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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

February 3, 2016Buncombe County, McDowell County, North Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this flash flood warning at Feb 3, 2016, 10:37 AM EST for Buncombe County, McDowell County, North Carolina. It was in force for 6 hr. 7 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Feb 3, 2016, 10:37 AM EST (15:37 UTC)
Expired: Feb 3, 2016, 4:30 PM EST
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Buncombe County, NC, McDowell County, NC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:36 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
Feb 3, 11:25 AM EST	FLOOD	1 Se Weaverville, NC	FLOODING ON TWIN HILLS ROAD NEAR HAMBURG MOUNTAIN ROAD.
Feb 3, 11:26 AM EST	FLASH FLOOD	2 Wnw Barnardsville, NC	IVY RIVER EXCEEDED ITS BANKS AND INUNDATED GLEN HILL DRIVE AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE BIG IVY MOBILE HOME PARK...STRANDING RESIDENTS.
Feb 3, 11:51 AM EST	FLOOD	W Barnardsville, NC	FLOODING OF IVY CREEK NEAR PAINT FORK ROAD.
Feb 3, 12:00 PM EST	FLASH FLOOD	Asheville, NC	ABOUT 20 TOTAL ROADS CLOSED ACROSS BUNCOME COUNTY. MOST RECENT REPORTS CAME IN AROUND NOON WITH CLOSINGS OF SWANANOA RIVER ROAD AND BRYSON STREET IN THE BILTMORE VILLAGE AREA.
Feb 3, 12:30 PM EST	FLASH FLOOD	4 Se Nebo, NC	FLASH FLOODING ALONG MUDDY CREEK AND SOUTH CREEK IN THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE COUNTY. WATER BEGINNING TO RECEDE IN WESTERN PORTION OF THE COUNTY.
Feb 3, 1:00 PM EST	FLASH FLOOD	5 Nnw Dysartsville, NC	THE BRIDGE OVER WALTON CRAWLEY BRANCH ALONG CALICO DRIVE WAS WASHED OUT.
Feb 3, 2:12 PM EST	FLASH FLOOD	Glenwood, NC	WATER OVER THE BRIDGE ON MARLOW ROAD. ALSO DAM BEGINNING TO BREACH ON POND SOUTH OF GLENWOOD ON POLLY SPOUT ROAD.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 217 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 500 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 411 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 494 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

027 
WGUS52 KGSP 031537
FFWGSP
NCC021-111-032130-
/O.NEW.KGSP.FF.W.0002.160203T1537Z-160203T2130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1037 AM EST WED FEB 3 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 430 PM EST

* AT 1036 AM EST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE
  WARNED AREA. UP TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN SINCE 5 AM. 
  WATER IS RISING RAPIDLY ALONG SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...AND 
  FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  DOWNTOWN ASHEVILLE...MARION...EAST ASHEVILLE...ARDEN...WEST
  ASHEVILLE...NORTH ASHEVILLE...BLACK MOUNTAIN...WOODFIN...FLETCHER
  AND SWANNANOA.

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.

FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. HEAVY RAIN FALLING ALONG
MOUNTAIN CREEKS CAN CAUSE SUDDEN INCREASES IN WATER FLOW AND LEVELS
DOWNSTREAM...EVEN IN AREAS WHERE IT IS NOT RAINING. PEOPLE
PARTICIPATING IN OUTDOOR RECREATION SHOULD IMMEDIATELY SEEK HIGH
GROUND AWAY FROM CREEKS AND STREAMS.

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 3588 8191 3581 8199 3572 8187 3558 8182
      3552 8197 3555 8200 3552 8223 3546 8225
      3550 8233 3542 8254 3546 8267 3542 8274
      3547 8280 3557 8277 3568 8288 3582 8238
      3570 8226 3585 8210 3589 8198 3596 8194

$$

TDP

1 follow-up statement

238 
WGUS72 KGSP 032107
FFSGSP

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
407 PM EST WED FEB 3 2016

NCC021-111-032117-
/O.CAN.KGSP.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160203T2130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BUNCOMBE NC-MCDOWELL NC-
407 PM EST WED FEB 3 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR BUNCOMBE AND MCDOWELL COUNTIES IS
CANCELLED...

THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED...SOME FLOODING FROM RUN-OFF MAY 
CONTINUE AND A FLOOD ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE AREA.

LAT...LON 3588 8191 3581 8199 3572 8187 3558 8182
      3552 8197 3555 8200 3552 8223 3546 8225
      3550 8233 3542 8254 3546 8267 3542 8274
      3547 8280 3557 8277 3568 8288 3582 8238
      3570 8226 3585 8210 3589 8198 3596 8194

$$

WJM

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 2, 9:33 PM EST	Wind Advisory	GSP	Avery, Buncombe, Graham, Haywood, Jackson, McDowell and 6 more	12 hr
Feb 3, 4:11 AM EST	Flash Flood Watch	GSP	Alexander, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell and 16 more	11 hr
Feb 3, 6:32 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Graham, Macon, Swain	58 min
Feb 3, 6:34 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Graham, Jackson, Macon, Swain	3 hr
Feb 3, 6:37 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Henderson, Transylvania	3 hr
Feb 3, 7:33 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Macon	57 min
Feb 3, 7:45 AM EST	Flash Flood Warning	GSP	Henderson, Transylvania	6 hr
Feb 3, 8:57 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, McDowell, Mitchell and 1 more	3 hr
Feb 3, 9:01 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Polk, Rutherford	3 hr
Feb 3, 9:27 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Graham, Jackson, Macon, Swain	3 hr
Feb 3, 9:37 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Avery, Burke, Caldwell, McDowell	38 min
Feb 3, 9:49 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Avery, Burke, Caldwell, McDowell	26 min
Feb 3, 10:10 AM EST	River Flood Warning	GSP	Henderson, Transylvania	66 hr
Feb 3, 10:48 AM EST	Flash Flood Warning	GSP	Burke, Caldwell	6 hr
Feb 3, 10:54 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Cleveland, Gaston	51 min
Feb 3, 10:58 AM EST	Flash Flood Warning	GSP	Avery, Mitchell, Yancey	4 hr
Feb 3, 11:04 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Iredell	41 min
Feb 3, 11:10 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Alexander, Catawba, Cleveland, Gaston, Iredell, Lincoln	3 hr
Feb 3, 11:24 AM EST	Flash Flood Warning	GSP	Polk, Rutherford	3 hr
Feb 3, 11:28 AM EST	River Flood Advisory	GSP	Buncombe	12 hr
Feb 3, 11:41 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Gaston, Mecklenburg	49 min
Feb 3, 11:44 AM EST	Flash Flood Warning	GSP	Alexander, Catawba	4 hr
Feb 3, 12:21 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Cabarrus, Mecklenburg, Union	24 min
Feb 3, 12:31 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Cabarrus, Mecklenburg, Union	3 hr
Feb 3, 12:32 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Davie, Rowan	43 min
Feb 3, 12:45 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Cabarrus, Mecklenburg, Rowan	15 min
Feb 3, 12:50 PM EST	River Flood Advisory	GSP	Haywood	12 hr
Feb 3, 12:57 PM EST	River Flood Advisory	GSP	Swain	12 hr
Feb 3, 12:57 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Union	63 min
Feb 3, 1:36 PM EST	River Flood Warning	GSP	Madison	30 hr
Feb 3, 1:55 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Henderson, Transylvania	12 hr
Feb 3, 1:58 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Union	47 min
Feb 3, 2:00 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Polk, Rutherford	3 hr
Feb 3, 2:24 PM EST	River Flood Warning	GSP	Buncombe, Henderson	41 hr
Feb 3, 2:53 PM EST	Flash Flood Warning	GSP	McDowell	3 hr
Feb 3, 3:43 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Alexander, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Catawba and 5 more	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.