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Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

January 11, 2014Cabarrus County, Mecklenburg County, Union County, North Carolina; York County, South Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this flash flood warning at Jan 11, 2014, 10:15 AM EST for Cabarrus County, Mecklenburg County, Union County, North Carolina; York County, South Carolina. It was in force for 6 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
Jan 11, 2014, 10:15 AM EST (15:15 UTC)
Expired
Jan 11, 2014, 4:00 PM EST
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Cabarrus County, NC, Mecklenburg County, NC, Union County, NC, York County, SC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 135 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:16 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jan 11, 3:33 PM ESTFLASH FLOOD3 Wnw Harrisburg, NCMALLARD CREEK BELOW STONEY CREEK NEAR HARRISBURG REACHED A FLOOD STAGE OF 12 FEET AT 333 PM THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THE CREEK CRESTED AT 12.11 FEET AT 415 PM BEFORE BEGINNING TO FALL AND WENT BELOW FLOOD STAGE AT 543 PM.

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 318 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, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 124 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 2014-01-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 35 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 2014-01-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 361 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
35 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-173 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
419 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
59 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
361 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
406 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.4

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The text

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

104 
WGUS52 KGSP 111515
FFWGSP
NCC025-119-179-SCC091-112100-
/O.NEW.KGSP.FF.W.0003.140111T1515Z-140111T2100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1015 AM EST SAT JAN 11 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CABARRUS COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
  MECKLENBURG COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
  NORTH CENTRAL UNION COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
  NORTHEASTERN YORK COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...

* UNTIL 400 PM EST

* AT 1010 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR            
  INDICATED ANOTHER AREA OF SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY      
  HEAVY RAINFALL APPROACHING THE WARNED AREA. HEAVY RAIN THAT FELL   
  EARLIER HAS CAUSED MOST STREAMS AND RIVERS TO RISE TO BANKFULL AND 
  THIS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL LIKELY TAKE THE STREAM ABOVE 
  BANKFULL AND CAUSE FLOODING. 

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
  OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  CENTER CITY CHARLOTTE...CONCORD...UNC CHARLOTTE...CAROWINDS...
  CATAWBA STATION...CHARLOTTE MOTOR SPEEDWAY...CORNELIUS...
  DAVIDSON...EASTLAND MALL...FAIRVIEW...FREEDOM PARK...HARRISBURG...
  HEMBY BRIDGE...HIDDEN VALLEY...HUNTERSVILLE...I-77 AT I-85...I-85
  AT FREEDOM DRIVE...I-85 AT HIGHWAY 73...KANNAPOLIS...LAKE PARK...
  LAKE WYLIE...MATTHEWS...MCALPINE CREEK PARK...MCGUIRE STATION...
  MIDLAND...MINT HILL...MOUNT PLEASANT...NORTHLAKE MALL...PAW CREEK
  AND PINEVILLE.

 MALLARD CREEK IS RIGHT AT BANKFULL AND IS STILL RISING. OTHER      
 CREEKS SUCH AS SUGAR AND STEWART HAVE CRESTED JUST BELOW BANKFULL   
 BUT WILL QUICKLY RISE TO ABOVE BANKFULL FLOODING ROADS AND PROPERTY 
 WITH THE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...
COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND
OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO 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 3519 8050 3517 8046 3508 8049 3504 8088
      3505 8089 3504 8090 3501 8108 3515 8105
      3517 8100 3530 8101 3535 8097 3536 8092
      3537 8099 3539 8096 3549 8095 3551 8092
      3550 8046 3536 8039

$$

PT
1 follow-up statement
274 
WGUS72 KGSP 111635
FFSGSP

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1135 AM EST SAT JAN 11 2014

NCC025-119-179-SCC091-112100-
/O.CON.KGSP.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140111T2100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CABARRUS NC-MECKLENBURG NC-UNION NC-YORK SC-
1135 AM EST SAT JAN 11 2014

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL UNION...
MECKLENBURG AND CABARRUS COUNTIES IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH
CAROLINA...AND NORTHEASTERN YORK COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA
UNTIL 400 PM EST...

AT 1129 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL MOVING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.
AUTOMATED GAGES INDICATE RAINFALL UP TO ONE HALF INCH AN HOUR CAN BE 
EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS. 

RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
CENTER CITY CHARLOTTE...CONCORD...UNC CHARLOTTE...CAROWINDS...CATAWBA
STATION...CHARLOTTE MOTOR SPEEDWAY...CORNELIUS...DAVIDSON...EASTLAND
MALL...FAIRVIEW...FREEDOM PARK...HARRISBURG...HEMBY BRIDGE...HIDDEN
VALLEY...HUNTERSVILLE...I-77 AT I-85...I-85 AT FREEDOM DRIVE...I-85 
AT HIGHWAY 73...KANNAPOLIS...PLEASANT...NORTHLAKE MALL...PAW CREEK 
AND PINEVILLE.

RIVERS AND STREAMS ARE NEAR OR AT BANKFULL NOW AND WITH THE 
ADDITIONAL RAIN MOVING INTO THE AREA THIS WILL LIKELY CAUSE THE 
CREEKS TO GO ABOVE BANKFULL. MALLARD CREEK AND BRIAR CREEKS WILL 
LIKELY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS NEAR THEM.  

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS
AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS
AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING
AREAS ARE ALSO SUBJECT TO 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 3519 8050 3517 8046 3508 8049 3504 8088
      3505 8089 3504 8090 3501 8108 3515 8105
      3517 8100 3530 8101 3535 8097 3536 8092
      3537 8099 3539 8096 3549 8095 3551 8092
      3550 8046 3536 8039

$$

PT

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 Jan 11, 6:54 AM EST, 3 hours 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 11, 6:54 AM EST, 3 hours 21 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
654 AM EST SAT JAN 11 2014

.SYNOPSIS...
A COLD FRONT WILL CROSS OUR REGION FROM THE WEST TODAY AND BE WELL
OFF THE CAROLINA COAST BY SUNDAY MORNING.  DRY HIGH PRESSURE WILL BE
IN CONTROL OF OUR WEATHER SUNDAY AND EARLY MONDAY.  SHOWERS WILL
RETURN MONDAY EVENING INTO TUESDAY MORNING AS A WEAK COLD FRONT
PASSES THROUGH.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/...
AS OF 630 AM EST...THE LEAD AREA OF CONVECTION MOVING NWD OVER THE
SHALLOWING CAD LAYER HAS PRODUCED LOCAL ONE HALF TO THREE QUARTER
INCH PER HOUR RAINFALL RATES...AND ASSOCIATED MINOR FLOODING. THIS
REGION OF HEAVIER PRECIP WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NE OVER THE NC
PIEDMONT THROUGH 8 AM. MEANWHILE...RADARS TO THE WEST ARE SHOWING
LINES OF HEAVY PRECIP AHEAD OF THE SFC FRONT MOVING RAPIDLY EWD
THROUGH TN. THIS SHOULD ALLOW THE HEAVY RAINFALL TO REFOCUS A BIT
BACK OVER THE SW MTNS IN UPSLOPE FLOW AND IMPROVING UPPER SUPPORT.
MEANWHILE...THE 850 MB JET HAS INCREASED TO 50 TO 60 KT AND AS
INDICATED ON VAD WIND PROFILES. WINDY CONDITIONS WILL THUS CONTINUE
OVER THE RIDGE TOPS THIS MORNING...WITH THE BEST SHEAR PROFILES
WORKING EAST THROUGH THE DAY. AS THE SHALLOW COLD WEDGE LAYER EAST
OF THE MTNS GETS PINCHED AND ERODES IN INCREASING SOUTHERLY BL
FLOW...ENOUGH OVERLAP OF SHEAR AND CAPE IN SRN/ERN SECTIONS WILL
OCCUR TO SUPPORT AN ISOLD SEVERE WEATHER THREAT. THIS IS MENTIONED
IN THE HWO IN LINE WITH THE SPC SLIGHT RISK AREA. SHERB VALUES
CONTINUE TO SHOW 1+ ALONG AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 77 BY 18Z.

THE COLD FRONT SHOULD MOVE EAST OF THE AREA 21Z TO 00Z JUST AS THE
DEEPER DPVA WITH THE UPPER WAVE SWINGS THROUGH ALONG WITH DRYING.
LAPSE RATES UNDER THE PASSING TROUGH ARE QUITE STEEP TONIGHT...BUT
PROFILES APPEAR TOO DRY FOR PRECIPITATION IN THE COLD ADVECTION
EXCEPT IN THE NC MOUNTAINS WHERE BRIEF NW FLOW MOISTURE WILL OCCUR.
ACCUMULATIONS LESS THAN AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG THE HIGHER
TERRAIN IN THE COLD ADVECTION TONIGHT.

&&

.SHORT TERM /SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/...
AT 230 AM EST SATURDAY...MODELS REMAIN IN GOOD AGREEMENT WITH REGARD
TO OVERALL SYNOPTIC PATTERN AS THE SHORT TERM PERIOD INITIALIZES
SUNDAY MORNING.  DEEP UPPER TROF MOVING THROUGH THE REGION TODAY
WILL BE PUSHING OFFSHORE ALLOWING FOR HEIGHTS TO RISE ACROSS THE
SOUTHEAST.  DEEP LAYER RIDGING WILL STRENGTHEN AND SHIFT EASTWARD
ACROSS THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS DURING THE DAY ON SUNDAY ALLOWING
FOR SUNNY SKIES TO PREVAIL.  WINDS WILL SHIFT SOUTHWESTERLY THROUGH
THE DAY AS THE SURFACE RIDGE MIGRATES EASTWARD WHICH WILL SETUP WARM
RETURN FLOW FROM THE EASTERN GULF.  TEMPERATURES ON SUNDAY AND
MONDAY WILL BE GENERALLY ABOVE NORMAL FOR BOTH DAYTIME HIGHS AND
OVERNIGHT LOWS MONDAY MORNING.

MEANWHILE...ANOTHER UPPER LONGWAVE TROF WILL BE DIGGING OUT ACROSS
THE SOUTHERN PLAINS WHILE WARM ADVECTION RAMPS UP ACROSS THE
SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE DAY MONDAY.  A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL PUSH INTO
THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS MONDAY NIGHT WITH SHOWERS SPREADING ACROSS
THE AREA.  IN RESPONSE...POPS WILL INCREASE TO LIKELY LEVELS LATE IN
THE DAY MONDAY THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS OF TUESDAY MORNING BEFORE
DECREASING THROUGH LATE MORNING HOURS AS THE BOUNDARY PUSHES EAST.
BACK TO THE WEST ALONG THE HIGH TERRAIN...A FEW SNOW SHOWERS COULD
INITIATE AMONGST WEAK WESTERLY UPSLOPE FLOW AS LOW LEVEL MOISTURE
POOLS ALONG THE WESTWARD FACING SLOPES.  THEREFORE KEPT PREVIOUS
FORECAST MENTION OF CHANCES FOR SNOW SHOWERS WITH ACCUMULATIONS
REMAINING GENERALLY LESS THAN AN INCH ALONG THE HIGHER RIDGE TOPS.
CONFIDENCE IN THIS BRIEF UPSLOPE EVENT IS NOT ENTIRELY HIGH AS
MODELS SEEMS TO BE IN DISAGREEMENT WITH REGARDS TO THERMAL
PROFILES.  NAM/GFS HAVE COOLER SOLUTIONS WHILE THE ECMWF IS THE
WARMER OF THE THREE...THEREFORE LIMITED POPS TO LOW END CHANCE
LEVELS.  TEMPERATURES ON TUESDAY WILL NOT SUFFER IN THE WAKE OF THE
WEAK FROPA AS NEAR NORMAL HIGHS WILL PREVAIL.

&&

.LONG TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/...
AS OF 215 AM SAT...THE MEDIUM RANGE MODELS HAVE DIFFERENCES IN
TIMING OF SYSTEMS. AT 00Z WED...THEY ARE IN FAIRLY GOOD AGREEMENT
BUT THEN DIFFER QUITE A LOT LATER IN THE WEEK. A STRONG SHORTWAVE
WILL DROP DOWN FROM THE OHIO AND TENNESSEE VALLEYS TUESDAY EVENING
REACHING THE NC MTNS BY 06Z WED. THICKNESSES PLUG RAPIDLY LATE
TUESDAY NIGHT WITH THE AXIS OF THE TROUGH REACHING OUR AREA WED
MORNING. PRESSURE GRADIENT GREATEST IN THE 12Z TO 18Z TIME WHICH
WILL LEAD TO THE GREATER WIND SPEEDS. LOW LEVEL WIND WILL BE
WESTERLY AT 00Z AHEAD OF THE SHORTWAVE AND THEN SWITCH TO NW AT
SPEEDS OF 15 TO 25KTS AT 850MB THROUGH WED MORNING. CONTINUED NW
INTO WED EVENING BUT 10 TO 20KT WIND AT 850MB. THE STRENGTH OF THE
SHORTWAVE WILL CONTRIBUTE TO SOME LIGHT PRECIP MAKING ITS WAY ACROSS
THE NC FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT...BUT WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO
DOWNSLOPE. SNOW RATES ARE GREATEST WED MORNING AND THEN TAPER OFF
AND END WED EVENING.

HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN FROM THE WEST WED NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY
NIGHT. THERE IS ANOTHER STRONG SHORTWAVE REACHING OUR REGION ON
FRIDAY BUT MOISTURE SEEMS QUITE LIMITED. THE GFS IS MUCH MORE
PROGRESSIVE WITH THIS SHORTWAVE AS IT REACHES THE NC MTNS 12Z FRIDAY
WITH AXIS OVER OUR AREA AT 18Z FRIDAY THEN MOVING IT OFF THE EAST
COAST FRIDAY EVENING. THE ECMWF HAS IT REACHING THE NC MTNS AT 18Z
FRIDAY WITH AXIS OF TROUGH GETTING TO US AT 18Z SATURDAY.

TEMPERATURES WILL BE 5 TO 10 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL THROUGH THE MEDIUM
RANGE PERIOD.

&&

.AVIATION /12Z SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
AT KCLT...LLWS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS AS A STOUT 50
TO 60 KT 850 MB JET MOVES IN ATOP A SHALLOWING COLD WEDGE BOUNDARY
LAYER. WILL NEED TEMPO THUNDER FOR A COUPLE HOURS THIS
MORNING...THEN A RETURN TO CATEGORICAL THUNDER AFTER 17Z WITH THE
MAIN PRE/FRONTAL BAND. CONDITIONS MAY VARY AT TIMES...BUT EXPECT
MOSTLY IFR TO LIFR CONDITIONS UNTIL FROPA. SRLY WINDS WILL BECOME
INCREASINGLY GUSTY THROUGH 21Z AND THEN SHIFT SHARPLY WEST THEN NW
WITH FROPA.

ELSEWHERE...TEMPO MORNING TSTMS WILL GIVE WAY TO BRIEFLY WEAKER
SHOWERS AND THEN ANOTHER ROUND OF FRONTAL TSTMS THROUGH MIDDAY.
EXPECT MAINLY LIFR TO IFR CONDITIONS THROUGHOUT. WILL CONTINUE THE
LLWS MENTION THROUGH THE MORNING AT MOST SITES GIVEN THE STOUT SRLY
JET JUST ABOVE THE COOL STABLE SFC LAYER. SRLY FLOW WILL INCREASE
UNTIL FROPA 17Z TO 20Z...WITH A SHARP SHIFT TO W THEN NW THIS AFTN.
EXPECT CLEARING EAST OF THE MTNS THROUGH TONIGHT...WITH LINGERING NW
FLOW MOISTURE FLIRTING WITH KAVL.

OUTLOOK...DRY HIGH PRES WILL RETURN SUNDAY INTO MONDAY. SWIFTLY
MOVING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEMS MAY THEN BRING UNSETTLED CONDITIONS BACK
INTO THE REGION FROM THE WEST TUE INTO WED.

CONFIDENCE TABLE...

            12-18Z        18-24Z        00-06Z        06-12Z
KCLT       HIGH  83%     MED   78%     HIGH 100%     HIGH 100%
KGSP       HIGH  89%     HIGH  90%     HIGH 100%     HIGH 100%
KAVL       MED   64%     HIGH  90%     HIGH 100%     HIGH 100%
KHKY       HIGH  86%     MED   76%     HIGH 100%     HIGH 100%
KGMU       HIGH  89%     HIGH  91%     HIGH 100%     HIGH 100%
KAND       HIGH  90%     HIGH  92%     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...WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 11 AM EST THIS MORNING FOR NCZ051-052-058-
     059-062-063.
SC...NONE.

&&

SYNOPSIS...DEO
NEAR TERM...HG
SHORT TERM...CDG
LONG TERM...DEO
AVIATION...HG
Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 11, 9:50 AM EST, 25 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
950 AM EST SAT JAN 11 2014

NCZ033-035>037-048>050-056-057-501>506-121500-
AVERY-ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-CATAWBA-ROWAN-
CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-GREATER CALDWELL-BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE-
MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-EASTERN MCDOWELL-
950 AM EST SAT JAN 11 2014

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

NUMEROUS SHOWERS WILL AFFECT THE REGION THIS MORNING THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON HOURS AS A COLD FRONT PASSES THROUGH. RAINFALL TOTALS WILL
GENERALLY BE AROUND AN INCH OR LESS WITH HEAVIER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE
IF TRAINING OF SHOWERS OCCURS. ADDITIONALLY...A LINE OF
THUNDERSTORMS MAY AFFECT THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT DURING THE
EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS...POTENTIALLY BRINGING DAMAGING WINDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

..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.
..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.

GAZ029-NCZ068>072-082-507>510-SCZ003-006>014-019-121500-
ELBERT-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC-
RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-GREATER RUTHERFORD-POLK MOUNTAINS-EASTERN POLK-
GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK-
ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD-
950 AM EST SAT JAN 11 2014

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 2 IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM EST THIS
AFTERNOON...

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

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

   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

..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.
..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.

NCZ051-052-058-059-062-063-121500-
SWAIN-HAYWOOD-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-
950 AM EST SAT JAN 11 2014

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EST THIS MORNING ABOVE
3500 FEET...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

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

   WIND ADVISORY.

IN ADDITION...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE
REGION THIS MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS AS A COLD FRONT
PASSES THROUGH. SOME OF THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COULD BE
HEAVY AT TIMES WITH HEAVY RAINFALL BEING THE PRIMARY THREAT. IF
TRAINING OF PRECIPITATION CONTINUES THROUGH THE DAY ACROSS THESE
AREAS...SMALLER CREEKS AND STREAMS COULD EXCEED THEIR BANKS
RESULTING IN LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

..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.
..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.

NCZ053-064-065-121500-
BUNCOMBE-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-
950 AM EST SAT JAN 11 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION THIS
MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS AS A COLD FRONT PASSES
THROUGH. SOME OF THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COULD BE HEAVY AT
TIMES WITH HEAVY RAINFALL AND GUSTY WINDS BEING THE PRIMARY
THREATS. IF TRAINING OF PRECIPITATION CONTINUES THROUGH THE DAY
ACROSS THESE AREAS...SMALLER CREEKS AND STREAMS COULD EXCEED THEIR BANKS
RESULTING IN LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

..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.
..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.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jan 11, 9:41 AM EST, 34 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
941 AM EST SAT JAN 11 2014

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

0929 AM     FLASH FLOOD      1 NNE WILLIAMSTON       34.64N 82.47W
01/11/2014                   ANDERSON           SC   911 CALL CENTER

            GREENVILLE DRIVE FLOODED AND CLOSED NEAR SMALL CREEK

&&

PTANNER
Local storm report, Jan 11, 9:48 AM EST, 27 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
948 AM EST SAT JAN 11 2014

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

0855 AM     TSTM WND DMG     1 SW TOCCOA             34.57N 83.34W
01/11/2014                   STEPHENS           GA   COUNTY OFFICIAL

            POWER LINES DOWN ON WEST CURRAHEE STREET

0859 AM     TSTM WND DMG     6 SE TOCCOA             34.52N 83.25W
01/11/2014                   STEPHENS           GA   COUNTY OFFICIAL

            TREE DONW ON DORTCH ROAD IN EASTANOLLE

&&

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Local storm report, Jan 11, 9:55 AM EST, 20 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
955 AM EST SAT JAN 11 2014

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

0920 AM     TSTM WND DMG     6 N SIX MILE            34.89N 82.82W
01/11/2014                   PICKENS            SC   PUBLIC

            35 FT SECTION OF TREE 8 IN DIAM DOWN ON CABIN

0920 AM     TSTM WND DMG     6 N SIX MILE            34.89N 82.82W
01/11/2014                   PICKENS            SC   PUBLIC

            LARGE TREE DOWN ON NEWTON ROAD

&&

07
Local storm report, Jan 11, 9:58 AM EST, 17 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
958 AM EST SAT JAN 11 2014

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

0946 AM     TSTM WND GST     BELTON                  34.52N 82.50W
01/11/2014  M46 MPH          ANDERSON           SC   TRAINED SPOTTER

            LAWN FURNITURE BLOWN AROUND

&&

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Local storm report, Jan 11, 10:06 AM EST, 9 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1006 AM EST SAT JAN 11 2014

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

0906 AM     TSTM WND DMG     6 SW CARNESVILLE        34.31N 83.30W
01/11/2014                   FRANKLIN           GA   COUNTY OFFICIAL

            TREE DOWN ON HWY 326 NEAR ROCK PILLOW RD

0910 AM     TSTM WND DMG     8 SSW CARNESVILLE       34.26N 83.27W
01/11/2014                   FRANKLIN           GA   COUNTY OFFICIAL

            TREE DOWN ON CARREYTOWN RD NEAR HWY 106

&&

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Local storm report, Jan 11, 10:11 AM EST, 4 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1011 AM EST SAT JAN 11 2014

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

0917 AM     TSTM WND DMG     HARTWELL                34.35N 82.93W
01/11/2014                   HART               GA   COUNTY OFFICIAL

            MULTIPLE TREES DOWN ACROSS COUNTY. TIME ESTIMATED FROM
            RADAR.

&&

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 11, 8:22 AM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPCabarrus, Mecklenburg, Rowan, Union2 hr
Jan 11, 8:24 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPJackson, Macon66 min
Jan 11, 8:55 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPTransylvania65 min
Jan 11, 9:19 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPHenderson, Polk, Transylvania56 min
Jan 11, 9:51 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPCleveland, Henderson, Polk, Rutherford54 min
Jan 11, 10:24 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPCleveland, Gaston, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Rutherford66 min
Jan 11, 10:41 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPAlexander, Burke, Caldwell, Catawba, Iredell, Lincoln49 min
Jan 11, 11:13 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPCabarrus, Catawba, Davie, Gaston, Iredell, Lincoln and 3 more62 min
Jan 11, 12:09 PM ESTTornado WarningGSPCabarrus21 min
Jan 11, 1:20 PM ESTRiver Flood AdvisoryGSPGaston12 hr
Jan 11, 1:40 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningGSPGaston23 hr
Jan 11, 2:29 PM ESTWind AdvisoryGSPAvery, Burke, Caldwell, McDowell, Mitchell, Yancey19 hr
Jan 11, 3:33 PM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPHenderson, Transylvania6 hr
Jan 11, 3:58 PM ESTAreal Flood WarningGSPCabarrus, Mecklenburg6 hr
Jan 11, 5:07 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningGSPAnderson3 hr
Jan 11, 5:37 AM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPGreenville113 min
Jan 11, 6:50 AM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPSpartanburg2 hr
Jan 11, 9:21 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningGSPAbbeville, Anderson, Greenville, Laurens, Oconee, Pickens and 1 more6 hr
Jan 11, 9:43 AM ESTTornado WarningGSPAbbeville, Anderson, Greenville, Laurens47 min
Jan 11, 10:54 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementGSPGreenwood36 min

Nearby

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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.