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Flash Flood Warning 62, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this flash flood warning at Dec 30, 2015, 2:59 PM EST for Laurens County, South Carolina. It was in force for 6 hr. 1 report 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
- Dec 30, 2015, 2:59 PM EST (19:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 30, 2015, 9:00 PM EST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Laurens County, SC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:02 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 30, 6:20 PM EST | FLASH FLOOD | 3 Nw Cross Hill, SC | HARRIS SPRINGS ROAD WAS REPORTED FLOODED. |
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 201 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
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 258 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
- 610 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -21 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 734 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 81 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 115 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
754
WGUS52 KGSP 301959
FFWGSP
SCC059-310200-
/O.NEW.KGSP.FF.W.0062.151230T1959Z-151231T0200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
259 PM EST WED DEC 30 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
LAURENS COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 900 PM EST WEDNESDAY
* AT 253 PM EST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED ADDITIONAL ROUNDS OF HEAVY
RAIN SHOWERS MOVING ACROSS LAURENS COUNTY FROM THE SOUTHWEST...AND
THIS HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING
HOURS. RADAR AND RAIN GAGES INDICATE RAINFALL TOTALS AROUND 3
INCHES IN MANY LOCATIONS IN LAURENS COUNTY OVER THE PAST 12
HOURS...AND ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AT RATES OF ONE HALF INCH PER HOUR
IS LIKELY THROUGH EARLY EVENING. FLOODING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS
WILL THUS CONTINUE OR WORSEN...WITH NEW FLOODING LIKELY DEVELOPING.
* LAURENS COUNTY REPORTS ROADS FLOODED AND CLOSED AROUND THE CROSS
HILL AREA. A PORTION OF HIGHWAY 560 AT HIGHWAY 39 HAS COLLAPSED
AND REMAINS CLOSED. IN ADDITION...EAST LIBERTY SPRINGS ROAD WAS
FLOODED AND CLOSED. ADDITIONAL FLOODING IS LIKELY ALONG
TRIBUTARIES TO LAKE GREENWOOD AND ALONG CANE CREEK WEST OF CROSS
HILL. FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS WILL DEVELOP THROUGHOUT THE
COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
NUMEROUS ROADS AND BRIDGES WILL BE THREATENED BY HEAVY RAIN AND
RAPIDLY RISING STREAMS AND CREEKS. PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO WATER
OVER ROADWAYS...ROAD SIGNAGE...AND BARRICADES INDICATING HIGH WATER
AND FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN CARRY AWAY
YOUR VEHICLE. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN!
PLEASE REPORT FLOOD WATER FLOWING OVER ROADS OR THREATENING
PROPERTY...OR LANDSLIDES 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 3430 8208 3433 8217 3437 8218 3447 8231
3454 8224 3459 8224 3478 8215 3475 8212
3474 8209 3470 8207 3465 8195 3459 8189
3458 8186 3460 8184 3455 8172 3456 8168
3453 8165 3437 8178 3430 8190 3420 8194
$$
HG2 follow-up statements
181
WGUS72 KGSP 302329
FFSGSP
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
629 PM EST WED DEC 30 2015
SCC059-310200-
/O.CON.KGSP.FF.W.0062.000000T0000Z-151231T0200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LAURENS SC-
629 PM EST WED DEC 30 2015
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EST
WEDNESDAY FOR LAURENS COUNTY...
AT 624 PM EST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT LINGERING LIGHT TO
MODERATE RAIN SHOWERS WERE STEADILY ENDING FROM THE WEST.
HOWEVER...HIGH WATER CONDITIONS CONTINUE AROUND LAURENS COUNTY AND
WILL PERSIST THROUGH 9 PM. HIGHWAY 560 AT HIGHWAY 39 REMAINS CLOSED
IN THE CROSS HILL AREA...AS DOES EAST LIBERTY SPRINGS ROAD. NEW
FLOODING HAS DEVELOPED ALONG HARRIS SPRINGS ROAD IN WATERLOO AND THE
ROADWAY REMAINS CLOSED AT THIS HOUR.
VERY HIGH WATER LEVELS WILL CONTINUE ON AREA CREEKS AND STREAMS...
AND FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE LOCATIONS WILL CONTINUE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SEVERAL ROADS AND BRIDGES REMAIN THREATENED BY HEAVY RAIN AND
SWOLLEN STREAMS AND CREEKS. PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO WATER OVER
ROADWAYS...ROAD SIGNAGE...AND BARRICADES INDICATING HIGH WATER AND
FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.
ONLY A FEW INCHES OF RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN CARRY AWAY YOUR
VEHICLE. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN!
PLEASE REPORT FLOOD WATER FLOWING OVER ROADS OR THREATENING
PROPERTY...OR LANDSLIDES TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE
SPARTANBURG BY CALLING TOLL FREE...1...800...2 6 7...8 1 0 1...OR BY
POSTING ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE...OR TWEET IT USING HASHTAG NWSGSP.
YOUR MESSAGE SHOULD DESCRIBE THE EVENT AND THE SPECIFIC LOCATION
WHERE IT OCCURRED.
&&
LAT...LON 3430 8208 3433 8217 3437 8218 3447 8231
3454 8224 3459 8224 3478 8215 3475 8212
3474 8209 3470 8207 3465 8195 3459 8189
3458 8186 3460 8184 3455 8172 3456 8168
3453 8165 3437 8178 3430 8190 3420 8194
$$
HG245
WGUS72 KGSP 310152
FFSGSP
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
852 PM EST WED DEC 30 2015
SCC059-310200-
/O.EXP.KGSP.FF.W.0062.000000T0000Z-151231T0200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LAURENS SC-
852 PM EST WED DEC 30 2015
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR LAURENS COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 900 PM
EST...
AT 850 PM EST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT LINGERING LIGHT RAIN
SHOWERS HAVE MOVED EAST OF LAURENS COUNTY. HIGH WATER CONDITIONS MAY
LINGER THROUGH THE LATE EVENING HOURS IN LOW SPOTS AND POOR DRAINAGE
AREAS...BUT NO ADDITIONAL FLOODING IS EXPECTED.
BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR ROADWAYS DAMAGED BY EARLIER FLOODING...
ESPECIALLY IN THE CROSS HILL AND WATERLOO AREAS. THIS MAY BE HARDER
TO RECOGNIZE AT NIGHT...SO DRIVE SLOWLY. LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND
FLOOD PRONE AREAS MAY STILL BE COVERED WITH WATER. DO NOT CROSS
FLOODED ROADWAYS AND HEED ALL ROAD CLOSURES.
LAT...LON 3430 8208 3433 8217 3437 8218 3447 8231
3454 8224 3459 8224 3478 8215 3475 8212
3474 8209 3470 8207 3465 8195 3459 8189
3458 8186 3460 8184 3455 8172 3456 8168
3453 8165 3437 8178 3430 8190 3420 8194
$$
HGWhat 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 Dec 30, 2:40 PM EST, 19 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 30, 2:40 PM EST, 19 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
240 PM EST WED DEC 30 2015
.SYNOPSIS...
DEEP MOISTURE WILL PERSIST OVER THE REGION THROUGH THURSDAY AS A
FRONT REMAINS STALLED ACROSS THE AREA. A DRYING TREND WILL COMMENCE
ON FRIDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE PUSHES IN FROM THE WEST AND REMAINS OVER
THE REGION THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK.
&&
.NEAR TERM /THROUGH THURSDAY/...
AT 230 PM WEDNESDAY...AN UPPER RIDGE OFF THE EAST COAST THIS
AFTERNOON WILL PROGRESS AND FLATTEN TONIGHT...WHILE AN UPPER RIDGE
WILL BROADEN ACROSS THE CONUS. THE TROUGH BECOMES SO BROAD ON
THURSDAY THAT UPPER FLOW BECOMES ZONAL ACROSS THE SOUTHERN TIER OF
STATES.
AT THE SURFACE...THE COLD FRONT NOW OVER OUR AREA WILL MOVE SLOWLY
SOUTHEAST TODAY AND TONIGHT...WITH ENOUGH MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY
THIS AFTERNOON FOR FLOODING AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...AND PERHAPS
AND ISOLATED TORNADO. THE FRONT REACHES THE CAROLINA AN GA COASTS
ON THURSDAY. THIS WILL RESULT IN A GRADUAL REDUCTION IN
PRECIPITATION OVERNIGHT FROM NW TO SE. THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL
CONTINUE DUE TO EXPECTED RUNOFF BEHIND THE MAIN BAND OF PRECIPITATION.
WINDS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO SHIFT NW UNTIL AROUND DAWN...AND
WIDESPREAD FOG IS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. AS THE FRONT MOVES EAST ON
THURSDAY CLOUD COVER WILL BEGIN TO DECREASE.
TEMPERATURES WILL RUN WELL AROUND 30 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL TONIGHT
UNDER CLOUDS...AND AROUND 20 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL ON THURSDAY...AS
COOLER AIR WILL NOT HAVE ARRIVES IN FORCE...AND WEAK DOWNSLOPE FLOW
OFFSETS COOLING.
&&
.SHORT TERM /THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/...
AS OF 205 PM WEDNESDAY...THE SHORT TERM FCST PICKS UP AT 00Z ON
FRIDAY WITH NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES NEEDED FROM THE PREVIOUS FCST.
WE ARE STILL EXPECTING A DRYING TREND FOR THE PERIOD WITH STRONG SFC
HIGH PRESSURE PUSHING INTO THE CWFA FROM THE WEST ON FRIDAY. THE
HIGH WILL PERSIST OVER THE REGION WELL INTO THE MEDIUM RANGE WITH
TEMPS DROPPING SIGNIFICANTLY EACH DAY.
&&
.LONG TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
AS OF 2 PM WEDNESDAY...THE MEDIUM RANGE PICKS UP AT 00Z ON SUNDAY
WITH NO MAJOR CHANGES FROM THE PREVIOUS FCST WITH DRY HIGH PRESSURE
IN CONTROL OF THE SYNOPTIC PATTERN THROUGH DAY 7. TEMPS SHOULD
PERSIST AROUND CLIMATOLOGY THRU THE PERIOD WITH SOME WARMING
EXPECTED BY THE END OF THE MEDIUM RANGE.
PREVIOUS DISCUSSION
AS OF 245 AM WEDNESDAY...WE START THE EXTENDED EITHER RIGHT AFTER
THE SECONDARY UPPER TROUGH AXIS AND DRY COLD FRONT /ON THE GFS/
OR WITH IT RIGHT ON OUR DOORSTEP /ECMWF/...BUT THE RESULTING
SENSIBLE WEATHER IS THE SAME. CAA BEHIND THE SYSTEM WILL RESULT
IN HIGHS SATURDAY ACTUALLY BELOW...YES BELOW...SEASONAL NORMALS
FOR THE AREA. THIS IS SHORT-LIVED AS WE WARM UP AGAIN SUNDAY WITH
WEAK CONFLUENT FLOW ALOFT...AND RIDGING BUILDING INTO THE CENTER OF
THE COUNTRY. DRY HIGH PRESSURE WILL DOMINATE OUR WEATHER...THOUGH
UNSETTLED WEATHER IS JUST A STATE AWAY IN SOUTH GEORGIA AND ALONG
THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AS THE FRONT REMAINS STALLED IN THOSE AREAS.
MODELS DIVERGE PRETTY SIGNIFICANTLY EARLY NEXT WEEK WITH THE GFS
BRINGING ANOTHER SHORTWAVE THROUGH EARLY MONDAY BUT WITH WEAK
RIDGING BUILDING IN FOR THE ECWMF. HOWEVER...DRY WEATHER SHOULD
CONTINUE TO DOMINATE...ALLOWING THE FORECAST AREA TO CONTINUE
TO DRY OUT...THOUGH THERE MAY BE SOME QUESTION AS TO ACTUAL
TEMPERATURES. FOR NOW HAVE KEPT A BLEND WITH TEMPERATURES PRETTY
CLOSE TO SEASONAL NORMALS. MIGHT START SEEING SOME PRECIPITATION
CREEP BACK INTO THE AREA AT THE VERY END OF THE PERIOD BUT NOT
ENOUGH CONFIDENCE TO INCLUDE AT THIS TIME.
&&
.AVIATION /20Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY/...
AT KCLT...ALTHOUGH THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITAITON IS GRAUDAULLY SHIFINT
TO THE EAST...ANDTHE CHACNE OF CONVECTION WILL DECREASE THIS
AFTEROOON...GUIDANCE AND MODEL TIEM HEIGHTS SUGGEST VSBY AND CIG
RESTICIONS WILL PERSIST THROGH TONIGHT AND INTO THURSDAY
MORNING...AS DRY AIR BEHIND THE FRONT WUILL BE SLOW TO MOVE INTO THE
AREA. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO VEER FROM SW TO NE ON THURSDAY MORNING.
ELSEWHERE...THE GREATEST PRECIPITAITON IS ALREADY SHIFTING EAST OF
THE FOOTHILLS...BUT FROTNAL PASSAGE AND THE ARRIVAL OF DRIER AIR IS
NOT EXPECTED UNTIL EARLY THURSDAY. AS A RESULT...MODEL GUIDANCE
SUPORTS PERSISINT VSCY AND CIG RESTIRCIONS INTO EARLY THURSDAY.
WIDNS ARE EXPECTED TO VEER FROM SW TO NW AHEAD OF THE FRONT AT KAVL
BY THIS EVENING...IF NOT SOONER. AT FOOTHILLS SITES...WINDS VEER
FROM SW TO NW EARLY THURSDAY MORNING.
OUTLOOK...DEEP LAYER MOISTURE WILL DECREASE ON THURSDAY AS A COLD
FRONT SWEEPS THROUGH THE AREA ALLOWING FOR THE RETURN OF COOL/DRY
HIGH PRESSURE AND THUS LOW CHANCES FOR RESTRICTIONS THROUGH THE
WEEKEND.
CONFIDENCE TABLE...
19-01Z 01-07Z 07-13Z 13-18Z
KCLT MED 77% MED 74% MED 78% MED 61%
KGSP HIGH 81% MED 72% MED 75% LOW 56%
KAVL LOW 55% MED 69% MED 77% MED 70%
KHKY MED 75% MED 73% MED 64% LOW 55%
KGMU MED 67% MED 79% HIGH 85% LOW 58%
KAND MED 76% HIGH 89% HIGH 80% MED 76%
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
&&
.HYDROLOGY...
SOME CHANGES TO FLOOD WATCH PLACEMENT WITH THIS FCST. LOCALES
ACROSS NE GA AND UPSTATE SC REMAIN UNCHANGED WHILE THE WATCH WAS
EXPANDED NW TO INCLUDE THE ENTIRE NC PIEDMONT AS LATEST GUIDANCE
FAVORS A SHIFTED QPF MAXIMA ALONG THE QUASISTATIONARY FRONTAL AXIS.
FURTHERMORE...MUCH OF THE WESTERN EXTENT OF THE PREVIOUS WATCH
WAS REMOVED AS SAID MAXIMA REMAINS OUTSIDE OF THE MTNS.
STREAM LEVELS AROUND THE REGION ARE RUNNING QUITE HIGH GIVEN THE
RECENT RAINFALL. ALTHOUGH ADDITIONAL QPF GOING FORWARD MAY BE
LIMITED TO 1 TO 2 INCHES IN MANY AREAS...WET ANTECEDENT CONDITIONS
ALONG WITH POSSIBLY HIGHER RATES IN CONVECTION THIS AFTERNOON WILL
YIELD A RENEWED FLOODING THREAT.
DEEP MOISTURE WILL RETURN OVER THE STALLED FRONTAL BOUNDARY
TONIGHT...BRINGING PRECIPITABLE WATER ANOMALIES OF 2 TO 3+ STANDARD
DEVIATIONS ABOVE NORMAL TO THE REGION. THIS WILL INTERACT WITH MANY
AREAS WHERE 3 HOUR FLOOD GUIDANCE IS GENERALLY LESS THAN 2 INCHES.
&&
.GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...FLOOD WATCH THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING FOR GAZ010-017-018-026-
028-029.
NC...FLOOD WATCH THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING FOR NCZ036-037-056-057-
062>065-068>072-082-507>510.
SC...FLOOD WATCH THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING FOR SCZ001>014-019.
&&
SYNOPSIS...JPT
NEAR TERM...JAT
SHORT TERM...JPT
LONG TERM...JPT
AVIATION...JAT
HYDROLOGY...JATHazardous weather outlook, Dec 30, 4:23 AM EST, 10 hours 36 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 423 AM EST WED DEC 30 2015 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ036-037-056-057-062>065-068>072-082- 507>510-SCZ001>014-019-310930- RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA- ROWAN-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-CLEVELAND- LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION-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-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- 423 AM EST WED DEC 30 2015 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FLOOD WATCH. ADDITIONALLY...SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. IN ADDITION TO HEAVY RAINFALL... FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED. ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE...WITH DAMAGING WINDS THE PRIMARY THREAT...BUT AN ISOLATED TORNADO CANNOT BE RULED OUT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. ..THURSDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ..FRIDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ..SATURDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ..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. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF FLOODING OR SEVERE WEATHER TO OUR OFFICE. NCZ033-035-048>053-058-059-501>506-310930- AVERY-ALEXANDER-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE- GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-GREATER CALDWELL- BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-EASTERN MCDOWELL- 423 AM EST WED DEC 30 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA AND WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE MAIN THREATS IN ANY THUNDERSTORM THAT DEVELOPS WILL BE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. ..THURSDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ..FRIDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ..SATURDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ..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. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... NONE.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Dec 30, 2:09 PM EST, 50 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
209 PM EST WED DEC 30 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0155 PM FLASH FLOOD 4 SSW FORT LAWN 34.65N 80.92W
12/30/2015 CHESTER SC LAW ENFORCEMENT
SCHP REPORTED FLOODING ALONG DEER BRANCH ROAD NEAR
HIGHTOWER ROAD...WATER POSSIBLY ASSOCIATED WITH DAIRY
BRANCH.
0205 PM FLASH FLOOD MONROE 34.99N 80.54W
12/30/2015 UNION NC 911 CALL CENTER
911 CENTER REPORT NUMEROUS FLOODED ROADS ACROSS THE
COUNTY.
&&
NEDLocal storm report, Dec 30, 2:23 PM EST, 36 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
223 PM EST WED DEC 30 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0200 PM FLASH FLOOD DENVER 35.53N 81.03W
12/30/2015 LINCOLN NC AMATEUR RADIO
HIGHWAY 16 CLOSED...BETWEEN FAIRFIELD FORREST ROAD AND
CAMPGROUND ROAD...DUE TO FLOODING.
&&
NEDLocal storm report, Dec 30, 2:29 PM EST, 30 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
229 PM EST WED DEC 30 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0200 PM FLASH FLOOD KANNAPOLIS 35.49N 80.62W
12/30/2015 CABARRUS NC LAW ENFORCEMENT
OAKWOOD AVENUE AT SUNSET DRIVE IS CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING.
&&
NEDLocal storm report, Dec 30, 2:35 PM EST, 24 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
235 PM EST WED DEC 30 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0200 PM FLASH FLOOD HARTWELL 34.35N 82.93W
12/30/2015 HART GA 911 CALL CENTER
WATERSHED ROAD...FLAT SHOALS ROAD...AND SHALLOW CHURCH
ROAD WERE REPORTED FLOODED.
&&
NEDLocal storm report, Dec 30, 2:43 PM EST, 16 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
243 PM EST WED DEC 30 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0215 PM FLASH FLOOD 7 SSE CONCORD 35.32N 80.54W
12/30/2015 CABARRUS NC OFFICIAL NWS OBS
AN AUTOMATED GAUGE ON THE ROCKY RIVER ABOVE IRISH BUFFALO
CREEK OBSERVED A STAGE OF 16.9 FEET...FLOOD STAGE IS 16
FEET. AT 16.5 FEET...PHARR MILL ROAD BETWEEN ROCKY RIVER
ROAD AND SEQUOIA HILL ROAD WILL HAVE AROUND A FOOT OF
WATER ON IT.
&&
NEDLocal storm report, Dec 30, 2:47 PM EST, 12 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
247 PM EST WED DEC 30 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0240 PM FLASH FLOOD CROSS HILL 34.30N 81.98W
12/30/2015 LAURENS SC 911 CALL CENTER
A PORTION OF HIGHWAY 560 AT HIGHWAY 39 WAS COLLAPSED AND
CLOSED.IN ADDITION...EAST LIBERTY SPRINGS ROAD WAS
FLOODED.
&&
NEDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 30, 3:48 AM EST | River Flood Advisory | GSP | Cherokee, York | 12 hr |
| Dec 30, 8:15 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cherokee, Spartanburg | 30 min |
| Dec 30, 8:23 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Greenville, Spartanburg | 6 hr |
| Dec 30, 8:45 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cherokee | 30 min |
| Dec 30, 8:48 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Oconee | 6 hr |
| Dec 30, 8:53 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Anderson | 6 hr |
| Dec 30, 9:14 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Cherokee, Greenville, Spartanburg | 6 hr |
| Dec 30, 9:22 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cherokee | 23 min |
| Dec 30, 9:29 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Abbeville, Greenwood | 12 hr |
| Dec 30, 9:34 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Anderson, Greenville | 6 hr |
| Dec 30, 9:42 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | York | 6 hr |
| Dec 30, 9:43 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Abbeville | 32 min |
| Dec 30, 10:08 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Laurens | 5 hr |
| Dec 30, 10:44 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Abbeville | 46 min |
| Dec 30, 10:58 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Newberry | 47 min |
| Dec 30, 11:17 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Chester, Spartanburg, Union | 6 hr |
| Dec 30, 11:18 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | York | 6 hr |
| Dec 30, 12:15 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Lancaster | 30 min |
| Dec 30, 12:21 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Chester | 24 min |
| Dec 30, 12:57 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Greenwood | 33 min |
| Dec 30, 1:37 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Abbeville | 23 min |
| Dec 30, 3:15 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Cherokee, Greenville, Spartanburg | 6 hr |
| Dec 30, 3:30 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | GSP | Anderson | 3 hr |
| Dec 30, 3:45 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | GSP | York | 6 hr |
| Dec 30, 4:53 PM EST | River Flood Advisory | GSP | Cherokee, York | 12 hr |
| Dec 30, 5:03 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | GSP | York | 6 hr |
| Dec 30, 5:09 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Chester | 3 hr |
| Dec 30, 5:53 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Cherokee, Greenville, Spartanburg | 4 hr |
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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.