1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 30, 2:45 PM EST, 6 hours 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 345 PM EDT WED JUL 30 2003 LAPS ANALYSIS SHOWS 10 KT SELY FLOW INTO THE SRN APPALACHIANS ATTM...WITH CAPE VALUES AROUND AROUND 2000 J/KG FEEDING INTO THIS AREA AS WELL. TSRA HAVE DEVELOPED IN THIS AXIS OF INSTABILITY AND MOISTURE CONVERGENCE. FLOW ALOFT IS WEAK OUT OF THE WEST...AROUND 10 KTS...RESULTING IN CELLS IN THE UPSLOPE AREAS THAT ARE VERY SLOW TO MOVE THIS AFTN. PW/S ARE AROUND 1.90 THIS AFTN. WATER VAPOR IMAGERY AND MORNING RAOBS SHOW QUITE A MOISTURE DISCONTINUITY ACROSS THE MTNS. THIS WEAK DRY AIR ENTRAINMENT ALOFT IS EXPECTED TO HELP STRENGTHEN OUTFLOW AND GRADUALLY PUSH THE HEAVIEST RAIN INTO THE WRN FOOTHILLS. WORKING ON THAT ASSUMPTION...HAVE HOISTED A FLOOD WATCH FOR THE SRN NC MTNS...THE FAR SW NC FOOTHILLS...NRN UPSTATE AND PARTS OF NE GA. FFW ALREADY OUT FOR RABUN COUNTY. FARTHER TO THE NE...LACK OF CONVERGENCE AND LIMITED HEATING UNDER THE SRN EXTENSION OF WEAK WEDGE RIDGE HAS LIMITED PCPN TO ONLY A FEW LGT SHRA. MODELS LIFT A WEAK TMB N OVERNGHT. HAVE THE LOWEST POPS IN THE NE ZONES...BUT EXPECT THAT THEY WL EVENTUALLY SEE SOMETHING AS THE TMB RETREATS. TO MAKE LIFE EVEN MORE INTERESTING...BOTH ETA AND GFS BRING SIG PCPN IN THE SW NC MTNS LATE TNGT IN THE FACE OF WEAK LLVL ISENTROPIC UPGLIDE. WE AND MRX SEEM TO BE ON THE SAME PAGE WITH THIS...AND HAVE GONE LIKELY POPS LATE TNGT IN THE FAR SW MTNS. IF THIS PCPN DOES DEVELOP...THIS WL BE ANOTHER AREA THAT WL HAVE TO BE WATCHED FOR FLOOD POTENTIAL. THE ETA...GFS AND FWC POPS ARE ALL IN THE LIKELY RANGE THU. PW/S ARE NEAR 2 INCHES. FORCING IS WEAK...THOUGH PVA DOES INCREASE IN THE LATE AFTN. LLVL FLOW BECOMES MORE SWLY IN THE AFTN...THOUGH FLOW IN THE IMMEDIATE LEE STILL SHOWS A BACKING TENDENCY. IN DEFERENCE TO THE HIGH POPS AND PROBABLY CONTINUED WEAK UPSLOPE...WENT WITH A LIKELY POP AGAIN TMRW AFTN AND EVENING. LOOKS LIKE MORE CONVECTION FRIDAY AS A BETTER SHORT WAVE CROSSES THE REGION...MID LEVELS DRY OUT AND STRONG LLVL CONVERGENCE DEVELOPS IN THE WRN ZONES. MORE OF THE SAME ON SAT...ONLY WITH STRONGER SHEAR. COULD BE MORE ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER IF THE GFS VERIFIES ON SAT. FCSTID = 14 GSP 70 86 71 86 / 60 60 60 50 AND 71 88 72 87 / 60 60 60 40 CLT 70 86 71 87 / 60 60 60 50 HKY 68 83 69 84 / 40 60 60 50 AVL 66 82 67 82 / 50 60 60 40 .GSP... GA...FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 10 PM FOR ZONES GAZ010...GAZ017>018. NC...FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 10 PM FOR ZONES NCZ063>067. SC...FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 10 PM FOR ZONES SCZ001>007. MCAVOY
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-301100- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 430 AM EDT WED JUL 30 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE EXTENDED PERIOD. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. RB
The Greer radar (KGSP), 90 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:58 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Several creeks overflowed their banks in southern portions of the county. At least 2 roads were closed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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