Alert archive / South Carolina / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004
Flash Flood Warning 48, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this flash flood warning at Aug 2, 2004, 8:40 PM EDT for Anderson County, South Carolina. It was in force for 4 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 2, 2004, 8:40 PM EDT (00:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 3, 2004, 12:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Anderson County, SC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:41 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.
Did it verify
Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this flash flood warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 214 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
- 604 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1668 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -33 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -1 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS52 KGSP 030042
FFWGSP
SCC007-030430-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
840 PM EDT MON AUG 2 2004
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
ANDERSON COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA
* UNTIL 1230 AM EDT
* AT 840 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOODING FROM THE TORRENTIAL RAINFALL PRODUCED BY A CLUSTER
OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER ANDERSON...AND COVERING MUCH OF THE COUNTY...
MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 15 MPH.
* THE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL BE AROUND...
SANDY SPRING THROUGH 920 PM EDT
STARR THROUGH 930 PM EDT
IVA THROUGH 940 PM EDT
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.
LAT...LON 3473 8266 3476 8256 3472 8247 3465 8247
3463 8245 3458 8246 3433 8255 3421 8275
3428 8276 3436 8283 3444 8285 3448 8289
$$
HG3 follow-up statements
000
WGUS72 KGSP 030113
FFSGSP
SCC007-030430-
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
906 PM EDT MON AUG 2 2004
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1230 AM EDT FOR ANDERSON
COUNTY...
AT 906 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED ONE
CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS EXITING THE SOUTHERN TIP OF THE COUNTY NEAR
IVA...AND A SECOND CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE NORTHERN
END OF THE COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MPH.
RADAR INDICATES THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN IN SEVERAL
LOCATIONS AROUND THE COUNTY OVER THE PAST THREE HOURS...AND THE NEXT
ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS IS LIKELY TO PRODUCE AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2
INCHES THROUGH 11 PM.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES
AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS. FLOOD PROBLEMS
ARE LIKELY TO BECOME ESPECIALLY BAD IN LOW AREAS NEAR THE INTERSTATE
85 CORRIDOR...ACROSS POOR DRAINAGE AREAS IN THE CITY OF
ANDERSON...AND FROM STARR TO IVA.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO
HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT
TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
LAT...LON 3473 8266 3476 8256 3472 8247 3465 8247
3463 8245 3458 8246 3433 8255 3421 8275
3428 8276 3436 8283 3444 8285 3448 8289
$$
HG000
WGUS72 KGSP 030220
FFSGSP
SCC007-030430-
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1020 PM EDT MON AUG 2 2004
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1230 AM EDT FOR ANDERSON
COUNTY...
AT 1020 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
FAIRLY WIDESPREAD MODERATE RAIN...WITH A FEW EMBEDDED HEAVY RAIN
SHOWERS...ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN ANDERSON COUNTY. RADAR
ESTIMATES RAINFALL TOTALS OF NEARLY THREE INCHES IN MANY PLACES
AROUND THE COUNTY...AND AN ADDITIONAL INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN
LOCATIONS EAST OF ANDERSON BEFORE THE RAIN TAPERS OFF.
URBAN FLOODING IN POOR DRAINAGE LOCATIONS HAS ALREADY BEEN REPORTED
ON SEVERAL ROADS IN THE CITY OF ANDERSON...AND MANY STREAMS AND
CREEKS ARE LIKELY NEAR BANKFULL AROUND THE AREA.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. 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.
LAT...LON 3473 8266 3476 8256 3472 8247 3465 8247
3463 8245 3458 8246 3433 8255 3421 8275
3428 8276 3436 8283 3444 8285 3448 8289
$$
HG000
WGUS72 KGSP 030320
FFSGSP
SCC007-030430-
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1116 PM EDT MON AUG 2 2004
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR ANDERSON COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
AT 1116 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT THE
MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL HAD MOVED EAST OF THE COUNTY AND
DIMINISHED. COUNTY OFFICIALS REPORT NO NEW FLOODING...AND THE
EARLIER STREET FLOODING IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS HAD ALSO CLEARED. THE
FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS THUS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 3473 8266 3476 8256 3472 8247 3465 8247
3463 8245 3458 8246 3433 8255 3421 8275
3428 8276 3436 8283 3444 8285 3448 8289
$$
HGWhat 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 Aug 2, 6:00 PM EDT, 2 hours 40 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 2, 6:00 PM EDT, 2 hours 40 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 600 PM EDT MON AUG 2 2004 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT)... MTN COVERAGE HAS BEEN PLENTIFUL THIS EVENING WITH NNW UPSLOPE FLOW INTO THE HIGHER TERRAIN. COMBINATION OF UPSLOPE AND OUTFLOW WINDS NOW DRIVING COVERAGE FARTHER S ACROSS THE MTN TERRAIN AND WILL UPDATE TO RAISE POPS. && .LONG TERM (TUESDAY THROUGH MONDAY)... DRIER AND COOLER HIGH PRESSURE MOVES INTO THE AREA FRIDAY AND REMAINS THRU SUNDAY. DRY FCST THIS PERIOD AS PRECIP CHCS MINIMAL. TEMPS WILL VARY FROM JUST BELOW NORMAL TO AROUND 5 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL EACH DAY. && .AVIATION... SHRA/TSRA ARE SCATTERED ACROSS THE CWA ATTM. HOWEVER...ONLY REAL CONCENTRATED AREAS AT TAF TIME WERE ALONG THE ESCARPMENT. CAN/T FIND ANY SIG SFC CONVERGENCE TO GIVE ME CONFIDENCE TO PREDICT WHERE PCPN MIGHT BECOME MORE CONCENTRATED THE NEXT 4 TO 6 HRS...SO HAVE GONE WITH VCTS AND CB WORDING IN TAFS WHILE INCLUDING NO TEMPO GROUPS. WL UPDATE TAFS AS IT BECOMES APPARENT THAT PCPN WL ACTUALLY OCCUR AT A SITE. IT WAS THIS OR GO WITH 4 HR TEMPO GROUPS EVERYWHERE. PREVIOUS SHIFT BROUGHT MVFR CIGS AND VSBYS TO ALL TAF SITES AGAIN TNGT. WITH FLOW BECOMING A LITTLE MORE DOWNSLOPE AS TROPICAL CYCLONE MOVES UP THE COAST...THERE WL BE MORE INHIBITION THAN THERE HAS BEEN FOR A WHILE. HOWEVER...MAV MOS INSISTS ON BRINGING IN LOW CIGS...AND W/VERY HIGH SFC DWPTS...WL PLAY ONE MORE NGHT OF LOW CLOUDS AND VSBYS. && .GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. && SHORT TERM...HG AVIATION... LONG TERM...
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 2, 5:13 AM EDT, 15 hours 27 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 513 AM EDT MON AUG 2 2004 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-030912- ABBEVILLE SC-ALEXANDER NC-ANDERSON SC-AVERY NC-BUNCOMBE NC-BURKE NC- CABARRUS NC-CALDWELL NC-CATAWBA NC-CHEROKEE SC-CHESTER SC- CLEVELAND NC-DAVIE NC-ELBERT GA-FRANKLIN GA-GASTON NC-GRAHAM NC- GREATER GREENVILLE SC-GREATER OCONEE SC-GREATER PICKENS SC- GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS SC-GREENWOOD SC-HABERSHAM GA-HART GA-HAYWOOD NC- HENDERSON NC-IREDELL NC-LAURENS SC-LINCOLN NC-MACON NC-MADISON NC- MCDOWELL NC-MECKLENBURG NC-MITCHELL NC-NORTHERN JACKSON NC- OCONEE MOUNTAINS SC-PICKENS MOUNTAINS SC-POLK NC-RABUN GA-ROWAN NC- RUTHERFORD NC-SOUTHERN JACKSON NC-SPARTANBURG SC-STEPHENS GA- SWAIN NC-TRANSYLVANIA NC-UNION SC-UNION NC-YANCEY NC-YORK SC- 513 AM EDT MON AUG 2 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE REGION TODAY. THE CHANCES FOR RAINFALL WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON AS BANDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM TROPICAL STORM ALEX ROTATE INTO THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL. OTHERWISE...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... ISOLATED TO SCATTERED MOUNTAIN THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP EACH AFTERNOON AND EVENING...TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS TRAVELING ALONG A COLD FRONT MAY AFFECT THE MOUNTAINS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. NED
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 2, 4:25 PM EDT, 4 hours 15 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 425 PM EDT MON AUG 2 2004 GAZ010-017-NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-SCZ001>003-022300- AVERY NC-BUNCOMBE NC-GRAHAM NC-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS SC-HABERSHAM GA- HAYWOOD NC-HENDERSON NC-MACON NC-MADISON NC-MITCHELL NC- NORTHERN JACKSON NC-OCONEE MOUNTAINS SC-PICKENS MOUNTAINS SC- RABUN GA-SOUTHERN JACKSON NC-SWAIN NC-TRANSYLVANIA NC-YANCEY NC- 425 PM EDT MON AUG 2 2004 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL HAVE DEVELOPED ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THE STORMS WERE SCATTERED...AND WERE MOST NUMEROUS ALONG THE TENNESSEE BORDER WITH NORTH CAROLINA. AN ISOLATED SEVERE STORM EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON BLEW DOWN SOME TREES IN RABUN COUNTY GEORGIA. THE STORMS WERE MOVING VERY SLOWLY...AND WERE DUMPING HEAVY RAINFALL OVER SMALL AREAS. RADAR HAS ESTIMATED 2 TO 2.5 INCHES OF RAINFALL SINCE ABOUT 3 PM IN A SMALL AREA OF NORTHEAST MADISON COUNTY AND NORTHWEST HAYWOOD COUNTY IN NORTH CAROLINA. THE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO BRING THREATS OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WITH LOCAL FLOODING...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS...AND POSSIBLY EVEN ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS...AND INTENSE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING THROUGH MUCH OF THE EVENING. LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OR FLASH FLOODING WARNINGS. JONES
Local storm report, Aug 2, 5:32 PM EDT, 3 hours 8 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
532 PM EDT MON AUG 02 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0529 PM HAIL 1 W WAYNESVILLE 35.48N 83.02W
08/02/2004 1.25 INCH HAYWOOD NC TRAINED SPOTTER
SPOTTER REPORTS A FEW HALF DOLLAR HAILSTONES WITH MOSTLY
PEA SIZE HAIL.
&&
HGLocal storm report, Aug 2, 5:59 PM EDT, 2 hours 41 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
559 PM EDT MON AUG 02 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0540 PM TSTM WND DMG CANTON 35.55N 82.84W
08/02/2004 HAYWOOD NC FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
HAYWOOD COUNTY RESCUE SQUAD REPORTS TREES BLOWN DOWN.
&&
HGLocal storm report, Aug 2, 6:57 PM EDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
657 PM EDT MON AUG 02 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0610 PM TSTM WND DMG 5 ENE HOT SPRINGS 35.92N 82.75W
08/02/2004 MADISON NC COUNTY OFFICIAL
COUNTY REPORTS SEVERAL TREES BLOWN DOWN ALONG HIGHWAY
208.
&&
HGLocal storm report, Aug 2, 7:21 PM EDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
721 PM EDT MON AUG 02 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0640 PM TSTM WND DMG 11 WSW CLAYTON 34.82N 83.58W
08/02/2004 RABUN GA LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREE DOWN ON POWER LINE ALONG WEST WILDCAT ROAD.
&&
CSHLocal storm report, Aug 2, 8:36 PM EDT, 4 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
836 PM EDT MON AUG 02 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0800 PM TSTM WND DMG SANDY SPRINGS 34.60N 82.75W
08/02/2004 ANDERSON SC LAW ENFORCEMENT
DISPATCHER REPORTED LARGE TREES BLOWN DOWN.
0810 PM TSTM WND DMG PENDLETON 34.65N 82.78W
08/02/2004 ANDERSON SC PUBLIC
WSPA-TV RELAYED REPORT OF TREES BLOWN DOWN.
0818 PM TSTM WND DMG STARR 34.38N 82.70W
08/02/2004 ANDERSON SC TRAINED SPOTTER
STACK OF 2 X4 LUMBER BLOWN AWAY.
&&
JONESNearby
Flash Flood Warnings in South Carolina, 2004Every flash flood warning in 2004
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.