Alert archive / South Carolina / Flash Flood Warnings in 2003
Flash Flood Warning 57, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this flash flood warning at Jun 19, 2003, 2:17 AM 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 19, 2003, 2:17 AM EDT (06:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 19, 2003, 5:15 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 06:17 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
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 6.3 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 190620 FFWGSP SCC007-077-190915- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 217 AM EDT THU JUN 19 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS EXTENDED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... NORTHERN ANDERSON COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA SOUTHEASTERN PICKENS COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA * UNTIL 515 AM EDT * AT 215 AM...WEATHER RADAR SHOWED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...CONTINUING ACROSS NORTHERN ANDERSON COUNTY...AND EXTREME SOUTHERN PICKENS COUNTY NEAR THE ANDERSON COUNTY LINE. RADAR HAS ESTIMATED BETWEEN 4 AND 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE LATE WEDNESDAY EVENING WITHIN THE WARNING AREA. THE SHOWERS AND STORMS WERE MOVING ONLY VERY SLOWLY TO THE EAST...AND COULD PRODUCE ANOTHER INCH OF RAIN BEFORE ENDING. * MAJOR FLASH FLOODING WAS ONGOING ACROSS THE WARNING AREA. MANY ROADS WERE CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING OF CREEKS IN AND AROUND PENDLETON...AND IN THE VICINITY OF EASLEY. A BRIDGE WAS BEING CLOSELY MONITORED ON POPE FIELD ROAD...FOR FEAR THAT THE CREEK IT CROSSED WOULD WASH OUT THE BRIDGE. ADDITIONAL FLOODING IS LIKELY ACROSS SOUTHERN PICKENS...AND NORTHERN COUNTIES...BEFORE PRECIPITATION ENDS. TOWNS THAT COULD BE AFFECTED ALSO INCLUDE PICKENSVILLE...POWDERSVILLE...AND FIVE FORKS. 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. 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. TO REPORT FLOODING HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG. $$ BURRUS
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS72 KGSP 190824 FFSGSP SCC007-077-190915- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 422 AM EDT THU JUN 19 2003 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 515 AM EDT FOR NORTHERN ANDERSON...AND SOUTHEASTERN PICKENS COUNTIES... AT 420 AM...WEATHER RADAR SHOWED NO PRECIPITATION WITHIN THE WARNING AREA...BUT DID SHOW A DEVELOPING LINE OF SHOWERS AND STORMS FROM JUST NORTH OF CLEMSON...WEST AND SOUTH THROUGH WALHALLA...WESTMINSTER AND TOCCOA. THESE SHOWERS COULD SPREAD OVER THE FLOOD WARNING AREA LATER...EXACERBATING ONGOING FLOODING. IN ANDERSON COUNTY...SEVERAL ROADS REMAINED CLOSED BY SWOLLEN CREEKS. IN PENDLETON...EAST QUEEN...SOUTH ELM...AND CHERRY STREETS WERE ALL CLOSED...AND WATER FROM CHERRY STREET HAD BACKED UP INTO THE WEBB CEMETERY. HAMLIN ROAD WAS ALSO CLOSED. BISHOP BRANCH CREEK HAD CLOSED REFUGE ROAD...AND PART OF HIGHWAY 178 WAS CLOSED NEAR MCMURPHY ROAD NEAR ITS INTERSECTION WITH BISHOP BRANCH. FLOODING HAD ALSO STRETCHED TO NORTHEAST ANDERSON COUNTY. A LONG STRETCH OF HIGHWAY 81 WAS CLOSED NEAR POWDERSVILLE FROM LEE ROAD...TO WREN SCHOOL ROAD. WATSON ROAD OFF HIGHWAY 81 WAS CLOSED DUE TO FLOOD WATER...AND SLABTOWN ROAD WAS CLOSED NEAR HIGHWAY 88. IN PICKENS COUNTY...SLOW IMPROVEMENT HAD BEEN NOTED BY COUNTY OFFICIALS. WATER LEVELS WERE SLOWLY RECEDING IN THE VICINITY OF POPE FIELD ROAD...AND A BRIDGE THAT WAS IN DANGER OF WASHING OUT HAD REPORTEDLY HELD. WHILE IMPROVEMENT IN NORTHERN ANDERSON...AND SOUTHEAST PICKENS...COUNTIES SHOULD OCCUR THROUGH 515 AM...WATER LEVELS COULD EXPERIENCE A SPIKE UPWARD IF THE SHOWERS AND STORMS IN EASTERN OCONEE...AND EXTREME WESTERN PICKENS...COUNTIES SHIFT EAST AND SOUTHEAST INTO THE FLOOD WARNING AREAS. DO NOT BECOME A FATALITY DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS...THE ROAD COULD BE WASHED OUT FROM THE FLOW OF THE WATER...AND YOUR CAR COULD BE SWEPT AWAY BY THE SWIFTLY MOVING WATER. $$ BURRUS
000 WGUS72 KGSP 190927 FFSGSP SCC077-191015- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 527 AM EDT THU JUN 19 2003 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WHICH WAS IN EFFECT FOR PICKENS COUNTY HAS EXPIRED AS OF 515 AM 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. COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY NEW REPORTS OF FLOODING OR PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH FLOODING IN THE AFFECTED AREA OF SOUTHEAST PICKENS COUNTY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS CONCERNING THIS EVENT. $$ SBK
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, 3 hours 57 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 18, 10:20 PM EDT, 3 hours 57 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, 20 hours 27 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 19, 2:06 AM EDT, 11 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
206 AM EDT THU JUN 19 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1230 AM PENDLETON SC FLASH FLOOD
06/19/03 ANDERSON COUNTY 911 REPORTS
NUMEROUS
STREETS...BRIDGES...AND
STRUCTURES FLOODED. A CAR
WAS WASHED OFF THE
ROAD...MOTORIST WAS
RESCUED. HWY 8...81...AND
178 HAS TREES
DOWN...ASSUMED BY HEAVY
RAIN. TIME ESTIMATED AS
EVENT HAS BEEN PROLONGED.
1230 AM EASLEY SC FLASH FLOOD
06/19/03 PICKENS POPE FIELD ROAD BRIDGE
FLOODED. HWY 8 SOUTH IS
COVERED BY 8 INCHES OF
WATER. TIME ESTIMATED.
NEDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 11:24 PM 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.