Flash Flood Warning 24, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

Issued

Jul 25, 2001, 4:45 PM EDT (20:45 UTC)

Expired

Jul 25, 2001, 6:45 PM EDT

In force

2 hr

Issued by

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

Area

Whole counties

County Greenville County, SC

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WGUS52 KGSP 252051
FFWGSP
SCC045-252245-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
445 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 645 PM EDT

* AT 441 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED ANOTHER    
  ROUND OF VERY HEAVY RAIN GETTING READY TO MOVE INTO NORTHERN
  GREENVILLE COUNTY. THIS WILL PUSH MANY CREEKS AND STREAMS THAT
  ARE NEAR BANKFULL TO EVENTUALLY COME OUT OF THEIR BANKS...AND      
  THREATEN TO CLOSE SOME ROADS. THE RAIN WILL EVENTUALLY FEED 
  DOWNSTREAM TO THE FLASHY REEDY RIVER AT DOWNTOWN GREENVILLE...AND 
  BRUSHY CREEK AT DEL NORTE...WHICH WAS CLOSE TO FLOOD STAGE AT 441  
  PM.

  AMONG ROADS CLOSED ALREADY DUE TO FLOODING IS RILEY SMITH BRIDGE
  ROAD...OFF ROPER MOUNTAIN ROAD. STREAMS AND CREEKS ALREADY OUT
  OF THEIR BANKS INCLUDE GILDER CREEK IN SIMPSONVILLE...WITH PART
  OF ADAMS MILL ROAD CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING. 
  
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 RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.

$$

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 40 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.