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Flash Flood Warning 60, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this flash flood warning at Jul 13, 2013, 5:19 AM EDT for Anderson County, Oconee County, Pickens County, South Carolina. It was in force for 3 hr. 2 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
- Jul 13, 2013, 5:19 AM EDT (09:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 13, 2013, 8:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Anderson County, SC, Oconee County, SC, Pickens County, SC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:22 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 13, 8:00 AM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 5 Ssw Seneca, SC | TOKEENA RD NEAR OAKWAY FLOODED BY STREAM |
| Jul 13, 8:10 AM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 2 Nnw Clemson, SC | OLD JEWEL BRIDGE ROAD FLOODED BY LOCAL CREEK |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
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 00:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 211 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
- 2093 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -38 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 916 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -14 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
923 WGUS52 KGSP 130919 FFWGSP SCC007-073-077-131230- /O.NEW.KGSP.FF.W.0060.130713T0919Z-130713T1230Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 519 AM EDT SAT JUL 13 2013 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN OCONEE COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA... SOUTHWESTERN PICKENS COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA... WEST CENTRAL ANDERSON COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA... * UNTIL 830 AM EDT * AT 517 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN SOUTH OF CLEMSON...AND THIS RAIN IS SLOWING MOVING INTO THE METRO AREA. * RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... CLEMSON...LAKE KEOWEE AND SENECA. EIGHTEEN MILE CREEK AND ITS TRIBUTARIES MAY FLOOD IN LOW LYING AREAS ESPECIALLY ON SHAFTSBURY AND ASHLEY ROADS IN CLEMSON. 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. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. DO NOT ENTER THE WATER. TURN AROUND AND MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. PLEASE REPORT HIGH WATER...FLOODING...LANDSLIDES OR OTHER SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG BY CALLING TOLL FREE...1...800...2 6 7...8 1 0 1...OR BY POSTING ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE...OR TWEET IT USING HASHTAG NWSGSP. YOUR MESSAGE SHOULD DESCRIBE THE EVENT AND THE SPECIFIC LOCATION WHERE IT OCCURRED. && LAT...LON 3485 8282 3455 8281 3453 8299 3484 8305 $$ ARK
1 follow-up statement
523 WGUS72 KGSP 131043 FFSGSP FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 643 AM EDT SAT JUL 13 2013 SCC007-073-077-131059- /O.CAN.KGSP.FF.W.0060.000000T0000Z-130713T1230Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ ANDERSON SC-OCONEE SC-PICKENS SC- 643 AM EDT SAT JUL 13 2013 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN PICKENS...SOUTHEASTERN OCONEE AND EXTREME WEST CENTRAL ANDERSON COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... EXCESS RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA. STREAMS AND CREEKS IN THE WARNED AREA HAVE RECEDED OR WERE BEGINNING TO RECEDE...ENDING THE FLOOD THREAT. IF FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED... PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PLEASE REPORT HIGH WATER...FLOODING...LANDSLIDES OR OTHER SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG BY CALLING TOLL FREE...1...800...2 6 7...8 1 0 1...OR BY POSTING ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE...OR TWEET IT USING HASHTAG NWSGSP. YOUR MESSAGE SHOULD DESCRIBE THE EVENT AND THE SPECIFIC LOCATION WHERE IT OCCURRED. && LAT...LON 3485 8282 3455 8281 3453 8299 3484 8305 $$ ARK
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 13, 3:33 AM EDT, 1 hour 46 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 13, 3:33 AM EDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
333 AM EDT SAT JUL 13 2013
.SYNOPSIS...
ABUNDANT TROPICAL MOISTURE WILL RETURN TO THE AREA TODAY FROM THE
SOUTHEAST. DRIER AIR WILL WORK IN FROM THE EAST BY LATE SUNDAY
NIGHT...AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN FOR MONDAY. THE HIGH WILL PERSIST
ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH THE END OF NEXT WEEK.
&&
.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/...
AS OF THE EARLY MORNING HOURS...STILL A FEW CLUSTERS OF SHOWERS AND
STORMS OUT THERE...PARTICULARLY NEAR THE BLUE RIDGE...AS LOW LEVEL
EASTERLY FLOW WAS BEGINNING TO MAINTAIN SOME UPSLOPE LIFT IN THOSE
AREAS. WITH THAT IN PLACE...IT WOULD NOT BE A SURPRISE TO SEE SOME
KIND OF SHOWER ACTIVITY PERSIST FOR THE REST OF THE NIGHT.
FOR TODAY...AN UNUSUAL WEATHER PATTERN WITH AN UPPER LEVEL LOW
RETROGRADING SO STRONGLY/QUICKLY TO THE WEST. IT ALMOST MAKES ONE
THINK THE MAP HAS BEEN TURNED UPSIDE DOWN OR THAT I AM VIEWING THE
FORECAST GUIDANCE IN REVERSE. THE EFFECT OF THE RETROGRADING LOW
WILL BE TO BRING A PLUME OF DEEPER MOISTURE BACK TO THE WEST AND
ACROSS THE FCST AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING THAT WILL RAISE THE
PRECIPITABLE WATER TO AROUND 2 INCHES. THE RESULTING STRONGER
EASTERLY FLOW WILL PROVIDE FOR MORE UPSLOPE ENHANCEMENT IN THE
VICINITY OF THE BLUE RIDGE. BEAR IN MIND THAT WE HAD ANOTHER FOUR
FLASH FLOOD EVENTS NEAR THE BLUE RIDGE ON FRIDAY...AND THIS WAS WITH
AN ENVIRONMENT THAT HAD QUITE A BIT LESS PW ON THE ORDER OF 1.4
INCHES. THE RECENT PAST IS LITTERED WITH FLASH FLOOD EVENTS ACROSS
THE AREA FROM THE MTNS TO THE WRN PIEDMONT. ANTECEDENT CONDITIONS
ARE THE MOST FAVORABLE FOR MORE FLASH FLOODING THAN WE HAVE SEEN IN
RECENT MEMORY. THE DEEPER MOISTURE AND BETTER FORCING SUGGEST A HIGH
LIKELIHOOD OF ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING IN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. FOR
THAT REASON...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL BE ISSUED FOR MOST OF THE
FCST AREA...WITH THE EXCEPTION OF PARTS OF THE NW PIEDMONT WHERE NOT
AS MUCH RAIN HAS FALLEN...AND THE SMOKIES WHERE A BIT OF A RAIN
SHADOW WILL EXIST. THE CAUSE WILL BE CONVECTIVE STORMS SO NOT
EVERYONE WILL GET FLOODING RAIN...BUT IT IS EASY TO IMAGINE A HALF A
DOZEN FLOOD EVENTS IN THE UPSLOPE AREAS. THE PRECIP WILL KEEP TEMPS
BELOW NORMAL.
&&
.SHORT TERM /SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT/...
AS OF 145 AM SATURDAY...GUIDANCE IN GENERALLY GOOD AGREEMENT ON THE
BACK EDGE OF A TROPICAL MOISTURE PLUME SHIFTING EAST TO WEST ACRS
THE CWFA DURING THE DAY ON SUNDAY. STILL EXPECT THE MOISTURE TO
EXIST ACRS MOST OF THE AREA BY THE TIME CONVECTIVE INITIATION BEGINS
WITHIN SELY LLVL FLOW. EXPECT DECENT COVERAGE OF SHWRS AND EMBEDDED
TSTMS...ESP IN THE UPR SAVANNAH VALLEY AND WRN/CENTRAL NC MTNS.
TEMPS WILL REMAIN BELOW NORMAL IN THE MUGGY AIR MASS.
SUNDAY NIGHT THRU MONDAY NIGHT...DRY AIR WORKS INTO THE AREA...AS
UPR LOW RETROGRADES INTO THE SRN PLAINS AND LARGE ANTICYCLONE
EXPANDS ACRS THE GREAT LAKES AND EAST COAST. THIS PERIOD MAY BE OUR
BEST BET TO HAVE A RELATIVELY QUIET DAY (WX-WISE) ACRS THE ENTIRE
CWFA...WITH FCST SNDGS SHOWING CIN INCREASING WITHIN WARM 850-700 MB
LAYER. WILL KEEP SLGT CHC POP OR LESS FROM LATE SUN NIGHT THRU
MONDAY NIGHT. TEMPS WILL REMAIN A CATEGORY OR TWO BELOW NORMAL FOR
HIGHS AND NEAR NORMAL FOR LOWS.
&&
.LONG TERM /TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/...
AS OF 200 AM SATURDAY...THE LARGE MID-UPR LVL ANTICYCLONE WILL
CONTINUE TO BUILD AND PERSIST TUESDAY THRU THURSDAY...THEN BEGIN TO
BREAK DOWN AND SHIFT SOUTH ACRS THE SOUTHEAST STATES
FRIDAY-SATURDAY. THE GFS FCST SNDGS SHOW WEAKER CIN AND LOWER LFC
HEIGHTS BY WEDNESDAY THRU FRIDAY...AND MOST OF THE GUIDANCE AGREES
ON A RETURN TO DECENT COVERAGE OF DIURNALLY-DRIVEN CONVECTION ACRS
THE AREA EACH DAY...ESP IN THE HIGH TERRAIN. I BLENDED IN THE 00Z
WPC GUIDANCE FOR BOTH POPS AND TEMPS...WHICH RESULTS IN SLIGHTLY
WARMER AFTN HIGHS AND HIGHER AFTN/EVE POPS. THE WARM TEMPS AND
DIURNAL POPS MAKES SENSE AS WE RETURN TO A MORE TYPICAL MID-JULY
BERMUDA HIGH PATTERN FOR NEXT WEEKEND.
&&
.AVIATION /08Z SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
AT KCLT...NOT MUCH HAPPENING ACROSS THE NC PIEDMONT AT 06Z...ALTHO
SOME ACTIVITY WAS NOTED TO THE EAST AND MOVING TOWARD CHARLOTTE
METRO. THE GENERAL CONSENSUS IS THAT LOW LEVEL EASTERLY FLOW WILL
HAVE NO PROBLEM GENERATING LOW CLOUDS IN THE PRE-DAWN HOURS...AND
THIS IS PROBABLY ALREADY UNDERWAY WITH SEVERAL SITES NOW REPORTING
AN MVFR CLOUD DECK. CONFIDENCE IS HIGH THAT EVENTUALLY IFR STRATUS
WILL DEVELOP...NO LATER THAN 10Z BUT PROBABLY BEFORE THAT...AND THEN
PREVAIL ACROSS THE PIEDMONT THROUGH MID MORNING WHEN BOUNDARY LAYER
WARMING LIFTS IT BACK INTO THE MVFR RANGE. LOW CLOUDS SHOULD SCATTER
TO VFR FOR AWHILE IN THE AFTERNOON. THE MOVEMENT OF AN UPPER LOW TO
OUR WEST WILL BRING A PLUME OF DEEPER MOISTURE ACROSS THE REGION
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING THAT WILL RESULT IN NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND
STORMS. HAVE TARGETED THE LATE AFTERNOON/EARLY EVE FOR THIS ACTIVITY
BUT IT COULD EASILY DEVELOP BEFOREHAND AND LINGER UNTIL THE END OF
THE TAF PERIOD. FUTURE ISSUANCES WILL FINE TUNE THE TIMING. WIND
WILL RETAIN AN EASTERLY COMPONENT THROUGHOUT THE DAY...MAINLY NE.
ELSEWHERE...CANNOT RULE OUT A SHOWER AT KAND EARLY THIS MORNING...
BUT OTHERWISE MOST PLACES WILL KEEP SHOWERS AT BAY. DEVELOPING
UPSLOPE FLOW SHOULD EASILY DEVELOP AN MVFR CLOUD DECK...EVENTUALLY
BECOMING IFR STRATUS IN THE PRE-DAWN HOURS. ONCE ESTABLISHED... THE
IFR CLOUDS SHOULD CONTINUE INTO THE MID MORNING...WHEN THE CEILING
SHOULD LIFT TO MVFR...THEN SCATTER OUT DURING MIDDAY. THE REST IS
SIMILAR TO KCLT.
OUTLOOK...EXPECT ANOTHER ROUND OF LOW CLOUDS WITH AN MVFR/IFR
CEILINGS EARLY SUNDAY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER THE REGION
THROUGH NEXT WEEK...WITH SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING
THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE.
CONFIDENCE TABLE...
07-13Z 13-19Z 19-01Z 01-07Z
KCLT MED 64% MED 70% MED 72% HIGH 88%
KGSP MED 78% HIGH 82% MED 68% HIGH 81%
KAVL HIGH 80% MED 67% MED 62% HIGH 95%
KHKY MED 76% MED 69% MED 61% HIGH 91%
KGMU HIGH 80% HIGH 83% MED 68% HIGH 80%
KAND MED 66% MED 79% MED 69% HIGH 92%
THE PERCENTAGE REFLECTS THE NUMBER OF GUIDANCE MEMBERS AGREEING
WITH THE SCHEDULED TAF ISSUANCE FLIGHT RULE CATEGORY. COMPLETE
HOURLY EXPERIMENTAL AVIATION FORECAST CONSISTENCY TABLES AND ENSEMBLE
FORECASTS ARE AVAILABLE AT THE FOLLOWING LINK: (MUST BE LOWER CASE)
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/GSP/AVIATION_TABLES
&&
.GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FROM NOON EDT TODAY THROUGH LATE TONIGHT FOR
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029.
NC...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FROM NOON EDT TODAY THROUGH LATE TONIGHT FOR
NCZ033-035-036-048>050-052-053-056-059-062>065-068>071-
082-501>510.
SC...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FROM NOON EDT TODAY THROUGH LATE TONIGHT FOR
SCZ001>014-019.
&&
SYNOPSIS...CSH
NEAR TERM...PM
SHORT TERM...ARK
LONG TERM...ARK
AVIATION...PMHazardous weather outlook, Jul 12, 5:37 PM EDT, 11 hours 42 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 537 PM EDT FRI JUL 12 2013 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065- 068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-132145- 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- 537 PM EDT FRI JUL 12 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO TONIGHT. A FEW STORMS WILL BE SEVERE...WITH THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. HEAVY RAINFALL AND ISOLATED FLOODING WILL REMAIN A THREAT WITH ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP...AS STORMS WILL BE SLOW MOVING AND THE GROUND IS SATURATED ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. SCATTERED TO WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH SUNDAY...WITH TROPICAL MOISTURE RETURNING FROM THE EAST. HEAVY RAINFALL AND ISOLATED FLOODING WILL REMAIN A THREAT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...OR FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE. HG
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 12, 11:29 PM EDT, 5 hours 50 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1129 PM EDT FRI JUL 12 2013
NCZ506-508-130430-
EASTERN MCDOWELL-GREATER RUTHERFORD-
1129 PM EDT FRI JUL 12 2013
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN RUTHERFORD AND
SOUTHEASTERN MCDOWELL COUNTIES THROUGH 1230 AM EDT...
AT 1127 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES EAST OF THERMAL CITY...OR 12 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF MARION...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
SMALL HAIL...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND TORRENTIAL RAIN ARE EXPECTED
WITH THIS STORM.
HEAVY RAINS MAY FLOOD AREAS WITH POOR DRAINAGE...SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS. WATER
LEVELS OF SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS MAY ALSO RISE RAPIDLY. SEEK HIGHER
GROUND IF THREATENED BY FLOOD WATERS.
PLEASE REPORT DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL...OR FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG BY CALLING TOLL FREE...1...
800...2 6 7...8 1 0 1...OR BY POSTING ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE...OR TWEET
IT USING HASHTAG NWSGSP. YOUR MESSAGE SHOULD DESCRIBE THE EVENT AND
SPECIFIC LOCATION WHERE IT OCCURRED.
LAT...LON 3561 8183 3558 8182 3558 8180 3560 8179
3556 8169 3539 8170 3533 8171 3551 8203
3565 8195Special weather statement, Jul 13, 12:00 AM EDT, 5 hours 19 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1200 AM EDT SAT JUL 13 2013 NCZ049-053-130445- BUNCOMBE-YANCEY- 1200 AM EDT SAT JUL 13 2013 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN BUNCOMBE AND SOUTHERN YANCEY COUNTIES THROUGH 1245 AM EDT... AT 1156 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES EAST OF BARNARDSVILLE...OR 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BURNSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH. SMALL HAIL...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND TORRENTIAL RAIN ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. HEAVY RAINS MAY FLOOD AREAS WITH POOR DRAINAGE...SUCH AS DITCHES AND UNDERPASSES. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS. WATER LEVELS OF SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS MAY ALSO RISE RAPIDLY. SEEK HIGHER GROUND IF THREATENED BY FLOOD WATERS. PLEASE REPORT DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL...OR FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG BY CALLING TOLL FREE...1... 800...2 6 7...8 1 0 1...OR BY POSTING ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE...OR TWEET IT USING HASHTAG NWSGSP. YOUR MESSAGE SHOULD DESCRIBE THE EVENT AND SPECIFIC LOCATION WHERE IT OCCURRED. LAT...LON 3570 8225 3571 8242 3583 8241 3584 8225
Local storm report, Jul 13, 1:51 AM EDT, 3 hours 28 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
151 AM EDT SAT JUL 13 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0140 AM HEAVY RAIN 3 NE COLUMBUS 35.28N 82.16W
07/13/2013 E0.00 INCH POLK NC 911 CALL CENTER
STANDING WATER ON FOX MOUNTAIN RD.
0140 AM DEBRIS FLOW 4 NNE COLUMBUS 35.31N 82.18W
07/13/2013 POLK NC 911 CALL CENTER
MUDSLIDE REPORTED ON A PORTION OF SILVER CREEK ROAD.
&&
CSHSpecial weather statement, Jul 13, 3:26 AM EDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
326 AM EDT SAT JUL 13 2013
GAZ010-SCZ001-002-004-005-010-130815-
ANDERSON-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS
MOUNTAINS-RABUN-
326 AM EDT SAT JUL 13 2013
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN RABUN...NORTHERN
ANDERSON...NORTHERN OCONEE AND SOUTHERN PICKENS COUNTIES THROUGH 415
AM EDT...
AT 323 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM MOUNTAIN REST TO
LAKE KEOWEE TO 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF PENDLETON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5
MPH.
THESE STORMS WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
CENTRAL...
PINE MOUNTAIN...
SALEM...
TORRENTIAL RAIN IS EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.
HEAVY RAINS MAY FLOOD AREAS WITH POOR DRAINAGE...SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS. WATER
LEVELS OF SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS MAY ALSO RISE RAPIDLY. SEEK HIGHER
GROUND IF THREATENED BY FLOOD WATERS.
LAT...LON 3500 8317 3501 8307 3495 8278 3473 8250
3455 8273 3478 8302 3484 8338
ARKLocal storm report, Jul 13, 4:36 AM EDT, 43 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
436 AM EDT SAT JUL 13 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0411 AM FLASH FLOOD 5 E COLUMBUS 35.26N 82.12W
07/13/2013 POLK NC 911 CALL CENTER
40 FOOT SECTION OF PENIEL RD WASHED OUT AT MILL CREEK
BETWEEN HUGH CHAMPION RD AND HWY 9 SOUTH.
&&
MOORELocal storm report, Jul 13, 4:38 AM EDT, 41 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
438 AM EDT SAT JUL 13 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0300 AM FLASH FLOOD 2 NNE COLUMBUS 35.27N 82.19W
07/13/2013 POLK NC FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
FLOODING OF CULVERT ON HOUSTON RD NEAR DIMSDALE LANE.
PEOPLE TRAPPED IN CARS. TWO MUDSLIDES IN AREA AROUND MILL
SPRING.
&&
MOOREThe office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 12, 8:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Chester | 44 min |
| Jul 12, 8:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Abbeville | 45 min |
| Jul 12, 9:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cherokee | 40 min |
| Jul 12, 9:17 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Abbeville | 3 hr |
| Jul 12, 10:23 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Cherokee, Union | 2 hr |
| Jul 12, 10:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Union | 44 min |
| Jul 12, 11:46 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Union | 2 hr |
| Jul 13, 1:09 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Greenville, Spartanburg | 111 min |
| Jul 13, 3:26 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Pickens | 49 min |
| Jul 13, 3:47 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Anderson, Oconee, Pickens | 2 hr |
| Jul 13, 3:54 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | GSP | Abbeville, Anderson, Cherokee, Chester, Greenwood, Laurens and 2 more | 24 hr |
| Jul 13, 4:03 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Anderson, Pickens | 3 hr |
| Jul 13, 7:00 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | GSP | Anderson, Pickens | 2 hr |
| Jul 13, 6:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | York | 69 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in South Carolina, 2013Every flash flood warning in 2013
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.