Flash Flood Warning 89, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

Issued

Jul 30, 2003, 2:37 PM EDT (18:37 UTC)

Expired

Jul 30, 2003, 5:30 PM EDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

Area

Whole counties

County Rabun County, GA

The Greer radar (KGSP), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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000 
WGUS52 KGSP 301838
FFWGSP
GAC241-302130-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
237 PM EDT WED JUL 30 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  RABUN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA

* UNTIL 530 PM EDT

* AT 230 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS    
  AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER MOST OF RABUN COUNTY. THE HEAVIEST RAIN 
  STRETCHED FROM THE ELLICOTT WILDERNESS AREA...WEST TO 
  SATOLAH...THROUGH WILEY TO LAKE RABUN. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT
  AROUND TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN THIS AFTERNOON. THE STORMS 
  ARE EXPECTED TO LINGER IN THE AREA THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON...WITH   
  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE IN CENTRAL AND   
  EASTERN RABUN COUNTY.

* FLOODING OF LOW SPOTS...AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS IS LIKELY AS THE  
  STORMS MOVE SLOWLY EASTWARD. COUNTY OFFICIALS REPORT WOLF CREEK 
  ROAD HAD BEEN CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER FROM THE LITTLE TENNESSEE 
  RIVER. STREAMS AND CREEKS IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN AREAS OF EASTERN   
  AND NORTHEASTERN RABUN COUNTY...ESPECIALLY BAILEY BRANCH AND 
  HOLCOMB CREEK...COULD COME OUT OF THEIR BANKS AND FLOOD ROADS. 

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS
AND STREAMS...ROADS AND ROADSIDE CULVERTS. THE HEAVY RAINS COULD ALSO
TRIGGER ROCK AND MUDSLIDES IN STEEP TERRAIN.

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

000 
WGUS72 KGSP 301944
FFSGSP
GAC241-302130-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
343 PM EDT WED JUL 30 2003

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 530 PM EDT FOR RABUN
COUNTY...

AT 340 PM...WEATHER RADAR STILL SHOWED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS 
COVERING MOST OF EASTERN RABUN COUNTY...BUT ONLY SCATTERED STORMS 
OVER THE WESTERN HALF. RAINFALL RATES HAD BEEN FALLING...BUT RADAR 
ESTIMATES SUGGEST AS MUCH AS TWO AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN HAD 
FALLEN OVER NORTHEAST RABUN COUNTY...IN THE VICINITY OF SATOLAH. 
THIS WILL BE ENOUGH TO SEND SOME STREAMS AND CREEKS TO NEAR 
BANKFULL...AND POSSIBLY OUT OF THEIR BANKS TO FLOOD 
ROADS...INCLUDING BAILEY BRANCH AND HOLCOMB CREEK. CAMPGROUNDS NEAR 
STREAMS IN THE WILDERNESS AREAS OF NORTHEAST RABUN COUNTY COULD ALSO 
FLOOD AS A RESULT OF THE RISING WATER.

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.

PEOPLE IN THE WARNED AREA...ESPECIALLY CAMPERS...SHOULD MOVE TO
HIGHER GROUND NOW...DO NOT DELAY. WATER MAY RISE TOO QUICKLY FOR YOU
TO GET OUT OF DANGER LATER.

$$

BURRUS

000 
WGUS72 KGSP 302111
FFSGSP
GAC241-302200-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
510 PM EDT WED JUL 30 2003

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR RABUN COUNTY WILL BE ALLOWED TO 
EXPIRE AT 530 PM EDT...

AT 505 PM...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THAT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS 
HAD SHIFTED EAST INTO THE SOUTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS...LEAVING
JUST SPOTTY LIGHT SHOWERS ACROSS RABUN COUNTY. HEAVIER SHOWERS
AND STORMS EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON RESULTED IN RADAR RAINFALL 
ESTIMATES OF TWO TO TWO AND ONE HALF INCHES AROUND THE SATOLAH
AREA IN EXTREME NORTHEAST RABUN COUNTY...BUT NO REPORTS OF 
FLOODING WERE RECEIVED. SINCE THE THREAT OF ADDITIONAL HEAVY
RAIN HAS DIMINISHED...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED
TO EXPIRE AT 530 PM EDT.      

EVEN THOUGH NO FLOODING WAS REPORTING...THERE LIKELY CONTINUES
TO BE RUNOFF AND LINGERING HIGH WATER DUE TO THE HEAVY RAIN IN
THIS AREA. MOTORISTS ARE REMINDED TO NEVER CROSS FLOODED ROADS
AND PEOPLE SHOULD CONTINUE TO KEEP AN EYE ON STREAM CONDITIONS
THIS EVENING.

$$

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