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 15, 10:17 PM EST, 13 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1117 PM EDT SUN JUN 15 2003 WILL KEEP LIKELY POPS IN NE ZONES FOR ONGOING CONVECTION. EFFICIENT RAIN PRODUCTION THERE IS CREATING A NUMBER OF POSSIBLE HYDRO CONCERNS. SEE FLASH FLOOD WARNING (CAEFFWGSP) FOR FURTHER DETAILS. .GSP... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. RB
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-151145- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 600 AM EDT SUN JUN 15 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. THE ATMOSPHERE OVER THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA REMAINS VERY MOIST...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE. A WEAK SURFACE TROUGH MAY DEVELOP IN FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA THIS AFTERNOON. IF THIS HAPPENS...THE THREAT OF EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL INCREASE. OUR OFFICE WILL ISSUE A SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK CAESPSGSP LATER TODAY IF IT APPEARS THAT THIS HEAVY RAIN THREAT WILL DEVELOP. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SLOWLY SOUTH...CROSSING THE REGION MONDAY AND TUESDAY. AS THE FRONT INTERACTS WITH A VERY MOIST ATMOSPHERE... NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE REGION MONDAY AND TUESDAY. LOCALLY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE FRONT. SEE OUR PRODUCT CAEESFGSP FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. SOME OF THE STORMS...PARTICULARLY ON WEDNESDAY...MAY BE SEVERE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY. MCAVOY
The Greer radar (KGSP), 107 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:30 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Water levels rose rapidly on creeks and streams and flooded portions of interstate 40 and highway 70. A ramp was under water at exit 118 on I-40. Flat Top Rd was also flooded.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in North Carolina in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, June 2003
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