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, 9:09 PM EST, 6 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...CORRECTED FOR SPELLING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1009 PM EDT MON JUN 21 2004 .UPDATE... HAVE ISSUED A FLOOD WATCH (FFA) FOR THE WESTERN NC FOOTHILLS FOR TONIGHT. RADAR TRENDS AND CURRENT PATTERN SHOULD YIELD A FEW MORE HOURS OF PERSISTENT LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINFALL. LATEST MODEL DATA CONTINUES TO SHOW THE PRESENCE OF CONVECTIVE QPF UNTIL SUNRISE. HAVE MADE CHANGES TO POP/WX TO SHOW A HIGH AMOUNT OF FAVOR TO THE EASTERN SLOPES...TRENDING NE TOWARD SUNRISE LLVL WEST FLOW INCREASES. && .PREV DISCUSSION... 88D SHOWING A GROWING NUMBER OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF HOURS...SOME AREAS SHOWING A TENDENCY TO TRAIN. RUC AND MESOETA DEPICT ISENTROPIC LIFT AND UPSLOPE TO CONTINUE THIS EVENING...REACHING A PEAK AROUND 3Z THEN A SLOW DECREASE THROUGH DAYBREAK. WILL INCREASE POPS TO CATE EAST OF THE FALL LINE...AFTER 6Z CHC WEST TO LIKELY EAST. WITH PROLONGED PERIOD SH/TS GENERATION I EXPECT LOCAL HOURLY RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES TO CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. COMBINED WITH GENERAL RAINFALL BELIEVE THAT FLOODING MAY BECOME A GREATER CONCERN OVER PORTIONS OF THE UPSTATE AND THE FTHILLS OF NC. FOR NOW WILL HANDLE POTENTIAL FOR EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WITH FLS AND WILL MONITOR OF THE NEED OF AN FFA. && .GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. NC...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 600 AM EDT TUESDAY FOR ZONES NCZ034... NCZ054>055...NCZ066>067. SC...NONE. && NED
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
The Greer radar (KGSP), 63 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:13 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
The Little River overflowed its banks, flooding Cedar Lane and forcing evacuations of homes along the river. Trees and power lines were taken down by mudslides.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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