1 flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
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 Aug 7, 2:11 PM EST, 1 hour 49 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 311 PM EDT SUN AUG 7 2005 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY)... WIDESPREAD SHRA/TSRA CONTINUE ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE NORTHWEST PART OF THE UPSTATE. UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT IS EXPECTED TO WEAKEN GRADUALLY OVERNIGHT...SO PRECIPITATION MAY TAKE ON LESS OF AN ORGANIZED NATURE...AS ISENTROPIC LIFT AND UPSLOPE FLOW BECOME THE MAIN MECHANISMS TO FORCE CONVECTION. WILL CONTINUE CAT POPS THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS ACROSS THE WEST...BUT TAPER THEM OFF TO LIKELY AFTER MIDNIGHT. WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES HAVE OCCURRED ACROSS NE GA/WESTERN UPSTATE/SOUTHWEST NC SINCE EARLY THIS MORNING...AND THERE WILL BE AMPLE OPPORTUNITY TO DOUBLE OR EVEN TRIPLE THESE AMOUNTS BY TOMORROW AFTERNOON. THEREFORE...WILL HOIST A FLOOD WATCH FOR MUCH OF THIS AREA THROUGH TOMORROW. UPPER LOW WILL SHEAR OUT MON NGHT AND TUE. PART OF THE LOW RETROGRADE...DROPPING SOUTHWEST UNDER AND H5 RIDGE OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS. ANOTHER PART OF THE LOW WL LIFT NE ACROSS THE MID ATLANTIC STATES BY TUE MORNING. WITH THE WEAK SHEAR AXIS REMAINING TO OUR WEST AND WITH LAYER RH VALUES STILL HIGH ON TUE...EXPECT NUMEROUS SHRA AND TSTMS TO DEVELOP AGAIN IN THE AFTN. FORCING WL BE VERY WEAK...SO CELLS SHOULD MOVE QUITE SLOWLY...WHICH WL CONTINUE A THREAT OF ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING. BY WED LAYER RH VALUES DRY OUT SOME AND UPPER SUPPORT REMAINS WEAK...THOUGH THE TROF AXIS WILL STAY TO OUR WEST. THE RESULT SHOULD BE LESS COVERAGE...BUT PROBABLY A LITTLE MORE THAN CLIMO. && .LONG TERM (WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY)... A LITTLE DRIER YET ON THU AS HGHTS CONTINUE TO RISE AND THE ATMOSPHERE CONTINUES TO DRY OUT. IN FACT...AS H5 RIDGE PARKS ITSELF OVER THE REGION THU AND FRI...WE MAY HAVE VERY LITTLE CONVECTIVE COVERAGE. ONLY CARRIED SLIGHT CHANCE POPS FRI AS A RESULT. FOR NEXT SATURDAY AND SUNDAY...THE UPPER RIDGE IS EXPECTED TO HOLD OVER THE SOUTHEAST WITH THE 500H CENTERED NEAR THE WESTERN TIP OF NORTH CAROLINA ON THE GFS. THE TREND IN ALL THE MEDIUM-RANGE MODELS INDICATES SUCH A RIDGE COMPARABLE TO THAT WHICH PRODUCED THE LATE JULY HEAT WAVE WITH WIDESPREAD UPPER 90S TO AROUND 100 DEGREES. DIFFERENTIAL HEATING OVER THE MOUNTAINS SHOULD CONTINUE TO PRODUCE LATE DAY THUNDERSTORMS AND WITH THE CENTER OF THE 500H POSITIONED OVER WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME ANCHORED. THIS IS THE PRIME TIME OF YEAR FOR FLASH FLOODING FROM STORMS THAT HAVE LITTLE OR NO MOVEMENT. WE WILL ALSO HAVE TO KEEP A CLOSE WATCH ON THE TROPICS AS WE HAVE HAD A RECORD START TO OUR HURRICANE SEASON. && .AVIATION... WITH UPSLOPE FLOW/ISENTROPIC LIFT...CEILINGS SHOULD GRADUALLY LOWER THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT...WITH IFR/MVFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED AT MOST LOCATIONS. TROPICAL AIRMASS SHOULD ALLOW CONVECTION TO PERSIST WELL AFTER SUNSET. HOWEVER...AS MID/UPPER LEVEL FORCING FOR PRECIPITATION GRADUALLY WANES THROUGH THE NIGHT...EXPECT COVERAGE OF SHOWERS/TSRA TO BE DICTATED MORE BY TERRAIN. WILL CARRY TEMPOS FOR CONVECTION THROUGH ABOUT 06Z...WITH VCSH THEREAFTER. ANY VISBY PROBLEMS SHOULD BE TIED LARGELY TO PRECIPITATION. && .GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...FLOOD WATCH FOR GAZ010-017-018-026-028 UNTIL 7 PM MONDAY. NC...FLOOD WATCH FOR NCZ053-059-062>067 UNTIL 7 PM MONDAY. SC...FLOOD WATCH FOR SCZ001>007-010 UNTIL 7 PM MONDAY. && SHORT TERM...BPM/JDL LONG TERM...BPM/DEO AVIATION...JDL
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 601 AM EDT SUN AUG 7 2005 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082- SCZ001>014-019-081000- RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-AVERY-CALDWELL- ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD- BUNCOMBE-MCDOWELL-BURKE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON- MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-POLK-RUTHERFORD- CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC- OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS- GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG- CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER- GREENWOOD- 601 AM EDT SUN AUG 7 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA... MUCH OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NUMEROUS TO WIDESPREAD SHOWERS...WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A FEW OF THE STORMS COULD PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL AND ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE PERIOD. SOME OF THE STORMS COULD PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL AND ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING MONDAY AND TUESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 240 PM EDT SUN AUG 7 2005 GAZ018-026-028-029-NCZ034>037-054>057-066>072-082-SCZ004>014-019- 072030- ABBEVILLE-ALEXANDER-ANDERSON-BURKE NC-CABARRUS-CALDWELL-CATAWBA- CHEROKEE SC-CHESTER-CLEVELAND-DAVIE-ELBERT-FRANKLIN GA-GASTON- GREATER GREENVILLE-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-GREENWOOD-HART- IREDELL-LAURENS SC-LINCOLN NC-MCDOWELL-MECKLENBURG-POLK NC-ROWAN- RUTHERFORD-SPARTANBURG-STEPHENS-UNION NC-UNION SC-YORK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ABBEVILLE...ANDERSON...CHARLOTTE... CHESTER...CONCORD...ELBERTON...GAFFNEY...GASTONIA...GREENVILLE... GREENWOOD...HARTWELL...HICKORY...LAURENS...LINCOLNTON...MARION... MOCKSVILLE...MONROE...MORGANTON...ROCK HILL...RUTHERFORDTON... SALISBURY...SHELBY...SPARTANBURG...STATESVILLE...TOCCOA...TRYON... UNION 240 PM EDT SUN AUG 7 2005 ...STORMS WITH BRIEF TORNADOES POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON... AT 235 PM EDT...THUNDERSTORMS WHICH ARE SHOWING WEAK ROTATION ON DOPPLER RADAR MAY PRODUCE BRIEF TORNADOES AS THEY MOVE NORTHWEST AT AROUND 10 TO 15 MPH. MOST OF THE STORMS ARE OCCURRING WEST OF THE CHARLOTTE METRO AREA EXTENDING INTO NORTHEAST GEORGIA. THIS THREAT OF TORNADOES WILL EXTEND THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON. BE ALERT TO THESE STORMS AND SEEK SAFE SHELTER IN A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS. OUTLAW
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
332 PM EDT SUN AUG 07 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0130 PM TSTM WND DMG 8 S PICKENS 34.77N 82.71W
08/07/2005 PICKENS SC COUNTY OFFICIAL
A FEW TREES WERE REPORTED DOWN FROM THUNDERSTORM WINDS
ABOUT 1 MILE WEST OF LIBERTY. THIS REPORT WAS RECEIVED
FROM THE PICKENS COUNTY 911 CENTER.
&&
OUTLAWPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
339 PM EDT SUN AUG 07 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0310 PM FLASH FLOOD CLARKESVILLE 34.61N 83.52W
08/07/2005 HABERSHAM GA TRAINED SPOTTER
SPOTTER MEASURED 6.5 INCHES OF RAINFALL SINCE 7 PM LAST
EVENING. CARS STALLED AT WILSON ROAD AND ROAD CLOSED.
DEEP WATER REPORTED ON STATE HIGHWAY 17. GUARDRAIL WASHED
AWAY ON HABERSHAM MILLS ROAD. TREES DOWN ON POWERLINE AT
DEVIL SPRINGS ROAD...SUSPECT SATURATED SOIL.
&&
OUTLAWPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
417 PM EDT SUN AUG 07 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0350 PM FLASH FLOOD CLARKESVILLE 34.61N 83.52W
08/07/2005 HABERSHAM GA COUNTY OFFICIAL
OFFICIALS REPORTED SEVERAL ROADS CLOSED DUE TO STREAM
FLOODING AND WASHED OUT EMBANKMENTS.
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SBKThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Although heavy rain ended across the area by late afternoon, several roads remain closed due to flooding into the early evening hours.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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