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Flash Flood Warning 34, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this flash flood warning at Sep 13, 2014, 8:08 PM EDT for Habersham County, Stephens County, Georgia. 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 outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 13, 2014, 8:08 PM EDT (00:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 13, 2014, 11:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Habersham County, GA, Stephens County, GA
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:10 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.
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, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 170 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
- 682 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -23 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1024 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 11 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
552
WGUS52 KGSP 140008
FFWGSP
GAC137-257-140300-
/O.NEW.KGSP.FF.W.0034.140914T0008Z-140914T0300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
808 PM EDT SAT SEP 13 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN HABERSHAM COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA...
STEPHENS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA...
* UNTIL 1100 PM EDT
* AT 807 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT BETWEEN 2 TO 3 INCHES OF
RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE WARNED AREA WITHIN THE PAST HOUR.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO TWO INCHES POSSIBLE THROUGH
10 PM.
* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
CLARKESVILLE...TOCCOA...CORNELIA AND DEMOREST.
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.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3467 8332 3467 8331 3454 8320 3449 8346
3449 8355 3462 8356
$$
JOH1 follow-up statement
731
WGUS72 KGSP 140214
FFSGSP
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1014 PM EDT SAT SEP 13 2014
GAC137-257-140225-
/O.CAN.KGSP.FF.W.0034.000000T0000Z-140914T0300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
STEPHENS GA-HABERSHAM GA-
1014 PM EDT SAT SEP 13 2014
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL HABERSHAM
AND STEPHENS COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE EARLIER HEAVY RAINFALL FROM THUNDERSTORMS HAS ENDED. ALTHOUGH
THE RAIN HAS ENDED...SOME STREAMS AND CREEKS MAY BE SLOW TO RECEDE.
BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL AT NIGHT. WE WILL BE MONITORING THE POTENTIAL
FOR ANY REDEVELOPMENT OF STORMS AS THE NIGHT WEARS ON.
IF FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED...PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PLEASE REPORT HIGH WATER...FLOODING...LANDSLIDES OR OTHER SEVERE
WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG BY
CALLING TOLL FREE...1...800...2 6 7...8 1 0 1...OR BY POSTING ON OUR
FACEBOOK PAGE...OR TWEET IT USING HASHTAG NWSGSP. YOUR MESSAGE SHOULD
DESCRIBE THE EVENT AND THE SPECIFIC LOCATION WHERE IT OCCURRED.
&&
LAT...LON 3467 8332 3467 8331 3454 8320 3449 8346
3449 8355 3462 8356
$$
STUREYWhat 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 Sep 13, 7:19 PM EDT, 49 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 13, 7:19 PM EDT, 49 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
719 PM EDT SAT SEP 13 2014
.SYNOPSIS...
A STATIONARY FRONT WILL REMAIN JUST TO OUR SOUTH OVER THE WEEKEND
AND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK WITH HUMID AND UNSETTLED WEATHER EACH DAY.
A BACK DOOR COLD FRONT WILL THEN CROSS THE AREA BY THE MIDDLE OF
NEXT WEEK WITH A COOL AIR WEDGE PATTERN SETTING UP BY THE END OF THE
WORK WEEK.
&&
.NEAR TERM /THROUGH SUNDAY/...
2315 UTC UPDATE...WINDS WERE UPDATED WITH A BLEND OF THE LATEST NAM
AND ADJMAV. POPS WERE UPDATED BASED ON SATELLITE IMAGERY...FAVORING
MAINLY THE SOUTHERNMOST PORTION OF THE AREA. QPF WAS ADJUSTED
ACCORDINGLY.
AT 215 PM...LATEST SFC ANALYSIS SHOWS COLD FRONT FROM JUST NW OF
CLT...SW THROUGH THE NORTHERN UPSTATE OF SC INTO NE GA. RADAR IS
BEGINNING TO LIGHT UP ALONG THE BOUNDARY OVER THE WESTERN UPSTATE
INTO NE GA. EXPECT THIS TREND TO CONTINUE AS THE FRONT SAGS SLOWLY
SE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. WITH CAPES IN THE 2000-3000J/KG RANGE OVER
THE SOUTHERN UPSTATE AND PRECIP WATER AROUND 2 INCHES THERE SHOULD
BE SOME STRONG THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...THE MAIN
THREAT WILL BE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND PERHAPS SOME LOCALIZED FLASH
FLOODING. HENCE....THE NUMEROUS COVERAGE TYPE POPS LOOK GOOD ACROSS
THE PIEDMONT AREAS THIS AFTERNOON. LOOKS LIKE THE MOUNTAINS AND MOST
FOOTHILL LOCATIONS SHOULD REMAIN DRY FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS
AFTERNOON. AS MENTIONED EARLIER...THE 12Z NAM KEEPS THE FRONT
QUASI-STATIONARY ACROSS THE SOUTHERN UPSTATE FOR A GOOD PORTION OF
THE NIGHT AND WORKS IT OVER WITH CONVECTION PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ON
THE ORDER OF 4 INCHES. THE 12Z GFS IS MORE PROGRESSIVE WITH THE
FRONT WITH NO QPF BOMBS. HENCE...WILL TREND THE FORECAST TO A MORE
PROGRESSIVE FRONTAL BOUNDARY AND ONLY MODERATE QPF VALUES. THERE
COULD BE SOME LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN IN THE 2-4 INCH RANGE ACROSS THE
SOUTHERN UPSTATE...BUT NOT AS WIDESPREAD AS WHAT THE NAM SUGGESTS.
THEREFORE...NO FLASH FLOOD WATCH.
AS THE FRONT SETTLES SOUTH OF THE AREA AFTER MIDNIGHT...COOL HIGH
PRESSURE WILL BEGIN WEDGING DOWN THE EAST SLOPES OF THE APPALACHIANS
WITH CAD CONDITIONS CONTINUING THROUGH SUNDAY. LOOKS LIKE CLOUDS
WILL BE PLENTIFUL...BUT ISENTROPIC LIFT OVER THE WEDGE LOOKS WEAK...
SO PRECIP CHANCES ARE ON THE LOW END FOR SUNDAY. THE SW HALF OF THE
AREA STANDS THE BEST CHANCE FOR SOME PATCHY LIGHT RAIN...AND EVEN
SOME SCT SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE SW MOUNTAINS WHERE THE WEDGE
AIRMASS TYPICALLY DOES NOT MAKE IT INTO. IT WILL BE A COOL DAY ON
SUNDAY WITH MAX TEMPS UP TO 15 DEGREES SHY OF CLIMO OUTSIDE THE
MOUNTAINS.
&&
.SHORT TERM /SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY/...
AS OF 210 PM SATURDAY...WE APPEAR TO HAVE ENTERED INTO A PERIOD OF
TIME WHEN COLD AIR DAMMING WEDGES WILL WAX AND WANE AS THE OVERALL
UPPER PATTERN REMAINS FAIRLY CONSTANT...WHILE AN OLD SURFACE
BOUNDARY REMAINS STRUNG OUT W TO E TO OUR SOUTH AND HIGH PRESSURE
CENTERS PASS BY TO OUR N. THE PROBLEM IS THAT EACH PASSING HIGH
STAYS PROGRESSIVE...SO THE WDEGE NEVER REALLY LOCKS IN. THE FIRST
SUCH WEDGE ON SUNDAY NIGHT WEAKENS AND FALLS APART ON MONDAY AS WHAT
PASSES FOR A PARENT HIGH DRIFTS OFF THE NE COAST AND WEAKENS FURTHER
AND A LEE TROF ESSENTIALLY OVERWHELMS THE REMNANT COOL POOL E OF THE
MTNS. AFTER MILD OVERNIGHT TEMPS...THIS SHOULD ALLOW FOR SOME
REBOUND OF HIGH TEMPS ON MONDAY ASSUMING THE COOL POOL DRAINS AND WE
GET SOME AFTERNOON SUN ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT. HAVE
CONTINUED A DOWNWARD TREND ON PRECIP CHANCES BASED ON THE NEW MODEL
GUIDANCE AND 09Z SREF.
ON MONDAY NIGHT...A FAIRLY STRONG SHORT WAVE WILL MOVE OVERHEAD
WHICH WILL SERVE TO BRING THE AXIS OF A BROAD UPPER TROF OVER THE
CAROLINAS FOR TUESDAY. THE APPROACH AND PASSAGE OF THIS WAVE MAY
TRIGGER ADDITIONAL SHOWER ACTIVITY OVERNIGHT SO A CHANCE POP WAS
KEPT ACROSS MOST OF THE REGION THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. THIS FEATURE
WILL ALSO BRING A REINFORCING SURFACE BOUNDARY IN FROM THE WEST
WHICH SHOULD PUSH THROUGH EARLY IN THE DAY. BEHIND THIS
BOUNDARY...THE NEXT SURFACE HIGH SHOULD BRIDGE ACROSS THE
APPALACHIANS ON TUESDAY SETTING UP THE POTENTIAL FOR THE DEVELOPMENT
OF ANOTHER WEDGE-LIKE SCENARIO BY THE END OF THE DAY. THE GFS IS
MOST AGGRESSIVE WITH DEVELOPING NEW PRECIP IN THE DEVELOPING
EASTERLY UPSLOPE IN THE AFTERNOON BUT EVEN THE NAM HAS SOME ACTIVITY
NEAR THE MTNS. WILL NUDGE THE FCST IN THE DIRECTION OF THE LOWER POP
SEEN IN THE NEW MOSGUIDE AND AWAY FROM THE MORE ROBUST SREF. TEMPS
COULD BE TRICKY AGAIN IF NEW PRECIP DEVELOPS PER THE GFS. EXPECT
TEMPS TO BE A BIT WARMER ACROSS THE SOUTH BUT KEPT THEM THE SAME
ACROSS THE NRN TIER.
&&
.LONG TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/...
AS OF 155 PM SATURDAY...THE MEDIUM RANGE FCST PICK UP AT 00Z ON
WEDNESDAY WITH A BROAD...LONGWAVE UPPER TROF OVER THE EASTERN CONUS
AND UPPER RIDGING OVER THE WEST. THE TROF IS EXPECTED TO AMPLIFY TO
SOME DEGREE OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS AND THEN LIFT NE BY THE END
OF THE WORK WEEK. BY NEXT WEEKEND...THE UPPER RIDGE WILL BUILD
EASTWARD AND LIKELY BE IN PLACE OVER THE FCST AREA BY NEW DAY 7.
AT THE SFC...A NORTHERN PLAINS HIGH WILL DRIFT FARTHER EAST ON TUES
AND SHOULD BE CENTERED OVER THE GREAT LAKES BY THE START OF THE
MEDIUM RANGE AT 00Z WED. THE MODELS CONTINUE TO INDICATE THAT THIS
HIGH WILL BE ABSORBED BY A STRONGER CANADIAN HIGH BY LATE WED/EARLY
THURS. THE HIGH WILL THEN DRIFT OVER NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND OVER THE
NEXT DAY OR TWO AND REMAIN THERE THRU NEW DAY 7. AT THE SAME
TIME...BOTH THE GFS AND ECMWF TRY TO SPIN UP A SFC LOW JUST OFF THE
CAROLINA COAST WHICH ACTS TO ENHANCE/STRENGTHEN A COLD AIR WEDGE PUT
IN PLACE BY THE NEAR STATIONARY SFC HIGH TO THE NE. THE CONSENSUS
AMONG THE GFS...ECMWF...AND CMC MODELS IS GOOD WRT THIS WEDGE
PATTERN DEVELOPING BY NEXT WEEKEND SO OVERALL FCST CONFIDENCE IS
IMPROVING. THE PRECIP CHANCES WERE NOT CHANGED MUCH FOR WED WITH A
SLIGHT TO SOLID CHANCE OVER THE CWFA BY EARLY AFTERNOON...HOWEVER I
DID LOWER VALUES FOR THE REST OF THE MEDIUM RANGE TO ACCOUNT FOR THE
STRONGER WEDGE PATTERN. I ALSO REDUCED THE OVERALL QPF EXPECTED FOR
THE EARLY PART OF THE PERIOD. TEMPS WILL START OUT ABOUT A CATEGORY
BELOW NORMAL ON WED AND DROP A FEW MORE DEGREES BY THE WEEKEND. IF
CURRENT MODEL TRENDS CONTINUE AND THE WEDGE IS EXPECTED TO BE EVEN
STRONGER...TEMPS MAY NEED TO BE LOWERED MORE.
&&
.AVIATION /23Z SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/...
AT KCLT...GUIDANCE SUPPORTS AN MVFR CIG FORMING THIS EVENING...THEN
AN IFR CIG BEFORE DAWN...WITH MVFR VSBY IN FOG BY DAYBREAK...AS
MOISTURE PERSISTS IN THE LOW LEVELS. ALTHOUGH VSBY IMPROVES IN THE
MORNING...CIGS WILL ONLY SLOWLY;Y IMPROVE TO VFR BY MIDDAY. WINDS
WILL FAVOR THE NE. CONVECTIVE CHANCES REMAIN RATHER LIMITED IN
COOL HIGH PRESSURE TO THE NORTH OF A STATIONARY FRONT.
ELSEWHERE...CONVECTIVE CHANCES WILL DIMINISH FORM THE NORTH
OVERNIGHT AS COOL HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN FROM THE NORTH. GUIDANCE
FAVORS IFR TO LIFR VSBY IN FOG AT KAVL LATE TONIGHT...WITH MVFR AT
KGSP AND KAND...BUT LEAVES KHKY AND KGMU WITH VFR VSBY. CIG ON THE
OTHER HAND LOWER TO MVFR EVERYWHERE BY DAYBREAK...NOT RETURNING TO
MVFR UNTIL MIDDAY. CONVECTIVE CHANCES WILL IMPROVE FROM THE SOUTH ON
SUNDAY...MAINLY AFTER THIS TAF PACKAGE. WINDS WILL BE FROM THE
NE...EXCEPT AT KAVL...WHERE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO VEER FROM NW
TONIGHT...TO SE ON SUNDAY.
OUTLOOK...THE WEDGE SHOULD MIX OUT ON MONDAY...BUT SCT
SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD
FRONT MONDAY AFTERNOON INTO MONDAY NIGHT. A RETURN TO MAINLY VFR
CONDITIONS IS EXPECTED TUE INTO MIDWEEK OUTSIDE OF RESTRICTIONS WITH
DIURNAL CONVECTION.
CONFIDENCE TABLE...
23-05Z 05-11Z 11-17Z 17-23Z
KCLT HIGH 92% HIGH 94% HIGH 86% HIGH 80%
KGSP HIGH 99% HIGH 91% HIGH 97% MED 79%
KAVL HIGH 96% HIGH 84% HIGH 94% HIGH 82%
KHKY HIGH 100% HIGH 90% HIGH 84% HIGH 82%
KGMU HIGH 97% HIGH 93% HIGH 95% MED 76%
KAND HIGH 96% HIGH 81% HIGH 93% HIGH 81%
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...JPT
NEAR TERM...JAT/LG
SHORT TERM...PM
LONG TERM...JPT
AVIATION...JATHazardous weather outlook, Sep 13, 5:07 PM EDT, 3 hours 1 minute before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 507 PM EDT SAT SEP 13 2014 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065- 068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-142115- 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- 507 PM EDT SAT SEP 13 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP MAINLY ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA THROUGH THIS EVENING. STORMS WILL BE MORE SCATTERED ACROSS WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE FROM CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING... AS WELL AS HEAVY RAINFALL. ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY IN LOCATIONS THAT HAVE SEEN VERY HEAVY RAINFALL SINCE FRIDAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. ..SUNDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ..MONDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ..TUESDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ..WEDNESDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ..THURSDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ..FRIDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... NONE. PM
In the hours before
Local storm report, Sep 13, 6:24 PM EDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
624 PM EDT SAT SEP 13 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0550 PM FLASH FLOOD ANDERSON 34.52N 82.65W
09/13/2014 ANDERSON SC 911 CALL CENTER
WHITNER CREEK OUT OF ITS BANKS. FLOODING AT MIMOSA
TRAILER PARK. HOUSES FLOODED ON CUNNINGHAM DR. FLOODING
AT W. FRANKLIN ST. AT BRIDGE.
&&
MOORESpecial weather statement, Sep 13, 6:30 PM EDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
630 PM EDT SAT SEP 13 2014
SCZ013-014-132315-
CHESTER-UNION-
630 PM EDT SAT SEP 13 2014
...CLUSTERS OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO RAPIDLY DEVELOP FROM
SOUTHEAST UNION COUNTY AND CHESTER COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA
THROUGH 715 PM EDT.
AT 620 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
VARIOUS CLUSTERS OF STRONG THUNDERSTORM FROM SOUTH OF UNION...OVER
TO PLACES SOUTH OF RICHBURG. THE STORMS WERE DEVELOPING AND MOVING
TO TO SOUTHEAST AROUND 10 MPH.
THESE STORMS WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
CARLISLE...
CHESTER...
LEEDS...
CORNWELL...
SMALL HAIL...WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL ARE
EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE LIKELY IN
A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.
LAT...LON 3447 8156 3455 8167 3465 8166 3479 8089
3468 8087 3465 8089 3457 8087 3454 8088
3456 8141 3449 8142 3449 8148 3445 8152
3445 8155
STUREYSpecial weather statement, Sep 13, 6:56 PM EDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 656 PM EDT SAT SEP 13 2014 NCZ082-132345- UNION- 656 PM EDT SAT SEP 13 2014 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT SOUTHERN UNION COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA THROUGH 745 PM EDT... AT 649 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM MARSHVILLE TO WAXHAW. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 TO 10 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR... MINERAL SPRINGS... TRINITY... JAARS... WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH...AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE STORMS. FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. IF OUTDOORS...TRY TO GET INDOORS OR INTO A HARD TOPPED VEHICLE. OTHERWISE...STAY AWAY FROM OPEN AREAS AND ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. WHEN INDOORS... STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID USING WIRED ELECTRONIC DEVICES. TRY TO UNPLUG UNNECESSARY APPLIANCES BEFORE THE STORM APPROACHES. LAT...LON 3482 8032 3482 8079 3491 8079 3505 8030 STUREY
Local storm report, Sep 13, 7:01 PM EDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
701 PM EDT SAT SEP 13 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0520 PM TSTM WND DMG ANDERSON 34.52N 82.65W
09/13/2014 ANDERSON SC COUNTY OFFICIAL
MULTIPLE TREES DOWN ON EAST MORRIS STREET BETWEEN MAIN
AND GREENVILLE STREET.
&&
JOHLocal storm report, Sep 13, 7:16 PM EDT, 52 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
716 PM EDT SAT SEP 13 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0645 PM FLASH FLOOD 4 SSE GREENWOOD 34.13N 82.13W
09/13/2014 GREENWOOD SC COUNTY OFFICIAL
A PORTION OF US HWY 25 CLOSED NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF SC
HWY 67 DUE TO FLOODING.
&&
JOHSpecial weather statement, Sep 13, 7:53 PM EDT, 15 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
753 PM EDT SAT SEP 13 2014
NCZ070>072-082-SCZ009-014-140045-
CABARRUS-CHESTER-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-UNION-YORK-
753 PM EDT SAT SEP 13 2014
...CLUSTERS OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT NORTHERN UNION...
PARTS OF MECKLENBURG...SOUTHEASTERN GASTON AND SOUTH CENTRAL
CABARRUS COUNTIES IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...AND YORK AND
NORTHWESTERN CHESTER COUNTIES IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA THROUGH 845
PM EDT...
AT 742 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
CLUSTERS OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ROUGHLY ALONG A LINE FROM MARVIN TO
5 MILES WEST OF LOWRYS...MOVING NORTH AT 10 TO 15 MPH.
A COMPLEX SITUATION WITH OTHER STORMS LOCATED FROM NORTHERN CLEVELAND
COUNTY NORTH CAROLINA TO LINCOLNTON. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH.
OVERALL THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE APPROACHING THE CHARLOTTE AREA
FROM OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS.
THESE STORMS WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
ROCK HILL...
UNIONVILLE...
LAKE PARK...
HEMBY BRIDGE...
THE ARBORETUM...
CATAWBA STATION...
CHARLOTTE METRO AREA...
WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL ARE EXPECTED
WITH THESE STORMS. RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IN A SHORT PERIOD OF
TIME WILL BE POSSIBLE. LIGHNING WILL ALSO BE ON THE INCREASE.
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 3497 8030 3490 8079 3494 8079 3505 8089
3501 8090 3495 8086 3488 8087 3468 8139
3493 8148 3525 8098 3531 8042 3519 8050
3517 8044 3518 8037 3517 8035 3520 8029
3519 8027
STUREYNearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Georgia, 2014Every 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.