Alert archive / South Carolina / Flash Flood Warnings in 2003
Flash Flood Warning 108, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this flash flood warning at Aug 5, 2003, 11:17 PM EDT for Greenville County, Spartanburg County, South Carolina. It was in force for 118 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
- Aug 5, 2003, 11:17 PM EDT (03:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 6, 2003, 1:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 118 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Greenville County, SC, Spartanburg County, SC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 5 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:17 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, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 244 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
- 1051 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -19 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1040 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 80 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 2.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS52 KGSP 060321 FFWGSP SCC045-083-060615- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1117 PM EDT TUE AUG 5 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN SPARTANBURG COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA GREENVILLE COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA * UNTIL 215 AM EDT * AT 1108 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUING TO FALL FROM AROUND THE GSP AIRPORT INTO SOUTHEAST GREENVILLE COUNTY AND SOUTHERN SPARTANBURG COUNTY. * HOURLY RAINFALL RATES COULD BE AS HIGH AS 2 INCHES...WITH STORM TOTAL RAINFALL NEARING 4 OR 5 INCHES IN A FEW SPOTS BEFORE STORMS DIMINISH DURING THE OVERNIGHT 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. $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WGUS72 KGSP 060438 FFSGSP SCC045-059-083-060630- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1239 AM EDT WED AUG 6 2003 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS CONTINUE UNTIL 115 FOR LAURENS COUNTY AND UNTIL 215 AM FOR GREENVILLE AND SOUTHERN SPARTANBURG COUNTIES... HEAVY RAIN HAD DIMINISHED CONSIDERABLY ACROSS THE WARNING AREAS LATE TONIGHT...BUT THERE WERE STILL SOME SMALL CELLS WITH HEAVY RAIN NEAR FOUNTAIN INN AND NEAR WARE SHOALS. RAIN WAS MOVING OUT OF SPARTANBURG COUNTY INTO UNION COUNTY. FLOODING WAS REPORTED EARLIER ALONG PARTS OF INTERSTATE 385 BETWEEN FOUNTAIN INN AND LAURENS. QUICK RISES ON STREAMS LIKELY OCCURRED AS WELL AROUND WOODRUFF AND ENOREE. BRIDGES WERE WASHED OUT IN EARLIER FLOODING IN PARTS OF SPARTANBURG COUNTY. THE WARNINGS WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL EXPIRATION SINCE SOME ROADS AND BRIDGES LIKELY REMAIN FLOODED. DO NOT BECOME A FATALITY DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS...THE ROAD COULD BE WASHED OUT FROM THE FLOW OF THE WATER...AND YOUR CAR COULD BE SWEPT AWAY BY THE SWIFTLY MOVING WATER. $$ 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 Aug 5, 9:40 PM EDT, 1 hour 37 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 5, 9:40 PM EDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 940 PM EDT TUE AUG 5 2003 VERY BUSY WATCHING STORMS AROUND GSP METRO AND POINTS SE ATTM...BUT FEEL CWFA AS WHOLE IN GOOD SHAPE ZFPWISE WITH EARLIER UPDATE OF CHC POPS FOR THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. WILL TRY AND FIND TIME DURING LATE EVENING TO FRESHEN UP GRIDS AND POSSIBLY SNEAK OUT A QUICK ZFP UPDATE. FCSTID = 55 GSP 68 86 69 86 / 60 40 40 40 AND 69 88 69 88 / 40 40 40 40 CLT 68 87 69 87 / 60 40 40 40 HKY 65 85 67 84 / 40 40 40 40 AVL 62 82 64 81 / 40 40 40 40 .GSP... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE.
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 5, 5:05 AM EDT, 18 hours 12 minutes before
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-051100- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 505 AM EDT TUE AUG 5 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA TODAY. A FEW OF THESE STORMS COULD REACH SEVERE LEVELS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL CAN ALSO BE ANTICIPATED. SEE THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK (CAESPSGSP) FOR MORE DETAILED INFORMATION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE PERIOD...MAINLY IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WITH THE GROUND NEARLY SATURATED RAINFALL WILL RUNOFF INTO NEARBY STREAMS AND CREEKS. IF THESE HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP THROUGHOUT THE WEEK AS EXPECTED...FLOODING MAY RESULT. SEE THE LATEST FLOOD POTENTIAL OUTLOOK (ESFGSP) FOR MORE DETAILED INFORMATION. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. NED
In the hours before
Local storm report, Aug 5, 5:21 PM EDT, 5 hours 56 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
521 PM EDT TUE AUG 05 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
515 PM MOUNT HOLLY NC .75 INCH HAIL
08/05/03 GASTON DIME SIZED HAIL REPORTED
BY DUKE POWER COMPANY
METEOROLOGIST.
KRENTZLocal storm report, Aug 5, 5:32 PM EDT, 5 hours 45 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
532 PM EDT TUE AUG 05 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
525 PM UNION GROVE NC .75 INCH HAIL
08/05/03 IREDELL 3/4 INCH HAIL REPORTED BY
SKYWARN SPOTTER NEAR
HARMONY AND UNION GROVE.
KRENTZLocal storm report, Aug 5, 5:46 PM EDT, 5 hours 31 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
546 PM EDT TUE AUG 05 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
528 PM WEST CHARLOTTE NC WIND DAMAGE
08/05/03 MECKLENBURG COUNTY 911 OFFICIALS
REPORTED TREE DOWN ON
HOUSE.
537 PM 3 E UNION GROVE NC 1.75 INCH HAIL
08/05/03 IREDELL GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL
REPORTED BY HAM RADIO
SPOTTER.
KRENTZLocal storm report, Aug 5, 8:15 PM EDT, 3 hours 2 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
815 PM EDT TUE AUG 05 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
756 PM JONESVILLE SC WIND DAMAGE
08/05/03 UNION COUNTY 911 OFFICALS
REPORTED ROOF BLOWN OFF
MOBILE HOME.
KRENTZLocal storm report, Aug 5, 8:56 PM EDT, 2 hours 21 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
856 PM EDT TUE AUG 05 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
820 PM UNION SC WIND DAMAGE
08/05/03 UNION COUNTY 911 OFFICIALS
REPORTED NUMEROUS TREES
DOWN AND POWER OUTAGES
ALL AROUND TOWN.
KRENTZSpecial weather statement, Aug 5, 9:21 PM EDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before
SCZ012-060230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 921 PM EDT TUE AUG 5 2003 ...THUNDERSTORMS STRENGTHENING ACROSS NORTHERN LAURENS COUNTY... AT 915 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING WESTWARD ACROSS THE ENOREE RIVER IN NORTHERN LAURENS COUNTY. THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD CONTINUE TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE ACROSS THE AREA AND MOVE SOUTH ACROSS THE COUNTY THROUGH LATE EVENING. INTERESTS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD BE READY FOR VERY HEAVY RAIN...CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND POSSIBLY SOME HAIL AND STRONG WIND GUSTS. 55
The office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 8:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Union | 45 min |
| Aug 5, 8:33 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Union | 117 min |
| Aug 5, 8:33 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Cherokee, Union | 117 min |
| Aug 5, 9:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Laurens | 57 min |
| Aug 5, 10:08 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Laurens | 3 hr |
| Aug 6, 4:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Spartanburg | 46 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in South Carolina, 2003Every flash flood warning in 2003
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.