Flash Flood Warning 16, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

Issued

Jul 2, 2001, 10:04 PM EDT (02:04 UTC)

Expired

Jul 3, 2001, 1:00 AM EDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

Area

Whole counties

County Chester County, SC

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000 
WGUS52 KGSP 030209
FFWGSP

SCC023-030500-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1004 PM EDT MON JUL 2 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CHESTER COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 100 AM EDT

* AT 1004 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER CENTRAL CHESTER
  COUNTY...BETWEEN THE CITY OF CHESTER AND INTERSTATE 77. THE
  THUNDERSTORMS WERE NEARLY STATIONARY AND RADAR INDICATED RAINFALL
  RATES OF BETWEEN 3 AND 4 INCHES PER HOUR WITH THESE STORMS.

* STREAMS AND CREEKS IN THE AFFECTED AREA WILL LIKELY SPILL OUT OF
  THEIR BANKS...AND LOW SPOTS IN ROADWAYS WILL QUICKLY BECOME
  IMPASSABLE. MOST AFFECTED WILL BE ROCKY CREEK AND ALL ASSOCIATED
  STREAMS AND TRIBUTARIES...AND ROADWAYS FROM ROUTE 9 SOUTHWARD TO
  ROUTE 97.  

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. EVEN MODERN SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES CANNOT BE
SAFELY DRIVEN THROUGH FLOOD WATERS.

$$
HG

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Jul 2, 9:30 PM EDT, 34 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
930 PM EDT MON JUL 2 2001

PRECIP COVERAGE HAS NOT BEEN TREMENDOUS THIS EVENING...BUT WITH
FRONT STALLED ACROSS WESTERN NC AND VAD WIND PROFILE STARTING TO
SHOW A GRADUAL SHIFT TO AN EASTERLY FLOW IN THE LOWEST 4K FT...AM
RELUCTANT TO TRIM POPS VERY MUCH. DEVELOPING WEAK UPSLOPE FLOW ALONG
WITH LOW LEVEL MOIST FLUX CONVERGENCE SHOULD PROVIDE PLENTY OF
SUPPORT TO KEEP TSRA FIRING FOR MUCH OF THE OVERNIGHT. WILL REDUCE
POPS TO CHC RANGE WITH LOWEST POPS NRN TIER TO HIGHEST SOUTH.

SFC DEWPOINTS SHOW LITTLE HINT OF DRYING IN THE EASTERLY FLOW ALONG
THE SLOWING FRONT. CURRENT FORECAST GENERALLY HAS TEMPS WELL IN
HAND. WILL REDUCE NRN MTN MINS TO AROUND 60 GIVEN LATEST TRENDS.

SEVERE THREAT REMAINS MINIMAL WITH HIGH WET BULB ZERO VALUES...MOIST
SOUNDINGS...AND WEAK WIND PROFILE. HEAVY RAIN WILL BE THE GREATEST
THREAT DURING THE OVERNIGHT WITH LATEST SRN PIEDMONT LAPS SOUNDINGS
SHOWING VIRTUALLY NO 0 TO 6 KM STORM MOTION. ALTHOUGH MOST STORMS
WILL RAIN OUT IN PLACE...WILL NOT ISSUE A SHORT TERM FLASH FLOOD
WATCH DUE TO SCATTERED COVERAGE.

FCSTID = 33
GSP   68  88  69  88 /  40  50  40  50
AND   68  88  69  88 /  40  50  40  50
CLT   67  86  68  88 /  40  40  40  50
HKY   66  83  67  86 /  30  30  30  50
AVL   64  82  64  83 /  40  40  40  50

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

HG


Flash Flood Warnings in South Carolina, 2001Every flash flood warning in 2001

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.