Alert archive / South Carolina / Flash Flood Warnings in 2002
Flash Flood Warning 6, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this flash flood warning at Jul 1, 2002, 4:27 PM EDT for Greenville County, South Carolina. It was in force for 108 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
- Jul 1, 2002, 4:27 PM EDT (20:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 1, 2002, 6:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 108 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 20:26 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, 8.5 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
- 1309 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -89 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1046 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 25 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS52 KGSP 012027 FFWGSP SCC045-012215- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 427 PM EDT MON JUL 1 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... CENTRAL GREENVILLE COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA * UNTIL 615 PM EDT * AT 411 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN IN CENTRAL GREENVILLE COUNTY. AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGE LOCATED IN THE DEL NORTE SUBDIVISION HAVE RECORDED 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE PAST HOUR. * PERSONS AROUND BRUSHY CREEK...REEDY RIVER...AND GILDER CREEK SHOULD MONITOR WATER LEVELS...AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. ALSO SOME URBAN FLOODING OF ROADS...ESPECIALLY ALONG BOILING SPRINGS ROAD IS LIKELY OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE. EVEN MODERN SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES CANNOT BE SAFELY DRIVEN THROUGH FLOOD WATERS. $$ NED/PAT
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS72 KGSP 012104 FFSGSP SCC045-012215- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 503 PM EDT MON JUL 1 2002 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 615 PM EDT FOR GREENVILLE COUNTY... AT 500 PM THE AUTOMATED RIVER GAUGE ON BRUSHY CREEK IN THE DEL NORTE SUBDIVISION INDICATED THE THE LEVEL WAS 5.75 FEET. AT 6 FEET BOILING SPRINGS ROAD WILL START TO FLOOD AND WATER WILL REACH BANKFULL SPILLING OVER INTO YARDS ALONG THE CREEK IN THE DEL NORTE SUBDIVISION. KEEP AN EYE ON THE WEATHER AND STREAM CONDITIONS. PEOPLE ALONG STREAMS SHOULD BE READY FOR FLOODING BY MOVING TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. DO NOT BECOME A FATALITY DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS...THE ROAD COULD BE WASHED OUT FROM THE FLOW OF THE WATER...AND YOUR CAR COULD BE SWEPT AWAY BY THE SWIFTLY MOVING WATER. $$ NED/PAT
000 WGUS72 KGSP 012202 FFSGSP SCC045-012215- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 600 PM EDT MON JUL 1 2002 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 615 PM EDT FOR GREENVILLE COUNTY... AT 600 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT THE TORRENTIAL RAIN ASSOCIATED WITH THE CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS HAS ENDED ACROSS GREENVILLE COUNTY. LEVELS ON THE BRUSHY CREEK IN THE DEL NORTE SUBDIVISION CONTINUE TO FALL...AND ADDITIONAL RISES ON AREA STREAMS AND CREEK ARE NOT EXPECTED THROUGH THE EXPIRATION TIME. HOWEVER...SUBSTANTIAL STANDING WATER MAY PERSIST IN LOW SPOTS ON AREA ROADWAYS. IF YOUR LOCATION IS AFFECTED BY FLOODING...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. 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. $$ HG
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 Jul 1, 2:30 PM EDT, 1 hour 57 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 1, 2:30 PM EDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 230 PM EDT MON JUL 1 2002 TSRA ARE BEGINNING TO DEVELOP ALONG THE EASTERN ESCARPMENT OF THE BLUE RIDGE. CAPES ARE AOA 3000 AND WET BULB ZEROS ARE UNDER 10KFT. SFC DWPTS HAVE HARDLY MIXED OUT AT ALL TDA AND LLVL MOISTURE FLUX DIVERGENCE HAS BEEN BULLSEYED OVER THE NC MTNS FOR SEVERAL HRS NOW. IN ADDITION...A COUPLE WEAK H5 WAVES WL CROSS THE REGION FROM NE TO SW OVERNGHT. WHAT THIS MEANS IS THAT CONVECTION SHOULD KEEP GOING WELL INTO THE NGHT. AS FOR 1ST PERIOD THE AREAL COVERAGE...ITS TOO SOON TO REALLY TELL. WL INITIALLY PENCIL IN LIKELY POPS OVER THE SW CWA AND CHANCE POPS N TNGT...THOUGH IF THE VORT OVER WV CONTINUES TO ORGANIZE CONVECTION...WE COULD BE FACING SOMETHING ORGANIZED IN THE NRN ZONES LATE. TUE LOOKS VERY SIMILAR TO TDA. WEAK SHEAR AIXS WL CONTINUE TO BE ORIENTED NE TO SW ACROSS CWA. LLVL MOISTURE CONVERGENCE WL CONTINUE OVER THE CWA TO THE SE OF THESE UPPER WAVES DURING THE DAY...W/GOOD AREAL COVERAGE LIKELY AGAIN IN THE AFTN...ESPECIALLY OVER AND NEAR THE HIGHER TERRAIN. BY WED...DEEP MID CONTINENTAL RIDGE WL BEGIN TO PUSH FARTHER TO THE EAST. THE COLD TROF E OF THE RIDGE SHOULD STILL BE STRONG ENUF FOR TSRA IN THE AFTN...BUT SUSPECT THAT AREAL COVERAGE WL NOT BE AS GREAT. DEEP ELY FLOW ON THE 4TH. NO LLVL CONVERGENCE TO SPEAK OF ANYMORE...AND SUBSIDENCE AROUND THE RIDGE SHOULD REALLY EAT INTO OUR INSTABILITY. WE MAY SEE HARDLY ANYTHING THU...BUT WL HOLD ON TO 30 POPS. FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY... FOR FRI...AVN PUSHES A BACK DOOR COOL FRONT INTO AT LEAST THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE CWA. ECMWF SHOW A SIMILAR BUT WEAKER FEATURE SO WILL PRESERVE CHC POPS OF AFTERNOON TO EVENING TS/SH. FRONT SHOULD WASH OUT SAT AND SUN AND WILL KEEP FORECAST DRY WITH ONLY SILENT 20 POPS. MONDAY...REGION SHOULD BE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF HIGH PRESSURE AND WILL KEEP DRY AS WELL. TEMPS SHOULD BE OVER MEX VALUES AS PLAINS RIDGE IS EXPECTED TO BUILD IN FASTER THAN THE AVN ADVERTISES...THEREFORE WILL KEEP TEMPS GENERALLY HIGHER THAN GUIDANCE. FCSTID = 14 GSP 72 92 72 92 / 60 30 30 30 AND 72 92 72 92 / 60 30 30 30 CLT 71 92 71 92 / 30 30 30 30 HKY 70 89 70 89 / 40 40 40 30 AVL 66 85 66 85 / 60 50 50 40 .GSP... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. MCAVOY/NED
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 1, 11:10 AM EDT, 5 hours 17 minutes before
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-012200- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1110 AM EDT MON JUL 1 2002 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING... THE ATMOSPHERE WILL BECOME VERY UNSTABLE AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON AS DAYTIME HEATING BECOMES STRONG. MORNING ANALYSIS INDICATED THAT AMPLE LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WAS IN PLACE...AND THE UPPER LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE WERE QUITE COOL FOR THE SEASON. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COULD BEGIN TO DEVELOP IN THE MOUNTAINS AROUND NOON. THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WILL START IN FOOTHILL AND PIEDMONT SECTIONS A BIT LATER...WITH PEAK DEVELOPMENT SOUTH AND EAST OF THE MOUNTAINS DURING LATE AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. ANY STORMS TODAY COULD BECOME STRONG...WITH FREQUENT INTENSE LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL...AND EXTREMELY HEAVY RAINFALL. BECAUSE OF THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF STORMS...LOCAL FLOODING IS POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY IF STORMS DEVELOP OVER URBAN AREAS. SEVERE URBAN FLOODING DEVELOPED YESTERDAY IN PARTS OF GREENVILLE...REQUIRING A FLASH FLOOD WARNING. SIMILAR STORMS AND RAINFALL AMOUNTS COULD OCCUR AGAIN LATE TODAY OR THIS EVENING...AFFECTING ANY URBAN OR LOW FLOOD PRONE AREA. SOME STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE AGAIN TODAY...WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. STORMS YESTERDAY CAUSED A NUMBER OF REPORTS OF DIME TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS WHICH DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES. ALTHOUGH A SEVERE STORM COULD DEVELOP ANYWHERE IN THE FORECAST AREA...THE BEST CHANCE OF SEVERE WEATHER LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING WILL AGAIN BE ALONG THE INTERSTATE 85 CORRIDOR IN SOUTH CAROLINA. THERE ARE SOME INDICATIONS THERE COULD BE AN INCREASED THREAT LATER IN THE EVENING...IN PARTS OF THE NORTH CAROLINA NORTHERN FOOTHILLS AND NORTHERN PIEDMONT. STORM SPOTTERS SHOULD BE ALERT TO LATER STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS...AND BE PREPARED TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER OR FLOODING USING NORMAL SKYWARN PROCEDURES. JONES
Local storm report, Jul 1, 3:18 PM EDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
318 PM EDT MON JUL 01 2002
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
310 PM ROSMAN NC 1.25 INCH HAIL
07/01/02 TRANSYLVANIA HAIL BROKE WINDSHIELD ON
EM VEHICLE. REPORTED BY
TRANSYLVANIA EOC.
LAMBLocal storm report, Jul 1, 3:55 PM EDT, 32 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
355 PM EDT MON JUL 01 2002
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
350 PM 5 NW PUMPKINTOWN SC .75 INCH HAIL
07/01/02 PICKENS DIME SIZE HAIL AND HEAVY
RAIN REPORTED BY CO-OP
PATLocal storm report, Jul 1, 3:58 PM EDT, 29 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
358 PM EDT MON JUL 01 2002
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
356 PM GREENVILLE SC .75 INCH HAIL
07/01/02 GREENVILLE SPOTTER REPORTED NEAR BOB
JONES UNIV.
LAMBLocal storm report, Jul 1, 4:20 PM EDT, 7 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
420 PM EDT MON JUL 01 2002
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
410 PM 5 NNW FRANKLIN NC WIND DAMAGE
07/01/02 MACON TREES REPORTED DOWN BY
MACON EOC.
LAMBThe office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 8:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Anderson | 51 min |
| Jul 1, 3:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Greenville, Pickens | 41 min |
| Jul 1, 4:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Greenville | 41 min |
| Jul 1, 5:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Laurens, Spartanburg | 41 min |
| Jul 1, 5:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Union | 48 min |
| Jul 1, 6:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | York | 43 min |
| Jul 1, 6:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Laurens, Union | 48 min |
| Jul 1, 7:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | York | 53 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in South Carolina, 2002Every flash flood warning in 2002
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.