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Flash Flood Warning 30, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

July 8, 2009Franklin County, Habersham County, Stephens County, Georgia

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this flash flood warning at Jul 8, 2009, 2:14 PM EDT for Franklin County, Habersham County, Stephens County, Georgia. It was in force for 102 min. 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 8, 2009, 2:14 PM EDT (18:14 UTC)
Expired
Jul 8, 2009, 3:56 PM EDT
In force
102 min
Issued by
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Franklin County, GA, Habersham County, GA, Stephens County, GA

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:15 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, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 155 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2009-07-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1388 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2009-07-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 30 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
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

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The text

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

000 
WGUS52 KGSP 081814
FFWGSP
GAC119-137-257-082030-
/O.NEW.KGSP.FF.W.0030.090708T1814Z-090708T2030Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
214 PM EDT WED JUL 8 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  FRANKLIN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA...
  SOUTHERN HABERSHAM COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA...
  STEPHENS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA...

* UNTIL 430 PM EDT

* AT 1226 PM EDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RECEIVED REPORTS     
  FROM HABERSHAM COUNTY OFFICIALS OF FLOODING ASSOCIATED WITH SOUTH  
  FORK MUD CREEK IN DOWNTOWN CORNELIA. DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO    
  INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING ACROSS  
  EASTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY NEAR CARNESVILLE.

* HEAVY RAINS LOCATED ACROSS EAST CENTRAL FRANKLIN COUNTY NEAR       
  CARNESVILLE WILL PRODUCE URBAN FLOODING AND ALSO CREATE RAPID      
  STREAM RISES ALONG STEPHENS CREEK AND THE NORTH FORK BROAD         
  RIVER...WITH FLOODING POSSIBLE.    

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 3454 8364 3463 8366 3468 8365 3466 8337
      3449 8307 3427 8312 3423 8317 3426 8329
      3424 8333 3432 8340 3446 8340 3448 8356
      3443 8362 3450 8368

$$

KRENTZ
1 follow-up statement
000 
WGUS72 KGSP 081956
FFSGSP

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
356 PM EDT WED JUL 8 2009

GAC119-137-257-082005-
/O.CAN.KGSP.FF.W.0030.000000T0000Z-090708T2030Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
FRANKLIN GA-STEPHENS GA-HABERSHAM GA-
356 PM EDT WED JUL 8 2009

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR SOUTHERN
HABERSHAM...STEPHENS AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES...

AT 355 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT 
HEAVY RAINFALL HAD DIMINISHED ACROSS THE FLASH FLOODING WARNING 
AREA. NO ADDITIONAL FLOODING IS EXPECTED ACROSS HABERSHAM...STEPHENS 
OR FRANKLIN COUNTIES THROUGH 430 PM.

LAT...LON 3454 8364 3463 8366 3468 8365 3466 8337
      3449 8307 3427 8312 3423 8317 3426 8329
      3424 8333 3432 8340 3446 8340 3448 8356
      3443 8362 3450 8368

$$

HG

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 Jul 8, 1:59 PM EDT, 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 8, 1:59 PM EDT, 15 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
159 PM EDT WED JUL 8 2009

.SYNOPSIS...
A WEAK STATIONARY FRONT CURRENTLY LOCATED ACROSS CENTRAL GEORGIA AND
EXTENDING THROUGH SOUTHERN SOUTH CAROLINA IS ALLOWING FOR WARM AND
MOIST AIR ACROSS THE REGION. THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL MOVE
SOUTHWARD THROUGH FRIDAY. 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 WEDNESDAY/...
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 /18Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY/...
AT KCLT...AT 1735Z...CONVECTION WAS BEGINNING TO DEVELOP EAST OF
I-85 WITH STRATIFORM RAIN ACROSS THE I-40 CORRIDOR. TRENDS AND MODEL
GUIDANCE INDICATES THAT COVERAGE WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE REST OF
THE NC PIEDMONT LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. THE GREATEST
WINDOW OF CONVECTION SHOULD OCCUR BETWEEN 19Z THU-05Z FRI...I WILL
FORECAST VCTS WITH CB IN THE SKY COVER. OVERNIGHT...MOIST EAST FLOW
WILL DEEPEN AND LOWER ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS. 12Z MOS GUIDANCE
DOES NOT SUPPORT A MENTION OF LOW SKY COVER OR FOG TONIGHT.
HOWEVER...LIGHT FOG SEEMS POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT AFTER THIS EVENING/S
AND EARLY MORNING MEASURABLE RAINFALL. LIGHT NORTHEAST WINDS WILL
CONTINUE ACROSS THE TERMINAL THURSDAY...BETWEEN 5-8 KTS.

ELSEWHERE...DEEP CONVECTION WILL REMAIN ACROSS NE GA AND THE UPSTATE
OF SC THROUGH THE REST OF THE EVENING. CONVECTION MAY SLOWLY LIFT
ACROSS THE UPSTATE THROUGH 23Z...POSSIBLY IMPACTING KAND NORTHEAST
TO KGSP. SHOWERS AND STRATIFORM RAIN WILL LIKELY DEVELOP ACROSS THE
WESTERN CAROLINAS TONIGHT. OVERNIGHT...MOIST EAST FLOW WILL DEEPEN
AND LOWER ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS. 12Z MOS GUIDANCE DOES NOT
SUPPORT A MENTION OF WIDESPREAD LOW SKY COVER OR FOG TONIGHT.
HOWEVER...LIGHT FOG AND MVFR CEILINGS SEEMS POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT
AFTER THIS EVENING/S AND EARLY MORNING MEASURABLE RAINFALL. LIGHT
NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE TERMINAL THURSDAY...BETWEEN
5-8 KTS.

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...JDL/NED
SHORT TERM...RWH
LONG TERM...RWH
AVIATION...NED
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 8, 4:19 AM EDT, 9 hours 55 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, 2 hours 7 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, 1 hour 30 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
Local storm report, Jul 8, 2:05 PM EDT, 9 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
205 PM EDT WED JUL 08 2009

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

0202 PM     FLASH FLOOD      CORNELIA                34.51N 83.53W
07/08/2009                   HABERSHAM          GA   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

            CORNELIA FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORTS WAIST DEEP WATER
            FLOODING HOYT STREET IN CORNELIA. SOUTH FORK MUD CREEK IS
            FLOODING IN THE AREA.

&&

HG
Local storm report, Jul 8, 2:05 PM EDT, 9 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
205 PM EDT WED JUL 08 2009

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

0105 PM     FLASH FLOOD      CORNELIA                34.51N 83.53W
07/08/2009                   HABERSHAM          GA   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

            CORNELIA FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORTS WAIST DEEP WATER
            FLOODING HOYT STREET IN CORNELIA. SOUTH FORK MUD CREEK IS
            FLOODING IN THE AREA.

&&

HG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 8, 12:19 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPHabersham36 min
Jul 8, 12:35 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningGSPFranklin, Habersham, Stephens3 hr
Jul 8, 1:22 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningGSPElbert, Franklin, Hart4 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Georgia, 2009Every flash flood warning in 2009

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.