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Flash Flood Warning 20, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

August 26, 2008Habersham County, Rabun County, Georgia

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this flash flood warning at Aug 26, 2008, 4:36 PM EDT for Habersham County, Rabun County, Georgia. It was in force for 4 hr. 4 reports 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 26, 2008, 4:36 PM EDT (20:36 UTC)
Expired: Aug 26, 2008, 8:30 PM EDT
In force: 4 hr
Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Habersham County, GA, Rabun County, GA

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:37 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 26, 6:36 PM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	5 Sw Lakemont, GA	BEAR GAP ROAD CLOSEDD DUE TO CREEK FLOODING ROAD.
Aug 26, 6:36 PM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	8 Wnw Clayton, GA	CAT GAP ROAD FLOODED AND CLOSED OFF DUE TO CREEK.
Aug 26, 8:36 PM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	5 Sw Lakemont, GA	BEAR GAP ROAD CLOSEDD DUE TO CREEK FLOODING ROAD.
Aug 26, 8:36 PM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	8 Wnw Clayton, GA	CAT GAP ROAD FLOODED AND CLOSED OFF DUE TO 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 2 storm reports to this flash flood warning; the first came 120 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, 8.6 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 825 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 459 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 348 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 373 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.3
Supercell composite: 13.3

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WGUS52 KGSP 262036
FFWGSP
GAC137-241-270030-
/O.NEW.KGSP.FF.W.0020.080826T2036Z-080827T0030Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
436 PM EDT TUE AUG 26 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  HABERSHAM COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA...
  RABUN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA...

* UNTIL 830 PM EDT

* AT 429 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS AND TRAINED 
WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTS INDICATE SEVERAL STREAMS AND CREEKS ARE 
EITHER FLOODING OR NEAR BANKFULL. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER 
RADAR INDICATES ANOTHER BAND OF HEAVY SHOWERS MOVING NORTHEAST INTO 
HABERSHAM AND RABUN COUNTIES. THROUGH 530 PM...AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 
1.5 INCHES OF RAIN MAY FALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREAS.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO TIGER...SKY
  VALLEY...MOCCASIN CREEK STATE PARK...DEMOREST AND CLARKESVILLE.

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 DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE
INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. EVEN MODERN SPORT
UTILITY VEHICLES CANNOT BE SAFELY DRIVEN THROUGH FLOOD WATERS.

MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL
ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED
ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.

TO REPORT HIGH WATER...FLOODING...MUDSLIDES...LANDSLIDES OR OTHER
SEVERE WEATHER THROUGH OUR AUTOMATED REPORTING SYSTEM...CALL OUR TOLL
FREE NUMBER...1 8 7 7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2.

LAT...LON 3499 8354 3500 8325 3474 8334 3473 8335
      3468 8335 3449 8346 3450 8355 3445 8362
      3465 8365

$$

NED

2 follow-up statements

000 
WGUS72 KGSP 262229
FFSGSP

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
629 PM EDT TUE AUG 26 2008

GAC137-241-270030-
/O.CON.KGSP.FF.W.0020.000000T0000Z-080827T0030Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
HABERSHAM GA-RABUN GA-
629 PM EDT TUE AUG 26 2008

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM EDT FOR RABUN
AND HABERSHAM COUNTIES...

AT 620 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
LINE OF HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS TOWNS AND WHITE 
COUNTIES. THIS LINE IS MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THE SHOWERS AND 
THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD REACH CLAYTON AND CLARKESVILLE BY 7 PM. AN 
ADDITIONAL HALF INCH TO INCH OF RAIN SHOULD ACCUMULATE ACROSS THE 
WARNED AREA BY 730 PM. THIS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL LIKELY 
CONTRIBUTE TO ONGOING FLOODING AND MAY RESULT IN ADDITIONAL STREAMS 
AND CREEKS TO EXCEED BANKFULL. 

MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL
ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED
ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.

TO REPORT HIGH WATER...FLOODING...MUDSLIDES...LANDSLIDES OR OTHER 
SEVERE WEATHER THROUGH OUR AUTOMATED REPORTING SYSTEM...CALL OUR TOLL
FREE NUMBER...1 8 7 7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2.

LAT...LON 3499 8354 3500 8325 3474 8334 3473 8335
      3468 8335 3449 8346 3450 8355 3445 8362
      3465 8365

$$

NED

000 
WGUS72 KGSP 270032
FFSGSP

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
832 PM EDT TUE AUG 26 2008

GAC137-241-270038-
/O.EXP.KGSP.FF.W.0020.000000T0000Z-080827T0030Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
HABERSHAM GA-RABUN GA-
832 PM EDT TUE AUG 26 2008

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 830 PM EDT FOR RABUN AND
HABERSHAM COUNTIES...

SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL IS NOT EXPECTED TO OCCUR OVER RABUN AND 
HABERSHAM COUNTIES THROUGH 11 PM. WATER LEVELS IN STREAMS AND CREEKS 
SHOULD STEADILY DECREASE THE REST OF THE EVENING. THEREFORE...FLASH 
FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 830 PM EDT FOR RABUN AND HABERSHAM 
COUNTIES.

LAT...LON 3499 8354 3500 8325 3474 8334 3473 8335
      3468 8335 3449 8346 3450 8355 3445 8362
      3465 8365

$$

NED

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 26, 2:32 PM EDT, 2 hours 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 26, 2:32 PM EDT, 2 hours 4 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
232 PM EDT TUE AUG 26 2008

.SYNOPSIS...
THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION FAY WILL MOVE SLOWLY NORTHEAST
FROM EAST CENTRAL TENNESSEE THIS EVENING TO FAR EASTERN KENTUCKY
LATE WEDNESDAY.  AS THE REMAINS OF FAY MOVE NORTH OF THE AREA...THE
RAIN WILL DECREASE.  HOWEVER...AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE
NORTHWEST THIS WEEKEND...THE CHANCES OF RAIN WILL RETURN.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/...
AUTOMATED GAGE AND SPOTTER REPORTS ARE INDICATING RAINFALL RATES
APPROACHING AN INCH PER HOUR OVER THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE
MOUNTAINS AND OVER THE WESTERN FOOTHILLS. EXPECT FLASH FLOODING TO
BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD IN THESE AREAS OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. THE
ONE GOOD THING IS THAT THE AREA OF FORCING AND STRONG LLVL MOISTURE
TRANSPORT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE HEAVY RAIN IS MOVING RATHER QUICKLY.
THIS SHOULD CUT THE PCPN POTENTIAL OFF AT AROUND 3 TO 5 INCHES ALONG
THE LEE SLOPES THROUGH AROUND MIDNIGHT...BUT THAT/S CERTAINLY
ENOUGH. THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL BE KEPT IN PLACE AND WILL REMAIN
IN EFFECT THROUGH 12 UTC WED.

TORNADO THREAT CONTINUES AS WELL. JUST HAD A CELL DEVELOP IN NE GA
THAT HAD THE FIRST REAL GOOD LOOKING LOW LEVEL VELOCITY COUPLET OF
THE DAY. THIS THREAT SHOULD CONTINUE THROUGH SUNSET. IN FACT...AS
THE LLVL JET THAT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE HEAVY MOUNTAIN RAIN MOVES
THROUGH...THIS SHOULD ALSO HEIGHTEN TORNADO POTENTIAL OVER THE
FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT AS LLVL HELICITY INCREASES.

&&

.SHORT TERM /WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT/...
AS OF 130 PM EDT TUESDAY...THE REMNANTS OF FAY WILL DRIFT NEWD ACRS
ERN TN/KY (JUST WEST OF THE MOUNTAINS) ON WEDNESDAY...AS THE SYSTEM
CONTINUES TO INTERACT WITH AN E-W ORIENTED BNDRY ACRS THE MID
ATLANTIC/CENTRAL APLCNS. SELY LO LVL UPSLOPE FLOW WL
CONTINUE...HOWEVER...THE PRES GRADIENT B/T THE REMNANT LO...AND AN
EAST COAST SFC RDG WL WKN...DECRSG THE AMT OF UPSLOPE FLO BY
WEDNESDAY AFTN. THERE LUKS TO BE ENUF UPSLOPE CONVERGENCE/OMEGA TO
WARRANT A CATEGORICAL POP ALONG THE BLUE RDG ESCARPMENT. THE GFS
DIFFERS FROM THE NAM...IN PUTTING MORE NEG TILT TO THE REMNANT
LO/TROF...WITH A DRY SLOT PUSHING IN E OF THE MTNS BY WEDNESDAY
AFTN. THE NAM KEEPS A STRONGER UPSLOPE COMPONENT AND OVRLL HIER QPF.
I WENT WITH A BLEND OF THE TWO SOLUTIONS...KEEPING LIKELY POP
EVERYWHERE THRU THE AFTN...GRADUALLY TAPERING OFF TO CHC FROM S TO N
WEDNESDAY NGT...AS FAYS REMNANTS CONT TO MV NWD. WITH THE EXPECTED
OVERCAST SKY COVER AND HIGH POPS...MAX TEMPS WEDNESDAY WILL REMAIN
SEVERAL CATEGORIES BLO NORMAL...WITH MIN TEMPS RUNNING NEAR NORMAL.

THURSDAY THRU FRIDAY NIGHT...CLDS CLR OUT...WITH LINGERING UPR SHEAR
AXIS REMAINING OVR THE AREA AND TYPICAL LATE SUMMER AFTN
DESTABILIZATION. I KEEP A SOLID CHC POP ACRS THE NC
MTNS/PIEDMONT...AS INSTBY STILL LUKS GOOD. TEMPS WILL REBOUND CLOSE
TO NORMAL.

&&

.LONG TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/...
AS OF 2 PM EDT TUESDAY...WENT WITH LATEST HPC GUIDANCE FOR THE
MEDIUM RANGE DUE TO ACTIVE SHORT TERM AND THE LWR THAN AVG
CONFIDENCE IN THE MODEL SOLUTIONS. A NRN STREAM TROF PUSHES INTO THE
GREAT LAKES RGN SATURDAY...WITH AN ASSOC SFC FRONT APPROACHING OUR
AREA FROM THE OHIO VALLEY. A WLY LOW LVL FLOW OUT AHEAD OF THE FRONT
WL LMT THE AVAILABLE MOISTURE FOR THE FROPA. I WL KEEP A SLGT CHC
POP FOR SATURDAY. FOR SUNDAY INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK...UPR RDG BLDS IN
OVR THE ERN CONUS...WITH COOLER SFC HI PRES PUSHING IN FROM THE NW.
THE FRONTAL BNDRY IS FCST TO STALL OVR THE CWFA SUNDAY...WITH A CHC
POP PUT IN FOR SUNDAY.

&&

.AVIATION /19Z TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...
IFR CIGS HAVE HELD IN THROUGH THE DAY AT THE FOOTHILL TAF SITES.
CIGS HAVE BEGUN TO LIFT ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM KAND TO KCLT.
I KEEP CONDITIONS A LITTLE BETTER AT THOSE TWO SITES THROUGH LATE
AFTERNOON...AND KEEP THE CIGS LOWER AT THE OTHER FOOTHILL SITES.
EVERYONE SHOULD GO BACK DOWN LATER THIS EVENING ONCE WE LOSE DAYTIME
HEATING. KAVL IS DOING IT/S OWN THING AND HAS NOT COME DOWN SO FAR
TODAY. AS FLOW INTO THE FRENCH BROAD VALLEY SHOULD LOWER CIGS AND
INCREASE PCPN RATES THE NEXT FEW HOURS. WINDS WILL REMAIN PRETTY
MUCH OUT OF THE EAST THROUGH THE NIGHT...THOUGH THEY WILL GRADUALLY
SHIFT MORE TO THE SOUTHEAST AS THE CIRCULATION CENTER OF FAY BEGINS
TO LIFT TO OUR NORTH.

OUTLOOK...LOW CIGS AND VSBYS MAY RETURN WED NIGHT AS THERE WILL BE
ABUNDANT MOISTURE IN THE WAKE OF FAY. LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL
CONTINUE INTO THE WEEKEND...WITH A CHANCE OF MORNING CIG/VSBY
RESTRICTIONS AND DIURNAL CONVECTION EACH DAY.

&&

.GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR GAZ010-017-018.
NC...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR NCZ033-048>053-
     058-059-062>065-501>510.
SC...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR SCZ001>007.

&&

SYNOPSIS...DEO
NEAR TERM...MCAVOY
SHORT TERM...ARK
LONG TERM...ARK
AVIATION...MCAVOY

Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 26, 10:41 AM EDT, 5 hours 55 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1041 AM EDT TUE AUG 26 2008

NCZ035>037-056-057-068>070-072-271445-
ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-
CABARRUS-
1041 AM EDT TUE AUG 26 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA AND
WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

AS THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL SYSTEM FAY PASS JUST WEST OF THE
APPALACHIANS...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE WIDESPREAD OVER
THE WESTERN PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
LOCALIZED FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM THE HEAVY RAINFALL...
ESPECIALLY IN URBAN AREAS. ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE WITH
ANY STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS...ESPECIALLY FOR LOCATIONS SOUTHEAST OF
INTERSTATE 85 AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 77.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL WILL
CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY...THEN WILL BEGIN TO DECREASE IN COVERAGE
AND INTENSITY WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY. A FEW SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AS DRIER AIR
ALOFT SPREADS OVER THE MOST AIR LEFT BEHIND FROM THE REMNANTS OF
FAY...CAUSING THE ATMOSPHERE TO BECOME VERY UNSTABLE IN THE
AFTERNOON.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED.

GAZ026-028-029-NCZ071-082-SCZ008>014-019-271445-
FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-MECKLENBURG-UNION NC-CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-
ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD-
1041 AM EDT TUE AUG 26 2008

...TORNADO WATCH 866 IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT
NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   TORNADO WATCH.

AS THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL SYSTEM FAY PASS JUST WEST OF THE
APPALACHIANS...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE WIDESPREAD OVER
THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST
GEORGIA TODAY AND TONIGHT. LOCALIZED FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE
FROM THE HEAVY RAINFALL... ESPECIALLY IN URBAN AREAS. ISOLATED
TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE WITH ANY STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS...
ESPECIALLY FOR LOCATIONS SOUTHEAST OF INTERSTATE 85.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL WILL
CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY...THEN WILL BEGIN TO DECREASE IN COVERAGE
AND INTENSITY WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY. A FEW SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AS DRIER AIR
ALOFT SPREADS OVER THE MOST AIR LEFT BEHIND FROM THE REMNANTS OF
FAY...CAUSING THE ATMOSPHERE TO BECOME VERY UNSTABLE IN THE
AFTERNOON.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED.

GAZ010-017-018-NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-501>510-SCZ001-002-004-
005-271445-
RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-
BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-
HENDERSON-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-GREATER CALDWELL-BURKE MOUNTAINS-
GREATER BURKE-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-EASTERN MCDOWELL-
RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-GREATER RUTHERFORD-POLK MOUNTAINS-EASTERN POLK-
OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-
1041 AM EDT TUE AUG 26 2008

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING...

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   FLASH FLOOD WATCH.

THERE IS ALSO A THREAT FOR ISOLATED TORNADOES TODAY INTO TONIGHT.
GUSTY WINDS WILL ALSO DEVELOP AS THE REMNANTS OF FAY MOVE CLOSER
TO THE MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON. THE COMBINATION OF WET GROUND AND
GUSTY WINDS WILL LIKELY DOWN A FEW TREES...ESPECIALLY AT HIGHER
ELEVATIONS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   FLASH FLOOD WATCH.

WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL WILL
CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY...THEN WILL BEGIN TO DECREASE IN COVERAGE
AND INTENSITY WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY. A FEW SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AS DRIER AIR
ALOFT SPREADS OVER THE MOST AIR LEFT BEHIND FROM THE REMNANTS OF
FAY...CAUSING THE ATMOSPHERE TO BECOME VERY UNSTABLE IN THE
AFTERNOON.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED.

SCZ003-006-007-271445-
GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-
1041 AM EDT TUE AUG 26 2008

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING...
...TORNADO WATCH 866 IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   TORNADO WATCH.
   FLASH FLOOD WATCH.

AS THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL SYSTEM FAY PASS JUST WEST OF THE
APPALACHIANS...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE WIDESPREAD OVER
THE SOUTH CAROLINA UPSTATE TODAY AND TONIGHT. LOCALIZED FLOODING
WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM THE HEAVY RAINFALL...ESPECIALLY IN URBAN
AREAS. ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE WITH ANY STRONGER
THUNDERSTORMS...ESPECIALLY FOR LOCATIONS SOUTHEAST OF INTERSTATE
85.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   FLASH FLOOD WATCH.

WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL WILL
CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY...THEN WILL BEGIN TO DECREASE IN COVERAGE
AND INTENSITY WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY. A FEW SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AS DRIER AIR
ALOFT SPREADS OVER THE MOST AIR LEFT BEHIND FROM THE REMNANTS OF
FAY...CAUSING THE ATMOSPHERE TO BECOME VERY UNSTABLE IN THE
AFTERNOON.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED.

MCAVOY

In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 26, 2:45 PM EDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
245 PM EDT TUE AUG 26 2008

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

1215 PM     TORNADO          REED CREEK              34.44N 82.92W
08/26/2008                   HART               GA   COUNTY OFFICIAL

            A FEW HOMES AND OTHER STRUCTURES DAMAGED IN THE REED
            CREEK AREA.

&&

DEO

Local storm report, Aug 26, 2:45 PM EDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
245 PM EDT TUE AUG 26 2008

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

215 PM     TORNADO          REED CREEK              34.44N 82.92W
08/26/2008                   HART               GA   COUNTY OFFICIAL

            A FEW HOMES AND OTHER STRUCTURES DAMAGED IN THE REED
            CREEK AREA.

&&

DEO

Local storm report, Aug 26, 2:57 PM EDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
257 PM EDT TUE AUG 26 2008

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

0256 PM     TORNADO          CLEMSON                 34.68N 82.81W
08/26/2008                   PICKENS            SC   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TORNADO SITED ON THE GROUND IN CLEMSON.

&&

AKIMBALL

Local storm report, Aug 26, 3:02 PM EDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
302 PM EDT TUE AUG 26 2008

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

0220 PM     TORNADO          REED CREEK              34.44N 82.92W
08/26/2008                   HART               GA   PUBLIC

            PERSON REPORTED TREES DOWN AND TORNADO SEEN ON SUGAR CANE
            RD.

&&

AKIMBALL

Local storm report, Aug 26, 3:22 PM EDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
322 PM EDT TUE AUG 26 2008

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

1222 PM     TSTM WND DMG     WESTMINSTER             34.67N 83.09W
08/26/2008                   OCONEE             SC   AMATEUR RADIO

            TREE FELL ON MOBILE HOME. ONE PERSON TRAPPED INSIDE

&&

DEO

Local storm report, Aug 26, 3:33 PM EDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
333 PM EDT TUE AUG 26 2008

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

0230 PM     FLASH FLOOD      MARSHVILLE              34.99N 80.37W
08/26/2008                   UNION              NC   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            SEVERAL FLOODED STREETS IN MARSHVILLE.

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AKIMBALL

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 25, 11:12 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	GSP	Elbert	20 min
Aug 26, 2:01 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	GSP	Hart	44 min
Aug 26, 2:55 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Stephens	2 hr
Aug 26, 3:25 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	GSP	Rabun	4 hr
Aug 26, 7:03 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	GSP	Elbert	27 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.