Alert archive / North Carolina / Flash Flood Warnings in 2005
Flash Flood Warning 78, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this flash flood warning at Aug 30, 2005, 1:00 AM EDT for Madison County, North Carolina. It was in force for 4 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
- Aug 30, 2005, 1:00 AM EDT (05:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 30, 2005, 5:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Madison County, NC
The radar
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:00 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, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 265 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
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1123 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 28 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 95 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS52 KGSP 300504 FFWGSP NCC115-300900- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 100 AM EDT TUE AUG 30 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... MADISON COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA * UNTIL 500 AM EDT * AT 100 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED FLASH FLOODING FROM A SERIES OF THUNDERSTORMS CROSSING THE WARNED AREA. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MARSHALL AND HOT SPRINGS. RADAR INDICATED RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES OVER THE PAST THREE HOURS IN MADISON COUNTY. ADDITIONAL MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS WILL MOVE NORTHWARD OVER MADISON COUNTY OVER THE NEXT TWO HOURS. BANKFULL CONDITIONS HAVE ALREADY BEEN REPORTED ON THE SPRING CREEK AND LITTLE PINE CREEK...AND THIS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL LIKELY PRODUCE FLOODING THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. FLOODING IS ESPECIALLY LIKELY ALONG ROUTE 63 NEAR LUCK. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. 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. TURN AROUND AND FIND ANOTHER ROUTE. LAT...LON 3569 8290 3571 8268 3655 8272 3653 8305 $$ HG
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS72 KGSP 300707 FFSGSP FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 302 AM EDT TUE AUG 30 2005 NCC115-300900- MADISON NC- 302 AM EDT TUE AUG 30 2005 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 500 AM EDT FOR MADISON COUNTY... AT 302 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED ANOTHER ROUND OF TROPICAL RAIN SHOWERS POISED TO MOVE INTO MADISON COUNTY FROM THE SOUTH. THESE SHOWERS WERE PRODUCING RAINFALL AT RATES IN EXCESS OF ONE HALF INCH PER HOUR...AND AN ADDITIONAL INCH OR TWO OF RAINFALL COULD AFFECT LOCATIONS FROM SPRING CREEK TO HOT SPRINGS BEFORE DAYBREAK. STREAM AND CREEK FLOODING WILL LIKELY DEVELOP...ESPECIALLY ALONG LITTLE PINE CREEK...BIG PINE CREEK...AND SPRING CREEK. DANGEROUS PONDING OF WATER IN LOW SPOTS IS ALSO EXPECTED. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. LAT...LON 3569 8290 3571 8268 3655 8272 3653 8305 $$ HG
000 WGUS72 KGSP 300854 FFSGSP FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 449 AM EDT TUE AUG 30 2005 NCC115-300915- MADISON NC- 449 AM EDT TUE AUG 30 2005 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR MADISON COUNTY EXPIRES AT 500 AM EDT... AT 445 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED JUST LIGHT TO MODERATE SHOWERS ACROSS WESTERN MADISON COUNTY... AND COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS REPORTED NO FLOODING PROBLEMS OR CLOSED ROADS ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...THEREFORE THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THOUGH...AND WIDESPREAD...PERHAPS HEAVY RAIN COULD REDEVELOP ACROSS THE COUNTY THIS MORNING. THIS COULD CAUSE FLOODING TO REDEVELOP...LEADING TO THE ISSUANCE OF NEW FLOOD WARNINGS. LAT...LON 3569 8290 3571 8268 3655 8272 3653 8305 $$
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 29, 9:28 PM EDT, 3 hours 32 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 29, 9:28 PM EDT, 3 hours 32 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
928 PM EDT MON AUG 29 2005
.SHORT TERM (REST OF TONIGHT)...
UPPER LEVEL TROUGH LOCATED OVER GREAT LAKES TONIGHT...WITH WEAK
RIDING ALONG E COAST. TS KATRINA NOW IN E CENTRAL MS AND MOVING
NNE. EASTERN MOST SPIRAL BAND NOW IN UPPER SAVANNAH RIVER
VALLEY...SPREADING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS INTO SMOKY MTS.
SEVERAL ROTATING CELLS HAVE BEEN DETECTED WITHIN THIS BAND...AND
TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT NE GA...OCONEE CO SC...AND SW NC
UNTIL 6 AM. SLOW E MOVEMENT OF BAND WILL MEAN HIGHEST POPS
INITIALLY W. CURRENT POPS APPEAR FINE IN W...BUT HAVE DELAYED
SPREAD OF LIKELY POPS INTO I-77 UNTIL LATE EVENING. UPSLOPE FLOW
STILL SUPPORTIVE OF FLASH FLOOD WATCH...WHICH WILL REMAIN IN
EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM WED.
INCREASED SKY COVER A FEW POINTS OVERNIGHT. UPDATED DEW POINTS
FROM 18Z ADJUSTED MAV...TWEAKED UP A DEGREE. UPDATED EVENING
TEMPERATURES FROM OBSERVATIONS. RAISED A FEW MINIMUM TTEMPERATRUES
FROM HKY TO GSP BASED ON LATEST TRENDS ADN 18Z MAV GUIDANCE...BUT
TRIMMED AVL ONE DEGREE FOR SAME REASONS. UPDATED EVENING WINDS
FROM OBSERVATIONS...BUT LEFT OVERNIGHT WIND FORECAST AS IS WITH
850 MB ANALYSIS SHOWING 40 KNOTS JUST W OF ATL...AND DEPICTED IN
GFS AS ARRIVING IN SW MTS BY DAWN. WIND FORECAST REAMINS BELOW
ADVISORY CRITERIA.
&&
.PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...
(ISSUED 742 PM EDT MON AUG 29 2005)
SHORT TERM (REST OF TONIGHT)...
UPDATING PACKAGE FOR TORNADO WATCH 757...EFFECTIVE UNTIL 10Z.
FIRST SPIRAL BAND MOVING NE INTO SW NC...AND UPPER SAVANNAH RIVER
VALLEY...ACCOMPANIED BY SEVERAL ROTATING STORMS.
PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...
(ISSUED 302 PM EDT MON AUG 29 2005)
SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY)...
THE REMNANTS OF KATRINA ARE STILL PROJECTED TO PASS WELL TO OUR WEST
TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. HOWEVER...IT HAS A LARGE CIRCULATION AND WE
WILL STILL FEEL THE EFFECTS OVER THE NEXT 24 HRS. HAVE GENERALLY
DISCOUNTED THE NAM FOR THIS PACKAGE AS IT CONTINUES TO BE AN OUTLIER
WITH ITS HANDLING OF THE TROPICAL CYCLONE.
PROBABLY THE BIGGEST THREAT TO THE WRN CAROLINAS AND NE GA WL BE
ISOLATED TORNADOES AND DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. THE CIRCULATION
OF THE TROPICAL CYCLONE IS QUITE LARGE...AND BANDS OF STRONG
CONVECTION HAVE ALREADY DEVELOPED AROUND 300 MILES EAST OF THE
CIRCULATION CENTER. AS IT MOVES NORTH AND THEN NORTHEAST OVER THE
NEXT 24 HRS...MUCH OF THE WESTERN PART OF THE CWFA WL BE THAT SAME
DISTANCE FROM THE CENTER. THE GFS SHOWS STRONG LLVL CONVERGENCE
DEVELOPING OVER WRN ZONES BETWEEN 00 AND 06 UTC AS THE CIRCULATION
BEGINS TO INTERACT WITH THE DEEP LARGE RIDGE OFF THE MID ATLANTIC
COAST. DURING THIS TIME THE 0-1KM HELICITY VALUES INCREASE TO OVER
200 WEST OF A GREENWOOD TO GREENVILLE AND ASHEVILLE LINE. WHILE THE
INSTABILITY WL BE MARGINAL...SILL EXPECT THE TORNADO THREAT TO
INCREASE LATE THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE OVERNIGHT OVER ABOUT THE WRN
HALF OF THE CWFA.
LLVL FLOW SHOULD BEGIN TO VEER AROUND MORE TO THE SOUTH TMRW.
HOWEVER...AS SYSTEM BEGINS TO RIDE NE ALONG A STATIONARY FRONT OVER
THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY...THE FLOW ALOFT WL VEER A COMMISERATE AMOUNT
AND LLVL HELICITY VALUES WL REMAIN HIGH AND TORNADO THREAT WL
PERSIST THROUGH THE DAY AND EXPAND ACROSS THE ENTIRE CWFA.
THE OTHER CONCERN IS FLOODING. INHERITED A FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR ALL
OF OUR MTN ZONES...A SMALL PART OF THE UPSTATE...MOST OF NE GA AND
NC WRN NC FOOTHILLS. CERTAINLY THE THREAT FOR HEAVY RAIN
EXISTS...BUT SUSPECT THAT THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS WL BE CONFINED TO THE
FAR SRN NC MTNS...THE NE GA MTNS AND THE WRN MOST UPSTATE. AS THE
REMNANTS OF KATRINA WILL BE MOVING QUITE QUICKLY...THE LLVL FLOW
ACROSS MOST OF THE REST OF THE REGION WL LIKELY VEER TOO QUICKLY FOR
FLOODING RAIN TO DEVELOP. HOWEVER...WL NOT CUT BACK THE WATCH ANY
ATTM. CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY SHOULD EXPAND ACROSS THE REGION WITH
DAYTIME HEATING TUE...AND IF ANY OF THESE BANDS TRAIN FOR ANY LENGTH
OF TIME...THEN WE COULD SEE A FLASH FLOOD DEVELOP JUST ABOUT
ANYWHERE. HOWEVER THE THREAT SHOULD BE LARGELY ISOLATED WITH THE
WEAK FORCING.
LONG TERM (TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY)...
AS THE CIRCULATION ASSOCIATED WITH THE REMNANTS OF KATRINA MOVES
RAPIDLY ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY TUESDAY NIGHT...THE ATMOSPHERE ACROSS
GEORGIA AND THE CAROLINAS WILL DRY OUT RAPIDLY FROM THE TOP
DOWN....AS FLOW CONTINUES TO VEER TO THE WEST AND SOUTHWEST.
THEREFORE...COVERAGE OF SHOWERS AND STORMS SHOULD BEGIN TO DIMINISH
TUESDAY EVENING. WILL REDUCE POPS TO THE CHANCE RANGE IN ALL
AREAS...MAINLY DURING THE EVENING. FOR WEDNESDAY...WILL LIMIT CHANCE
POPS TO THE MNTNS...AS NW FLOW WILL INTERACT WITH LOW LEVEL MOISTURE
TO PRODUCE SOME SCATTERED SHOWERS...MAINLY ALONG THE TENN BORDER.
OTHERWISE...POPS WILL BE REDUCED TO SLIGHT CHANCE EAST AND SOUTH OF
THE BLUE RIDGE.
UNSEASONABLY WARM CONDITIONS SHOULD RETURN TO THE REGION BY LATE IN
THE WEEK...ALTHOUGH THE ATMOSPHERE SHOULD REMAIN TOO DRY TO SUPPORT
MUCH IN THE WAY OF DIURNAL CONVECTION. BY LATE IN THE WEEK...A
STRONG SW TROUGH MOVING ACROSS SOUTHERN CANADA BECOMES PHASED WITH
THE EXTRA-TROPICAL REMNANTS OF KATRINA OVER THE CANADIAN MARITIMES.
THE RESULT IS THE DEVELOPMENT OF A RATHER DEEP TROUGH ACROSS THE
EASTERN CONUS...WHICH WILL ALLOW A COLD FRONT TO SAG INTO THE AREA
OVER THE WEEKEND. THEREFORE...WILL DECREASE TEMPS TO NEAR
CLIMATOLOGY BY LATE IN THE PACKAGE. ALTHOUGH SOME ISOLATED
CONVECTION WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG THE FRONT OVER THE WEEKEND...IT
APPEARS THE AIRMASS OVER THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA
WILL BE TOO DRY TO SUPPORT MENTIONABLE POPS THROUGH THE
EXTENDED.
AVIATION...
MAIN CHALLENGE WITH THE TAFS IS TIMING OF LOWERING CIGS AND
INCREASING CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY OVERNIGHT. WL FAVOR THE MAV
MOS...AND PERSISTENCE WITH THE PREVIOUS TAFS...AS THE GFS IS DOING A
BETTER JOB WITH KATRINA THAN THE MET. CIGS WL GRADUALLY LOWER
OVERNIGHT AND HAVE MVFR CIGS AND VSBYS DEVELOPING FROM SOUTHWEST TO
NORTHEAST ACROSS THE REGION OVERNIGHT...WITH IFR CIGS DEVELOPING A
FEW HRS AFTER THE MVFR CIGS. WL INTRODUCE PREVAILING SHRA AT ALL
SITES EXPECT KCLT WHICH WL SEE LESS UPSLOPE INDUCED PCPN. WL CARRY A
TEMPO GROUP FOR TSTMS ALL TAFS BEGINNING LATE TMRW AS CONVECTIVE
BANDS WL BECOME STRONGER AND MORE NUMEROUS WITH A LITTLE HEATING.
&&
.GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...TORNADO WATCH FOR GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029 UNTIL 6 AM
TUESDAY.
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR GAZ010-017-018-026 UNTIL 8 AM WEDNESDAY.
NC...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR NCZ033-034-048>055-058-059-062>067 UNTIL
8 AM WEDNESDAY.
...TORNADO WATCH FOR NCZ051-058-059-062-063 UNTIL 6 AM TUESDAY.
SC...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR SCZ001>005 UNTIL 8 AM WEDNESDAY.
...TORNADO WATCH FOR SCZ001-004 UNTIL 6 AM TUESDAY.
&&
SHORT TERM...JATHazardous weather outlook, Aug 29, 6:13 AM EDT, 18 hours 47 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 613 AM EDT MON AUG 29 2005 GAZ010-017-018-NCZ033-034-048>055-058-059-062>067-SCZ001>005- 301015- RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-AVERY-CALDWELL-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL- SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-MCDOWELL-BURKE-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON- MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-POLK-RUTHERFORD- OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS- GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS- 613 AM EDT MON AUG 29 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THE REMNANTS OF HURRICANE KATRINA WILL BEGIN TO AFFECT AREAS OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO INCHES WITH HEAVIER AMOUNTS IN LOCAL AREAS MAY CAUSE URBAN FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED LATER THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. GAZ026-028-029-NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-082-SCZ006>014-019- 301015- FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN- CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC- GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE- LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- 613 AM EDT MON AUG 29 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR TONIGHT FOR THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA. THE EFFECTS OF KATRINA WILL PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN CAUSING LOCALIZED FLOODING THROUGHOUT THE AREA TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL WEDNESDAY MORNING. WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ABOUT FOUR INCHES ARE EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE AREA. THE FLOOD THREAT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. PLEASE SEND PRODUCT CAEFFAGSP FOR MORE SPECIFIC DETAILS. IN ADDITION LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS WITH SATURATED GROUND WILL CAUSE UPROOTED TREES THROUGHOUT THE AREA. MOTORISTS SHOULD TAKE EXTRA CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING IN REDUCED VISIBILITY FOR FALLEN TREES ON MOUNTAIN ROADS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT NIGHT. DICARLO
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 29, 7:32 PM EDT, 5 hours 28 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 732 PM EDT MON AUG 29 2005 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ051-058-062-SCZ001-004-300145- RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-SWAIN-GRAHAM-MACON- OCONEE MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...CLARKESVILLE...TOCCOA... HARTWELL...ELBERTON...CHEROKEE...FRANKLIN 732 PM EDT MON AUG 29 2005 ...SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK... ...TORNADO THREAT INCREASING QUICKLY ACROSS THE EXTREME WESTERN PART OF THE CAROLINAS AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA... TORNADIC THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA WERE RAPIDLY MOVING NORTH...BUT THE BANDS OF STORMS WERE SLOWLY MOVING EAST TOWARD THE AREA. THE THREAT OF TORNADOES WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING ACROSS EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA...SOUTHWESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...AND THE WESTERN MOST PART OF UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. JONES
Local storm report, Aug 29, 8:05 PM EDT, 4 hours 55 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
805 PM EDT MON AUG 29 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0759 PM HAIL CORNELIA 34.51N 83.53W
08/29/2005 0.75 INCH HABERSHAM GA LAW ENFORCEMENT
OFFICER REPORTED LARGE HAIL AT THE BYPASS
&&
JONESSpecial weather statement, Aug 29, 11:24 PM EDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1124 PM EDT MON AUG 29 2005 GAZ010-017-018-300430- RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...CLARKESVILLE...TOCCOA 1124 PM EDT MON AUG 29 2005 ...ANOTHER TORNADIC STORM MAY REACH HABERSHAM COUNTY GEORGIA... AT 1115 PM WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A THUNDERSTORM CONTAING A TORNADO IN JACKSON COUNTY GEORGIA...MOVING NORTH AT ABOUT 30 MPH. THIS STORM RECENTLY CAUSED STRUCTURAL DAMAGE IN WINDER GEORGIA. THE STORM WILL BE GETTING CLOSE TO THE SOUTHERN PART OF HABERSHAM COUNTY TOWARD MIDNIGHT. IT IS NOT CLEAR YET WHETHER THE STORM WILL TRACK INTO HABERSHAM COUNTY...OR STAY JUST WEST. IT IS POSSIBLE ANOTHER TORNADO WARNING MAY BE REQUIRED. ALSO...THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING IN HABERSHAM COUNTY WILL INCREASE RAPIDLY IF THIS STORM MOVES OVER THE COUNTY. JONES
Special weather statement, Aug 29, 11:57 PM EDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1157 PM EDT MON AUG 29 2005 GAZ010-017-018-300430- RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...CLARKESVILLE...TOCCOA 1157 PM EDT MON AUG 29 2005 ...ANOTHER TORNADIC STORM WILL PASS CLOSE TO HABERSHAM COUNTY... AT 1155 PM WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A THUNDERSTORM CONTAINING A TORNADO IN EXTREME EASTERN HALL COUNTY...MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH. THIS STORM WILL MOVE CLOSE TO HABERSHAM COUNTY...BUT COULD REMAIN JUST WEST OF THE COUNTY. ANY RIGHT TURN OF THE STORM WILL REQUIRE AN IMMEDIATE TORNADO WARNING FOR HABERSHAM COUNTY. JONES
The office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29, 9:19 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Macon | 47 min |
| Aug 30, 10:06 AM EDT | High Wind Warning | GSP | Graham, Haywood, Jackson, Macon, Swain | 95 days |
| Aug 30, 10:06 AM EDT | Lake Wind Advisory | GSP | 5 hr | |
| Aug 30, 10:06 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | GSP | Avery, Buncombe, Henderson, Madison, Mitchell, Transylvania and 1 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 30, 2:08 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Polk | 22 min |
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.