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 21, 9:18 AM EST, 42 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION....UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1018 AM EDT MON JUN 21 2004 .UPDATE...(TODAY) OBVIOUS CHANGE TO MAKE IS TO RAISE POP TO CATEGORICAL EVERYWHERE ALONG AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 85 WHERE CONVECTIVE PRECIP CONTINUES TO DEVELOP AND MOVE SLOWLY. THINK CONVECTION WILL WANE ACROSS THIS AREA IN THE LATE MORNING OR EARLY PART OF THE AFTERNOON ALTHO RUC SHOWS UPPER SUPPORT THROUGH THE DAY...AT WHICH TIME FOCUS MAY SHIFT TO THE FOOTHILLS AND MOUNTAINS. IF CONVECTION DIES QUICKER AND MORE COMPLETE...FORECAST WILL BE UPDATED AGAIN IN MIDDLE PART OF DAY. HIGH TEMP FORECAST STILL LOOKS ATTAINABLE AS IT IS ONLY 10 DEGREES OR SO ABOVE CURRENT READINGS. GETTING THERE IS WHAT NEEDS TO BE AMENDED AS TEMPS SHOULD WARM SLOWER DUE TO EXTENSIVE PRECIP AND CLOUDS. && .PREV DISCUSSION... ISSUED AT 721 AM. SHORT TERM (MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY)... UPDATING TO MOVE UP BEST POPS TO THIS MORNING PER RECENT RADAR TRENDS. UPPER LEVEL IMPULSE TO MOVE E ACROSS AREA IN ZONAL FLOW TODAY... WHILE FRONT TO S STARTS RETURN N. GUIDANCE CATEGORICAL IN SW...AND CHANCE IN NE.HEAVIEST RAIN S BLUE RIDGE ESCARPMENT. SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH THIS EVENING...AND AREA ENTERS A RELTATIVE LULL LATE TONIGHT AND TUE...THOUGH ENOUGH MOISTURE/INSTABILITY LEFT FOR CHANCE POPS. UPPER LEVEL THROUGH TO AMPLIFY CENTER OF CONTINENT TUE. NEXT COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM NW TUE NIGHT...CROSSING AREA WED. AT THIS TIME CARRYING HGIH CHANCE POP WITH FRONT...EXCEPT LOW END LIKELY SAVANNAH RIVER VALLEY. DRYING BEHIND FRONT INDICATED WED NIGHT. TEMPERATURES COOLER TODAY IN CLOUDS/RAIN...THEN A BIT WARMER TUE/WED BEFORE FROPA. LONG TERM (MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY)... NEW GFS RUN WOULD SUGGEST DRY THU WITH BOUNDARY STALLED TO S OF AREA. AT THIS TIME WILL LEAVE SMALL CHANCE DIURNAL POP IN THU UNTIL NCEP SHEDS LIGHT ON PREFERRED MEDIUM RANGE SOLUTION. GFS BRINGS REMANANTS OF FRONT N FRI TOWARD NCEP SOLUTION...AND DIURNAL CHANCE POPS CONTINUE INTO SAT. CHACNE POPS SAT NGITH AND SUN AS NEXT WAVE RIDES ALONG STATIONARY FRONT. PROSPECT FOR THU BEING COOLER THAN CURRENT FORECAST IF NEW GFS RUN ACCEPTED...FOLLOWED GRADUAL COOLING AS UPPER TROUGH PROGRESSES AND HEIGHTS FALL. JAT && .GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. && MOORE
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 547 AM EDT MON JUN 21 2004 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-220947- ABBEVILLE SC-ALEXANDER NC-ANDERSON SC-AVERY NC-BUNCOMBE NC-BURKE NC- CABARRUS NC-CALDWELL NC-CATAWBA NC-CHEROKEE SC-CHESTER SC- CLEVELAND NC-DAVIE NC-ELBERT GA-FRANKLIN GA-GASTON NC-GRAHAM NC- GREATER GREENVILLE SC-GREATER OCONEE SC-GREATER PICKENS SC- GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS SC-GREENWOOD SC-HABERSHAM GA-HART GA-HAYWOOD NC- HENDERSON NC-IREDELL NC-LAURENS SC-LINCOLN NC-MACON NC-MADISON NC- MCDOWELL NC-MECKLENBURG NC-MITCHELL NC-NORTHERN JACKSON NC- OCONEE MOUNTAINS SC-PICKENS MOUNTAINS SC-POLK NC-RABUN GA-ROWAN NC- RUTHERFORD NC-SOUTHERN JACKSON NC-SPARTANBURG SC-STEPHENS GA- SWAIN NC-TRANSYLVANIA NC-UNION SC-UNION NC-YANCEY NC-YORK SC- 541 AM EDT MON JUN 21 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE... NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT...SOME OF WHICH MAY PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA FROM TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND TUESDAY IN NORTH CAROLINA...NORTH AND WEST OF THE CHARLOTTE AREA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. 07
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 658 AM EDT MON JUN 21 2004 SCZ006>014-019-211227- ABBEVILLE SC-ANDERSON SC-CHEROKEE SC-CHESTER SC- GREATER GREENVILLE SC-GREENWOOD SC-LAURENS SC-SPARTANBURG SC- UNION SC-YORK SC- 704 AM EDT MON JUN 21 2004 ...THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAIN AND LIGHTNING OVER PARTS OF THE UPSTATE... AT 700 AM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED TWO CLUSTERS OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAIN AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING OVER THE UPSTATE. THE FIRST CLUSTER OF STORMS WAS AFFECTING AREAS FROM LOWNDESVILLE TO ANDERSON. RADAR ESTIMATED THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN IN THE LOWNDESVILLE AREA. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE UP INTERSTATE 85 AND AFFECT MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN GREENVILLE COUNTY THROUGH 8 AM. ANOTHER AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS AFFECTING CENTRAL SPARTANBURG COUNTY. RADAR ESTIMATED THAT AROUND 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN IN THE SPARTANBURG METRO AREA DURING THE PAST HOUR. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING WEST OF CITY...AND UP TO ANOTHER INCH OF RAIN MAY FALL. THIS WILL RESULT IN DEEP PONDING OF WATER IN LOW SPOTS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. VISIBILITIES WILL BE GREATLY REDUCED IN THE RAIN. THE STORMS WERE ALSO PRODUCING FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND THERE MAY EVEN BE SOME SMALL HAIL. MCAVOY
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 815 AM EDT MON JUN 21 2004 GAZ026-028-029-211337- ELBERT GA-FRANKLIN GA-HART GA- 815 AM EDT MON JUN 21 2004 ...TORRENTIAL RAIN AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING AFFECTING PARTS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA... AT 810 AM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A NEARLY STATIONARY LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING ALONG A LINE FROM CARNESVILLE TO HARTWELL AND THE NORTH SIDE OF ELBERTON. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN IN THIS AREA DURING THE PAST HOUR. AS THE STORMS ARE NOT MOVING...AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE. THIS CAUSE STREAMS TO RISE TO BANKFULL AND RESULT IN DEEP PONDING OF WATER IN LOW SPOTS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. THE STRONGEST STORMS IN THIS AREA ARE ALSO PRODUCING A GREAT DEAL OF CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTING...30 TO 40 MPH WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. SCZ006>009-012>014-211337- CHEROKEE SC-CHESTER SC-GREATER GREENVILLE SC-LAURENS SC- SPARTANBURG SC-UNION SC-YORK SC- 808 AM EDT MON JUN 21 2004 ...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING IN THE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG METRO AREA... AT 800 AM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG METRO AREA...AND EXTENDING AS FAR SOUTH AS SIMPSONVILLE AND MOORE. INDIVIDUAL CELLS IN THE LINE ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH...BUT THE LINE ITSELF IS NEARLY STATIONARY. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL SPARTANBURG COUNTY. STREAMS WILL FILL TO NEAR BANKFULL AND LOW AREAS WILL EXPERIENCE DEEP PONDING OF WATER IN THE METRO AREAS. THESE STORMS WERE ALSO PRODUCING FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND IN SOME CASES WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH. MCAVOY
The Greer radar (KGSP), 90 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 15:00 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Cedar and Little Cedar Creeks overflowed their banks, flooding a portion of Almar Rd.
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