Alert archive / South Carolina / Flash Flood Warnings in 2001

Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

June 25, 2001Spartanburg County, South Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this flash flood warning at Jun 25, 2001, 1:57 AM EDT for Spartanburg County, South Carolina. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 25, 2001, 1:57 AM EDT (05:57 UTC)
Expired
Jun 25, 2001, 5:00 AM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area
Whole counties

County Spartanburg County, SC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 22 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 00:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 228 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 00:00Z on 2001-06-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 553 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 00:00Z on 2001-06-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -10 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
553 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1280 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-10 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
35 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WGUS52 KGSP 250558
FFWGSP
SCC083-250900-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
157 AM EDT MON JUN 25 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 500 AM EDT

* AT 145 AM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY 
RAINFALL IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY...BETWEEN CROSS ANCHOR 
AND ENOREE.  RADAR ESTIMATES ARE MORE THAN 6 INCHES OF RAINFALL IN 
THE PAST FEW HOURS. HEAVY RAIN WAS ALSO SHOWN CONTINUING OVER THE 
CITY OF SPARTANBURG...AND THE EASTERN HALF OF THE COUNTY.

* FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY ALONG SMALL STREAMS IN THE SOUTHERN PART 
OF THE COUNTY...AND FLOODING OF INTERSTATE 26 IS POSSIBLE NEAR THE 
LAURENS COUNTY BORDER.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY
ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER
LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS.} IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT
QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY
IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

$$
NEAL/JONES

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Jun 25, 12:20 AM EDT, 1 hour 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 25, 12:20 AM EDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1220 AM EDT MON JUN 25 2001

QUICK UPDATE TO ADJUST POPS AND CLOUDS TO CURRENT RADAR AND
SATELLITE TRENDS.

FCSTID = 7
GSP   62  80  63  82 /  60  40  50  40
AND   63  81  63  83 /  30  40  50  40
CLT   64  78  64  81 /  50  40  50  30
HKY   60  76  62  76 /  50  40  50  30
AVL   57  72  58  75 /  30  40  50  40

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

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 24, 9:26 PM EDT, 4 hours 31 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
926 PM EDT SUN JUN 24 2001

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

855 PM     6 NE GAFFNEY              SC   WIND DAMAGE
06/24/01   CHEROKEE                       FEW TREES REPORTED DOWN
                                          BY EMERGENCY MANAGER...
                                          ALSO MARBLE SIZE HAIL
                                          REPORTED.

RBN
Local storm report, Jun 24, 10:28 PM EDT, 3 hours 29 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
1028 PM EDT SUN JUN 24 2001

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY L5OCATION....

955 PM     SHELBY                    NC   1.75 INCH HAIL
06/24/01   CLEVELAND                      GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL
                                          REPORTED BY EOC.

RB
Local storm report, Jun 24, 11:06 PM EDT, 2 hours 51 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
1106 PM EDT SUN JUN 24 2001

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

1100 PM    SHELBY                    NC   FLASH FLOOD
06/24/01   CLEVELAND                      EOC REPORTS STORM DRAINS
                                          BLOCKED  AND STREET
                                          FLOODING...

RB

The office that day

Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 25, 12:19 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPSpartanburg26 min
Jun 25, 4:10 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningGSPUnion3 hr
Jun 25, 5:12 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningGSPCherokee33 min
Jun 25, 5:20 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningGSPCherokee3 hr
Jun 25, 1:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPGreenville67 min
Jun 25, 2:29 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningGSPAnderson2 hr
Jun 25, 2:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPAnderson63 min
Jun 25, 3:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPSpartanburg55 min
Jun 25, 4:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPGreenville, Spartanburg26 min
Jun 25, 6:09 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningGSPLaurens2 hr
Jun 25, 6:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPLaurens43 min
Jun 25, 7:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPCherokee, York43 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in South Carolina, 2001Every flash flood warning in 2001

Sources

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.