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Flash Flood Warning 23, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

June 9, 2019Avery County, Burke County, Caldwell County, North Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this flash flood warning at Jun 9, 2019, 12:39 PM EDT for Avery County, Burke County, Caldwell County, North Carolina. It was in force for 6 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 9, 2019, 12:39 PM EDT (16:39 UTC)
Expired
Jun 9, 2019, 6:30 PM EDT
In force
6 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 16:39 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 165 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 2019-06-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 50 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2019-06-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 108 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
50 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-14 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
531 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
108 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
152 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 Jun 9, 11:07 AM EDT, 1 hour 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 9, 11:07 AM EDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 9, 5:11 AM EDT, 7 hours 28 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
511 AM EDT Sun Jun 9 2019

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-049-050-053-056-057-059-
062>065-068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-100915-
Rabun-Habersham-Stephens-Franklin-Hart-Elbert-Avery-Alexander-
Iredell-Davie-Yancey-Mitchell-Buncombe-Catawba-Rowan-
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-
511 AM EDT Sun Jun 9 2019

...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.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday.

An unsettled weather pattern will continue through mid-week.
Additional heavy rainfall and flooding will be possible each day.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

None.

NCZ048-051-052-058-100915-
Madison-Swain-Haywood-Graham-
511 AM EDT Sun Jun 9 2019

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for western North Carolina.

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

Heavy rainfall and flooding will be possible today and tonight.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday.

An unsettled weather pattern will continue through mid-week.
Additional heavy rainfall and flooding will be possible each day.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotters are requested to forward any reports of large hail,
damaging winds, tornadoes, or flash flooding to our office.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 9, 7:37 AM EDT, 5 hours 2 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jun 9, 7:39 AM EDT, 5 hours before
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Local storm report, Jun 9, 7:58 AM EDT, 4 hours 41 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 8, 8:23 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPAvery112 min
Jun 8, 9:55 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningGSPAlexander, Avery, Burke, Caldwell, Catawba, Lincoln and 1 more9 hr
Jun 9, 2:16 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningGSPAlexander, Catawba, Iredell9 hr
Jun 9, 3:11 AM EDTRiver Flood AdvisoryGSPGaston4 hr
Jun 9, 4:39 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPBuncombe111 min
Jun 9, 4:49 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningGSPCatawba3 hr
Jun 9, 4:58 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningGSPGaston60 hr
Jun 9, 5:20 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningGSPAvery4 hr
Jun 9, 5:30 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningGSPBuncombe6 hr
Jun 9, 5:39 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningGSPAlexander, Caldwell5 hr
Jun 9, 6:22 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningGSPBurke, Caldwell4 hr
Jun 9, 7:10 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPBurke, Caldwell, Catawba8 hr
Jun 9, 7:35 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningGSPCatawba3 hr
Jun 9, 9:44 AM EDTRiver Flood AdvisoryGSPBuncombe2 hr
Jun 9, 10:38 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningGSPAlexander, Avery, Burke, Caldwell, Catawba24 hr
Jun 9, 11:45 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningGSPAlexander, Catawba, Iredell45 hr
Jun 9, 1:08 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPBurke6 hr
Jun 9, 2:36 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningGSPGaston, Mecklenburg47 hr
Jun 9, 3:00 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningGSPAvery4 hr
Jun 9, 4:16 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningGSPBurke, Caldwell32 hr
Jun 8, 8:32 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningGSPGreenwood3 hr
Jun 9, 8:06 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPRabun18 hr

Nearby

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.