Flash Flood Warning 85, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

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WGUS72 KGSP 291932
FFSGSP
NCC119-292100-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
325 PM EDT TUE JUL 29 2003

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 500 PM EDT FOR SOUTHERN 
MECKLENBURG COUNTY...

HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL ACROSS MECKLENBURG COUNTY. THE HEAVIEST 
RAIN WAS FALLING ACROSS THE FOUR MILE CREEK... BRIAR CREEK AND 
IRVINS CREEK WATERSHEDS.  IN THE FOUR MILE CREEK BASIN THE HEAVY 
RAIN WILL RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT RISES ALONG THE CREEK AND MAY EFFECT 
ASHLEY CREEK DRIVE... STEVENS RIDGE ROAD AND RAINTREE LANE CROSSING. 
BRIAR CREEK AREAS ESPECIALLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO FLOODING ALONG THE CREEK 
ARE SHANNONHOUSE... KILDARE... RUTH DRIVES. ALSO AREAS BETWEEN 
PROVIDENCE ROAD TO COMMONWEALTH AVENUE AND THE MYERS PARK DRIVE AREA 
ARE PRONE TO FLOODING.  

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.

$$
PAT

000 
WGUS72 KGSP 292019 CCA
FFSGSP
NCC119-292100-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
325 PM EDT TUE JUL 29 2003

CORRECTED EXPIRATION TIME IN HEADLINE.

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 445 PM EDT FOR SOUTHERN 
MECKLENBURG COUNTY...

HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL ACROSS MECKLENBURG COUNTY. THE HEAVIEST 
RAIN WAS FALLING ACROSS THE FOUR MILE CREEK... BRIAR CREEK AND 
IRVINS CREEK WATERSHEDS.  IN THE FOUR MILE CREEK BASIN THE HEAVY 
RAIN WILL RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT RISES ALONG THE CREEK AND MAY EFFECT 
ASHLEY CREEK DRIVE... STEVENS RIDGE ROAD AND RAINTREE LANE CROSSING. 
BRIAR CREEK AREAS ESPECIALLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO FLOODING ALONG THE CREEK 
ARE SHANNONHOUSE... KILDARE... RUTH DRIVES. ALSO AREAS BETWEEN 
PROVIDENCE ROAD TO COMMONWEALTH AVENUE AND THE MYERS PARK DRIVE AREA 
ARE PRONE TO FLOODING.  

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.

$$
PAT

000 
WGUS72 KGSP 292046
FFSGSP
NCC119-292115-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
446 PM EDT TUE JUL 29 2003

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WHICH WAS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN 
MECKLENBURG COUNTY HAS EXPIRED AS OF 445 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. RISES CAN 
STILL BE EXPECTED THROUGH THE IRWIN...LITTLE SUGAR AND FOUR MILE 
CREEK BASINS AS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL FROM EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON 
FILTERS THROUGH MECKLENBURG WATERWAYS. MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED TO 
AVOID DRIVING THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.

DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL...SAM NEWALL ROAD WAS 
CLOSED IN MATTHEWS. ALSO IN MATTHEWS...PART OF TANK TOWN ROAD 
FLOODED WHEN FOUR MILE CREEK ESCAPED ITS BANKS. IN CHARLOTTE...BRIAR 
CREEK FLOODED PART OF SHEFFIELD DRIVE. 

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
1020 AM EDT TUE JUL 29 2003

LATE MORNING UPDATE WILL BE ISSUED ALTHOUGH CHANGES FOR THIS
AFTERNOON WILL BE FEW. EAST TO WEST FRONT CONTINUES TO DRIFT SLOWLY
SOUTHWARD. LATEST MESO ANALYSES INDICATE CONFLUENT ASYMPTOTE IN
SURFACE WIND FIELD EXTENDS FROM NORTHERN POLK COUNTY EASTWARD
THROUGH NORTHERN MECKLENBURG COUNTY AND ROWAN COUNTY.  MOISTURE
CONVERGENCE AXIS ACCOMPANIES THE WIND CONFLUENCE.  NORTH OF THIS
FEATURE... SURFACE WINDS ARE NORTHEAST WHILE SOUTHWEST FLOW
CONTINUES ELSEWHERE TO THE SOUTH... AT LEAST EAST OF THE MOUNTAINS.
THERE ARE HINTS OF A WEST TO NORTHWEST FLOW IN THE MOUNTAINS... BUT
TERRAIN IS MAKING RESOLUTION OF LOWER LEVEL WIND RATHER DIFFICULT.
LATEST RUC SHOWS 500 MB TROUGH AND ASSOCIATED VORTICITY MAXIMUM JUST
TO OUR WEST CONTINUING TO MOVE GRADUALLY EASTWARD.  AIR MASS OVER
CWA IS UNSTABLE... BUT NOT SUFFICIENTLY UNSTABLE TO INDICATE
SIGNIFICANT POTENTIAL OF SEVERE WEATHER.  FORECAST CAPES DURING TIME
OF MAXIMUM HEATING DISPLAY A GRADIENT RANGING FROM 1900 IN WEST TO
3200 IN EAST.  WILL CONTINUE POPS IN CURRENT FORECAST THIS AFTERNOON
BUT PLAN TO INCREASE INTO LIKELY CATEGORY FOR OUR EASTERN ZONES.
CONCERN FOR ISOLATED SEVERE WEATHER THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING
WILL BE CENTERED AROUND THE MOST UNSTABLE AIR IN THE EAST AND THE
SURFACE MOISTURE CONVERGENCE MAXIMUM.

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

LGL

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014-
019-291100-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
458 AM EDT TUE JUL 29 2003

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE
EXTENDED PERIOD.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED ATT HIS TIME.

RB

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014-
019-300000-

SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
108 PM EDT TUE JUL 29 2003

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE ACROSS EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA
AND THE WESTERN CAROLINAS...

THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY THROUGHOUT
THE AFTERNOON. A MOSTLY SUNNY START TO THE DAY HAS RESULTED IN A
VERY UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE. AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE
NORTHWEST...AND A POTENT UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE ROTATES ACROSS
THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON...THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME OF
THE THUNDERSTORMS TO BECOME SEVERE. THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREAT
THROUGH EARLY EVENING WILL BE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO NEAR 70 MPH.
THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD WEAKEN WITH THE LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING.

WITH A WEAK WIND FLOW ALOFT...ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DO DEVELOP ARE
EXPECTED TO MOVE SLOWLY...AND COULD PRODUCE AT LEAST A COUPLE OF
INCHES OF RAIN IN ANY ONE LOCATION. STANDING WATER ON ROADS...AND IN
POOR DRAINAGE AREAS IS LIKELY WHEREVER THUNDERSTORMS LINGER FOR LONG
PERIODS. STREAMS...CREEKS AND RIVERS COULD SEE QUICK RISES ACROSS
THE REGION...ENHANCING THE POSSIBILITY OF LOCALIZED FLOODING.

SPOTTER GROUPS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO ACTIVATE QUICKLY LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. DISPATCHERS SHOULD ENSURE COUNTY
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS ARE AWARE OF THIS INFORMATION.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET FOR
THE LATEST UPDATES CONCERNING THIS POTENTIAL SEVERE WEATHER
SITUATION.

BURRUS