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Flash Flood Warning 24, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

February 6, 2020Habersham County, Rabun County, Georgia

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this flash flood warning at Feb 6, 2020, 4:29 PM EST for Habersham County, Rabun 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 counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 6, 2020, 4:29 PM EST (21:29 UTC)
Expired: Feb 6, 2020, 7:15 PM EST
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Habersham County, GA, Rabun County, GA

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:32 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 181 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: 732 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 514 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 74 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 297 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 391 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.7
Supercell composite: 5.3

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

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 Feb 6, 3:46 PM EST, 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 6, 3:46 PM EST, 43 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 6, 3:44 PM EST, 45 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
344 PM EST Thu Feb 6 2020

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ035>037-056-057-062>065-068>072-082-
501>510-SCZ001>014-019-072045-
Rabun-Habersham-Stephens-Franklin-Hart-Elbert-Alexander-Iredell-
Davie-Catawba-Rowan-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-
344 PM EST Thu Feb 6 2020

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT...

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

.DAY ONE...This afternoon and 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.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotters are requested to forward any reports of large hail,
damaging winds, tornadoes, or flash flooding to our office.

NCZ033-048>053-058-059-072045-
Avery-Madison-Yancey-Mitchell-Swain-Haywood-Buncombe-Graham-
Northern Jackson-
344 PM EST Thu Feb 6 2020

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for western North Carolina.

.DAY ONE...This afternoon and 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.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday.

Snow showers will develop behind the departing cold front late
tonight through Friday. Light snow accumulations are expected across
the mountains, especially at elevations above 3500 feet where a
couple of inches will be possible. Two to four inches of snow will
be possible along the highest ridge tops around the Great Smoky
Mountains.

.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, Feb 6, 2:07 PM EST, 2 hours 22 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
207 PM EST THU FEB 6 2020

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1132 AM     FLASH FLOOD      1 SE COLUMBUS           35.24N 82.19W
02/06/2020                   POLK               NC   SOCIAL MEDIA

            AT LEAST 6 INCHES OF WATER FLOWING OVER GRAVEL ROADS OFF
            PENIEL ROAD.

&&

TPALMER

Local storm report, Feb 6, 2:13 PM EST, 2 hours 16 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
213 PM EST THU FEB 6 2020

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1000 AM     FLASH FLOOD      2 S RUTHERFORDTON       35.34N 81.96W
02/06/2020                   RUTHERFORD         NC   SOCIAL MEDIA

            AT LEAST A FOOT OF WATER FLOWING OVER A DRIVEWAY OFF HWY
            221. RESIDENT NOTED THE WATER HAS NOT BEEN THIS HIGH
            SINCE THEY MOVED IN IN 2006.

&&

TPALMER

Local storm report, Feb 6, 2:18 PM EST, 2 hours 11 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
218 PM EST THU FEB 6 2020

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1130 AM     FLASH FLOOD      1 ENE LANDRUM           35.18N 82.17W
02/06/2020                   SPARTANBURG        SC   SOCIAL MEDIA

            WATER OVER HIGHWAY 14 JUST OUTSIDE OF LANDRUM, FLOWING
            RAPIDLY, AND HITTING THE BOTTOM OF THE BRIDGE.

&&

TPALMER

Local storm report, Feb 6, 3:01 PM EST, 1 hour 28 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
301 PM EST THU FEB 6 2020

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1227 PM     TORNADO          MATTHEWS                35.12N 80.71W
02/06/2020                   MECKLENBURG        NC   PUBLIC

            TREES DOWN IN DOWNTOWN MATTHEWS. LIKELY TORNADO.

&&

SWILKINS

Local storm report, Feb 6, 3:04 PM EST, 1 hour 25 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
304 PM EST THU FEB 6 2020

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1000 AM     TSTM WND DMG     VALE                    35.54N 81.40W
02/06/2020                   LINCOLN            NC   TRAINED SPOTTER

            SPOTTER REPORTED TREES DOWN ACROSS A BROAD AREA INCLUDING

            VALE,LAWNDALE, COOKSVILLE AND CASAR. TIME IS AN ESTIMATE.

&&

SWILKINS

Local storm report, Feb 6, 4:07 PM EST, 22 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
Feb 5, 11:43 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Madison	47 min
Feb 6, 12:20 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Buncombe, Mitchell, Yancey	25 min
Feb 6, 3:16 AM EST	Flash Flood Warning	GSP	Graham, Swain	8 hr
Feb 6, 5:52 AM EST	Flash Flood Warning	GSP	Macon	10 hr
Feb 6, 6:13 AM EST	Flash Flood Warning	GSP	Haywood, Jackson	10 hr
Feb 6, 6:27 AM EST	Flash Flood Warning	GSP	Transylvania	10 hr
Feb 6, 6:45 AM EST	Flash Flood Warning	GSP	Henderson	9 hr
Feb 6, 6:51 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Macon	24 min
Feb 6, 7:21 AM EST	Flash Flood Warning	GSP	Polk, Rutherford	12 hr
Feb 6, 9:01 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Polk	44 min
Feb 6, 9:21 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Burke, McDowell	72 min
Feb 6, 9:48 AM EST	Tornado Warning	GSP	Cleveland, Gaston, Lincoln	27 min
Feb 6, 10:08 AM EST	Tornado Warning	GSP	Catawba, Lincoln	42 min
Feb 6, 10:09 AM EST	River Flood Warning	GSP	Swain	22 hr
Feb 6, 10:15 AM EST	River Flood Warning	GSP	Swain	14 hr
Feb 6, 10:22 AM EST	Flash Flood Warning	GSP	Burke, Caldwell, McDowell	5 hr
Feb 6, 10:27 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Alexander, Cabarrus, Catawba, Cleveland, Davie, Gaston and 4 more	14 hr
Feb 6, 10:32 AM EST	River Flood Warning	GSP	Buncombe	11 hr
Feb 6, 10:40 AM EST	Flash Flood Warning	GSP	Alexander, Catawba, Cleveland, Gaston, Lincoln	10 hr
Feb 6, 10:43 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Davie, Iredell, Rowan	47 min
Feb 6, 10:45 AM EST	River Flood Warning	GSP	Madison	46 hr
Feb 6, 10:45 AM EST	River Flood Warning	GSP	Buncombe, Henderson	48 hr
Feb 6, 10:45 AM EST	River Flood Warning	GSP	Buncombe	32 hr
Feb 6, 10:46 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Cleveland, Gaston, Lincoln, Mecklenburg	59 min
Feb 6, 10:47 AM EST	Tornado Warning	GSP	Davie, Rowan	43 min
Feb 6, 10:55 AM EST	Tornado Warning	GSP	Cleveland, Gaston	35 min
Feb 6, 10:57 AM EST	Flash Flood Warning	GSP	Graham, Swain	10 hr
Feb 6, 11:04 AM EST	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	GSP	Cabarrus, Gaston, Mecklenburg	41 min
Feb 6, 11:22 AM EST	Tornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threat	GSP	Cabarrus, Gaston, Mecklenburg	38 min
Feb 6, 11:28 AM EST	Tornado Warning	GSP	Cabarrus, Mecklenburg	32 min
Feb 6, 11:43 AM EST	Tornado Warning	GSP	Cabarrus, Rowan	32 min
Feb 6, 11:51 AM EST	River Flood Advisory	GSP	Cleveland	12 hr
Feb 6, 11:58 AM EST	River Flood Advisory	GSP	Haywood	4 hr
Feb 6, 12:02 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Cabarrus, Gaston, Mecklenburg, Union	43 min
Feb 6, 12:11 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Cabarrus, Davie, Gaston, Mecklenburg, Rowan, Union	3 hr
Feb 6, 12:12 PM EST	Tornado Warning	GSP	Mecklenburg, Union	33 min
Feb 6, 12:34 PM EST	Tornado Warning	GSP	Cabarrus	9 min
Feb 6, 1:23 PM EST	River Flood Warning	GSP	Cleveland	32 hr
Feb 6, 1:36 PM EST	River Flood Warning	GSP	Madison	44 hr
Feb 6, 1:54 PM EST	Flash Flood Warning	GSP	Mecklenburg, Union	6 hr
Feb 6, 2:03 PM EST	Flash Flood Warning	GSP	Gaston	7 hr
Feb 6, 3:18 PM EST	Areal Flood Warning	GSP	Burke, Caldwell	19 hr
Feb 6, 3:32 PM EST	Flash Flood Warning	GSP	Macon	4 hr
Feb 6, 3:54 PM EST	Areal Flood Warning	GSP	Henderson	6 hr
Feb 6, 4:20 PM EST	Areal Flood Warning	GSP	Haywood, Jackson	6 hr
Feb 6, 4:30 PM EST	Areal Flood Warning	GSP	McDowell	6 hr
Feb 6, 4:48 PM EST	Areal Flood Warning	GSP	Cabarrus	18 hr
Feb 6, 5:02 PM EST	Areal Flood Warning	GSP	Rowan	6 hr
Feb 6, 5:23 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Chester	37 min
Feb 6, 5:40 AM EST	Flash Flood Warning Emergency	GSP	Oconee, Pickens	14 hr
Feb 6, 5:51 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Greenville	24 min
Feb 6, 5:59 AM EST	Flash Flood Warning	GSP	Greenville	13 hr
Feb 6, 7:44 AM EST	Flash Flood Warning	GSP	Spartanburg	12 hr
Feb 6, 8:27 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Anderson	101 min
Feb 6, 9:15 AM EST	River Flood Warning	GSP	Greenville, Pickens	50 hr
Feb 6, 10:03 AM EST	Flash Flood Warning	GSP	Anderson, Greenville, Pickens	9 hr
Feb 6, 10:24 AM EST	Tornado Warning	GSP	Cherokee, Spartanburg	20 min
Feb 6, 10:28 AM EST	Tornado Warning	GSP	Anderson	17 min
Feb 6, 10:48 AM EST	Tornado Warning	GSP	Anderson, Greenville, Laurens	27 min
Feb 6, 11:04 AM EST	Flash Flood Warning EmergencyCatastrophic damage threat	GSP	Pickens	12 hr
Feb 6, 11:08 AM EST	Tornado Warning	GSP	Abbeville, Anderson	37 min
Feb 6, 11:15 AM EST	Tornado Warning	GSP	Greenville, Laurens, Spartanburg	30 min
Feb 6, 11:37 AM EST	Tornado Warning	GSP	Laurens	23 min
Feb 6, 11:43 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Abbeville, Greenville, Greenwood, Laurens, Spartanburg, Union	5 hr
Feb 6, 11:45 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Abbeville, Greenville, Greenwood, Laurens, Spartanburg, Union	5 hr
Feb 6, 11:51 AM EST	River Flood Advisory	GSP	Cherokee, York	12 hr
Feb 6, 11:59 AM EST	Tornado Warning	GSP	Laurens	31 min
Feb 6, 12:47 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Abbeville, Anderson, Greenwood	28 min
Feb 6, 12:59 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Abbeville, Anderson, Greenville, Greenwood, Laurens	46 min
Feb 6, 1:24 PM EST	Tornado Warning	GSP	Abbeville, Greenwood	51 min
Feb 6, 1:27 PM EST	Flash Flood Warning	GSP	Abbeville, Greenwood	8 hr
Feb 6, 1:38 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Laurens	37 min
Feb 6, 2:20 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Chester	40 min
Feb 6, 3:10 PM EST	River Flood Warning	GSP	Anderson, Greenville	48 hr
Feb 6, 3:11 PM EST	Flash Flood Warning EmergencyCatastrophic damage threat	GSP	Greenville	6 hr
Feb 6, 3:18 PM EST	River Flood Warning	GSP	Cherokee, York	37 hr
Feb 6, 6:55 PM EST	Flash Flood Warning	GSP	Greenville	2 hr
Feb 6, 5:30 AM EST	Flash Flood Warning	GSP	Habersham, Rabun	11 hr
Feb 6, 7:40 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Franklin	35 min
Feb 6, 8:36 AM EST	Flash Flood Warning	GSP	Franklin, Stephens	7 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Georgia, 2020 Every flash flood warning in 2020

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.