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Flash Flood Warning 66, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

July 21, 2013Anderson County, South Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this flash flood warning at Jul 21, 2013, 9:08 PM EDT for Anderson 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

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The facts

Issued: Jul 21, 2013, 9:08 PM EDT (01:08 UTC)
Expired: Jul 22, 2013, 12:00 AM EDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County Anderson 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 21, 8:06 PM EDT, 1 hour 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 21, 8:06 PM EDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 21, 1:51 PM EDT, 7 hours 17 minutes 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

Local storm report, Jul 21, 6:43 PM EDT, 2 hours 25 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

&&

CSH

Special weather statement, Jul 21, 7:42 PM EDT, 1 hour 26 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

JOH

Local storm report, Jul 21, 8:19 PM EDT, 49 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 21, 8:28 PM EDT, 40 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 21, 8:38 PM EDT, 30 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 21, 8:55 PM EDT, 13 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 22, 4:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Gaston	52 min
Jul 22, 5:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Henderson	43 min
Jul 21, 8:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Abbeville	77 min
Jul 21, 8:39 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Abbeville, Anderson, Greenville, Laurens	3 hr
Jul 21, 9:49 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Abbeville, Anderson, Greenwood, Laurens	3 hr
Jul 21, 9:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Abbeville, Greenwood	83 min
Jul 21, 11:13 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Anderson	107 min
Jul 22, 4:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Cherokee	28 min

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Flash Flood Warnings in South Carolina, 2013 Every 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.