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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

January 11, 20147 counties in South Carolina; 4 counties in Georgia

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this flash flood warning at Jan 11, 2014, 9:21 AM EST for 7 counties in South Carolina; 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 6 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: Jan 11, 2014, 9:21 AM EST (14:21 UTC)
Expired: Jan 11, 2014, 3:30 PM EST
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Elbert County, GA, Franklin County, GA, Hart County, GA, Stephens County, GA, Abbeville County, SC, Anderson County, SC, Greenville County, SC, Laurens County, SC, Oconee County, SC, Pickens County, SC, Spartanburg County, SC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
Jan 11, 9:29 AM EST	FLASH FLOOD	1 Nne Williamston, SC	GREENVILLE DRIVE FLOODED AND CLOSED NEAR SMALL CREEK
Jan 11, 12:08 PM EST	FLASH FLOOD	2 Wsw Belton, SC	JAMES COX ROAD TOTALLY BLOCKED OFF ROAD FLOODED WITH WATER FLOWING OVER ROAD AT PEA CREEK. SECOND TIME ROAD FLOODED TODAY.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 238 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 214 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -28 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 471 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 64 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 452 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 501 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 4.2

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

557 
WGUS52 KGSP 111421
FFWGSP
GAC105-119-147-257-SCC001-007-045-059-073-077-083-112030-
/O.NEW.KGSP.FF.W.0002.140111T1421Z-140111T2030Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
921 AM EST SAT JAN 11 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  ANDERSON COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...
  EAST CENTRAL STEPHENS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA...
  EASTERN ELBERT COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA...
  GREENVILLE COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...
  HART COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA...
  NORTHEASTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA...
  NORTHWESTERN ABBEVILLE COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...
  NORTHWESTERN LAURENS COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...
  OCONEE COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...
  PICKENS COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...
  SPARTANBURG COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...

* UNTIL 330 PM EST SATURDAY

* AT 917 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE      
  WARNED AREA. ANOTHER ROUND OF HEAVY RAIN WILL BE FALLING ACROSS    
  THE SAME AREA THAT HAS PREVIOUSLY RECIEVED RAIN THIS MORNING. 

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
  OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  ANDERSON...CLEMSON...DOWNTOWN GREENVILLE...HARTWELL...PICKENS...
  SPARTANBURG...WALHALLA...ANDERSON AIRPORT...BELTON...BOILING
  SPRINGS SC...BROADWAY LAKE...CAESARS HEAD...CEDAR SPRINGS...
  CENTRAL...CHERRYDALE POINT...CHESNEE...COWPENS...DEVILS FORK STATE
  PARK...DONALDSON CENTER...DUNCAN...EASLEY...ENOREE...FAIR PLAY...
  FIVE FORKS...FOUNTAIN INN...FURMAN UNIVERSITY...GRAY COURT...
  GREER...GSP AIRPORT AND HAYWOOD MALL.

MANY CREEKS AND STREAMS ARE AT OR NEAR BANKFULL NOW AND WITH 
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL EXPECTED THESE CREEKS WILL LIKELY GO OVER 
BANKFULL AND CAUSE FLOODING. DEEP PONDING OF WATER ON ROAD WAYS WILL 
ALL SO BE POSSIBLE.  STREAM SUCH AS THE REEDY RIVER...18 MILE CREEK 
AND 12 MILE CREEK WILL LIKELY GO ABOVE FLOOD STAGE. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...
COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND
OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.

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 3472 8332 3484 8327 3488 8323 3508 8278
      3507 8276 3513 8265 3519 8197 3519 8188
      3510 8182 3494 8177 3461 8185 3433 8259
      3420 8269 3402 8277

$$

PT

2 follow-up statements

960 
WGUS72 KGSP 111557
FFSGSP

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1057 AM EST SAT JAN 11 2014

GAC105-119-147-257-SCC001-007-045-059-073-077-083-112030-
/O.CON.KGSP.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140111T2030Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
STEPHENS GA-ELBERT GA-FRANKLIN GA-HART GA-ABBEVILLE SC-ANDERSON SC-
LAURENS SC-SPARTANBURG SC-GREENVILLE SC-OCONEE SC-PICKENS SC-
1057 AM EST SAT JAN 11 2014

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PICKENS...OCONEE...
GREENVILLE...SPARTANBURG...NORTHWESTERN LAURENS...ANDERSON...
NORTHWESTERN ABBEVILLE...HART...NORTHEASTERN FRANKLIN...EASTERN
ELBERT AND EAST CENTRAL STEPHENS COUNTIES UNTIL 330 PM EST...

AT 1052 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATED A HEAVY AREA OF RAINFALL WAS MOVING ACROSS THE WARNED 
AREA.  HEAVY RAIN FROM A STRONG LINE OF STORMS HAS PUSHED MOST 
STREAMS AND RIVERS TO BANKFULL.  ANOTHER AREA OF HEAVY RAIN BEHIND 
THE LINE IS NOW MOVING INTO THE AREA AND WILL LIKELY PUSH THE 
STREAMS ABOVE BANKFULL. 

RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
ANDERSON...CLEMSON...DOWNTOWN GREENVILLE...HARTWELL...PICKENS...
SPARTANBURG...WALHALLA...ANDERSON AIRPORT...BELTON...BOILING SPRINGS
SC...BROADWAY LAKE...CAESARS HEAD...CEDAR SPRINGS...CENTRAL...
CHERRYDALE POINT...CHESNEE...COWPENS...DEVILS FORK STATE PARK...
DONALDSON CENTER...DUNCAN...EASLEY...ENOREE...FAIR PLAY...FIVE
FORKS...FOUNTAIN INN...FURMAN UNIVERSITY...GRAY COURT...GREER...GSP
AIRPORT AND HAYWOOD MALL.

THE MIDDLE TYGER RIVER NEAR GRAMLING IS CLOSE TO FLOOD NOW AND THE 
REEDY RIVER AND 12 MILE CREEK ARE ON THE RISE AGAIN AND WILL LIKELY 
CAUSE FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS
AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS
AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING
AREAS ARE ALSO SUBJECT TO FLOODING.

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 3472 8332 3484 8327 3488 8323 3508 8278
      3507 8276 3513 8265 3519 8197 3519 8188
      3510 8182 3494 8177 3461 8185 3433 8259
      3420 8269 3402 8277

$$

PT

282 
WGUS72 KGSP 111731
FFSGSP

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1231 PM EST SAT JAN 11 2014

GAC105-119-147-257-SCC001-007-045-059-073-077-083-112030-
/O.CON.KGSP.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140111T2030Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
STEPHENS GA-ELBERT GA-FRANKLIN GA-HART GA-ABBEVILLE SC-ANDERSON SC-
LAURENS SC-SPARTANBURG SC-GREENVILLE SC-OCONEE SC-PICKENS SC-
1231 PM EST SAT JAN 11 2014

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PICKENS...OCONEE...
GREENVILLE...SPARTANBURG...NORTHWESTERN LAURENS...ANDERSON...
NORTHWESTERN ABBEVILLE...HART...NORTHEASTERN FRANKLIN...EASTERN
ELBERT AND EAST CENTRAL STEPHENS COUNTIES UNTIL 330 PM EST...

AT 1225 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED TO FALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. MOST STREAMS 
WERE RUNNING HIGH AND WERE AT OR JUST ABOVE BANKFULL. FLOODING ALONG 
GILDER CREEK AND THE MIDDLE TYGER AND REEDY RIVERS WAS OCCURRING IN 
LOW LYING AREAS. JAMES COX AND BLAKE DAIRY ROADS IN THE BELTON AREA 
AND MT LEBANON CHURCH ROADS IN NORTHERN GREENVILLE WERE CLOSED DUE 
TO FLOODING. 

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
ANDERSON...CLEMSON...DOWNTOWN GREENVILLE...HARTWELL...PICKENS...
SPARTANBURG...WALHALLA...ANDERSON AIRPORT...BELTON...BOILING SPRINGS
SC...BROADWAY LAKE...CAESARS HEAD...CEDAR SPRINGS...CENTRAL...
CHERRYDALE POINT...CHESNEE...COWPENS...DEVILS FORK STATE PARK...
DONALDSON CENTER...DUNCAN...EASLEY...ENOREE...FAIR PLAY...FIVE
FORKS...FOUNTAIN INN...FURMAN UNIVERSITY...GRAY COURT...GREER...GSP
AIRPORT AND HAYWOOD MALL.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS
AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS
AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING
AREAS ARE ALSO SUBJECT TO FLOODING.

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 3472 8332 3484 8327 3488 8323 3508 8278
      3507 8276 3513 8265 3519 8197 3519 8188
      3510 8182 3494 8177 3461 8185 3433 8259
      3420 8269 3402 8277

$$

PT

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 11, 5:07 AM EST	Flash Flood Warning	GSP	Anderson	3 hr
Jan 11, 5:37 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Greenville	113 min
Jan 11, 6:50 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Spartanburg	2 hr
Jan 11, 8:24 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Oconee	66 min
Jan 11, 8:55 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Anderson, Oconee, Pickens	65 min
Jan 11, 9:19 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Anderson, Greenville, Oconee, Pickens	56 min
Jan 11, 9:43 AM EST	Tornado Warning	GSP	Abbeville, Anderson, Greenville, Laurens	47 min
Jan 11, 9:51 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Abbeville, Anderson, Cherokee, Greenville, Greenwood, Laurens and 2 more	54 min
Jan 11, 10:15 AM EST	Flash Flood Warning	GSP	York	6 hr
Jan 11, 10:24 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Cherokee, Chester, Laurens, Spartanburg, Union, York	66 min
Jan 11, 10:54 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Greenwood	36 min
Jan 11, 11:13 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Chester, York	62 min
Jan 11, 3:33 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Anderson, Greenville, Laurens, Oconee, Pickens, Spartanburg	6 hr
Jan 11, 1:13 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Elbert	107 min
Jan 11, 3:12 PM EST	Areal Flood Warning	GSP	Elbert	10 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in South Carolina, 2014 Flash Flood Warnings in Georgia, 2014 Every flash flood warning in 2014

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.