Alert archive / South Carolina / Flash Flood Warnings in 2003
Flash Flood Warning 75, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this flash flood warning at Jul 13, 2003, 8:06 PM EDT for Cherokee County, South Carolina. It was in force for 114 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 13, 2003, 8:06 PM EDT (00:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 13, 2003, 10:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 114 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Cherokee County, SC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:10 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, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 193 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
- 16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -132 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1291 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 141 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 227 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS52 KGSP 140009 FFWGSP SCC021-140200- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 806 PM EDT SUN JUL 13 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... CHEROKEE COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA * UNTIL 1000 PM EDT * AT 804 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER CENTRAL AND EASTERN CHEROKEE COUNTY. BRUGG STREET IN BLACKSBURG HAD BEEN CLOSED BECAUSE OF FLOODING OF RIVER ROAD IN CHEROKEE FALLS IS LIKELY AS THE HEAVY RAIN WORKS DOWNSTREAM. ADDITIONAL STREAMS AND CREEKS WILL EXPERIENCE SIGNIFICANT RISES THROUGH 10 PM AND A FEW MAY COME OUT OF THEIR BANKS AND FLOOD ROADS. 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. $$ BURRUS
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS72 KGSP 140056 FFSGSP SCC021-140200- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 855 PM EDT SUN JUL 13 2003 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 10 PM EDT FOR CHEROKEE COUNTY... AT 850 PM...WEATHER RADAR SHOWED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS GRADUALLY WEAKENING AND PULLING TO THE SOUTHEAST. SIGNIFICANT URBAN FLOODING APPEARS ONGOING BETWEEN GAFFNEY AND BLACKSBURG...WITH WATER FROM THE BROAD RIVER COVERING LITTLE HOPE AND RIVER ROADS. ANOTHER ROUND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE PULLING INTO CHEROKEE COUNTY LATER THIS EVENING. A COMBINATION OF URBAN FLOODING AND CREEK FLOODING WAS ADVERSELY IMPACTING TRAVEL ON SEVERAL ROADS BETWEEN GAFFNEY AND BLACKSBURG...INCLUDING FOSTER LAKE ROAD...DOGWOOD DRIVE AND RIVER DRIVE. ADDITIONAL FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS ALONG THE BROAD RIVER APPEARS LIKELY AS WATER FROM UPSTREAM FUNNELS THROUGH THE RIVER BASIN. DO NOT BECOME A FATALITY DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS...THE ROAD COULD BE WASHED OUT FROM THE FLOW OF THE WATER...AND YOUR CAR COULD BE SWEPT AWAY BY THE SWIFTLY MOVING WATER. $$ BURRUS
000 WGUS72 KGSP 140202 FFSGSP SCC021-140300- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1000 PM EDT SUN JUL 13 2003 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WHICH WAS IN EFFECT FOR CHEROKEE COUNTY HAS EXPIRED AS OF 1000 PM EDT... AT 10 PM...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED NO RAIN LEFT IN CHEROKEE COUNTY. A BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO CHEROKEE COUNTY AROUND MIDNIGHT...WHICH COULD RESULT IN RISES ONCE AGAIN ON AREA STREAMS AND CREEKS...AND CREATE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS AND IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. AN OBSERVER AT GAFFNEY REPORTED 4.4 INCHES OF RAIN. A FEW ROADS BETWEEN GAFFNEY AND BLACKSBURG WERE FLOODED OUT EARLIER BUT COUNTY OFFICIALS REPORT NOW THAT STANDING WATER WAS CONFINED TO LOW SPOTS NEAR THE BROAD RIVER. 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
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 13, 3:31 PM EDT, 4 hours 35 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 13, 3:31 PM EDT, 4 hours 35 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 331 PM EDT SUN JUL 13 2003 FOR THE SHORT TERM...MULTICELLULAR CLUSTERS OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND MOVE EAST ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS WELL INTO THE EVENING HOURS. EXPECT A FEW MORE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS GIVEN A FAVORABLE ENVIRONMENT OF COOL TROF AT MID LEVELS AND LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE ALONG AND SOUTH OF SURFACE BOUNDARY CUTTING EAST TO WEST ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA. THE CONVECTION MAY PERSIST THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AS IT SHIFTS OFF TO THE EAST AS THE SYNOPTIC ENVIRONMENT SHOULD CONTINUE TO SUPPORT IT...WITH SHORT WAVE ROTATING AROUND BOTTOM OF UPPER TROF AND UPPER DIVERGENCE IN RIGHT ENTRANCE REGION OF UPPER JET. ON MONDAY...THE BEST FORCING SHIFTS OFF TO THE EAST...PUTTING THE PIEDMONT IN THE GRADIENT OF PRECIP PROBABILITY WITH CHANCE ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS AND LIKELY TO OUR EAST. THE FORCING SHOULD DIMINISH LATE IN THE DAY AS ENERGY PULLS OUT OF THE UPPER TROF. AS A RESULT...CONVECTION SHOULD ALSO BE MORE DIURNAL IN NATURE. TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY SHOULD ALSO FEATURE TYPICAL DIURNAL CONVECTION. HAVE STAYED RELATIVELY CLOSE TO TEMP GUIDANCE THROUGHOUT. FOR THE MEDIUM RANGE...HAVE FOLLOWED HPC SCENARIO AND GUIDANCE FAIRLY CLOSELY...WHICH FAVORS THE ENSEMBLE GFS/ECMWF. THIS SCENARIO KEEPS PRECIP PROBABILITY AND TEMPS CLOSE TO CLIMATOLOGY. SEE LITTLE REASON TO CHANGE MUCH OF WHAT WE HAVE IN THE ONGOING FORECAST...WITH THE EXCEPTION OF HIGH TEMPS ON SATURDAY...WHICH WILL BE RAISED A FEW DEGREES TO COME INTO LINE WITH ENSEMBLE MOS GUIDANCE UNDER THE ASSUMPTION THAT ANY FRONT THAT MIGHT MOVE THROUGH WILL BE WEAK. FCSTID = 10 GSP 67 86 68 88 / 60 40 40 30 AND 68 86 69 88 / 60 40 40 30 CLT 67 85 68 88 / 60 50 50 40 HKY 66 84 67 87 / 60 40 40 30 AVL 63 82 63 84 / 60 40 30 30 .GSP... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. MOORE
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 13, 4:50 AM EDT, 15 hours 16 minutes before
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-131100- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 450 AM EDT SUN JUL 13 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AND ORGANIZE ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA IN RESPONSE TO AN UPPER LEVEL TROF MOVING EAST TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST U.S.. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... SCATTERD...MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE MOST DAYS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED. RB
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 13, 6:27 PM EDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
627 PM EDT SUN JUL 13 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
552 PM HICKORY TAVERN SC WIND DAMAGE
07/13/03 LAURENS LAURENS 911 REPORTED
TREES DOWN HWY 56 AND
GREEN PLAINS ROAD IN
HICKORY TAVERN.
TJBLocal storm report, Jul 13, 6:59 PM EDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
659 PM EDT SUN JUL 13 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
515 PM CARNESVILLE GA WIND DAMAGE
07/13/03 FRANKLIN EOC REPORTED 2 TREES
BLOWN DOWN ON BOLD
SPRINGS ROAD NEAR
CARNESVILLE.
JMPLocal storm report, Jul 13, 7:10 PM EDT, 56 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
710 PM EDT SUN JUL 13 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
330 PM LIBERTY SC WIND DAMAGE
07/13/03 PICKENS TV STATION REPORTED ROOF
BLOWN OFF LOWES SUPPLY
BUILDING IN LIBERY AND
TREES SNAPPED.
TJBLocal storm report, Jul 13, 7:10 PM EDT, 56 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
710 PM EDT SUN JUL 13 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
330 PM LIBERTY SC WIND DAMAGE
07/13/03 PICKENS TV STATION REPORTED ROOF
BLOWN OFF ROSE RESTAURANT.
CORRECTED FOR BUILDING DAMAGE.Local storm report, Jul 13, 7:30 PM EDT, 36 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
730 PM EDT SUN JUL 13 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
630 PM DUE WEST SC WIND DAMAGE
07/13/03 ABBEVILLE EOC REPORTED LARGE LIMB
BLOWN DOWN IN THE ROAD
AND REMOVED BY OFFICER IN
DUE WEST.
TJBLocal storm report, Jul 13, 8:04 PM EDT, 2 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
804 PM EDT SUN JUL 13 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
515 PM CATAWBA SC .75 INCH HAIL
07/13/03 YORK COOP OBSERVER REPORTED
DIME SIZE HAIL IN
CATAWBA.
TJBNearby
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.