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 Jun 14, 2:42 PM EST, 2 hours 18 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 240 PM EDT SAT JUN 14 2003 REGIONAL RADAR SHOWS A LARGE BOW ECHO OVER EAST GA AND W SC MOVING EAST AND REMAINING MAINLY SOUTH OF THE FA. FURTHER UPSTREAM...IS ANOTHER LINE OF CONVECTION OVER AL...COLD POOL DEVELOPING NW OF THE LINE SO ACTIVITY SHOULD TRAVEL SE. WILL ADD LIKELY POP TO THE SOUTHERN ZONES AS NORTHERN SECTION OF THE BOW WILL CROSS OVER...ELSEWHERE...WILL USE HIGH CHC. OTHERWISE...SCATTERED DIURNAL CONVECTION WILL REMAIN OVER NE GA AND THE WESTERN CAROLINAS FOR THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME OF THE SH/TS ARE TRAINING...AND MAY RESULT IN EXCESSIVE RAINFALL...WILL NEED TO BE MONITORED. WILL FOLLOW THE TREND OF THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS AS SH/TS HAVE ASHED OUT AROUND MIDNIGHT...LEAVING JUST SCT SH AND ISO TS. TROPICAL AIR MASS WILL REMAIN FOR SUN AS FRONT SLOWLY SLIDES SOUTH. WILL AGAIN SEE CAPES AT THE 1500 J/KG LEVEL WITH K-INDEX IN THE MID 30S. EXPECT COVERAGE TO GREATER OVER THE NC FT. HILLS AND PIEDMONT WITH THE APPROACH OF THE FRONT AND SMALL S/W...WILL GO LIKELY NE WITH HIGH CHC TO THE SW. SUNDAY NIGHT FRONT WILL BE PUSHED FURTHER SOUTH AS HIGH MOVES OVER NEW ENGLAND AND WILL MARK THE BEGINNING OF A WEAK CAD EVENT. HAVE KEPT TEMPS LOWER THAN MOS FOR MON AND WILL CONTINUE CHC POPS. AS CAD TAKE BETTER ROOT MONDAY NIGHT WILL CUT OFF TS AND WORK AS SH. MAINLY FOLLOWED 00 & 06Z GFS FOR DETAILS IN THE EXTENDED. PERIOD STARTS WITH LATE SEASON WEDGE IN PLACE AND WILL REMAIN UNTIL MID-WEEK. WILL LEAVE POPS IN THE CHC RANGE FOR -SHRA. BY WED AFTERNOON...WEDGE STARTS TO ERODE AND WILL INTRODUCE ISO TS ALONG THE SAVANNAH RIVER VALLEY AND THE FAR WESTERN TIP OF NC. THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...A COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH LOW OVER SRN CANADA/NEW ENGLAND WILL SLIDE THROUGH THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NE GA. BY SATURDAY...AN AIR MASS CHANGE WILL OCCUR AND WILL FORECAST A DRY DAY AFTER SUNRISE. FCSTID = 16 GSP 068 085 068 084 / 5555 AND 068 087 069 084 / 5555 CLT 068 086 068 082 / 5665 HKY 067 083 067 077 / 5665 AVL 063 080 064 077 / 5555 .GSP... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. NED
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-141230- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 624 AM EDT SAT JUN 14 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TODAY...AND COULD PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN AT SOME LOCATIONS. A FEW STORMS COULD BECOME STRONG TODAY...BUT SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO BE ISOLATED AT BEST. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY FOR MOST OF THE FORECAST AREA AGAIN SUNDAY. THE CHANCE OF SHOWERS WILL REMAIN ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH MIDWEEK...WITH THUNDERSTORMS BECOMING MORE COMMON TOWARD THE END OF NEXT WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THIS AFTERNOON. BURRUS
The Greer radar (KGSP), 134 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:02 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flooding developed along Lower Creek in and around Lenoir. Flooding also occurred on portions of highway 321A in areas southeast of Lenoir.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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