Georgia, 2001

Flash Flood in Georgia, July 25, 2001

July 25, 2001 · NWS GSP · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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  • Wind
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  • Cold
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  • Marine and coastal
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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
1

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Jul 25, 10:40 AM EST, 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 25, 10:40 AM EST, 20 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1140 AM EDT WED JUL 25 2001

KGSP 88D LOOPS SHOW CIRCULATION CENTER OVER SOUTHERN NC MTNS &
THIS FEATURE WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY MOVE NNE THIS AFTERNOON &
SHEAR OUT. HEAVIEST RAINFALL THIS MORNING HAS OCCURRED ACROSS
THE SOUTHERN 3 COUNTIES OF THE FFA AREA...BUT RADAR TRENDS
SHOW DECREASING REFLECTIVITIES APPROACHING EXTREME NE GEORGIA.
NO FLDG REPORTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FROM THIS AREA...OTHER THAN URBAN
TYPE...SO PLAN ON LETTING WATCH EXPIRE UNLESS SOMETHING DRAMATICALLY
CHANGES BETWEEN NOW AND NOON.

OTHERWISE...HVY RAIN THREAT CONTINUES THIS AFTERNOON ALONG & EAST
OF TRACK OF UPPER CIRCULATION...WITH CATEGORICAL POPS CONTINUING
IN THE TROPICAL AIRMASS CWFA WIDE.

FCSTID = 55
GSP   82  71  87  71 / 100  50  40  40
AND   82  71  87  71 / 100  50  40  40
CLT   84  71  87  71 /  80  50  40  40
HKY   82  71  87  71 /  80  50  40  40
AVL   78  66  83  66 /  80  50  40  40

.GSP...
GA...NONE.
NC...NONE.
SC...NONE.

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 108 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 15:59 UTC.

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Event by event

1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flash Flood, Franklin

When
July 25, 11:00 AM EST to 8:00 PM EST
Where
Franklin County, Countywide
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
34.375, -83.229 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Small streams and creeks flooded across the county. Highest rainfall amount came from Franklin Springs, with 7.78 inches of rain.

What these are

Flash Flood
Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

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Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5260957.