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Flash Flood Warning 6, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this flash flood warning at May 29, 2014, 8:08 PM EDT for Gaston County, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina; York County, South Carolina. It was in force for 3 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
- May 29, 2014, 8:08 PM EDT (00:08 UTC)
- Expired
- May 29, 2014, 11:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Gaston County, NC, Mecklenburg County, NC, York County, SC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 8:14 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 3 W Pineville, SC | FLOODING CAUSED 2 LANES TO CLOSE ON I-77 NEAR CAROWINDS BLVD. |
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 6 minutes after it went out.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 144 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
- 283 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -66 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 702 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 117 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
840
WGUS52 KGSP 300008
FFWGSP
NCC071-119-SCC091-300300-
/O.NEW.KGSP.FF.W.0006.140530T0008Z-140530T0300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
808 PM EDT THU MAY 29 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN YORK COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...
SOUTHEASTERN GASTON COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
SOUTHWESTERN MECKLENBURG COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH
CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 1100 PM EDT
* AT 805 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES AROUND 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN
HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA OVER THE PAST HOUR. AN
ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES IS POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL
HOURS.
* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
CENTER CITY CHARLOTTE...GASTONIA...BELMONT...CAROWINDS...CATAWBA
STATION...CRAMERTON...FREEDOM PARK...I-77 AT I-85...I-85 AT FREEDOM
DRIVE...LAKE WYLIE...LOWELL...PAW CREEK...PINEVILLE...SOUTHPARK
MALL...STARMOUNT...STEELE CREEK...THE ARBORETUM AND THE PLAZA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE.
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 3504 8088 3505 8089 3504 8090 3504 8120
3528 8120 3529 8079 3504 8077
$$
JOH2 follow-up statements
732
WGUS72 KGSP 300149
FFSGSP
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
949 PM EDT THU MAY 29 2014
NCC071-119-SCC091-300300-
/O.CON.KGSP.FF.W.0006.000000T0000Z-140530T0300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
GASTON NC-MECKLENBURG NC-YORK SC-
949 PM EDT THU MAY 29 2014
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN YORK...
SOUTHWESTERN MECKLENBURG AND SOUTHEASTERN GASTON COUNTIES UNTIL 1100
PM EDT...
* AT 929 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNING
AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT AS MUCH AS 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAD
FALLEN OVER THE SOUTHERN GASTON COUNTY AND NORTHERN YORK COUNTY
OVER THE PAST SEVERAL HOURS. ADDITIONAL MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN
WILL CONTINUE TO FALL OVER THE NEXT 2 HOURS.
* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
STATESVILLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY.
PLEASE REPORT HIGH WATER...FLOODING...LANDSLIDES OR OTHER SEVERE
WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG BY
CALLING TOLL FREE...1...800...2 6 7...8 1 0 1...OR BY POSTING ON OUR
FACEBOOK PAGE...OR TWEET IT USING HASHTAG NWSGSP. YOUR MESSAGE SHOULD
DESCRIBE THE EVENT AND THE SPECIFIC LOCATION WHERE IT OCCURRED.
&&
LAT...LON 3504 8088 3505 8089 3504 8090 3504 8120
3528 8120 3529 8079 3504 8077
$$
KRENTZ299
WGUS72 KGSP 300249
FFSGSP
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1049 PM EDT THU MAY 29 2014
NCC071-119-SCC091-300304-
/O.CAN.KGSP.FF.W.0006.000000T0000Z-140530T0300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
GASTON NC-MECKLENBURG NC-YORK SC-
1049 PM EDT THU MAY 29 2014
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN
YORK...SOUTHWESTERN MECKLENBURG AND SOUTHEASTERN GASTON COUNTIES IS
CANCELLED...
EXCESS RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA. STREAMS
AND CREEKS IN THE WARNED AREA HAVE RECEDED OR WERE BEGINNING 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 3504 8088 3505 8089 3504 8090 3504 8120
3528 8120 3529 8079 3504 8077
$$
JOHWhat 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 May 29, 4:46 PM EDT, 3 hours 22 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 29, 4:46 PM EDT, 3 hours 22 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
446 PM EDT THU MAY 29 2014
.SYNOPSIS...
A BACKDOOR COLD FRONT WILL SLOWLY CROSS THE FORECAST AREA FROM THE
NORTHEAST THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN FROM THE
NORTHEAST THIS WEEKEND...AND MOVE OFFSHORE EARLY NEXT WEEK.
&&
.NEAR TERM /THROUGH FRIDAY/...
430 PM UPDATE...FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON...CONVECTION
SHOULD CONTINUE TO BLOSSOM. CURRENT ACTIVITY IS MAINLY IN CLUSTERS
ALONG OLD OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES...PARTICULARLY ONE LINEAR CLUSTER
HAVING PROPAGATED IN THIS WAY OVER THE TUGALOO/SAVANNAH RIVERS.
ANOTHER CLUSTER IS DEVELOPING ALONG THE BACKDOOR FRONT JUST NE OF
CHARLOTTE. IN GENERAL THE LATEST HRRR SEEMS TO BE DOING A REASONABLY
GOOD JOB AND ALLOWS THE CURRENT ACTIVITY TO DIE DOWN DIURNALLY OVER
THE WRN HALF OF THE FA...BUT INCREASING COVERAGE OVER THE NC
PIEDMONT ALONG THE FRONT. HAVE MAINTAINED THIS IN THE FCST. STEERING
FLOW IS RATHER WEAK...SO STORMS WILL MOVE ONLY SLOWLY. FLASH
FLOODING COULD BE AN ISSUE WITH THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS AND
THE RELATIVELY DEEP MOISTURE. WE MAY SEE A FEW PULSE-TYPE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS AS BUOYANCY LOOKS SUFFICIENT AND GENERALLY CLIMBING UP
ABOVE 2000 J/KG...AND DCAPE HAS NOW BECOME INTERESTING /600-900 J/
SOUTH OF THE SRN NC BORDER.
OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS...THE MAIN CONCERN WILL BE THE FRONTAL ZONE
DROPPING DOWN FROM THE NORTH. A SURFACE REFLECTION ALREADY SHOWS IN
THE CAPE ANALYSIS NUDGING INTO THE NW PIEDMONT...WITH LOW CLOUDINESS
AND STABLE AIR IN N CENTRAL NC. A SHORT WAVE DROPPING DOWN INTO THE
UPPER TROF OFF THE EAST COAST WILL CONTINUE TO DRIVE THIS BOUNDARY
FARTHER SOUTH AND EAST THIS EVENING. THE MODELS DO NOT REALLY SHOW
MUCH IN THE WAY OF LOW LEVEL FORCING BUT THIS COULD BE MASKED BY THE
DIURNAL CONVERGENCE TOWARD THE MTNS. IT STANDS TO REASON THAT THE
BOUNDARY MAY PROVIDE THE FOCUS FOR CONVECTION WELL INTO THE
NIGHTTIME HOURS. THERE IS SOME CONCERN FOR FLASH FLOOD POTENTIAL
OVER THE NC BLUE RIDGE AND FOOTHILLS IF THE BOUNDARY MOVES FAR
ENOUGH SOUTH TO DEVELOP A LOW LEVEL EASTERLY FLOW THAT COULD ANCHOR
STORMS NEAR THE BLUE RIDGE...BUT NOT ENOUGH CONCERN TO ENTERTAIN A
WATCH. EXPECT A DIURNAL REDUCTION IN STORM COVERAGE AFTER MIDNIGHT
IN SPITE OF THE BOUNDARY...SO SOME OF THE LATEST SREF WAS BLENDED
INTO THE POP. ON FRIDAY...SHOWERS AND STORMS SHOULD DEVELOP YET
AGAIN ACROSS THE ENTIRE FCST AREA...BUT WE MIGHT BE COVERED WITH A
LOW CLOUD CEILING BANKED UP AGAINST THE BLUE RIDGE THAT WILL CUT
DOWN ON THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE STORMS. TEMPS SHOULD BE A BIT
COOLER WITH THE ADDITIONAL CLOUD COVER AND EASTERLY FLOW DEVELOPING.
&&
.SHORT TERM /FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/...
AT 215 PM EDT THURSDAY...ON FRIDAY NIGHT AN UPPER RIDGE OVER THE
NORTHERN PLAINS WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST BETWEEN A CLOSED LOW OVER LA AND
AND UPPER TROUGH OFF THE EAST COAST...REACHING THE SOUTHERN
APPALACHIANS. THE RIDGE CENTER WILL MOVE OVER THE OH RIVER VALLEY ON
SATURDAY...AND OVER GA ON SUNDAY.
A BACK DOOR COLD FRONT WILL DRIFT VERY SLOWLY SOUTH ACROSS SC ON
FRIDAY NIGHT...AND ACROSS THE SAVANNAH RIVER VALLEY ON SATURDAY.
MODEL SOUNDINGS SHOW ELEVATED INSTABILITY VERY SLOWLY DECREASING
ALONG THE BOUNDARY ON FRIDAY NIGHT...AND INCREASING AGAIN ON
SATURDAY...MAINTAINING A THREAT OF CONVECTION AND HEAVY RAINFALL. ON
SATURDAY NIGHT THE FRONT MOVES SOUTHWEST OF OUR AREA...BUT LINGERING
LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AND AN EASTERLY UPSLOPE COMPONENT WILL SUPPORT A
CHANCE PRECIPITATION ALONG THE SOUTHERN BLUE RIDGE ESCARPMENT. DRIER
AIR WORKING INTO THE AREA FROM THE NW ON SUNDAY WILL REDUCE THE
CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION...BUT THE MODEL SUGGEST THAT MOISTURE BANKED
UP AGAINST THE SOUTHERN BLUE RIDGE WILL PERSIST...AND SMALL POPS
WILL BE CARRIED THERE AGAIN.
TEMPERATURES WILL RUN ABOVE NORMAL WITH RISING HEIGHTS ALOFT...UNTIL
COOLER AIR BEHIND THE FRONT WORKS INTO THE AREA ON SUNDAY.
&&
.LONG TERM /SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY/...
AT 215 PM EDT THURSDAY...ON MONDAY AN UPPER RIDGE WILL EXTEND FROM
FL TO THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES...WHILE A CLOSED UPPER LOW WILL BE
OVER THE WESTERN ATLANTIC AND AN UPPER TROUGH WILL BE OVER THE WEST
COAST. THE UPPER RIDGE PROGRESS TO THE EAST COAST BY TUESDAY...WHILE
A SHORTWAVE MOVES ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES AREA. THE PATTERN
DEAMPLIFIES BY WEDNESDAY...LEADING TO A LARGELY ZONAL FLOW ACROSS
THE NATION...AND WEAK FLAT RIDGING OVER THE SOUTHEAST...A PATTERN
THAT PERSISTS INTO THURSDAY.
SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL BE CENTERED NEAR THE COASTAL VA AND NC ON
MONDAY...AND ALTHOUGH GULF INFLOW ON THE WEST SIDE OF THIS RIDGE
WILL BE FOCUSED OVER THE MS...TN AND OH VALLEYS...THE MODELS
INDICATE MOISTURE OVER THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS...WITH UPSLOPE FLOW
AND INCREASING INSTABILITY SUPPORTING DIURNALLY DRIVEN CONVECTION.
AS THE SURFACE HIGH DRIFTS SE AND OFFSHORE FROM TUESDAY THROUGH
THURSDAY...GULF INFLOW WEAKENS...BUT SPREADS EAST...COVERING NE GA
AND THE WESTERN CAROLINAS. UPSLOPE FLOW INTO ELEVATED TERRAIN WILL
BE RATHER WEAK...BUT ENOUGH TO SUPPORT THE BEST CHANCES OF
CONVECTION REMAINING ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE...EVEN AS CONVECTIVE
CHANCES INCREASE TO THE EAST.
TEMPERATURES WILL RISE FROM NEAR NORMAL VALUES...TO ABOVE NORMAL...
EVEN AS HEIGHTS FALL ALOFT...AS COOL NE FLOW VEERS TO THE SW...
AND WARM ADVECTION ENSUES.
&&
.AVIATION /21Z THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/...
AT KCLT...FOR THE REST OF THE DAYLIGHT HOURS...VFR CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OUTSIDE OF THUNDERSTORMS. CLOUD BASES SHOULD BE AROUND
045-050. KEPT THE LOW CLOUDS FEW OR SCT FOR THE INITIAL PERIOD BUT
THERE COULD EASILY BE A TEMPORARY CEILING AT THAT LEVEL. THIS
POSSIBILITY WAS LEFT OUT FOR BREVITY. THE CONVECTION ALLOWING MODELS
ARE STILL GOING FOR A WINDOW OF THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY DURING THE
LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS...SO THE TEMPO FOR
THUNDERSTORMS WAS KEPT. THE STORMS COULD LINGER THROUGH THE EVENING
AND EARLY MORNING HOURS AS A BACK DOOR COLD FRONT DROPS INTO THE
REGION. INCLUDING A MENTION OF VCSH FOR NOW BUT EXPECT A TEMPO TO BE
ADDED AGAIN AFTER THE FIRST TEMPO EXPIRES. FRONT WILL BRING AN MVFR
CEILING INTO THE PIEDMONT FOR THE HOURS AROUND DAYBREAK. THE LOW
CLOUD CEILING SHOULD LIFT AND SCATTER BY MID MORNING FRIDAY. SOME
DETAIL WAS LEFT OUT OF THE TAF AFTER SUNRISE FRIDAY.
ELSEWHERE...EXPECT MAINLY AFTN AND EVENING CONVECTION WILL FOCUS
ALONG AN APPROACHING BACKDOOR COLD FRONT...WITH TSRA CHANCES HIGHER
FROM KAVL TO KHKY THAN FARTHER S AT THE UPSTATE SC SITES. SHOWERS
AND ISOLD TO SCT TSTMS MAY LINGER THROUGH THE NIGHT...ESPECIALLY
NEAR THE ERN SLOPES OF THE MTNS FROM KAVL TO NEAR KGSP. SFC WINDS
WILL ADJUST TO NRLY TO NELY WITH THE ARRIVAL OF THE FRONT TODAY AT
THE NC SITES...WHILE CONTINUED SW FLOW IS LIKELY AT THE UPSTATE
SITES BEFORE BECOMING LIGHT AND VARIABLE THIS EVENING.
OUTLOOK...ALTHOUGH GRADUAL DRYING WILL DEVELOP FROM THE NE OVER THE
WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK...CONTINUED BOUNDARY LAYER MOISTURE
WILL PRODUCE ISOLATED TO SCATTERED DIURNAL CONVECTION EACH
DAY...WITH MORNING RESTRICTIONS POSSIBLE.
CONFIDENCE TABLE...
20-02Z 02-08Z 08-14Z 14-20Z
KCLT HIGH 100% HIGH 92% MED 64% HIGH 86%
KGSP HIGH 100% HIGH 100% LOW 45% HIGH 91%
KAVL HIGH 100% MED 71% HIGH 83% HIGH 86%
KHKY HIGH 100% MED 77% MED 67% MED 68%
KGMU HIGH 100% HIGH 100% LOW 56% HIGH 91%
KAND HIGH 100% HIGH 94% HIGH 86% HIGH 91%
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...JAT
NEAR TERM...PM/WIMBERLEY
SHORT TERM...JAT
LONG TERM...JAT
AVIATION...PM/WIMBERLEYHazardous weather outlook, May 29, 3:30 PM EDT, 4 hours 38 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 330 PM EDT THU MAY 29 2014 NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065-068>072-082-501>510-301930- 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- 330 PM EDT THU MAY 29 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA AND WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA THROUGH TONIGHT AS A COLD FRONT CROSSES THE REGION FROM THE NORTHEAST. SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. ISOLATED FLOODING COULD RESULT IF SEVERAL ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS AFFECT THE SAME LOCATION...ESPECIALLY IN URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. IN ADDITION...SEVERAL OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE LOCALIZED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL. ALL OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL GENERATE DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. ..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. ..TUESDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ..WEDNESDAY...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. GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-SCZ001>014-019-301930- RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-OCONEE MOUNTAINS- PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE- GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK- ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- 330 PM EDT THU MAY 29 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA THROUGH TONIGHT AS A COLD FRONT PUSHES INTO THE REGION FROM THE NORTHEAST. SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER AFFECTED AREAS. ISOLATED FLOODING COULD RESULT IF SEVERAL ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS AFFECT THE SAME LOCATION...ESPECIALLY IN URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. IN ADDITION...A FEW OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE LOCALIZED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL. ALL OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL GENERATE DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. ..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. ..TUESDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ..WEDNESDAY...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. 07
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 29, 6:40 PM EDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
640 PM EDT THU MAY 29 2014
NCZ036-057-071-072-292330-
CABARRUS-IREDELL-MECKLENBURG-ROWAN-
640 PM EDT THU MAY 29 2014
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHWESTERN ROWAN...NORTH
CENTRAL MECKLENBURG...SOUTHEASTERN IREDELL AND NORTHWESTERN CABARRUS
COUNTIES THROUGH 730 PM EDT...
AT 636 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES WEST OF ENOCHVILLE...OR 12 MILES
NORTHWEST OF CONCORD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
ENOCHVILLE...
I-85 AT HIGHWAY 73...
DIME SIZE HAIL...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL 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.
HEAVY RAINS MAY FLOOD AREAS WITH POOR DRAINAGE...SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS. WATER
LEVELS OF SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS MAY ALSO RISE RAPIDLY. SEEK HIGHER
GROUND IF THREATENED BY FLOOD WATERS.
LAT...LON 3547 8049 3534 8070 3546 8084 3553 8087
3562 8073
KRENTZLocal storm report, May 29, 6:51 PM EDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
651 PM EDT THU MAY 29 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0540 PM HAIL 4 ESE MINT HILL 35.16N 80.60W
05/29/2014 M1.00 INCH UNION NC PUBLIC
&&
JOHLocal storm report, May 29, 7:03 PM EDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
703 PM EDT THU MAY 29 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0510 PM TSTM WND DMG 4 SW GAMEWELL 35.83N 81.64W
05/29/2014 BURKE NC 911 CALL CENTER
A TREE DOWN ON HOUSE INTERSECTION OF NC HWY 18 AND
ANTIOCH RD.
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JOHSpecial weather statement, May 29, 7:06 PM EDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
706 PM EDT THU MAY 29 2014
SCZ009-292345-
YORK-
706 PM EDT THU MAY 29 2014
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL YORK COUNTY THROUGH 745
PM EDT...
AT 700 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR NEWPORT...OR 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF ROCK
HILL...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
NEWPORT...
CATAWBA STATION...
TEGA CAY...
SMALL HAIL...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL 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.
HEAVY RAINS MAY FLOOD AREAS WITH POOR DRAINAGE...SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS. WATER
LEVELS OF SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS MAY ALSO RISE RAPIDLY. SEEK HIGHER
GROUND IF THREATENED BY FLOOD WATERS.
LAT...LON 3493 8098 3495 8121 3511 8120 3511 8104
3509 8106 3506 8106 3505 8104 3509 8097
3508 8096
KRENTZLocal storm report, May 29, 7:12 PM EDT, 56 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
712 PM EDT THU MAY 29 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0510 PM TSTM WND DMG 4 NNE MORGANTON 35.79N 81.68W
05/29/2014 BURKE NC 911 CALL CENTER
TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN ON NC HWY 18 NEAR JOHNS RIVER.
&&
JOHLocal storm report, May 29, 7:27 PM EDT, 41 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
727 PM EDT THU MAY 29 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0715 PM FLASH FLOOD 1 NW FAIRVIEW 35.15N 80.55W
05/29/2014 UNION NC 911 CALL CENTER
FLOODING REPORTED ON HWY 218 NEAR CLONTZ ROAD.
&&
JOHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 8:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Iredell | 48 min |
| May 29, 8:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Iredell | 38 min |
| May 29, 9:10 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Alexander, Iredell | 110 min |
| May 29, 9:42 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Alexander, Iredell | 3 hr |
| May 29, 9:48 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Alexander, Iredell | 3 hr |
| May 29, 10:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Davie | 42 min |
| May 29, 10:17 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Davie, Iredell | 2 hr |
| May 30, 1:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | McDowell | 30 min |
| May 30, 1:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Transylvania | 55 min |
| May 30, 1:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Burke | 52 min |
| May 30, 3:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | McDowell | 41 min |
| May 30, 4:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Iredell | 48 min |
| May 30, 5:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Rutherford | 42 min |
| May 30, 6:02 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Iredell | 118 min |
| May 30, 6:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Iredell | 41 min |
| May 30, 6:49 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Iredell | 2 hr |
| May 30, 2:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Anderson | 36 min |
| May 30, 3:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Pickens | 45 min |
| May 30, 4:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Greenville | 38 min |
| May 30, 5:59 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Abbeville | 2 hr |
| May 30, 6:05 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Spartanburg | 3 hr |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.