Alert archive / North Carolina / Areal Flood Warnings in 2015
Areal Flood Warning 21, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this areal flood warning at Oct 3, 2015, 4:59 PM EDT for Henderson County, North Carolina. It was in force for 3 hr. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 3, 2015, 4:59 PM EDT (20:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 3, 2015, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Henderson County, NC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:01 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 3, 7:40 PM EDT | FLOOD | 1 S Hendersonville, NC | INTERSECTION OF GREENVILLE HWY AND WHITE ST CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING. |
| Oct 3, 7:40 PM EDT | FLOOD | 2 N Hendersonville, NC | MUD CREEK FLOODING BALFOUR ROAD AT THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 246 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
- 9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 457 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 451 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 499 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
165 WGUS42 KGSP 032059 FLWGSP BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 459 PM EDT SAT OCT 3 2015 NCC089-040000- /O.NEW.KGSP.FA.W.0021.151003T2059Z-151004T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ HENDERSON NC- 459 PM EDT SAT OCT 3 2015 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WARNING FOR URBAN AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS IN... CENTRAL HENDERSON COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... * UNTIL 800 PM EDT * AT 453 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED ONGOING FLOODING IN THE CITY OF HENDERSONVILLE. 4TH AVENUE NEAR JACKSON PARK...AS WELL AS FERNCLIFF DRIVE...WERE REPORTED FLOODED. MUD CREEK ALSO CONTINUES TO BE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE...FLOODING AREAS NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAYS 176 AND 25. SEVERAL INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVER THE PAST 24 HOURS...WITH PERIODS OF RAINFALL CONTINUING TONIGHT. THIS AREAL FLOOD WARNING REPLACES THE EARLIER FLASH FLOOD WARNING ISSUED FOR HENDERSON COUNTY. * SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... HENDERSONVILLE...FLAT ROCK...LAUREL PARK...VALLEY HILL...EAST FLAT ROCK AND TUXEDO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. DO NOT DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES AND DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN. PLEASE REPORT FLOOD WATER FLOWING OVER ROADS OR THREATENING PROPERTY...OR LANDSLIDES 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 3538 8243 3525 8238 3522 8249 3535 8255 $$ 08
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this areal 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 areal flood warning went out at Oct 3, 2:56 PM EDT, 2 hours 3 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 3, 2:56 PM EDT, 2 hours 3 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
256 PM EDT SAT OCT 3 2015
.SYNOPSIS...
AN UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL DRIFT SLOWLY ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST UNITED
STATES THROUGH THE REST OF THE WEEKEND. TROPICAL MOISTURE WILL
PRODUCE WIDESPREAD HEAVY TO TORRENTIAL RAINFALL ACROSS THE REGION
THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. DRY HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN BEGINNING
TUESDAY.
&&
.NEAR TERM /THROUGH SUNDAY/...
HISTORIC AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING RAINFALL CONTINUES...
AS OF 245 PM EDT SUNDAY...RAIN CONTINUES. SHOULD COME AS NO SURPRISE
THAT CREEKS/STREAMS/RIVERS ARE ALL RISING AND MORE WARNINGS
ARE BEING ISSUED. DEEP FETCH OF TROPICAL MOISTURE CONTINUES TO
STREAM INTO THE AREA...FORCED BY THE UPPER DIFFLUENCE ASSOCIATED
WITH THE DEFORMATION ZONE OF THE MIDLEVEL LOW...AS WELL AS RIGHT
ENTRANCE REGION SYNOPTIC LIFT FROM THE STRONG UPPER JET STREAK. THE
MIDLEVEL LOW WILL CONTINUE TO SPIN AND DIG...WITH THE UPPER JET
PIVOTING AROUND FROM NNW/SSE ORIENTATION TO NW/SE AND MORE WNW/ESE
WITH TIME. THE AXIS OF THE HEAVY PRECIPITATION WILL FOLLOW THIS
PATTERN AS WELL. THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT AS THIS HAPPENS...ALL
GUIDANCE IS SHIFTING THE AXIS OF HEAVIEST RAIN SOUTH...MORE FROM
AN AUGUSTA TO MYRTLE BEACH LINE ACROSS CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA THAN
UPSTATE. HOWEVER...GIVEN THESE CHANGES AND TAKING INTO ACCOUNT
RUN-TO-RUN CONTINUITY /OR IN THIS CASE THE LACK THEREOF/...AM NOT
WILLING TO PULL BACK ON QPFS TOO MUCH JUST YET. SCREAMING 850MB
JET WILL CONTINUE AS WELL...ADDING UPSLOPE FLOW/OROGRAPHIC LIFT
TO THE PICTURE SO ALONG THOSE EAST FACING SLOPES OF BOTH THE NORTH
AND SOUTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS...EXPECT THAT LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN
WILL CONTINUE. LANDSLIDE THREAT REMAINS...WE HAVE ALREADY HAD A
HANDFUL OF DEBRIS FLOWS IN THE MOUNTAINS...AND AS THE WINDS PICK
UP TONIGHT WITH THE SATURATED SOILS THE PROBLEM MAY BE EXACERBATED.
SPEAKING OF THE WINDS...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN PLACE THROUGH
THE NEAR TERM /AND HAVE EXTENDED IT FURTHER INTO THE SHORT
TERM/. WIDESPREAD 15-25MPH WINDS WITH GUSTS UP TO 30-40 EXPECTED
THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. WHILE TECHNICALLY BELOW ADVISORY
CRITERIA...WITH SATURATED SOILS WE ARE GETTING SCATTERED TREES
COMING DOWN ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA SO IT IS PRUDENT TO LEAVE
THE ADVISORY IN PLACE.
BELOW-NORMAL TEMPERATURES CONTINUE BUT A BIT OF A WARMING TREND
TONIGHT AND TOMORROW VERSUS LAST NIGHT AND TODAY.
&&
.SHORT TERM /SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY/...
AT 230 PM EDT SATURDAY...ON MONDAY MORNING A STRONG CLOSED UPPER LOW
WILL BE OFF THE GA COAST...WHILE AND UPPER RIDGE WILL BE OVER THE
PLAINS...AND ANOTHER CLOSED LOW WILL BE OVER S CA. BY TUESDAY
MORNING THE UPPER LOW MOVES NE ALONG THE GULF STREAM...TO A POSITION
OFF THE SOUTHERN NC COAST...WHILE FEATURES UPSTREAM SLOWLY PROGRESS
AND DEAMPLIFY SLIGHTLY. ON TUESDAY NIGHT THE EASTERN LOW FILLS...THE
RIDGE UPSTREAM REACHES THE EASTERN PLAINS...AND THE WESTERN UPPER
LOW REACHES AZ.
AT THE SURFACE...SUNDAY EVENING FEATURES DIMINISHED ISENTROPIC
UPGLIDE...EVEN THOUGH ROBUST...MOIST...EASTERLY UPSLOPE FLOW INTO
THE NC BLUE RIDGE WILL BE PRESENT. AS WINDS BACK FROM E TO NE ON
MONDAY AS THE UPPER LOW MOVES UP THE GULF STREAM...UPSLOPE FLOW
LARGELY TERMINATES...WHILE MOISTURE BECOMES CONFINED MAINLY TO THE
COASTAL PLAIN. THIS DRYING TREND OVER THE CAROLINAS AND GA CONTINUES
THROUGH TUESDAY...ALTHOUGH THE MODELS SHOW SOME LINGERING MOISTURE
OVER THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS. TEMPERATURES WILL RUN BELOW NORMAL
IN COOL NE FLOW.
&&
.LONG TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/...
AT 230 PM EDT SATURDAY...ON WEDNESDAY MORNING A LOW AMPLITUDE UPPER
TROUGH WILL BE ALONG THE EAST COAST...A LOW AMPLITUDE UPPER RIDGE
WILL BE OVER THE PLAINS...AND A CLOSED UPPER LOW WILL BE OVER AZ. BY
THURSDAY UPPER LOW BECOMES ZONAL OVER THE NE USA...WITH VERY LOW
AMPLITUDE RIDING OVER THE SE...WHILE THE UPPER LOW UPSTREAM REACHES
NM. BY FRIDAY MODEL SOLUTIONS DIVERGE...WITH THE ECMWF CLOSED LOW
RETROGRESSING INTO NW MEXICO...AND AN UPPER TROUGH AMPLIFYING OVER
THE APPALACHIANS...WHILE THE GFS LOW REACHES TX...WITH RIDGING
PERSISTING DOWNSTREAM OVER THE SE. LITTLE PROGRESSION IN THESE
PATTERNS OCCURS BY SATURDAY MORNING.
AT THE SURFACE...ON WEDNESDAY MORNING HIGH PRESSURE WILL EXTEND FROM
THE GREAT LEAKS TO THE GULF STATES AND EASTERN SEABOARD. AS THE HIGH
CENTER PROGRESSES TO QUEBEC ON THURSDAY...THE RIDGE BECOMES WEDGED
UP AGAINST THE EAST SLOPES OF THE APPALACHIANS. SOUTHERLY MOIST
ISENTROPIC UPGLIDE OVER THIS RIDGE WILL BE INITIALLY BE OVER FL AND
THE GULF COAST...BUT WILL SPREAD NORTH OVER OUR AREA BY FRIDAY...
CONTINUING INTO SATURDAY...WHILE A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT STALLS AND
WEAKENS TO OUR WEST. TEMPERATURES WILL RUN NEAR NORMAL.
&&
.AVIATION /19Z SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/...
AT KCLT AND ELSEWHERE...WIDESPREAD SHRA/RA CONTINUES WITH MAINLY
MVFR TO IFR VSBY UNDER THE HEAVIEST SHOWERS...AND LIFR TO IFR
CIGS. NE WIND GUSTS OF 25 TO 30 KT WILL CONTINUE WITH HIGHER
GUSTS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY. WILL CONTINUE LLWS FROM
00Z-12Z GIVEN THE STRONG EASTERLY FLOW OF 40 TO 50 KT IN THE 950
TO 850 MB LAYER.
OUTLOOK...A MOIST EASTERLY FLOW WILL SUPPORT HEAVY RAINFALL AND
WIDESPREAD RESTRICTIONS THROUGH THE LATE WEEKEND AS UPPER LEVEL
LOW PRESSURE OVER THE SOUTHEAST INTERACTS WITH TROPICAL MOISTURE
FROM THE ATLANTIC. SLOW DRYING IS EXPECTED THROUGH MID WEEK.
CONFIDENCE TABLE...
19-01Z 01-07Z 07-13Z 13-18Z
KCLT MED 75% HIGH 83% HIGH 84% HIGH 91%
KGSP MED 78% MED 78% HIGH 84% HIGH 89%
KAVL HIGH 98% HIGH 89% HIGH 84% HIGH 95%
KHKY MED 78% HIGH 80% HIGH 83% HIGH 89%
KGMU HIGH 82% MED 77% HIGH 83% HIGH 86%
KAND HIGH 86% HIGH 94% HIGH 98% 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
&&
.HYDROLOGY...
HAVE ALREADY SEEN WIDESPREAD 2-4 INCHES ACROSS THE AREA...WITH
ADDITIONAL TOTALS OF 4-6 INCHES EXPECTED THROUGH THE NEAR TERM. AS
MENTIONED ABOVE...GUIDANCE IS SHIFTING THE AXIS OF HEAVIEST
PRECIPITATION A LITTLE FARTHER SOUTH WHICH WOULD REDUCE QPFS
SOMEWHAT...PERHAPS BY AS MUCH AS A COUPLE OF INCHES...AND WE WILL
CONTINUE TO EVALUATE THAT WITH UPDATED FORECASTS. AS MENTIONED IN
THE EARLY MORNING DISCUSSION...THE WET ANTECEDENT CONDITIONS WILL
CONTRIBUTE TO LIFE THREATENING AND DAMAGING FLASHING FLOODING AND
RIVER FLOODING AS THE HEAVIER RAIN BANDS MOVE ACROSS THE
REGION...PARTICULARLY IN THE WESTERN UPSTATE AND THE LOWER PIEDMONT
LATER TONIGHT WHERE THE BANDS MAY BECOME STATIONARY OR PIVOT. THE
POTENTIAL FOR NUMEROUS SLOPE FAILURES AND DEBRIS FLOWS WILL INCREASE
SHARPLY ONCE AN ADDITIONAL PERIOD OF HEAVY RAIN DEVELOPS OVER THE
SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT.
&&
.GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH MONDAY MORNING FOR GAZ010-017-018-
026-028-029.
WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 8 AM EDT MONDAY FOR GAZ010-017-018-026-028-
029.
NC...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH MONDAY MORNING FOR NCZ033-035>037-
048>053-056>059-062>065-068>072-082-501>510.
WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 8 AM EDT MONDAY FOR NCZ033-035>037-048>053-
056>059-062>065-068>072-082-501>510.
SC...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH MONDAY MORNING FOR SCZ001>014-019.
WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 8 AM EDT MONDAY FOR SCZ001>014-019.
&&
SYNOPSIS...NED
NEAR TERM...TDP
SHORT TERM...JAT
LONG TERM...JAT
AVIATION...TDP
HYDROLOGY...TDPHazardous weather outlook, Oct 3, 3:13 PM EDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 313 PM EDT SAT OCT 3 2015 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065- 068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-041915- 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- 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-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- 313 PM EDT SAT OCT 3 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT MONDAY... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FLASH FLOOD WATCH. WIND ADVISORY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. ..SUNDAY...HEAVY RAIN WITH FLASH FLOODING AND HIGH WINDS LIKELY. SEE THE LATEST FLASH FLOOD WATCH AND WIND ADVISORY FOR DETAILS. ..MONDAY...HEAVY RAIN WITH FLASH FLOODING AND HIGH WINDS LIKELY. SEE THE LATEST FLASH FLOOD WATCH AND WIND ADVISORY FOR DETAILS. ..TUESDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ..WEDNESDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ..THURSDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ..FRIDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF DAMAGING WINDS...OR FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE. 07
In the hours before
Local storm report, Oct 3, 11:16 AM EDT, 5 hours 43 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1116 AM EDT SAT OCT 03 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1030 AM FLOOD 4 SSW CONCORD 35.36N 80.63W
10/03/2015 CABARRUS NC EMERGENCY MNGR
STOUGH ROAD IS CLOSED AT WOLF MEADOW BRANCH WHERE THE
WATER HAS REACHED THE TOP OF THE BRIDGE. THE BRANCH
APPEARS TO HAVE CRESTED. NO OTHER KNOWN FLOODING IN THE
CONCORD AREA AT THIS TIME.
&&
OUTLAWLocal storm report, Oct 3, 11:41 AM EDT, 5 hours 18 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1141 AM EDT SAT OCT 03 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1130 AM FLASH FLOOD 3 WSW OLD FORT 35.61N 82.22W
10/03/2015 MCDOWELL NC EMERGENCY MNGR
THE CATAWBA RIVER AT THE CATAWBA RIVER FALLS CAMPGROUND
HAS REACHED THE HEIGHT OF THE HURRICANE FRANCIS FLOOD
BACK IN SEPTEMBER 2004. CAMPERS ARE BEING PULLED BACK
FROM THE RIVER AS IT CONTINUES TO RISE RAPIDLY. THIS AREA
RECEIVED AROUND 12 INCHES OF RAIN LAST WEEKEND AND
RECEIVED AROUND 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL FROM THI8 EVENT AS
OF LATE THIS MORNING.
&&
OUTLAWLocal storm report, Oct 3, 11:55 AM EDT, 5 hours 4 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1155 AM EDT SAT OCT 03 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1143 AM FLASH FLOOD 4 S FLAT ROCK 35.21N 82.44W
10/03/2015 HENDERSON NC PUBLIC
FLOODING OF GREEN RIVER.
&&
07Local storm report, Oct 3, 2:09 PM EDT, 2 hours 50 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
209 PM EDT SAT OCT 03 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0120 PM DEBRIS FLOW 4 WNW OLD FORT 35.65N 82.25W
10/03/2015 MCDOWELL NC EMERGENCY MNGR
LANDSLIDE COMPLETELY BLOCKING MILL CREEK ROAD NEAR THE
INTERSECTION WITH GRAPHITE ROAD. ALSO TREES BLOCKING
NEARBY MASHBURN BRANCH ROAD ON NORTH SIDE OF OLD FORT.
CATAWBA RIVER CONTINUING TO RISE AT THE CATAWBA RIVER
CAMPGROUND.
&&
OUTLAWThe office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 3, 1:12 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Davie, Rowan | 6 hr |
| Oct 3, 1:22 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Union | 6 hr |
| Oct 3, 1:27 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Cabarrus | 6 hr |
| Oct 3, 1:38 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg | 6 hr |
| Oct 3, 2:59 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Alexander, Catawba, Iredell | 3 hr |
| Oct 3, 6:22 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | GSP | Cabarrus | 6 hr |
| Oct 3, 6:22 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | GSP | Cabarrus | 6 hr |
| Oct 3, 7:37 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Davie, Iredell, Rowan | 3 hr |
| Oct 3, 7:48 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Mecklenburg | 3 hr |
| Oct 3, 7:57 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Union | 3 hr |
| Oct 3, 8:46 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | GSP | Union | 3 hr |
| Oct 3, 9:36 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg | 3 hr |
| Oct 3, 9:43 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | GSP | Buncombe | 42 hr |
| Oct 3, 9:43 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | GSP | Haywood | 28 hr |
| Oct 3, 10:17 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | GSP | Swain | 46 hr |
| Oct 3, 10:56 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Henderson | 6 hr |
| Oct 3, 11:47 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | McDowell | 3 hr |
| Oct 3, 12:18 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | GSP | Cabarrus | 3 hr |
| Oct 3, 12:22 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Union | 3 hr |
| Oct 3, 1:41 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Transylvania | 3 hr |
| Oct 3, 1:49 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Polk, Rutherford | 3 hr |
| Oct 3, 2:48 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | GSP | McDowell | 3 hr |
| Oct 3, 2:56 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | GSP | Transylvania | 3 hr |
| Oct 3, 5:11 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Burke | 3 hr |
| Oct 3, 5:49 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | GSP | McDowell | 3 hr |
| Oct 3, 6:00 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | GSP | Transylvania | 3 hr |
Nearby
Areal Flood Warnings in North Carolina, 2015Every areal flood warning in 2015
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.