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Flash Flood Warning 20, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

June 8, 2019Greenwood County, South Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this flash flood warning at Jun 8, 2019, 8:32 PM EDT for Greenwood 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

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 8, 2019, 8:32 PM EDT (00:32 UTC)
Expired
Jun 8, 2019, 11:30 PM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Greenwood 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 Jun 8, 8:13 PM EDT, 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 8, 8:13 PM EDT, 19 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 8, 4:02 PM EDT, 4 hours 30 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
402 PM EDT Sat Jun 8 2019

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-049-050-053-056-057-059-
062>065-068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-092015-
Rabun-Habersham-Stephens-Franklin-Hart-Elbert-Avery-Alexander-
Iredell-Davie-Yancey-Mitchell-Buncombe-Catawba-Rowan-
Northern Jackson-Macon-Southern Jackson-Transylvania-Henderson-
Cleveland-Lincoln-Gaston-Mecklenburg-Cabarrus-Union-
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-Chester-Greenwood-
402 PM EDT Sat Jun 8 2019

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northeast Georgia, piedmont
North Carolina, western North Carolina and upstate South Carolina.

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazards.

   Flash Flood Watch.

In addition, some of the thunderstorms this evening will be strong
with very gusty winds and frequent lightning.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazards.

   Flash Flood Watch.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

None.

NCZ048-051-052-058-092015-
Madison-Swain-Haywood-Graham-
402 PM EDT Sat Jun 8 2019

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for western North Carolina.

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

Several rounds of heavy rain producing showers and thunderstorms
will affect the region tonight. Local 1 to 2 inch per hour rainfall
rates will be possible in the heaviest downpours, and localized
flooding could result.

In addition, some of the thunderstorms this evening will be strong
with very gusty winds and frequent lightning.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday.

The active, wet pattern will continue Sunday through mid-week.
Additional heavy rainfall and flooding will be possible each day.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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, Jun 8, 7:51 PM EDT, 41 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jun 8, 8:06 PM EDT, 26 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jun 8, 8:10 PM EDT, 22 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jun 8, 8:16 PM EDT, 16 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jun 8, 8:19 PM EDT, 13 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jun 8, 8:21 PM EDT, 11 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 8, 8:23 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPAvery112 min
Jun 8, 9:55 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningGSPAlexander, Avery, Burke, Caldwell, Catawba, Lincoln and 1 more9 hr
Jun 9, 2:16 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningGSPAlexander, Catawba, Iredell9 hr
Jun 9, 3:11 AM EDTRiver Flood AdvisoryGSPGaston4 hr
Jun 9, 4:39 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPBuncombe111 min
Jun 9, 4:49 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningGSPCatawba3 hr
Jun 9, 4:58 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningGSPGaston60 hr
Jun 9, 5:20 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningGSPAvery4 hr
Jun 9, 5:30 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningGSPBuncombe6 hr
Jun 9, 5:39 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningGSPAlexander, Caldwell5 hr
Jun 9, 6:22 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningGSPBurke, Caldwell4 hr
Jun 9, 7:10 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPBurke, Caldwell, Catawba8 hr
Jun 9, 7:35 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningGSPCatawba3 hr
Jun 9, 9:44 AM EDTRiver Flood AdvisoryGSPBuncombe2 hr
Jun 9, 10:38 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningGSPAlexander, Avery, Burke, Caldwell, Catawba24 hr
Jun 9, 11:45 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningGSPAlexander, Catawba, Iredell45 hr
Jun 9, 12:39 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningGSPAvery, Burke, Caldwell6 hr
Jun 9, 1:08 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPBurke6 hr
Jun 9, 2:36 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningGSPGaston, Mecklenburg47 hr
Jun 9, 3:00 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningGSPAvery4 hr
Jun 9, 4:16 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningGSPBurke, Caldwell32 hr
Jun 9, 8:06 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPRabun18 hr

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Flash Flood Warnings in South Carolina, 2019Every flash flood warning in 2019

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.