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Flash Flood Warning 35, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

October 3, 2015McDowell County, North Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this flash flood warning at Oct 3, 2015, 11:47 AM EDT for McDowell 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
Oct 3, 2015, 11:47 AM EDT (15:47 UTC)
Expired
Oct 3, 2015, 2:45 PM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County McDowell County, NC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched one storm report to this flash flood warning; the first came 93 minutes after it went out.

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, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 209 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 12:00Z on 2015-10-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 9 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 12:00Z on 2015-10-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 451 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
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

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The text

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

039 
WGUS52 KGSP 031547
FFWGSP
NCC111-031845-
/O.NEW.KGSP.FF.W.0035.151003T1547Z-151003T1845Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1147 AM EDT SAT OCT 3 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN MCDOWELL COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...

* UNTIL 245 PM EDT

* AT 1143 AM EDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED FLASH FLOODING
  ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVER
  THE LAST THREE HOURS ON TOP OF ALREADY SATURATED SOILS. FLASH
  FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  OLD FORT...B.R. PARKWAY-CRAGGY TO LITTLE SWITZERLAND...SUGAR
  HILL...PLEASANT GARDENS...GLENWOOD...FERO...MONTREAT AND MARION.

FLOOD WATERS ARE MOVING DOWN THE CATAWBA RIVER ALONG CATAWBA RIVER
ROAD NEAR OLD FORT.  EVACUATIONS ARE BEING CONDUCTED AT AREA CAMP
GROUNDS.  REPORTS OF SWIFT WATER COVERING THE ROADWAY CONTINUE TO
COME INTO THE OFFICE.  

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 3565 8199 3554 8198 3555 8200 3554 8203
      3554 8207 3552 8216 3555 8220 3556 8225
      3559 8229 3565 8229 3567 8228 3570 8229
      3570 8226 3574 8219 3574 8210

$$

CDG
1 follow-up statement
696 
WGUS72 KGSP 031805
FFSGSP

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
205 PM EDT SAT OCT 3 2015

NCC111-031845-
/O.CON.KGSP.FF.W.0035.000000T0000Z-151003T1845Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MCDOWELL NC-
205 PM EDT SAT OCT 3 2015

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN MCDOWELL COUNTY...

AT 159 PM EDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT CONTINUES TO REPORT FLASH
FLOODING IN OLD FORT ALONG CATAWBA RIVER ROAD FROM THE CATAWBA RIVER.
FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING.

EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER THE WARNING AREA WILL CAUSE MUD SLIDES NEAR
STEEP TERRAIN. THE MUD SLIDE CAN CONSIST OF ROCK...MUD...VEGETATION
AND OTHER LOOSE MATERIALS.  ONE LANDSLIDE HAS ALREADY BEEN REPORTED
AT THE INTERSECTION OF MILL CREEK ROAD AND GRAPHITE ROAD.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
OLD FORT...B.R. PARKWAY-CRAGGY TO LITTLE SWITZERLAND...SUGAR HILL...
PLEASANT GARDENS...GLENWOOD...FERO...MONTREAT AND MARION.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THE ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN WILL LIKELY CAUSE LANDSLIDES OVER
LOCALIZED AREAS...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS WHERE SLIDES HAVE OCCURED IN
THE PAST.  SLIDES CAN DESTROY SINGLE HOMES AND LARGE SECTIONS OF
ROADS.  IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA...YOU SHOULD NOT
TRAVEL...EXCEPT TO MOVE AWAY FROM FLASH FLOOD OR LANDSLIDE DANGER.
IF YOU ARE IN THE VICINITY OF A STREAM NEAR THE HEAVY
RAINFALL...ESPECIALLY ON A MOUNTAINSSIDE...OR AT THE BASE OF A
MOUNTAINS OR IN A COVE...CONSIDER MOVING TO A SAFER LOCATION.  

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 3565 8199 3554 8198 3555 8200 3554 8203
      3554 8207 3552 8216 3555 8220 3556 8225
      3559 8229 3565 8229 3567 8228 3570 8229
      3570 8226 3574 8219 3574 8210

$$

CDG

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Oct 3, 10:37 AM EDT, 1 hour 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 3, 10:37 AM EDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1037 AM EDT SAT OCT 3 2015

...HISTORIC AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING RAINFALL
CONTINUES...

.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 TONIGHT/...
AS OF 1030 AM EDT...RAIN CONTINUES. AXIS OF HEAVIEST RAINFALL
/ASSOCIATED WITH THE DEEP MOISTURE PLUME AND UPPER JET/ HAS
SHIFTED WEST OF THE CHARLOTTE AREA AND IS STRETCHED ALONG AND JUST
EAST OF THE I-26 CORRIDOR. AS THE UPPER LOW PIVOTS AROUND...THE
HEAVY RAIN AXIS WILL CONTINUE TO PIVOT COUNTER-CLOCKWISE...
BECOMING MORE NW-SE ORIENTED RATHER THAN N-S...AND EVENTUALLY MORE
E-W TOWARD THE END OF THE NEAR TERM PERIOD. HOWEVER...EVEN AS THE
AXIS OF HEAVIEST RAIN SHIFTS...LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN WILL
CONTINUE OFF AND ON ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA. HAVE ALREADY SEEN SOME
HEFTY TOTALS OUT THERE. AS OF 10AM...GSP AIRPORT WAS JUST OVER 2
INCHES OF RAIN SINCE MIDNIGHT. HAVE SEEN WIDESPREAD REPORTS OF 1-3
INCHES WHERE THE HEAVY RAIN FELL...WITH SOME ISOLATED HIGHER
AMOUNTS. ADD THIS TO THE RAIN YESTERDAY AND SOME AREAS ARE ALREADY
CREEPING UP TO 5 INCHES IF NOT SLIGHTLY HIGHER. SEVERAL REPORTS OF
FLOODING AND FLASH FLOODING WITH MANY ROADS CLOSED. RAIN WILL
CONTINUE OFF AND ON TODAY BUT WITH THE AXIS SHIFTING LOOKS LIKE
WATERS WILL BEGIN RECEDING IN THE CHARLOTTE AREA BUT ON THEIR WAY
UP ACROSS MOST OF THE REST OF THE AREA. POPS LOOK GOOD FOR THE
MOST PART /IT IS RAINING...BASICALLY 100 PERCENT CHANCE/. OTHER
MAIN CONCERN REMAINS THE WINDS...HAVE HAD NUMEROUS TREES DOWN
ACROSS THE AREA EVEN WITH WINDS BELOW ACTUAL CRITERIA BUT BASED ON
IMPACTS WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN PLACE. AS FAR AS TEMPS GO...NEW
GUIDANCE IS COMING IN A BIT WARMER ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHEAST ZONES
BUT WITH STRONG DAMMING IN PLACE TEMPERATURES THIS MORNING ARE
SLOW TO RISE...SO HAVE MADE MINOR TWEAKS BUT NO MAJOR ADJUSTMENTS.
BE CAREFUL OUT THERE...TURN AROUND DON'T DROWN!

AS OF 645 AM EDT...THE FORECAST REMAINS ON TRACK AND LITTLE TO NO
ADJUSTMENT WAS NEEDED WITH THE LATEST UPDATE. STILL ANTICIPATE TWO
PRIMARY HAZARDS THROUGH THE NEAR TERM...RAIN AND WIND. THE HEAVY
RAINFALL EVENT IS UNDERWAY AS WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS A CLOSED
UPPER SPINNING OVER THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND PULLING DEEP TROPICAL
MOISTURE NW FROM THE OFFSHORE CIRCULATION OF HURRICANE JOAQUIN
INTO THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA. SATELLITE AND
SOUNDING DERIVED PRECIPITABLE WATER ANOMALIES OF 2 TO 3 STANDARD
DEVIATIONS ABOVE NORMAL WILL STREAM OVER THE REGION AND THIS
TROPICAL MOISTURE WILL AFFECT LOCALES WITH VERY WET ANTECEDENT
CONDITIONS. DESPITE THE LIMITED SURFACE BASED INSTABILITY IN THE
COLD AIR DAMMING REGION OVER THE FORECAST AREA...DEEP WARM CLOUD
LAYERS...THE TROPICAL MOISTURE...AND SOME INSTABILITY ALOFT OVER
THE WEDGE WILL CONTRIBUTE TO VERY HEAVY RAINFALL RATES. WILL THUS
CONTINUE THE THREATENING FLASH FLOOD LANGUAGE AND THE LANDSLIDE
MENTION IN THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH LATE WEEKEND.

IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY RAINFALL...EASTERLY FLOW IN THE 950 TO 850
MB LAYER WILL RAMP UP TO 50 KT BY LATE TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT. GEFS
AND SREF MEAN U WIND ANOMALIES ARE INDICATING SOME 4 TO 5 STANDARD
DEVIATIONS FROM NORMAL IN THIS STOUT EASTERLY FLOW. SCATTERED TREES
HAVE ALREADY BEEN REPORTED DOWN AND THIS SHOULD WORSEN WITH THE
HIGHEST GUSTS LIKELY ALONG THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE MOUNTAINS
TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT. A HIGH WIND WARNING WAS CONSIDERED...BUT
SCATTERED TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT
THE AREA...SO THE WIND ADVISORY WILL BE RETAINED THROUGHOUT WITH
STRONG LANGUAGE FOR IMPACTS.

&&

.SHORT TERM /SUNDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT/...
AS OF 330 AM EDT SATURDAY...AS THE CLOSED SYSTEM GRADUALLY MEANDERS
EASTWARD TOWARD THE GA COAST SUNDAY INTO SUNDAY NIGHT...UPPER LEVEL
DIVERGENCE AND LOW TO MID LEVEL FRONTOGENESIS WILL PIVOT OVER THE
SRN HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA. THIS WILL KEEP VERY HIGH RAINFALL
RATES GOING IN LOWER PIEDMONT LOCATIONS...WHERE STORM TOTALS COULD
REACH OVER ONE FOOT IN SOME AREAS. THE DEFORMATION ZONE WILL BE VERY
SLOW TO SLIDE EAST OF THE REGION THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT...WITH
CONTINUED CATEGORICAL RAIN CHANCES THROUGH DAYBREAK MONDAY ALONG AND
EAST OF INTERSTATE 77. THE CONTINUED EASTERLY FLOW GRADIENT MAY
REQUIRE EXTENSION OF THE WIND ADVISORY INTO THE SUNDAY PERIOD AT
SOME POINT. EXPECT CONTINUED SMALL RANGES ON DIURNAL TEMPS GIVEN THE
CONTINUED RAIN AND CLOUDS.

&&

.LONG TERM /MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/...
AS OF 330 AM SATURDAY...ON MONDAY...THE CLOSED MID LEVEL LOW
WILL TRACK NE OVER THE WESTERN ATLANTIC...RESULTING IN RISING
HEIGHTS FROM THE WEST. THE AXIS OF A MID LEVEL RIDGE IS EXPECTED TO
SLIDE EAST...REACHING THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS ON THURSDAY. ANOTHER
CLOSED LOW WILL DEEPEN OVER TX...SLIDING ACROSS THE ARKLATX FRIDAY
NIGHT/SATURDAY. AT THE SFC...CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE WILL RIDGE SW
ACROSS THE REGION ON MONDAY...LINGERING INTO FRIDAY. A SOUTHERN
STREAM LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL LIFT FROM THE SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI
REGION ON SAT. LOW CHC POPS WILL REMAIN ON MONDAY...THEN DRY UNTIL
SCHC POPS SPREAD NORTHWARD ON FRIDAY. TEMPERATURES ON MONDAY WILL
RANGE IN THE MID TO UPPER 60S. SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL HIGHS ARE
FORECAST THROUGH THE REST OF THE EXTENDED PERIOD.

&&

.AVIATION /15Z SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
AT KCLT AND ELSEWHERE...CIGS WILL CONTINUE TO SETTLE INTO THE IFR
RANGE AS THE STEADIER AND HEAVIER SHOWERS OVERSPREAD THE REGION.
CONDITIONS WILL FURTHER DETERIORATE THROUGH THE DAY WITH MAINLY MVFR
TO IFR VSBY UNDER THE HEAVIEST SHOWERS...AND LIFR TO IFR CIGS. A FEW
RUMBLES OF THUNDER OVER THE CAD LAYER ARE POSSIBLE BUT THESE SHOULD
BE RATHER SPARSE. NE WIND GUSTS OF 25 TO 30 KT WILL SET UP THROUGH
THE DAY EVERYWHERE BUT KAVL WHERE STEADIER NRLY FLOW IS EXPECTED.
WILL MENTION LLWS THROUGHOUT BY EVENING GIVEN THE DEVELOPING STOUT
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...

            14-20Z        20-02Z        02-08Z        08-12Z
KCLT       MED   78%     MED   76%     HIGH  92%     MED   77%
KGSP       MED   79%     MED   79%     HIGH  88%     HIGH  91%
KAVL       MED   72%     MED   75%     HIGH  89%     HIGH  91%
KHKY       MED   78%     MED   73%     HIGH  88%     HIGH  89%
KGMU       MED   79%     MED   78%     HIGH  86%     HIGH  85%
KAND       MED   78%     MED   65%     MED   76%     MED   73%

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...
GOING FORWARD...ANTICIPATE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TOTALS OF 3 TO 6
INCHES ACROSS THE NORTHERN TIER OF THE FORECAST AREA...WITH THE
HIGHER AMOUNTS ALONG THE PEAKS OF THE BLUE RIDGE. EXPECT WIDESPREAD
4 TO 8 ADDITIONAL TOTALS THROUGH THE HEART OF THE FORECAST
AREA...WITH AN ADDITIONAL 8 TO 12 INCHES FROM THE WESTERN UPSTATE
AND UPPER SAVANNAH RIVER REGION THROUGH THE LOWER PIEDMONT NEAR
GREENWOOD. 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 TODAY THROUGH 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. THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY MORNING...HIGHLIGHTING BOTH FLASH FLOODING
AND THE THREAT OF LANSLIDES AND ROCKSLIDES.

THE MAJORITY OF RIVER FORECAST POINTS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH AND
EXCEED FLOOD STAGE. SEVERAL FLOOD WARNINGS HAVE BEEN ISSUED...WITH
THE BLANTYRE POINT IN TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY EXPECTED TO REACH MODERATE
FLOODING.

&&

.CLIMATE...
DAILY RAINFALL RECORDS FOR SATURDAY OCT 3 2015...

 AVL   1.66   1961
 CLT   2.15   1927
 GSP   0.77   1961

&&

.GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH MONDAY MORNING FOR GAZ010-017-018-
     026-028-029.
     WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 8 AM EDT SUNDAY 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 SUNDAY 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 SUNDAY FOR SCZ001>014-019.

&&

SYNOPSIS...NED
NEAR TERM...HG/TDP
SHORT TERM...HG
LONG TERM...NED
AVIATION...HG/TDP
HYDROLOGY...
CLIMATE...
Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 3, 5:13 AM EDT, 6 hours 34 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
513 AM 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>014-019-040915-
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-
513 AM EDT SAT OCT 3 2015

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT SUNDAY...
...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...TODAY 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...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.
..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.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Oct 3, 6:54 AM EDT, 4 hours 53 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
654 AM EDT SAT OCT 03 2015

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

0535 AM     NON-TSTM WND DMG 1 NW FORT LAWN          34.71N 80.92W
10/03/2015                   CHESTER            SC   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            SCHP REPORTED A TREE DOWN AT CORBETT RD AND KNOLLWOOD DR.

0615 AM     NON-TSTM WND DMG 6 NE CORNWELL           34.67N 81.12W
10/03/2015                   CHESTER            SC   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            SCHP REPORTED A TREE DOWN AT HIGHWAY 321NB AND HOPEWELL
            CHURCH RD.

&&

BAH
Local storm report, Oct 3, 9:03 AM EDT, 2 hours 44 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
903 AM EDT SAT OCT 03 2015

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

0700 AM     FLASH FLOOD      CONCORD                 35.41N 80.59W
10/03/2015                   CABARRUS           NC   EMERGENCY MNGR

            STOUGH ROAD CLOSED BETWEEN HIGHWAY 49 AND ROBERTA ROAD
            DUE TO FLASH FLOODING. OLD CHARLOTTE ROAD CLOSED DUE TO
            CLOGGED STORM DRAIN.

0902 AM     NON-TSTM WND DMG CONCORD                 35.41N 80.59W
10/03/2015                   CABARRUS           NC   EMERGENCY MNGR

            FIVE TREES DOWN IN VARIOUS LOCATIONS ACROSS TOWN.

&&

TPALMER
Local storm report, Oct 3, 9:23 AM EDT, 2 hours 24 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
923 AM EDT SAT OCT 03 2015

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

0919 AM     NON-TSTM WND DMG MORGANTON               35.74N 81.70W
10/03/2015                   BURKE              NC   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TREE DOWN ALONG KIRKSEY DRIVE NEAR AMHERST ROAD.

&&

TPALMER
Local storm report, Oct 3, 9:29 AM EDT, 2 hours 18 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
929 AM EDT SAT OCT 03 2015

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

0927 AM     NON-TSTM WND DMG 2 NE TABLE ROCK         35.86N 81.78W
10/03/2015                   BURKE              NC   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TREE BLOCKING NC 181 AT BROWN MOUNTAIN OVERLOOK

&&

TPALMER
Local storm report, Oct 3, 11:16 AM EDT, 31 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.

&&

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Local storm report, Oct 3, 11:41 AM EDT, 6 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.

&&

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 3, 1:12 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningGSPDavie, Rowan6 hr
Oct 3, 1:22 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningGSPUnion6 hr
Oct 3, 1:27 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningGSPCabarrus6 hr
Oct 3, 1:38 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningGSPMecklenburg6 hr
Oct 3, 2:59 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPAlexander, Catawba, Iredell3 hr
Oct 3, 6:22 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningGSPCabarrus6 hr
Oct 3, 6:22 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningGSPCabarrus6 hr
Oct 3, 7:37 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPDavie, Iredell, Rowan3 hr
Oct 3, 7:48 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPMecklenburg3 hr
Oct 3, 7:57 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPUnion3 hr
Oct 3, 8:46 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningGSPUnion3 hr
Oct 3, 9:36 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningGSPMecklenburg3 hr
Oct 3, 9:43 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningGSPBuncombe42 hr
Oct 3, 9:43 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningGSPHaywood28 hr
Oct 3, 10:17 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningGSPSwain46 hr
Oct 3, 10:56 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningGSPHenderson6 hr
Oct 3, 12:18 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningGSPCabarrus3 hr
Oct 3, 12:22 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPUnion3 hr
Oct 3, 1:41 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPTransylvania3 hr
Oct 3, 1:49 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPPolk, Rutherford3 hr
Oct 3, 2:48 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningGSPMcDowell3 hr
Oct 3, 2:56 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningGSPTransylvania3 hr
Oct 3, 4:59 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningGSPHenderson3 hr
Oct 3, 5:11 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPBurke3 hr
Oct 3, 5:49 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningGSPMcDowell3 hr
Oct 3, 6:00 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningGSPTransylvania3 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in North Carolina, 2015Every flash 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.