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 30, 2:15 PM EST, 10 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 315 PM EDT WED JUN 30 2004 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT)... SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN AFFECTING TWO PARTS OF THE CWA ATTM. OVER THE NORTH CAROLINA ZONES...PERSISTENT AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS HAS BEEN AFFECTING THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT EXTENDING FROM SALISBURY WEST TO THE SOUTH MOUNTAINS. SATELLITE NICELY SHOWS THE STRONG UPPER DIFFULENCE OVER THE REGION WITH CI BLOWOFF ON THE NC COAST GOING EAST...WHILE BLOWOFF OVER THE MIDLANDS AND CENTRAL GA IS GOING ALMOST DUE SOUTH. THIS AREA IS ALSO IN THE RIGHT ENTRANCE REGION OF THE UPPER JET...AND THIS FEATURE STANDS OVER THE SRN MID ATLANTIC MOST OF THE NIGHT. 12 UTC GSO SOUNDING HAD 2500 CAPE WHEN MODIFIED FOR A T/TD OF 82/67 RESPECTIVELY. THEREFORE EXPECT THE SLOW MOVING STORMS TO CONTINUE. HOWEVER...TREND THE PAST HALF HOUR OR SO HAS BEEN FOR THEM TO DEVELOP INTO SMALLER CLUSTERS...WITH THE AREAL EXTENT OF THE HEAVY RAIN DECREASING. CONSIDERING THIS TREND DO NOT PLAN TO ISSUE FLOOD WATCH FOR THE NC ZONES ATTM. OVER NE GA AND THE WRN PART OF THE UPSTATE...THERE HAS BEEN SOME TEMPERATURE RECOVERY BEHIND RETREATING MCS. RUC SHOWS A FAIRLY STRONG H5 SHORT WAVE OVER NE AL...WITH PVA ACROSS MOST OF NRN GA AND ERN TN ATTM. PCPN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY HAS BEEN INCREASING AHEAD OF THIS WAVE. WOULD ALSO EXPECT LGT SE FLOW TO INCREASE A LITTLE AHEAD OF THE WAVE...POSSIBLY ANCHORING CELLS ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE ESCARPMENT AS THE EVENING PROGRESSES. FFG VALUES ARE ALREADY QUITE LOW OVER NE GA AND THE WRN PART OF THE UPSTATE. DON/T PLAN ON ISSUING A FLOOD WATCH FOR THIS AREA RIGHT NOW...BUT WELL MAY NEED TO WITHIN A COUPLE HOURS. PCPN WL BE SLOW TO TAPER OFF OVERNGHT WITH SHEAR AXIS OVER REGION... HIGH PW VALUES AND WEAK LLVL UPGLIDE. THEREFORE...AFTER CAT POPS THIS EVENING...WL CARRY LIKELY POPS THE REST OF THE NGHT ALONG AND S OF A CHARLOTTE TO CLAYTON (GA) LINE. LOOKS LIKE MORE HEAVY RAIN TMRW AS A FAIRLY STRONG SRN STREAM H5 SHORT WAVE ONCE AGAIN WORKS ITS WAY ACROSS THE REGION. EXPECT DIFFUSE SFC FRONT TO ONCE AGAIN BE SOMEWHERE OVER THE WRN CAROLINAS AND THERE WL CERTAINLY BE AN AXIS OF HEAVY RAIN...POSSIBLY MORE IN THE MTNS THIS TIME. FOR NOW HAVE LIKELY POPS FROM CHARLOTTE TO MARSHALL AND POINTS SOUTH. ON FRI...MORE OF THE SAME. WL ONCE AGAIN CARRY LIKELY POPS OVER ABOUT THE SW HALF OF THE CWA AS H5 SHORT WAVE ON BOTH THE GFS AND ETA WL BISECT THE CWA WITH ATTENDANT DEEP LAYER RH AND LIFT. MIGHT BE A LITTLE DRIER SAT AND SUN AS SW FLOW STRENGTHENS WITH UPPER LOW CONSOLIDATING OVER THE LOWER MS RIVER VALLEY. WHILE POPS WL BE A LITTLE LOWER...THE COMBINATION OF STRONGER SHEAR AND DRIER UPPER LEVELS STILL LOOKS TO INCREASE THE SEVERE THREAT THIS WEEKEND... PARTICULARLY SUN AS THE TROF BEGINS TO EJECT. && .LONG TERM (MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY)... LATEST MODEL GUIDANCE SUGGESTS THAT SURFACE COLD FRONT OFF TO THE WEST SUNDAY NIGHT WILL NEVER MAKE IT PAST THE MOUNTAINS EARLY IN THE WEEK AS SHORT WAVE ENERGY LIFTS NORTHEAST AND UPPER RIDGE BUILDS BACK ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST MONDAY. AS A RESULT...EXPECT THAT WARM AND HUMID SUBTROPICAL AIR MASS WILL REMAIN IN PLACE WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MODULATED BY THE DIURNAL CYCLE OUT THRU THE END OF THE PERIOD. MONDAY STANDS THE LEAST CHANCE OF SEEING CONVECTION OWING TO THE DEPARTING SHORT WAVE AND 850MB FLOW BRIEFLY COMING AROUND TO A MORE WESTERLY DIRECTION. HOWEVER...GFS CONVECTIVE SCHEME PAINTS THE WHOLE FORECAST AREA IN THE DAYTIME PERIOD...AND SINCE WE ARE CARRYING A CHANCE POP...IT WILL BE LEFT IN THE FORECAST. TEMPS MONDAY WILL BE NUDGED UPWARD A FEW DEGREES...TO TREND IN THE DIRECTION OF THE WARMER HPC/ENSEMBLE MOS NUMBERS. ONLY MINOR CHANGES TO OTHER PERIODS...AND WENT CLOSE TO GUIDANCE FOR WEDNESDAY. && .AVIATION... UPPER DIFLUENCE AND RICH MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE FAVORABLE ENVIRONMENT FOR CONVECTIVE PRECIP TO DEVELOP IN ADVANCE OF APPROACHING SHORT WAVE. LOW LEVEL WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BACK LATE TODAY WHICH WILL INCREASE UPSLOPE FLOW INTO THE REGION. PRECIP SHOULD DIMINISH SOMEWHAT THIS EVENING BUT THEN REDEVELOP IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS AS ISENTROPIC UPGLIDE ALSO INCREASES. OCCASIONAL MVFR CEILINGS/VISIBILITIES ARE POSSIBLE...MAINLY NEAR CONVECTION... THROUGH THE EVENING. AFTER 07-09Z...EXPECT CEILING TO DROP INTO IFR RANGE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. VISIBILITY AND CEILING SHOULD IMPROVE IN THE LATE PART OF THURSDAY MORNING. && .GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. && SHORT TERM...MCAVOY LONG TERM...MOORE AVIATION...MOORE
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 516 AM EDT WED JUN 30 2004 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-010900- 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- 516 AM EDT WED JUN 30 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE... NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AND MOVE ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME QUITE STRONG WITH DAMAGING WINDS BEING THE MAIN THREAT. HEAVY RAIN...ESPECIALLY IF STORMS REDEVELOP AND MOVE OVER THE SAME AREAS...COULD CAUSE AREAS OF FLASH FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THURSDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED. RB
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 156 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:25 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Over 4 inches of rain fell in a short period of time, causing a creek to overflow its banks, flooding fields and some roads in the Unity Church Rd areas.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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