Flash Flood in North Carolina, June 27, 2005

Name: Flash Flood in North Carolina, June 27, 2005
Start: 2005-06-27T03:45
End: 2005-06-27T09:00
Location: North Carolina

June 27, 2005 · NWS GSP · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $60,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 1

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Jun 27, 2:19 AM EST, 1 hour 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 27, 2:19 AM EST, 1 hour 26 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
319 AM EDT MON JUN 27 2005

.SHORT TERM (TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY)...
RECENT SURFACE ANALYSES DEPICT AN INVERTED TROUGH AXIS DRIFTING
WESTWARD FROM THE SOUTHEAST COAST. THE KGSP VAD WIND PROFILE HAS
DEEP SOUTHEAST FLOW EXTENDING FROM THE SFC TO AROUND 500 MB...IN
AN AIRMASS WITH PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES JUST BELOW TWO INCHES.
THE RESULT HAS BEEN CONVECTION AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE
UPSLOPE PREFERRED REGIONS...AND THIS SHOULD CONTINUE THROUGH THE
MORNING UNTIL 850 MB FLOW VEERS SOUTH AND THE FOCUS SHIFTS
WESTWARD TOWARD THE HIGHER TERRAIN. THE SHORT RANGE MODELS DIVERGE
SLIGHTLY ON THE DEGREE OF RESURGENT UPSLOPE THROUGH THE DAY...AND
THE HANDLING OF AN H5 VORT LOBE WHICH SHOULD BRUSH THE MOUNTAINS
DURING PEAK HEATING THIS AFTERNOON. BUT WITH SUCH DEEP TROPICAL
MOISTURE IN PLACE...LIKELY POPS IN AND NEAR THE MTNS SEEM A GOOD
BET THROUGH TONIGHT.

AS THE UPPER LOW IN THE LOWER MS VALLEY LIFTS NORTH AND PHASES
BACK INTO THE NRN STREAM THROUGH TUE NIGHT...BOTH THE NAM AND GFS
SPIN UP A TROPICAL LOOKING 850 MB CIRCULATION CENTER IN THE NRN
GULF OF MEXICO. WHETHER THIS FEATURE IS REAL OR NOT...A TROPICAL
CONNECTION WILL PERSIST AND THE SOUTHERLY UPSLOPE SHOULD BE ALL THE
TRIGGERING THAT IS NECESSARY TO WARRANT HIGH CHC TO LOW LIKELY POPS
THROUGH THE SHORT RANGE.

&&

.LONG TERM (WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY)...
850 MB FLOW FINALLY STARTS TO BECOME WESTERLY BY THURSDAY...WITH
BEST PRECIPITATION CHANCES SHIFTING SHARPLY BACK TOWARD THE TN
BORDER. PREVIOUS IDEA OF A BOUNDARY LAYING OVER FROM THE
NORTHWEST...WITH AN ACTIVE PERIOD OF UPSTREAM MCS ACTIVITY THROUGH
THE LONG RANGE...SEEMS REASONABLE. NO CHANGES WILL BE MADE PENDING
MORNING COLLABORATION.

&&

.AVIATION...
SCATTERED CONVECTION IN DEEP SE FLOW WANING OVER MIDLANDS...ALL WILL
ALLOW ACTIVITY TO TAPER OFF EARLY THIS MORNING...WITH CIGS/VSBY
LOWERING IN RAIN MOISTENED AIR. BY MID MORNING LOW VFR VSBY/CIGS AS
WIND INCREASES SLIGHTLY FROM NE. INSTABILITY AND SOME OMEGA IN GFS
SUPPORT BEST CHACNE OF PRECIPITATION LATE AFTERNOON WHEN GUIDANCE
HAS HIGHEST POPS. WILL CARRY TEMPO MVFR CONDITIONS IN SHOWERS...WITH
THUNDER FAR S AND E WHERE INSTABILITY GREATEST. WIND DECREASES AND
VEERS TO SSE MID EVENING...WHEN PREVAILING MVFR VSBY/CIG WARRANTED.

&&

.HYDROLOGY...
PLAN ON ISSUING AN ESF TO HIGHLIGHT THE HEAVY RAIN/FLOODING
POTENTIAL THROUGH WEDNESDAY. SPECIAL ATTENTION WILL BE DRAWN TO
THE SW CWFA WHERE UPSLOPE ENHANCEMENT WILL BRING THE GREATEST
FLOODING THREAT.

&&

.GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...NONE.
NC...NONE.
SC...NONE.
&&

SHORT TERM...HG
LONG TERM...HG
AVIATION...JAT
HYDROLOGY...HG

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 26, 4:53 AM EST, 22 hours 52 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
553 AM EDT SUN JUN 26 2005

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-
SCZ001>014-019-271000-
RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-AVERY-CALDWELL-
ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-
BUNCOMBE-MCDOWELL-BURKE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-
MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-POLK-RUTHERFORD-
CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION-
OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-
GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-
CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-CHESTER-GREENWOOD-
553 AM EDT SUN JUN 26 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...
MUCH OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

NUMEROUS SHOWERS ACROSS THE REGION MAY PRODUCE AN ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORM LATE TODAY. THE SHOWERS COULD BE HEAVY IN A FEW
LOCATIONS...WITH MAXIMUM RAINFALL TOTALS NEARING AN INCH IN SPOTS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

ADDITIONAL SHOWERS...AND A GREATER NUMBER OF THUNDERSTORMS...ARE
EXPECTED ON MONDAY. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND
EVENING COULD BE STRONG...PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. A
FEW POCKETS OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED. MAINLY
AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN MOST
LOCATIONS THROUGH THE WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE NEEDED.

HG

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 57 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 08:46 UTC.

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Event by event

1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flash Flood, Henderson

When: June 27, 3:45 AM EST to 9:00 AM EST
Where: Henderson County, Countywide
Property damage: $60,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 35.350, -82.467

Flooding began around Hendersonville, where portions of highway 25 were under water. Highway 64 was covered with water near Endeyville. Numerous other roads flooded across the county, some due to poor drainage, others due to flooding streams, which included Mud Creek and Clear Creek. At least 16 roads were closed across the county during the event. By around sunrise, flooding was quite severe, as 6 motorists required rescue from submerged vehicles. A lake overflowed at Camp Judea near Edneyville, damaging several vehicles and cabins, and necessitating evacuation of 175 campers.

What these are

Flash Flood: Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in North Carolina in 2005 Every state in 2005 This day in weather history Warnings in North Carolina, June 2005

Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5458733.