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Flash Flood Warning 44, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

October 14, 2014Henderson County, North Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this flash flood warning at Oct 14, 2014, 7:04 PM EDT for Henderson County, North Carolina. It was in force for 4 hr. 2 reports 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
Oct 14, 2014, 7:04 PM EDT (23:04 UTC)
Expired
Oct 14, 2014, 11:00 PM EDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Henderson County, NC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:06 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
Oct 14, 8:30 PM EDTFLASH FLOOD1 S Hendersonville, NCSOUTH KING AND SOUTH GROVE STREETS CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING FROM MUD CREEK.
Oct 14, 8:45 PM EDTFLASH FLOOD5 Ne Hendersonville, NCCLEAR CREEK OVERRAN ITS BANK AND FLOODED FRUITLAND ROAD.

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 86 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, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 244 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 2014-10-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 374 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 2014-10-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 164 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
374 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
491 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
164 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
202 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
3.5

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

025 
WGUS52 KGSP 142304
FFWGSP
NCC089-150300-
/O.NEW.KGSP.FF.W.0044.141014T2304Z-141015T0300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
704 PM EDT TUE OCT 14 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  HENDERSON COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...

* UNTIL 1100 PM EDT

* AT 702 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL POISED TO SPREAD
  ACROSS THE COUNTY. HOURLY RAINFALL RATES MAY BE AS HIGH AS 2       
  INCHES WHICH WILL FALL ON TOP ON THE 2 TO 3 INCHES WHICH OCCURRED
  EARLIER IN THE DAY. TRIBUTARIES OF THE FRENCH BROAD RIVER ARE
  EXPECTED TO COME OUT OF THEIR BANKS AND FLOODING ACROSS GREATER
  HENDERSONVILLE IS EXPECTED.

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
  OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  HENDERSONVILLE...BAT CAVE...ETOWAH...FLAT ROCK...FLETCHER...LAUREL
  PARK AND MOUNTAIN HOME.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

REMEMBER...DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER 
COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR 
CAR TO CROSS SAFELY.

&&

LAT...LON 3550 8233 3548 8228 3538 8227 3528 8235
      3519 8236 3518 8237 3521 8239 3516 8245
      3518 8246 3515 8258 3530 8262 3542 8274
      3546 8266 3544 8255 3542 8254 3544 8253
      3545 8247 3547 8242 3546 8237

$$

CSH
1 follow-up statement
571 
WGUS72 KGSP 150016
FFSGSP

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
816 PM EDT TUE OCT 14 2014

NCC089-150300-
/O.CON.KGSP.FF.W.0044.000000T0000Z-141015T0300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
HENDERSON NC-
816 PM EDT TUE OCT 14 2014

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR HENDERSON COUNTY UNTIL
1100 PM EDT...

AT 815 PM EDT...THE HEAVIEST RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO EXIT THE COUNTY 
THROUGH MID-EVENING...BUT EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL LINGER...LIKELY
CAUSING SEVERAL TRIBUTARIES...ESPECIALLY MUD AND BAT FORK CREEKS...
TO RISE OUT OF THEIR BANKS.

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 3548 8228 3538 8227 3528 8235 3519 8236
      3518 8237 3521 8239 3516 8245 3518 8246
      3515 8258 3530 8262 3544 8253 3545 8247
      3547 8242 3546 8237 3550 8233

$$

CSH

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 Oct 14, 4:55 PM EDT, 2 hours 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 14, 4:55 PM EDT, 2 hours 9 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
455 PM EDT TUE OCT 14 2014

.SYNOPSIS...
A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE EAST OF THE AREA LATER TONIGHT AND
THEN OFFSHORE BY TOMORROW NIGHT. AS HIGH PRESSURE GRADUALLY MOVES
BACK INTO THE REGION FROM THE WEST ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY...DRIER
WEATHER WILL RETURN AND PERSIST THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
420 PM UPDATE...DESPITE THE VERY ACTIVE FCST IT APPEARS TO BE ON
TRACK WRT THE NEWEST GUIDANCE...WARRANTING ONLY RATHER MINOR
ADJUSTMENTS FOR SKY/POP TO BETTER LINE UP WITH REALITY. BAND OF
CONVECTION ALONG THE FRONT IS NOW JUST ENTERING THE CWFA DOES NOT
APPEAR TO POSE ANY IMMEDIATE THREAT OF SVR WX...BUT EMBEDDED HEAVY
RAIN IS BEING CLOSELY MONITORED. IT STILL APPEARS THE SVR THREAT
WITH THIS LINE WILL TREND UPWARD TONIGHT AS THE RR QUAD OF UPPER JET
COMES OVERHEAD. LATEST COUPLE RUNS OF THE HRRR SUGGEST THE LINE WILL
BECOME SOMEWHAT DISORGANIZED UNTIL IT ENTERS THE I-77 CORRIDOR A
LITTLE BEFORE MIDNIGHT...WHEN IT DEVELOPS A SHORT QLCS.

AS OF 250 PM EDT TUESDAY...RATHER POTENT UPPER TROF AND ASSOCIATED
COLD FRONT CONTINUES TO HIGHLIGHT THE NEAR TERM PORTION OF THE
FORECAST.  LATEST DAY ONE CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK FROM SPC CONSUMES THE
ENTIRE FORECAST AREA WITHIN THE SLIGHT RISK REGION...WITH AN
ADDITIONAL 5 PERCENT AREA FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES.  THIS COINCIDES
WITH VERY IMPRESSIVE SHEAR PROFILES ASSOCIATED WITH APPROACHING
LONGWAVE TROF...UPPER JET...AND BACKED FLOW AT THE SURFACE.  MOST
RECENT SURFACE ANALYSIS INDICATES INCREASING INSTABILITY AMONGST
CONTINUED SOUTHERLY FLOW WITH ALMOST THE ENTIRE FORECAST AREA
REACHING INTO THE 500-1000J/KG RANGE.  CONVECTIVE ALLOWING GUIDANCE
SOURCES CONTINUE TO INDICATE STRENGTHENING OF A SECONDARY LINE OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WHICH ARE NOW PUSHING THROUGH
NORTH/CENTRAL GA.  IMPROVED UPPER SUPPORT BACKED BY AN APPROACHING
SHORT WAVE IMPULSE AND ASSOCIATED UPPER JET MAX WILL PROVIDE AMPLE
DIVERGENCE/LIFT IN THE MID/UPPER LEVELS TO AID THE ABOVE MENTIONED
CONVECTION THIS EVENING...AND THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT DESPITE HEATING
LOSS.  LONG RIGHT TURNING HODOGRAPHS IN THE WARM SECTOR AHEAD OF THE
COLD FRONT ARE INDICATIVE OF IMPRESSIVE SHEAR THROUGH THE PROFILE.
BACKED FLOW AT THE SURFACE COULD SUPPORT TORNADOGENESIS WITHIN THE
STRONGEST UPDRAFTS THIS EVENING/OVERNIGHT.  THUS THE PRIMARY SEVERE
WEATHER CONCERNS CONTINUE TO BE ISOLATED AND SHORT LIVED TORNADOES
ALONG WITH DAMAGING WIND GUSTS.

IN ADDITION...CONTINUED HEAVY RAINFALL THROUGH THE DAY TODAY WILL
PROVIDE SUPPORTIVE ANTECEDENT CONDITIONS FOR POSSIBLE FLASH FLOODING
WITHIN AND ADJACENT TO ANY OF THE STRONGER CELLS THROUGH THE FIRST
12 HOURS OF THE FORECAST PERIOD.  THUS THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL
REMAIN IN EFFECT.  WIND ADVISORY ACROSS THE HIGH TERRAIN WILL LIKELY
BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE ON SCHEDULE AS THE PRESSURE GRADIENT RELAXES
BEHIND THE FROPA OVERNIGHT.  CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE AFTER DAYBREAK
AS THE FRONT SLIDES INTO CENTRAL NC AND THE MIDLANDS OF SC.
TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN RATHER STATIONARY THROUGH THE PERIOD WITH
BELOW NORMAL LEVELS FEATURED IN THE FORECAST.

&&

.SHORT TERM /WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/...
AT 200 PM EDT TUESDAY...A DEEP CLOSED UPPER LOW IS FORECAST TO BE
CENTERED OVER THE OHIO VALLEY WED EVENING. THE LOW IS FORECAST TO
MOVE NE AND WEAKEN THROUGH FRIDAY ALLOWING FOR ZONAL FLOW TO DEVELOP
OVER THE CAROLINAS AND NE GA BY LATE WEEK.

AS THE UPPER LOW MOVES NE WED NIGHT THE TROUGH EXTENDING SOUTHWARD
WILL SWING ACROSS THE AREA. THE ASSOCIATED DPVA WILL CONTINUE TO
TRIGGER SOME SCT SHOWERS MAINLY ACROSS WESTERN NC. THE SHOWERS WILL
BE MOST NUMEROPUS IN THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS WHERE NW FLOW WILL
ENHANCE LIFT. A FEW NW FLOW SHOWERS MAY LINGER INTO THU MORNING OVER
THE NC MOUNTAINS. OTHERWISE...HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN FROM THE
NW WITH CLEARING COMMENCING DURING THU. DRY HIGH PRESSURE WILL THEN
CONTROL THE WEATHER THROUGH FRIDAY.

HIGH TEMPERATURE WILL RUN BELOW NORMAL ON THURSDAY...WARMING TO NEAR
CLIMO ON FRIDAY. MINIMUM TEMPERATURES WILL BE HELD NEAR NORMAL BY
CLOUD COVER WEDNESDAY NIGHT...THEN WILL FALL BELOW NORMAL THURSDAY
NIGHT WITH GOOD RADIATIONAL COOLING CONDITIONS DEVELOPING.

&&

.LONG TERM /FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY/...
AT 215 PM EDT TUESDAY...A BROAD UPPER TROUGH IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP
OVER THE EASTERN U.S. EARLY IN THE WEEKEND AND THEN TRANSITION
EASTWARD ALLOWING FOR ZONAL FLOW TO DEVELOP BY LATE SUNDAY. ANOTHER
UPPER TROUGH IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP OVER THE GREAT LAKES EARLY NEXT
WEEK AND MOVE SOUTHEASTWARD THROUGH TUESDAY.

AT THE SURFACE A DRY COLD FRONT IS FORECAST TO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA
FRIDAY NIGHT WITH CP HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING SE OVER THE AREA SAT INTO
SUNDAY. THE HIGH WILL EAST TO THE COAST ON MONDAY WITH ANOTHER COLD
FRONT MOVING THROUGH THE AREA MONDAY NIGHT. THE MONDAY NIGHT FRONT
MAY TRIGGER A FEW SHOWERS OVER THE MOUNTAINS. TEMPS WILL BE NEAR
CLIMO.

&&

.AVIATION /21Z TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...
AT KCLT...MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF SHRA/TSRA MOVE THROUGH THE REGION
TONIGHT LEADING TO VISB/CIG RESTRICTIONS. SEVERE TSRA POTENTIAL WILL
PERSIST ACROSS THE PIEDMONT WITH ANOTHER UPPER IMPULSE EXPECTED TO
SLIDE THROUGH THE REGION OVERNIGHT...BUT EVENTUALLY A COLD FROPA
WILL CUT OFF THE TS RISK. INITIALLY...CLUSTERS OF WARM SECTOR
SHRA/TSRA WILL CONTINUE TO SLIDE EAST PROMPTING INITIAL TEMPO FOR
TSRA THRU 00Z WITH GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS LIKELY.  EXPECTING A BRIEF
LULL IN THE ACTIVITY BEFORE A SECOND LINE ASSOCIATED WITH ABOVE
MENTIONED UPPER IMPULSE MOVES INTO THE REGION EARLY MORNING. THE
FRONT ITSELF WILL CLEAR THE REGION BY MID/LATE MORNING ALLOWING
CIG/VISB RESTRICITONS TO IMPROVE FOR THE LATER QUARTER OF THE TAF
CYCLE. SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL SUBSIDE BEHIND THE FRONT AS THE PRESSURE
GRADIENT RELAXES.

ELSEWHERE...AS WITH KCLT ABOVE EXPECTING A MIXTURE OF VFR/MVFR/IFR
RESTRICTIONS TO HIGHLIGHT THE TAF CYCLE AT ALL SITES AS MULTIPLE
ROUNDS OF SHRA/TSRA ARE EXPECTED.  CURRENT SHRA/TSRA ACTIVITY ACROSS
THE UPSTATE AND WESTERN NC WILL SLIDE EAST THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF
THE AFTERNOON WITH THE TAFS HIGHLIGHTING SUCH VIA TEMPOS WITH SLIGHT
TIMING ADJUSTMENTS BASED UPON SITE LOCATION.  A SECONDARY LINE OF
CONVECTION IS PROGGED TO SLIDE INTO THE REGION FROM THE WEST BY LATE
AFTERNOON...BEFORE PUSHING THROUGH THE FORECAST AREA THIS EVENING
AND OVERNIGHT.  EXPECTING FURTHER CIG/VISB RESTRICTIONS WITH HEAVY
RAIN AND POSSIBLE SEVERE +TSRA WITH THIS SECOND LINE THUS PREVAILED
SUCH AT EACH LOCATION.  CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE BEHIND THE FRONT
WITH LOW STRATUS ERODING BY EARLY MORNING ACROSS THE WEST...MID/LATE
MORNING FURTHER EAST.  SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL REMAIN GUSTY AS STRONG
LOW/MID LEVEL FLOW CONTINUES AHEAD OF THE FRONT WITH WINDS SUBSIDING
BEHIND THE FRONT AS PRESSURE GRADIENT FORCES RELAX.

OUTLOOK...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST
EARLY WED. GRADUAL DRYING WILL DEVELOP BEHIND THE FRONTAL PASSAGE
MID TO LATE WEEK.

CONFIDENCE TABLE...

            21-03Z        03-09Z        09-15Z        15-21Z
KCLT       HIGH  85%     MED   79%     HIGH  81%     HIGH 100%
KGSP       HIGH  90%     MED   73%     HIGH  94%     HIGH 100%
KAVL       MED   70%     MED   79%     HIGH  90%     HIGH 100%
KHKY       HIGH  81%     MED   76%     HIGH  85%     HIGH  97%
KGMU       HIGH  91%     MED   69%     HIGH  95%     HIGH 100%
KAND       HIGH  85%     HIGH  88%     HIGH  91%     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...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH LATE TONIGHT FOR GAZ010-017.
NC...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH LATE TONIGHT FOR NCZ033-048>053-058-
     059-062>065-501>506.
     WIND ADVISORY UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT FOR NCZ033-048>053-
     058-059-062>065-501-503-505.
SC...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH LATE TONIGHT FOR SCZ001-002.

&&

SYNOPSIS...JAT
NEAR TERM...CDG/WIMBERLEY
SHORT TERM...LG
LONG TERM...LG
AVIATION...CDG/WIMBERLEY
Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 14, 4:09 PM EDT, 2 hours 55 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
409 PM EDT TUE OCT 14 2014

NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-501-503-505-152015-
AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM-
NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-
CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-BURKE MOUNTAINS-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-
409 PM EDT TUE OCT 14 2014

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT...
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...
...TORNADO WATCH 548 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

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

   TORNADO WATCH.
   FLASH FLOOD WATCH.
   WIND ADVISORY.

A STRONG...SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE AREA FROM THE
WEST...AND WILL CROSS THE AREA TONIGHT. CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE
FOR THE FORMATION OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH DAMAGING WIND AND
HEAVY RAIN...AS WELL AS ISOLATED TORNADOES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

..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.
..SATURDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
..SUNDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
..MONDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

NONE.

NCZ507-509-152015-
RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-POLK MOUNTAINS-
409 PM EDT TUE OCT 14 2014

...TORNADO WATCH 548 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

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

   TORNADO WATCH.

A STRONG...SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE AREA FROM THE
WEST AND WILL CROSS THE AREA TONIGHT. CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
THE FORMATION OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH DAMAGING WIND AND HEAVY
RAIN...AS WELL AS ISOLATED TORNADOES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

..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.
..SATURDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
..SUNDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
..MONDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

NONE.

GAZ010-017-SCZ001-002-152015-
RABUN-HABERSHAM-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-
409 PM EDT TUE OCT 14 2014

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...
...TORNADO WATCH 548 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

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

   TORNADO WATCH.
   FLASH FLOOD WATCH.

A STRONG...SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE AREA FROM THE
WEST...AND WILL CROSS THE AREA TONIGHT. CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE
FOR THE FORMATION OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH DAMAGING WIND AND
HEAVY RAIN...AS WELL AS ISOLATED TORNADOES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

..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.
..SATURDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
..SUNDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
..MONDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

NONE.

GAZ018-026-028-029-NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-082-508-510-SCZ003>014-
019-152015-
STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-
CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC-
GREATER RUTHERFORD-EASTERN POLK-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE-
GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK-
ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD-
409 PM EDT TUE OCT 14 2014

...TORNADO WATCH 548 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

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

   TORNADO WATCH.

A STRONG...SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE AREA FROM THE
WEST...AND WILL CROSS THE AREA TONIGHT. CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE
FOR THE FORMATION OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN...AS
WELL AS ISOLATED TORNADOES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

..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.
..SATURDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
..SUNDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
..MONDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

NONE.

NCZ502-504-506-152015-
GREATER CALDWELL-GREATER BURKE-EASTERN MCDOWELL-
409 PM EDT TUE OCT 14 2014

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...
...TORNADO WATCH 548 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

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

   TORNADO WATCH.
   FLASH FLOOD WATCH.

A STRONG...SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE AREA FROM THE
WEST...AND WILL CROSS THE AREA TONIGHT. CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE
FOR THE FORMATION OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH DAMAGING WIND AND
HEAVY RAIN...AS WELL AS ISOLATED TORNADOES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

..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.
..SATURDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
..SUNDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
..MONDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

NONE.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Oct 14, 2:18 PM EDT, 4 hours 46 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
218 PM EDT TUE OCT 14 2014

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

0210 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     8 SE VALDESE            35.66N 81.46W
10/14/2014                   BURKE              NC   PUBLIC

            REPORT OF FUNNEL CLOUD SE OF VALDEZE, NC.

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JPT
Local storm report, Oct 14, 3:37 PM EDT, 3 hours 27 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
337 PM EDT TUE OCT 14 2014

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

0234 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     5 NW HICKORY            35.78N 81.40W
10/14/2014                   CALDWELL           NC   TRAINED SPOTTER

            LIKELY FUNNEL CLOUD SEEN OVER WAL-MART IN GRANITE FALLS.

&&

WIMBERLEY
Special weather statement, Oct 14, 6:03 PM EDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
603 PM EDT TUE OCT 14 2014

GAZ028-029-SCZ004-005-010-142245-
ANDERSON-ELBERT-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-HART-
603 PM EDT TUE OCT 14 2014

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT SOUTH CENTRAL PICKENS...
SOUTHEASTERN OCONEE...WEST CENTRAL ANDERSON...HART AND NORTHWESTERN
ELBERT COUNTIES THROUGH 645 PM EDT...

AT 559 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM ROYSTON TO 5 MILES
NORTH OF CARLTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

PEOPLE IN HART...NORTHWESTERN ELBERT...SOUTHEASTERN OCONEE...SOUTHERN
PICKENS AND WESTERN ANDERSON COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
LOCATIONS...

BOWMAN...VANNA...NUBERG...HARTWELL...FAIR PLAY...REED CREEK...
CLEMSON...ANDERSON AIRPORT...PENDLETON AND SANDY SPRINGS...

SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE
WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE
WEATHER THREATEN.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.

THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS AND WET SOIL CONDITIONS WILL CAUSE
SCATTERED TREES AND POWER LINES TO FALL. SEEK SHELTER INSIDE AN
INTERIOR ROOM.

LAT...LON 3415 8308 3421 8310 3423 8308 3424 8311
      3427 8311 3432 8310 3443 8309 3448 8306
      3450 8306 3488 8277 3489 8274 3456 8265
      3408 8303

MOORE
Special weather statement, Oct 14, 6:42 PM EDT, 22 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
642 PM EDT TUE OCT 14 2014

NCZ064-065-SCZ002-003-142315-
GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-HENDERSON-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-TRANSYLVANIA-
642 PM EDT TUE OCT 14 2014

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN PICKENS...
NORTHWESTERN GREENVILLE...EASTERN TRANSYLVANIA AND SOUTHWESTERN
HENDERSON COUNTIES THROUGH 715 PM EDT...

AT 639 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR NINE TIMES...OR 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF
PICKENS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

PEOPLE IN EASTERN TRANSYLVANIA...NORTHWESTERN GREENVILLE...
NORTHWESTERN PICKENS AND SOUTHWESTERN HENDERSON COUNTIES...INCLUDING
THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...

NINE TIMES...ROCKY BOTTOM...TABLE ROCK STATE PARK...CAESARS HEAD AND
DUPONT STATE FOREST...

SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE
WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE
WEATHER THREATEN.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS AND WET SOIL CONDITIONS WILL CAUSE
SCATTERED TREES AND POWER LINES TO FALL. SEEK SHELTER INSIDE AN
INTERIOR ROOM.

LAT...LON 3536 8267 3524 8244 3488 8275 3486 8280
      3492 8291 3494 8290 3495 8292 3497 8292
      3498 8293
Special weather statement, Oct 14, 6:44 PM EDT, 20 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
644 PM EDT TUE OCT 14 2014

SCZ002-003-005-010-142330-
ANDERSON-GREATER PICKENS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-
644 PM EDT TUE OCT 14 2014

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT PICKENS...NORTHWESTERN GREENVILLE
AND WESTERN ANDERSON COUNTIES THROUGH 730 PM EDT...

AT 641 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM OCONEE NUCLEAR
STATION TO 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ANDERSON AIRPORT...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 40 MPH.

PEOPLE IN NORTHWESTERN GREENVILLE...PICKENS AND WESTERN ANDERSON
COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...

PENDLETON...CLEMSON...ANDERSON AIRPORT...SANDY SPRINGS...CENTRAL...
I-85 AT CLEMSON BOULEVARD...NORRIS...ANDERSON...LIBERTY AND
PICKENS...

SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE
WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE
WEATHER THREATEN.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.

THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS AND WET SOIL CONDITIONS WILL CAUSE
SCATTERED TREES AND POWER LINES TO FALL. SEEK SHELTER INSIDE AN
INTERIOR ROOM.

LAT...LON 3436 8277 3463 8284 3465 8283 3467 8285
      3476 8287 3511 8256 3498 8252 3496 8253
      3491 8250 3483 8249 3475 8246
Special weather statement, Oct 14, 7:03 PM EDT, 1 minute before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
703 PM EDT TUE OCT 14 2014

GAZ029-SCZ010-011-142345-
ABBEVILLE-ANDERSON-ELBERT-
703 PM EDT TUE OCT 14 2014

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT EASTERN ANDERSON...WESTERN
ABBEVILLE AND EASTERN ELBERT COUNTIES THROUGH 745 PM EDT...

AT 701 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NUBERG TO
FORTSONIA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

PEOPLE IN EASTERN ANDERSON...EASTERN ELBERT AND WESTERN ABBEVILLE
COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...

RUCKERSVILLE...FORTSONIA...LAKE RUSSELL...LOWNDESVILLE...IVA...
HOMELAND PARK...ANDERSON...SECESSION LAKE...ANTREVILLE AND BROADWAY
LAKE...

SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE
WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE
WEATHER THREATEN.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.

THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS AND WET SOIL CONDITIONS WILL CAUSE
SCATTERED TREES AND POWER LINES TO FALL. SEEK SHELTER INSIDE AN
INTERIOR ROOM.

LAT...LON 3426 8285 3429 8277 3435 8280 3478 8247
      3468 8245 3467 8247 3458 8242 3456 8242
      3454 8239 3445 8236 3398 8270 3397 8278
      3397 8279

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 13, 10:55 PM EDTFlash Flood WatchGSPAvery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Graham, Haywood and 9 more27 hr
Oct 14, 9:52 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPBurke, Catawba, Cleveland, Gaston, Lincoln, Polk and 1 more113 min
Oct 14, 10:45 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPAvery, Burke, McDowell, Mitchell60 min
Oct 14, 10:58 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPBuncombe, Henderson, McDowell, Madison, Mitchell, Yancey62 min
Oct 14, 11:50 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPRutherford40 min
Oct 14, 12:38 PM EDTTornado WarningGSPCleveland, Rutherford52 min
Oct 14, 12:45 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPHaywood, Jackson, Macon, Transylvania3 hr
Oct 14, 1:28 PM EDTTornado WarningGSPBurke, Catawba, Cleveland, Lincoln, Rutherford47 min
Oct 14, 2:14 PM EDTTornado WarningGSPAlexander, Burke, Caldwell, Catawba46 min
Oct 14, 3:19 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPHenderson, Transylvania3 hr
Oct 14, 4:28 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPGraham, Swain3 hr
Oct 14, 4:49 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPMacon2 hr
Oct 14, 5:34 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPJackson, Transylvania3 hr
Oct 14, 6:22 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningGSPTransylvania4 hr
Oct 14, 6:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPTransylvania33 min
Oct 14, 6:43 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPMacon4 hr
Oct 14, 7:28 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPGraham3 hr
Oct 14, 7:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPPolk32 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.