Blue_Ridge_Escarpment Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 Flood Watch issued for Southern Appalachians and the adjacent foothills from midnight tonight through Wednesday. FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 244 PM EST TUE JAN 10 2012 ...HEAVY RAINFALL TO AFFECT THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS AND ADJACENT FOOTHILLS TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY LATE TODAY WILL TRACK NORTHEAST TOWARD THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS THROUGH WEDNESDAY. HEAVY RAIN WILL DEVELOP AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. SOUTHEAST FLOW AHEAD OF THE LOW WILL ENHANCE RAINFALL TOTALS ALONG THE EASTERN ESCARPMENT OF THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS...POSSIBLY PRODUCING FLOODING. GAZ010-NCZ033-035-049-050-053-059-062>065-501>510-SCZ001>003- 111000- /O.NEW.KGSP.FA.A.0001.120111T0500Z-120112T0500Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ RABUN-AVERY-ALEXANDER-YANCEY-MITCHELL-BUNCOMBE-NORTHERN JACKSON- MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE... ASHEVILLE...SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE... LENOIR...MORGANTON...MARION...LAKE LURE...RUTHERFORD...COLUMBUS 244 PM EST TUE JAN 10 2012 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA...RABUN. IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...ALEXANDER...AVERY...BURKE MOUNTAINS...BUNCOMBE... CALDWELL MOUNTAINS...EASTERN MCDOWELL...EASTERN POLK... GREATER BURKE...GREATER CALDWELL...GREATER RUTHERFORD... HENDERSON...MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS...MACON...MITCHELL...NORTHERN JACKSON...POLK MOUNTAINS...RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS...SOUTHERN JACKSON...TRANSYLVANIA AND YANCEY. IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA... GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS...OCONEE MOUNTAINS AND PICKENS MOUNTAINS. * FROM MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING * HEAVY RAINFALL WILL DEVELOP AHEAD OF A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING NORTHEAST FROM THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY TO WEST OF THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS. SOUTHEASTERLY UPSLOPE WINDS AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM WILL ENHANCE PRECIPITATION ALONG THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE MOUNTAINS AND THE IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT FOOTHILLS. RAINFALL TOTALS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE LIKELY IN THE WATCH AREA...WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS BETWEEN 3 AND 4 INCHES IN THE SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS. * THE HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CREATE SIGNIFICANT RISES ON AREA RIVERS AND STREAMS. SOME OF THESE TRIBUTARIES COULD EXCEED BANKFULL AND FLOOD NEARBY ROADWAYS ON WEDNESDAY. FLOODING WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE ALONG MAIN STEM RIVERS...ESPECIALLY THE UPPER REACHES OF THE FRENCH BROAD RIVER WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON OR EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. && $$ GERAPETRITIS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaffneyPeach Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 Weather obs from just up the road (haha) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NavarreDon Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 GSP afd: .NEAR TERM /THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... AS OF 215 PM...CLOSED LOW PRESSURE CONTINUES TO DEEPEN OVER E TX THIS AFTN. ABUNDANT MOISTURE AHEAD OF THIS FEATURE IS ADVECTING NORTHWARD ACROSS THE DEEP SOUTH FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO. THE FORECAST MODELS FEATURE GOOD AGREEMENT ON THE EVOLUTION OF THE CLOSED SYSTEM...LIFTING IT NE THROUGH THE LOWER MS RIVER VALLEY TONIGHT. ABUNDANT MOISTURE WILL REACH THE FORECAST AREA DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...WITH BACKING AND STRENGTHENING LOW LEVEL FLOW CREATING STRONG UPSLOPE ENHANCEMENT ALONG THE ERN ESCARPMENT OF THE SRN APPALACHIANS. FORCING WITH THE SYSTEM IS QUITE PLENTIFUL AND CENTERED MAINLY AROUND 18Z WED. STRONG UPPER JET DIVERGENCE...DEEP LAYER Q VECTOR CONVERGENCE...AND CONTINUED SE UPSLOPE FLOW WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL AT TIMES ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA THROUGH THE DAY ON WED. WIDESPREAD 1.5 TO 2 INCH RAINFALL TOTALS ARE EXPECTED...WITH LOCAL 2 TO 3 INCH TOTALS POSSIBLE IN THE SELY UPSLOPE AREAS. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL BE POSTED FOR THE ERN MTNS/WRN FOOTHILLS MIDNIGHT TONIGHT UNTIL MIDNIGHT WED NIGHT. IN ADDITION TO THE POSSIBLE HYDRO THREAT...CONVECTION COULD BECOME A CONCERN AS WELL. AS THE LOW CENTER REACHES THE BASE OF THE SRN APPALACHIANS MIDDAY WED...DEEP LAYER WIND SHEAR WILL DEVELOP AS A 50 KT LOW LEVEL JET TRAVERSES THE PIEDMONT. THE NAM IS QUITE A BIT MORE UNSTABLE IN PIEDMONT SECTIONS AS DEWPOINTS SURGE NWD SOUTH OF A RETREATING CAD BOUNDARY...WHILE THE GFS INSTABILITY IS MORE RESERVED. A CONSENSUS ON THIS WILL BE FORECAST...WITH THE BEST OVERLAP OF INSTABILITY AND LOW LEVEL WIND SHEAR OVER SRN AND ERN PIEDMONT SECTIONS FROM 18Z TO 21Z WED. A SECONDARY AREA OF CONVECTION WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE SW MTNS AND UP THE SPINE OF THE SRN APPALACHIANS AS STEEPER LAPSE RATES UNDER THE THERMAL TROUGH PASS OVERHEAD. WILL MENTION ISOLD THUNDER IN WRN MTN AREAS DURING WED AFTN...BUT CONFINE ANY SEVERE/ISOLD TORNADO MENTION IN THE HWO TO THE SE PIEDMONT. A SMALL DIURNAL RANGE ON TEMPS WILL BE ADVERTISED THROUGHOUT...ESPECIALLY IN THE IN SITU CAD REGION OF THE NRN NC FOOTHILLS/PIEDMONT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jshetley Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 GSP afd: .NEAR TERM /THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... AS OF 215 PM...CLOSED LOW PRESSURE CONTINUES TO DEEPEN OVER E TX THIS AFTN. ABUNDANT MOISTURE AHEAD OF THIS FEATURE IS ADVECTING NORTHWARD ACROSS THE DEEP SOUTH FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO. THE FORECAST MODELS FEATURE GOOD AGREEMENT ON THE EVOLUTION OF THE CLOSED SYSTEM...LIFTING IT NE THROUGH THE LOWER MS RIVER VALLEY TONIGHT. ABUNDANT MOISTURE WILL REACH THE FORECAST AREA DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...WITH BACKING AND STRENGTHENING LOW LEVEL FLOW CREATING STRONG UPSLOPE ENHANCEMENT ALONG THE ERN ESCARPMENT OF THE SRN APPALACHIANS. FORCING WITH THE SYSTEM IS QUITE PLENTIFUL AND CENTERED MAINLY AROUND 18Z WED. STRONG UPPER JET DIVERGENCE...DEEP LAYER Q VECTOR CONVERGENCE...AND CONTINUED SE UPSLOPE FLOW WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL AT TIMES ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA THROUGH THE DAY ON WED. WIDESPREAD 1.5 TO 2 INCH RAINFALL TOTALS ARE EXPECTED...WITH LOCAL 2 TO 3 INCH TOTALS POSSIBLE IN THE SELY UPSLOPE AREAS. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL BE POSTED FOR THE ERN MTNS/WRN FOOTHILLS MIDNIGHT TONIGHT UNTIL MIDNIGHT WED NIGHT. IN ADDITION TO THE POSSIBLE HYDRO THREAT...CONVECTION COULD BECOME A CONCERN AS WELL. AS THE LOW CENTER REACHES THE BASE OF THE SRN APPALACHIANS MIDDAY WED...DEEP LAYER WIND SHEAR WILL DEVELOP AS A 50 KT LOW LEVEL JET TRAVERSES THE PIEDMONT. THE NAM IS QUITE A BIT MORE UNSTABLE IN PIEDMONT SECTIONS AS DEWPOINTS SURGE NWD SOUTH OF A RETREATING CAD BOUNDARY...WHILE THE GFS INSTABILITY IS MORE RESERVED. A CONSENSUS ON THIS WILL BE FORECAST...WITH THE BEST OVERLAP OF INSTABILITY AND LOW LEVEL WIND SHEAR OVER SRN AND ERN PIEDMONT SECTIONS FROM 18Z TO 21Z WED. A SECONDARY AREA OF CONVECTION WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE SW MTNS AND UP THE SPINE OF THE SRN APPALACHIANS AS STEEPER LAPSE RATES UNDER THE THERMAL TROUGH PASS OVERHEAD. WILL MENTION ISOLD THUNDER IN WRN MTN AREAS DURING WED AFTN...BUT CONFINE ANY SEVERE/ISOLD TORNADO MENTION IN THE HWO TO THE SE PIEDMONT. A SMALL DIURNAL RANGE ON TEMPS WILL BE ADVERTISED THROUGHOUT...ESPECIALLY IN THE IN SITU CAD REGION OF THE NRN NC FOOTHILLS/PIEDMONT. Unless the radar changes soon this will bust bigtime. I am thinking I see .10 or less now out of this system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LithiaWx Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 Tony, I'm getting worried over here...amazing Water Vapor look tonight but despite that and having a direct connection to the Pacific and GoM I've managed about .05 so far, with not much on the radar in my area for now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jshetley Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 Tony, I'm getting worried over here...amazing Water Vapor look tonight but despite that and having a direct connection to the Pacific and GoM I've managed about .05 so far, with not much on the radar in my area for now. That shot shows the reason why this will bust up here very well. All the convection in the golf robbing the moisture.without that there this would have been a major event. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsaur Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 Tony, I'm getting worried over here...amazing Water Vapor look tonight but despite that and having a direct connection to the Pacific and GoM I've managed about .05 so far, with not much on the radar in my area for now. But see this is as it should be. I've gotten .35 for the day. The big rains come down here, the big snows come up there. I get more rain, thus more sleet because of waa, you get less qf, but better ratios in snow. I've been saying all winter, when rains move south, the snow will come. Easy squeezy!! Trust me, I went to pop festivals in the 60's. My mind is screwed on tight, lol. T Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrips27 Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 Yeah, I'm smelling a bust too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsaur Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 I hate seeing that rain evaporator at work on the SC border. Would have loved a more southern track to this event. If it wasn't for that batch that came right into me this afternoon, I'd be in your shoes, Marietta. It was headed bad when that low started to trend north, but I kept hoping for a push up from PCola. This won't verify for totals, like I hoped it would. Still, you got way more the other day so your gauge got a nice work out, while I'll be at about a half inch for the period. T Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metalicwx366 Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 Hopefully we get some much needed rain here later tonight and tomorrow. This drought is getting ridicoulous. Forget about trying to get cold and snow. We need a good soaking. It seems like it only rains once every week or so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckeyefan1 Posted January 11, 2012 Author Share Posted January 11, 2012 I hate seeing that rain evaporator at work on the SC border. Would have loved a more southern track to this event. If it wasn't for that batch that came right into me this afternoon, I'd be in your shoes, Marietta. It was headed bad when that low started to trend north, but I kept hoping for a push up from PCola. This won't verify for totals, like I hoped it would. Still, you got way more the other day so your gauge got a nice work out, while I'll be at about a half inch for the period. T That evaporator has been in full force for a long time and I will be so very glad when it's gone Hopefully we get some much needed rain here later tonight and tomorrow. This drought is getting ridicoulous. Forget about trying to get cold and snow. We need a good soaking. It seems like it only rains once every week or so. Tell me about it....sigh...a tenth every couple of weeks (if that) is getting on my last nerve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsaur Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 Hopefully we get some much needed rain here later tonight and tomorrow. This drought is getting ridiculous. Forget about trying to get cold and snow. We need a good soaking. It seems like it only rains once every week or so. I hear you, brother! I keep feeling when the pattern begins to favor south Ga. we all get happy. That evaporator has been in full force for a long time and I will be so very glad when it's gone Tell me about it....sigh...a tenth every couple of weeks (if that) is getting on my last nerve. I know. It shocks me to see you getting starved over and over, even if I'm pulling down some drops. I'd love to see some stuff on micro climates that would pertain to what has gone on here, and there. And further down on Metalic's slice of the state, it is even worse, because so many crops have been shafted for years now. Won't be any aquifer left by the time the factory farms suck it out to balance Ma Nature. T Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gastonwxman Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 Thoughts on today's storm potential (amongst other things). Will it happen...? http://gwxmanblog.bl...g-up-still.html Currently 48 and cloudy, though I had a light shower come through earlier but that appears to only be the beginning as it stands now for what's to come down the road. The line across AL is now pushing into GA with very heavy rain still pouring over much of central TN. Only one in particular heading north just west of Marietta, GA looks a bit nasty. These storms are hustling quite a bit (speed ranges from 45-60 mph). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Local Yokel Wx Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 48.6 this morning Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaculaWeather Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 SPC says low taking on a negative tilt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MotoWeatherman Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 It's been cloudy and has rained everyday since Sunday IMBY HEAT COOL AVG MEAN DEG DEG WIND DOM DAY TEMP HIGH TIME LOW TIME DAYS DAYS RAIN SPEED HIGH TIME DIR ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 47.1 63.4 4:10p 32.4 4:10a 17.9 0.0 0.01 5.1 29.0 4:10p WNW 2 34.5 43.9 4:30p 23.4 12:00m 28.4 0.0 0.00 12.7 38.0 11:40p WNW 3 23.9 31.5 3:20p 17.7 8:00a 41.1 0.0 0.00 7.5 29.0 1:20a WNW 4 31.1 48.4 2:10p 13.9 7:30a 33.9 0.0 0.00 2.1 18.0 1:30p W 5 44.5 59.1 2:50p 32.5 3:30a 20.5 0.0 0.00 3.7 23.0 4:50a WNW 6 43.9 65.5 1:00p 27.9 7:00a 21.1 0.0 0.00 1.1 16.0 1:00p W 7 50.0 58.4 4:20p 38.8 12:10a 15.0 0.0 0.21 1.0 12.0 5:20p W 8 51.3 54.7 4:00p 46.9 3:40a 13.7 0.0 0.68 0.1 6.0 4:20a SSE 9 54.8 59.9 2:00p 52.4 4:40a 10.2 0.0 0.19 0.6 11.0 2:00p W 10 54.7 59.8 2:50p 50.0 8:10a 10.3 0.0 0.29 0.8 11.0 7:20p SE 11 54.5 55.4 3:00a 53.8 6:30a 3.8 0.0 0.64 6.2 21.0 6:20a SE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lookout Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 It missed me but I actually heard some thunder a little while ago. It made me miss severe weather season/summer storms. I've had a whopping 0.15 so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burgertime Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 .009 here just waiting around for the heavier stuff later today. Hoping I hear thunder and the old wives tale can work it's magic! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NavarreDon Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 Weaverville obs: Temp 48.0° Wind light SSE Precip .14.....Just heard my first rumble of thunder for 2012. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strongwxnc Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 The bottom has fell out here in Rutherford county! Heavy rain with tons of water on the roads! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsaur Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 Well, if the old saw is true about the thunder, then I'll be seeing 10 feet in a week. It went off over head for a long, long time a few hours back. More thunder than I've heard that close since the big lightening strike last year, and that was one clap. This was rolling over head forever, shaking the house, waking the deaf. T Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckeyefan1 Posted January 11, 2012 Author Share Posted January 11, 2012 Sprinkles have started imby Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calculus1 Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 .009 here just waiting around for the heavier stuff later today. Hoping I hear thunder and the old wives tale can work it's magic! Wow! Your rain gauge can measure to the nearest thousandth of an inch? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solak Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 Not surprised -- RAH has trimmed our 1/2" - 3/4" down to 1/4" - 1/2" for today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LithiaWx Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 .36" yesterday and last night. I woke up to a nice thunderstorm last night in the early AM hours. Currently 60.1 FWIW KATL temps are now +6.0 for the month of January now 1/3 through the month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NEGa Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 woke up to a thunderstorm and it was so dark i thought i had set my alarm clock too early lol. the fog was horrendous and it has been pouring on and off this morning. not sure what mby total is, but it was over 1" when i left, and locations nearby are about 1.5 or more now. too bad it wasnt a lot colder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwagner88 Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 Been storming off and on all morning here. That must mean snow within the next 10 days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
POWERSTROKE Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 Been storming off and on all morning here. That must mean snow within the next 10 days. I have seen that work a few times but not often Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwagner88 Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 Holy Crap! Heavy hail falling now! Just took a pic: EDIT: Just went out and took a couple more. Turned the ground white for a while! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsaur Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 Ended up with .7 from over night. I'd have to say goofy has verified for my backyard. And inch and a quarter so far since Sun. I am now feeling bold and audacious, so I'm going to predict I'll see sticking sleet/snow/zr before Feb. 23 of this very year!! Count it, bank it..it's a 3 pointer from half court T Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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