Alert archive / South Carolina / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004
Flash Flood Warning 64, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this flash flood warning at Sep 27, 2004, 7:03 PM EDT for Abbeville County, Anderson County, Greenwood County, South Carolina. It was in force for 3 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
- Sep 27, 2004, 7:03 PM EDT (23:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 27, 2004, 10:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Abbeville County, SC, Anderson County, SC, Greenwood County, SC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:03 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 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 224 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 569 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 342 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 327 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 272302 FFWGSP SCC001-007-047-280200- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 703 PM EDT MON SEP 27 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... ANDERSON COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA ABBEVILLE COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA GREENWOOD COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA * UNTIL 1000 PM EDT * AT 646 PM EDT...ABBEVILLE 911 REPORTED SEVERAL ROADS FLOODED...WITH CARS UNABLE TO CROSS BRIDGES BECAUSE OF HIGH WATER. HIGH RAINFALL RATES WILL CONTINUE IN THE GENERAL AREA FROM ABBEVILLE AND GREENWOOD NORTH TO THE ANDERSON AREA. SEVERE URBAN FLOODING IS LIKELY AROUND ANDERSON AND GREENWOOD. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WARE SHOALS...NINETY SIX...HONEA PATH...GREENWOOD...DUE WEST... COKESBURY...BELTON...ANTREVILLE...ANDERSON AND ABBEVILLE. BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL DURING FLASH FLOODING AT NIGHT. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED AREAS IN VEHICLES. MANY FLOOD RELATED FATALITIES OCCUR WHEN PEOPLE ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED ROADS OR ACROSS FLOODED BRIDGES. LAT...LON 3467 8248 3417 8201 3402 8227 3450 8285 $$ JONES
3 follow-up statements
000 WGUS72 KGSP 272334 FFSGSP SCC001-007-047-280200- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 735 PM EDT MON SEP 27 2004 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1000 PM EDT FOR GREENWOOD...ABBEVILLE AND ANDERSON COUNTIES... A SPOTTER HAS REPORTED 2.13 INCHES OF RAIN FELL AT LOWNDESVILLE BETWEEN 6 PM AND 7 PM EDT...WITH A STORM TOTAL OF 4.26 INCHES SO FAR TODAY. GENERAL LOWLAND FLOODING OCCURRED RAPIDLY IN THAT AREA. IN ADDITION...FLASH FLOODING CONTINUED AROUND ABBEVILLE...BUT RADAR SHOWED THE RAINFALL WAS TAPERING OFF FROM THE SOUTH ACROSS ABBEVILLE COUNTY. EXTREMELY HEAVY RAINFALL PERSISTED AROUND DUE WEST AND DONALDS IN ABBEVILLE COUNTY. GREENWOOD 911 HAS REPORTED URBAN FLOODING ALONG THE BYPASS...AND FLASH FLOODING ALONG WILLOW BROOK AT OLD LAURENS ROAD. THIS FLOODING APPARENTLY INVOLVED A SMALL STREAM. ANDERSON DPS REPORTED HIGHWAY 81 SOUTH FLOODED NEAR CRESCENT HIGH SCHOOL...IN A CONSTRUCTION ZONE. ALSO...GENERAL FLASH FLOODING HAS OCCURRED AROUND IVA. THIS WOULD BE NEAR THE EXTREMELY HIGH RAINFALL RATES REPORTED IN THE LOWNDESVILLE AREA. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE. LAT...LON 3467 8248 3417 8201 3402 8227 3450 8285 $$ JONES
000 WGUS72 KGSP 280025 FFSGSP SCC001-007-047-280200- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 826 PM EDT MON SEP 27 2004 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1000 PM EDT FOR GREENWOOD...ABBEVILLE AND ANDERSON COUNTIES... AT 820 PM EDT...FLASH FLOODING CONTINUED...ESPECIALLY IN ANDERSON COUNTY. ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS NEAR HIGHWAY 81 SOUTH HAVE BEEN FLOODED ACCORDING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY IN ANDERSON. ALSO...SOME APARTMENTS IN HONEA PATH WERE FLOODED BECAUSE OF A STOPPED UP STORM DRAIN. OTHER STREETS IN HONEA PATH WERE FLOODED...AND TRUE TEMPER ROAD WAS FLOODED CLOSE TO ANDERSON. CALHOUN STREET AT THE BOULEVARD WAS REPORTED FLOODED IN THE CITY. IN GREENWOOD COUNTY...RAIN WAS TAPERING OFF FROM THE SOUTH...AND HAD LARGELY ENDED ACROSS MOST OF THE COUNTY. HOWEVER...SOME FLASH FLOODING CONTINUED FROM THE EARLIER HIGH RAINFALL RATES. ADDITIONAL FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED ALONG AIRPORT ROAD AND ALSO SCOTTS ROAD. IN ABBEVILLE COUNTY...RAIN HAD ENDED FOR THE TIME BEING...WITH ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING REPORTED ALONG HIGHWAY 72 TOWARD CALHOUN FALLS. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS FLASH FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. THE WARNING WILL CONTINUE UNTIL EXPIRATION IN ALL THREE COUNTIES. LAT...LON 3467 8248 3417 8201 3402 8227 3450 8285 $$ JONES
000 WGUS72 KGSP 280141 FFSGSP SCC001-007-047-280200- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 942 PM EDT MON SEP 27 2004 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 1000 PM EDT FOR GREENWOOD...ABBEVILLE AND ANDERSON COUNTIES... AT 930 PM EDT...HEAVY RAINFALL HAD ENDED OVER THE WARNING AREA. HOWEVER...SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOODING HAD OCCURRED IN MANY LOCATIONS EARLIER IN THE EVENING...AND HIGH WATER WILL SLOWLY RECEDE MUCH OF THE NIGHT IN SOME AREAS. YOU SHOULD NOT DRIVE AROUND THESE COUNTIES TONIGHT UNLESS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY. WATCH FOR FLOODED BRIDGES AND ROADS...AND DO NOT DRIVE ACROSS THEM. MANY FLOOD FATALITIES OCCUR BECAUSE PEOPLE DRIVE INTO FLOODED AREAS. LAT...LON 3467 8248 3417 8201 3402 8227 3450 8285 $$ JONES
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 Sep 27, 3:41 PM EDT, 3 hours 22 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 27, 3:41 PM EDT, 3 hours 22 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
341 PM EDT MON SEP 27 2004
.SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY)...
THE REMNANT CIRCULATION ASSOCIATED WITH JEANNE IS CURRENTLY LOCATED
NEAR MACON GEORGIA...AND CONTINUES A NORTH-NORTHEAST DRIFT. THE
CIRCULATION IS EXPECTED TO TAKE ON MORE OF A TRUE NORTHEAST MOVEMENT
OVERNIGHT...AS AN UPPER TROUGH AXIS DIGS INTO THE MIDWEST STATES.
FOR MOST OF THE DAY...THE MAJORITY OF THE RAINFALL ASSOCIATED W/
JEANNE HAS BEEN W/IN THE MID LEVEL DEFORMATION ZONE FROM NORTH TO
WEST OF THE CYCLONE. CATEGORICAL COVERAGE OF PRECIP IS NOW AFFECTING
MOST LOCATIONS WEST OF I-26...WITH MORE SHOWERY TYPE ACTIVITY EAST
OF THERE. NEEDLESS TO SAY...WILL CONTINUE WITH CATEGORICAL POPS IN
ALL LOCATIONS OVERNIGHT...AS THE CIRCULATION CENTER CONTINUES TO
PUSH NORTHEAST. SUSPECT THERE WILL BE A NOCTURNAL FLARE UP OF
CONVECTION IN THE NORTHEAST QUAD OF THE LOW OVERNIGHT...MUCH AS WE
OBSERVED WITH FRANCES AND IVAN. THEREFORE...THE MAJOR FLOODING
THREAT SHOULD REMAIN ALONG AND EAST OF THE PATH OF THE CYCLONE...AND
IN AREAS ALONG THE EASTERN ESCARPMENT THIS EVENING. HOWEVER...THE
GFS DEPICTS THE STRONGEST MID LEVEL FRONTOGENETICAL FORCING
ASSOCIATED WITH THE DEFORMATION ZONE WILL BE ACROSS THE WESTERN NC
MNTNS THIS EVENING...SO EVEN LOCATIONS ALONG THE TENN BORDER ARE NOT
OUT OF THE WOODS REGARDING EXCESSIVE RAINFALL. THE FLOOD WATCH WILL
BE MAINTAINED AS IS.
CONCERNING THE TORNADO THREAT...SATELLITE IMAGERY INDICATES THE
WESTERN EDGE OF A MID/UPPER DRY SLOT IS MOVING PERILOUSLY CLOSE TO
OUR SOUTHEAST ZONES. MARGINAL INSTABILITY HAS DEVELOPED IN THIS AREA
PER THE LATEST LAPS ANALYSIS...BUT THE AIRMASS HAS BECOME QUITE
UNSTABLE UNDERNEATH THE HEART OF THE DRY SLOT ACROSS THE MIDLANDS
AND EASTERN PIEDMONT. AS SURFACE FLOW VEERS TO A MORE SOUTHEASTERLY
DIRECTION LATER THIS EVENING...THE MID 70S DEWPOINTS ACROSS THE
MIDLANDS MAY ADVECT NORTHWARD INTO OUR SOUTHEAST ZONES...ENHANCING
THE TORNADO THREAT. THE SEVERE OUTLOOK HAS BEEN CONTINUED.
AS FAR AS WIND...PLAN NO CHANGES TO CURRENT NPW PRODUCTS. EXPECT
ACTUAL SPEEDS AND GUSTS TO VERIFY CONSIDERABLY BELOW WARNING/
ADVISORY CRITERIA FOR THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE AREA TONIGHT...BUT
GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAINFALL SHOULD CONSPIRE TO PRODUCE LOTS OF
DOWNED TREES AND LINES...ESPECIALLY IN THE SAVANNAH RIVER VALLEY AND
THE MOUNTAINS.
POPS WILL LINGER INTO THE DAY TOMORROW...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE
EASTERN ZONES...BUT PRECIP SHOULD BE CLEAR OF THE AREA BY THE
AFTERNOON.
&&
.LONG TERM (WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY)...
IN THE WAKE OF JEANNE REMNANTS...GFS SHOWS POOR CONTINUITY FROM RUN
TO RUN WITH RESPECT TO SHORT WAVE DROPPING THRU GREAT LAKES AND INTO
OH VALLEY. PREVIOUS RUN HAD CLOSED LOW OVER OH VALLEY AT 12Z
WED...WHILE 12Z RUN HAS SHEARING VORT LOBE. AT ANY RATE...APPEARS
THAT SOME ENERGY SHOULD PASS BY TO THE NORTH WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY
THAT SHOULD BE ACCOMPANIED BY CLOUDINESS...AT LEAST OVER NORTHERN
ZONES. SKY FORECAST WILL BE ADJUSTED UPWARD ACCORDINGLY. WITH THIS
ENERGY REMAINING NORTH...THIS SUGGESTS RAISING TEMP FORECASTS A FEW
DEGREES IN THE WED NITE/THU PERIOD AS WELL. PLAN TO KEEP THE FRI
THRU SUN PERIOD DRY AS HIGH PRESSURE MOVES BY TO THE NORTH. THINK
ANY RETURN FLOW ON SUNDAY SEEN ON 00Z RUN WITH LIGHT PRECIP
DEVELOPING LATE DAY 7 IS PREMATURE.
&&
.AVIATION...
SHOWERS WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE AREA WITH MODERATE TO OCNL HEAVY
RAIN ALL TAF SITES OVERNIGHT. PREDOMINATE IFR CEILINGS WITH MVFR...
LOWERING TO IFR VISIBILITIES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT. WINDS
WILL CONTINUE TO PICK UP AS WELL WITH KAVL WINDS SLOWER TO INCREASE
DUE TO N-S BASIN/RUNWAY ORIENTATION AND STRONG E FLOW ACROSS THE
FRENCH BROAD VALLEY. THUNDERSTORM THREAT GREATEST SE OF LINE FROM
KAND-KCLT AND HAVE INCLUDED CB CLDS MOST OF NIGHT FOR ALL SITES
ALONG AND SE OF I-85 CORRIDOR.
&&
.GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...FLOOD WATCH FOR ZONES GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029 THROUGH TUESDAY.
...HIGH WIND WARNING FOR ZONES GAZ010-017 THROUGH TUESDAY.
...WIND ADVISORY FOR ZONES GAZ018-026-028-029 THROUGH TUESDAY.
NC...FLOOD WATCH FOR ZONES NCZ033>035-037-038-048>059-062>072-
082 THROUGH TUESDAY.
...HIGH WIND WARNING FOR ZONES NCZ033-048>053-058-059-
062>065 THROUGH TUESDAY.
...WIND ADVISORY FOR ZONES NCZ034-035-037-038-054>057-
066>072-082 THROUGH TUESDAY.
SC...FLOOD WATCH FOR ZONES SCZ001>014-019 THROUGH TUESDAY.
...HIGH WIND WARNING FOR ZONES SCZ001>003 THROUGH TUESDAY.
...WIND ADVISORY FOR ZONES SCZ004>014-019 THROUGH TUESDAY.
&&
SHORT TERM...LANE
LONG TERM/AVIATION...RBHazardous weather outlook, Sep 27, 6:26 AM EDT, 12 hours 37 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 626 AM EDT MON SEP 27 2004 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-281024- 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- 626 AM EDT MON SEP 27 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE... HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG WINDS WILL AFFECT ALL OF THE FORECAST AREA TODAY AND TONIGHT...WITH ISOLATED TORNADOES A POSSIBILITY FOR MUCH OF UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA AND LOCATIONS IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOUTHERN NORTH CAROLINA SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 85 AS THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL STORM JEANNE MOVE NORTHWARD. THE CIRCULATION CENTER IS FORECAST TO CROSS THE REGION TONIGHT. A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL TUESDAY AFTERNOON FOR ALL OF THE FORECAST AREA. A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE MOUNTAINS...WITH A WIND ADVISORY POSTED FOR NON-MOUNTAIN LOCATIONS FOR THE SAME TIME PERIOD. SEE THE LATEST PRODUCTS FROM OUR OFFICE FOR DETAILS SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA. THE FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED UNDER THE PRODUCT INVENTORY LIST HEADER CAEFFAGSP...WITH THE HIGH WIND WARNING AND WIND ADVISORY UNDER THE PRODUCT INVENTORY LIST HEADER CAENPWGSP. DETAILS ON THE SEVERE WEATHER ASPECTS AS JEANNE IS CONTAINED IN THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FROM OUR OFFICE...UNDER PRODUCT INVENTORY LIST HEADER CAESPSGSP. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING...WHICH ARE THE MOST LIKELY SEVERE WEATHER TIMES FOR OUR FORECAST AREA.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Sep 27, 2:37 PM EDT, 4 hours 26 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 237 PM EDT MON SEP 27 2004 GAZ018-026-028-029-NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-082-SCZ004>014-019- 280800- ABBEVILLE-ALEXANDER-ANDERSON-CABARRUS-CATAWBA-CHEROKEE SC-CHESTER- CLEVELAND-DAVIE-ELBERT-FRANKLIN GA-GASTON-GREATER GREENVILLE- GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-GREENWOOD-HART-IREDELL-LAURENS SC- LINCOLN NC-MECKLENBURG-ROWAN-SPARTANBURG-STEPHENS-UNION NC-UNION SC- YORK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ABBEVILLE...ANDERSON...CHARLOTTE... CHESTER...CONCORD...ELBERTON...GAFFNEY...GASTONIA...GREENVILLE... GREENWOOD...HARTWELL...HICKORY...LAURENS...LINCOLNTON...MOCKSVILLE... MONROE...ROCK HILL...SALISBURY...SHELBY...SPARTANBURG... STATESVILLE...TOCCOA...UNION 237 PM EDT MON SEP 27 2004 ...SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK... THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL STORM JEANNE WILL MOVE NORTH THROUGH GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON...AND THEN TRACK NORTHEAST ACROSS THE PIEDMONT OF THE CAROLINAS TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY. LOCATIONS TO THE RIGHT OF THE TRACK OF THIS REMNANT CIRCULATION WILL BE AT AN ELEVATED RISK FOR ISOLATED TORNADOES THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. GIVEN THE CURRENT EXPECTED TRACK...THE GREATEST CHANCE OF ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE GENERALLY EAST OF THE I-85 CORRIDOR. IF THE REMNANTS OF JEANNE WERE TO WOBBLE SLIGHTLY FARTHER WEST...MUCH OF THE INTERSTATE 85 CORRIDOR FROM CARNESVILLE TO GAFFNEY...AS WELL AS THE INTERSTATE 77 CORRIDOR FROM CHARLOTTE TO STATESVILLE...COULD COME UNDER AN ENHANCED TORNADO THREAT. 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...IN CASE ANY TORNADO WATCHES OR WARNINGS BECOME NECESSARY TODAY OR TONIGHT. GERAPETRITIS
Special weather statement, Sep 27, 5:15 PM EDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 515 PM EDT MON SEP 27 2004 NCZ071-072-082-SCZ009-012>014-019-272230- CABARRUS NC-CHESTER SC-GREENWOOD SC-LAURENS SC-MECKLENBURG NC- UNION SC-UNION NC-YORK SC- 515 PM EDT MON SEP 27 2004 ...STRONG WIND GUSTS POSSIBLE OVER THE PIEDMONT OF THE CAROLINAS EARLY THIS EVENING... SHOWERS...AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS...WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE FROM THE SOUTHEAST TO THE NORTHWEST ACROSS THE PIEDMONT OF THE CAROLINAS THROUGH THE EARLY PART OF THE EVENING. ACROSS THE AREA FROM GREENWOOD TO LAURENS AND THE CHARLOTTE METRO AREA... SOME OF THE SHOWERS COULD CONTAIN WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH...WHICH COULD KNOCK DOWN SOME LARGE TREE LIMBS. AN ISOLATED TORNADO CANNOT BE RULED OUT THROUGH THE MID EVENING HOURS IN ANY THUNDERSTORM THAT DEVELOPS ACROSS THIS AREA. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION. STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. MOORE
Special weather statement, Sep 27, 6:33 PM EDT, 30 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 633 PM EDT MON SEP 27 2004 NCZ057-071-072-082-SCZ009-011>014-019-272330- ABBEVILLE SC-CABARRUS NC-CHESTER SC-GREENWOOD SC-LAURENS SC- MECKLENBURG NC-ROWAN NC-UNION SC-UNION NC-YORK SC- 633 PM EDT MON SEP 27 2004 ...STRONG WIND GUSTS POSSIBLE OVER THE PIEDMONT OF THE CAROLINAS THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING... SHOWERS...AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS...WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE FROM THE SOUTHEAST TO THE NORTHWEST ACROSS THE PIEDMONT OF THE CAROLINAS THROUGH THE EARLY PART OF THE EVENING. ACROSS THE AREA FROM ABBEVILLE TO LAURENS AND THE CHARLOTTE METRO AREA... SOME OF THE SHOWERS COULD CONTAIN WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH...WHICH COULD KNOCK DOWN SOME LARGE TREE LIMBS. AN ISOLATED TORNADO CANNOT BE RULED OUT THROUGH THE MID EVENING HOURS IN ANY THUNDERSTORM THAT DEVELOPS ACROSS THIS AREA. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION. MOORE
Nearby
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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.