Alert archive / North Carolina / Flash Flood Watches in 2014
Flash Flood Watch 2, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this flash flood watch at May 14, 2014, 4:03 AM EDT for 5 counties in Georgia; 28 counties in North Carolina; Anderson County, Cherokee County, York County, South Carolina. It took effect at May 14, 2014, 9:23 PM EDT. It was in force for 24 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 14, 2014, 4:03 AM EDT (08:03 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 14, 2014, 9:23 PM EDT
- Expired
- May 15, 2014, 9:27 PM EDT
- In force
- 24 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Flood severity
- None
All 36 counties
Franklin County, GA, Habersham County, GA, Hart County, GA, Rabun County, GA, Stephens County, GA, Alexander County, NC, Avery County, NC, Buncombe County, NC, Burke County, NC, Cabarrus County, NC, Caldwell County, NC, Catawba County, NC, Cleveland County, NC, Davie County, NC, Gaston County, NC, Graham County, NC, Haywood County, NC, Henderson County, NC, Iredell County, NC, Jackson County, NC, Lincoln County, NC, Macon County, NC, Madison County, NC, McDowell County, NC, Mecklenburg County, NC, Mitchell County, NC, Polk County, NC, Rowan County, NC, Rutherford County, NC, Swain County, NC, Transylvania County, NC, Union County, NC, Yancey County, NC, Anderson County, SC, Cherokee County, SC, York County, SC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:07 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 00:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 213 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
- 661 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1789 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 1 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -6 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
465 WGUS62 KGSP 140803 FFAGSP URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 403 AM EDT WED MAY 14 2014 ...HEAVY RAIN EXPECTED THURSDAY ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND ALONG AND NEAR THE BLUE RIDGE... .A STRONG AND SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH FROM THE WEST TONIGHT AND SHOULD MOVE ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA ON THURSDAY. DEEP MOISTURE MOVING ALONG THE FRONT WILL FUEL NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS STARTING TONIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH THURSDAY. ALTHOUGH SOIL CONDITIONS WILL START OUT RELATIVELY DRY...THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR ENOUGH RAIN TO FALL IN A SHORT ENOUGH PERIOD OF TIME TO RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING... PARTICULARLY ALONG AND NEAR THE BLUE RIDGE. THE FRONT SHOULD MOVE THE THUNDERSTORMS OFF TO THE EAST ON THURSDAY NIGHT. LATER DEVELOPMENTS WITH REGARD TO THE FORECAST MIGHT RESULT IN THE FLOOD WATCH BEING EXPANDED ACROSS THE UPSTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE WESTERN PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA. GAZ010-NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-501>507-509-141615- /O.NEW.KGSP.FF.A.0002.140515T0400Z-140516T1000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ RABUN-AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM- NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON- CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-GREATER CALDWELL-BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE- MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-EASTERN MCDOWELL-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS- POLK MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE... CHEROKEE...BRYSON CITY...WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...SYLVA... FRANKLIN...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE...LENOIR...MORGANTON... MARION...LAKE LURE 403 AM EDT WED MAY 14 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA...RABUN. IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... AVERY...BURKE MOUNTAINS...BUNCOMBE...CALDWELL MOUNTAINS... EASTERN MCDOWELL...GREATER BURKE...GREATER CALDWELL... GRAHAM...HAYWOOD...HENDERSON...MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS...MACON... MADISON...MITCHELL...NORTHERN JACKSON...POLK MOUNTAINS... RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS...SOUTHERN JACKSON...SWAIN... TRANSYLVANIA AND YANCEY. * FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT. * THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR A WIDESPREAD TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN FROM NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THURSDAY...MAINLY ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS. THE UPPER FRENCH BROAD RIVER VALLEY COULD SEE THREE TO FIVE INCHES OF RAIN...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS. * THIS AMOUNT OF RAINFALL IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME COULD RESULT IN RAPID RISES ALONG CREEKS AND STREAMS...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE BLUE RIDGE AND THE UPPER REACHES OF THE FRENCH BROAD RIVER BASIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$ MOORE
10 follow-up statements
606 WGUS62 KGSP 141538 FFAGSP FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1138 AM EDT WED MAY 14 2014 ...HEAVY RAIN EXPECTED THURSDAY ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND ALONG AND NEAR THE BLUE RIDGE... .A STRONG AND SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH FROM THE WEST TONIGHT AND SHOULD MOVE ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA ON THURSDAY. DEEP MOISTURE MOVING ALONG THE FRONT WILL FUEL NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS STARTING TONIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH THURSDAY. ALTHOUGH SOIL CONDITIONS WILL START OUT RELATIVELY DRY...THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR ENOUGH RAIN TO FALL IN A SHORT ENOUGH PERIOD OF TIME TO RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING... PARTICULARLY ALONG AND NEAR THE BLUE RIDGE. THE FRONT SHOULD MOVE THE THUNDERSTORMS OFF TO THE EAST ON THURSDAY NIGHT. LATER DEVELOPMENTS WITH REGARD TO THE FORECAST MIGHT RESULT IN THE FLOOD WATCH BEING EXPANDED ACROSS THE UPSTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE WESTERN PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA. GAZ010-NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-501>507-509-150000- /O.CON.KGSP.FF.A.0002.140515T0400Z-140516T1000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ RABUN-AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM- NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON- CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-GREATER CALDWELL-BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE- MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-EASTERN MCDOWELL-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS- POLK MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE... CHEROKEE...BRYSON CITY...WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...SYLVA... FRANKLIN...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE...LENOIR...MORGANTON... MARION...LAKE LURE 1138 AM EDT WED MAY 14 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA...RABUN. IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...AVERY...BURKE MOUNTAINS... BUNCOMBE...CALDWELL MOUNTAINS...EASTERN MCDOWELL...GREATER BURKE...GREATER CALDWELL...GRAHAM...HAYWOOD...HENDERSON... MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS...MACON...MADISON...MITCHELL...NORTHERN JACKSON...POLK MOUNTAINS...RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS...SOUTHERN JACKSON...SWAIN...TRANSYLVANIA AND YANCEY. * FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT. * THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR A WIDESPREAD TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN FROM NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THURSDAY...MAINLY ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS. THE UPPER FRENCH BROAD RIVER VALLEY COULD SEE THREE TO FIVE INCHES OF RAIN...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS. * THIS AMOUNT OF RAINFALL IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME COULD RESULT IN RAPID RISES ALONG CREEKS AND STREAMS...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE BLUE RIDGE AND THE UPPER REACHES OF THE FRENCH BROAD RIVER BASIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$ 14
891 WGUS62 KGSP 141850 FFAGSP URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 250 PM EDT WED MAY 14 2014 ...HEAVY RAIN EXPECTED THURSDAY ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA... .A STRONG AND SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH FROM THE WEST TONIGHT AND SHOULD MOVE ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA ON THURSDAY. DEEP MOISTURE MOVING ALONG THE FRONT WILL FUEL NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS STARTING TONIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH THURSDAY. ALTHOUGH SOIL CONDITIONS WILL START OUT RELATIVELY DRY...THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR ENOUGH RAIN TO FALL IN A SHORT ENOUGH PERIOD OF TIME TO RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING. THE FRONT SHOULD MOVE THE THUNDERSTORMS OFF TO THE EAST ON THURSDAY NIGHT. NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-082-SCZ008-009-150300- /O.EXB.KGSP.FF.A.0002.140515T1200Z-140516T1000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON- MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC-CHEROKEE-YORK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE...HICKORY... SALISBURY...SHELBY...LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE... CONCORD...MONROE...GAFFNEY...ROCK HILL 250 PM EDT WED MAY 14 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS EXPANDED THE * FLASH FLOOD WATCH TO INCLUDE PORTIONS OF NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTH CAROLINA...ALEXANDER...CABARRUS...CATAWBA...CLEVELAND... DAVIE...GASTON...IREDELL...LINCOLN...MECKLENBURG...ROWAN AND UNION NC. IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...CHEROKEE AND YORK. * FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT. * THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR A WIDESPREAD TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN FROM NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS...MAINLY ON THURSDAY. AREAS WHERE THUNDERSTORMS REPEATEDLY AFFECT THE SAME LOCATIONS MAY SEE LOCALLY HEAVIER RAINFALL. * THIS AMOUNT OF RAINFALL IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME COULD RESULT IN RAPID RISES AND FLOODING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$ NCZ508-510-150300- /O.EXA.KGSP.FF.A.0002.140515T0400Z-140516T1000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ GREATER RUTHERFORD-EASTERN POLK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUTHERFORD...COLUMBUS 250 PM EDT WED MAY 14 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS EXPANDED THE * FLASH FLOOD WATCH TO INCLUDE A PORTION OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...EASTERN POLK AND GREATER RUTHERFORD. * FROM MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT. * THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR A WIDESPREAD TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN FROM NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS...MAINLY ON THURSDAY. AREAS WHERE THUNDERSTORMS REPEATEDLY AFFECT THE SAME LOCATIONS MAY SEE LOCALLY HEAVIER RAINFALL. * THIS AMOUNT OF RAINFALL IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME COULD RESULT IN RAPID RISES ALONG CREEKS AND STREAMS...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE BLUE RIDGE AND THE UPPER REACHES OF THE FRENCH BROAD RIVER BASIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. RAINFALL OF MORE THAN FIVE INCHES IN SIMILAR STORMS HAS BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH AN INCREASED RISK OF LANDSLIDES AND ROCKSLIDES. IF YOU LIVE ON A MOUNTAINSIDE OR IN A COVE AT THE BASE OF A MOUNTAIN... ESPECIALLY NEAR A STREAM... BE READY TO LEAVE IN ADVANCE OF THE STORM OR AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE SHOULD RISING WATER... MOVING EARTH... OR ROCKS THREATEN. CONSIDER POSTPONING TRAVEL ON MOUNTAIN ROADS DURING THE PERIOD OF HEAVY RAINFALL. && $$ GAZ010-NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-501>507-509-150300- /O.CON.KGSP.FF.A.0002.140515T0400Z-140516T1000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ RABUN-AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM- NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON- CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-GREATER CALDWELL-BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE- MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-EASTERN MCDOWELL-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS- POLK MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE... CHEROKEE...BRYSON CITY...WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...SYLVA... FRANKLIN...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE...LENOIR...MORGANTON... MARION...LAKE LURE 250 PM EDT WED MAY 14 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA...RABUN. IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...AVERY...BURKE MOUNTAINS... BUNCOMBE...CALDWELL MOUNTAINS...EASTERN MCDOWELL...GREATER BURKE...GREATER CALDWELL...GRAHAM...HAYWOOD...HENDERSON... MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS...MACON...MADISON...MITCHELL...NORTHERN JACKSON...POLK MOUNTAINS...RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS...SOUTHERN JACKSON...SWAIN...TRANSYLVANIA AND YANCEY. * FROM MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT. * THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR A WIDESPREAD TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN FROM NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THURSDAY...MAINLY ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND ADJACENT FOOTHILL LOCATIONS. THE UPPER FRENCH BROAD RIVER VALLEY COULD SEE FIVE INCHES OF RAIN...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS. * THIS AMOUNT OF RAINFALL IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME COULD RESULT IN RAPID RISES AND EVENTUAL FLOODING ALONG CREEKS AND STREAMS...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE BLUE RIDGE AND THE UPPER REACHES OF THE FRENCH BROAD RIVER BASIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. RAINFALL OF MORE THAN FIVE INCHES IN SIMILAR STORMS HAS BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH AN INCREASED RISK OF LANDSLIDES AND ROCKSLIDES. IF YOU LIVE ON A MOUNTAINSIDE OR IN A COVE AT THE BASE OF A MOUNTAIN... ESPECIALLY NEAR A STREAM... BE READY TO LEAVE IN ADVANCE OF THE STORM OR AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE SHOULD RISING WATER... MOVING EARTH... OR ROCKS THREATEN. CONSIDER POSTPONING TRAVEL ON MOUNTAIN ROADS DURING THE PERIOD OF HEAVY RAINFALL. && $$ MCAVOY
004 WGUS62 KGSP 141910 FFAGSP URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 310 PM EDT WED MAY 14 2014 ...HEAVY RAIN EXPECTED THURSDAY ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA... .A STRONG AND SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH FROM THE WEST TONIGHT AND SHOULD MOVE ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA ON THURSDAY. DEEP MOISTURE MOVING ALONG THE FRONT WILL FUEL NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS STARTING TONIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH THURSDAY. ALTHOUGH SOIL CONDITIONS WILL START OUT RELATIVELY DRY...THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR ENOUGH RAIN TO FALL IN A SHORT ENOUGH PERIOD OF TIME TO RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING. THE FRONT SHOULD MOVE THE THUNDERSTORMS OFF TO THE EAST ON THURSDAY NIGHT. GAZ017-018-SCZ001>007-150315- /O.EXA.KGSP.FF.A.0002.140515T0400Z-140516T1000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS- GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS- GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLARKESVILLE...TOCCOA...GREENVILLE... SPARTANBURG 310 PM EDT WED MAY 14 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS EXPANDED THE * FLASH FLOOD WATCH TO INCLUDE PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA...HABERSHAM AND STEPHENS. IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...GREATER GREENVILLE...GREATER OCONEE...GREATER PICKENS...GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS...OCONEE MOUNTAINS...PICKENS MOUNTAINS AND SPARTANBURG. * FROM MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT. * THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR A WIDESPREAD TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN FROM NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THURSDAY...MAINLY ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND ADJACENT FOOTHILL LOCATIONS. AREAS WHERE THUNDERSTORMS REPEATEDLY AFFECT THE SAME LOCATIONS MAY SEE LOCALLY HEAVIER RAINFALL. * THIS AMOUNT OF RAINFALL IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME COULD RESULT IN RAPID RISES AND EVENTUAL FLOODING ALONG CREEKS AND STREAMS...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE BLUE RIDGE AND THE UPPER REACHES OF THE FRENCH BROAD RIVER BASIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. RAINFALL OF MORE THAN FIVE INCHES IN SIMILAR STORMS HAS BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH AN INCREASED RISK OF LANDSLIDES AND ROCKSLIDES. IF YOU LIVE ON A MOUNTAINSIDE OR IN A COVE AT THE BASE OF A MOUNTAIN... ESPECIALLY NEAR A STREAM... BE READY TO LEAVE IN ADVANCE OF THE STORM OR AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE SHOULD RISING WATER... MOVING EARTH... OR ROCKS THREATEN. CONSIDER POSTPONING TRAVEL ON MOUNTAIN ROADS DURING THE PERIOD OF HEAVY RAINFALL. && $$ GAZ010-NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-501>510-150315- /O.CON.KGSP.FF.A.0002.140515T0400Z-140516T1000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ RABUN-AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM- NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON- CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-GREATER CALDWELL-BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE- MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-EASTERN MCDOWELL-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS- GREATER RUTHERFORD-POLK MOUNTAINS-EASTERN POLK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE... CHEROKEE...BRYSON CITY...WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...SYLVA... FRANKLIN...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE...LENOIR...MORGANTON... MARION...LAKE LURE...RUTHERFORD...COLUMBUS 310 PM EDT WED MAY 14 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA...RABUN. IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...AVERY...BURKE MOUNTAINS... BUNCOMBE...CALDWELL MOUNTAINS...EASTERN MCDOWELL...EASTERN POLK...GREATER BURKE...GREATER CALDWELL...GREATER RUTHERFORD... GRAHAM...HAYWOOD...HENDERSON...MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS...MACON... MADISON...MITCHELL...NORTHERN JACKSON... POLK MOUNTAINS... RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS...SOUTHERN JACKSON... SWAIN... TRANSYLVANIA AND YANCEY. * FROM MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT. * THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR A WIDESPREAD TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN FROM NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THURSDAY...MAINLY ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND ADJACENT FOOTHILL LOCATIONS. THE UPPER FRENCH BROAD RIVER VALLEY COULD SEE FIVE INCHES OF RAIN...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS. * THIS AMOUNT OF RAINFALL IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME COULD RESULT IN RAPID RISES AND EVENTUAL FLOODING ALONG CREEKS AND STREAMS...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE BLUE RIDGE AND THE UPPER REACHES OF THE FRENCH BROAD RIVER BASIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. RAINFALL OF MORE THAN FIVE INCHES IN SIMILAR STORMS HAS BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH AN INCREASED RISK OF LANDSLIDES AND ROCKSLIDES. IF YOU LIVE ON A MOUNTAINSIDE OR IN A COVE AT THE BASE OF A MOUNTAIN... ESPECIALLY NEAR A STREAM... BE READY TO LEAVE IN ADVANCE OF THE STORM OR AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE SHOULD RISING WATER... MOVING EARTH... OR ROCKS THREATEN. CONSIDER POSTPONING TRAVEL ON MOUNTAIN ROADS DURING THE PERIOD OF HEAVY RAINFALL. && $$ NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-082-SCZ008-009-150315- /O.CON.KGSP.FF.A.0002.140515T1200Z-140516T1000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON- MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC-CHEROKEE-YORK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE...HICKORY... SALISBURY...SHELBY...LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE... CONCORD...MONROE...GAFFNEY...ROCK HILL 310 PM EDT WED MAY 14 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA... INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTH CAROLINA... ALEXANDER...CABARRUS...CATAWBA...CLEVELAND...DAVIE...GASTON... IREDELL...LINCOLN...MECKLENBURG...ROWAN AND UNION NC. IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...CHEROKEE AND YORK. * FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT. * THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR A WIDESPREAD TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN FROM NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS...MAINLY ON THURSDAY. AREAS WHERE THUNDERSTORMS REPEATEDLY AFFECT THE SAME LOCATIONS MAY SEE LOCALLY HEAVIER RAINFALL. * THIS AMOUNT OF RAINFALL IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME COULD RESULT IN RAPID RISES AND FLOODING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$ MCAVOY
717 WGUS62 KGSP 150123 FFAGSP URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 923 PM EDT WED MAY 14 2014 ...HEAVY RAIN EXPECTED THROUGH THURSDAY ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA... .A STRONG AND SLOWLY MOVING COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH FROM THE WEST OVERNIGHT AND MOVE ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA ON THURSDAY. DEEP MOISTURE AHEAD OF THE FRONT WILL FUEL WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORMS...AFFECTING MAINLY THE MOUNTAINS...UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA OVERNIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING...AND THEN TRANSITIONING EASTWARD ACROSS THE NORTH CAROLINA PIEDMONT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. ALTHOUGH SOIL CONDITIONS ARE STARTING OUT RELATIVELY DRY...THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR ENOUGH RAIN TO FALL IN A SHORT ENOUGH PERIOD OF TIME TO RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS...AND LONGER DURATION FLOODING ALONG MAIN STEM RIVERS. THE FRONT WILL PASS EAST OF THE AREA THURSDAY NIGHT TO GRADUALLY END THE FLOODING THREAT. GAZ026-028-SCZ010-151100- /O.EXB.KGSP.FF.A.0002.140515T0123Z-140516T1000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ FRANKLIN-HART-ANDERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTWELL...ANDERSON 923 PM EDT WED MAY 14 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS EXPANDED THE * FLASH FLOOD WATCH TO INCLUDE PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA...FRANKLIN AND HART. IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...ANDERSON. * THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT. * THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR A WIDESPREAD TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN FROM SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THURSDAY. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS COULD ALSO PRODUCE LOCAL ONE TO TWO INCH PER HOUR RATES TO QUICKLY GENERATE FLASH FLOODING. * THIS AMOUNT OF RAINFALL IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME COULD RESULT IN RAPID RISES AND EVENTUAL FLOODING ALONG CREEKS AND STREAMS...AND EVENTUALLY ALONG SOME MAIN STEM RIVERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$ GAZ010-017-018-NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-501>510-SCZ001>007- 151100- /O.EXT.KGSP.FF.A.0002.140515T0123Z-140516T1000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN- HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON- TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...CLARKESVILLE...TOCCOA... NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE...CHEROKEE...BRYSON CITY...WAYNESVILLE... ASHEVILLE...SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE... LENOIR...MORGANTON...MARION...LAKE LURE...RUTHERFORD...COLUMBUS... GREENVILLE...SPARTANBURG 923 PM EDT WED MAY 14 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR * PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA...HABERSHAM...RABUN AND STEPHENS. IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...AVERY...BURKE MOUNTAINS...BUNCOMBE... CALDWELL MOUNTAINS...EASTERN MCDOWELL...EASTERN POLK... GREATER BURKE...GREATER CALDWELL...GREATER RUTHERFORD... GRAHAM...HAYWOOD...HENDERSON...MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS...MACON... MADISON...MITCHELL...NORTHERN JACKSON...POLK MOUNTAINS... RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS...SOUTHERN JACKSON...SWAIN... TRANSYLVANIA AND YANCEY. IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...GREATER GREENVILLE...GREATER OCONEE...GREATER PICKENS...GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS...OCONEE MOUNTAINS...PICKENS MOUNTAINS AND SPARTANBURG. * THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT. * THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR A WIDESPREAD TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN FROM WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THURSDAY. A FEW LOCATIONS ALONG THE SOUTHERN AND EASTERN MOUNTAINS COULD SEE RAINFALL TOTALS OF FIVE INCHES OR MORE. LOCALIZED ONE TO TWO INCH PER HOUR RATES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE IN THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS. * THIS AMOUNT OF RAINFALL IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME COULD RESULT IN RAPID RISES AND EVENTUAL FLOODING ALONG CREEKS AND STREAMS...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE BLUE RIDGE AND THE UPPER REACHES OF THE FRENCH BROAD RIVER BASIN. MAIN STEM RIVER FLOODING MAY ALSO DEVELOP THROUGH THURSDAY INTO THURSDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. RAINFALL OF MORE THAN FIVE INCHES IN SIMILAR STORMS HAS BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH AN INCREASED RISK OF LANDSLIDES AND ROCKSLIDES. IF YOU LIVE ON A MOUNTAINSIDE OR IN A COVE AT THE BASE OF A MOUNTAIN...ESPECIALLY NEAR A STREAM...BE READY TO LEAVE IN ADVANCE OF THE STORM OR AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE SHOULD RISING WATER...MOVING EARTH...OR ROCKS THREATEN. CONSIDER POSTPONING TRAVEL ON MOUNTAIN ROADS DURING THE PERIOD OF HEAVY RAINFALL. && $$ NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-082-SCZ008-009-151100- /O.CON.KGSP.FF.A.0002.140515T1200Z-140516T1000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON- MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC-CHEROKEE-YORK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE...HICKORY... SALISBURY...SHELBY...LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE... CONCORD...MONROE...GAFFNEY...ROCK HILL 923 PM EDT WED MAY 14 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THURSDAY THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA... INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTH CAROLINA... ALEXANDER...CABARRUS...CATAWBA...CLEVELAND...DAVIE...GASTON... IREDELL...LINCOLN...MECKLENBURG...ROWAN AND UNION NC. IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...CHEROKEE AND YORK. * FROM 8 AM EDT THURSDAY THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT. * THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR A WIDESPREAD TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN FROM NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS...MAINLY ON THURSDAY. AREAS WHERE THUNDERSTORMS REPEATEDLY AFFECT THE SAME LOCATIONS MAY SEE LOCALLY HEAVIER RAINFALL. * THIS AMOUNT OF RAINFALL IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME COULD RESULT IN RAPID RISES AND FLOODING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS. FLOODING ALONG MAIN STEM RIVERS COULD ALSO DEVELOP THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$ GERAPETRITIS
618 WGUS62 KGSP 150819 FFAGSP FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 419 AM EDT THU MAY 15 2014 ...HEAVY RAIN EXPECTED TODAY ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA... .A STRONG AND SLOWLY MOVING COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA TODAY. DEEP MOISTURE AHEAD OF THE FRONT WILL FUEL WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. ALTHOUGH SOIL CONDITIONS ARE STARTING OUT RELATIVELY DRY...THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR ENOUGH RAIN TO FALL IN A SHORT ENOUGH PERIOD OF TIME TO RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS... AND LONGER DURATION FLOODING ALONG MAIN STEM RIVERS. THE FRONT WILL PASS EAST OF THE AREA THURSDAY NIGHT TO GRADUALLY END THE FLOODING THREAT. NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-082-SCZ008-009-151630- /O.CON.KGSP.FF.A.0002.140515T1200Z-140516T1000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON- MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC-CHEROKEE-YORK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE...HICKORY... SALISBURY...SHELBY...LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE... CONCORD...MONROE...GAFFNEY...ROCK HILL 419 AM EDT THU MAY 15 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA... INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTH CAROLINA... ALEXANDER...CABARRUS...CATAWBA...CLEVELAND...DAVIE...GASTON... IREDELL...LINCOLN...MECKLENBURG...ROWAN AND UNION NC. IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...CHEROKEE AND YORK. * FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. * THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR A WIDESPREAD TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN FROM NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS. AREAS WHERE THUNDERSTORMS REPEATEDLY AFFECT THE SAME LOCATIONS MAY SEE LOCALLY HEAVIER RAINFALL. * THIS AMOUNT OF RAINFALL IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME COULD RESULT IN RAPID RISES AND FLOODING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS. FLOODING ALONG MAIN STEM RIVERS COULD ALSO DEVELOP THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$ GAZ010-017-018-026-028-NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-501>510- SCZ001>007-010-151630- /O.CON.KGSP.FF.A.0002.000000T0000Z-140516T1000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY- MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON- SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-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-ANDERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...CLARKESVILLE...TOCCOA... HARTWELL...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE...CHEROKEE...BRYSON CITY... WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD... HENDERSONVILLE...LENOIR...MORGANTON...MARION...LAKE LURE... RUTHERFORD...COLUMBUS...GREENVILLE...SPARTANBURG...ANDERSON 419 AM EDT THU MAY 15 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA...FRANKLIN...HABERSHAM...HART...RABUN AND STEPHENS. IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...AVERY...BURKE MOUNTAINS...BUNCOMBE...CALDWELL MOUNTAINS...EASTERN MCDOWELL... EASTERN POLK...GREATER BURKE...GREATER CALDWELL... GREATER RUTHERFORD...GRAHAM...HAYWOOD...HENDERSON...MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS...MACON...MADISON...MITCHELL...NORTHERN JACKSON... POLK MOUNTAINS...RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS...SOUTHERN JACKSON... SWAIN...TRANSYLVANIA AND YANCEY. IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA... ANDERSON...GREATER GREENVILLE...GREATER OCONEE...GREATER PICKENS...GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS...OCONEE MOUNTAINS...PICKENS MOUNTAINS AND SPARTANBURG. * THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. * THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR A WIDESPREAD TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN FROM WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. A FEW LOCATIONS ALONG THE SOUTHERN AND EASTERN MOUNTAINS COULD SEE RAINFALL TOTALS OF FIVE INCHES OR MORE. LOCALIZED ONE TO TWO INCH PER HOUR RATES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE IN THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS. * THIS AMOUNT OF RAINFALL IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME COULD RESULT IN RAPID RISES AND EVENTUAL FLOODING ALONG CREEKS AND STREAMS...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE BLUE RIDGE AND THE UPPER REACHES OF THE FRENCH BROAD RIVER BASIN. MAIN STEM RIVER FLOODING MAY ALSO DEVELOP THROUGH THURSDAY INTO THURSDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. RAINFALL OF MORE THAN FIVE INCHES IN SIMILAR STORMS HAS BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH AN INCREASED RISK OF LANDSLIDES AND ROCK SLIDES. IF YOU LIVE ON A MOUNTAINSIDE OR IN A COVE AT THE BASE OF A MOUNTAIN...ESPECIALLY NEAR A STREAM...BE READY TO LEAVE IN ADVANCE OF THE STORM OR AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE SHOULD RISING WATER...MOVING EARTH...OR ROCKS THREATEN. CONSIDER POSTPONING TRAVEL ON MOUNTAIN ROADS DURING THE PERIOD OF HEAVY RAINFALL. && $$ MOORE
541 WGUS62 KGSP 151521 FFAGSP FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1121 AM EDT THU MAY 15 2014 ...HEAVY RAIN EXPECTED TODAY ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS... .A STRONG AND SLOWLY MOVING COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS TODAY. DEEP MOISTURE AHEAD OF THE FRONT WILL FUEL REDEVELOPMENT OF NUMEROUS TO WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR ENOUGH RAIN TO FALL IN A SHORT ENOUGH PERIOD OF TIME TO RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING ALONG SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS. THE FRONT WILL PASS EAST OF THE AREA THURSDAY NIGHT TO GRADUALLY END THE FLOODING THREAT. GAZ010-017-018-026-028-NCZ048-051-052-058-059-062>064-SCZ001-002- 004-005-010-151630- /O.CAN.KGSP.FF.A.0002.000000T0000Z-140516T1000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-MADISON-SWAIN-HAYWOOD- GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA- OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS- ANDERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...CLARKESVILLE...TOCCOA... HARTWELL...CHEROKEE...BRYSON CITY...WAYNESVILLE...SYLVA... FRANKLIN...BREVARD...ANDERSON 1121 AM EDT THU MAY 15 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA HAS BEEN CANCELLED. OCCASIONAL SHOWERS MAY PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL WEST OF U.S. HIGHWAY 25 THIS AFTERNOON...BUT THE PRIMARY FLASH FLOODING THREAT HAS SHIFTED TO THE EAST. $$ NCZ033-035>037-049-050-053-056-057-065-068>072-082-501>510-SCZ003- 006>009-160200- /O.CON.KGSP.FF.A.0002.000000T0000Z-140516T1000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ AVERY-ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-YANCEY-MITCHELL-BUNCOMBE-CATAWBA- ROWAN-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-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG- CHEROKEE-YORK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWLAND...STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE... SPRUCE PINE...ASHEVILLE...HICKORY...SALISBURY...HENDERSONVILLE... SHELBY...LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE...CONCORD...MONROE... LENOIR...MORGANTON...MARION...LAKE LURE...RUTHERFORD...COLUMBUS... GREENVILLE...SPARTANBURG...GAFFNEY...ROCK HILL 1121 AM EDT THU MAY 15 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA... INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTH CAROLINA... ALEXANDER...AVERY...BURKE MOUNTAINS...BUNCOMBE...CALDWELL MOUNTAINS...CABARRUS...CATAWBA...CLEVELAND...DAVIE...EASTERN MCDOWELL...EASTERN POLK...GREATER BURKE...GREATER CALDWELL... GREATER RUTHERFORD...GASTON...HENDERSON...IREDELL...LINCOLN... MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS...MECKLENBURG...MITCHELL...POLK MOUNTAINS... RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS...ROWAN...UNION NC AND YANCEY. IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...CHEROKEE...GREATER GREENVILLE...GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS...SPARTANBURG AND YORK. * THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. * NUMEROUS TO WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OR REDEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS ALONG AND EAST OF THE EASTERN BLUE RIDGE ESCARPMENT. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS. LOCATIONS WHERE THUNDERSTORMS REPEATEDLY AFFECT THE SAME LOCATIONS MAY SEE LOCALLY HEAVIER RAINFALL. * THIS AMOUNT OF RAINFALL IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME COULD RESULT IN RAPID RISES AND FLOODING ALONG SMALLER STREAMS AND CREEKS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$ LANE
558 WGUS62 KGSP 152116 FFAGSP FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 516 PM EDT THU MAY 15 2014 ...HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES OVER MAINLY THE NORTH CAROLINA FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT AS WELL AS THE EASTERN UPSTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA LATE THIS AFTERNOON... .A SLOWLY MOVING COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE PIEDMONT OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS THROUGH EARLY EVENING. DEEP MOISTURE AHEAD OF THE FRONT WILL FUEL CONTINUED DEVELOPMENT WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR ENOUGH RAIN TO FALL IN A SHORT ENOUGH PERIOD OF TIME TO RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING ALONG SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS. THE FLOODING THREAT WILL END THIS EVENING AS THE RAIN MOVES EAST. NCZ033-049-050-053-065-501-503-505-507-509-510-SCZ003-006-007- 152230- /O.CAN.KGSP.FF.A.0002.000000T0000Z-140516T1000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ AVERY-YANCEY-MITCHELL-BUNCOMBE-HENDERSON-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS- BURKE MOUNTAINS-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS- POLK MOUNTAINS-EASTERN POLK-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS- GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE...ASHEVILLE... HENDERSONVILLE...LAKE LURE...COLUMBUS...GREENVILLE...SPARTANBURG 516 PM EDT THU MAY 15 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED EAST OF THIS AREA. $$ NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-082-502-504-506-508-SCZ008-009-160600- /O.CON.KGSP.FF.A.0002.000000T0000Z-140516T1000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON- MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC-GREATER CALDWELL-GREATER BURKE- EASTERN MCDOWELL-GREATER RUTHERFORD-CHEROKEE-YORK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE...HICKORY... SALISBURY...SHELBY...LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE... CONCORD...MONROE...LENOIR...MORGANTON...MARION...RUTHERFORD... GAFFNEY...ROCK HILL 516 PM EDT THU MAY 15 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA... INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTH CAROLINA... ALEXANDER...CABARRUS...CATAWBA...CLEVELAND...DAVIE...EASTERN MCDOWELL...GREATER BURKE...GREATER CALDWELL...GREATER RUTHERFORD...GASTON...IREDELL...LINCOLN...MECKLENBURG...ROWAN AND UNION NC. IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...CHEROKEE AND YORK. * THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. * NUMEROUS TO WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...AS WELL AS THE EASTERN UPSTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. LOCALIZED RAINFALL RATES IN EXCESS OF AN INCH PER HOUR MAY AFFECT AREAS THAT HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED SEVERAL INCHES OVER THE PAST 12 TO 24 HOURS. * THIS AMOUNT OF RAINFALL IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME COULD RESULT IN RAPID RISES AND FLOODING ALONG SMALLER STREAMS AND CREEKS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$ GERAPETRITIS
979 WGUS62 KGSP 152336 FFAGSP FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 736 PM EDT THU MAY 15 2014 ...HEAVY RAIN TO CONTINUE OVER THE INTERSTATE 77 CORRIDOR IN THE PIEDMONT OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS... .A SLOWLY MOVING COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE PIEDMONT OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS THIS EVENING. DEEP MOISTURE AHEAD OF THE FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO GENERATE NUMEROUS TO WIDESPREAD SHOWERS WITH A FEW EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR LOCALIZED FLOODING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS THIS EVENING AS THE RAINFALL TOTALS CONTINUE TO MOUNT. NCZ068-506-508-SCZ008-160045- /O.CAN.KGSP.FF.A.0002.000000T0000Z-140516T1000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ CLEVELAND-EASTERN MCDOWELL-GREATER RUTHERFORD-CHEROKEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SHELBY...MARION...RUTHERFORD...GAFFNEY 736 PM EDT THU MAY 15 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE HEAVY RAINFALL HAS MOVED EAST OF THE AREA AND NO FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED. $$ NCZ035>037-056-057-069>072-082-502-504-SCZ009-160745- /O.CON.KGSP.FF.A.0002.000000T0000Z-140516T1000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG- CABARRUS-UNION NC-GREATER CALDWELL-GREATER BURKE-YORK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE...HICKORY... SALISBURY...LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE...CONCORD... MONROE...LENOIR...MORGANTON...ROCK HILL 736 PM EDT THU MAY 15 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT FRIDAY... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA... INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTH CAROLINA... ALEXANDER...CABARRUS...CATAWBA...DAVIE...GREATER BURKE... GREATER CALDWELL...GASTON...IREDELL...LINCOLN...MECKLENBURG... ROWAN AND UNION NC. IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...YORK. * UNTIL 6 AM EDT FRIDAY. * NUMEROUS TO WIDESPREAD SHOWERS...ALONG WITH A FEW EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS...WILL AFFECT THE INTERSTATE 40 AND INTERSTATE 77 CORRIDOR AREAS OF THE WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT THROUGH LATE EVENING. RAINFALL RATES UP TO ONE INCH PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE HEAVIEST DOWNPOURS...AND THIS COULD AFFECT LOCATIONS THAT HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN IN THE PAST 24 HOURS. * THIS AMOUNT OF RAINFALL COULD RESULT IN RAPID RISES AND FLOODING ALONG SMALLER STREAMS AND CREEKS...ESPECIALLY IN AND AROUND THE CHARLOTTE METRO AREA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$ GERAPETRITIS
714 WGUS62 KGSP 160026 FFAGSP FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 826 PM EDT THU MAY 15 2014 ...HEAVY RAIN TO CONTINUE EAST OF THE INTERSTATE 77 CORRIDOR IN THE PIEDMONT OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS THROUGH THE LATE EVENING HOURS... .A SLOWLY MOVING COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE PIEDMONT OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS THIS EVENING. LINGERING MOISTURE ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO GENERATE NUMEROUS SHOWERS WITH A FEW EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR LOCALIZED FLOODING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS THIS EVENING AS THE RAINFALL TOTALS CONTINUE TO MOUNT. NCZ035-056-069-070-502-504-SCZ009-160130- /O.CAN.KGSP.FF.A.0002.000000T0000Z-140516T1000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ ALEXANDER-CATAWBA-LINCOLN-GASTON-GREATER CALDWELL-GREATER BURKE- YORK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HICKORY...LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA... LENOIR...MORGANTON...ROCK HILL 826 PM EDT THU MAY 15 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE HEAVY RAINFALL HAS GENERALLY MOVED EAST OF THE INTERSTATE 77 CORRIDOR THIS EVENING. $$ NCZ036-037-057-071-072-082-160830- /O.CON.KGSP.FF.A.0002.000000T0000Z-140516T1000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ IREDELL-DAVIE-ROWAN-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE...SALISBURY... CHARLOTTE...CONCORD...MONROE 826 PM EDT THU MAY 15 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT FRIDAY... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * A PORTION OF PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...CABARRUS...DAVIE...IREDELL...MECKLENBURG...ROWAN AND UNION NC. * UNTIL 6 AM EDT FRIDAY. * NUMEROUS SHOWERS...WITH A FEW EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS...WILL AFFECT MAINLY LOCATIONS EAST OF THE INTERSTATE 77 CORRIDOR IN THE NORTH CAROLINA PIEDMONT THROUGH LATE EVENING. RAINFALL RATES AROUND ONE HALF INCH PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE HEAVIEST DOWNPOURS...AND THESE RATES COULD AFFECT LOCATIONS THAT HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN IN THE PAST 24 HOURS. * THIS AMOUNT OF RAINFALL COULD RESULT IN RAPID RISES AND FLOODING ALONG SMALLER STREAMS AND CREEKS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$ HG
645 WGUS62 KGSP 160127 FFAGSP FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 927 PM EDT THU MAY 15 2014 NCZ036-037-057-071-072-082-160230- /O.CAN.KGSP.FF.A.0002.000000T0000Z-140516T1000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ IREDELL-DAVIE-ROWAN-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE...SALISBURY... CHARLOTTE...CONCORD...MONROE 927 PM EDT THU MAY 15 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR THE WESTERN PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE AREA OF HEAVY RAIN AHEAD OF A PASSING COLD FRONT HAS MOVED EAST OF THE AREA. $$ HG
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood watch 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 watch went out at May 14, 3:43 AM EDT, 20 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 14, 3:43 AM EDT, 20 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
343 AM EDT WED MAY 14 2014
.SYNOPSIS...
HIGH PRESSURE WILL PERSIST THROUGH MID WEEK...BEFORE A COLD FRONT
CROSSES FROM THE WEST ON THURSDAY. A COOLER AIR MASS WILL SETTLE
ACROSS THE REGION FRIDAY AND SLOWLY MODIFY WARMER THROUGH EARLY NEXT
WEEK.
&&
.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/...
UPDATED WWA SECTION TO ADD FLASH FLOOD WATCH.
THROUGH THE PRE-DAWN HOURS...SHOULD BE ALL QUIET ACROSS THE FCST
AREA. ONGOING THUNDERSTORMS MOVING NWD FROM AL TO TN SHOULD STAY
TO OUR WEST IN A PLUME OF BETTER MOISTURE CONVERGENCE/TRANSPORT
AND WARM ADVECTION. TEMPS WILL REMAIN MILD.
THE NEXT 24 HOURS LOOK...INTERESTING. ONE MORE DAY OF THE BERMUDA
HIGH BEFORE THINGS REALLY GO DOWNHILL IN A HURRY. THE MODELS ARE IN
GOOD AGREEMENT THAT THE BALANCE OF THE DAY WILL BE QUIET ACROSS THE
WESTERN CAROLINAS. FCST SOUNDINGS SHOW WARMER AIR ALOFT THAT SHOULD
CUT DOWN CONSIDERABLY ON THE AMOUNT OF INSTABILITY...WHILE THE BEST
FORCING/MOISTURE ADVECTION REMAINS OFF TO THE WEST THROUGH ROUGHLY
THE END OF THE DAYTIME PERIOD /22Z/. THE LACK OF CONVECTION THROUGH
THE DAY WILL BELIE HOW CONVECTIVELY ACTIVE THE NEXT 24 HOURS WILL
BE. STORMS SHOULD ALREADY BE TAKING SHAPE TO THE SOUTH BY THE END OF
THE AFTERNOON AND WILL TAKE AIM ON NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE BLUE
RIDGE BY SUNSET. PRECIP CHANCES RAMP UP QUICKLY FROM THE SOUTH AND
ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE DURING THE EVENING HOURS AS DEEP MOISTURE AND
ALL MANNER OF FORCING COMES INTO PLAY. EVENTUALLY...THE FORCING AND
DEEPER MOISTURE WILL SPREAD EAST OVER THE NC PIEDMONT BY SUNRISE
THURSDAY. FLOODING AND SEVERE WEATHER ARE BOTH CONCERNS THROUGH
SUNRISE...MAINLY OVER THE SW PART OF THE FCST AREA. ANTECEDENT
CONDITIONS ARE RELATIVELY DRY ACROSS THE REGION...SO IT WOULD APPEAR
THAT ANY RAIN BEFORE THE END OF THE TONIGHT PERIOD WOULD ONLY SERVE
TO WET DOWN THE SOIL. HOWEVER...THE CONVECTIVE NATURE OF THE PRECIP
AND THE STRONG MOISTURE TRANSPORT INTO THE S FACING ESCARPMENT
SUGGEST THE POTENTIAL FOR A QUICK FEW INCHES BY MIDDAY THURSDAY. THE
POTENTIAL WILL THEN STRETCH UP THE BLUE RIDGE TOWARD VIRGINIA LATER
IN THE DAY. THINK IT BEST TO GO WITH A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN THE MOST
VULNERABLE/FLASHY ZONE ALONG/NEAR THE BLUE RIDGE NOW...RATHER THAN
DUMPING IT OFF ON THE DAY SHIFT. AS FOR SEVERE WEATHER...WHILE IT IS
ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THE BETTER RISK WILL REMAIN OFF TO OUR WEST
THROUGH TONIGHT...AND THAT CONDITIONS MIGHT BE MORE FAVORABLE AGAIN
AFTER SUNRISE ON THURSDAY...BOTH MODELS DEVELOP A HIGH SHEAR/LOW
CAPE SCENARIO BY 12Z THURSDAY OVER NE GEORGIA AND THE WESTERN PART
OF SC. THUS...IT WOULD NOT BE COMPLETELY OUT OF THE REALM OF
POSSIBILITIES TO HAVE SOME SEVERE WEATHER THREAT MOVING IN FROM THE
SW DURING THE PRE-DAWN HOURS.
&&
.SHORT TERM /THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT/...
AT 300 AM EDT WEDNESDAY...A HIGH AMPLITUDE UPPER PATTERN WILL EXIST
ON THURSDAY MORNING...WITH RIDGES ALONG EACH COAST...AND A TROUGH
OVER THE CENTER OF THE NATION. AS AN UPPER LOW CLOSES OFF OVER THE
NORTHERN PLAINS...A STRONG SHORTWAVE MOVING THROUGH THE TROUGH WILL
EXIT THE MS RIVER VALLEY AND MOVE UP THE OH AND TN RIVER VALLEYS.
THIS SHORTWAVE REACHES THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS BY FRIDAY
MORNING...AND EXITS THE REGION ON FRIDAY EVENING. ANOTHER WEAKER
SHORTWAVE ROUNDING THE BASE OF THE UPPER TROUGH WILL CROSS OUR AREA
LATE FRIDAY NIGHT.
A STRONG...SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT WILL BE OVER THE MOUNTAINS OF THE
WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NE GA THURSDAY MORNING. PRONOUNCED ISENTROPIC
UPGLIDE AND UPSLOPE FLOW AHEAD OF THE FRONT WILL SUPPORT ROBUST
PRECIPITATION...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE SOUTH FACING BLUE RIDGE
ESCARPMENT...IF CONVECTION FARTHER SOUTH ALONG THE BOUNDARY DOES NOT
ROB MOISTURE FROM OUR AREA. ALTHOUGH SHEAR WILL BE RATHER
STRONG...CAPE WILL BE SOMEWHAT LIMITED. NEVERTHELESS...ENOUGH
INGREDIENTS APPEAR TO BE COMING TOGETHER FOR SEVERE WEATHER TO BE
POSSIBLE.
THE FRONT WILL EXIT OUR AREA EARLY THURSDAY EVENING...FOLLOWED BY
DRYING FORM THE SW IN ITS WAKE. ANOTHER...WEAKER COLD FRONT WILL
APPROACH THE MOUNTAINS FORM THE W BY FRIDAY MORNING. THIS BOUNDARY
SLOWLY CROSSES THE AREA DURING THE DAY...AND MOISTURE MOVING ALONG
AND BEHIND THE BOUNDARY WILL LONG OVER OUR AREA THROUGH FRIDAY
NIGHT. THE BEST CHANCE FOR PRECIPITATION WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL BE IN
THE NC MOUNTAINS BORDER TN WHERE UPSLOPE FLOW WILL FOLLOW THE FRONT.
TEMPERATURES WILL RUN SEVERAL CATEGORIES BELOW NORMAL...AT FIRST DUE
TO PRECIPITATION AND CLOUD COVER...AFTER FRONTAL PASSAGE DUE TO COLD
ADVECTION.
&&
.LONG TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/...
AT 300 AM EDT WEDNESDAY...ON SATURDAY MORNING A WEAKENING UPPER LOW
WILL BE LOCATED OVER CENTRAL ONTARIO...WITH AN ASSOCIATED TROUGH
EXTENDING SOUTH TO THE GULF STATES. BY SUNDAY MORNING THE UPPER LOW
WILL DRIFT SE OVER LAKE ERIE...WITH THE GFS CLOSING ITS LOW OFF
AGAIN...WHILE THE TROUGH AXIS MOVES TO THE MID ATLANTIC AND
SOUTHEAST COAST. AN UPPER RIDGE WILL AMPLIFY OVER THE MS RIVER
VALLEY ON MONDAY...WHILE THE UPPER LOW...NOW CLOSED OFF IN THE ECMWF
AS WELL...MOVED TO THE MID ATLANTIC COAST. BY TUESDAY THE UPPER LOW
MOVES OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST...WHILE THE SLOWLY PROGRESSIVE
UPPER RIDGE UPSTREAM REMAINS OVER THE MS RIVER VALLEY.
A SECOND COLD FRONT WASHES OUT AS IT LEAVES OUR AREA EARLY
SATURDAY...WITH PRECIPITATION DECREASING FORM WEST TO EAST. HIGH
PRESSURE WILL SLOWLY MOVE FROM THE MID MS RIVER VALLEY ON
SATURDAY...TO THE CENTRAL APPALACHIANS BY TUESDAY...THEN WEAKENS
OVER THE CAROLINAS AND GA ON WEDNESDAY. MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH A
STATIONARY FRONT IN THE SOUTHERN PLAINS WILL SPREAD EAST OVER THE
SURFACE RIDGE...SENDING INCREASING CLOUDS OVER GA AND THE CAROLINAS
ON SUNDAY. AS THE UPPER LOW DIVES SOUTHEAST...THE EASTERN EXTEND OF
THIS CLOUD COVER IS DIVERTED TO THE SOUTH...EVEN AS THE BOUNDARY IN
THE PLAINS BEGINS MOVING NORTH AS A WARM FRONT. MOISTURE ASSOCIATED
WITH THE UPPER LOW DOES SPREAD SW TOWARD OUR AREA ON TUESDAY.
TEMPERATURES WILL RUN SEVERAL CATEGORIES BELOW NORMAL EARLY
ON...TRENDING TOWARD NORMAL BY TUESDAY AS COLD ADVECTION ABATES AND
HEIGHTS RISE ALOFT.
&&
.AVIATION /08Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...
AT KCLT...VFR THROUGH SUNRISE...AND THEN CONTINUING THROUGH THE
DAYLIGHT HOURS. EXPECT ONLY HIGH CLOUDS THROUGH THE MORNING...WITH
SOME CU DEVELOPMENT IN THE AFTERNOON AND INCREASING MID/HIGH CLOUDS.
A LIGHT SOUTH WIND WILL PICK UP BY MIDDAY AND MIGHT BE GUSTY AT
TIMES IN THE AFTERNOON. THE WIND WILL START BACKING A BIT SE BY
SUNSET. NOT LOOKING LIKE ANY SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL
DEVELOP BEFORE SUNSET. BUT...THE WHEELS FALL OFF AFTER THAT. EXPECT
A RAPID ONSET OF CONVECTIVE PRECIP MOVING UP FROM THE SOUTH DURING
THE EVENING HOURS INTO THE WESTERN CAROLINAS. THE INITIAL ACTIVITY
WILL HAVE A FOCUS MORE TOWARD THE BLUE RIDGE AND MOUNTAINS...THUS
HAVE KEPT THE THUNDERSTORMS LIMITED WITH A PROB30 IN THIS ISSUANCE.
CERTAINLY...CONDITIONS WILL FURTHER DETERIORATE AFTER MIDNIGHT
WEDNESDAY NIGHT...AND THIS WILL BE ADDRESSED IN THE NEXT ISSUANCE
WITH GREATER DETAIL.
ELSEHWERE...A LIGHT S TO SW WIND IS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT WITH SOME
CONVECTIVE DEBRIS CLOUDS. MTN VALLEY FOG SHOULD DEVELOP ONCE
AGAIN...BUT WILL MOST LIKELY NOT DEVELOP AT KAVL AS BOUNDARY LAYER
DEW POINTS ACTUALLY FALL LITTLE OVERNIGHT. FEW CU DEVELOP BY LATE
MORNING WITH INCREASING S TO SW WINDS. WINDS INCREASE IN SPEED FOR
THE AFTERNOON. THINK THE BALANCE OF THE DAY WILL BE DRY...BUT IN THE
EARLY EVENING EXPECT TO SEE CONVECTION FIRING OVER GA TAKING AIM ON
THE BLUE RIDGE AND MTNS. THERE COULD BE A RAPID ONSET OF MVFR
CEILING IN THE EVENING WITH THUNDERSTORMS MOVING UP FROM THE SOUTH
AROUND SUNSET OR SHORTLY THEREAFTER. ALL THE TAFS WILL FEATURE A
PERIOD OF PROB30 THUNDERSTORMS...FOLLOWED BY A TEMPO FOR IFR IN
THUNDERSTORMS BEFORE THE END OF THE PERIOD.
OUTLOOK...ON THURSDAY A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT WILL YIELD A BETTER
CHANCE OF RESTRICTIONS IN PROLONGED PRECIPITATION AND THUNDERSTORMS.
EXPECT VFR AGAIN FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE
COULD BRING A PERIOD OF MVFR CEILING ON SUNDAY.
CONFIDENCE TABLE...
07-13Z 13-19Z 19-01Z 01-07Z
KCLT HIGH 100% HIGH 100% HIGH 100% HIGH 95%
KGSP HIGH 99% HIGH 100% HIGH 100% MED 79%
KAVL HIGH 100% HIGH 100% HIGH 100% MED 79%
KHKY HIGH 100% HIGH 100% HIGH 100% HIGH 84%
KGMU HIGH 100% HIGH 100% HIGH 100% MED 79%
KAND HIGH 100% HIGH 100% HIGH 100% HIGH 90%
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 FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE THURSDAY
NIGHT FOR GAZ010.
NC...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE THURSDAY
NIGHT FOR NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-501>507-509.
SC...NONE.
&&
SYNOPSIS...JAT
NEAR TERM...PM
SHORT TERM...JAT
LONG TERM...JAT
AVIATION...PMHazardous weather outlook, May 13, 10:30 PM EDT, 5 hours 33 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1030 PM EDT TUE MAY 13 2014 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065- 068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-150230- 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- 1030 PM EDT TUE MAY 13 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. ..WEDNESDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ..THURSDAY...FLASH FLOODING AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE. SUBTROPICAL MOISTURE WILL FLOW NORTHWARD INTO THE REGION AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT...PRODUCING PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN WHICH MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING. THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TO DEVELOP ACROSS SOME OF THE REGION IN THE UNSTABLE AIR AHEAD OF THE FRONT. STRONG UPPER LEVEL WINDS MAY ALLOW A FEW OF THE THUNDERSTORMS TO PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL THURSDAY AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY OVER THE PIEDMONT. ..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.
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.