Flash Flood Warning 20, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

Issued

Jul 25, 2001, 2:28 PM EDT (18:28 UTC)

Expired

Jul 25, 2001, 4:15 PM EDT

In force

107 min

Issued by

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

Area

Whole counties

County Anderson County, SC

The Greer radar (KGSP), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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WGUS52 KGSP 251830
FFWGSP
SCC007-252015-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
228 PM EDT WED JUL 25 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 415 PM EDT

* AT 225 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY 
  HEAVY RAIN OVER THE NORTHERN HALF OF ANDERSON COUNTY...MOVING
  SLOWLY TO THE EAST AT 10 MPH. RAIN WAS FALLING AT THE RATE OF 
  3 TO 4 INCHES PER HOUR IN SOME LOCATIONS TO THE NORTH OF SANDY 
  SPRINGS AND PIEDMONT. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED TO MOVE
  IN ACROSS NORTHERN ANDERSON COUNTY THROUGH 4 PM.

* EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER NORTHERN ANDERSON COUNTY WILL CAUSE
  STREAMS AND CREEKS TO RISE OUT OF THEIR BANKS. IN PARTICULAR... 
  FLOODING IS EXPECTED ALONG CREEKS THAT DRAIN INTO THE SALUDA RIVER 
  ABOVE PIEDMONT...THE DRAINAGE OF SIX AND TWENTY CREEK...AND THE
  DRAINAGE OF THREE AND TWENTY CREEK.

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 CAUGHTS IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. EVEN MODERN SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES CANNOT BE
SAFELY DRIVEN THROUGH FLOOD WATERS.

$$

MOORE

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Jul 25, 11:40 AM EDT, 2 hours 48 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1140 AM EDT WED JUL 25 2001

KGSP 88D LOOPS SHOW CIRCULATION CENTER OVER SOUTHERN NC MTNS &
THIS FEATURE WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY MOVE NNE THIS AFTERNOON &
SHEAR OUT. HEAVIEST RAINFALL THIS MORNING HAS OCCURRED ACROSS
THE SOUTHERN 3 COUNTIES OF THE FFA AREA...BUT RADAR TRENDS
SHOW DECREASING REFLECTIVITIES APPROACHING EXTREME NE GEORGIA.
NO FLDG REPORTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FROM THIS AREA...OTHER THAN URBAN
TYPE...SO PLAN ON LETTING WATCH EXPIRE UNLESS SOMETHING DRAMATICALLY
CHANGES BETWEEN NOW AND NOON.

OTHERWISE...HVY RAIN THREAT CONTINUES THIS AFTERNOON ALONG & EAST
OF TRACK OF UPPER CIRCULATION...WITH CATEGORICAL POPS CONTINUING
IN THE TROPICAL AIRMASS CWFA WIDE.

FCSTID = 55
GSP   82  71  87  71 / 100  50  40  40
AND   82  71  87  71 / 100  50  40  40
CLT   84  71  87  71 /  80  50  40  40
HKY   82  71  87  71 /  80  50  40  40
AVL   78  66  83  66 /  80  50  40  40

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

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.