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Flash Flood Warning 37, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

July 8, 2013Greenville County, Spartanburg County, South Carolina

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

The radar

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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, Jul 8, 3:44 PM EDT, 3 hours 47 minutes before
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

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 8, 3:24 PM EDT, 4 hours 7 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 7, 9:31 PM EDTRiver Flood AdvisoryGSPMadison12 hr
Jul 7, 10:42 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPAlexander, Catawba, Iredell78 min
Jul 8, 12:00 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPMecklenburg45 min
Jul 8, 12:40 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPMecklenburg50 min
Jul 8, 1:40 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningGSPBurke, Caldwell6 hr
Jul 8, 4:55 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningGSPBurke4 hr
Jul 8, 8:13 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPBurke, McDowell48 hr
Jul 8, 11:56 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPGaston49 min
Jul 8, 12:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCabarrus55 min
Jul 8, 12:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPGaston61 min
Jul 8, 1:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCabarrus58 min
Jul 8, 5:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPUnion50 min
Jul 7, 8:09 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPAnderson, Oconee, Pickens111 min
Jul 7, 8:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPAbbeville43 min
Jul 7, 8:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPLaurens48 min
Jul 7, 10:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPChester47 min
Jul 7, 11:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPYork38 min
Jul 8, 10:58 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPAnderson, Oconee12 hr
Jul 8, 3:43 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPOconee107 min
Jul 8, 3:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPOconee41 min
Jul 8, 4:15 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPOconee75 min
Jul 8, 6:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPSpartanburg39 min
Jul 8, 6:54 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPGreenville, Spartanburg2 hr
Jul 8, 6:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPGreenville47 min
Jul 8, 7:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPAnderson52 min
Jul 8, 7:45 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPAnderson105 min
Jul 8, 3:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPStephens42 min
Jul 8, 3:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPHabersham51 min
Jul 8, 5:28 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPRabun2 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.