Alert archive / South Carolina / Flash Flood Warnings in 2005
Flash Flood Warning 63, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this flash flood warning at Jul 28, 2005, 7:50 PM EDT for Oconee 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
- Jul 28, 2005, 7:50 PM EDT (23:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 28, 2005, 10:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Oconee County, SC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:53 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, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 201 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
- 555 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -88 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1102 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 13 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 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 282349
FFWGSP
SCC073-290245-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
750 PM EDT THU JUL 28 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
OCONEE COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA
* UNTIL 1045 PM EDT
* AT 750 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOODING FROM SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IS LIKELY OVER THE
WARNED AREA.
A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS... SOME POSSIBLY PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND
DAMAGING WIND... WILL MOVE FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS OCONEE
COUNTY THIS EVENING. THIS WILL COMBINE WITH A NEARLY STATIONARY
LINE OF SHOWERS WITH HEAVY RAIN THAT HAS FORMED ALONG THE EASTERN
SLOPES OF THE MOUNTAINS.
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.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT. IT IS
IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR
CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS SHOULD AVOID
CAMPING ALONG STREAMS OR CREEKS DURING THREATENING RAINS.
LAT...LON 3448 8300 3456 8290 3463 8285 3502 8294
3498 8308 3487 8322 3471 8333
$$
LGL2 follow-up statements
000
WGUS72 KGSP 290053
FFSGSP
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
853 PM EDT THU JUL 28 2005
SCC073-290245-
OCONEE SC-
853 PM EDT THU JUL 28 2005
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1045 PM EDT FOR OCONEE
COUNTY...
AT 830 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER MOST OF OCONEE COUNTY. THE HEAVIEST
RAIN WAS BETWEEN SALEM AND WALHALLA AS STORMS MOVED NORTHEAST AT
AROUND 20 MPH.
LOCATIONS ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM LONG CREEK TO WALHALLA TO
FAIRVIEW RECEIVED BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES OF RAIN SINCE EARLY
EVENING. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF ANOTHER INCH COULD AFFECT THE REGION
BEFORE THIS BATCH OF HEAVY RAIN MOVES OUT OF THE COUNTY.
HOWEVER...RADAR INDICATED ADDITIONAL STORMS ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA
MOVING IN THE DIRECTION OF WESTERN OCONEE COUNTY. THIS CLUSTER OF
STORMS WILL LIKELY AFFECT LOCATIONS NORTH OF HIGHWAY 11 BETWEEN LONG
CREEK AND MOUNTAIN REST...A CORRIDOR THAT HAS ALREADY RECEIVED CLOSE
TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN.
STREAMS...CREEKS AND SMALLER RIVERS IN WESTERN AND CENTRAL OCONEE
COUNTY ...AND ESPECIALLY CREEKS IN THE MOUNTAINS...WILL LIKELY
EXPERIENCE RAPID RISES TO NEAR BANKFULL...AS RUNOFF FROM THE FIRST
ROUND OF HEAVY RAIN WORKS ITS WAY THROUGH THE COUNTY CREEK BASINS.
ESPECIALLY SUSCEPTIBLE ARE THE CHAUGA RIVER...BONE CAMP CREEK AND
CEDAR CREEK.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WALHALLA...
SALEM...MOUNTAIN REST AND LONG CREEK.
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. 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 3448 8300 3456 8290 3463 8285 3502 8294
3498 8308 3487 8322 3471 8333
$$
BURRUS000
WGUS72 KGSP 290242
FFSGSP
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1042 PM EDT THU JUL 28 2005
SCC073-290250-
OCONEE SC-
1040 PM EDT THU JUL 28 2005
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR OCONEE COUNTY EXPIRES AT 1045 PM
EDT...
MOST OF THE HEAVY RAIN HAS MOVED EAST OF OCONEE
COUNTY...HOWEVER...AT 1040 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR SHOWED SOME SHOWERS
AND STORMS DEVELOPING ONCE AGAIN ACROSS THE COUNTY. ACCORDING TO
THE OCONEE COUNTY SHERIFF DEPARTMENT...AN OFFICER REPORTED SOME ROAD
FLOODING AROUND SALEM EARLIER. THERE WERE ALSO TREES AND POWERLINES
DOWNED BY THE WIND EARLIER.
LAT...LON 3448 8300 3456 8290 3463 8285 3502 8294
3498 8308 3487 8322 3471 8333
$$
JONESWhat 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 Jul 28, 2:44 PM EDT, 5 hours 6 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 28, 2:44 PM EDT, 5 hours 6 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 244 PM EDT THU JUL 28 2005 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY)... 88D TRENDS THROUGH THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON SHOULD DEPICT BLOSSOMING CVRG OF DEEP CONVECTION THANKS TO THE COMBINATION OF DEEPER RH PRESSING IN FROM THE NORTHWEST...A MODERATELY TO VERY UNSTABLE AIRMASS AND LLVL CONVERGENCE AXIS BISECTING THE CWFA. WILL CONTINUE TO FCST NUMEROUS TSTM CVRG THROUGH MIDNIGHT. FOR THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...SHORT RANGE MODELS HAVING TROUBLE RESOLVING THE DETAILS OF SPECIFIC AREAS OF LIFT...BUT BOTH THE NAM AND THE GFS HAVE PCPN RESPONSE LINGERING ACRS NC... SO WILL HANG ONTO LIKELY CVRG THERE AND DROP POP TO SCATTERED EVERYWHERE ELSE. ON FRIDAY...CONTINUED UNSETTLED WEATHER LOOKS PROBABLE AS UPPER TROUGH AXIS DIGS JUST UPSTREAM OF THE CWFA WITH A PRETTY STOUT AREA OF LARGE SCALE ASCENT AHEAD OF THE TROUGH AXIS. AGAIN... MODELS LINGER DEEP RH WITHIN THE CWFA AND DECENT AGREEMENT AMONG NUMERICAL GUIDANCE POP ADVERTISING ANOTHER AFTERNOON/EVENING WITH NUMEROUS TSTMS. && .LONG TERM (FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY)... THE UPPER TROUGH AXIS WILL SLOWLY DRIFT TO THE EAST COAST DURING THE WEEKEND AS THE SURFACE FRONT LINGERS AND GRADUALLY FADES OVER OR NEAR THE COASTAL PLAIN DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. HIGH PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES OF OVER TWO INCHES WILL COEXIST WITH THE FRONT AT LEAST THROUGH THE FIRST HALF OF THE WEEKEND. A GOOD AREA OF OMEGA WILL MOVE NORTHEAST NEAR INTERSTATE 85 FRIDAY NIGHT. AFTER THAT...NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MAINLY CONFINED TO LOCATIONS SOUTHEAST OF INTERSTATE 85. A FEW INCHES OF RAIN COULD FALL IN PARTS OF THE CAROLINAS AND GEORGIA DURING THE NEXT FEW DAYS. IF THE FRONT REMAINS CLOSER TO THE COAST AS EXPECTED AND SLOWLY DISSIPATE...OUR CHANCES OF RAIN WILL DIMINISH GOING INTO THE UPCOMING WEEK. WITH A COOLER AIRMASS AND LOTS OF CLOUDINESS...NO MORE NEAR RECORD TEMPERATURES FOR A WHILE. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE BACK TO NEAR NORMAL BY MID NEXT WEEK. WE WILL THEN BE WATCHING THE PROGRESS OF THE NEXT TROPICAL SYSTEM WHICH IS PROJECTED TO APPROACH THE BAHAMAS IN MID WEEK THEN PERHAPS MOVE WEST WITH HIGH PRESSURE BLOCKING IT FROM GOING NORTH. && .AVIATION... THE COMBINATION OF DEEPER RH PRESSING IN FROM THE NORTHWEST...A MODERATELY TO VERY UNSTABLE AIRMASS AND LLVL CONVERGENCE AXIS BISECTING THE CWFA COINCIDENT WITH SYNOPTIC SCALE FRONT...SHOULD CONTINUE TO PROMOTE DEEP CONVECTIVE CVRG BECOMING NUMEROUS AND WILL CARRY AT LEAST TWO TEMPO PERIODS AT ALL TAF LOCATIONS TO COVER HIGH TSTM PROBABILITIES YET REFLECT TIMING UNCERTAINTY. AS THE NIGHT WEARS ON...SHORT RANGE MODELS PROGGING BETTER WAA LIFT NORTH OF FRONT AND WILL HANG ONTO SHOWER CHANCES FURTHER INTO THE OVERNIGHT FOR MY NC TAFS. AT THIS POINT... DOES NOT LOOK LIKE ANYTHING WORSE THAT MVFR RESTRICTIONS DURING THE PRE-DAWN HOURS. && .GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. && SHORT TERM...CSH LONG TERM...DEO AVIATION...CSH
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 28, 4:10 AM EDT, 15 hours 40 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 410 AM EDT THU JUL 28 2005 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082- SCZ001>014-019-290815- 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 NC- OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS- GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG- CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER- GREENWOOD- 410 AM EDT THU JUL 28 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 THIS MORNING...THEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY THROUGH THE NIGHT. SOME STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS...ESPECIALLY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN ARE ALSO LIKELY AND FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS WHERE CELLS TRAIN OR REDEVELOP OVER THE SAME AREAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY THROUGH SATURDAY...WITH A CHANCE OF STORMS CONTINUING THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN ARE EXPECTED AND FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE INTO THE WEEKEND. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. RB
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 28, 6:57 PM EDT, 53 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
657 PM EDT THU JUL 28 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0650 PM TSTM WND GST 2 S MOORESVILLE 35.55N 80.81W
07/28/2005 67 MPH IREDELL NC AMATEUR RADIO
113 ROYALTON RD, 1 MILE EAST OF ROCKY ROAD SOUTH OF
MOORESVILLE.
&&
TJBLocal storm report, Jul 28, 7:13 PM EDT, 37 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
713 PM EDT THU JUL 28 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0635 PM TSTM WND DMG HARTWELL 34.35N 82.93W
07/28/2005 HART GA FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
TREES DOWN ON POWERLINES ALL OVER HARTWELL.
&&
TJBSpecial weather statement, Jul 28, 7:19 PM EDT, 31 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 719 PM EDT THU JUL 28 2005 GAZ010-017-018-SCZ001-290030- RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-OCONEE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...CLARKESVILLE...TOCCOA 719 PM EDT THU JUL 28 2005 ...HEAVY RAINFALL AND POSSIBLY GUSTY WINDS IN PARTS OF EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA... A SMALL LINE OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MOVING FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS SOUTHERN RABUN AND NORTHERN HABERSHAM COUNTIES IN GEORGIA WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN OCONEE COUNTY SOUTH CAROLINA BEFORE 745 PM. ANOTHER AREA OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED OVER OCONEE COUNTY FROM NORTH OF SALEM WEST TO MOUNTAIN CITY THEN SOUTH TO JUST EAST OF WALHALLA. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO OCONEE COUNTY FROM GEORGIA WILL POSSIBLY MERGE WITH THE SHOWERS ALREADY IN THE COUNTY TO PRODUCE A PERIOD OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. EXCESSIVE RAINFALL COULD CAUSE RAPID RISES IN CREEKS AND STREAMS. STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. STAY IN TOUCH WITH THE LATEST WEATHER CONDITIONS AND FORECASTS DURING THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENING. LGL
Local storm report, Jul 28, 7:29 PM EDT, 21 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
729 PM EDT THU JUL 28 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0550 PM TSTM WND DMG GASTONIA 35.25N 81.17W
07/28/2005 GASTON NC COUNTY OFFICIAL
TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN. ALSO...STRUCTURAL FIRES CAUSED
BY LIGHTNING.
&&
TJBLocal storm report, Jul 28, 7:38 PM EDT, 12 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
738 PM EDT THU JUL 28 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0631 PM TSTM WND DMG DAVIDSON 35.50N 80.85W
07/28/2005 MECKLENBURG NC COUNTY OFFICIAL
NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN WITH SOME ON HOUSES.
0631 PM TSTM WND DMG HUNTERSVILLE 35.42N 80.85W
07/28/2005 MECKLENBURG NC COUNTY OFFICIAL
NUMEROUS TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN WITH SOME ON HOUSES.
&&
TJBLocal storm report, Jul 28, 7:47 PM EDT, 3 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
747 PM EDT THU JUL 28 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0740 PM TSTM WND GST 5 W SALISBURY 35.67N 80.57W
07/28/2005 60 MPH ROWAN NC TRAINED SPOTTER
SPOTTER ESTIMATED WINDS 50 TO 60 MPH. WIND BLEW GAS GRILL
ACROSS THE YARD AND TENT APART.
&&
TJBThe office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 28, 3:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Anderson | 62 min |
| Jul 28, 4:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Greenville | 54 min |
| Jul 28, 4:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cherokee, Spartanburg | 60 min |
| Jul 28, 4:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | York | 55 min |
| Jul 28, 4:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Chester | 58 min |
| Jul 28, 5:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Spartanburg | 61 min |
| Jul 28, 6:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Anderson | 57 min |
| Jul 28, 7:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Oconee | 59 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.