Stationary thunderstorms produced localized flash flooding over the North Carolina mountains during the late afternoon and evening hours.
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Stationary thunderstorms produced localized flash flooding over the North Carolina mountains during the late afternoon and evening hours.
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 Jul 26, 2:22 PM EST, 2 hours 33 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 322 PM EDT THU JUL 26 2007 .SYNOPSIS... A COLD FRONT MOVE INTO THE REGION ON SUNDAY. IT WILL THEN SLOWLY PUSH SOUTH...INTO THE MIDLANDS BY TUESDAY AND TO THE COAST BY NEXT THURSDAY. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH FRIDAY/... ENHANCED CU EVIDENT ON THE LATEST SATELLITE IMAGE ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN AND ALONG THE I-77 CORRIDOR SOUTH INTO THE MIDLANDS. LAPS CAPE ANALYSIS INDICATES THAT DWPTS HAVE MIXED OUT ACROSS THE PIEDMONT THIS AFTERNOON...YIELDING CAPES BELOW 1000 J/KG. CAPE REMAINS THE HIGHEST ACROSS THE MTNS AND THE UPPER SAVANNAH RIVER VALLEY. STORMS SHOULD REMAIN THE STRONGEST ACROSS THE WESTERN HALF OF THE CWA...THE INTENSITY OF THE SHRA/TSRA MAY INCREASE EAST OF THE MTNS LATE THIS AFTERNOON TO EARLY EVENING. BY 3Z...CONVECTION WILL BEGIN TO ASH OUT...LEAVING DEBRIS CLOUDS THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. LATE TONIGHT...MOST OF THE CWA SHOULD HAVE THIN SKY COVER...LIGHT/CALM WINDS...AND DWPT DEPRESSIONS WITHIN THREE DEGREES. NAM COND PRESS DEFICITS PAINTS AREAS LESS THE 10 MB ACROSS THE FTHILLS AND PIEDMONT ALONG WITH THE MTNS VALLEYS BY 9Z. AREAS THAT RECEIVE RAINFALL THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOULD HAVE THE GREATEST FOG POTENTIAL TONIGHT. FRI...PATTERN REMAINS VERY SIMILAR TO TODAY. HOWEVER...FORCING ASSOCIATED WITH THE CLOSED LOW SHOULD BE LESS. COVERAGE OF THE CONVECTION SHOULD BE CLOSELY ASSOCIATED TO THE DIURNAL INSTABILITY. I WILL FAVOR THE MTNS FOR AFTERNOON SHRA/TSRA...KEEPING ALL AREAS NORTH OF I-85 LIMITED TO A CHC. TEMPERATURES WILL BE A LITTLE HIGHER TOMORROW...ESPECIALLY EAST OF THE MTNS. FOLLOWING A MOS CONSENSUS...LOW 80S EXPECTED IN THE MTN VALLEYS TO LOW 90S ACROSS THE PIEDMONT. && .SHORT TERM /FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/... RAIN CHANCES ARE LOOKING BETTER FOR SATURDAY AS A SHORT WAVE...WHICH IS CURRENTLY LOCATED OVER THE NRN PLAINS...WILL TRACK DOWN THE BACK SIDE OF THE ERN CONUS LONG WAVE. THE NAM AND GFS ARE SIMILAR IN THEIR HANDLING OF THE FEATURE WHICH THEY BRING INTO WV AS A WEAKLY CLOSED LOW BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. IT APPEARS THAT AN MCS WILL ENTER THE NC MTNS AROUND SUNRISE ON SATURDAY AND THEN TRACK ESE DURING THE DAY. HOPEFULLY THIS WILL PROVIDE A LITTLE MORE WIDESPREAD RAINFALL...THOUGH THE BEST SYNOPTIC SCALE FORCING LOOKS TO PASS A LITTLE TO OUR NORTH IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE VORT OVER WV. STILL...I/M GOING WITH LIKELY POPS ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS...TAPERING TO LOW CHANCE IN THE SE TIER. BY SUNDAY...THE NAM IS FARTHER SOUTH WITH IT/S LOW LEVEL CIRCULATION...WITH AN H8 LOW CENTER RIGHT ON TOP OF GSP. THIS RESULTS IN LLVL UPSLOPE FLOW ACROSS MOST OF THE APPALACHIANS DURING THE DAY. THE GFS HAS IT/S LOW CENTER MUCH FARTHER TO THE NORTH AND DOES NOT AVE ANY EASTERLY UPSLOPE FLOW TO SPEAK OF. ALOFT...THE LONG WAVE AXIS WILL BE JUST EAST OF THE REGION. IT/S HARD TO PUT MUCH STOCK IN THE SMALLER WAVES THIS FAR OUT...BUT WITH THE ORIENTATION OF THE LONG WAVE...BEST CONVECTIVE COVERAGE WILL PROBABLY BE TO OUR EAST. I STILL HAVE CHANCE POPS IN EVERYWHERE...BUT I WOULD EXPECT A DRIER DAY OVERALL ON SUNDAY. && .LONG TERM /SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY/... THE LONG TERM FORECAST PERIOD BEGINS WITH A RATHER BAGGY UPPER TROF IN PLACE ACROSS THE EASTERN THIRD OF THE COUNTY. THIS TROF PERSISTS IN THIS REGION AND IS ONLY EXPECTED TO MAKE GRADUAL EASTWARD PROGRESS THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK. AS THE AXIS OF THE TROF SHIFTS OFF THE EAST COAST WED MORNING...UPPER RIDGING BUILDS N OF THE GREAT LAKES. AT THE SURFACE...THE MAIN FEATURE OF INTEREST IS A COLD FRONT THAT HPC ADVERTISES AS BEING DRAPED ACROSS THE FA ON MON...PUSHING FURTHER S AND E OF THE AREA BY TUES. THE FORECAST FOLLOWS THE HPC SOLUTION CLOSELY AND FEATURES SOLID CHANCE POPS THROUGHOUT THE PERIOD...MAINLY EACH AFTERNOON/EVENING IN LINE WITH A DIURNAL TREND. AS WITH THE PREVIOUS PACKAGE...TEMPS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN NEAR OR SLIGHTLY BELOW CLIMO THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. && .AVIATION /20Z THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/... DEEP CONVECTION BEGINNING TO DEVELOP OVER THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE MTNS AND ACROSS THE EASTERN EXTREME OF THE CWA. THE SHRA/TSRA SHOULD TRACK SLOWLY ESE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. EACH TERMINAL WILL HAVE A GOOD CHANCE OF SEEING A CB WITHIN 20 NM BY 3Z THIS EVENING. BY LATE THIS EVENING...COVERAGE OF THE CONVECTION SHOULD DECREASE AND DEBRIS CLOUDS SHOULD THIN. CALM WINDS...CLEARING SKY...AND WARM DEWPOINTS SHOULD YIELD FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF FOG. THE FOG SHOULD BE THE THICKEST NEAR AREAS OF RECENT RAINFALL...ESPECIALLY THE MTN VALLEYS. I WILL CARRY MVFR AT ALL TERMINALS...KAVL MAY FALL TO LIFR LATE TONIGHT. BY 14Z...THE FOG SHOULD MIX OUT...LEAVING SCT CU AND LIGHT SW WINDS. AVIATION OUTLOOK...A MOIST EASTERLY FLOW WILL LEAD TO CONTINUED CLOUDS...MORNING FOG...ESPECIALLY AT KAVL...AND AT LEAST SCATTERED LATE DAY CONVECTION INTO THE WEEKEND. && .GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...MCAVOY NEAR TERM...NED SHORT TERM...MCAVOY LONG TERM...BSH AVIATION...NED
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 442 AM EDT THU JUL 26 2007 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065- 068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-270845- RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-AVERY-ALEXANDER- IREDELL-DAVIE-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-CATAWBA- ROWAN-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA- HENDERSON-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC- 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-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- 442 AM EDT THU JUL 26 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY OVER THE NORTH AND CENTRAL MOUNTAINS AND THE FOOTHILLS OF NORTH CAROLINA TODAY...MAINLY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE REST OF THE FORECAST AREA BY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY. ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY IN THE AFTERNOONS AND EVENINGS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 135 PM EDT THU JUL 26 2007 NCZ033-501-261800- AVERY-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS- 135 PM EDT THU JUL 26 2007 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EASTERN AVERY AND NORTHWESTERN CALDWELL COUNTIES THROUGH 200 PM EDT... AT 135 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GLOBE...OR 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NEWLAND. THIS STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. * OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO UPTON... GLOBE AND EDGEMONT. PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. BSH
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 140 PM EDT THU JUL 26 2007 NCZ064-261815- TRANSYLVANIA- 140 PM EDT THU JUL 26 2007 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY THROUGH 215 PM EDT... AT 139 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR BREVARD...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LITTLE RIVER...BREVARD AND BALSAM GROVE. PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. BSH
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 220 PM EDT THU JUL 26 2007 NCZ057-261845- ROWAN- 220 PM EDT THU JUL 26 2007 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EASTERN ROWAN COUNTY THROUGH 245 PM EDT... AT 220 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR ROCKWELL...OR 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SALISBURY. THIS STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. * OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SPENCER... ROCKWELL...GRANITE QUARRY...GOLD HILL...FAITH AND CRAVEN. PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. BSH
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 246 PM EDT THU JUL 26 2007 NCZ053-505-261915- BUNCOMBE-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS- 246 PM EDT THU JUL 26 2007 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EASTERN BUNCOMBE AND SOUTHWESTERN MCDOWELL COUNTIES THROUGH 315 PM EDT... AT 246 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BLACK MOUNTAIN...OR 14 MILES EAST OF ASHEVILLE. THIS STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. * OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SWANNANOA...MONTREAT AND BLACK MOUNTAIN. PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. BSH
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 305 PM EDT THU JUL 26 2007 NCZ052-261930- HAYWOOD- 305 PM EDT THU JUL 26 2007 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EASTERN HAYWOOD COUNTY THROUGH 330 PM EDT... AT 305 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR CANTON...OR 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF WAYNESVILLE. THIS STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. * OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO CLYDE AND CANTON. PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. BSH
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 133 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:55 UTC.
3 flash flood, 1 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
Flooding developed along the North Toe River, with about a foot of water flowing over the bridge on highway 194.
Flooding developed along Cripple Creek in the Balsam area, with floodwater entering several homes along the creek. Also, Arrowood Rd was flooded just off highway 74.
Several roads were closed due to flooding after 2 to 4 inches of rain fell in a short period of time in locations from Franklin north to the Cowee community. Water entered 7 homes in the area, while some cabins were evacuated along the Little Tennessee River north of Franklin. Closed roads included Cowee Creek Rd and Rickman Creek Rd north of town and Depot St and West Main St in the city. In addition, a landslide washed out part of Leatherman Gap Rd and part of highway 28 was washed out north of Franklin.
Torrential rainfall during a severe thunderstorm caused a clogged culvert to overflow, flooding the basement of a home on Whispering Creek Rd. Property in the basement was a total loss.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in North Carolina in 2007Every state in 2007This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, July 2007
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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 50475, 50476, 50474, 50533.