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Flash Flood Warning 40, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this flash flood warning at Dec 24, 2015, 8:25 AM EST for Avery County, Burke County, Caldwell County, North Carolina. It was in force for 3 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
- Dec 24, 2015, 8:25 AM EST (13:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 24, 2015, 11:30 AM EST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Avery County, NC, Burke County, NC, Caldwell County, NC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:25 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 24, 10:30 AM EST | FLASH FLOOD | 1 Ne Table Rock, NC | ROSES CREEK REPORTED OUT OF BANKS. WATER SPILLING INTO CREENWAY. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
Did it verify
Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched 2 storm reports to this flash flood warning; the first came 95 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, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 171 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
- 343 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 503 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 331 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 381 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.6
- Supercell composite
- 4.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
066
WGUS52 KGSP 241325
FFWGSP
NCC011-023-027-241630-
/O.NEW.KGSP.FF.W.0040.151224T1325Z-151224T1630Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
825 AM EST THU DEC 24 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN CALDWELL COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
NORTHWESTERN BURKE COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
SOUTHEASTERN AVERY COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 1130 AM EST
* AT 824 AM EST...DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED
HEAVY RAIN FALLING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 1-2 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
FALLEN OVER THE PAST 6 HOURS. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS LIKELY. FLASH
FLOODING MAY BE OCCURRING OR MAY BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
TABLE ROCK...UPTON...JONAS RIDGE...COLLETTSVILLE...OAK HILL...
EDGEMONT...PATTERSON...GLOBE...LINVILLE FALLS AND GLEN ALPINE.
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 3607 8145 3569 8183 3581 8198 3582 8197
3582 8196 3585 8192 3588 8191 3591 8191
3596 8194 3598 8194 3608 8179 3612 8156
3612 8155
$$
JMP1 follow-up statement
681
WGUS72 KGSP 241626
FFSGSP
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1126 AM EST THU DEC 24 2015
NCC011-023-027-241635-
/O.EXP.KGSP.FF.W.0040.000000T0000Z-151224T1630Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CALDWELL NC-BURKE NC-AVERY NC-
1126 AM EST THU DEC 24 2015
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN CALDWELL...NORTHWESTERN
BURKE AND SOUTHEASTERN AVERY COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 1130 AM EST...
THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED...AND FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO
POSE A THREAT. SOME RIVERS AND STREAMS ARE STILL RISING...BUT NOT
EXPECTED TO GO INTO FLOOD UNLESS ANOTHER ROUND OF HEAVY RAIN MOVES
IN.
LAT...LON 3607 8145 3569 8183 3581 8198 3582 8197
3582 8196 3585 8192 3588 8191 3591 8191
3596 8194 3598 8194 3608 8179 3612 8156
3612 8155
$$
ARKWhat 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 Dec 24, 6:32 AM EST, 1 hour 53 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 24, 6:32 AM EST, 1 hour 53 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
632 AM EST THU DEC 24 2015
.SYNOPSIS...
UNSETTLED WEATHER AND ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT.
&&
.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/...
AS OF 730 AM...WIDESPREAD SHRA AND SCT TSRA WILL CONTINUE OVER THE
MTNS AND MOVE INTO THE NC FOOTHILLS THIS MORNING. THE CONVECTION
OVER NRN GA WILL MOVE INTO NE GA AND THE UPSTATE THIS MORNING AS
WELL...AND MAY MOVE INTO THE NC PIEDMONT BEFORE NOON. GUSTY WINDS
WILL ACCOMPANY THE STORMS...AND SOME COULD BECOME SEVERE. FLASH
FLOODING A DISTINCT POSSIBILITY THIS MORNING...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE
MTNS WHERE TRAINING ECHOES HAVE BEEN OBSERVED.
OTHERWISE...CONVECTION MAY DIMINISH BY EARLY AFTERNOON...BUT WILL
RETURN DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. FLOODING STILL REMAINS A
THREAT GIVEN ALL THE RECENT RAINFALL AND THE EXPECTED ADDITIONAL 1
TO 3 INCHES OF QPF OVER THE AREA. WILL LEAVE THE EXPIRATION TIME OF
THE WATCH AS IS...BUT LATER SHIFTS MAY NEED TO EXTEND THE TIME
DEPENDING ON WHERE THE HEAVIEST RAIN FALLS. THE THREAT OF SEVERE
STORMS CONTINUES AS WELL AS A LOW LEVEL JET MOVES BACK INTO THE
AREA. THE WINDS ARE A LITTLE MORE VEERED THAN THE LAST LOW LEVEL
JET...SO THERE IS LESS TURNING IN THE LOW LEVELS BUT SPEED SHEAR
REMAINS STRONG. THERE WAS JUST ENUF OF A LOW LEVEL INVERSION TO KEEP
THE STRONGEST WINDS FROM REACHING THE SFC EVEN IN THE STRONGER
THUNDERSTORMS ON WED...SO WILL HAVE TO SEE IF THIS CAN ERODE ENUF
TODAY TO ALLOW THE STRONGER WINDS TO REACH THE SFC. HIGHS TODAY WILL
BE 20 TO 25 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL AND WILL THREATEN RECORDS. LOWS
TONIGHT WILL BE 30 TO 35 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL AND WILL THREATEN
RECORDS FOR HIGHEST MINIMUM TEMPERATURES.
&&
.SHORT TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT/...
AT 230 AM THURSDAY...ON FRIDAY MORNING AN UPPER RIDGE WILL BE
CENTERED OVER THE WESTERN ATLANTIC...WHILE AN UPPER TROUGH WILL BE
OVER THE ROCKIES. AN UPPER LOW CLOSES OFF IN THE SOUTHWEST USA...
WHILE NORTHERN STREAM PROGRESSES AND GOES OUT OF PHASE. BY SUNDAY
MORNING THE UPPER LOW IS OVER NORTH CENTRAL MX...WHILE THE ATLANTIC
UPPER RIDGE RETROGRESSES SLIGHTLY OVER THE SOUTHEAST USA. THIS PATTERN
RESULTS IN THE BULK OF UPPER LEVEL ENERGY BEING DIRECTED WELL TO OUR
WEST AND NORTH.
AT THE SURFACE...ON FRIDAY A NEARLY STATIONARY FRONT WILL BE OVER
THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS...WITH SOUTHWESTERLY GULF INFLOW AHEAD OF
THE BOUNDARY IMPACTING OUR AREA. THE FRONT MOVES NORTH TO THE OH AND
POTOMAC RIVER VALLEYS ON SATURDAY...WHILE GULF INFLOW CONTINUES. A
COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE OH AND MID MS RIVER VALLEYS BY SUNDAY
MORNING...WITH GULF INFLOW PERSISTING.
THE SOUTHWESTERLY ASPECT OF GULF INFLOW WILL HAMPER ISENTROPIC
UPGLIDE AND UPSLOPE FLOW...LIMITING PRECIPITATION PRODUCTION. BOTH
INSTABILITY AND SHEAR WILL BE PRESENT ON FRIDAY...AND THERE A
MARGINAL RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER...MAINLY DURING THE DAY. WHILE
INSTABILITY IS PRESENT ON SATURDAY...SHEAR WILL BE MORE LIMITED.
TEMPERATURES WILL RUN WELL ABOVE NORMAL UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF THE
ATLANTIC RIDGE...WITH MINIMUMS EVEN MORE EXTREME DUE TO ROBUST
MOISTURE.
&&
.LONG TERM /SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
AT 230 AM THURSDAY...ON SUNDAY MORNING AN ATLANTIC UPPER RIDGE WILL
EXTEND WEST TO THE SOUTHEAST USA...WHILE A CLOSED UPPER LOW WILL BE
OVER NORTH CENTRAL MX. THE TROUGH MOVES OVER TX ON MONDAY...AND
APPROACHES THE GREAT LAKES ON TUESDAY...WHILE THE RIDGE TO THE EAST
GRADUALLY BREAKS DOWN. MEANWHILE...ANOTHER AN UPPER LOW MOVES INTO
THE BASE TO THE WEST TROUGH. THIS LOW NEVER DEEPENS LIKE THE
PREVIOUS ONE...AND FILLS AS IT CROSSES THE PLAINS ON WEDNESDAY.
AT THE SURFACE...THE COLD FRONT OVER THE OH RIVER VALLEY SUNDAY
MORNING IS EXPECTED TO PUSH SOUTH O THE CAROLINAS BY MONDAY AS HIGH
PRESSURE OVER CANADA EXTENDS SOUTH ALONG THE EAST COAST. MEANWHILE
GULF INFLOW AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT WILL IMPACT THE GULF STATES. THE
CAROLINA FRONT MOVES SLOWLY NORTH ON TUESDAY...WHILE THE COLD FRONT
TO OUR WEST CROSSES THE GULF STATES...AND GULF INFLOW INCREASES INTO
THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS. THE COLD FRONT CROSSES THE MOUNTAINS AND
STALLS OVER THE PIEDMONT ON WEDNESDAY...WHILE GULF MOISTURE
CONTINUES TO SPREAD NE ALONG AND OVER THE BOUNDARY.
ISENTROPIC UPGLIDE AND SOUTHERLY UPSLOPE FLOW WILL BE MAINLY
LIMITED TO MONDAY AHEAD TO THE APPROACHING COLD FRONT. OTHERWISE...
LOW LEVEL FLOW GENERALLY BE FROM THE SE...WITH LITTLE UPGLIDE UP
UPSLOPE COMPONENT. THIS WILL LIMIT PRECIPITATION PRODUCTION...
DESPITE THE PROLONGED NATURE OF MOIST INFLOW. TEMPERATURES WILL
REMAIN ABOVE NORMAL...BUT WITH A DOWNWARD TRENDS AS HEIGHT FALL
ALOFT WITH THE BREAKDOWN OF THE UPPER RIDGE.
&&
.AVIATION /12Z THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY/...
AT KCLT...LIGHT SHRA AND LOW VFR/MVFR EXPECTED THIS MORNING WITH IFR
CIGS POSSIBLE. THE TSRA OVER THE MTNS ATTM SHUD REMAIN WEST OF THE
AIRFIELD. HOWEVER...THE TSRA OVER NRN GA ATTM MAY MOVE IN BEFORE
NOON. BETTER TSRA CHC THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING SO HAVE
PROB30 IN TO COVER. EXPECT MVFR VSBY AND IFR CIGS LATE THIS EVENING
IN LIGHT SHRA THEN IFR VSBY AND LIFR CIGS OVERNIGHT. GUSTY SLY WIND
CONTINUES THRU MUCH OF THE DAY THEN DIMINISHES THIS EVENING.
ELSEWHERE...SIMILAR CONDITIONS TO KCLT FOR THE SC SITES...BUT BETTER
CHC OF TSRA THIS MORNING...SO TEMPO INCLUDED. KAVL ALREADY SEEING
TSRA AND THIS ACTIVITY WILL MOVE IN THIS MORNING AT KHKY.
OTHERWISE...SIMILAR TRENDS AT KAVL/KHKY.
OUTLOOK...DEEP LAYER MOISTURE AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT
WILL PERSIST OVER THE REGION INTO FRIDAY. EXPECT WIDESPREAD
PRECIPITATION AT TIMES COUPLED WITH IFR OR WORSE VSBY AND CIG
RESTRICTIONS. MODEST IMPROVEMENT IS POSSIBLE OVER THE WEEKEND...BUT
WITH CONTINUED UNSETTLED CONDITIONS.
CONFIDENCE TABLE...
11-17Z 17-23Z 23-05Z 05-06Z
KCLT LOW 56% MED 78% MED 61% LOW 58%
KGSP HIGH 81% LOW 50% MED 72% LOW 58%
KAVL MED 75% LOW 33% HIGH 89% HIGH 100%
KHKY MED 75% LOW 44% MED 61% MED 75%
KGMU HIGH 81% LOW 50% MED 72% MED 75%
KAND MED 75% LOW 27% MED 66% LOW 50%
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
&&
.CLIMATE...
DAILY MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE RECORDS FOR THURSDAY DECEMBER 24...
AVL 72 1955
CLT 71 1982...1931
GSP 71 1964
DAILY MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE RECORDS FOR FRIDAY DECEMBER 25...
AVL 67 1955...1944...1904
CLT 77 1955
GSP 78 1955
DAILY HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURE RECORDS FOR WEDNESDAY DEC 23...
AVL 59 1990
CLT 63 1990
GSP 61 1990
DAILY HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURE RECORDS FOR THURSDAY DEC 24...
AVL 54 1932
CLT 56 1891
GSP 55 1931
DAILY HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURE RECORDS FOR FRIDAY DEC 25...
AVL 55 1982
CLT 62 1932
GSP 56 1964
&&
.GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR GAZ010-017-018-026-
028-029.
NC...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR NCZ033-035>037-
048>053-056>059-062>065-068>072-082-501>510.
SC...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR SCZ001>014-019.
&&
SYNOPSIS...JAT
NEAR TERM...RWH
SHORT TERM...JAT
LONG TERM...JAT
AVIATION...RWH
CLIMATE...Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 24, 6:35 AM EST, 1 hour 50 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 635 AM EST THU DEC 24 2015 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065- 068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-251145- 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- 635 AM EST THU DEC 24 2015 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... 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. THUNDERSTORMS ARE IN THE FORECAST TODAY AND TONIGHT. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD BE SEVERE...PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS...AND POSSIBLY AN ISOLATED TORNADO. .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... SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...TORNADOES OR FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE. 07
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Dec 24, 6:53 AM EST, 1 hour 32 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 653 AM EST THU DEC 24 2015 NCZ052-059-062>064-241230- HAYWOOD NC-NORTHERN JACKSON NC-TRANSYLVANIA NC-SOUTHERN JACKSON NC- MACON NC- 653 AM EST THU DEC 24 2015 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF CENTRAL JACKSON... CENTRAL TRANSYLVANIA...SOUTHEASTERN HAYWOOD AND SOUTHEASTERN MACON COUNTIES UNTIL 730 AM EST... AT 653 AM EST...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES EAST OF FRANKLIN...OR 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF HIGHLANDS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... BREVARD...WAYNESVILLE...CULLOWHEE...CLYDE...HIGHLANDS...CASHIERS... B.R. PARKWAY-BLACK BALSAM TO MOUNT PISGAH...B.R. PARKWAY-BALSAM GAP TO BLACK BALSAM AREA...LOOKING GLASS AND BLACK BALSAM AREA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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 3559 8290 3526 8263 3501 8326 3517 8337 TIME...MOT...LOC 1153Z 239DEG 48KT 3513 8324 07
Special weather statement, Dec 24, 7:21 AM EST, 1 hour 4 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
721 AM EST THU DEC 24 2015
NCZ033-048>050-053-065-501-503>507-241300-
GREATER BURKE NC-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS NC-BUNCOMBE NC-AVERY NC-
YANCEY NC-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS NC-HENDERSON NC-MADISON NC-
BURKE MOUNTAINS NC-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS NC-MITCHELL NC-
EASTERN MCDOWELL NC-
721 AM EST THU DEC 24 2015
...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL
CALDWELL...WESTERN BURKE...SOUTHEASTERN MADISON...MITCHELL...
YANCEY...AVERY...BUNCOMBE...MCDOWELL AND NORTHEASTERN HENDERSON
COUNTIES UNTIL 800 AM EST...
AT 721 AM EST...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
DOWNTOWN ASHEVILLE...OR NEAR B.R. PARKWAY-NC ARBORETUM TO EAST
ASHEVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
PEA SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
DOWNTOWN ASHEVILLE...MORGANTON...MARION...SPRUCE PINE...BURNSVILLE...
NEWLAND...EAST ASHEVILLE...ARDEN...WEST ASHEVILLE AND NORTH
ASHEVILLE.
LAT...LON 3591 8170 3589 8173 3585 8165 3576 8156
3535 8252 3567 8282 3611 8213 3610 8208
3613 8205 3612 8203 3620 8198
TIME...MOT...LOC 1221Z 239DEG 49KT 3556 8252
WJMLocal storm report, Dec 24, 7:41 AM EST, 44 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
741 AM EST THU DEC 24 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0739 AM FLOOD WAYNESVILLE 35.48N 83.00W
12/24/2015 HAYWOOD NC TRAINED SPOTTER
WATER OVER ROADWAY AT VIRGINIA AVENUE AND HAZELWOOD
AVENUE IN WAYNESVILLE.
&&
HGSpecial weather statement, Dec 24, 7:47 AM EST, 38 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
747 AM EST THU DEC 24 2015
GAZ010-NCZ052-053-059-062>065-SCZ001>003-241330-
RABUN GA-HAYWOOD NC-NORTHERN JACKSON NC-BUNCOMBE NC-TRANSYLVANIA NC-
SOUTHERN JACKSON NC-HENDERSON NC-MACON NC-OCONEE MOUNTAINS SC-
GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS SC-PICKENS MOUNTAINS SC-
747 AM EST THU DEC 24 2015
...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF RABUN...JACKSON...
TRANSYLVANIA...SOUTHWESTERN BUNCOMBE...SOUTHEASTERN HAYWOOD...
SOUTHWESTERN HENDERSON...MACON...NORTHERN OCONEE...NORTHWESTERN
PICKENS AND NORTHWESTERN GREENVILLE COUNTIES UNTIL 830 AM EST...
AT 747 AM EST...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10
MILES NORTHWEST OF CLAYTON...OR 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF BLACK ROCK
MOUNTAIN STATE PARK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.
WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BREVARD...FRANKLIN...SYLVA...CLAYTON...WAYNESVILLE...CANTON...
CULLOWHEE...ETOWAH...LAKE JUNALUSKA AND CLYDE.
LAT...LON 3490 8363 3492 8360 3494 8360 3495 8355
3499 8355 3500 8348 3500 8352 3502 8352
3504 8356 3507 8357 3511 8362 3561 8288
3515 8237 3472 8349 3473 8351 3489 8364
TIME...MOT...LOC 1247Z 228DEG 53KT 3498 8355
WJMSpecial weather statement, Dec 24, 8:01 AM EST, 24 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
801 AM EST THU DEC 24 2015
NCZ033-035-049-050-053-056-068-501>508-510-241345-
CLEVELAND NC-BUNCOMBE NC-AVERY NC-GREATER CALDWELL NC-
GREATER BURKE NC-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS NC-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS NC-
YANCEY NC-GREATER RUTHERFORD NC-CATAWBA NC-ALEXANDER NC-
EASTERN POLK NC-BURKE MOUNTAINS NC-MITCHELL NC-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS NC-
EASTERN MCDOWELL NC-
801 AM EST THU DEC 24 2015
...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF CALDWELL...BURKE...
RUTHERFORD...SOUTHEASTERN MITCHELL...WESTERN CATAWBA...SOUTHEASTERN
YANCEY...NORTHWESTERN CLEVELAND...SOUTHEASTERN AVERY...EAST CENTRAL
BUNCOMBE...MCDOWELL...ALEXANDER AND EASTERN POLK COUNTIES UNTIL 845
AM EST...
AT 800 AM EST...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4
MILES SOUTHEAST OF MARION...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
PEA SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HICKORY...LENOIR...MORGANTON...FOREST CITY...MARION...
RUTHERFORDTON...TAYLORSVILLE...ST. STEPHENS...LONGVIEW AND SAWMILLS.
LAT...LON 3612 8155 3607 8141 3600 8133 3604 8120
3603 8104 3599 8100 3590 8104 3557 8149
3557 8153 3556 8152 3519 8203 3519 8210
3567 8231 3612 8182
TIME...MOT...LOC 1300Z 239DEG 49KT 3565 8193
WJMLocal storm report, Dec 24, 8:03 AM EST, 22 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
803 AM EST THU DEC 24 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0801 AM FLASH FLOOD 3 NNW MARION 35.72N 82.02W
12/24/2015 MCDOWELL NC EMERGENCY MNGR
JOHNS CREEK FLOODING AT RIVER BEND DRIVE AND HANKINS
ROAD.
&&
HGThe office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 23, 10:05 PM EST | River Flood Advisory | GSP | Henderson, Transylvania | 12 hr |
| Dec 23, 10:16 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | GSP | Cabarrus | 6 hr |
| Dec 23, 10:16 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Polk | 29 min |
| Dec 24, 4:15 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Jackson | 30 min |
| Dec 24, 4:20 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | GSP | Cabarrus | 3 hr |
| Dec 24, 4:45 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Jackson, Macon | 30 min |
| Dec 24, 4:57 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Graham, Swain | 33 min |
| Dec 24, 5:16 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Henderson, Jackson, Transylvania | 29 min |
| Dec 24, 5:28 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Burke, McDowell | 32 min |
| Dec 24, 5:31 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Haywood | 29 min |
| Dec 24, 5:47 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Jackson | 28 min |
| Dec 24, 6:00 AM EST | River Flood Advisory | GSP | Gaston | 12 hr |
| Dec 24, 6:20 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Henderson | 25 min |
| Dec 24, 6:51 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Burke, McDowell | 24 min |
| Dec 24, 6:53 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Jackson, Transylvania | 37 min |
| Dec 24, 7:21 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | GSP | Cabarrus | 3 hr |
| Dec 24, 7:21 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Avery, Buncombe, Burke, McDowell, Mitchell, Yancey | 39 min |
| Dec 24, 7:47 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Jackson, Macon, Transylvania | 43 min |
| Dec 24, 7:48 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Macon | 3 hr |
| Dec 24, 7:48 AM EST | River Flood Warning | GSP | Gaston | 23 hr |
| Dec 24, 8:01 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Alexander, Burke, Caldwell, McDowell, Rutherford | 44 min |
| Dec 24, 8:07 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | McDowell | 3 hr |
| Dec 24, 8:08 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Jackson | 4 hr |
| Dec 24, 8:14 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Haywood | 4 hr |
| Dec 24, 8:34 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cleveland, Polk, Rutherford | 41 min |
| Dec 24, 8:36 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Henderson, Transylvania | 39 min |
| Dec 24, 8:44 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Haywood, Jackson, Macon | 3 hr |
| Dec 24, 8:54 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Alexander | 21 min |
| Dec 24, 9:29 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Alexander, Catawba | 31 min |
| Dec 24, 9:33 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Buncombe, McDowell | 3 hr |
| Dec 24, 10:15 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Polk | 30 min |
| Dec 24, 10:17 AM EST | River Flood Warning | GSP | Henderson, Transylvania | 4 days |
| Dec 24, 10:18 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Burke, Caldwell | 3 hr |
| Dec 24, 10:18 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Catawba, Iredell | 27 min |
| Dec 24, 10:21 AM EST | River Flood Warning | GSP | Swain | 33 hr |
| Dec 24, 10:30 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | GSP | Cabarrus | 3 hr |
| Dec 24, 11:02 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Transylvania | 3 hr |
| Dec 24, 11:33 AM EST | River Flood Warning | GSP | Haywood | 26 hr |
| Dec 24, 11:33 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Burke, Rutherford | 27 min |
| Dec 24, 11:44 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | GSP | Haywood, Jackson, Macon | 3 hr |
| Dec 24, 12:25 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | McDowell | 3 hr |
| Dec 24, 1:59 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | GSP | Transylvania | 3 hr |
| Dec 24, 2:16 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | GSP | Henderson | 119 min |
| Dec 24, 2:43 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | GSP | Haywood, Jackson, Macon, Swain | 3 hr |
| Dec 24, 3:14 PM EST | River Flood Warning | GSP | Madison | 40 hr |
| Dec 24, 4:57 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | GSP | Transylvania | 6 hr |
| Dec 24, 5:42 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Macon, Swain | 6 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.