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Flash Flood Warning 18, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

August 27, 1995Laurens County, South Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this flash flood warning at Aug 27, 1995, 12:51 AM EDT for Laurens County, South Carolina. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 27, 1995, 12:51 AM EDT (04:51 UTC)
Expired: Aug 27, 1995, 4:00 AM EDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area: Whole counties

County Laurens County, SC

The nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 00:00Z, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 256 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 2755 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 538 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 0 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 30 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 26, 9:27 PM EDT, 3 hours 24 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 26, 9:29 PM EDT, 3 hours 22 minutes before

NCZ053-065-054-066-067-270230-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ASHEVILLE NC
927 PM EDT SAT AUG 26 1995

*FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA*

AT 915PM EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF MODERATE RAIN
MOVING THROUGH HENDERSON...BUNCOMBE...POLK...RUTHERFORD..AND
MCDOWELL COUNTIES.

THIS AREA OF MODERATE RAIN WAS MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH AND IS EXPECTED
TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.  ONE INCH AND HOUR IS
POSSIBLE WITH THIS AREA OF MODERATE RAIN.

THIS WILL CAUSE MINOR FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS...CREEKS..AND LOW LYING
ROADWAYS.

THE GREATEST AMOUNT OF RAIN HAS FALLEN NEAR SUGARLOAF MOUNTAIN IN
HENDERSON COUNTY...THEY HAVE RECEIVED 4.12 INCHES IN THE PAST 12 HOURS.

SHERIFF OFFICE HAS NOT REPORTED ANY FLOODING IN THIS AREA....HOWEVER ALL
SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS ARE RUNNING FULL.

MOTORIST SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION WILL DRIVING THIS EVENING.

PEOPLE IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD MONITOR WATER LEVELS OFTEN.  KEEP
INFORMED AND BE READY TO LEAVE QUICKLY IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR
A WARNING IS ISSUED.

FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF FLOODING TO LOCAL LAW ENFORECEMENT AGENCY AND ASK
THEM TO FORWARD TH REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

STAY TUNNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO..LOCAL RADIO OR TV FOR UPDATES OR
WARNINGS.
BL

Special weather statement, Aug 26, 10:28 PM EDT, 2 hours 23 minutes before

NCZ053-065-054-066-067-270330-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ASHEVILLE NC
1028 PM EDT SAT AUG 26 1995

*FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA*

AT 1018 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED LIGHT RAIN MOVING THROUGH
HENDERSON COUNTY AND MODERATE RAIN MOVING THROUGH
POLK...RUTHERFORD...AND MCDOWELL COUNTIES.

THE AREA OF RAIN WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

AT 1015 PM EDT THE SHERIFFS OFFICE IN HENDERSONVILLE IN HENDERSON COUNTY
REPORTED SOME MINOR FLOODING OF LOW LYING ROADS IN AND AROUND
HENDERSONVILLE.  THE FOLLOWING ROADS ARE FLOODING IN LOW LYING SECTIONS
UPPER ROAD...JACKSON ROAD...MAPLE ROAD..AND BLANTYRE ROAD.

MOTORIST SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION WHILE TRAVEL ON THESE ROADS.

PEOPLE IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD MONITOR WATER LEVELS OFTEN.  KEEP
INFORMED AND BE READY TO LEAVE QUICKLY IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR
WARNING IS ISSUED.

FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF FLOODING TO LOACL LAW ENFORECEMENT AGENCY AND ASK
THEM TO FORWARD THE REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

STAY TUNNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL RADIO AND TV FOR UPDATES OR
WARNINGS.
BL

Special weather statement, Aug 26, 10:30 PM EDT, 2 hours 21 minutes before

NCZ053-065-054-066-067-270330-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ASHEVILLE NC
1028 PM EDT SAT AUG 26 1995

*FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA*

AT 1018 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED LIGHT RAIN MOVING THROUGH
HENDERSON COUNTY AND MODERATE RAIN MOVING THROUGH
POLK...RUTHERFORD...AND MCDOWELL COUNTIES.

THE AREA OF RAIN WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

AT 1015 PM EDT THE SHERIFFS OFFICE IN HENDERSONVILLE IN HENDERSON COUNTY
REPORTED SOME MINOR FLOODING OF LOW LYING ROADS IN AND AROUND
HENDERSONVILLE.  THE FOLLOWING ROADS ARE FLOODING IN LOW LYING SECTIONS
UPPER ROAD...JACKSON ROAD...MAPLE ROAD..AND BLANTYRE ROAD.

MOTORIST SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION WHILE TRAVEL ON THESE ROADS.

PEOPLE IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD MONITOR WATER LEVELS OFTEN.  KEEP
INFORMED AND BE READY TO LEAVE QUICKLY IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR
WARNING IS ISSUED.

FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF FLOODING T&O LOACL LAW ENFORECEMENT AGENCY AND ASK
THEM TO FORWARD THE REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

STAY TUNNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL RADIO AND TV FOR UPDATES OR
WARNINGS.
BL

Local storm report, Aug 26, 11:38 PM EDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
1138 PM EDT SAT AUG 26 1995

TIME (EDT) .....CITY LOCATION....... ST   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           .....COUNTY LOCATION.....
FLOODING   ROAD 50 AT SNOWMILL ROAD  SC   ROAD FLOODED...RPTD BY
08/26/95   SPARTANBURG                    SPARTANBURG COUNTY 911

11PM       HIGHWAY 29 GREER          SC   FLOODING
08/26/95   SPARTANBURG                    6-7 INCHES OF WATER
                                          REPORTED BY CO. 911

11PM       HARVEY DRIVE, GREER       SC   FLOODING
08/26/95   SPARTANBURG                    LOW BRIDGE FLOODED,
                                          REPORTED BY CO. 911

1114PM     GREENVILLE                SC   FLOODING
08/26/95   GREENVILLE                     REEDY RIVER STAGE 8.76,
                                          FLOOD STAGE 8 FT

1117       COWPENS CITY              SC   FLOODING
08/26/95   SPARTANBURG                    REPORTED BY CO. 911

1140PM     TAYLORS                   SC   FLOODING
08/26/95   GREENVILLE                     NWS EMPLOYEE REPORTED
                                          WATER OVER STRANGE RD.

1145       GREER                     SC   FLOODING
08/26/95   GREENVILLE                     HAMETT BRIDGE RD NR
                                          RIVERSIDE HS FLOODED 100
                                          FT OF RD

1156PM     COWPENS                   SC   FLOODING
08/26/95   SPARTANBURG                    CREEK ON APPLE VALLEY RD 8
                                          FT DEEP ON RD.

 JMP

Local storm report, Aug 27, 12:03 AM EDT, 48 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
1138 PM EDT SAT AUG 26 1995

TIME (EDT) .....CITY LOCATION....... ST   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           .....COUNTY LOCATION.....
FLOODING   ROAD 50 AT SNOWMILL ROAD  SC   ROAD FLOODED...RPTD BY
08/26/95   SPARTANBURG                    SPARTANBURG COUNTY 911

11PM       HIGHWAY 29 GREER          SC   FLOODING
08/26/95   SPARTANBURG                    6-7 INCHES OF WATER
                                          REPORTED BY CO. 911

11PM       HARVEY DRIVE, GREER       SC   FLOODING
08/26/95   SPARTANBURG                    LOW BRIDGE FLOODED,
                                          REPORTED BY CO. 911

1114PM     GREENVILLE                SC   FLOODING
08/26/95   GREENVILLE                     REEDY RIVER STAGE 8.76,
                                          FLOOD STAGE 8 FT

1117       COWPENS CITY              SC   FLOODING
08/26/95   SPARTANBURG                    REPORTED BY CO. 911

1140PM     TAYLORS                   SC   FLOODING
08/26/95   GREENVILLE                     NWS EMPLOYEE REPORTED
                                          WATER OVER STRANGE RD.

1145       GREER                     SC   FLOODING
08/26/95   GREENVILLE                     HAMETT BRIDGE RD NR
                                          RIVERSIDE HS FLOODED 100
                                          FT OF RD

1156PM     COWPENS                   SCL   FLOODING
08/26/95   SPARTANBURG                    CREEK ON APPLE VALLEY RD 8
                                          FT DEEP ON RD.

 JMP

The office that day

Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 27, 2:04 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	GSP	Polk, Rutherford	5 hr
Aug 27, 4:03 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	GSP	Union	5 hr
Aug 27, 6:24 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	GSP	Henderson, Polk, Rutherford	3 hr
Aug 26, 11:33 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	GSP	Cherokee, Greenville, Spartanburg	4 hr
Aug 27, 4:03 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	GSP	Cherokee, Greenville, Laurens, Spartanburg	6 hr
Aug 27, 4:07 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	GSP	Union	6 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in South Carolina, 1995 Every flash flood warning in 1995

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.