Alert archive / North Carolina / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this flash flood warning at Feb 3, 2016, 2:53 PM EST 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
- Feb 3, 2016, 2:53 PM EST (19:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 3, 2016, 5:45 PM EST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Unknown
County McDowell County, NC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:57 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
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, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 195 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.
387 WGUS52 KGSP 031953 FFWGSP NCC111-032245- /O.NEW.KGSP.FF.W.0007.160203T1953Z-160203T2245Z/ /00000.U.DM.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 253 PM EST WED FEB 3 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... A DAM BREAK IN... SOUTHEASTERN MCDOWELL COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... * UNTIL 545 PM EST * AT 250 PM EST...COUNTY DISPATCH REPORTED THE IMMINENT FAILURE OF A DAM SOUTH OF THE INTERSECTION OF VEIN ROAD AND POLLY SPOUT ROAD. HEATHER GROVE CAMP GROUND IS IN THE PATH OF THIS FLOOD. AREAS SOUTH OF THE INTERSECTION OF POLLY SPOUT ROAD AND VEIN WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE. && LAT...LON 3554 8195 3553 8195 3553 8197 3555 8196 $$ WJM
1 follow-up statement
028 WGUS72 KGSP 032059 FFSGSP FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 359 PM EST WED FEB 3 2016 NCC111-032108- /O.CAN.KGSP.FF.W.0007.000000T0000Z-160203T2245Z/ /00000.0.DM.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ MCDOWELL NC- 359 PM EST WED FEB 3 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN MCDOWELL COUNTY IS CANCELLED... EFFORTS TO SHORE-UP THE DAM HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL AND THE THREAT OF DAM FAILURE HAS PASSED. LAT...LON 3554 8195 3553 8195 3553 8197 3555 8196 $$ WJM
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 Feb 3, 2:51 PM EST, 2 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 3, 2:51 PM EST, 2 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
251 PM EST WED FEB 3 2016
.SYNOPSIS...
A COLD FRONT WILL GRADUALLY MOVE EAST OF THE AREA TONIGHT. IN THE
FRONTS WAKE...DRY HIGH PRESSURE WILL SPREAD BACK OVER THE REGION AND
PERSIST INTO THE WEEKEND. A MOIST UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL
APPROACH THE CAROLINAS EARLY NEXT WEEK.
&&
.NEAR TERM /THROUGH THURSDAY/...
AS OF 245 PM...RECENT SFC ANALYSIS INDICATED THAT THE COLD FRONT WAS
RUNNING ALONG THE SPINE OF THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS. LATEST RADAR
IMAGES SHOWS THE LEADING BAND OF HEAVY SHOWERS EAST OF THE
CWA...WITH A TWO THE THREE COUNTY WIDE AREA OF STRATIFORM RAIN IN
THE WAKE OF THE BAND. RAINFALL RATES HAVE DECREASED TO LESS THAN A
QUARTER OF AN INCH ACROSS THE PIEDMONT. THEREFORE...NO NEW FLOODING
IS EXPECTED...I WILL REMOVE THE FLASH FLOODING WATCH WITH THIS
FORECAST PACKAGE.
TONIGHT...THE COLD FRONT WILL PRESS TOWARDS THE ATLANTIC COAST
TONIGHT. NEAR TERM MODELS INDICATE THAT THE FRONT WILL SLOW OR
BECOME STATIONARY OVER THE COASTAL PLAIN LATE TONIGHT. THE NAM
INDICATES THAT LIGHT RAIN WILL REMAIN ACROSS THE EASTERN
PIEDMONT...DRIVEN WESTWARD BY PASSING FRONTAL WAVES. HOWEVER...CAMS
INDICATE THAT PRECIP WILL REMAIN GENERALLY EAST OF THE FORECAST
AREA. I WILL MAINTAIN SCHC POPS ALONG THE EASTERN CWA...CHC POPS FOR
PORTIONS OF UNION AND CHESTER COUNTIES. LOW TEMPS ARE FORECAST TO
RANGE FROM THE UPPER 30S ACROSS THE MTNS TO LOW 50S EAST. FOR
THURSDAY...DRIER AIR IS EXPECTED TO PUSH EAST ACROSS THE CWA DURING
THE DAY LIGHT HOURS. SKY COVER SHOULD DECREASE THROUGH THE
DAY...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS GIVEN DOWNSLOPE FLOW. HIGH
TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO RANGE WITHIN THE 40S ACROSS THE MTNS TO
UPPER 50S EAST.
&&
.SHORT TERM /THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/...
AT 230 PM WEDNESDAY...ON THURSDAY NIGHT AN UPPER TROUGH WILL
PROGRESS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS...FOLLOWED BY AN UPPER
RIDGE ON FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT. AND UPPER TROUGH WILL APPROACH
FROM THE WEST ON SATURDAY.
AT THE SURFACE...ON THURSDAY NIGHT A COLD FRONT WILL DEPART TO THE
EAST...BUT A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL LINGER INTO FRIDAY. DRY
HIGH PRESSURE CROSSES THE AREA ON FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY.
&&
.LONG TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
AT 230 PM WEDNESDAY...ON SATURDAY NIGHT A SURFACE LOW CROSSING FL
AND MOVING UP THE GULF STREAM WILL SPREAD MOISTURE INLAND OVER GA
AND THE CAROLINAS...BUT THIS MOISTURE IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN EAST OF
OUR AREA. A COLD FRONT WILL ARRIVE LATE SUNDAY NIGHT...SPREADING
SNOW ACROSS THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS. THERE ARE INDICATIONS THAT
THE STRENGTH OF THE SYSTEM MAY SPREAD SNOW SHOWERS EAST OF THE BLUE
RIDGE AND ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT. THESE SNOW SHOWERS WOULD
CHANGE TO RAIN SHOWERS DURING THE DAY AT ALL BUT THE HIGHEST
ELEVATIONS.
BY MONDAY EVENING THE UPPER SYSTEM RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SNOW AND RAIN
SHOWERS SHOULD MOVE OFF THE COAST...RELEGATING PRECIPITATION MAINLY
TO THE NC MOUNTAINS BORDERING TN. MOUNTAIN PRECIPITATION SHOULD
CHANGE BACK TO SNOW SHOWERS AS COLDER AIR ARRIVES...AND MAY SURVIVE
INTO MID WEEK AS SEVERAL ROUNDS OF UPPER LEVEL ENERGY ROUND A SECOND
UPPER LOW.
&&
.AVIATION /20Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY/...
AT KCLT AND ELSEWHERE...AT 1 PM...A PRE FRONTAL BAND OF SHOWERS WAS
PUSHING ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT AREAS...WITH A STRONG BAND
ALONG AND EAST OF I-77. FOR THE 18Z TAFS...I WILL REMOVE THE MENTION
OF TSRA...KEEPING SHRA THROUGH THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON. CEILINGS
WILL REMAIN CHAOTIC AS THE BAND PASSES THIS AFTERNOON...BUT SHOULD
FAVOR MVFR CEILINGS INTO THE MID EVENING. WINDS SHOULD VEER FROM THE
NW LATE THIS EVENING AT KAVL...EAST OF THE MTNS VEERING NW LATE
TONIGHT TO AROUND DAWN THURSDAY. EAST OF THE MTNS...CONDITIONS WILL
RETURN TO VFR BY SUNRISE THURSDAY. UPSLOPE MVFR CLOUDS ARE EXPECTED
TO REMAIN OVER KAVL THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS...BECOMING VFR BY MID
DAY.
OUTLOOK...IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT...LARGE HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD
ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH THE WEEKEND...PROVIDING UNRESTRICTED
CONDITIONS.
CONFIDENCE TABLE...
20-02Z 02-08Z 08-14Z 14-18Z
KCLT HIGH 91% MED 67% HIGH 93% HIGH 91%
KGSP HIGH 91% HIGH 97% HIGH 95% HIGH 100%
KAVL HIGH 80% HIGH 100% MED 68% MED 79%
KHKY MED 65% MED 68% MED 70% HIGH 100%
KGMU HIGH 94% MED 76% HIGH 80% HIGH 100%
KAND HIGH 88% HIGH 100% HIGH 100% MED 74%
THE PERCENTAGE REFLECTS THE NUMBER OF GUIDANCE MEMBERS AGREEING
WITH THE SCHEDULE TAF ISSUANCE FLIGHT RULE CATEGORY. COMPLET HOURLY
EXPERIMENTAL AVIATION FORECAST CONSISTENCY TABLES AND ENSEMBLE FORECASTS
ARE AVAILABLE AT THE FOLLOWING LINK:
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/GSP/AVIATION
&&
.GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...NONE.
NC...NONE.
SC...NONE.
&&
SYNOPSIS...JPT
NEAR TERM...NED
SHORT TERM...JAT
LONG TERM...JAT
AVIATION...NEDHazardous weather outlook, Feb 3, 11:04 AM EST, 3 hours 49 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1104 AM EST WED FEB 3 2016 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ048-051-052-058-059-062-063-SCZ001>007- 010>012-019-041615- RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-MADISON-SWAIN-HAYWOOD- GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-OCONEE MOUNTAINS- PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE- GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE- LAURENS-GREENWOOD- 1104 AM EST WED FEB 3 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .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. NCZ033-049-050-053-064-065-501>510-041615- AVERY-YANCEY-MITCHELL-BUNCOMBE-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON- CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-GREATER CALDWELL-BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE- MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-EASTERN MCDOWELL-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS- GREATER RUTHERFORD-POLK MOUNTAINS-EASTERN POLK- 1104 AM EST WED FEB 3 2016 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON 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. .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... SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE. NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-082-SCZ008-009-013-014-041615- ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON- MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION-CHEROKEE-YORK-CHESTER- 1104 AM EST WED FEB 3 2016 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON 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. WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. STRONG WIND SHEAR AND WEAK INSTABILITY WILL COMBINE TO PRODUCE A THREAT FOR ISOLATED SEVERE WEATHER IN THIS LINE OF STORMS...WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES BEING THE PRIMARY THREATS. THE HIGHEST RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL EXIST ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE I-85 CORRIDOR...ESPECIALLY FROM LATE MORNING ON. HOWEVER...SEVERE WEATHER CANNOT BE RULED OUT ANYWHERE. .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... SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF DAMAGING WINDS...TORNADOES OR FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE. NED
In the hours before
Local storm report, Feb 3, 1:40 PM EST, 1 hour 13 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
140 PM EST WED FEB 03 2016
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0100 PM FLASH FLOOD LENOIR 35.91N 81.53W
02/03/2016 CALDWELL NC 911 CALL CENTER
SEVERAL CREEKS OUT OF THEIR BANKS ACROSS THE
COUNTY...WITH NEW REPORTS COMING IN THIS AFTERNOON. CREWS
OUT DEPLOYING BARRICADES COUNTY-WIDE.
&&
TPALMERLocal storm report, Feb 3, 1:48 PM EST, 1 hour 5 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
148 PM EST WED FEB 03 2016
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1104 AM DEBRIS FLOW 10 SSW MORGANTON 35.61N 81.77W
02/03/2016 BURKE NC 911 CALL CENTER
MUDSLIDE ON HIGHWAY 64 TOWARD RUTHERFORDTON.
1120 AM FLASH FLOOD VALDESE 35.75N 81.56W
02/03/2016 BURKE NC 911 CALL CENTER
FLOODING AT A NURSING FACILITY.
1200 PM FLASH FLOOD 4 SSW THERMAL CITY 35.46N 82.00W
02/03/2016 RUTHERFORD NC 911 CALL CENTER
MOUNTAIN CREEK FLOWING OVER PAINTERS GAP ROAD.
&&
TPALMERLocal storm report, Feb 3, 1:53 PM EST, 1 hour before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
153 PM EST WED FEB 03 2016
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0150 PM FLASH FLOOD GAMEWELL 35.87N 81.60W
02/03/2016 CALDWELL NC TRAINED SPOTTER
CELIA CREEK OUT OF ITS BANKS ON CELIA CREEK ROAD JUST
SOUTH OF GAMEWELL. CREEK IS HITTING THE BRIDGE AND ONLY 1
FT FROM SURFACE OF HARTLAND ROAD
&&
TPALMERSpecial weather statement, Feb 3, 1:58 PM EST, 55 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
158 PM EST WED FEB 3 2016
NCZ082-031945-
UNION NC-
158 PM EST WED FEB 3 2016
...LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF UNION COUNTY
UNTIL 245 PM EST...
AT 156 PM EST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE LEADING EDGE OF A LINE OF
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 15 MILES NORTHWEST
OF WADESBORO TO 10 MILES SOUTH OF MONROE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35
MPH.
WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL RATES UP TO 2 INCHES
PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MONROE...WINGATE...MARSHVILLE...STURDIVANTS...UNIONVILLE...NEW SALEM
AND TRINITY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS AND SATURATED SOIL CONDITIONS WILL
CAUSE SCATTERED TREES AND POWER LINES TO FALL. SEEK SHELTER INSIDE AN
INTERIOR ROOM.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3481 8032 3482 8074 3483 8074 3516 8042
3517 8039 3518 8037 3517 8036 3517 8032
3520 8028
TIME...MOT...LOC 1856Z 245DEG 31KT 3514 8026 3483 8051
MOORELocal storm report, Feb 3, 1:59 PM EST, 54 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
159 PM EST WED FEB 03 2016
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1200 PM FLASH FLOOD HICKORY 35.74N 81.33W
02/03/2016 CATAWBA NC 911 CALL CENTER
SEVERAL ROADS FLOODED FROM CREEKS OUT OF THEIR
BANKS...INCLUDING HIGHWAY 70 IN HICKORY.
1215 PM FLASH FLOOD NEWTON 35.67N 81.22W
02/03/2016 CATAWBA NC 911 CALL CENTER
CREEKS OUT OF THEIR BANKS AND FLOWING OVER SEVERAL ROADS
IN NEWTON.
&&
TPALMERLocal storm report, Feb 3, 2:18 PM EST, 35 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
218 PM EST WED FEB 03 2016
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1210 PM FLASH FLOOD TAYLORSVILLE 35.92N 81.18W
02/03/2016 ALEXANDER NC 911 CALL CENTER
A FEW CREEKS OUT OF THEIR BANKS AND BRIEFLY OVER ROADS IN
THE NORTHERN END OF THE COUNTY.
0200 PM FLASH FLOOD 2 ENE PATTERSON 36.00N 81.53W
02/03/2016 CALDWELL NC BROADCAST MEDIA
BRIDGE UNDER WATER NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF INDIAN GRAVE
ROAD AND HIGHWAY 268.
0212 PM FLASH FLOOD GLENWOOD 35.61N 81.98W
02/03/2016 MCDOWELL NC EMERGENCY MNGR
WATER OVER THE BRIDGE ON MARLOW ROAD. ALSO DAM BEGINNING
TO BREACH ON POND SOUTH OF GLENWOOD ON POLLY SPOUT ROAD.
&&
TPALMERThe 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, 11:24 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, 3:43 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Alexander, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Catawba and 5 more | 6 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in North Carolina, 2016Every flash flood warning in 2016
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.