Alert archive / North Carolina / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this flash flood warning at Feb 3, 2016, 11:24 AM EST for Polk County, Rutherford 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
- Feb 3, 2016, 11:24 AM EST (16:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 3, 2016, 2:00 PM EST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Polk County, NC, Rutherford County, NC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:26 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, 12:00 PM EST | FLASH FLOOD | 4 Ssw Thermal City, NC | MOUNTAIN CREEK FLOWING OVER PAINTERS GAP 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, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 204 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
238
WGUS52 KGSP 031624
FFWGSP
NCC149-161-031900-
/O.NEW.KGSP.FF.W.0005.160203T1624Z-160203T1900Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1124 AM EST WED FEB 3 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
RUTHERFORD COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
POLK COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 200 PM EST
* AT 1123 AM EST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA. UP TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN SINCE LAST NIGHT.
FLASH FLOODING IS BEGINNING ACROSS THE AREA.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
FOREST CITY...RUTHERFORDTON...COLUMBUS...SPINDALE...TRYON...LAKE
LURE...SALUDA...ELLENBORO...BOSTIC AND CHIMNEY ROCK STATE PARK.
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 3561 8172 3558 8169 3530 8173 3518 8177
3520 8225 3519 8236 3529 8235 3539 8226
3545 8228 3547 8226 3547 8224 3550 8222
3552 8223 3552 8214 3554 8203 3555 8200
3552 8197 3554 8185 3558 8182 3561 8176
$$
TDPThe 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, 10:37 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Buncombe, McDowell | 6 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, 11:28 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.