Flash Flood Warning 119, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

000 
WGUS72 KGSP 142346
FFSGSP
NCC119-179-150130-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
744 PM EDT THU AUG 14 2003

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 915 PM EDT FOR MECKLENBURG
AND UNION COUNTIES...

AT 740 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED THAT THE INITIAL BAND OF HEAVY RAIN 
HAD MOVED SOUTH OF THE AREA. HOWEVER...A SMALLER AREA OF MODERATE TO 
HEAVY RAIN WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE MECKLENBURG...UNION 
COUNTY LINE.

THE UNION COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS CENTER REPORTED THAT WATER RESCUES 
WERE BEING CONDUCTED IN THE WESTERN PART OF THE COUNTY. ROADS WERE 
REPORTED TO BE FLOODED AND IMPASSABLE IN THE WEDDINGTON AND INDIAN 
TRAIL AREAS. A SPOTTER REPORTED THAT A CREEK WHICH FEEDS INTO 12 
MILE CREEK IN WEDDINGTON WAS COMING UP INTO LAWNS AND COVERED PART 
OF A DRIVEWAY...THE HIGHEST THE WATER HAD BEEN IN THAT AREA IN FIVE 
YEARS.

THE SAME SPOTTER REPORTED 2.82 INCHES OF RAIN IN A LITTLE OVER AN 
HOURS TIME. RADAR ESTIMATED THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN 
ACROSS A LARGE PART OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN UNION COUNTY...AND A 
SMALL PART OF EASTERN MECKLENBURG COUNTY...WITH AMOUNTS APPROACHING 
4 INCHES BETWEEN FAIRVIEW AND MINT HILL.
 
RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAIN...AND ADDITIONAL RAIN MOVING INTO THE 
AREA...WILL LIKELY CAUSE A FEW MORE STREAMS TO LEAVE THEIR BANKS 
ALONG THE MECKLENBURG...UNION COUNTY LINE.

DURING HEAVY RAIN EVENTS...SEVERE URBAN FLOODING CAN OCCUR IN AREAS
SUCH AS UNDERPASSES...AND LOW AREAS WHERE WATER TENDS TO COLLECT.
CHILDREN SHOULD BE KEPT AWAY FROM SMALL STREAMS AND STORM DRAINS.

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.

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000 
WGUS72 KGSP 150116
FFSGSP
NCC119-150145-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
916 PM EDT THU AUG 14 2003

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WHICH WAS IN EFFECT FOR MECKLENBURG COUNTY
HAS EXPIRED AS OF 915 PM EDT...

THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA. STREAMS AND CREEKS IN
THE WARNED AREA HAVE RECEDED OR WERE BEGINNING TO RECEDE...ENDING THE
FLASH FLOOD THREAT. EVEN THOUGH STREAMS AND CREEKS WERE RECEDING...
SOME ROADWAYS STILL MAY BE COVERED WITH WATER. MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED
TO AVOID DRIVING THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.

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.

$$
BURRUS

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
226 PM EDT THU AUG 14 2003

UPPER LEVEL RIDGE TO CONTINUE RETROGRESSION...WITH ANOTHER EAST
COAST TROUGH BEING CARVED OUT BY SHORTWAVES BY SAT. IMPULSE DROPPING
S ACROSS AREA THIS EVENING. BEST INSTABILITY E...BUT OROGRAPHIC
EFFECTS ALREADY RESULTING IN CONVECTION W. PLENTY OF DEEP MOISTURE
TO WORK WITH. AREA BETWEEN IMPULSES FRI...WITH MID LEVELS DRIER.
INSTABILITY AGAIN BEST IN E. A SLIGHTLY STRONGER IMPULSE CROSSES
AREA SAT...WITH DEEP MOISTURE BACK IN PLACE. STRONG SHORTWAVE
CROSSES AREA SUN ACCOMPANIED BY SURFACE COLD FRONT...WITH MID LEVELS
DRYING AGAIN.

WILL CARRY CHANCE POPS EACH AFTERNOON AND EVENING. TEMPERATURES
INITIALLY WARM UNDER UPPER RIDGE...THEN COOLING A COUPLE OF DEGREES
AS HEIGHTS FALL IN DIGGING TROUGH.

EXTENDED FORECAST STARTS WITH DEEP TROUGH IN PLACE ALONG
APPALACHIANS. BY MID TO LATE WEEK A LOW IN THE BASE OF THE TROUGH
MOVES OFF TO NE...WITH ANOTHER SHORTWAVE RIGHT BEHIND IT IN BRIEFLY
ZONAL FLOW. COLD FRONT TO STALL AND WASH OUT OVER AREA EARLY NEXT
WEEK...LEAVING BAND OF MOISTURE ACROSS AREA INTO LATE WEEK.
TEMPERATURES NEAR NORMAL BETWEEN NEW E COAST TROUGH AND FLAT RIDGE
TO S.

FCSTID = 07

GSP 71 90 71 88 / 40 30 30 30
AND 72 91 72 89 / 40 30 30 30
CLT 69 89 70 88 / 40 30 30 30
HKY 68 86 68 86 / 40 30 30 30
AVL 66 83 65 83 / 40 30 30 30

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

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014-
019-141045-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
439 AM EDT THU AUG 14 2003

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

DICARLO

NCZ071-082-SCZ009-014-142315-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
605 PM EDT THU AUG 14 2003

...THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING CONTINUOUS LIGHTNING AND TORRENTIAL
RAIN...

AT 600 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LARGE CLUSTER OF
THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM STURDIVANTS TO MONROE AND MATHEWS AND
INTO THE WESTERN SUBURBS OF CHARLOTTE. THE STORMS WERE MOVING
SOUTHWEST AT 25 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE PRODUCING AN UNUSUAL AMOUNT OF
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING....AS WELL AS VERY HEAVY RAIN AND WINDS
GUSTING TO AROUND 40 MPH. IF THE STORMS HOLD TOGETHER...THEY WILL
AFFECT AREAS FROM LAKE WYLIE TO ROCK HILL AND FORT LAWN BETWEEN 630
AND 7 PM.

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