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Flash Flood Warning 37, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this flash flood warning at Jul 8, 2013, 7:31 PM EDT for Greenville County, Spartanburg County, South Carolina. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 8, 2013, 7:31 PM EDT (23:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 8, 2013, 10:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Greenville County, SC, Spartanburg County, SC
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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, 5:40 PM EDT, 1 hour 51 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 8, 5:40 PM EDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 344 PM EDT MON JUL 8 2013 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065- 068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-091930- RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-AVERY-ALEXANDER- IREDELL-DAVIE-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-CATAWBA- ROWAN-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA- HENDERSON-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC- 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-CHEROKEE-YORK- ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- 344 PM EDT MON JUL 8 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. EXPECT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WITH ANY THUNDERSTORMS. A FEW OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTAIN HEAVY RAINFALL THAT COULD RESULT IN SOME FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. IN ADDITION...ONE OR TWO STORMS COULD PRODUCE LOCALIZED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. VERY WET SOIL CONDITIONS AND SLOWLY MOVING SHOWERS AND STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO RESULT IN A PERSISTENT RISK OF ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... NONE. 07
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Special weather statement, Jul 8, 3:24 PM EDT, 4 hours 7 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 9:31 PM EDT | River Flood Advisory | GSP | Madison | 12 hr |
| Jul 7, 10:42 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Alexander, Catawba, Iredell | 78 min |
| Jul 8, 12:00 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Mecklenburg | 45 min |
| Jul 8, 12:40 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Mecklenburg | 50 min |
| Jul 8, 1:40 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Burke, Caldwell | 6 hr |
| Jul 8, 4:55 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | GSP | Burke | 4 hr |
| Jul 8, 8:13 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Burke, McDowell | 48 hr |
| Jul 8, 11:56 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Gaston | 49 min |
| Jul 8, 12:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cabarrus | 55 min |
| Jul 8, 12:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Gaston | 61 min |
| Jul 8, 1:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cabarrus | 58 min |
| Jul 8, 5:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Union | 50 min |
| Jul 7, 8:09 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Anderson, Oconee, Pickens | 111 min |
| Jul 7, 8:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Abbeville | 43 min |
| Jul 7, 8:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Laurens | 48 min |
| Jul 7, 10:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Chester | 47 min |
| Jul 7, 11:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | York | 38 min |
| Jul 8, 10:58 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Anderson, Oconee | 12 hr |
| Jul 8, 3:43 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Oconee | 107 min |
| Jul 8, 3:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Oconee | 41 min |
| Jul 8, 4:15 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Oconee | 75 min |
| Jul 8, 6:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Spartanburg | 39 min |
| Jul 8, 6:54 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Greenville, Spartanburg | 2 hr |
| Jul 8, 6:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Greenville | 47 min |
| Jul 8, 7:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Anderson | 52 min |
| Jul 8, 7:45 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Anderson | 105 min |
| Jul 8, 3:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Stephens | 42 min |
| Jul 8, 3:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Habersham | 51 min |
| Jul 8, 5:28 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Rabun | 2 hr |
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The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.