Flash Flood Warning 22, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

Issued

Jul 25, 2001, 3:35 PM EDT (19:35 UTC)

Expired

Jul 25, 2001, 5:00 PM EDT

In force

85 min

Issued by

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

Area

Whole counties

County Spartanburg County, SC

The Greer radar (KGSP), 22 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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000 
WGUS52 KGSP 251935
FFWGSP
SCC083-252100-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 500 PM EDT

* AT 335 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY       
  HEAVY RAIN GREENVILLE COUNTY SOUTH CAROLINA WITH THE HEAVIEST  
  RAIN ALONG INTERSTATE 85. THIS RAIN IS MOVING NORTHEASTWARD 
  INTO SPARTANBURG COUNTY.

* RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO THREE INCHES PER HOUR HAVE BEEN NOTED    
  WITH THIS AREA OF HEAVY RAIN.  THE RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE    
  THROUGH THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES
AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.

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 IFk WATER COVERS
THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL
ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.

$$
DICARLO

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Jul 25, 3:05 PM EDT, 30 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
305 PM EDT WED JUL 25 2001

LARGE SCALE LIFT WILL BE ON THE DECREASE TONIGHT AS MID-LVL VORT
MAX GRADUALLY SHIFTS NORTHEAST TOWARD THE MID-ATLANTIC. BUT...AT
LEAST INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS...FORCING ALONG THE EAST SIDE
OF THIS FEATURE WILL CONTINUE TO COMBINE WITH PWATS NEAR 2.00"
(150% OF NORMAL). POPS WILL GENERALLY BE DETERMINED WITH RADAR
CVRG AT ZFP ISSUANCE TIME...BUT THEY WILL AT LEAST BE LIKELY WITH
HVY RAIN WORDING THIS EVENING.

THROUGH THE REST OF THE SHORT RANGE PERIOD...TROPICAL AIR REMAINS
OVER THE REGION AS THE MAIN SYNOPTIC SCALE FEATURE LOOKS TO BE A
SOUTHWARD DROPPING FRONTAL ZONE WHICH IS PROGGED TO MOVE FROM NORTH
OF THE OHIO VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON TO NEAR NORTHERN SECTIONS OF THE
DURING FRIDAY.

UNTIL THEN...MDLS DEPICT NEXT SHORTWAVE LIFTING NORTH OUT OF THE
GULF TO REMAIN WELL TO THE W/SW OF THE CWFA THURSDAY & THU NITE...
SO WOULD MAINLY EXPECT DIURNAL DEEP CONVECTION UNTIL FRIDAY WHEN
BETTER FORCING ALONG FRONTAL ZONE APPROACHES.

IN THE EXTENDED...AVN LINGERS FRONTAL ZONE JUST NORTH OF THE CWFA
INTO MONDAY WITH ATMOSPHERE SOUTH OF THE BNDRY REMAINING QUITE
MOIST. WILL CONTINUE CHC POPS INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK.

FCSTID = 55
GSP   71  87  71  85 /  70  50  40  40
AND   71  87  71  85 /  70  50  40  40
CLT   71  87  71  85 /  70  50  40  40
HKY   71  87  71  85 /  70  50  40  40
AVL   67  83  66  82 /  70  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.