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Flash Flood Warning 67, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this flash flood warning at Aug 8, 2005, 6:11 PM EDT for Elbert County, Georgia. It was in force for 3 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 8, 2005, 6:11 PM EDT (22:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 8, 2005, 9:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Elbert County, GA
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:13 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 8, 7:30 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 Wsw Fortsonia, GA | CULVERT COLLAPSED ALONG SAM TATE ROAD. FLOODING ALONG FALLING CREEK. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
Did it verify
Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched one storm report to this flash flood warning; the first came 79 minutes after it went out.
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, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 178 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
- 663 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 490 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 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 082214 FFWGSP GAC105-090115- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 611 PM EDT MON AUG 8 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN ELBERT COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA * UNTIL 915 PM EDT * AT 604 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES THAT AS MUCH 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN FALLEN SINCE THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS ACROSS SOUTHERN ELBERT COUNTY...FROM JUST WEST OF FORTSONIA TO LAKE RUSSELL. AN ADDITIONAL INCH OR TWO OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE THROUGH 730 PM...WHICH WOULD LIKELY CAUSE CREEKS AND STREAMS FLOWING INTO THE BROAD RIVER AND LAKE RUSSELL TO OVERFLOW THEIR BANKS. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. 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. EVEN MODERN SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES CANNOT BE SAFELY DRIVEN THROUGH FLOOD WATERS. LAT...LON 3418 8275 3401 8261 3399 8283 3413 8299 $$ CSH
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS72 KGSP 082348 FFSGSP FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 739 PM EDT MON AUG 8 2005 GAC105-090115- ELBERT GA- 739 PM EDT MON AUG 8 2005 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 915 PM EDT FOR SOUTHERN ELBERT COUNTY... AT 735 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED MODERATE RAIN CONTINUING TO FALL ACROSS SOUTHERN ELBERT COUNTY... BUT IT WAS DIMINISHING. COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS REPORTS SEVERAL ROADS IN THIS AREA FLOODING...AT LEAST ONE THE RESULT OF A CULVERT COLLAPSE...ALONG SAM TATE ROAD NEAR FORTSONIA. DESPITE DIMINISHING RAINFALL...RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE TO RESULT IN HIGH WATER LEVELS AND FLOODING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...INCLUDING CREEKS FEEDING THE BROAD RIVER AND RUSSELL LAKE SUCH AS COODY AND WAHACHEE CREEKS. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO FORTSONIA AND RUSSELL LAKE. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS...STREAMS AND COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. LAT...LON 3418 8275 3401 8261 3399 8283 3413 8299 $$ CSH
000 WGUS72 KGSP 090102 FFSGSP FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 859 PM EDT MON AUG 8 2005 GAC105-090115- ELBERT GA- 859 PM EDT MON AUG 8 2005 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHERN ELBERT COUNTY TO EXPIRE AT 915 PM EDT... AT 850 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT RAIN HAS ENDED OVER ELBERT COUNTY...BUT LINGERING STANDING WATER...AND HIGH WATER CONDITIONS ALONG THE BROAD RIVER AND CREEKS SUCH AS FALLING...WAHACHEE AND COODY CREEKS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH LATE EVENING. MOTORISTS ARE REMINDED TO NEVER CROSS WATER COVERED ROADWAYS AND RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO KEEP AN EYE ON STREAM CONDITIONS THIS EVENING. LAT...LON 3418 8275 3401 8261 3399 8283 3413 8299 $$ CSH
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 Aug 8, 2:49 PM EDT, 3 hours 22 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 8, 2:49 PM EDT, 3 hours 22 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 249 PM EDT MON AUG 8 2005 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY)... WEAK UPPER TROUGH JUST UPSTREAM OF AREA TO KEEP PATTERN ACTIVE. EXPECT CONVECTION TO LINGER INTO EVENING...SUPPORTING EXTENSION OF FLOOD WATCH ALONG S BLUE RIDGE ESCARPEMENT THROUGH TONIGHT. PORTIONS OF THE EAST FACING ESCARPMENT AROUND I-40 HAVE RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL RAINFALL TODAY...BUT AS LOW LEVEL FLOW VEERS FROM ESE TO SSE TONIGHT...GA/SC MTS/FTHLS AND ADJACENT NC COUNTIES WILL BE FAVORED. EXPECT CLOUD COVER TO REMAIN OVERNIGHT...WITH SLIGHT IMPROVMENT TUE. POPS TO GRADUALLY DECREASE AS MID LEVELS DRY...AND UPPER TROUGH WEAKENS AND SHIFTS N. MIN TEMPERATURES GOVERNED BY SLIGHLTY ABOVE NORMAL DEW POINTS. MAX TEMPERATURES TUE TO CLIMB A BIT ABOVE TODAY WITH RISING HEIGHTS AND SLIGHTLY LESS CLOUDS/PRECIP. && .LONG TERM (TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY)... TREND DURING MID WEEK WILL BE TO TRANSITION TO A MORE TYPICAL AUGUST PATTERN AS WEAK UPPER TROUGH FINALLY LIFTS NE OF THE AREA AND SUBTROPICAL HIGH BUILDS BACK OVER THE SE. GFS MODEL PER HPC DISCUSSION IS FAVORED IN THE MID RANGE AS NAM TOO FAST IN EJECTING UPPER TROUGH WHICH RESULTS IN ATMOSPHERE OVER THE CWFA DRYING TOO QUICKLY. GFS GRADUALLY DRYS THE COLUMN...BUT ENOUGH MOISTURE WILL REMAIN FOR AT LEEAST SCATTERED CONVECTION AGAIN WED AFTERNOON AS REMNANTS OF UPPER TROUGH MOVE THROUGH THE AREA. WILL ENTER A GENERALLY DRY PERIOD BEGINNING THU AS UPPER HIGH BUILDS ACROSS THE REGION WITH LARGE SCALE WEAK SUBSIDENCE. ONLY ISOLATED DIURNAL CONVECTION OVER MOUNTAINS AT BEST THROUGH FRI. EXPECT THE CHANCE FOR DIURNAL CONVECTION TO INCREASE BY SAT AFTERNOON AS MOISTURE INCREASES THROUGHOUT COLUMN. EXPECT DIURNAL AFTERNOON CONVECTION THROUGH MON WITH POPS INCREASING TO AROUND 30% DURING AFTERNOONS. TEMPERATURES WILL BEGIN NEAR NORMAL VALUES AND THEN INCREASE TO A FEW DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL FOR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES BY THU AND THEN TREND BACK TO NEAR NORMAL VALUES BY THE END OF THE WEEKEND. && .AVIATION... UPSLOPE COMPONENT TO GRADUALLY WEAKEN AFTER 18Z...AND EXPECT PRECIPITATION TO TAKE ON A MORE CONVECTIVE MODE THAN STRATIFORM ...AND WILL COVER WITH TEMPO THUNDER ALL SITES...FAVORING EARLY AFTERNOON WHEN MORE FORCING AVAILABLE. EXPECT CIGS TO LOWER IN EVENING AS WIND/MIXING DECREASE. WILL CARRY LOWEST VSBY WHERE MOST RAIN OCCURRED...KAND/KAVL..AND HIGHEST VSBY WHERE LEAST RAIN OCCURRED AT KCLT. EXPECT CONDITIONS TO IMPROVE QUICKEST S AND E TUE MORNING... WHERE MODEL GUIDANCE BRINGS WIND UP EARLIEST. && .GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...FLOOD WATCH FOR GAZ010-017-018-026-028 UNTIL 6 AM TUESDAY. NC...FLOOD WATCH FOR NCZ053-059-062>067 UNTIL 6 AM TUESDAY. SC...FLOOD WATCH FOR SCZ001>007-010 UNTIL 6 AM TUESDAY. && SHORT TERM...JAT LONG TERM...LG AVIATION...JAT
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 8, 6:00 AM EDT, 12 hours 11 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 600 AM EDT MON AUG 8 2005 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082- SCZ001>014-019-091000- 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- 600 AM EDT MON AUG 8 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA... MUCH OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NUMEROUS TO WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TODAY AND TONIGHT. HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE AREA. A FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED. PLEASE SEE CAEFFAGSP FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR EACH DAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. RWH
In the hours before
Local storm report, Aug 8, 2:02 PM EDT, 4 hours 9 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
202 PM EDT MON AUG 08 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1245 PM FLOOD 3 SW CLARKESVILLE 34.58N 83.56W
08/08/2005 HABERSHAM GA EMERGENCY MNGR
HABERSHAM EMERGENCY DIRECTOR RELAYED A REPORT THAT ONE
HOUSE WAS BRIEFLY FLOODED WHICH IS ON A DEMOREST ADDRESS.
THE FLOODING AT THAT LOCATION HAS SINCE RECEDED.
ALSO...TWO OTHER UNSPECIFIED ROADS WERE BRIEFLY FLOODED.
&&
OUTLAWLocal storm report, Aug 8, 3:21 PM EDT, 2 hours 50 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
321 PM EDT MON AUG 08 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0200 PM FLOOD CLARKESVILLE 34.61N 83.52W
08/08/2005 HABERSHAM GA COUNTY OFFICIAL
COUNTY REPORTS CRESTVIEW ROAD COMPLETELY WASHED OUT BY
FLOODING.
&&
HGSpecial weather statement, Aug 8, 4:35 PM EDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 435 PM EDT MON AUG 8 2005 SCZ013-082130- UNION SC- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...UNION 435 PM EDT MON AUG 8 2005 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM TO AFFECT UNION COUNTY THROUGH 530 PM... AT 435 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES WEST OF CARLISLE...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 10 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH...AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL AT RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOURS. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT LOCATIONS FROM CARLISLE TO UNION THROUGH 530 PM. SEEK SHELTER IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS THUNDERSTORM. HG
Special weather statement, Aug 8, 5:42 PM EDT, 29 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 542 PM EDT MON AUG 8 2005 GAZ029-SCZ011-082215- ABBEVILLE-ELBERT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ABBEVILLE...ELBERTON 542 PM EDT MON AUG 8 2005 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAINFALL ACROSS SOUTHERN ELBERT COUNTY ... AT 535 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR FORTSONIA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH...TORRENTIAL RAINFALL AT RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT LOCATIONS FROM FORTSONIA TO LAKE RUSSELL AND CALHOUN FALLS THROUGH 630 PM. SEEK SHELTER IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS THUNDERSTORM...KEEP AN EYE ON RISING STREAM CONDITIONS AND BE WARY OF STANDING WATER ON AREA ROADS. CSH
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.