1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 Aug 12, 8:07 PM EST, 2 hours 8 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 907 PM EDT SUN AUG 12 2001 WARM TOP CONVECTION CONTINUES OVER NE GA AND THE W CAROLINAS THIS EVE. BIGGEST PROBLEM IS WITH CONT MDT TO HVY RAIN OVER SOME AREAS IN THE MTNS THAT ARE SATURATED FROM PREVIOUS DAYS. LIKELY POPS IN THE MOUNTAINS AND N FOOTHILLS WITH SCT POPS ELSEWHERE LOOKS GOOD. TEMP AND WIND REASONABLE SO WILL LEAVE ZONE FORECAST AS IS. .GSP... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. RB
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Another round of heavy rain brought flooding to Hot Springs, where Silvermine Creek flooded a road and a bridge. Big Laurel Creek also had minor flooding.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in North Carolina in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, August 2001
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