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Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

May 29, 2014Alexander County, Iredell County, North Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this flash flood warning at May 29, 2014, 9:48 PM EDT for Alexander County, Iredell County, 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
May 29, 2014, 9:48 PM EDT (01:48 UTC)
Expired
May 30, 2014, 12:30 AM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Alexander County, NC, Iredell County, NC

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:48 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, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 92 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 2014-05-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 283 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 2014-05-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 73 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
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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

865 
WGUS52 KGSP 300148 CCA
FFWGSP
NCC003-097-300430-
/O.NEW.KGSP.FF.W.0008.140530T0148Z-140530T0430Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
948 PM EDT THU MAY 29 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN ALEXANDER COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
  NORTHERN IREDELL COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...

* UNTIL 1230 AM 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 NORTHERN IREDELL COUNTY OVER THE PAST SEVERAL      
  HOURS. AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE.

* 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 3606 8079 3576 8078 3576 8104 3605 8105
      3605 8102

$$
JOH
1 follow-up statement
264 
WGUS72 KGSP 300429
FFSGSP

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1229 AM EDT FRI MAY 30 2014

NCC003-097-300444-
/O.EXP.KGSP.FF.W.0008.000000T0000Z-140530T0430Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
ALEXANDER NC-IREDELL NC-
1229 AM EDT FRI MAY 30 2014

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN IREDELL
AND NORTHEASTERN ALEXANDER COUNTIES WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 1230
AM EDT...

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 3606 8079 3576 8078 3576 8104 3605 8105
      3605 8102

$$
JOH

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 May 29, 8:11 PM EDT, 1 hour 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 29, 8:11 PM EDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
811 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/...
730 PM UPDATE...CURRENT EXPANSE OF VIGOROUS CONVECTION ALONG A LINE
FROM BLACK MOUNTAIN ESEWD TO FORT MILL SEEMS TO REFLECT THE
CONVERGENCE ALONG THE BACK DOOR FRONT. STILL HARD TO PICK OUT THE
FRONTAL POSITION FROM OBS...BUT IN GENERAL SFC WINDS ARE NELY NORTH
OF THIS LINE. RAP AND HRRR SEEM TO BE DOING A DECENT JOB HANDLING
THE LLVL WIND FIELD AND THE HRRR RUNS HAVE BEEN RATHER GOOD WRT
CONVECTIVE COVERAGE THIS AFTN. LATEST RUN CONTINUES TO LIGHT UP THE
CONVERGENCE ZONE UNTIL AFTER MIDNIGHT. ENOUGH ELEVATED CAPE IS
PRESENT TO THINK THIS IS STILL POSSIBLE. REVISED THE OVERNIGHT FCST
TRENDS TO REFLECT A SOLUTION THAT IS MORE LIKE THE
RAP/HRRR...HIGHLIGHTING THE AREA ALONG THE BOUNDARY FOR BEST
POPS...AND SUPPORTING CONTINUED ELY FLOW TO ITS NORTH. FOR THE
LATTER REASON THE BLUE RIDGE APPEARS TO BE AT A LITTLE HIGHER FLASH
FLOOD THREAT WITH ANCHORING POSSIBLE...AS NOTED BY PREV SHIFTS.
DENSE FOG IS A POSSIBILITY MAINLY IN THE MTN VALLEYS...WITH LOW
STRATUS LOOKING MORE LIKELY OVER THE PIEDMONT.

AS OF 300 PM...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 /00Z FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/...
AT KCLT...CLUSTER OF TSRA WILL REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY AT AND INVOF
THE FIELD EARLY THIS EVENING...IN CONVERGENCE ZONE WHERE BACKDOOR
COLD FRONT IS MEETING MOIST SOUTHERLY FLOW. HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL
LIKELY BRING IFR VSBY. FRONT IS MOVING SWWD VERY SLOWLY THRU THE
PIEDMONT AND INSTABILITY WILL JUST HAVE TO BE DIMINISHED FOR THIS
ACTIVITY TO END. MOST GUIDANCE MEMBERS INDICATE SOME KIND OF LOW
STRATUS DEVELOPING BEHIND THE FRONT AS IT TRIES TO PUSH THRU THE
AREA...HENCE MVFR CIG ARRIVES AFTER MIDNIGHT. ANY HEAVY RAIN COULD
INCREASE FOG POTENTIAL THOUGH CONFIDENCE TOO LOW TO INCLUDE THIS.
FRONT LINGERS IN THE AREA FRIDAY AGAIN WITH SUGGESTIONS OF
INSTABILITY AND ASSOCIATED SHRA/TSRA CHANCES. THE WINDOW OF HIGHEST
CHANCES IS A BIT WIDER DUE TO THE PRESENCE OF THE FRONT. INCLUDED AN
MVFR PROB30 FOR THIS WINDOW. WINDS PREVAIL NE EXCEPT WHEN GUST
FRONTS FROM TSRA PASS THRU.

ELSEWHERE...OVERALL TRENDS SIMILAR TO KCLT. ELY WINDS WILL SPREAD
ACRS THE NC PIEDMONT AND UP TO THE BLUE RIDGE AS FRONT MOVES SWD
THRU THOSE REGIONS TONIGHT. MVFR CIGS...PERHAPS IFR ESP ALONG THE
BLUE RIDGE...WILL EVENTUALLY DEVELOP. SHRA/TSRA ARE LIKELY TO
CONTINUE ALONG THE FRONT WELL INTO THE EVENING. IFR FOG NOT OUT OF
THE QUESTION WHERE RAIN FELL...BUT CONFIDENCE LOW GIVEN THE LOW CIGS
LIKELY DEVELOPING FIRST. CHC-RANGE POPS WARRANT VC AND/OR PROB30
MENTION DURING THE DAY FRI.

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...

            00-06Z        06-12Z        12-18Z        18-24Z
KCLT       HIGH 100%     MED   78%     HIGH  89%     HIGH 100%
KGSP       HIGH  91%     HIGH  95%     HIGH  95%     HIGH 100%
KAVL       HIGH  90%     MED   72%     HIGH  83%     HIGH  88%
KHKY       HIGH  88%     HIGH  81%     MED   72%     HIGH 100%
KGMU       HIGH 100%     HIGH  83%     HIGH 100%     HIGH 100%
KAND       HIGH 100%     HIGH 100%     HIGH 100%     HIGH 100%

THE PERCENTAGE REFLECTS THE NUMBER OF GUIDANCE MEMBERS AGREEING
WITH THE SCHEDULED TAF ISSUANCE FLIGHT RULE CATEGORY. COMPLETE
HOURLY EXPERIMENTAL AVIATION FORECAST CONSISTENCY TABLES AND ENSEMBLE
FORECASTS ARE AVAILABLE AT THE FOLLOWING LINK: (MUST BE LOWER CASE)

WWW.WEATHER.GOV/GSP/AVIATION_TABLES

&&

.GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...NONE.
NC...NONE.
SC...NONE.

&&

SYNOPSIS...JAT
NEAR TERM...PM/WIMBERLEY
SHORT TERM...JAT
LONG TERM...JAT
AVIATION...WIMBERLEY
Hazardous weather outlook, May 29, 3:30 PM EDT, 6 hours 18 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

Local storm report, May 29, 7:12 PM EDT, 2 hours 36 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.

&&

JOH
Local storm report, May 29, 7:27 PM EDT, 2 hours 21 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.

&&

JOH
Local storm report, May 29, 8:34 PM EDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
834 PM EDT THU MAY 29 2014

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

0515 PM     TSTM WND DMG     4 SW GAMEWELL           35.83N 81.65W
05/29/2014                   BURKE              NC   TRAINED SPOTTER

            ROOFTOP RIPPED OFF A BARN ON HARTLAND RD IN THE
            CHESTERFIELD COMMUNITY NORTH OF MORGANTON. TIME ESTIMATED
            FROM RADAR.

&&

WIMBERLEY
Special weather statement, May 29, 8:42 PM EDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
842 PM EDT THU MAY 29 2014

NCZ035-036-056-300130-
ALEXANDER-CATAWBA-IREDELL-
842 PM EDT THU MAY 29 2014

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT WEST CENTRAL IREDELL...NORTH
CENTRAL CATAWBA AND SOUTHEASTERN ALEXANDER COUNTIES THROUGH 930 PM
EDT...

AT 836 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR STONY POINT...OR 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
TAYLORSVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
  STONY POINT...
  LOOKOUT SHOALS LAKE...

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.

LAT...LON 3583 8085 3564 8104 3583 8126 3597 8113

KRENTZ
Special weather statement, May 29, 8:52 PM EDT, 56 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
852 PM EDT THU MAY 29 2014

NCZ035-036-300130-
ALEXANDER-IREDELL-
852 PM EDT THU MAY 29 2014

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN IREDELL AND
NORTHEASTERN ALEXANDER COUNTIES THROUGH 930 PM EDT...

AT 848 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF STONY POINT...OR 12 MILES
NORTH OF STATESVILLE. THIS STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.

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 3603 8074 3581 8083 3592 8106 3605 8103
      3606 8102

KRENTZ
Local storm report, May 29, 9:06 PM EDT, 42 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
906 PM EDT THU MAY 29 2014

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

0814 PM     FLASH FLOOD      3 W PINEVILLE           35.09N 80.93W
05/29/2014                   YORK               SC   911 CALL CENTER

            FLOODING CAUSED 2 LANES TO CLOSE ON I-77 NEAR CAROWINDS
            BLVD.

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JOH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 29, 8:08 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningGSPGaston, Mecklenburg3 hr
May 29, 8:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPIredell48 min
May 29, 8:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPIredell38 min
May 29, 9:10 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPAlexander, Iredell110 min
May 29, 9:42 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningGSPAlexander, Iredell3 hr
May 29, 10:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPDavie42 min
May 29, 10:17 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPDavie, Iredell2 hr
May 30, 1:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPMcDowell30 min
May 30, 1:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPTransylvania55 min
May 30, 1:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPBurke52 min
May 30, 3:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPMcDowell41 min
May 30, 4:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPIredell48 min
May 30, 5:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPRutherford42 min
May 30, 6:02 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPIredell118 min
May 30, 6:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPIredell41 min
May 30, 6:49 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPIredell2 hr

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.