Alert archive / South Carolina / Flash Flood Warnings in 2002
Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this flash flood warning at Sep 15, 2002, 5:01 PM EDT for Greenville County, South Carolina. It was in force for 119 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 15, 2002, 5:01 PM EDT (21:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 15, 2002, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 119 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Greenville County, SC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 14 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:02 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
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 259 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 97 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -167 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 457 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 148 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 253 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS52 KGSP 152101 FFWGSP SCC045-152300- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 502 PM EDT SUN SEP 15 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... CENTRAL GREENVILLE COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA * UNTIL 700 PM EDT * AT 445 PM EDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A FLASH FLOOD IN SEVERAL PARTS OF GREENVILLE COUNTY...INCLUDING MAULDIN AND THE EAST SIDE OF GREENVILLE. * HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE OVER GREENVILLE COUNTY...CAUSING RIVERS AND STREAMS TO RISE FURTHER. CREEKS ON THE EAST SIDE OF GREENVILLE...AND IN MAULDIN AND TAYLORS...CAN BE EXPECTED TO REMAIN OUT OF THEIR BANKS. 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. 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. PEOPLE BELOW SMALL DAMS AND PONDS SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY ALERT FOR RISING WATER. $$ 07
1 follow-up statement
000 WGUS72 KGSP 152218 FFSGSP SCC045-152300- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 618 PM EDT SUN SEP 15 2002 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 700 PM EDT FOR GREENVILLE COUNTY... EXTENSIVE FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED ON THE EAST SIDE OF GREENVILLE AND IN MAULDIN. MANY CREEKS WERE REPORTED OUT OF THEIR BANKS. ALTHOUGH THE THUNDERSTORMS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE RAIN THAT CAUSED THE FLOOING ARE MOVING OUT OF GREENVILLE COUNTY...RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE FOR SOME TIME...AND RIVERS AND STREAMS MAY CONTINUE TO RISE. DO NOT BECOME A FATALITY DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS...THE ROAD COULD BE WASHED OUT FROM THE FLOW OF THE WATER...AND YOUR CAR COULD BE SWEPT AWAY BY THE SWIFTLY MOVING WATER. $$ 07
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 Sep 15, 2:24 PM EDT, 2 hours 37 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 15, 2:24 PM EDT, 2 hours 37 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 224 PM EDT SUN SEP 15 2002 REMNANTS OF HANNA APPEARS TO BE ON A TRACK JUST S OF AREA. HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING FLOODING IN NE GA AND UPSTATE SC AT THIS TIME. FAVORABLE PARAMETERS FOR PRECIPITATION MOVE N INTO NC THIS EVENING AND OUT OF AREA OVERNIGHT. BASED ON RADAR TRENDS...LIMITED LIKELY POPS TO GSP/AVL AND POINTS NE...WITH CHANCE TO SW. EXTENDED FLOOD WATCH THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR AREA BETWEEN I-26 IN SC AND US-74 IN NC...WHERE LIKELY POPS COINCIDE WITH BETTER 48 HOUR RAINFALL TOTALS. ALTHOUGH I-40 CORRIDOR EXPECTED TO RECEIVE HEAVY RAIN AS WELL...PREVIOUS TOTALS ON LOW SIDE AND DO NOT THINK FLOODING AS LIKELY THERE. MON FEATURES PARTIAL DRYING ON BACK SIDE OF LEE TROUGH IN DOWNGLIDE FLOW...THOUGH ENOUGH MOISTURE TO MAINTAIN CHANCE POPS AS FRONT ARRIVES LATE IN DAY. FRONT THROUGH AREA MON NIGHT...STALLING JUST S OF AREA. BY TUE NIGHT ENOUGH MOISTURE ALONG TAIL OF FRONT TO INTRODUCE POPS S AN W...SPREADING NE ACROSS AREA WED. EXTENDED FEATURES ANOTHER FRONT REACHING AREA FRI...WITH YET ANOTHER FRONT APPROACHING ON SUN. CHANCE POPS THROUGH MUCH OF EXTENDED. CURRENT FORECAST OF NEXT TROPICAL SYSTEM TOO FAR AWAY TO IMPACT LOCAL AREA BY DAY 7. FCSTID = 7 GSP 66 87 65 84 / 60 30 20 10 AND 67 88 66 85 / 40 30 20 10 CLT 65 87 64 83 / 60 30 20 10 HKY 65 86 64 82 / 60 30 20 10 AVL 62 83 60 80 / 60 30 20 10 .GSP... GA...NONE. NC...FLOOD WATCH FOR THIS EVENING FOR ZONES NCZ066>072...NCZ082. SC...FLOOD WATCH FOR THIS EVENING FOR ZONES SCZ003...SCZ006>009...SCZ012>014. O7
In the hours before
Local storm report, Sep 15, 2:38 PM EDT, 2 hours 23 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
238 PM EDT SUN SEP 15 2002
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
236 PM WALHALLA SC FLASH FLOOD
09/15/02 OCONEE TORRINGTON ROAD NEAR
WALHALLA IS CLOSED DUE TO
FLOODING. REPORT FROM
COUNTY 911.
230 PM SENECA SC FLASH FLOOD
09/15/02 OCONEE MAULDIN MILL RD NEAR
SENECA CLOSED DUE TO
FLOODING. REPORT FROM
COUNTY 911.
HANDELLocal storm report, Sep 15, 4:41 PM EDT, 20 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
441 PM EDT SUN SEP 15 2002
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
450 PM ANDERSON SC HEAVY RAINFALL
09/15/02 ANDERSON SEVERAL TREES DOWN DO TO
WET SOILS...ONE FELL OVER
SOME RAILROAD TRACKS
330 PM PIEDMONT SC FLOODING
09/15/02 GREENVILLE HIGHWAY 20 FLOODED
337 PM MAULDIN SC FLOODING
09/15/02 GREENVILLE CREEK FLOODING IN
FORRESTER WOODS
SUBDIVISION...ALSO AT
BUTLER AND VERDIN ROADS.
340 PM GREENVILLE SC FLOODING
09/15/02 GREENVILLE LAURENS ROAD AT WINBLEY
AND CLEVELAND STREETS
CLOSED DUE TO FLOIDING.
SOME HOMES FLOODED AROUND
CLEVELAND STREET. SINK
HOLE REPORTED AT KEITH
INDUSTRIAL.
345 PM GREENVILLE SC FLOODING
09/15/02 GREENVILLE FLOODING REPORTED ON
PELHAM ROAD AT SILVER
CREEK...CAR STUCK ON
FLOODED BRIDGE ON RILEY
SMITH ROAD...COACH HILL
FLOODED...ADDISON TOWN
HOMES FLOODED...EDWARDS
AND HOWELL ROADS FLOODED.
RBNLocal storm report, Sep 15, 4:58 PM EDT, 3 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
458 PM EDT SUN SEP 15 2002
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
330 PM ANDERSON SC HEAVY RAINFALL
09/15/02 ANDERSON SEVERAL TREES DOWN DO TO
WET SOILS...ONE FELL OVER
SOME RAILROAD TRACKS
330 PM PIEDMONT SC FLOODING
09/15/02 GREENVILLE HIGHWAY 20 FLOODED
337 PM MAULDIN SC FLOODING
09/15/02 GREENVILLE CREEK FLOODING IN
FORRESTER WOODS
SUBDIVISION...ALSO AT
BUTLER AND VERDIN ROADS.
340 PM GREENVILLE SC FLOODING
09/15/02 GREENVILLE LAURENS ROAD AT WINBLEY
AND CLEVELAND STREETS
CLOSED DUE TO FLOIDING.
SOME HOMES FLOODED AROUND
CLEVELAND STREET. SINK
HOLE REPORTED AT KEITH
INDUSTRIAL.
345 PM GREENVILLE SC FLOODING
09/15/02 GREENVILLE FLOODING REPORTED ON
PELHAM ROAD AT SILVER
CREEK...CAR STUCK ON
FLOODED BRIDGE ON RILEY
SMITH ROAD...COACH HILL
FLOODED...ADDISON TOWN
HOMES FLOODED...EDWARDS
AND HOWELL ROADS FLOODED.
RBNThe office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 15, 5:29 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Spartanburg | 3 hr |
Nearby
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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.