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Flash Flood Warning 16, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this flash flood warning at Jul 23, 2015, 6:41 PM EDT for Cabarrus County, Union 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
- Jul 23, 2015, 6:41 PM EDT (22:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 23, 2015, 9:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Cabarrus County, NC, Union County, NC
The radar
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 149 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:41 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 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 113 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
- 752 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -32 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 742 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 90 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 161 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 2.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
723
WGUS52 KGSP 232241
FFWGSP
NCC025-179-240130-
/O.NEW.KGSP.FF.W.0016.150723T2241Z-150724T0130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
641 PM EDT THU JUL 23 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN UNION COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
SOUTH CENTRAL CABARRUS COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 930 PM EDT
* AT 636 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO TWO TO THREE INCHES OF
RAIN HAVE FALLEN SINCE 4 PM. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN
SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
UNIONVILLE...LAKE PARK...FAIRVIEW IN UNION COUNTY...MIDLAND...HEMBY
BRIDGE...INDIAN TRAIL...STALLINGS AND MT PLEASANT.
IN PARTICULAR...RAPID RISES ARE EXPECTED ON CROOKED CREEK...MEADOW
CREEK...STEWARTS CREEK...AND GOOSE CREEK IN NORTHERN UNION COUNTY.
THESE CREEKS AND THEIR TRIBUTARIES SHOULD OVERFLOW THEIR BANKS.
ALSO...FLOODING IS EXPECTED ALONG THE ROCKY RIVER AND ITS
TRIBUTARIES IN SOUTHERN CABARRUS COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. 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 3507 8042 3499 8051 3505 8066 3519 8058
3521 8055 3522 8057 3526 8057 3531 8051
3534 8049 3532 8041 3519 8051 3518 8050
3516 8044 3517 8042 3516 8041 3518 8037
3517 8037
$$
MOORE1 follow-up statement
404
WGUS72 KGSP 240123
FFSGSP
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
923 PM EDT THU JUL 23 2015
NCC025-179-240132-
/O.EXP.KGSP.FF.W.0016.000000T0000Z-150724T0130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
UNION NC-CABARRUS NC-
923 PM EDT THU JUL 23 2015
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN UNION AND SOUTH CENTRAL
CABARRUS COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 930 PM EDT...
ALTHOUGH HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED...STREAMS WILL CONTINUE TO RUN AT
ELEVATED LEVELS. LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS MAY STILL
BE COVERED WITH WATER. DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS AND HEED ALL
ROAD CLOSURES.
LAT...LON 3507 8042 3499 8051 3505 8066 3519 8058
3521 8055 3522 8057 3526 8057 3531 8051
3534 8049 3532 8041 3519 8051 3518 8050
3516 8044 3517 8042 3516 8041 3518 8037
3517 8037
$$
07What 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 Jul 23, 4:25 PM EDT, 2 hours 16 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 23, 4:25 PM EDT, 2 hours 16 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
425 PM EDT THU JUL 23 2015
.SYNOPSIS...
A WEAK FRONT WILL BE SUPPRESSED TO THE SOUTH OF THE REGION TONIGHT
AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY AND MID-ATLANTIC.
WEAK HIGH PRESSURE WILL LINGER OVER THE AREA THROUGH FRIDAY WITH
TYPICAL MID-SUMMER WEATHER CONDITIONS ON TAP FOR THE WEEKEND.
&&
.NEAR TERM /THROUGH FRIDAY/...
AS OF 425 PM...SHOWERS AND STORMS BECOMING WIDESPREAD ACROSS THE
CWFA THIS AFTERNOON AS A SHORT WAVE MOVES IN TAPPING THE INSTABILITY
IN PLACE. EXPECT THE COVERAGE TO SLOWLY DIMINISH THRU EARLY EVENING
AS THE SHORT WAVE MOVES EAST OF THE AREA. HOWEVER...SOME COVERAGE
WILL LINGER THRU THE NITE. ISOLATED SVR STORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE
GIVEN THE FORCING...EVEN WITH MINIMAL DCAPE VALUES IN PLACE.
ISOLATED FLOODING MAY ALSO DEVELOP...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE NC
PIEDMONT WHERE LOW LEVEL FLOW IS EASTERLY.
AS OF 230 PM EDT THURSDAY...BROAD EAST COAST UPPER TROF CONTINUES TO
REMAIN THE PRIMARY FEATURE IN THE PATTERN ALOFT...WHILE AN UPPER
ANTICYCLONE ROTATES OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. MEANWHILE...AN OLD
NEARLY STATIONARY FRONTAL AXIS REMAINS DRAPED ACROSS THE CAROLINAS
WITH A WEAK SFC WAVE ROTATING OVER THE COASTAL PLAINS AND SAND HILLS
REGIONS. AS EXPECTED LATEST RADAR ANALYSIS INDICATES INCREASING
SHRA/TSRA ASSOCIATED WITH PVA TIED TO WEAK H5 VORT MAX...WHICH IS
AIDED BY A MODESTLY UNSTABLE BOUNDARY LAYER. SPEAKING OF...EARLIER
MID/HIGH CLOUDS WORKED WELL TO STUNT HEATING AND THUS KEPT SBCAPES
GENERALLY AT OR UNDER 1.5K J/KG. 12Z THERMAL PROFILES REMAIN RATHER
MOIST WITH PWATS IN EXCESS OF 1.9-2.0 INCHES WHICH WARRANTS
CONTINUED THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING TIED TO ANY DEEPER
CONVECTION...ESPECIALLY WHERE TRAINING OCCURS. OTHERWISE...NOT
EXPECTING MUCH MORE THAN A FEW STRONG TO PERHAPS AN ISOLATED SVR
STORM THROUGH THE AFTERNOON/EVENING. POPS THROUGH THIS TIMEFRAME
WILL REMAIN AT CAT LEVELS OVER THE HIGH TERRAIN WHERE UPSLOPE
ENHANCEMENT IS POSSIBLE...TAPERING TO HIGH END CHANCE POPS EAST OF
I77.
COVERAGE IS EXPECTED TO DECREASE OVERNIGHT AS THE PRIMARY UPPER
IMPULSE SLIDES EAST TAKING THE AFORE MENTIONED SURFACE WAVE/FRONT
ALONG FOR THE RIDE. HIGH PRESSURE WILL START TO BUILD IN BEHIND
THESE DEPARTING FEATURES LEADING TO NORTHEAST FLOW AT THE SURFACE
BY MORNING. SAID FLOW WILL CONTINUE VEER EASTERLY THROUGH THE DAY
BEFORE SETTING UP OUT OF THE SOUTHEAST BY PERIODS END. THIS PATTERN
WILL ALLOW FOR PERIODS OF UPSLOPING ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE WHERE THE
HIGHEST CHANCE POPS ARE FEATURED. LOW END CHANCE POPS REMAIN IN THE
FCST OVER THE UPPER SAVANNAH RIVER VALLEY WHERE BEST MOISTURE AND
THUS INSTABILITY WILL RESIDE WITH FURTHER UPSLOPE ENHANCEMENT
POSSIBLE ACROSS THE UPPER FRENCH BROAD VALLEY. THE FCST REMAINS DRY
NORTHEAST OF I77 THANKS TO PROXIMITY OF INSTABILITY AXIS. THAT
SAID...NAM12 SOUNDINGS DO INDICATE THE POSSIBILITY OF CONVECTIVE
INITIATION BY LATE DAY OVER THE NC PIEDMONT...THUS WOULDNT BE
SURPRISED IF POPS ARE RAISED TO AT LEAST SLIGHT CHANCE LEVELS WITH
LATER GUID. TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE NEAR TERM WILL REMAIN A FEW
DEGREES BELOW NORMAL.
&&
.SHORT TERM /FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/...
AS OF 230PM THURSDAY...THE SHORT-TERM PERIOD BEGINS ON FRIDAY NIGHT
WITH AN AMPLIFIED 500MB TROUGH-RIDGE WAVE COUPLET ACROSS THE
NORTHEAST US AND EASTERN CANADA THAT PROPAGATES QUICKLY EAST BY
SATURDAY MORNING...WHILE THE 500MB RIDGE PERSISTS ACROSS THE
SOUTHERN PLAINS. THE PROGRESSIVE NATURE OF THE FLOW ALONG THE US-
CANADIAN BORDER RESULTS IN THE 500MB TROUGH AXIS GETTING CUT OFF
JUST OFF THE SOUTHEAST COASTLINE EXTENDING DOWN ACROSS FL INTO THE
EASTERN GULF. THIS PATTERN WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE END OF THE
PERIOD ON SUNDAY NIGHT...LEAVING THE FORECAST AREA IN GENERALLY
NORTHERLY FLOW ALOFT UNDER GREATER INFLUENCE FROM THE RIDGE TO OUR
WEST AND SEPARATED FROM THE SHORTWAVE TRACK EMBEDDED IN THE NW FLOW
ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY AND MID-ATLANTIC. THE UPPER-LEVEL PATTERN
THEREFORE SUGGESTS A FAIRLY QUIET WEEKEND.
AT THE SURFACE...THE LINGERING SURFACE BOUNDARY ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST
US WILL PROPAGATE SOUTH TOWARDS THE FL PANHANDLE FRIDAY NIGHT INTO
SATURDAY. THIS IS IN RESPONSE TO THE WEAK LOW OFF THE NC OUTER
BANKS SLIDING E INTO THE ATLANTIC WITH THE ATTENDANT UPPER TROUGH
AND A LARGE SURFACE HIGH BUILDING INTO THE MID-ATLANTIC AND
EXTENDING SOUTH INTO OUR REGION. THE PRIMARY GUIDANCE ALL KEEPS A
RIBBON OF MODEST CAPES ACROSS THE BLUE RIDGE AND FOOTHILLS FRIDAY
NIGHT. THIS COMBINED WITH SOME POOLING OF MOISTURE AS A RESULT OF
THE WEAK LOW-LEVEL EASTERLY FLOW SHOULD SUPPORT ONGOING ISOLATED TO
SCATTERED CONVECTION THAT SHOULD WANE AS HEATING IS LOST.
HOWEVER...SATURDAY AND SUNDAY LOOK TO BE MOSTLY DRY ACROSS THE
FORECAST AREA AS THE SURFACE HIGH SETTLES INTO THE SOUTHERN
APPALACHIANS AND HEIGHTS BUILD ALOFT. AT BEST...THE PATTERN
SUPPORTS SLIGHT CHANCE POPS ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS THANKS TO
DIFFERENTIAL HEATING...BUT CAPE VALUES WILL BE VERY LOW. THE NAM IS
MORE BULLISH ON CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT EACH DAY THIS WEEKEND OVER
THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS...OWING TO HIGHER DEWPOINTS AND
SUBSEQUENT CAPE VALUES OF 1500-2500 J/KG. THIS APPEARS TO BE DUE TO
THE FACT THAT THE NAM DEVELOPS A DEEPER SURFACE LOW OVER THE WESTERN
ATLANTIC...SETTING UP THE SURFACE RIDGE AXIS OVER THE COASTAL PLAIN
INSTEAD OF OVER OUR AREA. THIS RESULTS IN A WEAK RETURN FLOW FROM
THE ATLANTIC OVER OUR AREA. HOWEVER...THE OVERALL PATTERN AND HENCE
THE FORECAST SUPPORTS THE GFS/EC SOLUTION. TEMPERATURES WILL BE
SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL DURING THE PERIOD AS A RESULT OF THE BUILDING
HEIGHTS ALOFT...SURFACE RIDGE...AND PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES.
&&
.LONG TERM /SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY/...
AS OF 1215 PM THURSDAY...UPPER RIDGING WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD NE
TOWARD THE SE CONUS TO START OFF THE WORKWEEK. IT IS STILL NOT
CONCLUSIVE AT THIS POINT JUST WHERE RIDGING WILL BE STRONG ENUF
TO SUPPRESS ANY DEEP CONVECTION...BUT THE LATEST WPC GUIDANCE AND
EXTENDED RANGE MODEL CONSENSUS SUPPORTS THE GOING FCST OF PRECIP
CHANCES CLOSE TO DIURNAL CLIMO. MAX TEMPERATURES ARE SLATED TO BE A
TAD WARMER THAN PERSISTENCE AND HAIR OVER CLIMO. THE FA IS PROGGED TO
REMAIN WITHIN THE NW FLOW IN EASTERN PERIPHERY OF CENTRAL CONUS
ANTI-CYCLONE THROUGH TUESDAY. SOME DEGREE OF DIURNAL RESPONSE IS
SHOWN AMONG VIRTUALLY ALL THE MODEL GUIDANCE...SO THE EXPECTED
SENSIBLE WEATHER WILL FEATURE PERSISTENCE POP AND TEMPERATURE.
SUBTLE DIFFERENCES EXIST WITH RESPECT TO HOW THE UPPER PATTERN WILL
EVOLVE DURING THE LATTER HALF OF THE PERIOD...BUT A SUBTLE TREND
TOWARD AND EVEN WEAKER FLOW REGIME IS PROBABLE. BASED ON THIS...IT
IS HARD TO ARGUE THAT THE EXPECTED SENSIBLE WX WILL DEVIATE MUCH
FROM THE LATE JULY CLIMO.
&&
.AVIATION /21Z THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/...
AT KCLT AND ELSEWHERE...VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL THROUGH THE
PERIOD AT ALL SITES ASIDE FOR AFTERNOON/EVENING SHRA/TSRA THUS ALL
TAFS FEATURE VCTS/TEMPOS. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE THROUGH THE
OVERNIGHT AS PRECIP EXITS EAST WITH ONLY ISOLATED FOG/STRATUS
RESTRICTIONS POSSIBLE AT KAVL/KHKY. WINDS WILL REMAIN NORTHERLY AT
ALL NC SITES WITH SOME BACKED WNW FLOW POSSIBLE AT THE SC SITES
TONIGHT...THEN PREVAILING OUT OF THE NORTH/NORTHEAST BY MORNING.
OUTLOOK...A RETURN TO A TYPICAL PATTERN OF ISOLATED/SCT DIURNAL
CONVECTION IS EXPECTED FROM LATE WEEK ON WITH THE BEST CHANCES
EXPECTED OVER THE MOUNTAINS. THERE WILL BE CHANCES OF MORNING
FOG/STRATUS EACH DAY...MAINLY IN THE MOUNTAIN VALLEYS.
CONFIDENCE TABLE...
20-02Z 02-08Z 08-14Z 14-18Z
KCLT HIGH 100% HIGH 97% HIGH 100% HIGH 100%
KGSP HIGH 100% HIGH 100% HIGH 100% HIGH 100%
KAVL HIGH 98% MED 75% MED 78% HIGH 85%
KHKY HIGH 100% HIGH 97% HIGH 95% HIGH 100%
KGMU HIGH 100% HIGH 98% HIGH 100% HIGH 100%
KAND HIGH 100% HIGH 100% HIGH 95% 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...CSH
NEAR TERM...CDG/RWH
SHORT TERM...JMP
LONG TERM...CSH
AVIATION...CDGHazardous weather outlook, Jul 23, 4:28 PM EDT, 2 hours 13 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 428 PM EDT THU JUL 23 2015 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065- 068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-242030- 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- 428 PM EDT THU JUL 23 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS AND DIMINISH TONIGHT. WHILE THE PRIMARY THREATS WILL BE FROM CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAINFALL...AND FLASH FLOODING...AN ISOLATED SEVERE STORM OR TWO WILL BE POSSIBLE... WITH LOCALLY DAMAGING WINDS BEING THE PRIMARY THREAT. .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... NONE.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 23, 5:00 PM EDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
500 PM EDT THU JUL 23 2015
NCZ036-056-069-071-232130-
IREDELL NC-CATAWBA NC-MECKLENBURG NC-LINCOLN NC-
500 PM EDT THU JUL 23 2015
...THUNDERSTORM WITH TORRENTIAL RAINFALL WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF
NORTHWESTERN MECKLENBURG...SOUTHEASTERN CATAWBA...SOUTHEASTERN
IREDELL AND EASTERN LINCOLN COUNTIES UNTIL 530 PM EDT...
AT 459 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A THUNDERSTORM WITH
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL 11 MILES EAST OF LINCOLNTON...MOVING EAST AT 15
MPH.
WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL RATES UP TO 2 INCHES
PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HUNTERSVILLE...CORNELIUS...MOORESVILLE...DAVIDSON...WESTPORT...LAKE
NORMAN...DENVER...IRON STATION...NORTHWEST CHARLOTTE AND LOWESVILLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
GUSTY WINDS CAN BLOW DOWN TREES THAT ARE DEAD...OR THAT HAVE WEAKENED
ROOT SYSTEMS. OUTDOOR FURNITURE AND SIMILAR ITEMS CAN BE TOSSED
AROUND IF NOT ANCHORED. SEEK SHELTER INDOORS.
LAKE NORMAN AND MOUNTAIN ISLAND LAKE ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM.
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS
BOATING CONDITIONS. MOVE TO SHORE IMMEDIATELY.
&&
LAT...LON 3532 8082 3538 8098 3539 8095 3540 8096
3540 8104 3545 8116 3562 8113 3563 8076
TIME...MOT...LOC 2059Z 279DEG 14KT 3553 8106
07Special weather statement, Jul 23, 5:16 PM EDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
516 PM EDT THU JUL 23 2015
NCZ082-232145-
UNION NC-
516 PM EDT THU JUL 23 2015
...THUNDERSTORM WITH TORRENTIAL RAINFALL WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF
NORTHEASTERN UNION COUNTY UNTIL 545 PM EDT...
AT 516 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A THUNDERSTORM WITH
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL 14 MILES NORTH OF MONROE...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
NICKEL SIZE HAIL...WIND GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL
RATES UP TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
UNIONVILLE...FAIRVIEW IN UNION COUNTY AND NEW SALEM.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
GUSTY WINDS CAN BLOW DOWN TREES THAT ARE DEAD...OR THAT HAVE WEAKENED
ROOT SYSTEMS. OUTDOOR FURNITURE AND SIMILAR ITEMS CAN BE TOSSED
AROUND IF NOT ANCHORED. SEEK SHELTER INDOORS.
DIME TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL CAN CAUSE CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO VEHICLES.
CONSIDER MOVING VEHICLES TO A COVERED STORAGE AREA BEFORE THE STORM
ARRIVES.
FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. IF OUTDOORS...TRY TO
GET INDOORS OR INTO A HARD TOPPED VEHICLE. OTHERWISE...STAY AWAY FROM
OPEN AREAS AND ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. WHEN INDOORS...
STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID USING WIRED ELECTRONIC
DEVICES. TRY TO UNPLUG UNNECESSARY APPLIANCES BEFORE THE STORM
APPROACHES.
&&
LAT...LON 3503 8030 3502 8030 3509 8055 3520 8053
3518 8049 3518 8048 3517 8047 3516 8044
3517 8042 3516 8041 3518 8037 3517 8036
3520 8028
TIME...MOT...LOC 2116Z 279DEG 14KT 3518 8045
07Special weather statement, Jul 23, 5:26 PM EDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
526 PM EDT THU JUL 23 2015
NCZ072-082-232200-
CABARRUS NC-UNION NC-
526 PM EDT THU JUL 23 2015
...THUNDERSTORM WITH TORRENTIAL RAINFALL WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF
NORTHEASTERN UNION AND SOUTHEASTERN CABARRUS COUNTIES UNTIL 600 PM
EDT...
AT 525 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A THUNDERSTORM WITH
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF EAST CONCORD...MOVING EAST
AT 15 MPH.
DIME SIZE HAIL...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL
RATES UP TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MIDLAND...FAIRVIEW IN UNION COUNTY...MT PLEASANT AND NEW SALEM.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
GUSTY WINDS CAN BLOW DOWN TREES THAT ARE DEAD...OR THAT HAVE WEAKENED
ROOT SYSTEMS. OUTDOOR FURNITURE AND SIMILAR ITEMS CAN BE TOSSED
AROUND IF NOT ANCHORED. SEEK SHELTER INDOORS.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL 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.
FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. IF OUTDOORS...TRY TO
GET INDOORS OR INTO A HARD TOPPED VEHICLE. OTHERWISE...STAY AWAY FROM
OPEN AREAS AND ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. WHEN INDOORS...
STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID USING WIRED ELECTRONIC
DEVICES. TRY TO UNPLUG UNNECESSARY APPLIANCES BEFORE THE STORM
APPROACHES.
&&
LAT...LON 3510 8029 3509 8029 3517 8059 3521 8055
3523 8058 3535 8056 3535 8040 3521 8048
3519 8051 3518 8050 3516 8044 3517 8042
3516 8041 3518 8037 3517 8036 3520 8028
TIME...MOT...LOC 2125Z 279DEG 14KT 3525 8049
07Special weather statement, Jul 23, 5:33 PM EDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
533 PM EDT THU JUL 23 2015
NCZ036-057-071-072-232200-
CABARRUS NC-ROWAN NC-IREDELL NC-MECKLENBURG NC-
533 PM EDT THU JUL 23 2015
...THUNDERSTORM WITH TORRENTIAL RAINFALL WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF
NORTHERN MECKLENBURG...SOUTHWESTERN ROWAN...CABARRUS AND SOUTHEASTERN
IREDELL COUNTIES UNTIL 600 PM EDT...
AT 532 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A THUNDERSTORM WITH
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL NEAR HUNTERSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL RATES UP TO 2 INCHES
PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
EAST CONCORD...HUNTERSVILLE...KANNAPOLIS...CORNELIUS...DAVIDSON...
HARRISBURG...ENOCHVILLE...CHARLOTTE MOTOR SPEEDWAY...REEDY CREEK PARK
AND CODDLE CREEK RESERVOIR.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
GUSTY WINDS CAN BLOW DOWN TREES THAT ARE DEAD...OR THAT HAVE WEAKENED
ROOT SYSTEMS. OUTDOOR FURNITURE AND SIMILAR ITEMS CAN BE TOSSED
AROUND IF NOT ANCHORED. SEEK SHELTER INDOORS.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL 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.
LAKE NORMAN IS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING
AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS BOATING CONDITIONS. MOVE TO
SHORE IMMEDIATELY.
&&
LAT...LON 3520 8060 3535 8096 3536 8092 3537 8095
3538 8096 3536 8097 3537 8099 3538 8098
3539 8095 3543 8096 3546 8095 3557 8090
3551 8043
TIME...MOT...LOC 2132Z 289DEG 27KT 3546 8085
07Local storm report, Jul 23, 6:08 PM EDT, 33 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
608 PM EDT THU JUL 23 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0550 PM TSTM WND DMG MIDLAND 35.23N 80.50W
07/23/2015 CABARRUS NC 911 CALL CENTER
POWER LINE DOWN ON REED MINE RD
&&
VISINSpecial weather statement, Jul 23, 6:26 PM EDT, 15 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
626 PM EDT THU JUL 23 2015
NCZ071-072-232300-
CABARRUS NC-MECKLENBURG NC-
626 PM EDT THU JUL 23 2015
...THUNDERSTORM WITH TORRENTIAL RAINFALL WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF EAST
CENTRAL MECKLENBURG AND CABARRUS COUNTIES UNTIL 700 PM EDT...
AT 626 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A THUNDERSTORM WITH
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL 4 MILES SOUTH OF EAST CONCORD...MOVING EAST AT 20
MPH.
WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL RATES UP TO 2 INCHES
PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
EAST CONCORD...KANNAPOLIS...HARRISBURG...MT PLEASANT...CHARLOTTE
MOTOR SPEEDWAY...WEST CONCORD...MIDLAND...CODDLE CREEK RESERVOIR...
REEDY CREEK PARK AND MINT HILL.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL 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.
FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. IF OUTDOORS...TRY TO
GET INDOORS OR INTO A HARD TOPPED VEHICLE. OTHERWISE...STAY AWAY FROM
OPEN AREAS AND ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. WHEN INDOORS...
STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID USING WIRED ELECTRONIC
DEVICES. TRY TO UNPLUG UNNECESSARY APPLIANCES BEFORE THE STORM
APPROACHES.
&&
LAT...LON 3519 8051 3520 8057 3521 8071 3545 8071
3550 8029
TIME...MOT...LOC 2226Z 268DEG 16KT 3535 8060
07The office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 23, 2:17 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Buncombe | 118 min |
| Jul 23, 3:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Alexander, Caldwell | 34 min |
| Jul 23, 4:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Catawba, Lincoln | 29 min |
| Jul 23, 4:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg, Union | 41 min |
| Jul 23, 5:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Lincoln | 30 min |
| Jul 23, 5:15 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Catawba | 2 hr |
| Jul 23, 5:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Union | 29 min |
| Jul 23, 5:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Stanly | 34 min |
| Jul 23, 5:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cabarrus | 27 min |
| Jul 23, 5:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cabarrus | 37 min |
| Jul 23, 6:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg, Union | 41 min |
| Jul 23, 6:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cabarrus | 34 min |
| Jul 23, 6:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Union | 29 min |
| Jul 23, 7:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Union | 27 min |
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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.