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Flash Flood Warning 31, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this flash flood warning at Sep 13, 2014, 12:17 AM EDT for 6 counties in North Carolina. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 13, 2014, 12:17 AM EDT (04:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 13, 2014, 3:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Burke County, NC, Catawba County, NC, Cleveland County, NC, Lincoln County, NC, McDowell County, NC, Rutherford County, NC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:19 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.
Did it verify
Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this flash flood warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.
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, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 170 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
642
WGUS52 KGSP 130417
FFWGSP
NCC023-035-045-109-111-161-130700-
/O.NEW.KGSP.FF.W.0031.140913T0417Z-140913T0700Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1217 AM EDT SAT SEP 13 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
EASTERN RUTHERFORD COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
NORTHWESTERN CLEVELAND COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
NORTHWESTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
SOUTHEASTERN BURKE COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
SOUTHEASTERN MCDOWELL COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
SOUTHWESTERN CATAWBA COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 300 AM EDT
* AT 1214 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATED THAT BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES OF RAIN
HAS FALLEN OVER THE WARNED AREA OVER THE PAST SEVERAL HOURS.
AN ADDITIONAL INCH IS LIKELY IN THE NEXT HOUR.
* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
RUTHERFORDTON...BOSTIC...CASAR...ELLENBORO...FOREST CITY...
LAWNDALE...POLKVILLE...SPINDALE AND THERMAL CITY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. DO
NOT ENTER THE WATER. TURN AROUND AND MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO
ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN
WATER BEGINS RISING.
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 3565 8151 3565 8143 3553 8145 3539 8146
3525 8173 3534 8198 3551 8199 3563 8181
$$
JOH2 follow-up statements
742
WGUS72 KGSP 130606
FFSGSP
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
206 AM EDT SAT SEP 13 2014
NCC023-035-045-109-111-161-130700-
/O.CON.KGSP.FF.W.0031.000000T0000Z-140913T0700Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CATAWBA NC-CLEVELAND NC-LINCOLN NC-MCDOWELL NC-RUTHERFORD NC-BURKE
206 AM EDT SAT SEP 13 2014
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN BURKE...
EASTERN RUTHERFORD...SOUTHEASTERN MCDOWELL...NORTHWESTERN LINCOLN...
NORTHWESTERN CLEVELAND AND SOUTHWESTERN CATAWBA COUNTIES UNTIL 300 AM
EDT...
AT 205 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.
DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT BETWEEN 3 AND 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAD
FALLEN OVER THE WARNED AREA IN THE PAST 3 HOURS. AN ADDITIONAL INCH
IS POSSIBLE IN THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.
RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
RUTHERFORDTON...BOSTIC...CASAR...ELLENBORO...FOREST CITY...
LAWNDALE...POLKVILLE...SPINDALE AND THERMAL CITY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. DO NOT
ENTER THE WATER. TURN AROUND AND MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND. DO NOT
STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
PLEASE REPORT HIGH WATER...FLOODING...LANDSLIDES OR OTHER SEVERE
WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG BY
CALLING TOLL FREE...1...800...2 6 7...8 1 0 1...OR BY POSTING ON OUR
FACEBOOK PAGE...OR TWEET IT USING HASHTAG NWSGSP. YOUR MESSAGE SHOULD
DESCRIBE THE EVENT AND THE SPECIFIC LOCATION WHERE IT OCCURRED.
&&
LAT...LON 3565 8151 3565 8143 3553 8145 3539 8146
3525 8173 3534 8198 3551 8199 3563 8181
$$
JOH490
WGUS72 KGSP 130703
FFSGSP
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
303 AM EDT SAT SEP 13 2014
NCC023-035-045-109-111-161-130717-
/O.EXP.KGSP.FF.W.0031.000000T0000Z-140913T0700Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CATAWBA NC-CLEVELAND NC-LINCOLN NC-MCDOWELL NC-RUTHERFORD NC-BURKE NC-
303 AM EDT SAT SEP 13 2014
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
BURKE...EASTERN RUTHERFORD...SOUTHEASTERN MCDOWELL...NORTHWESTERN
LINCOLN...NORTHWESTERN CLEVELAND AND SOUTHWESTERN CATAWBA COUNTIES
HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE...
EXCESS RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA. STREAMS
AND CREEKS IN THE WARNED AREA SHOULD CONTINUE TO RECEDE...ENDING THE
FLOOD THREAT. IF FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED...PLEASE REPORT IT TO
YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
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 3565 8151 3565 8143 3553 8145 3539 8146
3525 8173 3534 8198 3551 8199 3563 8181
$$
LANEWhat 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 12, 9:59 PM EDT, 2 hours 18 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 12, 9:59 PM EDT, 2 hours 18 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
959 PM EDT FRI SEP 12 2014
.SYNOPSIS...
A COLD FRONT WILL BECOME STATIONARY JUST TO OUR SOUTH OVER THE
WEEKEND AND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK WITH UNSETTLED WEATHER LIKELY EACH
DAY. A BACK DOOR COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE AREA BY THE MIDDLE OF
NEXT WEEK WITH A COOL AIR WEDGE PATTERN SETTING UP BY THE END OF THE
WEEK.
&&
.NEAR TERM /THROUGH SATURDAY/...
0200 UTC UPDATE...A BROAD UPPER TROUGH REMAINS OVER THE NORTHERN
TIER OF THE CONUS THIS EVENING...WITH AN UPPER LOW AND ASSOCIATED
SHORTWAVE MOVING ACROSS THE UPPER MS RIVER VALLEY. THE MODELS SHOW
A WEAK UPPER IMPULSE CROSSING NE GA AND THE WESTERN CAROLINAS
TONIGHT...WHILE THE NORTHERN STREAM SYSTEM CROSSES THE GREAT
LAKES.
A NEARLY STATIONARY FRONT REMAINS ACROSS SC THIS EVENING. CONVECTION
WAS MOVING SLOWLY EAST ALONG THIS FEATURE IN THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH
RIVER VALLEY...WHILE ANOTHER ROUND OF ROBUST CONVECTION AND HEAVY
RAINFALL WAS MOVING VERY SLOWLY NE IN THE NC FOOTHILLS...WHERE WEAK
ISENTROPIC UPGLIDE EXISTED. UPSLOPE FLOW INTO THE NORTHERN BLUE
RIDGE IS SHOWN TO BE RATHER WEAK...BUT COULD BE A CONTRIBUTING
FACTOR IN HEAVY RAIN PRODUCTION AS WELL.
POPS HAVE BEEN UPDATED BASED ON RADAR TRENDS...FAVORING THE NC
FOOTHILLS...AND THE LAKE RUSSELL AREA OF THE UPPER SAVANNA RIVER
VALLEY. QPF HAS BEEN ADJUSTED ACCORDINGLY. LITTLE ADJUSTMENT WAS
MADE TO OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURES...WHICH SHOULD RUN ABOVE NORMAL IN A
MOIST AIRMASS.
PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...ANOTHER COLD FRONT MOVES INTO THE AREA FROM
THE WEST SAT. WITH CONTINUED DEEP MOISTURE...NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN ACROSS THE AREA. AGAIN...FCST PW VALUES
ARE LOWER THAN PREVIOUS NUMBERS. IN ADDITION...LITTLE DRY MID LEVEL
AIR AND SHEAR DEVELOP...SO ANY FLOOD AND SEVERE THREAT WILL BE
LIMITED...BUT STILL POSSIBLE. HIGH TEMPS WILL BE BELOW NORMAL WITH
THE CONTINUED CLOUDS AND PRECIP...BUT NOT ESPECIALLY COOL AS THE
WEDGE BOUNDARY WILL HAVE MADE LITTLE SOUTHWARD PROGRESSION.
&&
.SHORT TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/...
AS OF 230 PM FRIDAY...THE SHORT RANGE OF THE FORECAST REMAINS
UNSETTLED DUE TO THE PROXIMITY OF AN OLD SURFACE BOUNDARY ACROSS THE
CAROLINAS. THE BOUNDARY WILL BE REINFORCED BY THE ARRIVAL OF A
SECOND BOUNDARY FROM THE WEST SATURDAY EVENING. THAT SHOULD KEEP THE
BEST PRECIP CHANCES E OF THE BLUE RIDGE OVERNIGHT AS DRIER AIR
PUSHES INTO THE MTNS FROM HIGH PRESSURE MOVING OVER THE MIDWEST. A
LIKELY POP STILL LOOKS GOOD ACROSS THE PIEDMONT DUE TO THE FRONT...
BUT THE PROBABILITY SHOULD DIMINISH GRADUALLY OVERNIGHT. CANNOT RULE
OUT SOME AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN OVER THE NC PIEDMONT AS PW MAY
INITIALLY REMAIN HIGH. AS THE MIDWEST SURFACE HIGH BRIDGES THE MTNS
AND MOVES ACROSS UPSTATE NY ON SUNDAY...THE SURFACE PATTERN WILL
GRADUALLY ACQUIRE A WEDGE-LIKE CONFIGURATION. WEAK UPSLOPE/UPGLIDE
AT LOW LEVELS SHOWN BY THE MODEL SHOULD SERVE TO DEVELOP EXTENSIVE
LOW CLOUDS AND SOME LIGHT PRECIP MAINLY E OF THE MTNS...WHICH WILL
KEEP TEMPS WELL BELOW NORMAL. THE NC FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT ARE NOT
LIKELY TO GET OUT OF THE 60S. THE PARENT HIGH IS MIGRATORY AND
WEAKENS AS IT MOVES OFF THE E COAST ON MONDAY. THIS WILL NOT DO MUCH
TO LOCK IN A WEDGE FOR MONDAY...WHICH MAKES THE FCST FOR MONDAY
PROBLEMATIC. THE MODEL GUIDANCE MIXES OUT THE WEDGE REMNANTS IN THE
AFTERNOON BUT THERE COULD EASILY BE A LINGERING COOL POOL OVER THE
NC FOOTHILLS. THE TEMP FCST HAS A TEN DEGREE REBOUND OVER MUCH OF
THE AREA BASED ON THE REMNANTS MIXING OUT WITH THE HIGH WEAKENING...
BUT CONFIDENCE IN THIS IS LOW. NEARLY THE WHOLE AREA GETS A CHANCE
OF PRECIP.
&&
.LONG TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/...
AS OF 2 PM FRIDAY...THE MEDIUM RANGE FCST PICK UP AT 00Z ON TUESDAY
WITH A BROAD...LONGWAVE UPPER TROF OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF THE
CONUS AND UPPER RIDGING OVER THE WEST. THE OVERALL PATTERN IS NOT
EXPECTED TO CHANGE SIGNIFICANTLY THRU THE PERIOD WITH SOME
DEAMPLIFICATION LIKELY BY DAYS 6 AND 7 AS THE RIDGE AXIS DRIFTS
FARTHER EASTWARD.
AT THE SFC...THE REGION IS EXPECTED TO BE UNDER A BROAD AREA OF WEAK
LOW LVL CONVERGENCE WITH MOIST PROFILES PERSISTING FROM THE PREVIOUS
FEW DAYS. AS ONE HIGH MOVES OFF THE NEW ENGLAND COAST...ANOTHER WILL
MOVE EASTWARD FROM THE NORTHERN PLAINS ON TUES AND THEN NORTH OF OUR
REGION BY LATE WED OR THURS. BY THE END OF THE MEDIUM RANGE...THE
HIGH WILL LIKELY HAVE MOVED OVER NEW ENGLAND AND SET UP ANOTHER COOL
AIR WEDGE OVER THE CAROLINAS. AS FOR THE SENSIBLE FCST...THE LATEST
MODEL RUNS HAVE BEEN TRENDING DRIER AND COOLER...ESPECIALLY TOWARDS
THE END OF THE PERIOD. THE GFS IS NOW MORE IN LINE WITH THE ECMWF
YET IT STILL DOES NOT DRY THE FCST AREA OUT ON WED...BUT BY THURS IT
BEGINS TO SET UP THE WEDGE PATTERN. AS FOR POPS...THE BEST CHANCES
FOR WIDESPREAD DIURNAL CONVECTION WILL BE TUES AND WED. FOR THURS
AND FRI...I ONLY CARRY A SLIGHT CHANCE POP. TEMPS WERE LOWERED EACH
DAY BY A FEW DEGREES WITH VALUES DROPPING THRU THE PERIOD. BY NEXT
FRI...HIGHS ARE NEARLY 2 CATEGORIES BELOW CLIMATOLOGY.
&&
.AVIATION /02Z SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
AT KCLT...CONVECTIVE CHANCES REMAIN OVERNIGHT WITH A FRONT IN THE
AREA AND WEAK MID LEVEL DISTURBANCES ALOFT. INSTABILITY WILL BE A A
MINIMA BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND DAWN...WHEN THUNDER CHANCES WILL BE
LOWER. GUIDANCE SUPPORTS LIGHT ENE WINDS VEERING TO SE OVERNIGHT...
THEN SW EARLY SATURDAY AHEAD OF ANOTHER COLD FRONT APPROACHING
FROM THE NW. WINDS VEER NW AS THE FRONT MOVES THROUGH SATURDAY
AFTERNOON. A BLEND OF GUIDANCE FAVORS MVFR VSBY IN FOG AT
DAYBREAK...AND AN MVFR CIG DEVELOPING THIS EVENING THAT BRIEFLY
LOWERS TO IFR AROUND DAWN. CIGS AND VSBY RETURN TO VFR BY MIDDAY
SATURDAY.
ELSEWHERE...CONVECTION WILL LINGER IN THE VICINITY OF A NEARLY
STATIONARY FRONT THIS EVENING. AS INSTABILITY DECREASES LATE
TONIGHT...THUNDER CHANCES WILL DECREASE...THOUGH RAIN WILL CONTINUE
OF AND ON. AT FOOTHILL SITES...LIGHT WINDS GRADUALLY VEER FROM NE TO
SE OVERNIGHT..THEN OF LIGHT AND VARIABLE AS ANOTHER FRONT APPROACHES
FROM THE NW. KAVL WINDS REMAIN FROM THE S OVERNIGHT...THEN VEER N BY
DAYBREAK. FOOTHILL WINDS VEER NW BY AFTERNOON AS THE NEXT FRONT
MOVES THROUGH. A BLEND OF GUIDANCE FAVORS MVFR VSBY LATE TONIGHT AT
SC SITES...IFR AT KHKY...AND LIFR TO VLIFR AT KAVL...WITH THE WORST
AT DAYBREAK. GUIDANCE ALSO FAVORS MVFR CIGS AT SC SITES LATE
TONIGHT....WITH IFR AT SC SITES. CIGS AND VSBY RISE TO MVFR BY
MIDDAY.
OUTLOOK...A COLD FRONT WILL BE REINFORCED...AND REMAIN STALLED
ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST THRU THE WEEKEND WHILE A WEAK WEDGE OF HIGH
PRESSURE SLIDES DOWN THE EAST SIDE OF THE MOUNTAINS. MORNING
VSBY/CIG RESTRICTIONS POSSIBLE AT ALL SITES EACH MORNING WITH THE
HIGHEST PROBABILITIES RESIDING ACROSS THE HIGH TERRAIN AND IN THE
MOUNTAIN VALLEYS.
CONFIDENCE TABLE...
02-08Z 08-14Z 14-20Z 20-02Z
KCLT MED 78% HIGH 91% MED 76% HIGH 97%
KGSP HIGH 84% HIGH 84% HIGH 92% HIGH 100%
KAVL MED 75% HIGH 97% HIGH 91% HIGH 100%
KHKY HIGH 92% HIGH 81% HIGH 87% HIGH 100%
KGMU HIGH 80% HIGH 88% HIGH 96% HIGH 100%
KAND HIGH 100% HIGH 86% HIGH 94% 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...JAT/RWH
SHORT TERM...PM
LONG TERM...JPT
AVIATION...JATHazardous weather outlook, Sep 12, 4:46 PM EDT, 7 hours 31 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, 10:27 PM EDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1027 PM EDT FRI SEP 12 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1026 PM HEAVY RAIN 3 SE MORGANTON 35.71N 81.66W
09/12/2014 M3.80 INCH BURKE NC TRAINED SPOTTER
3.8 INCHES OF RAIN FELL IN ONE HOUR AND 15 MINUTES.
&&
JOHLocal storm report, Sep 12, 11:00 PM EDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1100 PM EDT FRI SEP 12 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1050 PM FLASH FLOOD MORGANTON 35.74N 81.70W
09/12/2014 BURKE NC PUBLIC
A PORTION OF EAST MEETING STREET IS CLOSED DUE TO
FLOODING IN MORGANTON DOWNTOWN AREA.
&&
JOHLocal storm report, Sep 12, 11:13 PM EDT, 1 hour 4 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, 58 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, 38 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, 20 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.
&&
07The 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, 12:24 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, 3:01 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | GSP | Burke | 2 hr |
| 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 |
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.