Alert archive / South Carolina / Flash Flood Warnings in 2003
Flash Flood Warning 55, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this flash flood warning at Jun 18, 2003, 11:24 PM EDT for Anderson County, Pickens 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 18, 2003, 11:24 PM EDT (03:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 19, 2003, 2:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Anderson County, SC, Pickens County, SC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:23 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 00:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 224 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
- 524 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 942 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 26 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS52 KGSP 190324 FFWGSP SCC007-077-190615- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1124 PM EDT WED JUN 18 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... NORTHERN ANDERSON COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA SOUTHEASTERN PICKENS COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA * UNTIL 215 AM EDT * AT 1108 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM CLEMSON TO WELCOME AND ALONG THE PICKENS AND ANDERSON COUNTY LINE. * THESE SLOW MOVING STORMS ARE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN. RAIN AMOUNTS HAVE RANGED FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES AN HOUR. THIS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS ESPECIALLY ALONG HIGHWAY 123...93 AND 81. EIGHTEEN MILE AND THREE AND TWENTY CREEKS WILL RISE RAPIDLY AND MAY OVERFLOW THEIR BANKS. 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. $$ NED/PT
1 follow-up statement
000 WGUS72 KGSP 190454 FFSGSP SCC007-077-190615- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1250 AM EDT THU JUN 19 2003 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 215 AM EDT FOR NORTHERN ANDERSON AND SOUTHERN PICKENS COUNTIES... A CLUSTER OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAS REMAINED NEARLY STATIONARY OVER THE PICKENS-ANDERSON COUNTY LINE SINCE LATE WEDNESDAY EVENING. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 1.5 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN FROM PENDLETON TO POWDERSVILLE. THIS CLUSTER IS EXPECTED TO RESULT IN AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCH BEFORE MOVING EAST OF THE AREA EARLY THIS MORNING. THIS RAINFALL WILL LIKELY PRODUCE FLOODING IN LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. EIGHTEEN MILE AND THREE AND TWENTY CREEKS WILL RISE RAPIDLY AND MAY OVERFLOW THEIR BANKS. MOTORIST SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR WATER ON ROADWAYS ESPECIALLY ALONG HIGHWAY 123...93 AND 81. AS OF 1230 AM...COUNTY OFFICIALS HAVE RECEIVED REPORTS OF MINOR FLOODING IN THE WARNED AREA. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. USE CAUTION IN OR NEAR ANY SMALL CREEK TONIGHT...AND AVOID ROUTES THAT YOU KNOW ARE FLOOD PRONE. $$ NED
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 18, 10:20 PM EDT, 1 hour 4 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 18, 10:20 PM EDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1020 PM EDT WED JUN 18 2003 SATELLITE W/V SHOWING S/W PASSING THROUGH THE FA. STILL POCKETS OF ENERGY UPSTREAM AND WILL EXPECT SH/ISO TS OVERNIGHT. ALTHOUGH DRIER AIR HAS WORKED IN OVER H5...PWS ON 0Z FFC SHOWING STILL MEASURING >1.7. WILL TAKE POPS DOWN FROM CATE TO LIKELY AND WILL DECREASE TS TO ISO. WILL KEEP GOING FFA AS COVERAGE IS EXPECTED TO DECREASE...BUT AS SHOWING CURRENTLY ON 88D SH AND TS WILL TEND TO TRAIN. UPDATED TO DECREASE CATE POPS TO LIKELY...TWEAK TEMPS AND ADD FOG. FCSTID = 16 GSP 69 85 67 84 / 70 50 50 10 AND 69 86 68 85 / 70 50 50 10 CLT 69 85 68 84 / 70 70 50 10 HKY 66 82 65 81 / 70 60 60 10 AVL 63 80 63 79 / 60 50 50 10 .GSP... GA...FLOOD WATCH FOR TONIGHT AND THURSDAY FOR ZONES GAZ010... GAZ017>018...GAZ026...GAZ028>029. NC...FLOOD WATCH FOR TONIGHT AND THURSDAY FOR ZONES NCZ033>037... NCZ048>059...NCZ062>072...NCZ082. SC...FLOOD WATCH FOR TONIGHT AND THURSDAY FOR ZONES SCZ001>014... SCZ019. NED
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 18, 5:50 AM EDT, 17 hours 34 minutes before
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-181145- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 550 AM EDT WED JUN 18 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 MUCH OF THE REGION AGAIN TODAY. A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS AND THE WESTERN FOOTHILLS. SEE OUR PRODUCT CAEFFAGSP FOR DETAILS. THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM THUNDERSTORMS TODAY WILL BE FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND TORRENTIAL RAIN. HOWEVER...A THUNDERSTORM WITH AN ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUST CANNOT BE RULED OUT LATE THIS AFTERNOON. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... MORE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON THURSDAY. ISOLATED LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN THE MORE PROMINENT THREAT. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AGAIN NEXT THURSDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...PRIMARILY TO REPORT FLOODING AND RAINFALL AMOUNTS. MCAVOY
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 18, 7:02 PM EDT, 4 hours 22 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
702 PM EDT WED JUN 18 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
645 PM MONROE NC FLASH FLOOD
06/18/03 UNION COUNTY DISPATCH REPORTED
NUMEROUS ROADS BARRICADED
DUE TO HIGH WATER.
SEVERAL IN MONROE...
STALLON... AND ALSO ON
HWY 601 NORTH.
645 PM CHARLOTTE NC FLASH FLOOD
06/18/03 MECKLENBURG COUNTY DISPATCH REPORTED
SEVERAL STREETS IN
CHARLOTTE CLOSED DUE TO
FLOODING. EAST
INDEPENDENCE...
RANDOLPH... AND
BALLENTINE CORPORATE
ROADS FLOODED.
LAMBThe office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 2:17 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Anderson, Pickens | 3 hr |
| Jun 19, 3:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Chester, Union | 59 min |
| Jun 19, 3:27 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Chester | 48 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.