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Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this flash flood warning at Aug 19, 2015, 4:51 PM EDT for Cabarrus County, Rowan County, North Carolina. It was in force for 4 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 19, 2015, 4:51 PM EDT (20:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 19, 2015, 8:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Cabarrus County, NC, Rowan County, NC
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 174 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:54 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 19, 5:20 PM EDT | FLOOD | 3 Ssw Concord, NC | A HOUSE ON SADDLEWOOD CIRCLE HAD A FLOODED BASEMENT. ALTHOUGH WOLF MEADOW BRANCH NEARBY...THE FIRE DEPARTMENT SAID THIS FLOODED BASEMENT WAS DUE TO BEING IN A LOW SPOT AND WATER POOLED AT THIS RESIDENCE. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
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, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 83 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
- 206 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -26 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 594 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 105 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 78 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
473
WGUS52 KGSP 192051
FFWGSP
NCC025-159-200045-
/O.NEW.KGSP.FF.W.0021.150819T2051Z-150820T0045Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
451 PM EDT WED AUG 19 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN ROWAN COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
CABARRUS COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 845 PM EDT
* AT 449 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
FALLEN SINCE 345 PM. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO TO THREE INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN
THE WARNED AREA.
HEAVY RAIN WILL CAUSE RAPID RISES ON LOCAL CREEKS
SUCH AS DUTCH BUFFALO CREEK..SECOND CREEK AND ITS TRIBUTARIES.
FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS NEAR CREEKS WILL BE LIKELY...ESPECIALLY
ON OLD BEATTY FORD...SAINT PETER CHURCH...KING AND OLD CONCORD
ROADS.
FLOODING ALONG HIGHWAY 73 NEAR STRICKER BRANCH AND ON ROADS IN
BEVERLY HILLS PARK ESPECIALLY ALONG MIRMAR STREET NE WILL BE LIKELY.
ALSO...FLOODING OF ROADS NEAR CALDWELL PARK...ESPECIALLY ALONG
MELROSE DRIVE...MANOR AVENUE NEAR 601...WILSHIRE AVE AT JOURNEY
ST...AND FLOODING ALONG HONEYCUTT DRIVE AND ALONG COLD WATER CREEK
WILL BE LIKELY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...
COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND
OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.
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 3550 8028 3550 8030 3520 8050 3535 8069
3559 8061 3558 8022
$$
NED2 follow-up statements
545
WGUS72 KGSP 192221
FFSGSP
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
621 PM EDT WED AUG 19 2015
NCC025-159-200045-
/O.CON.KGSP.FF.W.0021.000000T0000Z-150820T0045Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
ROWAN NC-CABARRUS NC-
621 PM EDT WED AUG 19 2015
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN ROWAN AND CABARRUS COUNTIES...
AT 615 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. THREE TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
FALLEN SINCE 345 PM. ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL
RAINFALL WILL PASS OVER THE REGION BY 730 PM.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO TO THREE INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN
THE WARNED AREA.
FLOODING ALONG HIGHWAY 73 NEAR STRICKER BRANCH AND ON ROADS IN
BEVERLY HILLS PARK ESPECIALLY ALONG MIRMAR STREET NE WILL BE LIKELY.
ALSO...FLOODING OF ROADS NEAR CALDWELL PARK...ESPECIALLY ALONG
MELROSE DRIVE...MANOR AVENUE NEAR 601...WILSHIRE AVE AT JOURNEY
ST...AND FLOODING ALONG HONEYCUTT DRIVE AND ALONG COLD WATER CREEK
WILL BE LIKELY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...
COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND
OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.
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 3550 8028 3550 8030 3520 8050 3535 8069
3559 8061 3558 8022
$$
NED293
WGUS72 KGSP 200039
FFSGSP
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
839 PM EDT WED AUG 19 2015
NCC025-159-200049-
/O.EXP.KGSP.FF.W.0021.000000T0000Z-150820T0045Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
ROWAN NC-CABARRUS NC-
839 PM EDT WED AUG 19 2015
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN ROWAN AND CABARRUS
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 845 PM EDT...
THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED...AND FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE
A THREAT.
LAT...LON 3550 8028 3550 8030 3520 8050 3535 8069
3559 8061 3558 8022
$$
NEDWhat 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 Aug 19, 2:37 PM EDT, 2 hours 14 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 19, 2:37 PM EDT, 2 hours 14 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
237 PM EDT WED AUG 19 2015
.SYNOPSIS...
A WEAK FRONT WILL APPROACH THE AREA ON THURSDAY...PRECEDED BY
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. SOME DRYING IS EXPECTED OVER THE WEEKEND.
ANOTHER WEAK FRONT APPROACHES OUR AREA EARLY NEXT WEEK.
&&
.NEAR TERM /THROUGH THURSDAY/...
AS OF 230 PM WED...RADAR CONTINUES TO SHOW INCREASING COVERAGE AND
EXPECT NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH
THE AFTERNOON. SOME MORE STRATIFORM TYPE PRECIP WITH EMBEDDED
THUNDER MAY LINGER INTO THE EVENING HOURS OVER EASTERN AREAS. SPC
MESOANAL SHOWING CAPES IN THE 2000-3000J/KG RANGE OUTSIDE THE
MOUNTAINS. ALSO...THE DCAPE HIGHER TODAY THAN PREVIOUS DAYS NOW
HAVING INCREASED TO OVER 1000J EASTERN AREAS. HENCE...SEVERE STORM
CHANCES HIGHER THIS AFTERNOON AND WE SHOULD SEE SEVERAL PULSE SEVERE
STORMS. THE SEVERE THREAT WILL BE ALONG SIDE THE LOCALIZED HYDRO
THREAT.
IN REGARD TO THE BIG PICTURE...A VORT MAX IS FORECAST TO MOVE ACROSS
THE AREA DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS WHICH IS THE
PRIMARY TRIGGER OF THE NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND STORMS. NVA BEHIND THIS
FEATURE SHOULD RESULT IN A LULL IN PRECIP COVERAGE DURING THE
OVERNIGHT HOURS. MINIMUM TEMPS ARE EXPECGTED TO BE ABOUT A CATEGORY
ABOVE CLIMO.
ON THURSDAY...A DEEP UPPER TROUGH SWINGING THROUGH THE GREAT LAKES
WILL PUSH A COLD FRONT SOUTHEASTWARD AND IT IS FORECAST TO REACH THE
MOUNTAINS DURING THE AFTERNOON. WITH DEEP LAYER MOISTURE STILL IN
PLACE...THERE STILL SHOULD BE DECENT COVERAGE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MOUNTAINS. HOWEVER EAST OF THE MOUNTAINS...WITH
FLOW BECOMING MORE ZONAL/DOWNSLOPE THE COVERAGE SHOULD BE SCT. MODEL
FORECAST SOUNDINGS ALSO INDICATE LESS CAPE...SO SEVERE THREAT
APPEARS ON THE LOW END. MAX TEMPS WILL BE NEAR TO CLIMO.
&&
.SHORT TERM /THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/...
AS OF 200 PM EDT WEDNESDAY...THE SHORT TERM FCST PERIOD INITIALIZES
THURSDAY EVENING AMIDST AN ONGOING COLD FRONTAL INTRUSION.
THE UPPER PATTERN WILL BE HIGHLIGHTED BY A DEEP NEGATIVELY TILTED
LONGWAVE TROF EJECTING THROUGH THE GREAT LAKES WHILE BROAD RIDGING
PREVAILS OVER THE DEEP SOUTH AND EASTERN GULF. AS STATED ABOVE...A
COLD FRONT WILL BE WORKING ITS WAY INTO/THROUGH THE NC HIGH TERRAIN
BY THURSDAY EVENING WITH DEEP SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW PREVAILING OUT
AHEAD. IN RESPONSE...EXPECTING ONGOING CONVECTION IN THE WARM
SECTOR AT FCST INITIALIZATION POSSIBLY AIDED BY ENHANCED SHEARING
AND VORT ADVECTION ALOFT. SHORT TERM GUIDANCE IS NOW IN BETTER
AGREEMENT WITH REGARDS TO THE TRACK/DEPTH OF THE FRONTAL PASSAGE
WITH BOTH THE GFS/NAM ALONG WITH THE ECMWF PUSHING THE BOUNDARY
SOUTH OF THE CWFA...LIKELY WASHING OUT OVER THE LOWCOUNTRY/MIDLANDS
BY MID MORNING FRIDAY.
BROAD SFC HIGH PRESSURE IS FCST TO ADVECT IN FROM THE MIDWEST
INTO THE OHIO VALLEY JUST BEHIND THE FRONT...BEFORE SLIDING OVER
THE SOUTHERN/CENTRAL APPS LATER IN THE DAY. AS A RESULT...DRIER
NORTHERLY FLOW WILL WARRANT DECREASED PRECIPITATION POTENTIAL
AND PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES ACROSS MUCH OF WESTERN NC. DUE TO CLOSER
PROXIMITY TO ANY REMNANT FRONTAL MOISTURE...LOCATIONS ALONG AND
SOUTH OF THE I85 CORRIDOR WILL SEE SLIGHTLY HIGH PROBABILITIES AND
THUS PARTLY/MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES. NEVERTHELESS...PROFILES ARE NOT
SUPPORTIVE OF ANY DEEP CONVECTION AT THIS TIME THEREFORE NOTHING
MORE THAN GARDEN VARIETY SHOWERS WITH PERHAPS A FEW RUMBLES OF
THUNDER ARE EXPECTED. SATURDAY IS SHAPING UP TO BE THE NICEST DAY
OF THE PERIOD WITH MODELS INDICATING FURTHER DRY AIR INTRUSION
AS THE ABOVE MENTIONED SURFACE RIDGE MOVES EAST OF THE APPS.
MOSGUIDE AND TO SOME EXTENT EVEN THE RAW NAM INDICATES DEWPOINTS
IN THE UPPER 50S ACROSS NORTHWEST NC INCREASING TO THE LOWER 60S
ALONG THE I85 CORRIDOR. THUS EXPECTING MOSTLY SUNNY TO PARTLY
CLOUDY SKIES AND TEMPERATURES A FEW DEGREES BELOW NORMAL ALLOWING
FOR A BEAUTIFUL MID/LATE AUGUST DAY. THAT SAID...NAM GUID DOES
FAVORS AT LEAST SOME CHANCE FOR LOW END DESTABILIZATION OVER THE
SOUTHWEST NC MOUNTAINS AND NORTHEAST GA...THEREFORE WILL INCLUDE
POPS TO ACCOUNT FOR SUCH WITH MAX HEATING ON SATURDAY.
&&
.LONG TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
AT 230 PM EDT WEDNESDAY...ON SUNDAY AN UPPER RIDGE WILL BE OVER THE
WESTERN USA...WITH A MEAN TROUGH OVER THE EAST. THE PATTERN
AMPLIFIES SLIGHTLY INTO TUESDAY AS A CLOSED UPPER LOW CROSSES SOUTH
CENTRAL CANADA. THE PATTERN DEAMPLIFIES SLIGHTLY BY THURSDAY AS THE
CANADIAN LOW APPROACHES THE ATLANTIC....BY WHICH TIME SOME
PROGRESSION TAKES PLACE...AND THE UPPER TROUGH REACHES THE EASTERN
SEABOARD...WHILE THE RIDGE UPSTREAM CROSSES THE PLAINS AND EXTENDS
INTO THE GULF STATES.
AT THE SURFACE...SUNDAY STARTS OUT WITH HIGH PRESSURE ALONG THE
EASTERN SEABOARD...WITH A COLD FRONT UPSTREAM FORM THE GREAT LAKES
TO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. THIS FRONT REACHES THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS
ON MONDAY...MOVING TO THE COASTAL PLAIN BY TUESDAY...WHERE IT STALLS
AND REMAINS INTO WEDNESDAY. OUR AREA CAN EXPECT AN ACTIVE PATTERN
AHEAD OF AND ALONG THE FRONT...WITH A DRYING TREND IN THE
WAKE OF THE FRONT. AT THIS TIME...PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS ARE NOT
EXPECTED TO BE EXCESSIVE AS THE FRONT DOES NOT STALL UNTIL EAST OF
OUR AREA. TEMPERATURES WILL RUN NEAR NORMAL.
&&
.AVIATION /19Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY/...
AT KCLT...LOOKS LIKE IT IS GOING TO BE ACTIVE DAY FOR CONVECTION AS
RADAR BEGINNING TO SHOW QUITE A BIT OF COVERAGE. CURRENT TRENDS
INDICATE THAT TEMPO TSRA WILL OCCUR FROM 19Z-23Z WITH PERHAPS SOME
MORE STRATIFORM TYPE PRECIP EXTENDING INTO THE EVENING HOURS AS A
VORT MAX MOVES THROUGH. IFR RESTRICTIONS CERTAINLY POSSIBLE IN THE
HEAVIER CONVECTIVE CELLS. AFTER ABOUT 03Z PRECIP SHOULD END WITH
CONDITIONS VFR. GUIDANCE NOT TOO EXCITED ABOUT EARLY MORNING
FOG/STRATUS BUT NOT CONVICNED IT WILL NOT OCCUR...SO MENTIONED SOME
LIGHT FOG WITH SCT010 CIRCA 12Z.
ELSEWHERE...FAIRLY SIMILAR CONDITIONS TO KCLT WITH TEMPO TSRA AND
POSSIBLE IFR RESTRICTIONS INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. PRECIP
SHOULD END BY 03Z. EXPECT ONLY PATCHY IFR STRATUS/FOG EARLY
THURSDAY. CONFIDENCE NOT HIGH ENOUGH TO PUT INTO TAF EXCEPT AT KAVL.
OUTLOOK...A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH THE AREA LATE THURSDAY AND
THURSDAY NIGHT. ASSOCIATED SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORSM ARE EXPECTED TO END
THURSDAY NIGHT. LINGERING LOW LEVEL MOISTURE MAY RESULT IN
RESTRICTIONS IN FOG/STRATUS EARLY FRIDAY. DRY HIGH PRESSRUE BUILDING
IN FROM THE NORTH WILL LIMIT RESTRICTIONS THROUGH THE WEEKEND.
CONFIDENCE TABLE...
18-24Z 00-06Z 06-12Z 12-18Z
KCLT HIGH 100% MED 68% HIGH 100% HIGH 94%
KGSP HIGH 94% MED 71% HIGH 99% HIGH 88%
KAVL HIGH 89% HIGH 93% HIGH 93% HIGH 86%
KHKY HIGH 100% HIGH 93% MED 73% HIGH 97%
KGMU HIGH 83% MED 72% HIGH 99% HIGH 88%
KAND HIGH 91% HIGH 90% HIGH 94% HIGH 91%
THE PERCENTAGE REFLECTS THE NUMBER OF GUIDANCE MEMBERS AGREEING
WITH THE SCHEDULED TAF ISSUANCE FLIGHT RULE CATEGORY. COMPLETE HOURLY
EXPERIMENTAL AVIATION FORECAST CONSISTENCY TABLES AND ENSEMBLE FORECASTS
ARE AVAILABLE AT THE FOLLOWING LINK: (MUST BE LOWER CASE)
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/GSP/AVIATION
&&
.GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...NONE.
NC...NONE.
SC...NONE.
&&
SYNOPSIS...JAT
NEAR TERM...LG
SHORT TERM...CDG
LONG TERM...JAT
AVIATION...LGHazardous weather outlook, Aug 19, 3:40 PM EDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 340 PM EDT WED AUG 19 2015 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065- 068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-201945- 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- 340 PM EDT WED AUG 19 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. NUMEROUS TO WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS. A FEW OF THESE STORMS COULD BE STRONG TO SEVERE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING DURING PEAK HEATING. SOME OF THESE STRONGER STORMS COULD PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL IN ADDITION TO CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. HEAVY RAINFALL LEADING TO ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH ANY SHOWERS AND OR STORMS TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY OVER AREAS OF ALREADY SOAKED GROUND. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. ..THURSDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ..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. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... NONE. CDG
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 19, 2:13 PM EDT, 2 hours 38 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
213 PM EDT WED AUG 19 2015
NCZ506-508-191900-
GREATER RUTHERFORD NC-EASTERN MCDOWELL NC-
213 PM EDT WED AUG 19 2015
...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF CENTRAL RUTHERFORD AND
SOUTHEASTERN MCDOWELL COUNTIES UNTIL 300 PM EDT...
AT 213 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8
MILES NORTH OF RUTHERFORDTON...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
PEA SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
RUTHERFORDTON...FOREST CITY...SPINDALE...BOSTIC...DYSARTSVILLE...
UNION MILLS...SHINGLE HOLLOW...THERMAL CITY...FERO AND SUNSHINE.
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 3564 8185 3558 8183 3558 8181 3538 8170
3534 8171 3534 8208 3535 8208 3540 8213
3540 8219 3543 8216 3556 8206
TIME...MOT...LOC 1813Z 257DEG 18KT 3547 8201
CDGSpecial weather statement, Aug 19, 2:33 PM EDT, 2 hours 18 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
233 PM EDT WED AUG 19 2015
SCZ002-005-191915-
PICKENS MOUNTAINS SC-GREATER PICKENS SC-
233 PM EDT WED AUG 19 2015
...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF PICKENS COUNTY UNTIL
315 PM EDT...
AT 233 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9
MILES WEST OF PICKENS...OR NEAR LAKE KEOWEE...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
PEA SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
EASLEY...PICKENS...SIX MILE...LAKE KEOWEE...KEOWEE TOXAWAY STATE
PARK...TABLE ROCK STATE PARK...JOCASSEE GORGES...LAKE JOCASSEE...
LIBERTY AND PUMPKINTOWN.
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 3482 8290 3495 8291 3499 8294 3508 8278
3507 8278 3505 8274 3506 8270 3507 8258
3507 8257 3505 8260 3501 8260 3501 8254
3498 8253 3498 8255 3497 8253 3488 8249
3482 8249 3478 8288
TIME...MOT...LOC 1833Z 255DEG 20KT 3489 8287
CDGLocal storm report, Aug 19, 3:29 PM EDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
329 PM EDT WED AUG 19 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0323 PM TSTM WND DMG 5 N STATESVILLE 35.86N 80.87W
08/19/2015 IREDELL NC FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
POWERLINES DOWN AND ARCING ACROSS WHITE FARM ROAD. A TREE
WAS DOWN BLOCKING THE ROADWAY NEAR THE REPORTED DOWNED
POWERLINES.
&&
NEDSpecial weather statement, Aug 19, 3:37 PM EDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
337 PM EDT WED AUG 19 2015
SCZ002-005-006-010-192000-
GREATER GREENVILLE SC-PICKENS MOUNTAINS SC-GREATER PICKENS SC-
ANDERSON SC-
337 PM EDT WED AUG 19 2015
...THUNDERSTORM WITH TORRENTIAL RAINFALL WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF
NORTHEASTERN PICKENS...CENTRAL GREENVILLE AND NORTH CENTRAL ANDERSON
COUNTIES UNTIL 400 PM EDT...
AT 337 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A THUNDERSTORM WITH
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL 4 MILES NORTH OF EASLEY...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
PEA SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GREENVILLE DOWNTOWN...EASLEY...BEREA...WELCOME...POWDERSVILLE...
TRAVELERS REST...FURMAN UNIVERSITY...WEST GREENVILLE...PARIS MOUNTAIN
STATE PARK AND CHERRYDALE POINT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
&&
LAT...LON 3479 8269 3498 8265 3498 8255 3497 8254
3498 8251 3498 8233 3471 8238
TIME...MOT...LOC 1937Z 279DEG 11KT 3488 8259
NEDLocal storm report, Aug 19, 4:01 PM EDT, 50 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
401 PM EDT WED AUG 19 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0256 PM TSTM WND DMG 6 E STONY POINT 35.86N 80.95W
08/19/2015 IREDELL NC FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
A TREE AND A POWER LINE DOWN ON A GARAGE.
0309 PM TSTM WND DMG 4 N STATESVILLE 35.85N 80.88W
08/19/2015 IREDELL NC FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
A TREE DOWN ON KINGSWOOD ROAD. MORE TREES DOWN IN THIS
SAME AREA ALONG NEARBY TURNERSBURG HIGHWAY.
&&
OUTLAWSpecial weather statement, Aug 19, 4:14 PM EDT, 37 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 414 PM EDT WED AUG 19 2015 NCZ036-056-057-192045- ROWAN NC-IREDELL NC-CATAWBA NC- 414 PM EDT WED AUG 19 2015 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL ROWAN... EAST CENTRAL CATAWBA AND CENTRAL IREDELL COUNTIES UNTIL 445 PM EDT... AT 414 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF STATESVILLE...OR NEAR LAKE NORMAN STATE PARK... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. PEA SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... STATESVILLE...TROUTMAN...LAKE NORMAN STATE PARK...CLEVELAND... CATAWBA...LAKE NORMAN...SHERRILLS FORD AND DOOLIE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THE NORTHERN PORTION OF 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 3557 8092 3569 8108 3592 8092 3574 8067 TIME...MOT...LOC 2014Z 220DEG 11KT 3569 8095 NED
The office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 18, 8:18 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Cabarrus, Mecklenburg, Union | 117 min |
| Aug 18, 8:41 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Union | 3 hr |
| Aug 18, 8:55 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Davie, Iredell, Rowan | 2 hr |
| Aug 18, 9:17 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Union | 2 hr |
| Aug 18, 11:38 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | GSP | Union | 3 hr |
| Aug 19, 1:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Alexander | 28 min |
| Aug 19, 2:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Alexander, Iredell | 49 min |
| Aug 19, 2:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Rutherford | 47 min |
| Aug 19, 2:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Davie, Iredell, Rowan | 61 min |
| Aug 19, 4:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Iredell | 31 min |
| Aug 19, 4:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Rowan | 66 min |
| Aug 19, 5:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Davie | 48 min |
| Aug 19, 5:54 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Mecklenburg, Union | 2 hr |
| Aug 19, 6:08 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg, Union | 3 hr |
| Aug 19, 6:49 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg | 3 hr |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.