A small area of thunderstorms dropped very heavy rain on the northwest side of Charlotte, resulting in some flash flooding.
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The episode as NWS GSP wrote it up.
A small area of thunderstorms dropped very heavy rain on the northwest side of Charlotte, resulting in some flash flooding.
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 11, 9:41 AM EST, 5 minutes earlier.
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</html>HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 542 AM EDT THU JUL 11 2013 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-049-050-053-056-057- 063>065-068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-120945- RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-AVERY-ALEXANDER- IREDELL-DAVIE-YANCEY-MITCHELL-BUNCOMBE-CATAWBA-ROWAN- 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- 542 AM EDT THU JUL 11 2013 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... 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. A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH FROM THE TENNESSEE VALLEY TODAY...INCREASING THE COVERAGE AND INTENSITY OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA THROUGH THE DAY...AND INTO THIS EVENING. THE ENVIRONMENT MAY SUPPORT SEVERAL SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...ESPECIALLY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE PRIMARY THREATS WILL BE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...OR FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE. NCZ048-051-052-058-059-062-120945- MADISON-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON- 542 AM EDT THU JUL 11 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH FROM THE TENNESSEE VALLEY TODAY...INCREASING THE COVERAGE AND INTENSITY OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA THROUGH THE DAY...AND INTO THIS EVENING. THE ENVIRONMENT MAY SUPPORT SEVERAL SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...ESPECIALLY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE PRIMARY THREATS WILL BE...TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS...DAMAGING WIND GUSTS...AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. FLASH FLOODING MAY OCCUR ALONG SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...OR FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE. NED
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
912 AM EDT THU JUL 11 2013
NCZ071-111415-
MECKLENBURG-
912 AM EDT THU JUL 11 2013
...A ROUND OF HEAVY SHOWERS WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT
MECKLENBURG COUNTY THROUGH 1015 AM EDT...
AT 906 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
HEAVY SHOWERS AND SOME THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS WESTERN MECKLENBURG
COUNTY...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
STORMS WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
CENTER CITY CHARLOTTE...
EASTLAND MALL...
UNC CHARLOTTE...
MINT HILL...
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.
LAT...LON 3514 8064 3512 8095 3530 8099 3536 8072
3535 8070 3533 8069 3527 8067 3523 8060
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</html>The Greer radar (KGSP), 129 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 14:45 UTC.
3 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Some homes were flooded along Stewart Creek with evacuations. Flooding was reported along Margaret Turner Road with water reportedly entering one home. Stewart Creek also flooded Southwest Blvd.
West Morehead Street was flooded and closed by Stewart Creek. Spruce, Merriman and Wilmore Streets were flooded in this same area, forcing some residents to evacuate.
A culvert and part of a road were washed out on Sharpe Mill road.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in North Carolina in 2013Every state in 2013This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, July 2013
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 470784, 470785, 470974.