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Flash Flood Warning 17, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

June 19, 2005Spartanburg County, South Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this flash flood warning at Jun 19, 2005, 12:25 AM EDT for Spartanburg 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
Jun 19, 2005, 12:25 AM EDT (04:25 UTC)
Expired
Jun 19, 2005, 3:30 AM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Spartanburg County, SC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 20 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:27 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

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 00:00Z, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 230 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 00:00Z on 2005-06-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 191 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 00:00Z on 2005-06-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 23 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
191 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-33 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1726 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
23 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
78 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WGUS52 KGSP 190430
FFWGSP
SCC083-190730-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1225 AM EDT SUN JUN 19 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SPARTANBURG COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 330 AM EDT

* AT 1225 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  A SERIES OF THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHING FROM NEAR PACOLET TO
  SPARTANBURG TO BOILING SPRINGS...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 5 MPH. THESE
  THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING RAINFALL AT RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES
  PER HOUR. THIS HEAVY RAINFALL IS AFFECTING LOCATIONS WHICH
  RECEIVED ABOUT 3 INCHES OF RAIN SATURDAY EVENING.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  ROEBUCK...PAULINE...AND MOORE.

STREAM FLOODING IS ESPECIALLY LIKELY ALONG THE LAWSON FORK CREEK 
NEAR HEYWOOD ROAD...AND ALONG FAIRFOREST CREEK.

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 
DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. 
TURN AROUND AND FIND ANOTHER ROUTE.

LAT...LON 3484 8218 3462 8188 3489 8173 3513 8185
      3516 8218

$$
HG
3 follow-up statements
000 
WGUS72 KGSP 190524
FFSGSP

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
122 AM EDT SUN JUN 19 2005

SCC083-190730-
SPARTANBURG SC-
122 AM EDT SUN JUN 19 2005

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 330 AM EDT FOR SPARTANBURG
COUNTY...

AT 122 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A SERIES OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING NORTHWEST AT 5 TO 10 MPH 
FROM UNION COUNTY INTO THE HEART OF SPARTANBURG COUNTY. THE AXIS OF 
HEAVY RAINFALL HAD SHIFTED WEST TO STRETCH FROM MOORE TO WELLFORD. 
THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE RAINFALL AT RATES OF 
1/2 TO 1 INCH PER HOUR IN AFFECTED LOCATIONS. STREAM FLOODING AND 
DEEP STANDING WATER ON ROADWAYS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP.

DURING HEAVY RAIN EVENTS...SEVERE URBAN FLOODING CAN OCCUR IN AREAS 
SUCH AS UNDERPASSES...AND LOW AREAS WHERE WATER TENDS TO COLLECT. 
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS IF DRIVING AT NIGHT SINCE IT WILL BE 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 
ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.

LAT...LON 3484 8218 3462 8188 3489 8173 3513 8185
      3516 8218

$$
HG
000 
WGUS72 KGSP 190635
FFSGSP
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
233 AM EDT SUN JUN 19 2005

SCC083-190730-
SPARTANBURG SC-
233 AM EDT SUN JUN 19 2005

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 330 AM EDT FOR SPARTANBURG
COUNTY...

AT 230 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A SERIES OF SHOWERS WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MOVING WEST 
AT 5 TO 10 MPH ACROSS SPARTANBURG COUNTY. THE AXIS OF HEAVY RAINFALL 
HAD WEAKENED...BUT MORE SHOWERS WERE DEVELOPING TO THE EAST AND 
MOVING TOWARD THE AREA. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL RATES OF 1/4 TO 1/2 INCH 
PER HOUR CAN BE EXPECTED WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. MINOR STREAM 
FLOODING AND DEEP STANDING WATER ON ROADWAYS ARE LIKELY.

DURING HEAVY RAIN EVENTS...SEVERE URBAN FLOODING CAN OCCUR IN AREAS 
SUCH AS UNDERPASSES...AND LOW AREAS WHERE WATER TENDS TO COLLECT. 
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS IF DRIVING AT NIGHT SINCE IT WILL BE 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 
ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.

LAT...LON 3484 8218 3462 8188 3489 8173 3513 8185
      3516 8218

$$

RB
000 
WGUS72 KGSP 190729
FFSGSP

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
328 AM EDT SUN JUN 19 2005

SCC083-190738-
SPARTANBURG SC-
328 AM EDT SUN JUN 19 2005

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SPARTANBURG COUNTY EXPIRES AT 330 AM
EDT...

AT 328 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A SERIES OF SHOWERS WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MOVING WEST 
AT 5 TO 10 MPH ACROSS SPARTANBURG COUNTY. THE HEAVY RAINFALL HAD 
WEAKENED...BUT SHOWERS CONTINUED DEVELOPING TO THE EAST AND MOVING 
THROUGH THE AREA. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL RATES OF 1/4 TO 1/2 INCH PER 
HOUR CAN BE EXPECTED WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. NO PROBLEMS WERE 
BEING REPORTED HOWEVER AND WITH MUCH LIGHTER SHOWERS UPSTREAM...THE 
WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. IF HEAVY SHOWERS REDEVELOP AND 
MOVE INTO THE AREA...ANOTHER WARNING MAY BE NEEDED LATER THIS 
MORNING.

LAT...LON 3484 8218 3462 8188 3489 8173 3513 8185
      3516 8218

$$

RB

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 Jun 18, 9:57 PM EDT, 2 hours 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 18, 9:57 PM EDT, 2 hours 28 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
957 PM EDT SAT JUN 18 2005

.SHORT TERM (REST OF TONIGHT)...
01Z SFC PATTERN SHOWS LOW CENTER ALONG FRONT OVER SOUTH CENTRAL
GA...WHILE WATER VAPOR SATELLITE IMAGERY REVEALS AXIS OF UPPER
TROUGH OVER THE SRN APPALACHIANS AND VORT LOBE PIVOTING THE UPPER
FORCING INTO THE PIEDMONT SECTIONS. THE VAD WIND PROFILE DEPICTS A
FAIRLY DEEP EAST TO SOUTHEAST FLOW...AND THIS MAY STRENGTHEN
SLIGHTLY OVERNIGHT WITH DEEPENING OF THE 850 MB LOW CENTER TO THE
SOUTH. BETWEEN THE PASSAGE OF THE UPPER COLD TROUGH AND THE
EASTERLY UPSLOPE FLOW...WILL NEED TO MAINTAIN CHC POPS OVERNIGHT.
MORE SOLID CHANCE POPS ARE NEEDED IN THE PIEDMONT SECTION TO
ACCOUNT FOR LINGERING ONGOING CONVECTION AND HIGHER SFC DEWPOINT
AXIS.

ONLY OTHER ADJUSTMENTS WILL BE TO SKY AND DEWPOINT IN LINE WITH
CURRENT OBSERVATIONS.
&&

.PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...
(ISSUED 318 PM EDT SAT JUN 18 2005)

SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY)...
DEEP CONVECTION OVER THE MTNS SHOULD CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER THE
MTNS THROUGH THIS EVENING...STORM MOTIONS E AROUND 10 KTS. LAPS
INDICATES THAT CAPES RANGE FROM 300-500 OVER THE MTNS AND EASTERN
PIEDMONT TO 1000-1500 J/KG OVER THE FOOTHILLS AND SAVANNAH RIVER
VALLEY. STORMS MOVING OFF THE MTNS SHOULD THRIVE IN THE RICHER AIR
OVER THE FOOTHILLS. WITH ADDITIONAL HEATING AND GENERATION OF
OUTFLOWS...COVERAGE SHOULD INCREASE THROUGH THE MID EVENING. EXPECT
THE ORDER OF COVERAGE TO FOLLOW HIGH TERRAIN...FOOTHILLS...SAVANNAH
RIVER VALLEY...WITH CONVECTION PINCHING NE ACROSS THE PIEDMONT THIS
EVENING. HAYWOOD SVR STORM HAD 45-50 DBZ AROUND 30K FT AND A VIL OF
42 FROM KGSP.

STEADY EAST FLOW CIRCULATING FROM SRN GA LOW WILL BUILD MOISTURE
OVER THE CWA TONIGHT. EXPECTING MOSTLY CLOUDY SKY BY LATE TONIGHT IN
THE FORM OF MID STRATUS. SH/TS SHOULD CONTINUE IN LESSER VALUES AS
DECENT VORT MAX PASSES WITH SHARP TROUGH. WILL CONTINUE SCT SH/TS
TONIGHT AND SUN. SIMILAR PATTERN FOR SUN WITH THE ADDITION OF A
NOSING SFC HIGH FROM THE NE. WILL COOL TEMPS TO MET GUIDANCE AND
ADVERTISE A LIGHT NE WIND.

UPPER LEVEL LOW REMAINS OVER THE AREA SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY. DEEP
MOISTURE...BUT LITTLE DEEP LIFT SEEN. THERE WILL BE SOME LIFT...SO
WITH MOISTURE AND UPPER LOW HANGING AROUND WILL KEEP CHC POP. LOW
FINALLY OPENS UP MONDAY NIGHT...THEN REMNANT TROF MAKES A SLOW ELY
PROGRESS ON TUE. KEPT A LINGERING SLIGHT CHC POP MONDAY NITE...BUT
HAVE A DRY FCST TUE AS WE WILL BE BETWEEN SYSTEMS.

HIGHS REMAIN WELL BELOW NORMAL MONDAY WITH CLOUDS...NELY FLOW AND
LOW THICKNESSES. HIGHS RISE TO NEAR OR A LITTLE ABOVE NORMAL TUE DUE
TO SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER THICKNESSES AS UPPER LOW MOVES OUT. SHOULD
ALSO SEE SOME SUNSHINE. LOWS A LITTLE BELOW NORMAL SUNDAY AND MONDAY
NIGHTS.

LONG TERM (TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY)...
PERIOD STARTS WITH UPPER LEVEL TROF OVER THE EAST COAST. A WEAK
SHORT WAVE MOVES THRU THE TROF WED INTO OUR AREA PUSHING A BACKDOOR
COLD FRONT THRU. BEST MOISTURE AND LIFT SPLIT AND PASS EAST AND WEST
OF OUR AREA...SO HAVE A DRY FCST FOR NOW. AREA REMAINS IN NWLY FLOW
UNTIL SAT WHEN RIDGING BEGINS TO MOVE IN. A COUPLE OF WEAK SHORT
WAVES MOVE THRU THE NWLY FLOW FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. COOLER HIGH
PRESSURE BUILDS IN ON THU THEN HOLDS ACROSS THE AREA THRU SATURDAY
AND MODERATES. ENOUGH MOISTURE AND LIFT FOR SLIGHT CHC AFT/EVE POP
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. ABOVE NORMAL TEMPS AHEAD OF THE FNT ON
WED...THEN SEASONAL VALUES THU. BACK TO ABOVE NORMAL FRI AND
SATURDAY.

AVIATION...
CONVECTION HAS INITIATED OVER THE MTNS AND IS MOVING ENE ATTM.
SATELLITE SHOWS THAT CU HAS DEVELOPED ACROSS THE CWA...WITH TCU OVER
THE UPPER SAVANNAH VALLEY ALONG WITH THE MTNS. WILL TEMPO IN PERIODS
OF TS/SH FOR ALL TERMINALS MINUS KCLT. THE CONVECTIVE THREAT SHOULD
CONTINUE UNTIL 6Z...ATMOS BECOMES MORE STABLE AFTER 6Z. NAM DEPICTS
THAT THE SFC LOW WILL REMAIN OVER SRN GA TONIGHT...KEEPING THE FA
UNDER DEEP EAST FLOW. UPSLOPE FLOW COMBINED WITH A PASSING VORT MAX
SHOULD SUPPORT WIDESPREAD MID CLOUDS. ALSO...FORECAST SOUNDINGS SHOW
AMPLE BL MOISTURE BUILDS BY SUNRISE...POSSIBLY LEADING TO MVFR FOG
OVER AREAS THAT SEE RAIN TODAY AND TONIGHT.

SUN...NE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO STRENGTHEN SOMEWHAT BY MID MORNING.
WILL CONTINUE VFR CEILING THROUGH 18Z WITH MENTION OF SH/TS.

&&

.GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...NONE.
NC...NONE.
SC...NONE.
&&

SHORT TERM...HG
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 18, 3:51 AM EDT, 20 hours 34 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
351 AM EDT SAT JUN 18 2005

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-
SCZ001>014-019-190800-
RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-AVERY-CALDWELL-
ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-
BUNCOMBE-MCDOWELL-BURKE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-
MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-POLK-RUTHERFORD-
CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION-
OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-
GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-
CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-CHESTER-GREENWOOD-
351 AM EDT SAT JUN 18 2005

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TODAY...MAINLY THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING...SOME STORMS MAY BECOME QUITE STRONG WITH DAMAGING WINDS
AND LARGE HAIL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY...THEN AGAIN ON FRIDAY...SOME
STORMS MAY BECOME STRONG...WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NECESSARY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

RB

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 18, 6:38 PM EDT, 5 hours 47 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
638 PM EDT SAT JUN 18 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0600 PM     HAIL             HARRIS                  35.24N 81.87W
06/18/2005  0.25 INCH        RUTHERFORD         NC   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

BSH
Special weather statement, Jun 18, 6:39 PM EDT, 5 hours 46 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
639 PM EDT SAT JUN 18 2005

GAZ010-017-NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-SCZ001>003-190100-
AVERY-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-HABERSHAM-HAYWOOD-
HENDERSON-MACON NC-MADISON NC-MITCHELL NC-NORTHERN JACKSON NC-
OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-RABUN-SOUTHERN JACKSON NC-SWAIN-
TRANSYLVANIA-YANCEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ASHEVILLE...BREVARD...CHEROKEE...
CLARKESVILLE...CLAYTON...FRANKLIN...HENDERSONVILLE...NEWLAND...
SPRUCE PINE...SYLVA...WAYNESVILLE
639 PM EDT SAT JUN 18 2005

...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO DIMINISH OVER THE MOUNTAINS...

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH OVER THE MOUNTAINS
OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA THROUGH EARLY
EVENING. OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE
THUNDERSTORMS. THE GREATEST RAINFALL WILL LINGER IN THE MOUNTAINS OF
NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA.

NCZ034-054-055-066-067-190100-
BURKE NC-CALDWELL-MCDOWELL-POLK NC-RUTHERFORD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARION...MORGANTON...RUTHERFORDTON...TRYON
639 PM EDT SAT JUN 18 2005

...THUNDERSTORMS TO LEAVE THE FOOTHILLS...

A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL WILL MOVE EAST FROM THE
NORTH CAROLINA FOOTHILLS AND INTO THE PIEDMONT EARLY THIS EVENING.
SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL REMAIN AFTER THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS
MOVES OUT.

NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-082-SCZ008-009-014-190100-
ALEXANDER-CABARRUS-CATAWBA-CHEROKEE SC-CHESTER-CLEVELAND-DAVIE-
GASTON-IREDELL-LINCOLN NC-MECKLENBURG-ROWAN-UNION NC-YORK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLOTTE...CHESTER...CONCORD...GAFFNEY...
GASTONIA...HICKORY...LINCOLNTON...MOCKSVILLE...MONROE...ROCK HILL...
SALISBURY...SHELBY...STATESVILLE
639 PM EDT SAT JUN 18 2005

...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN APPROACHING INTERSTATE 77...

A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL APPROACH THE
INTERSTATE 77 CORRIDOR FROM THE WEST EARLY THIS EVENING. EXPECT
FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND POSSIBLE HAIL...WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS.

GAZ018-026-028-029-SCZ004>007-010>013-019-190100-
ABBEVILLE-ANDERSON-ELBERT-FRANKLIN GA-GREATER GREENVILLE-
GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-GREENWOOD-HART-LAURENS SC-SPARTANBURG-
STEPHENS-UNION SC-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ABBEVILLE...ANDERSON...ELBERTON...
GREENVILLE...GREENWOOD...HARTWELL...LAURENS...SPARTANBURG...TOCCOA...
UNION
639 PM EDT SAT JUN 18 2005

...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT...

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST FROM THE
MOUNTAINS AND INTO THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT OF UPSTATE SOUTH
CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA EARLY THIS EVENING. THESE STORMS
WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND POSSIBLY HAIL.

07
Local storm report, Jun 18, 8:19 PM EDT, 4 hours 6 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
819 PM EDT SAT JUN 18 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0730 PM     HAIL             3 N SPARTANBURG         34.99N 81.93W
06/18/2005  0.25 INCH        SPARTANBURG        SC   TRAINED SPOTTER

            COVERED THE GROUND IN SPOTS

0730 PM     HAIL             2 N SPARTANBURG         34.97N 81.93W
06/18/2005  0.50 INCH        SPARTANBURG        SC   TRAINED SPOTTER

0730 PM     HAIL             2 N SPARTANBURG         34.97N 81.93W
06/18/2005  0.50 INCH        SPARTANBURG        SC   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

BSH
Local storm report, Jun 18, 8:40 PM EDT, 3 hours 45 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
840 PM EDT SAT JUN 18 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0730 PM     TSTM WND DMG     4 N SPARTANBURG         35.00N 81.93W
06/18/2005                   SPARTANBURG        SC   COUNTY OFFICIAL

            TWO TREES DOWN HIGHWAY 9

&&

BSH

The office that day

Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 19, 2:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPYork65 min
Jun 19, 4:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPSpartanburg63 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in South Carolina, 2005Every flash flood warning in 2005

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.