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Flash Flood Warning 29, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this flash flood warning at Jul 8, 2009, 1:22 PM EDT for Elbert County, Franklin County, Hart County, Georgia; Abbeville County, Anderson County, South Carolina. It was in force for 4 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
- Jul 8, 2009, 1:22 PM EDT (17:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 8, 2009, 4:52 PM EDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Elbert County, GA, Franklin County, GA, Hart County, GA, Abbeville County, SC, Anderson County, SC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:25 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 2:00 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 5 E Hartwell, GA | ROADS FLOODED AND WATER OVER 6 INCHES DEEP AROUND TANK FARM AT HARTWELL ENERGY PLANT. |
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 38 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, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 185 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
- 1388 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -26 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 684 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 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 081722
FFWGSP
GAC105-119-147-SCC001-007-082115-
/O.NEW.KGSP.FF.W.0029.090708T1722Z-090708T2115Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
122 PM EDT WED JUL 8 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
ELBERT COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA...
EASTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA...
HART COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA...
ABBEVILLE COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...
SOUTHERN ANDERSON COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 515 PM EDT
* AT 113 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING ACROSS
THE WARNED AREA.
* HEAVY RAIN IN THE HARTWELL AREA WILL CAUSE RAPID RISES ON LOCAL
STREAMS. PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND IN LOW LYING AREAS NEAR
LITTLE CEDAR AND CEDAR CREEKS WILL LIKELY OCCUR ESPECIALLY ALONG
PARKDALE DRIVE AND FURTHER EAST ON LIBERTY HILL AND CRAFT ROADS.
* THE HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO CAUSE DEEP STANDING WATER ON ROADWAYS
IN THE LOWNDESVILLE AREA. AREAS ALONG CHARLIES CREEK WILL
LIKELY FLOOD INCLUDING A TREE FARM NEAR THE CREEK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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.
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 3398 8266 3397 8280 3400 8293 3417 8311
3425 8310 3425 8315 3450 8310 3450 8307
3447 8299 3452 8294 3458 8261 3418 8223
3411 8226 3405 8233 3406 8253 3401 8258
3396 8257
$$
KRENTZ2 follow-up statements
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WGUS72 KGSP 081855
FFSGSP
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
255 PM EDT WED JUL 8 2009
GAC105-119-147-SCC001-007-082115-
/O.CON.KGSP.FF.W.0029.000000T0000Z-090708T2115Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
ELBERT GA-HART GA-FRANKLIN GA-ANDERSON SC-ABBEVILLE SC-
255 PM EDT WED JUL 8 2009
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM EDT FOR
ABBEVILLE...SOUTHERN ANDERSON...EASTERN FRANKLIN...HART AND ELBERT
COUNTIES...
AT 246 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS SOUTH OF A LINE CONNECTING
HARTWELL...LOWNDESVILLE...AND ABBEVILLE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FLASH
FLOODING ASSOCIATED WITH AREA STREAMS AS WELL AS URBAN FLOODING. A
REPORT WAS WAS RECEIVED FROM COUNTY OFFICIALS OF ROADWAY FLOODING IN
HARTWELL ALONG HIGHWAY 29 NEAR CEDAR CREEK. RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES
INDICATE 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL FELL IN ONE HOUR ACROSS ISOLATED
LOCATIONS OF THE WARNED AREA. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THIS DEVELOPING SITUATION.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES
AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.
&&
LAT...LON 3398 8266 3397 8280 3400 8293 3417 8311
3425 8310 3425 8315 3450 8310 3450 8307
3447 8299 3452 8294 3458 8261 3418 8223
3411 8226 3405 8233 3406 8253 3401 8258
3396 8257
$$
KRENTZ000
WGUS72 KGSP 082052
FFSGSP
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
452 PM EDT WED JUL 8 2009
GAC105-119-147-SCC001-007-082101-
/O.CAN.KGSP.FF.W.0029.000000T0000Z-090708T2115Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
ELBERT GA-HART GA-FRANKLIN GA-ANDERSON SC-ABBEVILLE SC-
452 PM EDT WED JUL 8 2009
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR ABBEVILLE...
SOUTHERN ANDERSON...EASTERN FRANKLIN...HART AND ELBERT COUNTIES...
THE AFFECTED COUNTIES HAVE NOT REPORTED ANY RECENT FLOODING
PROBLEMS. AS HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED...NO NEW FLOODING IS EXPECTED.
THEREFORE...THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 3398 8266 3397 8280 3400 8293 3417 8311
3425 8310 3425 8315 3450 8310 3450 8307
3447 8299 3452 8294 3458 8261 3418 8223
3411 8226 3405 8233 3406 8253 3401 8258
3396 8257
$$
MCAVOYWhat 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 8, 12:07 PM EDT, 1 hour 15 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 8, 12:07 PM EDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1207 PM EDT WED JUL 8 2009 .SYNOPSIS... A WEAK STATIONARY FRONT WILL LINGER NEAR THE GULF COAST AND DISSIPATE LATE IN THE WEEK. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN FROM THE NORTH BUT WEAKEN BY SATURDAY. A COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO APPROACH FROM THE NORTH ON SUNDAY AND LINGER NEAR THE AREA INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/... THE LATEST W/V LOOP INDICATES A VORT MAX MOVING ACROSS TN/N AL/N GA LATE THIS MORNING. DEEP CONVECTION WILL LIKELY EXPAND ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE VORT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. BASED ON THE TIMING OF THE VORT...INSTABILITY...AND UPSLOPE FLOW IT APPEARS THAT COVERAGE WILL STEADILY INCREASE FROM WEST TO EAST THROUGH THE EVENING. THE GREATEST COVERAGE SHOULD FAVOR THE EAST FACING SLOPES AND ACROSS THE UPPER SAVANNAH RIVER VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WEAK LLVL FLOW WILL KEEP STORM MOTIONS LIMITED TO 10 KTS OR LESS. PW VALUES SHOULD PERSIST NEAR 1.5 INCHES...K INDEX IN THE U30S...AND WEAK CAPE THROUGH TONIGHT. I WILL INCREASE POPS TO LIKELY ALONG THE EAST FACING SLOPES AND WILL TAPER TO SCHC ALONG AND EAST OF I-77. EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL REMAIN THE PRIMARY THREAT WITH THESE STORMS. ONLY MINOR CHANGES MADE TO THE REST TO TODAY/S FORECAST. MOISTURE LINGERS OVERNIGHT...WITH CONTINUED CYCLONIC FLOW ALOFT. ADDITIONALLY...BOTH MODELS MAINTAIN AT LEAST MARGINAL LEVELS OF SURFACE-BASED INSTABILITY WELL AFTER SUNSET. SLIGHT-TO-LOW CHANCE POPS WILL THEREFORE BE MAINTAINED THROUGHOUT THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. && .SHORT TERM /THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT/... AS OF 205 AM WEDNESDAY...WEAK UPPER TROF OVER THE AREA THURSDAY MOVES EAST AS RIDGING BUILDS INTO THE AREA FRIDAY. AT THE SFC...LOW PRESSURE CENTERS MOVE ALONG THE WEAK FRONTAL ZONE NEAR THE GULF COAST AS HIGH PRESSURE RIDGES INTO THE AREA FROM THE NORTHEAST. LINGERING LOW LEVEL MOISTURE OVER THE AREA THURSDAY WILL LEAD TO INCREASING INSTABILITY. WEAK UPSLOPE LOW LEVEL FLOW WILL PROVIDE FORCING FOR SCT AFTERNOON CONVECTION ACROSS THE AREA. CONVECTION BECOMES ISOLATED DURING THE EVENING...BUT COULD CONTINUE ACROSS THE MTNS WITH LINGERING UPSLOPE FLOW THU NITE. HIGHS THU LOOK TO BE BELOW NORMAL WITH QUITE A BIT OF CLOUD COVER AND DEVELOPING CONVECTION. LOWS THU NITE BELOW NORMAL AS WELL. WITH RIDGING BUILDING IN MID LEVEL TEMPS WARM DECREASING LAPSE RATES. SFC RIDGING BUILDING WILL HELP ELIMINATE UPSLOPE FLOW. HOWEVER...WEAK INSTABILITY WILL LIKELY BE MAINTAINED OVER THE MTNS WITH LINGERING LOW LEVEL MOISTURE THERE. DIFFERENTIAL HEATING SHOULD BE ENUF TRIGGER TO PRODUCE SCT CONVECTION NORTH TO ISOLATED SOUTH. CONVECTION MAY LINGER DURING THE EVENING...BUT SHOULD DISSIPATE AFTER MIDNIGHT. HIGHS FRIDAY WARM BACK TO NEAR NORMAL...BUT LOWER THAN HEIGHT RISES WOULD SUGGEST DUE TO CONTINUED CLOUDS. LOWS ALSO REMAIN A LITTLE BELOW NORMAL. && .LONG TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/... AS OF 335 AM WEDNESDAY...MODELS ARE IN DECENT AGREEMENT REGARDING THE OVERALL PICTURE DURING THE EXTENDED PERIOD...BUT DIFFER ON THE DETAILS. MEDIUM CONFIDENCE IN FCST EARLY IN THE PERIOD...THEN LOW CONFIDENCE LATER WHERE RUN TO RUN AND MODEL TO MODEL INCONSISTENCY INCREASES. ON THE ECMWF...UPPER RIDGE BREAKS DOWN AND RETROGRADES AS FLAT TROF BUILDS OVER THE EAST. THIS HELPS PUSH A COLD FRONT TOWARD THE AREA SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. THIS FRONT SLOWLY MOVES INTO THE AREA MONDAY AND TUESDAY. THE GFS GENERALLY AGREES...BUT BREAKS THE FRONT IN TWO ON MONDAY WITH THE FIRST PART PUSHING EAST OF THE AREA MONDAY. THIS LEAVES THE TRAILING FRONT TO OUR WEST AND MOVING BACK NORTH ON TUE. HAVE TAKEN A BLEND OF THE HPC GUIDANCE AND TRENDED TOWARD THE NEW ECMWF. THIS RESULTS IN DIURNAL MTN SLIGHT CHC SAT... AND DIURNAL CHC POP EVERYWHERE SUNDAY. KEPT POP NON-DIURNAL AND IN THE SLIGHT CHC RANGE EVERYWHERE MONDAY AND TUE DUE TO THE UNCERTAINTY. NEAR NORMAL TEMPS SAT...RISE ABOVE NORMAL SUN...THEN BACK TO NEAR NORMAL MON/TUE. LOWS NEAR TO SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL EACH DAY. && .AVIATION /16Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/... AT KCLT...VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE PERIOD...WITH MAINLY BKN-OVC MID/HIGH CLOUDS. AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM WILL BE POSSIBLE LATER TODAY...BUT THE THREAT ISN/T HIGH ENOUGH TO INCLUDE A MENTION OF CONVECTION ATTM. THE HIGHER CONVECTIVE THREAT WILL EXIST WELL WEST OF KCLT. ELSEWHERE...SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE IN THE VCNY OF KAVL THROUGH THE MORNING...AND WILL HANDLE THIS WITH VCSH FOR NOW. OTHERWISE...GOOD INSTABILITY WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA BY AFTERNOON...AS EASTERLY FLOW RESULTS IN INCREASING ATLANTIC MOISTURE. THE OVERALL LARGE- SCALE PATTERN WILL ALSO BE FAVORABLE FOR CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT. HOWEVER...TS WILL LIKELY HOLD OFF UNTIL VERY LATE IN THE DAY NEAR THE TAF SITES. VCTS/CB WILL BE CARRIED AT MOST TERMINALS BY LATE AFTERNOON...WITH KAND AND KAVL BEING MOST LIKELY TO SEE A TS. COVERAGE OF CONVECTION WILL DECREASE THIS EVENING...BUT LINGERING MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY WILL SLOW THIS DIMINISHING TREND...SO AT LEAST A CB WILL BE CARRIED AT MOST SITES UNTIL ABOUT 06Z. OUTLOOK...ISOLD-SCT DIURNAL CONVECTION EXPECTED THRU SAT. THEN COVERAGE INCREASING SUN AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE NW. VISBY RESTRICTIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE MOST MORNINGS...ESP AT KAVL. && .GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...RWH NEAR TERM...NED/JDL SHORT TERM...RWH LONG TERM...RWH AVIATION...JDL
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 8, 4:19 AM EDT, 9 hours 3 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 419 AM EDT WED JUL 8 2009 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-501>510- SCZ001>007-010>012-019-090830- RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-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- GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS- GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-GREENWOOD- 419 AM EDT WED JUL 8 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP MAINLY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. HEAVY RAINFALL AND LOCALIZED FLOODING ARE POSSIBLE WHERE THE STORMS PERSIST OR REPEATEDLY MOVE OVER THE SAME AREA. REMEMBER...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS CAN OCCUR WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... NONE. NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-082-SCZ008-009-013-014-090830- ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON- MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC-CHEROKEE-YORK-UNION SC-CHESTER- 419 AM EDT WED JUL 8 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE MAINLY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE MAIN THREATS WITH THESE STORMS ARE FREQUENT LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... NONE.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 8, 12:07 PM EDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1207 PM EDT WED JUL 8 2009 GAZ017-018-026-081700- FRANKLIN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS- 1207 PM EDT WED JUL 8 2009 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT FRANKLIN...HABERSHAM AND STEPHENS COUNTIES THROUGH 100 PM EDT... AT 1205 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM CORNELIA TO 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF CARNESVILLE. THESE STORMS WERE NEARLY STATIONARY. * OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WHITWORTH...TOCCOA...MOUNT AIRY...MARTIN...LAVONIA...HOLLYWOOD... FRANKLIN SPRINGS...EASTANOLEE...DEMOREST...CORNELIA... CLARKESVILLE...CARNESVILLE...CANON...BOYDVILLE...BALDWIN AND AVALON. HEAVY RAINFALL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. HEAVY RAINS MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND UNDERPASSES. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS. WATER LEVELS OF SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS MAY ALSO RISE...THEREFORE SEEK HIGHER GROUND IF THREATENED BY FLOOD WATERS. INTENSE LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. IF OUTDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. MOVE INDOORS IF POSSIBLE. WHEN INDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID USING TELEPHONES UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY. TRY TO UNPLUG UNNECESSARY ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES BEFORE THE THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES. KRENTZ
Special weather statement, Jul 8, 12:44 PM EDT, 38 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1244 PM EDT WED JUL 8 2009 GAZ028-029-SCZ010-011-081745- ABBEVILLE-ANDERSON-ELBERT-HART- 1244 PM EDT WED JUL 8 2009 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT ABBEVILLE...HART...NORTHERN ELBERT AND SOUTHWESTERN ANDERSON COUNTIES THROUGH 145 PM EDT... AT 1243 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES EAST OF HARTWELL TO ABBEVILLE. THESE STORMS WERE NEARLY STATIONARY. THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR... ABBEVILLE... IVA... DIME SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. HEAVY RAINS MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND UNDERPASSES. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS. WATER LEVELS OF SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS MAY ALSO RISE...THEREFORE SEEK HIGHER GROUND IF THREATENED BY FLOOD WATERS. INTENSE LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. IF OUTDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. MOVE INDOORS IF POSSIBLE. WHEN INDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID USING TELEPHONES UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY. TRY TO UNPLUG UNNECESSARY ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES BEFORE THE THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES. KRENTZ
The office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 12:19 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Habersham | 36 min |
| Jul 8, 12:35 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Franklin, Habersham, Stephens | 3 hr |
| Jul 8, 2:14 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Franklin, Habersham, Stephens | 102 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.