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Flash Flood Warning 44, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this flash flood warning at Sep 20, 2009, 10:39 AM EDT for Stephens County, Georgia. It was in force for 3 hr. 3 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
- Sep 20, 2009, 10:39 AM EDT (14:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 20, 2009, 1:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Stephens County, GA
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:42 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 20, 11:12 AM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 N Toccoa, GA | TOCCOA CREEK OUT OF BANKS FLOODING SEVERAL ROADS TO INCLUDE HIGHWAY 17. |
| Sep 20, 11:45 AM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Toccoa, GA | HIGWAY 123 AND SEVERAL OTHER ROADS IN THE CITY ARE FLOODED DUE TO CREEKS OVERFLOWING. |
| Sep 20, 12:57 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 4 W Toccoa, GA | HIGHWAY 17 AND 441 CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING. |
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 3 storm reports to this flash flood warning; the first came 33 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, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 175 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
- 977 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -26 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 520 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 132 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 201439
FFWGSP
GAC257-201730-
/O.NEW.KGSP.FF.W.0044.090920T1439Z-090920T1730Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1039 AM EDT SUN SEP 20 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
STEPHENS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA...
* UNTIL 130 PM EDT
* AT 1035 AM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED VERY
HEAVY RAIN WAS FALLING AND DITCHES AND STREAMS WERE AT BANK FULL.
* THE STORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTY.
HEAVY RAIN IN THE TOCCOA AREA WILL CAUSE RAPID RISES ON EASTANOLLEE
CREEK. STANDING WATER ON ROADWAYS AND FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS
NEAR THE CREEK WILL BE POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY IN THE TOCCOA HOUSING
AUTHORITY COMPLEX AREA AND ON COLLINS, MORGAN, DAVIS AND SOUTH PARK
STREETS AND SYCAMORE CIRCLE.
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.
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 3466 8337 3467 8335 3463 8325 3462 8324
3460 8317 3448 8318 3447 8320 3448 8346
$$
PAT1 follow-up statement
000
WGUS72 KGSP 201713
FFSGSP
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
113 PM EDT SUN SEP 20 2009
GAC257-201730-
/O.CON.KGSP.FF.W.0044.000000T0000Z-090920T1730Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
STEPHENS GA-
113 PM EDT SUN SEP 20 2009
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 PM EDT FOR
STEPHENS COUNTY...
AT 1253 PM EDT...PUBLIC OFFICIALS AND TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS HAVE
REPORTED WIDESPREAD FLASH FLOODING IN AREAS NEAR CREEKS...STREAMS
AND RIVERS ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. THERE ARE ALSO REPORTS OF
FLOODING RELATED TO POOR DRAINAGE.
ALTHOUGH SOME CREEKS AND RIVERS WILL CONTINUE TO RISE DUE TO
RUNOFF...HEAVY RAIN HAS MOVED NORTHEAST OF THE COUNTY WITH JUST
LIGHT RAIN EXPECTED FOR THE NEXT COUPLE HOURS. FOR THIS REASON THE
WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 130 PM EDT. IF HEAVY RAIN
REDEVELOPS LATER TODAY...A NEW WARNING MAY BE NEEDED. STAY TUNED TO
LOCAL MEDIA AND ALL HAZARDS WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES.
ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF
CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
&&
LAT...LON 3466 8337 3467 8335 3463 8325 3462 8324
3460 8317 3448 8318 3447 8320 3448 8346
$$
RBWhat 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 Sep 20, 10:34 AM EDT, 5 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 20, 10:34 AM EDT, 5 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1034 AM EDT SUN SEP 20 2009 .SYNOPSIS... BROAD LOW PRESSURE OVER THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY WILL CONTINUE TO BRING DEEP MOISTURE ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST TODAY AND TONIGHT. WEAK HIGH PRESSURE WILL LINGER OVER THE REGION FOR MOST OF THE WORK WEEK. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/... WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAIN PERSISTS IN AREAS ALONG/NEAR THE SOUTHERN ESCARPMENT THIS MORNING IN RESPONSE TO STRONG UPSLOPE FLOW. THIS HAS RESULTED IN SOME ISOLATED FLOODING ACROSS THE AREA. WITH HEAVY RAIN EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR AT LEAST ANOTHER COUPLE OF HOURS...FLOODING WILL ONLY BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON...AS SOME AREAS WILL LIKELY RECEIVE AN ADDITIONAL INCH OR SO OF RAINFALL. WEAKENING UPSLOPE FLOW/ISENTROPIC LIFT SHOULD LEAD TO DIMINISHING RAINFALL RATES THIS AFTERNOON...BUT COVERAGE SHOULD REMAIN SIGNIFICANT ENOUGH TO WARRANT CATEGORICAL POPS ALONG THE SOUTHERN ESCARPMENT THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. THERE WILL BE A LARGE POP GRADIENT ACROSS THE CWFA...WITH BARELY A SLIGHT CHANCE REGISTERING ALONG THE I-77 CORRIDOR...DUE TO DRIER AIR AND LITTLE FORCING. MAX TEMPS WILL RANGE FROM THE UPPER 60S IN THE VALLEYS NEAR THE ESCARPMENT...TO AROUND 80 IN THE LOWER PIEDMONT. SUNDAY NIGHT LOOKS VERY SIMILAR TO THE SITUATION WE HAVE RIGHT NOW...WITH CONTINUED UPSLOPE/UPGLIDE. IF THIS GOES DOWN IN A SIMILAR FASHION...THEN WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO CONSIDER A FLOOD WATCH FOR THE ZONES NEAR THE BLUE RIDGE. WOULD RATHER NOT ISSUE A WATCH RIGHT NOW FOR ZONES THAT ALREADY HAVE A WARNING...SO IT WILL BE EVALUATED LATER IN THE MORNING. TEMPS WERE KEPT CLOSE TO THE GUIDANCE FOR LOWS. && .SHORT TERM /MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/... AS OF 240 AM SUNDAY...ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY...BOTH THE 0Z GFS AND ECMWF AGREE THAT A MID LEVEL LOW WILL CLOSE OFF OVER THE PLAINS AS A RIDGE BUILDS OVER THE ATLANTIC COAST. AT THE SFC...WEAK HIGH PRESSURE WILL LIKELY CONTINUE TO NOSE SE ACROSS THE CWA. THIS PATTERN SHOULD FAVOR A CONTINUATION OF MOSTLY CLOUDY CONDITIONS WITH TEMPERATURES AT OR SLIGHTLY LESS THAN NORMAL. ON MONDAY...IT APPEARS THAT UPSLOPE FLOW AND DIURNAL INSTABILITY WILL SUPPORT LIKELY COVERAGE OF SHRA AND POSSIBLY TSRA OVER THE MTNS...SCT COVERAGE EAST. LI/S ON THE GFS INDICATE THAT THE SOUTHERN TIER OF THE CWA IS FAVORED FOR INCREASED INSTABILITY. ON TUESDAY...ATLANTIC RIDGE AXIS BEGINS TO SHIFT WEST...WITH THE CENTER PIVOTING OVER THE DEEP SOUTH. THE RIDGE SHOULD REDUCE TUESDAY/S COVERAGE FROM MONDAY...DUE TO DECREASED AFTERNOON INSTABILITY. I WILL FORECAST CHC POPS THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON...WITH LIKELY COVERAGE OVER THE MTN PEAKS DURING THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. && .LONG TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/... AS OF 3 AM SUNDAY...I WILL FAVOR THE ECMWF FOR ADJUSTMENTS WITHIN THE EXTENDED PERIOD. WEAK MID LEVEL RIDGING WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE CWA FROM MID WEEK INTO THE EARLY WEEKEND. AT THE SFC...PRESSURES SHOULD FAVOR SLIGHT HIGH PRESSURE...HOWEVER...A WEAK COLD FRONT COULD SWEEP ACROSS THE REGION LATE IN THE WORK WEEK. TIMING AND STRENGTH OF EXTENDED RANGE SFC FEATURES ARE TOO UNCERTAIN AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER...THE CLOSED LOW OVER THE PLAINS WILL LIKELY MOVE EAST...INCREASING MOISTURE AND LLVL RETURN FLOW ACROSS THE REGION. OVERALL...DIURNAL SWINGS IN POPS ARE ANTICIPATED...PEAKING WITH CHC DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH SCHC AT NIGHT. MOS GUIDANCE AND PATTERN SUPPORT TEMPERATURES AT OR SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL. && .AVIATION /15Z SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/... AT KCLT...IN THE WAKE OF LIGHT PRECIP...A VFR HOLE REMAINS. THINK THERE IS A VERY GOOD CHANCE THIS WILL FILL IN QUICKLY WITH SOME MVFR VISIBILITY IN LIGHT FOG FOR AT LEAST AN HOUR...AND NEIGHBORING OBSERVATIONS DETECT AN IFR CLOUD DECK. THE LATEST LAMP GUIDANCE HAS FINALLY TURNED A BIT MORE OPTIMISTIC SO THIS HAS BEEN FOLLOWED... MAINLY TO GIVE UP ON THE IFR CONDITIONS BY MID MORNING. WHEN THEY FORM...LOW CLOUDS SHOULD BE IN THE MVFR RANGE AND WILL MOST LIKELY STAY THERE ALL DAY...WITH SOME BRIEF IMPROVEMENT TO VFR IN THE AFTERNOON HOURS. THIS WILL NOT BE INCLUDED IN A TEMPO GROUP AT THIS TIME. MOIST UPGLIDE CONTINUES UNABATED THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT...SO ONCE AGAIN CONDITIONS SHOULD DETERIORATE AFTER SUNSET. ELSEWHERE...SHOWERS AIDED BY UPSLOPE/WARM ADVECTION SHOULD CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH AT LEAST MID MORNING...MAINLY NEAR THE BLUE RIDGE AND ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE MTNS. MOST SITES WILL BE IN AND OUT OF IFR/MVFR CEILINGS AND VISIBILITIES THROUGH THE MIDDLE PART OF THE MORNING. INDICATIONS ARE THAT CEILING SHOULD STAY IN THE MVFR RANGE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON ALTHO SOME TEMPORARY IMPROVEMENT TO VFR SHOULD BE EXPECTED AFTER 18Z. HOWEVER...THIS SHOULD FILL RIGHT BACK IN AFTER SUNSET. OUTLOOK...A STAGNANT PATTERN WILL FAVOR PERIODS OF RAIN THROUGH MID WEEK. EXPECT RESTRICTIONS...MAINLY MVFR...ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT...WITH IFR POSSIBLE AROUND DAWN...AT LEAST THROUGH TUESDAY. && .GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...NED NEAR TERM...JDL/PM SHORT TERM...NED LONG TERM...NED AVIATION...PM
Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 20, 5:00 AM EDT, 5 hours 39 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 500 AM EDT SUN SEP 20 2009 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-501>510- SCZ001>007-010-210900- 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- 500 AM EDT SUN SEP 20 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS AND ADJACENT FOOTHILLS THIS MORNING. SEVERAL INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS THE EAST FACING SLOPES EARLIER THIS MORNING. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TODAY COULD RESULT IN RAPID RISES ALONG SMALL STREAM AND CREEKS AND POSSIBLY DEEP STANDING WATER WITHIN AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE. IN ADDITION...ISOLATED MUD SLIDES MAY OCCUR DURING HEAVY RAINFALL RATES ACROSS STEEP TERRAIN. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE. NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-082-SCZ008-009-011>014-019-210900- ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON- MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC-CHEROKEE-YORK-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS- UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- 500 AM EDT SUN SEP 20 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS...A FEW HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE PIEDMONT THIS MORNING. HIGH RAINFALL RATES WILL LIKELY LEAD TO STANDING WATER WITHIN AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE. OTHERWISE...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE. NED
In the hours before
Local storm report, Sep 20, 6:56 AM EDT, 3 hours 43 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
656 AM EDT SUN SEP 20 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0618 AM FLASH FLOOD BREVARD 35.24N 82.73W
09/20/2009 TRANSYLVANIA NC COUNTY OFFICIAL
WILSON ROAD CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING FROM THE FRENCH BROAD
RIVER. DAVIDSON ROAD CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING FROM TURKEY
CREEK.
&&
NEDLocal storm report, Sep 20, 7:11 AM EDT, 3 hours 28 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
711 AM EDT SUN SEP 20 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0640 AM FLASH FLOOD LAKE LURE 35.44N 82.21W
09/20/2009 RUTHERFORD NC COUNTY OFFICIAL
SEVERAL ROADS AROUND LAKE LURE HAVE WATER COVERED AREAS.
&&
NEDLocal storm report, Sep 20, 8:31 AM EDT, 2 hours 8 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
831 AM EDT SUN SEP 20 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0830 AM FLOOD MILL SPRING 35.30N 82.16W
09/20/2009 POLK NC EMERGENCY MNGR
4 FEET OF WATER OVER PARTS OF GREEN RIVER COVE ROAD.
EVACUATIONS IN PROGRESS.
&&
MOORELocal storm report, Sep 20, 9:57 AM EDT, 42 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
957 AM EDT SUN SEP 20 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0840 AM FLASH FLOOD 1 N LONG CREEK 34.79N 83.26W
09/20/2009 OCONEE SC LAW ENFORCEMENT
CASSIDY BRIDGE ROAD FLOODED BY CREEK OVERFLOWING.
&&
PTANNERLocal storm report, Sep 20, 9:58 AM EDT, 41 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
958 AM EDT SUN SEP 20 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0840 AM FLASH FLOOD 3 N LONG CREEK 34.82N 83.26W
09/20/2009 OCONEE SC LAW ENFORCEMENT
WHETSTONE ROAD FLOODED DUE TO STREAM OVERFLOWING BANK.
&&
PTANNERLocal storm report, Sep 20, 10:03 AM EDT, 36 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1003 AM EDT SUN SEP 20 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0850 AM FLASH FLOOD WALHALLA 34.77N 83.06W
09/20/2009 OCONEE SC LAW ENFORCEMENT
SEVERAL ROADS IN TOWN TO INCLUDE N ANDOVER RD AND WINDY
HILL FLOODED. SOME DUE TO STREAMS OVERFLOWING.
&&
PTANNERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 20, 4:30 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Rabun | 4 hr |
| Sep 20, 6:07 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Rabun | 3 hr |
| Sep 20, 8:14 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | GSP | Rabun | 4 hr |
| Sep 20, 9:34 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Habersham | 56 min |
| Sep 20, 10:28 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Stephens | 62 min |
| Sep 20, 11:59 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | GSP | Habersham, Rabun | 6 hr |
| Sep 20, 2:31 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | GSP | Stephens | 3 hr |
| Sep 20, 5:32 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | GSP | Habersham, Rabun, Stephens | 3 hr |
| Sep 20, 6:19 PM EDT | Flood Watch | GSP | Franklin, Habersham, Rabun, Stephens | 36 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.