Flash Flood, Stephens
- When
- July 4, 2:00 PM EST to 3:00 PM EST
- Where
- Stephens County, Toccoa
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 34.583, -83.317
Brief flooding of several small streams, with some road beds washed out.
Flash Flood in Georgia, July 4, 2005
1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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.
What forecasters said that day
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 Jul 4, 9:50 AM EST, 4 hours 10 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 4, 9:50 AM EST, 4 hours 10 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1050 AM EDT MON JUL 4 2005 .SHORT TERM (REST OF TODAY)... STALLED SFC FRONT DRAPED JUST SOUTH OF THE REGION WILL LIKELY MOVE LITTLE BEFORE IT DISSIPATES IN THE VICINITY. WEAK CONVERGENCE WILL CONTINUE TO BE FORCED NEAR THE DECAYING BOUNDARY...IN SOUTHEAST UPSLOPE PREFERRED REGIONS...AND ALONG A WIND CONVERGENCE ZONE IN THE NRN TIER. GIVEN PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES AROUND 2 INCHES IN THE MORNING SOUNDINGS...HIGH CHANCE TO LOW LIKELY COVERAGE STILL LOOKS GOOD THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. MORNING UPDATE WILL BE MAINLY TO REMOVE FOG MENTION AND TO PUSH PIEDMONT POPS UP SLIGHTLY AFTER 18Z. TEMPERATURES ARE OFF TO A SLOW START GIVEN ABUNDANT STRATUS CLOUD DECK...BUT VISIBLE IMAGERY SHOWS SOME EROSION AND TEMPS DO NOT HAVE FAR TO JUMP TO REACH MAXES NEAR WARMEST MAV MOS. && .PREVIOUS DISCUSSION... (ISSUED 406 AM EDT MON JUL 4 2005) SHORT TERM (TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY)... WIDESPREAD RAINFALL HAS ENDED...HOWEVER...RUNOFF SHOULD CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. REPORTS INDICATE THAT WATER IS CREATING NEW PROBLEMS IN SPOTS AND WILL LEAVE THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR THE I-40 FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT CORRIDOR UNTIL 6 AM. H5 RIDGE CENTERED OFF THE EAST FL COAST WILL ROTATE S/W RIDGING OVER THE FA TODAY. THE RUC FORECAST SOUNDINGS INDICATES A WEAK INVERSION AROUND H7. THIS INVERSION MAY DELAY CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT THIS MORNING BY ONLY AN HOUR OR TWO. W/V SHOWS A FEW EMBEDDED VORTS UPSTREAM...WITH A FEW SHOWERS RESPONDING OVER GA. BANDED VORTS SHOULD REACH THE FA BY NOON...SH/TS SHOULD EASILY DEVELOP AS LFC DROPS BELOW 3K FT. SREF INDICATES THAT AVAILABLE ENERGY WILL NOT REACH YESTERDAY/S LEVELS...LIKELY RANGING FROM 1000-1500 J/KG THIS AFTERNOON. WILL ADVERTISE NUMEROUS MTNS SH/TS WITH SCT COVERAGE EAST. MAIN THREAT FROM THE CONVECTION SHOULD BE EXCESSIVE RAINFALL AS PW/S REMAIN AROUND 1.8...K-INDEX 32-35...STORM MOTIONS 5-10 KTS. TUES...TEMPS SHOULD REACH THE MID 80S MOUNTAINS WITH U80S EAST...WITH TD/S IN THE U60S. CAPES SHOULD INCREASE TO AROUND 2K DURING THE AFTERNOON. WITH HEIGHTS FALLING THROUGH THE DAY AND SW FLOW...LEE TROF SHOULD DEVELOP BY 21Z. WILL ADVERTISE CHC POPS WITH FAVOR GIVEN TO THE HIGH TERRAIN. WED...SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT MOVES INTO THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS ON THE NAM...A LITTLE SLOWER ON THE GFS. EXPECT THAT MOISTURE WILL POOL AHEAD OF THE BOUNDARY AND SHOULD RESULTS IN ENOUGH INSTABILITY FOR DEEP CONVECTION. WESTERN UPSLOPE FLOW SHOULD YIELD SCT COVERAGE OVER THE MTNS WITH CONVECTION MOVING INTO THE LEE TROF DURING THE AFTERNOON. LONG TERM (WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY)... T.C. THREE SHOULD REMAIN FAR ENOUGH TO THE WEST TO HAVE MUCH OF AN IMPACT ON EXT FORECAST. GENERALLY FA WILL REMAIN UNDER L/W TROF FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK...WILL LEAVE DIURNAL POPS. GFS DEVELOPS ANOTHER TROPICAL LOW BY MID WEEK...REACHING THE DEEP SOUTH FOR THE WEEKEND. WILL NOT MAKE ANY SIGNIFICANT CHANGES BEYOND WED EVENING. AVIATION... RAINFALL DECREASING IN INTENSITY ACROSS THE CWFA THIS MORNING. LOTS OF MVFR VSBY BUT ONLY A FEW MVFR CIGS ATTM. WITH COPIOUS LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AND WEAK UPSLOPE FLOW CONTINUING...EXPECT CIGS TO DEVELOP AND LOWER TO MVFR...THEN IFR BY DAYBREAK. COULD EVEN BE SOME IFR VSBY AROUND SUNRISE. CIGS SHOULD LIFT TO MVFR ABOUT 15Z...THEN TO VFR ABOUT 19Z. VSBY SHOULD IMPROVE TO VFR BY 15Z...XCPT KAND/KAVL WHERE MVFR HAZE WILL CONTINUE TO 19Z. EXPECT CONVECTION AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON. HOWEVER FOR RIGHT NOW...WILL JUST GO WITH VFR AND VCTS AFTER 19Z. ENDING VCTS ABOUT 00Z...BUT STILL VFR. WILL CONSIDER MVFR VSBY/CIG FOR THE 12Z TAF ISSUANCE...MAINLY FOR AFTER 06Z. && .GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. && SHORT TERM...HG
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 4, 5:00 AM EST, 9 hours before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 600 AM EDT MON JUL 4 2005 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082- SCZ001>014-019-051015- 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- OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS- GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG- CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- 600 AM EDT MON JUL 4 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA... MUCH OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SLOW MOVING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP TODAY. RAINFALL THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING MAY BECOME LOCALLY EXCESSIVE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED EACH DAY THIS WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 4, 10:58 AM EST, 3 hours 2 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1158 AM EDT MON JUL 4 2005 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-042200- ABBEVILLE-ALEXANDER-ANDERSON-AVERY-BUNCOMBE-BURKE NC-CABARRUS- CALDWELL-CATAWBA-CHEROKEE SC-CHESTER-CLEVELAND-DAVIE-ELBERT- FRANKLIN GA-GASTON-GRAHAM-GREATER GREENVILLE-GREATER OCONEE- GREATER PICKENS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREENWOOD-HABERSHAM-HART- HAYWOOD-HENDERSON-IREDELL-LAURENS SC-LINCOLN NC-MACON NC-MADISON NC- MCDOWELL-MECKLENBURG-MITCHELL NC-NORTHERN JACKSON NC- OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-POLK NC-RABUN-ROWAN-RUTHERFORD- SOUTHERN JACKSON NC-SPARTANBURG-STEPHENS-SWAIN-TRANSYLVANIA-UNION NC- UNION SC-YANCEY-YORK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ABBEVILLE...ANDERSON...ASHEVILLE... BREVARD...CHARLOTTE...CHEROKEE...CHESTER...CLARKESVILLE...CLAYTON... CONCORD...ELBERTON...FRANKLIN...GAFFNEY...GASTONIA...GREENVILLE... GREENWOOD...HARTWELL...HENDERSONVILLE...HICKORY...LAURENS... LINCOLNTON...MARION...MOCKSVILLE...MONROE...MORGANTON...NEWLAND... ROCK HILL...RUTHERFORDTON...SALISBURY...SHELBY...SPARTANBURG... SPRUCE PINE...STATESVILLE...SYLVA...TOCCOA...TRYON...UNION... WAYNESVILLE 1158 AM EDT MON JUL 4 2005 ...ISOLATED FLOODING POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... A VERY MOIST AIRMASS REMAINS IN PLACE ACROSS THE REGION TODAY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL RESULTING. STREAMS...CREEKS...AND RIVERS CONTINUE TO RUN AT ELEVATED LEVELS DUE TO RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL...AND ANY LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS COULD BE ENOUGH TO PRODUCE ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING. ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL ALSO BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH. IF YOU ARE ENGAGING IN ANY OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES THIS HOLIDAY...IT WILL BE IMPERATIVE THAT YOU KEEP AN EYE ON THE SKY. IF YOU HEAR THUNDER...THAT IS THE SIGNAL THAT IT IS TIME TO MOVE INDOORS. IF YOU LIVE NEAR ANY STREAMS OR CREEKS...OR ARE HIKING OR CAMPING NEAR STREAMS...BE PREPARED TO MOVE QUICKLY TO HIGHER GROUND IF TORRENTIAL RAINFALL AFFECTS YOUR LOCATION. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO ALL HAZARDS...OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET...FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. GERAPETRITIS
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 106 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:58 UTC.
Event by event
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Flash Flood
- Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Hail in Nebraska, July 4, 2005
- Lightning Strike in Florida, July 4, 2005
- Hail and Lightning Strike in Wisconsin, July 4, 2005
- Flash Flood and Hail in Arkansas, July 4, 2005
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, July 4, 2005
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, July 4, 2005
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, July 4, 2005
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, July 4, 2005
- Damaging Winds in Michigan, July 4, 2005
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, July 4, 2005
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, July 4, 2005
- Damaging Winds in Missouri, July 4, 2005
More
Every storm in Georgia in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in Georgia, July 2005
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5470423.