1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 14, 4:30 PM EST, 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 530 PM EDT MON JUN 14 2004 .SHORT TERM... UPDATING FORECAST TO INCREASE POPS TO CATEGORICAL MOST OF THE CWFA E OF THE MTNS SAVE FOR THE FAR SRN TIER AND THE FAR NRN TIER THIS EVENING. A COUPLE EAST TO WEST ORIENTED BANDS OF SHRA/TSRA HAVE DEVELOPED OVER THE UPSTATE AND ARE SLOWLY PUSHING N INTO THE SRN NC FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT. ALSO...IT IS STILL QUITE UNSTABLE ACROSS THE SRN PART OF THE UPSTATE...WITH MORE PCPN UPSTREAM IN CENTRAL GA. WL ALSO INCLUDE MENTION OF HEAVY RAIN ALL ZONES UNTIL MIDNIGHT. && .PREV DISCUSSION... SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY)... STRONG MID AND UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL REMAIN DOMINANT FEATURE ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN STATES. BUT FLOW AROUND WESTERN PERIPHERY OF RIDGE AND JUST AHEAD OF LOWER MS VALLEY TROUGH ARE PROVIDING AN AVENUE FOR DEEP MOISTURE TO CONTINUE FEEDING NORTHWARD FROM GULF COAST REGION INTO SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS. LOW-LEVEL FLOW IS MORE SOUTHEAST PROVIDING A MOISTURE FEED FROM THE ATLANTIC. PERSISTENT RIDGE WILL NOT ALLOW SOUTHWARD PENETRATION OF MIDWEST TROUGH AND SURFACE DURING EARLY AND MID WEEK... SO WEAK UPPER LEVEL AND SURFACE FEATURES AND DAYTIME HEATING WILL BE MAIN TRIGGERS FOR CONVECTION. BEST SYNOPTIC SCALE FORCING WILL REMAIN PRIMARILY TO OUR SOUTHWEST NEAR GULF COAST SYSTEM. SMALL LINES AND CLUSTERS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE FORMED PAST HOUR OR TWO. A STEADY DRIFT TOWARD THE NORTH IS PREVENTING EXCESSIVE RAINFALL TOTALS... SO FAR. PLAN TO CONTINUE CATEGORICAL AND LIKELY POPS WESTERN ZONES AND CHANCE POPS IN THE EAST INTO THE EVENING. POPS LATER TONIGHT WILL DECREASE TO CHANCE EVERYWHERE. POPS TUESDAY AFTERNOON WILL INCREASE TO LIKELY IN THE WEST AND CHANCE IN THE EAST. AS RIDGE AXIS BECOMES ELONGATED IN MORE EAST/WEST DIRECTION DURING WEDNESDAY...FLOW ALOFT BECOMES MORE WESTERLY AND TRANSPORT OF DEEP MOISTURE FROM GULF WILL BECOME LESS IMPRESSIVE. CHANCE POPS WILL BE INCLUDED FOR BOTH WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. .LONG TERM (THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY)... SERIES OF SHORT WAVES MOVING THROUGH ZONAL FLOW DURING THE END OF THE WEEK. TYPICAL SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY. SUNDAY A WELL DEFINED IMPULSE SHOULD MOVE COLD FRONT ACROSS AREA ENHANCING CONVECTION. MODELS IN GOOD AGREEMENT ON POSITION...GFS MORE AGRESSIVE THAN OTHER LONG TERM MODELS...KEEPING WEEKEND TSTMS IN CHANCE CATEGORY UNTIL WE SEE CONSISTENT RUNS. FOLLOWING FROPA SUNDAY TEMPS DROP SOME BUT AGAIN WILL WAIT FOR CONSISTENT RUNS BEFORE DROPPING TEMPS TO GFS FCTS. && .AVIATION... CONVECTION ALREADY STARTING WITH INCREASE IN ACTIVITY EXPECTED FOR THE REST OF THE DAY. GOOD TROPICAL MOISTURE AND WINDS NORMAL TO TERRAIN SHOULD ENHANCE CONVECTION ALONG THE ESCARPMENT AND MOUNTAINS. WITH MORE PRECIPITATION EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...FOG AND LOW STRATUS IN FCST FOR TUESDAY MORNING. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... GSP 68 82 68 87 / 60 60 50 40 AND 68 81 68 88 / 60 60 40 40 CLT 68 81 69 87 / 50 50 50 40 HKY 67 81 67 87 / 50 60 50 40 AVL 64 78 64 84 / 60 70 50 40 && .GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. && LGL/VAD
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 600 AM EDT MON JUN 14 2004 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-151000- 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- 600 AM EDT MON JUN 14 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AGAIN TODAY AND TONIGHT ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAIN THAT COULD POSSIBLY RESULT IN SOME FLOODING CONCERNS...PARTICULARLY OVER THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA. A FLOOD WATCH MAY BE ISSUED LATER TODAY. FOR MORE INFORMATION...SEE THE SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT (SPSGSP) ISSUED AT 447 AM. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE ON TUESDAY AND TUESDAY EVENING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT...MAINLY FOR REPORTING RAINFALL. MOORE
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 340 PM EDT MON JUN 14 2004 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-150200- 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- 340 PM EDT MON JUN 14 2004 ...THUNDERSTORMS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN FOR THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA THIS EVENING... THE WIND FLOW AROUND A HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE WESTERN ATLANTIC AND AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE IN THE GULF OF MEXICO WILL FEED VERY MOIST AIR INTO THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN REGION AND PIEDMONT OF THE CAROLINAS AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA DURING THE EVENING. AFTERNOON HEATING PROMOTED THE DEVELOPMENT OF SMALL LINES AND CLUSTERS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA INTO THE EVENING HOURS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN COULD PRODUCE HIGH WATER LEVELS IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. MOST OF THE SHOWERS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTH AND NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 10 MPH. BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS EVENING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR THE MEDIA FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. LGL
The Greer radar (KGSP), 105 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:01 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Severe urban flooding was reported in some locations across the city, including Gaston Day School Rd, which was covered by as much as 2 feet of water. Several cars stalled in the high water.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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