Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

Issued

Jul 25, 2001, 2:55 PM EDT (18:55 UTC)

Expired

Jul 25, 2001, 4:45 PM EDT

In force

110 min

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 18:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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WGUS52 KGSP 251855
FFWGSP
SCC045-252045-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 445 PM EDT

* AT 250 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY
  RAIN MOVING INTO THE AREA. RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO 2 INCHS AN HOUR
  WERE INDICATED BY RADAR ALONG INTERSTATE 85. THE HEAVIEST RAIN IS 
  EXPECTED TO MOVE NORTHEASTWARD UP INTERSTATE 85 THROUGH GREENVILLE
  COUNTY DURING THE NEXT TWO HOURS.

* PERSONS LIVING ALONG GILDER CREEK AND BRUSHY CREEK SHOULD TAKE ACTIONS
  TO PROTECT PROPERTY.  OTHER POORLY DRAINED URBAN AREAS ARE EXPECTED 
  TO FLOOD DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS.

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.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS
IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT
ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS
THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL
ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE WRISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.

$$

TANNER/MOORE/DICARLO

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Jul 25, 11:40 AM EDT, 3 hours 15 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.