Flash Flood Warning 23, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

Issued

Jul 25, 2001, 4:20 PM EDT (20:20 UTC)

Expired

Jul 25, 2001, 6:15 PM EDT

In force

115 min

Issued by

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

Area

Whole counties

County Anderson County, SC

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WGUS52 KGSP 252028
FFWGSP
SCC007-252215-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 615 PM EDT

* AT 416 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF 
  MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS...WITH SOME EMBEDDED
  THUNDERSTORMS...STRETCHING ACROSS CENTRAL ANDERSON COUNTY...FROM 
  PIEDMONT...THROUGH ANDERSON...TO STARR. THE SHOWERS WERE MOVING 
  REPEATEDLY OVER THE SAME AREAS...AS THE ENTIRE BAND OF RAIN SHIFTS 
  VERY SLOWLY SOUTHWARD.

  COUNTY OFFICIALS REPORT THAT FLOODING CONTINUED IN PIEDMONT...AND
  ON THE ANDERSON COUNTY SIDE OF THE TOWN OF EASLEY. RAINFALL OF AN 
  ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES WILL LIKELY CAUSE ADDITIONAL STREAMS  
  AND CREEKS TO OVERFLOW THEIR BANKS...ESPECIALLY IN STARR AND       
  ANDERSON...AND EVENTUALLY IN THE VICINITY OF IVA.

DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH WATER COVERING ROADWAYS. IF YOU ENCOUNTER 
STANDING WATER...STOP! TURN AROUND AND SEEK ANOTHER ROUTE TO REACH 
YOUR DESTINATION SAFELY.

TO REPORT FLOODING HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY YOUR
REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN
GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG.

$$

BURRUS

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Jul 25, 3:05 PM EDT, 1 hour 15 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.