Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

Issued

Jul 25, 2000, 1:00 AM EDT (05:00 UTC)

Expired

Jul 25, 2000, 5:00 AM EDT

In force

4 hr

Issued by

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

Area

Whole counties

Counties Abbeville County, SC, Anderson County, SC

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
100 AM EDT TUE JUL 25 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  ABBEVILLE COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA
  ANDERSON COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 500 AM EDT

* AT 100 AM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA
  OF VERY HEAVY RAIN WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS COVERING MOST OF
  ANDERSON AND ABBEVILLE COUNTIES. THE HEAVIEST DOWNPOURS OF 4 TO 6
  INCHES IN THE PAST HOUR WERE OCCURRING NEAR THE CITY OF ABBEVILLE.
  THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE NEARLY STATIONARY.

* STREAMS AND CREEKS IN THE WARNED AREA WILL LIKELY COME OUT OF
  THEIR BANKS. STREET FLOODING IS LIKELY BOTH FROM STREAMS AND FROM
  EXCESSIVE PONDING OF WATER. MOST LIKELY TO BE AFFECTED BY THIS
  FLOODING ARE ROADWAYS IN AND AROUND ABBEVILLE...AS WELL AS STREAMS
  AND CREEKS IN THE VICINITY. 

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE. EVEN MODERN SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES CANNOT BE SAFELY
DRIVEN THROUGH FLOOD WABTERS.

$$
HG

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Jul 24, 9:32 PM EDT, 3 hours 28 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
932 PM EDT MON JUL 24 2000

LOW-LEVEL MOIST CONVERGENCE WHICH HAS BEEN CENTERED ACROSS UPSTATE
SC THE PAST COUPLE HOURS HAS HELPED TO FOCUS CLUSTER OF
THUNDERSTORMS IN PICKENS AND ANDERSON COUNTIES WHICH HAVE PRODUCED
UPTO 4 INCHES RAIN IN AN HOUR. WARM FRONT APPEARS TO HAVE SURGED
NORTHWEST INTO THE UPSTATE...POSSIBLY INFLUENCED BY SHORTWAVE IN
EAST TN AND UPR DIVERGENCE IN RIGHT ENTRANCE OF UPR JET. COOLER AIR
FLOWING SOUTHWEST THROUGH NC FROM HIGH PRESSURE CENTER IN PA. WARM
MOIST AIR FLOWING NORTHWEST ACROSS SC INTO CONVERGENCE ZONE.

RUC SHOWS BULLSEYE OF LOW-LEVEL CONVERGENCE/UPR LEVEL DIVERGENCE
OVER THE UPSTATE TO WEAKEN AND MOVE SOUTHEAST BY 06Z. MSAS
STREAMLINE ANALYSIS ALREADY SHOWING SFC CONVERGENCE SHIFTING SOUTH.
AREA SOUNDINGS AND WATER VAPOR SHOW DEEPEST MOISTURE OFF TO THE
SOUTHEAST...WITH DRIER AIR MOVING IN ALOFT FROM THE WEST. PLAN TO
KEEP HIGH POPS BASICALLY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 85 IN GA/SC AND WILL
CUT POPS BACK TO LOWER CHC CAT IN NC.

.GSP...
GA...NONE.
NC...NONE.
SC...NONE.

MOYER

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