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Flash Flood Warning 15, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

July 13, 20225 counties in North Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this flash flood warning at Jul 13, 2022, 6:28 PM EDT for 5 counties in 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 counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 13, 2022, 6:28 PM EDT (22:28 UTC)
Expired
Jul 13, 2022, 9:30 PM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area
Storm-based polygon
Damage threat
Considerable
Flood severity
None

Counties Cabarrus County, NC, Gaston County, NC, Iredell County, NC, Lincoln County, NC, Mecklenburg County, NC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 296 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, Charleston AFB, SC at 12:00Z on 2022-07-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 899 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, Charleston AFB, SC at 12:00Z on 2022-07-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 87 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
899 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-56 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
966 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
87 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
105 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
3.3

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 12, 8:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPHaywood32 min
Jul 12, 8:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPBuncombe32 min
Jul 12, 8:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPHaywood31 min
Jul 12, 9:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPBuncombe29 min
Jul 12, 9:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPBuncombe34 min
Jul 12, 9:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPJackson29 min
Jul 12, 10:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPBuncombe26 min
Jul 12, 10:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPHenderson32 min
Jul 12, 10:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPHenderson33 min
Jul 12, 10:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPHenderson30 min
Jul 12, 10:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPMacon36 min
Jul 13, 1:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPRowan27 min
Jul 13, 1:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPIredell29 min
Jul 13, 2:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPTransylvania35 min
Jul 13, 2:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPIredell28 min
Jul 13, 3:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPRowan37 min
Jul 13, 3:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPIredell34 min
Jul 13, 3:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPAlexander25 min
Jul 13, 3:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCabarrus34 min
Jul 13, 4:14 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPCabarrus, Iredell, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Rowan3 hr
Jul 13, 4:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCatawba37 min
Jul 13, 5:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCatawba29 min
Jul 13, 5:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPGaston27 min
Jul 13, 5:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPLincoln25 min
Jul 13, 5:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPGaston48 min
Jul 13, 6:42 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPCabarrus, Gaston, Mecklenburg, Union3 hr
Jul 13, 6:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPMecklenburg36 min
Jul 13, 7:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPAlexander34 min
Jul 13, 7:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPIredell31 min
Jul 13, 2:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPOconee25 min
Jul 13, 2:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPOconee47 min
Jul 13, 2:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPOconee30 min
Jul 13, 3:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPAnderson31 min
Jul 13, 3:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPGreenville23 min
Jul 13, 4:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPUnion32 min
Jul 13, 4:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPAbbeville24 min
Jul 13, 5:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPUnion27 min
Jul 13, 1:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPHabersham30 min
Jul 13, 3:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPHart28 min
Jul 13, 3:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPHart32 min

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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.