Alert archive / South Carolina / Flash Flood Warnings in 2005
Flash Flood Warning 6, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this flash flood warning at May 20, 2005, 6:15 AM EDT for Anderson 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
- May 20, 2005, 6:15 AM EDT (10:15 UTC)
- Expired
- May 20, 2005, 9:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 3 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), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:19 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, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 213 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
- 1236 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1610 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 89 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS52 KGSP 201021 FFWGSP SCC007-201315- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 615 AM EDT FRI MAY 20 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... ANDERSON COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA * UNTIL 915 AM EDT * AT 608 AM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT HAS REPORTED FLOODING ALONG THE BELTON ANDERSON HIGHWAY. HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO FALL OVER THE AREA FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS WHICH WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND FURTHER FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS ESPECIALLY ALONG CLEMSON BOULEVARD. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ANDERSON...WILLIAMSTON AND SANDY SPRINGS. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING. LAT...LON 3458 8285 3429 8271 3447 8240 3477 8252 $$ PT
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS72 KGSP 201140 FFSGSP FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 734 AM EDT FRI MAY 20 2005 SCC007-201315- ANDERSON SC- 734 AM EDT FRI MAY 20 2005 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 915 AM EDT FOR ANDERSON COUNTY... AT 728 AM EDT...A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS REPORTED OVER THE WARNED AREA. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ANDERSON... WILLIAMSTON AND SANDY SPRINGS. RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL IS OCCURRING OVER THE ROCKY RIVER BASIN BETWEEN SANDY SPRINGS AND WILLIAMSTON. FLOODING OF ROADWAYS AND LOW LYING AREAS REMAIN A THREAT ACROSS MUCH OF THE COUNTY. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. LAT...LON 3458 8285 3429 8271 3447 8240 3477 8252 $$ PAT
000 WGUS72 KGSP 201318 FFSGSP FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 911 AM EDT FRI MAY 20 2005 SCC007-201321- ANDERSON SC- 911 AM EDT FRI MAY 20 2005 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR ANDERSON COUNTY EXPIRES AT 915 AM EDT... RAINFALL ACROSS THE COUNTY HAS DECREASED IN INTENSITY OVER THE LAST FEW HOURS...THUS THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR ANDERSON COUNTY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 915 AM. MOST RIVERS AND STREAMS WILL REMAIN HIGH BUT WITHIN THEIR BANKS. THERE MAY BE A FEW ROADS THAT STILL HAVE SOME PONDING OF WATER ON THEM. LAT...LON 3458 8285 3429 8271 3447 8240 3477 8252 $$ PAT
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 May 20, 6:11 AM EDT, 4 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 20, 6:11 AM EDT, 4 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
611 AM EDT FRI MAY 20 2005
.SHORT TERM (REST OF TODAY)...
WILL UPDATE FORECAST TO DROP SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FROM NRN
AND CENTRAL NC MTNS...NC FOOTHILLS AND A GOOD CHUNK OF THE NC
PIEDMONT BEHIND MCS REMNANT LINE. WILL MAINTAIN WATCH FOR NOW IN
CLT METRO AREA...SRN MTNS...NE GA AND UPSTATE...AS STRONG
CONVECTION WORKS BACK ON NW FLOW AHEAD OF UPPER SHORTWAVE.
&&
.PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...
(ISSUED 346 AM EDT FRI MAY 20 2005)
SHORT TERM (REST OF TODAY)...
UPDATED WWA SECTION FOR FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN THE SOUTHERN NC MTNS.
PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...
(ISSUED 339 AM EDT FRI MAY 20 2005)
SHORT TERM (TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT)...
UPDATED TO INCLUDE CONSIDERATION OF A SHORT FUSE FLASH FLOOD WATCH
IN THE SOUTHERN NC MOUNTAINS. ADDITIONAL CONVECTION DEVELOPING NEAR
CROSSVILLE TN COULD CREATE HYDROLOGY PROBLEMS FROM HAYWOOD COUNTY
SOUTH EARLY TODAY.
UPPER LEVEL DIVERGENCE MAXIMIZES ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA AROUND
12Z THIS MORNING...WITH 500 MB SHORTWAVE SLATED TO ARRIVE 12 TO
18Z. LEADING EDGE OF MCS CURRENTLY IS CATCHING UP TO SCATTERED TO
NUMEROUS CONVECTIVE CELLS AHEAD OF THE QUASI LINEAR FEATURE.
WIDESPREAD STRONG TO SEVERE CONVECTION WILL THUS CONTINUE IN THE
WATCH AREA INTO THE MORNING HOURS. UPPER SUPPORT WITH THE
SHORTWAVE WILL FINALLY PULL EAST OF THE AREA THIS EVENING. AT THE
SURFACE...A SERIES OF LOW PRESSURE CENTERS WILL TRANSIT EAST
ACROSS THE REGION TODAY AND EXIT THE COAST NEAR THE DELMARVA. HIGH
PRESSURE CENTERED OVER THE GREAT LAKES REGION WILL THEN FINALLY
PUSH THE SURFACE BOUNDARY THROUGH THE AREA TONIGHT WITH GRADUAL
CLEARING AND DRYING THROUGH SATURDAY.
THE NEXT SYSTEM DIVES SOUTHEAST LATE THIS WEEKEND...WITH ANOTHER
COMPLEX SURFACE PATTERN EVOLVING AS UPPER LOWS COMBINE INTO NEW
ENGLAND. THE LATE WEEKEND SYSTEM SHOULD BE ACCOMPANIED BY SLIGHTLY
LESS INSTABILITY HOWEVER.
LONG TERM (MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY)...
CONSENSUS REMAINS ON MEAN EASTERN TROUGHING THROUGH MUCH OF THE
PERIOD. NO CHANGES PLANNED TO CURRENT MEDIUM RANGE FORECAST.
AVIATION...
WILL START TAFS WITH TEMPO FOR CONVECTION...ASSOCIATED WITH PAIR OF
SHORTWAVES...NOW LEAVING OR ENTERING AREA...TIMING FIRST BAND AS IT
MOVES OUT OF KCLT AND KAND...AND SECOND BAND AS IT MOVES INTO KAVL
AND KGSP. MODELS HAVE BULK OF OMEGA OVERNIGHT...WITH MESOETA
DECREASING IT AROUND 09Z. BASED ON SPEED OF CONVECTION IN E
TN...WILL CARRY THUNDER THROUGH 09Z...AND JUST TEMPO SHOWERS TOWARD
DAWN. IN ADDITION TO CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY...MVFR THEN IFR CIGS AND
VSBY EXPECTED AS PRECIPITATION ADDS MOISTURE TO ALREADY MOIST
ATMOSPHERE.
WILL ALLOW MVFR VSBY AND CIGS TO LIFT MID MORNING IN WAKE OF
SHORTWAVES. WITH LIMITED LIFT BEHIND INITIAL SHORTWAVES...WILL DELAY
ONSET OF DAYTIME CONVECTION TIL AFTERNOON WHEN LIMITED HEATING
THROUGH LOW VFR CIGS BOOSTS ALREADY ELEVATED INSTABILITY. EXPECT
FROPA EARLY THIS EVENING...AND THOUGH FORCING WEAK...WITH PLENTY OF
MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY...EXPECT CONVECTION TO ACCOMPANY FRONT S
ACROSS TAF SITES. WIND VEERS TO NNE BEHIND FROPA LATE EVENING...WITH
LOW VFR CIGS IMPROVING SLIGHTLY.
&&
.GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...NONE.
NC...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR NCZ051-052-058-059-062>064 UNTIL NOON
FRIDAY.
SC...NONE.
&&
SHORT TERM...HGHazardous weather outlook, May 20, 5:46 AM EDT, 29 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 546 AM EDT FRI MAY 20 2005 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082- SCZ001>014-019-211000- 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- 546 AM EDT FRI MAY 20 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA... MUCH OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE FAIRLY WIDESPREAD ACROSS THE REGION TODAY...ESPECIALLY THIS MORNING. ISOLATED SEVERE WEATHER...WITH PENNY SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH...WILL BE POSSIBLE. TORRENTIAL RAINFALL ACCOMPANYING THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY ALSO PRODUCE LOCALIZED FLOODING. PLEASE SEE THE SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK...SPSGSP...FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THE THUNDERSTORMS. ALSO SEE THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH...FFAGSP...FOR FURTHER DETAILS ON THE POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING IN THE SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TODAY FOR THE PURPOSE OF REPORTING SEVERE WEATHER...FLOODING AND RAINFALL AMOUNTS. 14
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 20, 12:42 AM EDT, 5 hours 33 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1242 AM EDT FRI MAY 20 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1237 AM HAIL REED CREEK 34.44N 82.92W
05/20/2005 1.00 INCH HART GA LAW ENFORCEMENT
HAIL THE SIZE OF QUARTERS 5 MILES NORTH OF HARTWELL IN
REED CREEK COMMUNITY.
&&
TJBLocal storm report, May 20, 12:47 AM EDT, 5 hours 28 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1247 AM EDT FRI MAY 20 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1243 AM HAIL 8 N SHELBY 35.40N 81.54W
05/20/2005 0.88 INCH CLEVELAND NC UNKNOWN
PUBLIC REPORT OF NICKEL SIZE HAIL 8 MILES NORTH OF SHELBY
ON HWY 226.
&&
TJBLocal storm report, May 20, 1:06 AM EDT, 5 hours 9 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
106 AM EDT FRI MAY 20 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1200 AM TSTM WND DMG AVALON 34.50N 83.19W
05/20/2005 STEPHENS GA COUNTY OFFICIAL
TREES DOWN IN AVALON AREA, ONE ON MARTIN DRIVE.
&&
TJBLocal storm report, May 20, 3:45 AM EDT, 2 hours 30 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
345 AM EDT FRI MAY 20 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0338 AM TSTM WND DMG 10 NE HENDERSONVILLE 35.42N 82.34W
05/20/2005 HENDERSON NC LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES DOWN ON HWY 64 IN EDNEYVILLE
0338 AM TSTM WND DMG ETOWAH 35.32N 82.60W
05/20/2005 HENDERSON NC LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES DOWN ON HWY 64 IN ETOWAH.
&&
TJBSpecial weather statement, May 20, 5:42 AM EDT, 33 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 542 AM EDT FRI MAY 20 2005 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082- SCZ001>014-019-201145- 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...CLARKESVILLE...TOCCOA... HARTWELL...ELBERTON...NEWLAND...STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE... SPRUCE PINE...CHEROKEE...WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...MARION... MORGANTON...HICKORY...SALISBURY...SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD... HENDERSONVILLE...COLUMBUS...RUTHERFORDTON...SHELBY...LINCOLNTON... GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE...CONCORD...MONROE...GREENVILLE... SPARTANBURG...GAFFNEY...ROCK HILL...ANDERSON...ABBEVILLE... LAURENS...UNION...CHESTER...GREENWOOD 542 AM EDT FRI MAY 20 2005 ...SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK... WAVES OF LOW PRESSURE MOVING EAST TODAY...FROM EASTERN TENNESSEE TO THE DELMARVA PENINSULA...WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR SEVERAL ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE REGION. AFTER THE EARLY ROUND OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS COMES TO AN END ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING...ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ONCE AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON. A FEW OF THESE LATER THUNDERSTORMS MAY ALSO BECOME SEVERE...PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH. TORRENTIAL RAINFALL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM...POSSIBLY PRODUCING STREET FLOODING IN AFFECTED AREAS. STAY TUNED TO ALL HAZARDS NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST UPDATES...AND ANY POSSIBLE WATCHES OR WARNINGS. HG
Special weather statement, May 20, 5:56 AM EDT, 19 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 556 AM EDT FRI MAY 20 2005 NCZ033>037-048>050-053>056-065-069-201100- ALEXANDER-AVERY-BUNCOMBE-BURKE-CALDWELL-CATAWBA-DAVIE-HENDERSON- IREDELL-LINCOLN-NCDOWELL-MADISON-MITCHELL-YANCEY- 556 AM EDT FRI MAY 20 2005 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CANCELED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 298 FOR THE FOLLOWING AREA... IN NORTH CAROLINA THIS CANCELS 17 COUNTIES IN PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA CLEVELAND... DAVIE... IREDELL... LINCOLN... IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA ALEXANDER... AVERY... BUNCOMBE... BURKE... CALDWELL... CATAWBA... HENDERSON... MADISON... MCDOWELL... MITCHELL... POLK... RUTHERFORD... YANCEY... THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...RUTHERFORDTON...COLUMBUS... HICKORY...NEWTON...LINCOLNTON...ASHEVILLE...MORGANTON... BAKERSVILLE...TAYLORSVILLE...MOCKSVILLE...MARION...NEWLAND... MARSHALL...HENDERSONVILLE...STATESVILLE...MOORESVILLE... BURNSVILLE AND SHELBY. GAZ010-017>018-026-028>029-NCZ051>052-057>059-062>064- 071>072-082-SCZ001>014-019-201300- ELBERT-FRANKLIN-HABERSHAM-HART-RABUN-STEPHENS-CABARRUS-GRAHAM- HAYWOOD-JACKSON--MACON-MECKLENBURG-ROWAN-SWAIN-TRANSYLVANIA- UNION-ABBEVILLE-ANDERSON-CHEROKEE-CHESTER-GREENVILLE--GREENWOOD- LAURENS-OCONEE--PICKENS--SPARTANBURG-UNION-YORK- 556 AM EDT FRI MAY 20 2005 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 298 REMAINS VALID UNTIL 9 AM EDT FOR THE FOLLOWING AREA... IN GEORGIA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 6 COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA ELBERT... FRANKLIN... HABERSHAM... HART... RABUN... STEPHENS... IN NORTH CAROLINA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 11 COUNTIES IN PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA CABARRUS... GASTON... MECKLENBURG... ROWAN... UNION... IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA GRAHAM... HAYWOOD... JACKSON... MACON... SWAIN... TRANSYLVANIA... IN SOUTH CAROLINA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 12 COUNTIES IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA ABBEVILLE... ANDERSON... CHEROKEE... CHESTER... GREENVILLE... GREENWOOD... LAURENS... OCONEE... PICKENS... SPARTANBURG... UNION... YORK... THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...CARNESVILLE...WALHALLA...HARTWELL... LAURENS...CONCORD...WAYNESVILLE...SPARTANBURG...UNION...EASLEY... CHESTER...GAFFNEY...CLAYTON...GREENVILLE...BRYSON CITY... GREENWOOD...SALISBURY...BREVARD...ABBEVILLE...GASTONIA...MONROE... ROBBINSVILLE...ELBERTON...CHARLOTTE...ANDERSON...FRANKLIN... ROCK HILL...CULLOWHEE...SYLVA...CLARKESVILLE AND TOCCOA. HG
The office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 20, 12:31 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Anderson | 60 min |
| May 20, 1:04 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Greenville | 51 min |
| May 20, 1:28 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Spartanburg | 54 min |
| May 20, 1:52 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cherokee | 53 min |
| May 20, 5:17 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Greenville | 118 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.