Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

Issued

Feb 28, 1997, 2:42 PM EST (19:42 UTC)

Expired

Feb 28, 1997, 5:45 PM EST

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

Area

Whole counties

County Greenville County, SC

The Greer radar (KGSP), 14 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING...RETRANSMITTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
242 PM EST FRI FEB 28 1997

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  545 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN  SOUTH CAROLINA

   ...GREENVILLE COUNTY

THE REEDY RIVER IN GREENVILLE WAS RISING RAPIDLY THIS AFTERNOON. AT
235 PM...THE RIVER REACHED 8 FEET...WHICH IS FLOOD STAGE. AS THE RIVER
RISES ABOVE FLOOD STAGE...CLEVELAND PARK IN GREENVILLE BEGINS TO
FLOOD. STREET AND BUILDING FLOODING DOES NOT BEGIN UNTIL THE REEDY
REACHES 11.7 FEET. THE REEDY IS EXPECTED TO CREST BELOW THAT LEVEL.
ELSEWHERE IN GREENVILLE COUNTY...FLOODING WAS DEVELOPING ON SOME OF
THE SMALLER CREEKS AND STREAMS. SWEETBRIAR ROAD OFF OF HIGHWAY 291 WAS
FLOODED...AND HYDROPLANING WAS CAUSING NUMEROUS ACCIDENTS ON AREA
ROADS AND INTERSTATES.

MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE FOR MUCH OF THE AFTERNOON IN
GREENVILLE COUNTY...AGGRAVATING THE CURRENT FLOODING.

REMEMBER THAT SEVENTY FIVE PERCENT OF ALL FLOOD FATALITIES
ARE THE RESULT OF EITHER DRIVING INTO FLOOD WATERS OR
CHILDREN PLAYING IFN OR NEAR DRAINAGE DITCHES OR STREAMS.

ZOLTOWSKI

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Feb 28, 1:36 PM EST, 1 hour 6 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE/SPARTANBURG, SC
136 PM EST FRI FEB 28 1997

RAH: FFA PROBABLY NOT NEEDED TONIGHT.
CAE: FLASH FLOOD VALUES COULD BE REACHED IN THE NRN HALF OF UPSTATE
     TONIGHT. MAY WANT TO CONSIDER A WATCH.
FFC: AGREE WITH FFA THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING.

SURFACE BOUNDARY STILL LOOPED ALONG NC/TN BORDER AND NC/VA BORDER ATTM.
WATER VAPOR SHOWS DRY MID-LEVEL AIR PUNCHING EAST ACROSS TN AND IS
PUSHING PLUME OF MOISTURE FURTHER TO THE EAST. STILL ABUNDANT RAIN AND
EVEN THUNDER ROLLING THROUGH EASTERN GA AND UPSTATE...WITH LITTLE
RELIEF IN SIGHT. NEW CONVECTION FIRING IN SRN AL AND LOOKS TO BE HEADED
RIGHT FOR NE GA AND THE UPSTATE FOR THIS EVENING. RAINFALL BECOMING
MORE SCATTERED ACROSS NC MTNS. HOWEVER...WE HAVE HAD FLOODING IN
HAYWOOD AND JACKSON COUNTIES.

FEEL AXIS OF SHOWERS/TSTMS WILL BECOME SW TO NE ACROSS NE GA...THE
UPSTATE AND THROUGH THE CLT AREA TONIGHT. RAINFALL SHOULD EXPAND BACK
NORTH ACROSS THE NC MTNS SATURDAY IN RESPONSE TO FIRST WAVE MOVING
NORTH THROUGH THE UPPER MS VALLEY. SHOWER/TSTMS SHOULD CONTINUE
SATURDAY NIGHT BEFORE THE ACTIVITY WANES SLIGHTLY AS THE MAIN VORT
CENTER GATHERS AND FOCUS ENERGY IN THE TN VALLEY EARLY SUNDAY...THEN
KICKS TSTMS EAST ACROSS THIS CWA SUNDAY AFTN.

TEMPS SHOWING LITTLE DIURNAL RANGE CONSIDERING AMOUNT OF CLOUD COVER
AND PRECIPITATION.

AVL 54/62/56/62  5/7/7/8
CLT 61/68/62/70  +/7/6/7
GSP 59/67/60/69  +/7/7/7

MOYER

Flash Flood Warnings in South Carolina, 1997Every flash flood warning in 1997

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.