Alert archive / South Carolina / Flash Flood Warnings in 2003
Flash Flood Warning 77, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this flash flood warning at Jul 14, 2003, 11:52 PM EDT for Greenville County, South Carolina. It was in force for 113 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 14, 2003, 11:52 PM EDT (03:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 15, 2003, 1:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 113 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Greenville County, SC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 14 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:51 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, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 260 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
- 2167 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -24 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1201 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 43 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 1.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS52 KGSP 150353 FFWGSP SCC045-150545- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1152 PM EDT MON JUL 14 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... NORTHERN GREENVILLE COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA * UNTIL 145 AM EDT * AT 1150 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN COVERING MOST AREAS OF THE GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS NORTH OF HIGHWAY 11. THE STORMS WERE DRIFTING SLOWLY TO THE SOUTH. * THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AT GLASSY MOUNTAIN ESTIMATED AROUND 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN SINCE 9 PM...VERIFYING RADAR ESTIMATES. RADAR ALSO SUGGESTED UP TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN IN EXTREME NORTHWEST GREENVILLE COUNTY...WEST OF CLEVELAND AND SLATER-MARIETTA...NEAR PINEY MOUNTAIN. STANDING WATER WAS REPORTED ALONG HIGHWAY 11. STREAMS AND CREEKS WILL LIKELY COME OUT OF THEIR BANKS...AND FLOOD ADDITIONAL ROADS. DO NOT EVER DRIVE YOUR CAR INTO AN AREA WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER MAY BE FLOWING FAST ENOUGH TO PICK YOUR VEHICLE UP AND CARRY IT DOWNSTREAM. REPORT ANY FLOODING TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT...AND HAVE THEM FORWARD THE REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. $$ BURRUS
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS72 KGSP 150455 FFSGSP SCC045-150545- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1255 AM EDT TUE JUL 15 2003 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 145 AM EDT FOR NORTHERN GREENVILLE COUNTY... AT 1252 AM...WEATHER RADAR SHOWED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING SLOWLY SOUTHWARD THROUGH NORTHERN GREENVILLE COUNTY. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS NEAR TRAVELERS REST. RADAR TRENDS INDICATED THE STORMS WERE SLOWLY WEAKENING. COUNTY OFFICIALS REPORTED NO FLOODING HAD YET OCCURRED IN NORTHERN GREENVILLE COUNTY. RADAR SUGGESTED AS MUCH AS 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN IN A SMALL AREA OF NORTHERN GREENVILLE COUNTY...WEST OF MARIETTA JUST ABOVE THE SOUTH SALUDA RIVER. STREAMS AND CREEKS IN THIS PART OF GREENVILLE COUNTY MAY RISE RAPIDLY TO BANKFULL AND FLOOD SOME ROADS AS THE EXCESSIVE RAINFALL FROM UPSTREAM FILTERS THROUGH IN THE NEXT HOUR. THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT THROUGH ITS DESIGNATED EXPIRATION TIME. DO NOT BECOME A FATALITY DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS...THE ROAD COULD BE WASHED OUT FROM THE FLOW OF THE WATER...AND YOUR CAR COULD BE SWEPT AWAY BY THE SWIFTLY MOVING WATER. $$ BURRUS
000 WGUS72 KGSP 150551 FFSGSP SCC045-150745- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 147 AM EDT TUE JUL 15 2003 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WHICH WAS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN GREENVILLE COUNTY HAS EXPIRED AS OF 145 AM EDT... AT 145 AM...WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A NARROW CLUSTER OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHING FROM TRAVELERS REST WEST TO THE PICKENS COUNTY LINE. THE STORMS WERE SAGGING SLOWLY TO THE SOUTH AND WEST. COUNTY OFFICIALS REPORTED NO FLOODING IN NORTHERN GREENVILLE COUNTY AS OF 145 AM WEST OF MARIETTA AND JUST NORTH OF THE SOUTH SALUDA RIVER...WHERE RADAR ESTIMATES THAT UP TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN SINCE LATE MONDAY EVENING. THEREFORE...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. ALTHOUGH EXTREMELY HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED...SOME ROADS MAY STILL HAVE STANDING WATER. LATE NIGHT MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION. IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY...TURN AROUND AND FIND ANOTHER ROUTE TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION SAFELY. $$ 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 14, 10:10 PM EDT, 1 hour 42 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 14, 10:10 PM EDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1010 PM EDT MON JUL 14 2003 WL HOLD OFF ON ZONE UPDATE FOR A LITTLE WHILE YET. CONVECTION PERSISTS ACROSS THE SRN AND CENTRAL NC MTNS AND THE NRN PART OF THE UPSTATE AND NE GA. WOULD EXPECT CONVECTION TO DIMINISH BY MIDNIGHT WITH MID AND UPPER LEVELS BECOMING DRIER AND WARMER. HOWEVER...THERE IS STILL A CONSIDERABLE POOL OF HIGH DWPTS IN THE LLVLS...AND IT MIGHT TAKE A WHILE TO WIND THINGS DOWN IN THE LEE. .GSP... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. MCAVOY
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 14, 5:58 AM EDT, 17 hours 54 minutes before
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-141200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 558 AM EDT MON JUL 14 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A FEW OF THE THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP COULD PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS...LARGE HAIL...AND EXCESSIVE RAINFALL. FOR MORE INFORMATION...SEE THE SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK (SPSGSP) ISSUED AT 324 AM. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE EVERY DAY THIS WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED. MOORE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 15, 5:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Spartanburg | 55 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.