Alert archive / South Carolina / Flash Flood Warnings in 2013
Flash Flood Warning 65, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this flash flood warning at Jul 21, 2013, 7:51 PM EDT for 4 counties in South Carolina; Franklin County, Stephens County, Georgia. It was in force for 3 hr. 4 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 21, 2013, 7:51 PM EDT (23:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 21, 2013, 11:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Franklin County, GA, Stephens County, GA, Anderson County, SC, Greenville County, SC, Oconee County, SC, Pickens County, SC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:52 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 21, 8:17 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 6 E Clemson, SC | ROAD IS CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING AT THE INTERSECTION OF CENTRAL ROAD AND BISHOP BRANCH ROAD. |
| Jul 21, 8:20 PM EDT | FLOOD | 4 Se Westminster, SC | A LOW SPOT ALONG HIGHWAY 24 NEAR THE INTERSECTION WITH HIGHWAY 11 HAS A STRONG FLOW OF WATER AND WAS DIFFICULT FOR PASSING THROUGH THE AREA. |
| Jul 21, 8:45 PM EDT | FLOOD | 2 E Seneca, SC | FLOODING AT THE INTERSECTION OF DAVIS MILL ROAD AND SHILOH ROAD ON THE EAST SIDE OF SENECA. |
| Jul 21, 9:00 PM EDT | FLOOD | 6 S Westminster, SC | RUNOFF OF HEAVY RAIN HAS CAUSED DEEP PONDING OF WATER ON BARRETT WAY NEAR CHOESTOEA CREEK. |
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 one storm report to this flash flood warning; the first came 26 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, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 191 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
- 966 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 487 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 48 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 1 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
557
WGUS52 KGSP 212351
FFWGSP
GAC119-257-SCC007-045-073-077-220300-
/O.NEW.KGSP.FF.W.0065.130721T2351Z-130722T0300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
751 PM EDT SUN JUL 21 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN ANDERSON COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...
NORTHERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA...
SOUTH CENTRAL GREENVILLE COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...
SOUTH CENTRAL PICKENS COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...
SOUTHERN OCONEE COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...
STEPHENS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA...
* UNTIL 1100 PM EDT
* AT 750 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED AROUND 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN
HAS FALLEN ALONG THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE PAST HOUR.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.
* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
CLEMSON...TOCCOA...CENTRAL...EASTANOLEE...FAIR PLAY...LAKE
HARTWELL...LAVONIA...MARTIN...PENDLETON...PIEDMONT...SANDY
SPRINGS...SENECA...WESTMINSTER...WHITWORTH AND WILLIAMSTON.
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 ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE.
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.
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 3463 8336 3479 8240 3461 8235 3448 8292
3449 8294 3447 8301 3450 8305 3444 8308
3438 8333
$$
JOH2 follow-up statements
619
WGUS72 KGSP 220141
FFSGSP
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
941 PM EDT SUN JUL 21 2013
GAC119-257-SCC007-045-073-077-220300-
/O.CON.KGSP.FF.W.0065.000000T0000Z-130722T0300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
STEPHENS GA-FRANKLIN GA-ANDERSON SC-GREENVILLE SC-OCONEE SC-
PICKENS SC-
941 PM EDT SUN JUL 21 2013
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL PICKENS...
SOUTHERN OCONEE...SOUTH CENTRAL GREENVILLE...NORTHERN ANDERSON...
NORTHERN FRANKLIN AND EASTERN STEPHENS COUNTIES UNTIL 1100 PM EDT...
AT 937 PM EDT...RAINFALL RATES HAVE DECREASED DURING THE PAST HOUR
AS THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVED SOUTH OF THE WARNED AREA.
HOWEVER...EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THE PREVIOUS RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE
RESULTING IN SMALL CREEKS AND RIVER LEVELS HIGH.
RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
CLEMSON...TOCCOA...CENTRAL...EASTANOLEE...FAIR PLAY...LAKE
HARTWELL...LAVONIA...MARTIN...PENDLETON...PIEDMONT...SANDY SPRINGS...
SENECA...WESTMINSTER...WHITWORTH AND WILLIAMSTON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLASH 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 ATTEMPT TO
CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE.
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 3463 8336 3479 8240 3461 8235 3448 8292
3449 8294 3447 8301 3450 8305 3444 8308
3438 8333
$$
JOH752
WGUS72 KGSP 220256
FFSGSP
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1056 PM EDT SUN JUL 21 2013
GAC119-257-SCC007-045-073-077-220312-
/O.EXP.KGSP.FF.W.0065.000000T0000Z-130722T0300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
STEPHENS GA-FRANKLIN GA-ANDERSON SC-GREENVILLE SC-OCONEE SC-
PICKENS SC-
1056 PM EDT SUN JUL 21 2013
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL
PICKENS...SOUTHERN OCONEE...SOUTH CENTRAL GREENVILLE...NORTHERN
ANDERSON...NORTHERN FRANKLIN AND EASTERN STEPHENS COUNTIES WILL BE
ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 1100 PM EDT...
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 3463 8336 3479 8240 3461 8235 3448 8292
3449 8294 3447 8301 3450 8305 3444 8308
3438 8333
$$
JOHWhat 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 21, 4:46 PM EDT, 3 hours 5 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 21, 4:46 PM EDT, 3 hours 5 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
446 PM EDT SUN JUL 21 2013
.SYNOPSIS...
AN TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPS OVER THE EASTERN U.S. DURING THE
FIRST PART OF THE WEEK...ALLOWING FOR OCCASIONAL UPPER LEVEL
DISTURBANCES TO MOVING THROUGH THE AREA. A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL THEN
MOVE INTO THE AREA ON THURSDAY...REACHING THE COAST BY FRIDAY. DRY
HIGH PRESSURE THEN MOVES IN BEHIND THE FRONT FOR THE
WEEKEND.
&&
.NEAR TERM /THROUGH MONDAY/...
4 PM UPDATE...FEW CHANGES OTHER THAN TO ADJUST POPS PER RADAR
COVERAGE...AND TO TOUCH UP TEMPS USING LATEST OBS. OVER THE NEXT
HOUR OR TWO BEST COVERAGE WILL LIKELY CONTINUE TO BE OVER THE NC
PIEDMONT AND ERN SC ZONES WHERE DIFFERENTIAL HEATING AND NUMEROUS
OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES WILL LIKELY HELP INITIATE CONVECTION. THEN CLOSER
TO SUNSET FOCUS WILL SHIFT TO THE MTNS WHERE ACTIVITY MAY ENTER FROM
TENNESSEE.
AT 230 PM EDT SUNDAY...AN UPPER TROUGH WILL CONTINUE TO AMPLIFY OVER
THE EASTERN USA THROUGH MONDAY. A PAIR OF SHORTWAVES WILL MOVE
THROUGH THE BASE OF THE TROUGH OVER THE TN VALLEY...ONE EARLY
MONDAY...AND THE OTHER LATE MONDAY. MODEL TIME HEIGHTS SHOW DEEP
MOISTURE PERSISTING OVER OUR AREA ON THE WEST SIDE OF A BERMUDA
HIGH.
OUR AREA REMAINS IN WEAK STEERING FLOW AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON...WITH
ENOUGH INSTABILITY FOR TALL UPDRAFTS....AND A CASE CAN BE MADE FOR
SOME ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING WHERE CELLS MOVE SLOWLY OR TRAIN. SHEAR
REMAINS QUITE WEAK...AND STORM ORGANIZATION IS NOT FAVORED...
LIMITING SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL.
INSTABILITY WILL WANE THIS EVENING...WHILE STEERING FLOW
INCREASES...DECREASING THE THREAT OF HEAVY RAINFALL. MINIMUM
TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN ABOVE NORMAL IN THE MOIST AIR MASS. THE
BEST CASE FOR FOG WILL BE IN THE NC MOUNTAIN VALLEYS...AS IT HAS
BEEN FOR SEVERAL NIGHTS NOW.
THE ADDITION OF UPPER LEVEL FORCING WILL SUPPORT HIGHER POPS...
ESPECIALLY OVER THE MOUNTAINS. MODEL SOUNDINGS SHOW MODEST
INSTABILITY AS HEATING WILL BE LIMITED WITH FALLING HEIGHTS ALOFT
AND ABUNDANT CLOUD COVER. SHEAR WILL BE SLIGHTLY BETTER HOWEVER.
VERY MOIST PROFILES WILL SUPPORT HEAVY RAINFALL WITH BETTER
DEVELOPED STORMS...BUT AT LEAST THERE WILL BE MORE STEERING FLOW
THAN BEFORE TO KEEP CELLS MOVING. MAXIMUMS TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED
TO RUN A COUPLE OF DEGREES BELOW NORMAL.
&&
.SHORT TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
AS OF 145 PM EDT SUNDAY...UPPER FORCING MAXIMA ASSOCIATED WITH THE
EASTERN RIPPING VORT REMAINS PROGGED TO LINGER WELL INTO MONDAY
NIGHT GIVING A BOOST NOCTURNAL COVERAGE OF SHOWERS AND ISOLD TSTMS
THROUGH DAYBREAK ON TUE. BROAD UPPER TROUGHINESS CONTINUES ALL ACRS
THE EASTERN CONUS ON TUESDAY AND IT IS UNCERTAIN AT THIS POINT
WHETHER A PERIOD OF NVA BEHIND DEPARTING VORT WILL DELAY OR INHIBIT
DEEP CONVECTIVE REDEVELOPMENT. AT THIS POINT...WILL STAY THE COURSE
WITH THE INHERITED POPS RAMPING BACK UP TO ABOVE CLIMO IN THE
AFTERNOON WITH GOOD MOS AGREEMENT. MAX TEMPS WILL BE CLOSE TO
PERSISTENCE...PRETTY CLOSE TO NORMAL. SHORT RANGE MODELS ADVERTISE
ADDITIONAL ENERGY ROTATING THROUGH THE L/WV TROUGH ON WEDNESDAY
WHICH SHOULD PROVIDE ANOTHER BOOST TO DIURNAL TSTM CVRG. ABOVE CLIMO
POPS WILL BE FEATURED AGAIN FOR WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON/EVENING.
&&
.LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/...
AS OF 1230 PM EDT SUNDAY...WITH THE 21/12 UTC OP GFS CONTINUING TO
ADVERTISE FRONTAL BNDRY SLIPPING E/SE OF THE CWFA ON THURSDAY...
THERE EXISTS THE POSSIBILITY OF EVENTUALLY LOWERING POPS TO BELOW
CLIMO...BUT FOR NOW WILL SIMPLY PARE INHERITED POP BACK TO LOW
CHANCE. THE SAME CAN BE SAID FOR FRIDAY AS THE CWFA MAY WIND UP
REMAINING WITHIN A MOISTURE AND LIFT MINIMA...BETWEEN THE LLVL
FRONTAL ZONE ALONG THE COAST AND MORE ENERGY LOADING UP ACRS THE
MIDWEST AND MID SOUTH. WE ARE STILL LOOKING AT LATE WEEK MAX TEMPS
TO BE NEAR TO SLIGHTLY BELOW CLIMO. MORE ROBUST TSTM CHANCES MAY
RETURN FOR NEXT WEEKEND AS ENERGY WITHIN LINGERING BROAD EASTERN
CONUS L/WV TROUGH ENCROACHES.
&&
.AVIATION /21Z SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/...
AT KCLT /21Z UPDATE/...A GUIDANCE CONSENSUS FAVORS MVFR VSBY IN FOG
AROUND DAYBREAK MONDAY. GUIDANCE APPEARS TO OPTIMISTIC WITH CIGS
GIVER PERSISTENT PATTER...AN MVFR WILL BE CARRIED LATE TONIGHT AND
EARLY MONDAY. CONVECTIVE COVERAGE WILL LIKELY INCREASE IN THE
VICINITY THIS AFTERNOON. SOME SITES THAT HAVE BEEN DIRECTLY HIT BY
TS THIS AFTN HAVE GONE TO LIFR VSBY FOR A TIME. WILL MAINTAIN
TEMPO...WITH IFR VSBY AND CIG. LIGHT WINDS WILL GENERALLY BE FROM
THE SW... BUT TSTM CELLS ADVANCING FROM THE WEST LKLY TO BRING
NORTHWESTERLY GUSTS IN 15-25 KT RANGE.
ELSEWHERE...BLENDED MODEL GUIDANCE SUPPORTS MVFR FOG IN THE
FOOTHILLS TOWARD DAYBREAK MONDAY...WITH IFR AT KAVL. GUIDANCE IS TOO
OPTIMISTIC WITH CIGS GIVEN RECENT TRENDS AND A PERSISTENCE PATTERN.
MVFR CIGS WIL BE CARRIED LATE TONIGHT...WITH IFR AT KAVL AROUND
DAYBREAK. WINDS WILL GENERALLY BE LIGHT FROM THE WSW.
OUTLOOK...MOIST SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW CONTINUES INTO THE EARLY WEEK.
THIS WILL HELP DRIVE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...MAINLY IN THE
AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AND LIKELY CAUSE RESTRICTIVE CIGS/VSBYS
EARLY EACH MORNING.
CONFIDENCE TABLE...
20-02Z 02-08Z 08-14Z 14-20Z
KCLT HIGH 100% HIGH 85% MED 61% HIGH 92%
KGSP HIGH 100% HIGH 85% LOW 50% HIGH 91%
KAVL LOW 57% MED 65% MED 63% LOW 54%
KHKY HIGH 100% HIGH 80% MED 61% HIGH 91%
KGMU HIGH 100% HIGH 85% MED 62% HIGH 91%
KAND HIGH 100% HIGH 86% MED 60% HIGH 91%
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...NONE.
NC...NONE.
SC...NONE.
&&
SYNOPSIS...PAT
NEAR TERM...JAT/WIMBERLEY
SHORT TERM...CSH
LONG TERM...CSH
AVIATION...JAT/WIMBERLEYHazardous weather outlook, Jul 21, 1:51 PM EDT, 6 hours before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 151 PM EDT SUN JUL 21 2013 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065- 068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-221800- 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- 151 PM EDT SUN JUL 21 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 TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP INTO THIS EVENING WITH OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. A FEW STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE...PRODUCING HAIL AS LARGE AS QUARTERS AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. STORMS WILL BE MOVING SLOWLY POSSIBLY LEADING TO LOCALLY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL AND ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING. .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 LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...TORNADOES OR FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 21, 5:47 PM EDT, 2 hours 4 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 547 PM EDT SUN JUL 21 2013 SCZ008-009-013-014-212245- CHEROKEE-CHESTER-UNION-YORK- 547 PM EDT SUN JUL 21 2013 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN UNION... NORTHWESTERN CHESTER...SOUTHEASTERN CHEROKEE AND SOUTHWESTERN YORK COUNTIES THROUGH 645 PM EDT... AT 541 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR ADAMSBURG...OR 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF UNION... MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO UNION... SHARON...SARATT...MONARCH MILLS...MCCONNELLS...LOCKHART...BULLOCK CREEK AND ADAMSBURG. SMALL HAIL...WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH AND TORRENTIAL RAIN ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS AND WET SOIL CONDITIONS WILL CAUSE SCATTERED TREES AND POWER LINES TO FALL. SEEK SHELTER INSIDER AN INTERIOR ROOM. 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 3502 8112 3464 8138 3474 8168 3495 8150 JOH
Special weather statement, Jul 21, 6:17 PM EDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
617 PM EDT SUN JUL 21 2013
NCZ071-072-082-SCZ009-212300-
CABARRUS-MECKLENBURG-UNION-YORK-
617 PM EDT SUN JUL 21 2013
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT CABARRUS...EASTERN YORK...
MECKLENBURG AND NORTHWESTERN UNION COUNTIES THROUGH 700 PM EDT...
AT 615 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 4 MILES WEST OF
CONCORD TO TEGA CAY...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO I-77 AT
I-85...CAROWINDS...CHARLOTTE MOTOR SPEEDWAY...CENTER CITY
CHARLOTTE...SOUTHPARK MALL...EASTLAND MALL...UNC CHARLOTTE...
WEDDINGTON...STALLINGS...PINEVILLE...MOUNT PLEASANT...MINT HILL...
MIDLAND...MATTHEWS...KANNAPOLIS...INDIAN TRAIL...HARRISBURG...CROFT
AND CONCORD.
WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...AND TORRENTIAL RAIN ARE EXPECTED WITH
THESE STORMS.
THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS AND WET SOIL CONDITIONS WILL CAUSE
SCATTERED TREES AND POWER LINES TO FALL. SEEK SHELTER INSIDER AN
INTERIOR ROOM.
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 3493 8069 3497 8083 3505 8089 3500 8090
3505 8106 3550 8071 3550 8030
JOHLocal storm report, Jul 21, 6:22 PM EDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
622 PM EDT SUN JUL 21 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0420 PM HEAVY RAIN 2 NE LOVE VALLEY 36.01N 80.96W
07/21/2013 U0.00 INCH IREDELL NC TRAINED SPOTTER
SPOTTER SAW ABOUT A 2 INCH DEEP FLOW OF MUDDY WATER
CROSSING HIGHWAY 115 AT ROCK CREEK WHERE DITCHES WERE TOO
FULL TO HOLD THE WATER. HIGHWAY WAS PASSABLE.
&&
OUTLAWSpecial weather statement, Jul 21, 6:28 PM EDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
628 PM EDT SUN JUL 21 2013
SCZ005-006-010-212330-
ANDERSON-GREATER GREENVILLE-GREATER PICKENS-
628 PM EDT SUN JUL 21 2013
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL GREENVILLE...NORTHERN
ANDERSON AND SOUTHEASTERN PICKENS COUNTIES THROUGH 730 PM EDT...
AT 624 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES EAST OF LIBERTY...OR 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
PICKENS...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WHITE HORSE
ROAD AT I-85...CHERRYDALE POINT...FURMAN UNIVERSITY...DONALDSON
CENTER...WELCOME...TRAVELERS REST...POWDERSVILLE...PIEDMONT...
PICKENS...PARIS MOUNTAIN STATE PARK...NORRIS...LIBERTY...DOWNTOWN
GREENVILLE...EASLEY...DACUSVILLE AND BEREA.
WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...AND TORRENTIAL RAIN ARE EXPECTED WITH
THIS STORM.
THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS AND WET SOIL CONDITIONS WILL CAUSE
SCATTERED TREES AND POWER LINES TO FALL. SEEK SHELTER INSIDER AN
INTERIOR ROOM.
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 3466 8278 3488 8275 3489 8274 3500 8234
3464 8234
JOHLocal storm report, Jul 21, 6:43 PM EDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
643 PM EDT SUN JUL 21 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0558 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 SE LOCKHART 34.79N 81.45W
07/21/2013 CHESTER SC LAW ENFORCEMENT
SCHP REPORTS TREE DOWN NEAR INTERSECTION OF HWY 49 AND
HWY 9
&&
CSHSpecial weather statement, Jul 21, 7:42 PM EDT, 9 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
742 PM EDT SUN JUL 21 2013
GAZ017-018-026-028-SCZ004>006-010-220045-
ANDERSON-FRANKLIN-GREATER GREENVILLE-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER
PICKENS-HABERSHAM-HART-STEPHENS-
742 PM EDT SUN JUL 21 2013
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT CENTRAL ANDERSON...FRANKLIN...
NORTHERN HART...SOUTHEASTERN OCONEE...SOUTHERN GREENVILLE...SOUTHERN
HABERSHAM...SOUTHERN PICKENS AND STEPHENS COUNTIES THROUGH 845 PM
EDT...
AT 739 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM CLEMSON TO 3 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF BOYDVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BROADWAY
LAKE...LAKE HARTWELL...WHITWORTH...TOCCOA...REED CREEK...MOUNT
AIRY...MARTIN...LAVONIA...HARTWELL...EASTANOLEE...CORNELIA...
CARNESVILLE...CANON...BOYDVILLE...BOWERSVILLE...BALDWIN...AVALON...
WILLIAMSTON...TOWNVILLE...SANDY SPRINGS...SADLERS CREEK STATE
PARK...PENDLETON...OAKWAY...FAIR PLAY...CLEMSON...CENTRAL...BELTON
AND ANDERSON.
WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...AND TORRENTIAL RAIN ARE EXPECTED WITH
THESE STORMS.
THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS AND WET SOIL CONDITIONS WILL CAUSE
SCATTERED TREES AND POWER LINES TO FALL. SEEK SHELTER INSIDER AN
INTERIOR ROOM.
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 3437 8340 3442 8339 3446 8340 3448 8347
3449 8355 3452 8359 3461 8323 3461 8316
3465 8311 3475 8270 3452 8226 3450 8228
3426 8325
JOHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 20, 9:51 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Greenwood, Laurens | 2 hr |
| Jul 20, 9:55 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Chester, York | 2 hr |
| Jul 20, 10:30 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Laurens | 2 hr |
| Jul 20, 11:59 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Laurens | 2 hr |
| Jul 21, 2:41 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Greenville | 109 min |
| Jul 21, 3:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Spartanburg | 38 min |
| Jul 21, 3:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Greenville, Spartanburg | 46 min |
| Jul 21, 4:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Spartanburg | 58 min |
| Jul 21, 4:39 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Greenville, Spartanburg | 111 min |
| Jul 21, 5:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cherokee | 55 min |
| Jul 21, 5:10 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Oconee | 110 min |
| Jul 21, 5:24 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Spartanburg | 2 hr |
| Jul 21, 5:30 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Cherokee | 2 hr |
| Jul 21, 5:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | York | 58 min |
| Jul 21, 5:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cherokee, Chester, Union, York | 54 min |
| Jul 21, 6:06 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | York | 114 min |
| Jul 21, 6:08 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Chester, Union, York | 112 min |
| Jul 21, 6:17 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Pickens | 103 min |
| Jul 21, 6:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Greenville, Pickens | 62 min |
| Jul 21, 6:53 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | York | 2 hr |
| Jul 21, 7:14 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Oconee | 106 min |
| Jul 21, 7:24 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Anderson, Greenville | 2 hr |
| Jul 21, 7:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Anderson | 63 min |
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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.