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Flash Flood Warning 31, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

September 13, 20146 counties in North Carolina

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.

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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

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

$$
JOH
2 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

$$
JOH
490 
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

$$
LANE

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 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...JAT
Hazardous 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.

&&

JOH
Local 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.

&&

JOH
Local 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.

&&

LANE
Local 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.

&&

07
Local 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.

&&

07
Local 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.

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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, 12:24 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, 3:01 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningGSPBurke2 hr
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

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in North Carolina, 2014Every flash 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.