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 Sep 22, 2:20 PM EST, 1 hour 25 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 320 PM EDT MON SEP 22 2003 COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA TONIGHT. SHOWERS AND A FEW TSRA WILL MOVE THRU AS WELL. CANNOT RULE OUT ISOLATED SEVERE STORM GIVEN STRONG WIND FIELDS ALOFT. WILL KEEP CATEGORICAL POP AND TREND PRECIP ENDING FROM WEST TO EAST OVERNIGHT. WARMED UP MINS A LITTLE GIVEN TIMING. PRECIP SHOULD END BY 12Z TUE AS DRY HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN. THICKNESSES HOLDING UP A LITTLE AND FULL SUN SO ACCEPTED SLIGHTLY WARMER GUIDANCE MAXES. NEAR NORMAL TEMPS WED AS THICKNESSES FALL. DRY FRONTAL SYSTEM MOVES THRU THURSDAY WITH NEARLY STEADY TEMPS. MDLS TRENDING WETTER SAT/SUN AS LOW MOVES NORTHEAST NEAR ATLANTIC COAST. DECENT UPGLIDE AND MOISTURE DEVELOP AND CONTINUES UNTIL LOW PULLS OUT LATE SUNDAY. HAVE ADDED CHC RAIN WITH WARMER LOWS AND COOLER HIGHS DURING THIS TIME. COOL DRY HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS BACK IN MONDAY. FCSTID = 81 GSP 64 84 56 80 / 99 10 00 00 AND 64 84 56 81 / 99 10 00 00 CLT 64 84 56 80 / 99 10 00 00 HKY 62 82 53 79 / 99 10 00 00 AVL 58 78 49 77 / 99 10 00 00 .GSP... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. RWH
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-221200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 600 AM EDT MON SEP 22 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AHEAD AND ALONG A COLD FRONT APPROACHING FROM THE WEST. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK THAT SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...MAINLY ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT. THERE IS ENOUGH WIND SHEAR IN THE LOWER ATMOSPHERE THAT A TORNADO WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. FOR MORE INFORMATION...SEE THE SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK (SPSGSP) ISSUED AT 507 AM. HEAVY RAIN IS ALSO POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED TODAY AND TONIGHT. MOORE
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-SCZ001-002-004-005-010-222130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 440 PM EDT MON SEP 22 2003 ...HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS COULD PRODUCE ISOLATED STRONG WIND GUSTS ACROSS EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE WESTERN UPSTATE... AT 430 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS MOVING INTO EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. THROUGH 530 PM...THESE SHOWERS WILL AFFECT AREAS FROM CLAYTON TO WALHALLA... SOUTH TO CLARKESVILLE...TOCCOA...AND CARNESVILLE. THE MAIN THREAT WITH THESE SHOWERS WILL BE HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF ONE INCH PER HOUR. HOWEVER...THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THAT SOME OF THESE SHOWERS COULD PRODUCE ISOLATED...BRIEF PERIODS OF DAMAGING WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH. WIND GUSTS OF THIS MAGNITUDE COULD BLOW DOWN POWER LINES...AS WELL AS SMALL TREES AND LARGE TREE BRANCHES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. LANE
The Greer radar (KGSP), 108 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:42 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rainfall caused Stecoah Creek to rise rapidly to flood south of Clayton. Another small creek flooded in Clayton, and a small pond overflowed.
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