North Carolina, 2013Flash Flooding in North Carolina, July 10, 2013
July 10, 2013 · NWS GSP · 3 events in 1 county or zone
A small area of flash flooding affected the middle French Broad Valley. With several days of heavy showers, streams were beginning to respond very quickly, with flash flooding developing with comparatively little rainfall.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $110,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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A small area of flash flooding affected the middle French Broad Valley. With several days of heavy showers, streams were beginning to respond very quickly, with flash flooding developing with comparatively little rainfall.
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 Jul 10, 1:30 PM EST, 1 hour 30 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 10, 1:30 PM EST, 1 hour 30 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
230 PM EDT WED JUL 10 2013
.SYNOPSIS...
A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH TONIGHT...CROSSING THE REGION THURSDAY.
THE COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE MOUNTAINS THURSDAY NIGHT...PUSHING EAST
ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT ON FRIDAY...AND STALLING TO THE
EAST. THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL STORM CHANTAL ARE EXPECTED TO BE NEAR
FLORIDA LATE IN THE WEEK.
&&
.NEAR TERM /THROUGH THURSDAY/...
AS OF 225 PM EDT WEDNESDAY...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE
DEVELOPED OVER THE NC MTNS AND OVER THE SRN PART OF THE UPSTATE AND
PARTS OF NE GA. IN BETWEEN WIDESPREAD LOW CLOUDS HAVE ONLY RECENTLY
MIXED OUT...DELAYING THE WARM-UP OVER MUCH OF THE FOOTHILLS AND
PIEDMONT. DESPITE THE DELAY...IT/S A NEAR CERTAINTY THAT CONVECTION
WILL GRADUALLY FILL IN FROM THE EDGES. THE PATTERN IS SIMILAR TO
THAT OF THE PAST FEW DAYS WITH WEAKLY DIFFLUENT UPPER
THICKNESSES...VERY HIGH BNDRY LAYER DEWPOINTS...AND A LLVL WIND
FIELD THAT WILL INCREASE TO AROUND 15 KTS BY SUNSET. THIS LOW LEVEL
JET...THOUGH JET IS A PRETTY BOLD TERM...WILL HELP CONVECTION TO
BACK BUILD AND FORM LARGE COMPLEXES JUST LIKE WE SAW MON AND TUE.
GIVEN THIS SET-UP...THE BEST CONVERGE AND GREATEST POTENTIAL FOR
FLOODING AND/OR SEVERE STORMS WILL BE FROM 6 TO 8 PM UNTIL AROUND
MIDNIGHT.
THERE WAS SOME TALK WITH NEIGHBORING OFFICES OF EXPANDING THE FLASH
FLOOD WATCH...BUT IN THE END WE DECIDED TO KEEP IT UP WHERE THE
ANTECEDENT CONDITIONS WERE THE MOST FAVORABLE FOR FLOODING WHICH
INCLUDES THE WRN UPSTATE AND NE GA.
ON THURSDAY A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH FROM THE NW. LAYER RH/S
INCREASE DRAMATICALLY AND THERE IS MORE SUBSTANTIVE UPPER DIVERGENCE
AND DPVA. THEREFORE WE SHOULD SEE MORE WIDESPREAD CONVECTION AND I
HAVE CATEGORICAL POPS ACROSS THE FA DURING THE AFTN AND EARLY
EVENING HOURS. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MAY BE NEEDED FOR TOMORROW FOR
PART OR ALL OF THE FA. HOWEVER...THE AGREEMENT WITH THE NEIGHBORING
OFFICES WAS THAT WE WOULD HOLD OFF ON A WATCH UNTIL AT LEAST
TONIGHT. IF WE HAVE WIDESPREAD HEAVY PCPN THIS EVENING THAT WOULD
CERTAINLY INCREASE THE NEED FOR HAVING A WATCH FOR THURSDAY.
&&
.SHORT TERM /THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/...
AT 230 PM EDT WEDNESDAY...AN UPPER TROUGH WILL AMPLIFY ALONG THE
EAST COAST THURSDAY NIGHT...REACHING N FL BY FRIDAY MORNING....WHILE
AN EASTERLY WAVE MOVES ALONG THE GULF COAST. BY SATURDAY MORNING THE
MODELS CUT OF A LOW IN THIS TROUGH OVER THE NORTHEAST...AND THE GFS
CLOSES OFF ANOTHER LOW ALONG THE CENTRAL GULF COAST. AS THESE TWO
LOWS MOVE IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS...AN UPPER RIDGE WILL BUILD ACROSS
THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS ON SATURDAY NIGHT.
A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST ACROSS OUR AREA ON THURSDAY
NIGHT...MOVING SLOWLY EAST OF THE AREA ON FRIDAY. THE NAM IS MORE
AGGRESSIVE THAN THE GFS ON BRINGING DRY AIR IN BEHIND THE FRONT ON
FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. THE GFS DEVELOPS ISENTROPIC UPGLIDE OVER
BOUNDARY ON FRIDAY NIGHT...LASTING THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. EVEN THE
NAM SHOWS LOW LEVEL MOISTURE LINGERING...WITH A POST FRONTAL
EASTERLY LOW LEVEL UPSLOPE FLOW INTO THE BLUE RIDGE.
FORECAST POPS WIL BE HIGHEST WITH THE FRONT ON THURSDAY NIGHT. SMALL
POPS WILL BE CARRIED BEHIND THE FRONT...MAINLY FAVORING THE BLUE
RIDGE FOR UPSLOPE FLOW...AND THE PIEDMONT FOR PROXIMITY TO THE
STALLED FRONT.
MINIMUM TEMPERATURES WILL RUN NEAR NORMAL IN LINGERING LOW LEVEL
MOISTURE. MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES WILL START OUT AROUND 10 DEGREES
BELOW NORMAL ON FRIDAY...THEN WILL FALL A FEW MORE DEGREES FURTHER
ON SATURDAY AS HEIGHTS FALL ALOFT AND COOLER NORTHEASTERLY FLOW SETS
UP BEHIND THE FRONT.
&&
.LONG TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
AS OF 200 PM EST WEDNESDAY...THE PATTERN LOOKS TO REMAIN UNSETTLED
THROUGH THE MEDIUM RANGE. BOTH GFS AND EC DEVELOP AN UPPER LEVEL LOW
OVER THE NE CONUS THIS WEEKEND...AND RECENT RUNS HAVE COME INTO
BETTER AGREEMENT ON INTENSITY AND TIMING. THE LOW DIPS SOUTH AND
RETROGRADES EARLY NEXT WEEK...AND LOOKS TO CROSS THE CWA BY THE
MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. A FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL REMAIN DRAPED ACROSS
THE SC COAST OVER THE WEEKEND AND THROUGH MONDAY...PROVIDING A
TRIGGER FOR AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND STORMS. A SURFACE HIGH OVER MUCH
OF THE EASTERN US WILL MAINTAIN WEAK SOUTHEASTERLY FLOW AND DEEP
TROPICAL MOISTURE OFF THE ATLANTIC...SUGGESTING THE POSSIBILITY OF
SOME TRAINING STORMS EACH AFTERNOON. KEPT POPS ABOVE CLIMO IN THE
ENTIRE EXTENDED...MAINLY FAVORING A DIURNAL TREND.
THE OTHER MAJOR FACTOR IN THE EXTENDED IS OF
COURSE TROPICAL STORM CHANTAL. CURRENT NHC FORECAST HAS CHANTAL
STEADILY WEAKENING AND DISSIPATING JUST TO THE EAST OF JACKSONVILLE
ON SATURDAY...BUT IT STILL APPEARS LIKELY THAT THE FORECAST AREA
WILL SEE AT LEAST SOME OF THE TROPICAL MOISTURE ACCOMPANYING THE
REMNANTS BY LATE WEEKEND. IF THE CURRENT NHC FORECAST PATH
HOLDS...CHANTAL'S EFFECTS MAY NOT BE AS SIGNIFICANT AS PREVIOUSLY
THOUGHT...BUT THERE IS STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY WITH THE PATH OF THE
REMNANT LOW AFTER DISSIPATION. REGARDLESS OF CHANTAL'S TACK...THE
OVERALL PATTERN WILL BE DOMINATED BY DEEP TROPICAL MOISTURE AND WEAK
FLOW AND THE POSSIBILITY OF SOME LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. HIGHS WILL
REMAIN ABOUT 5 DEGREES BELOW AVERAGE...WITH LOWS HOVERING RIGHT
AROUND SEASONAL NORMALS.
&&
.AVIATION /19Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY/...
AT KCLT...EXPECTING MVFR CIGS TO FINALLY LIFT TO LOW END VFR BETWEEN
19-20 UTC. THE UPSHOT OF THIS IS THAT THE CLOUD COVER SHOULD DELAY
THE INITIATION OF THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY AT THE AIRFIELD FOR SEVERAL
HOURS. I/VE GONE WITH A TEMPO FOR THUNDER FROM 22-02 UTC THIS
EVENING...AND EVEN THAT MAY BE TOO EARLY. SOMEHOW THE AIRFIELD
MISSED OUT ON THE LOWEST CLOUD COVER THIS MORNING...BUT THEIR LUCK
MAY RUN OUT TONIGHT AS WIDESPREAD STRATUS IS AGAIN EXPECTED. I
BROUGHT IN A BKN012 CIG AT 0900 UTC...THOUGH A PERIOD OF IFR IS
POSSIBLE. EXPECTING QUITE A BIT OF CONVECTIVE COVERAGE DURING THE
AFTERNOON HOURS TOMORROW AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES.
ELSEWHERE...STRATUS HAS BEEN VERY SLOW TO LIFT...BUT IT IS FINALLY
MIXING INTO A CU FIELD OVER THE UPSTATE AND SRN NC FOOTHILLS. THIS
SHOULD DELAY THE ONSET OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER MOST OF THE
UPSTATE...THOUGH THERE IS A VERY GOOD CHANCE THEY WILL EVENTUALLY
DEVELOP. THEREFORE I HAVE GONE WITH A TEMPO GROUP FROM 22-02 UTC
AND EVEN THAT MIGHT BE A LITTLE EARLY. STORMS ARE ALREADY DEVELOPING
AROUND KAVL AND THEY WILL PERSIST AROUND THE AIRFIELD FOR SEVERAL
MORE HOURS. I SEE NO REASON TO BELIEVE THAT WE WON/T SEE STRATUS
BLOSSOM OVER THE REGION AGAIN LATE TONIGHT AND I HAVE A PERIOD OF
IFR CIGS EVERYWHERE BEING AROUND 0900 UTC. THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP
EARLIER TOMORROW AS THE ATMOSPHERE WILL BE MORE MOIST AND A COLD
FRONT APPROACHES.
OUTLOOK...CHANCES FOR DIURNAL SHOWERS/STORMS AND MORNING FOG/STRATUS
WILL REMAIN HIGH THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. A COLD FRONT WILL STALL
NEAR THE REGION EARLY FRIDAY AND SLOWLY DISSIPATE THROUGH THE
WEEKEND...CONTINUING THE CHANCES FOR DIURNAL THUNDERSTORMS AND
MORNING FOG/LOW CLOUDS.
CONFIDENCE TABLE...
18-24Z 00-06Z 06-12Z 12-18Z
KCLT HIGH 88% HIGH 89% MED 77% MED 76%
KGSP HIGH 95% HIGH 97% HIGH 80% MED 69%
KAVL HIGH 99% HIGH 99% MED 76% MED 75%
KHKY HIGH 92% HIGH 96% MED 75% MED 70%
KGMU HIGH 87% HIGH 97% HIGH 88% MED 75%
KAND HIGH 93% HIGH 100% HIGH 84% HIGH 84%
THE PERCENTAGE REFLECTS THE NUMBER OF GUIDANCE MEMBERS AGREEING
WITH THE SCHEDULED TAF ISSUANCE FLIGHT RULE CATEGORY. COMPLETE
HOURLY EXPERIMENTAL AVIATION FORECAST CONSISTENCY TABLES AND ENSEMBLE
FORECASTS ARE AVAILABLE AT THE FOLLOWING LINK: (MUST BE LOWER CASE)
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/GSP/AVIATION_TABLES
&&
.GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 2 AM EDT THURSDAY FOR GAZ018-026-028-
029.
NC...NONE.
SC...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 2 AM EDT THURSDAY FOR SCZ004>006-
010>012-019.
&&
SYNOPSIS...JAT
NEAR TERM...MCAVOY
SHORT TERM...JAT
LONG TERM...VISIN
AVIATION...MCAVOYHazardous weather outlook, Jul 10, 2:36 PM EST, 24 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
336 PM EDT WED JUL 10 2013
GAZ010-017-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065-068>072-082-
501>510-SCZ001>003-007>009-013-014-111930-
RABUN-HABERSHAM-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-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK-
UNION SC-CHESTER-
336 PM EDT WED JUL 10 2013
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT
NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA.
.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL EXPAND IN COVERAGE ACROSS
THE AREA INTO THIS EVENING. THE PRIMARY HAZARD WILL BE FROM
LOCALIZED EXCESSIVE RAINFALL AND FLASH FLOODING. IN ADDITION...A
FEW STORMS MAY BECOME BRIEFLY SEVERE...WITH DAMAGING WINDS. NEARLY
CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL ALSO OCCUR WITH THE
STRONGER STORMS.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.
AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE TENNESSEE VALLEY ON THURSDAY...
THE RISK FOR FLASH FLOODING WILL INCREASE AS THUNDERSTORMS BECOME
MORE WIDESPREAD. FLASH FLOOD WATCHES MAY BECOME NECESSARY FOR SOME
AREAS FOR THURSDAY INTO THURSDAY NIGHT. THE ENVIRONMENT MAY
SUPPORT SEVERAL SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS DURING THIS TIME AS WELL.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF LARGE
HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...TORNADOES OR FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE.
GAZ018-026-028-029-SCZ004>006-010>012-019-111930-
STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-
GREATER GREENVILLE-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-GREENWOOD-
336 PM EDT WED JUL 10 2013
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM EDT THURSDAY...
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA 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.
IN ADDITION TO THE FLOODING THREAT...A FEW STORMS MAY BECOME
BRIEFLY SEVERE...WITH DAMAGING WINDS BEING THE PRIMARY HAZARD.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL ALSO OCCUR WITH THE STRONGER
STORMS.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.
AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE TENNESSEE VALLEY ON THURSDAY...
THE RISK FOR FLASH FLOODING WILL INCREASE AS THUNDERSTORMS BECOME
MORE WIDESPREAD. FLASH FLOOD WATCHES MAY BECOME NECESSARY FOR SOME
AREAS FOR THURSDAY INTO THURSDAY NIGHT. THE ENVIRONMENT MAY
SUPPORT SEVERAL SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS DURING THIS TIME AS WELL.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF LARGE
HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...TORNADOES OR FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE.
07
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 10, 1:54 PM EST, 1 hour 6 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
254 PM EDT WED JUL 10 2013
GAZ010-018-SCZ001-004-101930-
GREATER OCONEE-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-RABUN-STEPHENS-
254 PM EDT WED JUL 10 2013
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN STEPHENS...SOUTHERN
RABUN AND WESTERN OCONEE COUNTIES THROUGH 330 PM EDT...
AT 252 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR LONG CREEK...OR 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
CLAYTON...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
LONG CREEK...
SMALL HAIL...WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH AND TORRENTIAL RAIN ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
LAT...LON 3482 8341 3490 8317 3457 8303 3455 8338
3464 8339 3467 8337 3469 8334 3473 8337
3473 8340Special weather statement, Jul 10, 2:01 PM EST, 59 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
301 PM EDT WED JUL 10 2013
SCZ012-019-101945-
GREENWOOD-LAURENS-
301 PM EDT WED JUL 10 2013
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN GREENWOOD AND SOUTHERN
LAURENS COUNTIES THROUGH 345 PM EDT...
AT 300 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR CORONACA...OR 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF
GREENWOOD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
LAKE GREENWOOD...
CROSS HILL...
PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.
HEAVY RAINS 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.
PLEASE REPORT DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL...OR FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG BY CALLING TOLL FREE...1...
800...2 6 7...8 1 0 1...OR BY POSTING ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE...OR TWEET
IT USING HASHTAG NWSGSP. YOUR MESSAGE SHOULD DESCRIBE THE EVENT AND
SPECIFIC LOCATION WHERE IT OCCURRED.
LAT...LON 3422 8225 3424 8226 3442 8215 3429 8189
3426 8190 3422 8192 3421 8194 3419 8194
3412 8209Special weather statement, Jul 10, 2:02 PM EST, 58 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
302 PM EDT WED JUL 10 2013
NCZ053-101945-
BUNCOMBE-
302 PM EDT WED JUL 10 2013
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL BUNCOMBE COUNTY THROUGH
345 PM EDT...
AT 300 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR DOWNTOWN ASHEVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
BILTMORE FOREST...
ASHEVILLE MALL...
SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.
THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS AND WET SOIL CONDITIONS WILL CAUSE
SCATTERED TREES AND POWER LINES TO FALL. SEEK SHELTER INSIDER AN
INTERIOR ROOM.
PLEASE REPORT DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL...OR FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG BY CALLING TOLL FREE...1...
800...2 6 7...8 1 0 1...OR BY POSTING ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE...OR TWEET
IT USING HASHTAG NWSGSP. YOUR MESSAGE SHOULD DESCRIBE THE EVENT AND
SPECIFIC LOCATION WHERE IT OCCURRED.
LAT...LON 3570 8237 3547 8246 3557 8270 3571 8264
Special weather statement, Jul 10, 2:35 PM EST, 25 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
335 PM EDT WED JUL 10 2013
NCZ501-502-102030-
CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-GREATER CALDWELL-
335 PM EDT WED JUL 10 2013
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CALDWELL COUNTY THROUGH 430 PM
EDT...
AT 333 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR COLLETTSVILLE...OR 9 MILES WEST OF LENOIR...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
GLOBE...
PATTERSON...
SMALL HAIL...WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH AND TORRENTIAL RAIN ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
HEAVY RAINS 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.
PLEASE REPORT DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL...OR FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG BY CALLING TOLL FREE...1...
800...2 6 7...8 1 0 1...OR BY POSTING ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE...OR TWEET
IT USING HASHTAG NWSGSP. YOUR MESSAGE SHOULD DESCRIBE THE EVENT AND
SPECIFIC LOCATION WHERE IT OCCURRED.
LAT...LON 3599 8141 3584 8164 3587 8171 3592 8175
3593 8177 3595 8178 3596 8180 3613 8166
3612 8158Special weather statement, Jul 10, 2:37 PM EST, 23 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
337 PM EDT WED JUL 10 2013
NCZ049-102015-
YANCEY-
337 PM EDT WED JUL 10 2013
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN YANCEY COUNTY
THROUGH 415 PM EDT...
AT 333 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES WEST OF RAMSEYTOWN...OR 9 MILES NORTHWEST
OF BURNSVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
RAMSEYTOWN...
SMALL HAIL...WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH AND TORRENTIAL RAIN ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
HEAVY RAINS 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.
PLEASE REPORT DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL...OR FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG BY CALLING TOLL FREE...1...
800...2 6 7...8 1 0 1...OR BY POSTING ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE...OR TWEET
IT USING HASHTAG NWSGSP. YOUR MESSAGE SHOULD DESCRIBE THE EVENT AND
SPECIFIC LOCATION WHERE IT OCCURRED.
LAT...LON 3606 8234 3603 8234 3603 8231 3604 8230
3602 8227 3599 8227 3588 8240 3593 8249
3595 8248 3598 8251 3608 8242 3607 8238
3608 8235Special weather statement, Jul 10, 2:58 PM EST, 2 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
358 PM EDT WED JUL 10 2013
NCZ053-065-507-509-510-102045-
BUNCOMBE-EASTERN POLK-HENDERSON-POLK MOUNTAINS-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-
358 PM EDT WED JUL 10 2013
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN HENDERSON...
NORTHERN POLK...SOUTHEASTERN BUNCOMBE AND WESTERN RUTHERFORD COUNTIES
THROUGH 445 PM EDT...
AT 355 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BAT CAVE...OR 11 MILES
NORTHEAST OF HENDERSONVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
BAT CAVE...
CHIMNEY ROCK...
CHIMNEY ROCK...
LAKE LURE...
SMALL HAIL...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND TORRENTIAL RAIN ARE EXPECTED
WITH THIS STORM.
THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS AND WET SOIL CONDITIONS WILL CAUSE
SCATTERED TREES AND POWER LINES TO FALL. SEEK SHELTER INSIDER AN
INTERIOR ROOM.
PLEASE REPORT DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL...OR FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG BY CALLING TOLL FREE...1...
800...2 6 7...8 1 0 1...OR BY POSTING ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE...OR TWEET
IT USING HASHTAG NWSGSP. YOUR MESSAGE SHOULD DESCRIBE THE EVENT AND
SPECIFIC LOCATION WHERE IT OCCURRED.
LAT...LON 3542 8217 3540 8219 3541 8216 3533 8212
3531 8237 3548 8244 3556 8225 3555 8224Flash Flood, Buncombe
- When
- July 10, 3:00 PM EST to 4:30 PM EST
- Where
- Buncombe County, 1.33 mi ENE of Beech to 2.05 mi SW of Paint Fork
- Cause
- Heavy Rain
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- Broadcast Media
- Coordinates
- 35.729, -82.449
Reems Creek Road was flooded by Reems Creek near where the road intersects with Many Branch and Sugar Cove Roads. After the creek subsided, a significant amount of debris was left on the road which had to be cleared by earth moving equipment causing the road to be closed for several hours. A couple nearby dirt roads were washed out, cutting off several houses.
Flash Flood, Buncombe
- When
- July 10, 7:00 PM EST to 9:00 PM EST
- Where
- Buncombe County, 0.56 mi NNW of New Bridge to 2.71 mi ESE of Woodfin
- Cause
- Heavy Rain
- Property damage
- $100,000
- Reported by
- 911 Call Center
- Coordinates
- 35.658, -82.582
Flooding along Beaverdam Creek washed out a private access bridge on Pinecroft Road. The road itself was also flooded. The Beaverdam Fire Department was flooded to a depth of 3 feet, causing damage to the station and taking it out of service. Three families in this area were temporarily relocated due to the flooding threat. Flowing water was 1.5 feet deep over the roadway at Weaverville Highway and Breckenridge Parkway. Merrimon Avenue was also flooded at Beaverdam Creek in this same area.
Flash Flood, Buncombe
- When
- July 10, 7:15 PM EST to 9:00 PM EST
- Where
- Buncombe County, 1.92 mi NNW of Leicester to 1.28 mi WNW of Leicester
- Cause
- Heavy Rain
- Reported by
- 911 Call Center
- Coordinates
- 35.677, -82.708
Sandy Mush Creek flooded, affecting Turner Cove Road and blocking two homes. Four other roads in this area, and toward Leicester, were also flooded.
- 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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Ohio, July 10 to 12, 20131 death · $34 million · EF0 · 95 events
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Ohio, July 10, 20136 injured · $1.8 million · 83 kt wind · 103 events
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Pennsylvania, July 10, 2013$2.0 million · EF1 · 102 events
- Flood and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, July 10, 20131 death · $79,000 · 65 kt wind · 22 events
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Ohio, July 10, 2013$962,000 · EF1 · 36 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, July 10 to 11, 2013$684,000 · 1 in hail · 15 events
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Illinois, July 10, 2013$314,000 · 52 kt wind · 13 events
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Tennessee, July 10, 2013$120,000 · 1 in hail · 29 events
- Flash Flooding and Flood in West Virginia, July 10, 2013$170,000 · 50 kt wind · 11 events
- Tornado and Flash Flood in Connecticut, July 10, 2013$78,000 · EF1 · 3 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New York, July 10, 2013$135,000 · 1 in hail · 13 events
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Alabama, July 10 to 11, 2013$137,000 · 52 kt wind · 12 events
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: 470778, 470780, 470782.