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, 9:19 PM EST, 11 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1019 PM EDT WED JUL 30 2003 EXTREMELY BUSY WITH FFW/S THIS EVENING...HAVE ISSUED UPDATED FFA TO EXTEND THRU TONIGHT & ADDED MCDOWELL COUNTY AS WELL. KGSP VWP INDICATES VERY FAVORABLE DEEP SSE FLOW FOR CONTINUED REDEVELOPMENT WITH 00Z AREA SNDGS INDICATING PWATS AROUND 130 PERCENT OF NORMAL. WILL ALSO NEED TO MONITOR OUTFLOW DRIVEN TSTMS EXTENDING EAST TOWARD CLT AS WELL...BUT THIS AREA IS PROPAGATING INTO A MORE STABLE AIRMASS AS PER LATEST MSAS... SO HOPEFULLY AREAL EXTENT OF HEAVY RAIN THREAT EAST OF THE WATCH AREA WILL BE MORE LIMITED. OTHERWISE...AS FAR AS POP GRIDS GO TONIGHT...WILL OBVIOUSLY BE INCREASING IN MANY AREAS BASED ON CURRENT COVERAGE AND CONTINUED UPSLOPE AND ALSO FOR POTENTIAL INCREASE IN LLVL UPGLIDE FLOW EXPECTED OVERNIGHT STARTING THE FAR WEST. FCSTID = 55 GSP 70 86 71 86 / 100 60 60 50 AND 71 88 72 87 / 70 60 60 40 CLT 70 86 71 87 / 100 60 60 50 HKY 67 83 69 84 / 40 60 60 50 AVL 66 82 67 82 / 50 60 60 40 .GSP... GA...FLOOD WATCH THROUGH TONIGHT FOR ZONES GAZ010...GAZ017>018. NC...FLOOD WATCH THROUGH TONIGHT FOR ZONES NCZ054-NCZ063>067. SC...FLOOD WATCH THROUGH TONIGHT FOR ZONES SCZ001>007.
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 Columbia radar (KCAE), 128 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:32 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Rocky River Rd flooded, causing a vehicle to stall. Several other roads flooded in and around the city.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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