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 Aug 8, 1:49 PM EST, 4 hours 11 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 249 PM EDT MON AUG 8 2005 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY)... WEAK UPPER TROUGH JUST UPSTREAM OF AREA TO KEEP PATTERN ACTIVE. EXPECT CONVECTION TO LINGER INTO EVENING...SUPPORTING EXTENSION OF FLOOD WATCH ALONG S BLUE RIDGE ESCARPEMENT THROUGH TONIGHT. PORTIONS OF THE EAST FACING ESCARPMENT AROUND I-40 HAVE RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL RAINFALL TODAY...BUT AS LOW LEVEL FLOW VEERS FROM ESE TO SSE TONIGHT...GA/SC MTS/FTHLS AND ADJACENT NC COUNTIES WILL BE FAVORED. EXPECT CLOUD COVER TO REMAIN OVERNIGHT...WITH SLIGHT IMPROVMENT TUE. POPS TO GRADUALLY DECREASE AS MID LEVELS DRY...AND UPPER TROUGH WEAKENS AND SHIFTS N. MIN TEMPERATURES GOVERNED BY SLIGHLTY ABOVE NORMAL DEW POINTS. MAX TEMPERATURES TUE TO CLIMB A BIT ABOVE TODAY WITH RISING HEIGHTS AND SLIGHTLY LESS CLOUDS/PRECIP. && .LONG TERM (TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY)... TREND DURING MID WEEK WILL BE TO TRANSITION TO A MORE TYPICAL AUGUST PATTERN AS WEAK UPPER TROUGH FINALLY LIFTS NE OF THE AREA AND SUBTROPICAL HIGH BUILDS BACK OVER THE SE. GFS MODEL PER HPC DISCUSSION IS FAVORED IN THE MID RANGE AS NAM TOO FAST IN EJECTING UPPER TROUGH WHICH RESULTS IN ATMOSPHERE OVER THE CWFA DRYING TOO QUICKLY. GFS GRADUALLY DRYS THE COLUMN...BUT ENOUGH MOISTURE WILL REMAIN FOR AT LEEAST SCATTERED CONVECTION AGAIN WED AFTERNOON AS REMNANTS OF UPPER TROUGH MOVE THROUGH THE AREA. WILL ENTER A GENERALLY DRY PERIOD BEGINNING THU AS UPPER HIGH BUILDS ACROSS THE REGION WITH LARGE SCALE WEAK SUBSIDENCE. ONLY ISOLATED DIURNAL CONVECTION OVER MOUNTAINS AT BEST THROUGH FRI. EXPECT THE CHANCE FOR DIURNAL CONVECTION TO INCREASE BY SAT AFTERNOON AS MOISTURE INCREASES THROUGHOUT COLUMN. EXPECT DIURNAL AFTERNOON CONVECTION THROUGH MON WITH POPS INCREASING TO AROUND 30% DURING AFTERNOONS. TEMPERATURES WILL BEGIN NEAR NORMAL VALUES AND THEN INCREASE TO A FEW DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL FOR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES BY THU AND THEN TREND BACK TO NEAR NORMAL VALUES BY THE END OF THE WEEKEND. && .AVIATION... UPSLOPE COMPONENT TO GRADUALLY WEAKEN AFTER 18Z...AND EXPECT PRECIPITATION TO TAKE ON A MORE CONVECTIVE MODE THAN STRATIFORM ...AND WILL COVER WITH TEMPO THUNDER ALL SITES...FAVORING EARLY AFTERNOON WHEN MORE FORCING AVAILABLE. EXPECT CIGS TO LOWER IN EVENING AS WIND/MIXING DECREASE. WILL CARRY LOWEST VSBY WHERE MOST RAIN OCCURRED...KAND/KAVL..AND HIGHEST VSBY WHERE LEAST RAIN OCCURRED AT KCLT. EXPECT CONDITIONS TO IMPROVE QUICKEST S AND E TUE MORNING... WHERE MODEL GUIDANCE BRINGS WIND UP EARLIEST. && .GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...FLOOD WATCH FOR GAZ010-017-018-026-028 UNTIL 6 AM TUESDAY. NC...FLOOD WATCH FOR NCZ053-059-062>067 UNTIL 6 AM TUESDAY. SC...FLOOD WATCH FOR SCZ001>007-010 UNTIL 6 AM TUESDAY. && SHORT TERM...JAT LONG TERM...LG AVIATION...JAT
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 600 AM EDT MON AUG 8 2005 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082- SCZ001>014-019-091000- 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- 600 AM EDT MON AUG 8 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 AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TODAY AND TONIGHT. HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE AREA. A FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED. PLEASE SEE CAEFFAGSP FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR EACH DAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. RWH
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
202 PM EDT MON AUG 08 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1245 PM FLOOD 3 SW CLARKESVILLE 34.58N 83.56W
08/08/2005 HABERSHAM GA EMERGENCY MNGR
HABERSHAM EMERGENCY DIRECTOR RELAYED A REPORT THAT ONE
HOUSE WAS BRIEFLY FLOODED WHICH IS ON A DEMOREST ADDRESS.
THE FLOODING AT THAT LOCATION HAS SINCE RECEDED.
ALSO...TWO OTHER UNSPECIFIED ROADS WERE BRIEFLY FLOODED.
&&
OUTLAWPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
321 PM EDT MON AUG 08 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0200 PM FLOOD CLARKESVILLE 34.61N 83.52W
08/08/2005 HABERSHAM GA COUNTY OFFICIAL
COUNTY REPORTS CRESTVIEW ROAD COMPLETELY WASHED OUT BY
FLOODING.
&&
HGSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 435 PM EDT MON AUG 8 2005 SCZ013-082130- UNION SC- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...UNION 435 PM EDT MON AUG 8 2005 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM TO AFFECT UNION COUNTY THROUGH 530 PM... AT 435 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES WEST OF CARLISLE...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 10 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH...AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL AT RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOURS. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT LOCATIONS FROM CARLISLE TO UNION THROUGH 530 PM. SEEK SHELTER IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS THUNDERSTORM. HG
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 542 PM EDT MON AUG 8 2005 GAZ029-SCZ011-082215- ABBEVILLE-ELBERT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ABBEVILLE...ELBERTON 542 PM EDT MON AUG 8 2005 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAINFALL ACROSS SOUTHERN ELBERT COUNTY ... AT 535 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR FORTSONIA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH...TORRENTIAL RAINFALL AT RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT LOCATIONS FROM FORTSONIA TO LAKE RUSSELL AND CALHOUN FALLS THROUGH 630 PM. SEEK SHELTER IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS THUNDERSTORM...KEEP AN EYE ON RISING STREAM CONDITIONS AND BE WARY OF STANDING WATER ON AREA ROADS. CSH
The Greer radar (KGSP), 109 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:01 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
A culvert collapsed on Sam Tate Rd due to flooding along Falling Creek. Several other roads were flooded around the area, mainly due to poor drainage. Also, the Broad River was out of its banks, but was not threatening any roads or other structures.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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