-508>510-SCZ001>014-019-300300- RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-ALEXANDER-IREDELL- DAVIE-MADISON-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-GRAHAM- NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON- CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC- GREATER CALDWELL-GREATER BURKE-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- 1048 PM EDT SAT JUN 28 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COULD DEVELOP AT ANY TIME OVERNIGHT ACROSS THE REGION. OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREATS. LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING IS NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION NEAR THE BLUE RIDGE ESCARPMENT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. ..SUNDAY...HEAVY RAIN WITH FLOODING POSSIBLE. ..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. ..FRIDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... NONE. LANE
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 28, 10:56 PM EDT, 4 hours 20 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1056 PM EDT SAT JUN 28 2014
NCZ033-049-050-053-065-501-503>510-290345-
AVERY-BUNCOMBE-BURKE MOUNTAINS-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-EASTERN
MCDOWELL-EASTERN POLK-GREATER BURKE-GREATER
RUTHERFORD-HENDERSON-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-MITCHELL-POLK
MOUNTAINS-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-YANCEY-
1056 PM EDT SAT JUN 28 2014
...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT WESTERN BURKE...
NORTHWESTERN CALDWELL...RUTHERFORD...POLK...MCDOWELL...SOUTHEASTERN
YANCEY...EASTERN MITCHELL...EASTERN HENDERSON...SOUTHEASTERN
BUNCOMBE AND AVERY COUNTIES THROUGH 1145 PM EDT...
AT 1055 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED
SCATTERED SHOWERS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE
ESCARPMENT FROM BURKE COUNTY SOUTHWARD TO EXTREME NORTHERN POLK
COUNTY. THE SHOWERS ARE NEARLY STATIONARY.
THESE STORMS WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
EDGEMONT...
JONAS RIDGE...
ASHFORD...
OLD FORT...
LAKE LURE.
BE ALERT FOR EXCESSIVE RAINFALL DURING THE OVERNIGHT AND EARLY
MORNING HOURS ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE ESCARPMENT. HEAVY RAINS MAY
FLOOD AREAS WITH POOR DRAINAGE...SUCH AS DITCHES AND UNDERPASSES.
AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS. WATER LEVELS OF
SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS MAY ALSO RISE RAPIDLY. SEEK HIGHER GROUND
IF THREATENED BY FLOOD WATERS.
LAT...LON 3606 8162 3594 8165 3589 8173 3586 8168
3518 8188 3521 8250 3611 8212 3613 8204
3617 8200
LGLSpecial weather statement, Jun 28, 11:01 PM EDT, 4 hours 15 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1101 PM EDT SAT JUN 28 2014
NCZ063>065-SCZ001>003-290400-
GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-HENDERSON-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS
MOUNTAINS-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-
1101 PM EDT SAT JUN 28 2014
...SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL
AFFECT NORTHERN PICKENS...NORTH CENTRAL OCONEE...NORTHWESTERN
GREENVILLE...EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL JACKSON...SOUTHERN TRANSYLVANIA
AND SOUTH CENTRAL HENDERSON COUNTIES THROUGH MIDNIGHT EDT...
AT 1101 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SHOWERS AND POSSIBLY A THUNDERSTORM NEAR ROCKY BOTTOM...OR 12 MILES
SOUTH OF BREVARD ALONG THE NORTH CAROLINA AND SOUTH CAROLINA BORDER.
THIS STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.
THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
ROCKY BOTTOM...
BE ALERT FOR EXCESSIVE RAINFALL AND HIGH WATER LEVELS IN SMALL
STREAMS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS DURING THE LATE NIGHT AND EARLY
MORNING HOURS.
LAT...LON 3531 8246 3500 8259 3486 8304 3499 8311
3499 8310 3500 8311 3504 8313
LGLSpecial weather statement, Jun 28, 11:56 PM EDT, 3 hours 20 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1156 PM EDT SAT JUN 28 2014
NCZ033-049-050-053-065-501-503>510-290515-
AVERY-BUNCOMBE-BURKE MOUNTAINS-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-EASTERN
MCDOWELL-EASTERN POLK-GREATER BURKE-GREATER
RUTHERFORD-HENDERSON-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-MITCHELL-POLK
MOUNTAINS-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-YANCEY-
1156 PM EDT SAT JUN 28 2014
...HEAVY RAINFALL WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN BURKE...WEST CENTRAL
CALDWELL...NORTHWESTERN RUTHERFORD...POLK...MCDOWELL...SOUTHEASTERN
YANCEY...EASTERN MITCHELL...EASTERN HENDERSON...SOUTHEASTERN BUNCOMBE
AND SOUTHERN AVERY COUNTIES THROUGH 115 AM EDT...
AT 1148 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
HEAVY RAINFALL ASSOCIATED WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM ASHFORD TO TRYON. THESE SHOWERS AND STORMS WERE
NEARLY STATIONARY.
THESE STORMS WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
ASHFORD...
CHIMNEY ROCK...
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.
HEAVY RAINS MAY FLOOD AREAS WITH POOR DRAINAGE...SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS. WATER
LEVELS OF SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS MAY ALSO RISE RAPIDLY. SEEK HIGHER
GROUND IF THREATENED BY FLOOD WATERS.
LAT...LON 3602 8170 3520 8215 3522 8249 3611 8212
3611 8208 3613 8205
KRENTZSpecial weather statement, Jun 29, 2:16 AM EDT, 1 hour before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
216 AM EDT SUN JUN 29 2014
NCZ510-SCZ003-007-290700-
EASTERN POLK-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-SPARTANBURG-
216 AM EDT SUN JUN 29 2014
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAINFALL WILL AFFECT
NORTHEASTERN GREENVILLE...SOUTHEASTERN POLK AND NORTHWESTERN
SPARTANBURG COUNTIES THROUGH 300 AM EDT...
AT 212 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR LANDRUM...OR 6 MILES SOUTH OF COLUMBUS...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
TRYON...
LANDRUM...
COLUMBUS...
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
HEAVY RAINS MAY FLOOD AREAS WITH POOR DRAINAGE...SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS. WATER
LEVELS OF SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS MAY ALSO RISE RAPIDLY. SEEK HIGHER
GROUND IF THREATENED BY FLOOD WATERS.
LAT...LON 3536 8209 3514 8194 3505 8222 3506 8222
3505 8226 3519 8236 3519 8232 3520 8229
3520 8226 3525 8227
KRENTZLocal storm report, Jun 29, 2:23 AM EDT, 53 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
223 AM EDT SUN JUN 29 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0200 AM DEBRIS FLOW 1 E LAKE LURE 35.44N 82.19W
06/29/2014 RUTHERFORD NC COUNTY OFFICIAL
COUNTY AND LAKE LURE FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORT MUDSLIDE
REQUIRING CLOSURE OF BUFFALO SHOALS ROAD.
&&
HGThe office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 28, 10:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Avery, McDowell, Polk, Rutherford | 49 min |
| Jun 28, 11:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Transylvania | 59 min |
| Jun 28, 11:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Avery, McDowell, Polk | 79 min |
| Jun 29, 12:28 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Polk, Rutherford | 2 hr |
| Jun 29, 2:16 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Polk | 44 min |
| Jun 29, 3:34 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Burke, Caldwell, McDowell | 3 hr |
| Jun 29, 3:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Graham | 40 min |
| Jun 29, 4:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Jackson | 33 min |
| Jun 29, 4:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Macon | 39 min |
| Jun 29, 4:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Macon | 29 min |
| Jun 29, 4:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Buncombe, Madison | 42 min |
| Jun 29, 5:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Jackson | 47 min |
| Jun 29, 5:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Buncombe, Madison, Yancey | 42 min |
| Jun 29, 5:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Buncombe, Henderson | 46 min |
| Jun 29, 6:52 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Buncombe, Henderson, McDowell, Mitchell, Rutherford, Yancey | 2 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.