Georgia, 2005Flood in Georgia, June 12, 2005
June 12, 2005 · NWS GSP · 1 event in 1 county or zone
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NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 12, 8:16 PM EST, 14 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 12, 8:16 PM EST, 14 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
916 PM EDT SUN JUN 12 2005
.SHORT TERM (REST OF TONIGHT)...
PLUME OF TROPICAL MOISTURE RELATED TO THE REMAINS OF ARLENE
CONTINUES STREAMING OVER THE AREA. THE HEAVIER RAINFALL RATES OVER
THE WESTERN PART OF THE CWA HAVE DIMINISHED LATE THIS EVENING.
HOWEVER...SEVERAL FLOOD WARNINGS ARE ONGOING WITH NUMEROUS CREEKS
AND STREAMS BANKFULL AND SOME OUT THEIR BANKS AFFECTING NEARBY
ROADS...BRIDGES...CAMPGROUNDS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS. HAD TO
REISSUE FLOOD WARNING FOR RABUN COUNTY IN NE GA SINCE THE
CHATTOOGA RIVER WENT OVER FLOOD STAGE...PARTLY DUE TO HEAVY RAIN
UPSTREAM IN THE GA AND NC MOUNTAINS EARLIER TODAY. WITH ALL THIS
IN MIND...HAVE REISSUED THE FLOOD WATCH AND ALSO EXPANDED IT TO
INCLUDE HAYWOOD COUNTY IN THE NC MTNS WHERE FLOODING IS ALSO OCCURRING.
HAVE TWEAKED HOURLY TEMPERATURES UP IN THE E PART OF THE CWA AND
MADE A FEW OTHER MINOR ADJUSTMENTS.
&&
.PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...
(ISSUED 253 PM EDT SUN JUN 12 2005)
SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY)...
REMNANT CIRCULATION OF ARLENE IS SET TO EXIT TN AND MOVE INTO THE
OH VALLEY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. A DEEP SOUTHERLY GULF FETCH INTO
THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS REMAINS...WITH PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES
IN EXCESS OF 2 INCHES AND CONVECTION STRENGTHENING UPSTREAM AS
BREAKS IN THE CLOUDS HAVE DEVELOPED IN REGIONS OF LOWER 70S
DEWPOINTS. EXISTING FFA STILL LOOKS WELL PLACED...BUT HEAVY RAIN
AXIS MAY EXTEND SLIGHTLY EASTWARD ALONG THE ESCARPMENT AND INTO
THE ADJACENT FOOTHILLS AS TRAINING CELLS MARCH IN FROM THE
PIEDMONT. FLOODING IS POSSIBLE JUST ABOUT ANYWHERE GIVEN
ANTECEDENT CONDITIONS...BUT THE BEST COMBINATION OF RECENT HEAVY
RAINFALL...LOW FFG VALUES...AND ANTICIPATED OROGRAPHIC ENHANCEMENT
IS IN THE SOUTHERN SLOPES OF THE MTNS AND THE ADJACENT FOOTHILLS. MAY
EXTEND THE WATCH EAST TO A BREVARD TO PICKENS LINE FOR
TONIGHT...BUT WILL MONITOR UP TO ISSUANCE TIME.
AS THE REMNANT CIRCULATION LIFTS TO THE GREAT LAKES ON
MONDAY...LOW LEVEL FLOWS VEERS SW THEN WEST. MOIST TROPICAL AIR
REMAINS IN PLACE TO WARRANT A CONTINUED PRECIP CHANCE...BUT MORE
ORGANIZED FORCING WILL LIKELY HOLD OFF UNTIL THE APPROACH OF THE
COLD FRONT TUESDAY NIGHT AND WED.
LONG TERM (WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY)...
UPPER TROUGH TO CROSS EAST COAST THU THROUGH SAT...LEAVING BEHIND
CLOSED LOW NEAR S APPALACHAINS SUN. COLD FRONT TO CROSS AREA WED
NIGHT...FOLLOWED BY AN APPARENT SECONDARY FRONT LATE THU WITH EVEN
LOWER THICKNESS AND ADDITIONAL MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH UPPER
SYSTEM. WILL CARRY CHANCE THUNDER MUCH OF AREA WITH FRONTS. NE FLOW
SETS UP FOR WEEKEND...WITH MOISTURE N OF STALLED SURFACE BOUNDARY
SUPPORTING CLOUDS AND GENERALLY SLIGHT CHANCE SHOWERS IN A STABLE
ENVIRONMENT. TEMPERATURES COOLER THAN NORMAL UNDER ANOMALOUSLY LOW
HEIGHTS AND THICKNESS.
AVIATION...
CONVERGENT LOW LEVEL FLOW OFF ATLANTIC AND GULF FOCUSING ON W
PORTION OF AREA...FROM KAND TO KAVL...KEEPING CIGS LOW IN W...WITH
PRECIP LOWERING VSBY TO 2 SM AT TIMES. EXPECT ACTIVITY TO INCREASE
..AND SPREAD N AND E TO KHKY/KCLT THIS AFTERNOON AS REMNANTS OF
ARLENE MOVE N...WITH LESS IMPACT TO E AT KCLT. ONLY KAND AND KCLT
APPEAR TO BE CLOSE ENOUGH TO UNSTABLE AIR FOR MENTION OF CB THIS
AFTERNOON/EVENING.
WIND TO VEER FROM ESE TO SE TONIGHT...WHICH IS NEARLY PURE UPSLOPE
COMPONENT. MODELS SHOWING BEST OMEGA BEFORE MIDNIGHT. WILL CARRY
ANOTHER FOUR HOURS OF MVFR VSBY AND IFR CIG IN EVENING...TIMED
GRADUALLY FORM S TO N. FLOW S OVERNIGHT...WITH LESS PRECIP COVERAGE
TOWARD DAWN. WITH PLENTY OF MOISTURE AROUND AND LIGHT WIND...EXPECT
CONTINUATION OF VSBY/CIG CATEGORIES FROM EVENING.
BY MORNING FLOW SSW AND DEEP MOISTURE ABSENT. EXPECT CESSATION OF
WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION...WITH UNRESTRICTED VSBY AND CIGS RISING
TO MARGINAL MVFR...MORE GRADUALLY AT KAVL AND KHY WHERE WIND
LIGHTER. MENTIONED VSH KCLT AS MOISTURE BAND BECOMES REORIENTED IN
PIEDMONT.
&&
.GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...FLOOD WATCH FOR GAZ010-017-018 UNTIL 6 AM MONDAY.
NC...FLOOD WATCH FOR NCZ051-052-058-059-062>064 UNTIL 6 AM MONDAY.
SC...FLOOD WATCH FOR SCZ001-002-004-005 UNTIL 6 AM MONDAY.
&&
SHORT TERM...RB
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 12, 3:29 PM EST, 5 hours 1 minute before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
429 PM EDT SUN JUN 12 2005
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-
SCZ001>014-019-132030-
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-
429 PM EDT SUN JUN 12 2005
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...
MUCH OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT
WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE
FOOTHILLS AND MOUNTAINS THROUGH TONIGHT. COVERAGE WILL BE SLIGHTLY
LESS IN THE NORTH CAROLINA PIEDMONT...FARTHER AWAY FROM THE
REMNANTS OF TROPICAL STORM ARLENE. WITH A MOIST...TROPICAL AIRMASS
IN PLACE...SOME OF THESE SHOWERS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY
HEAVY RAIN...AND LOCALIZED FLOODING OF STREAMS AND URBAN AREAS MAY
DEVELOP. A FLOOD WATCH...CAEFFAGSP...HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MUCH OF
THE SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA...THE WESTERN UPSTATE OF
SOUTH CAROLINA...AND MUCH OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA. DETAILS ON THE
THREAT OF ISOLATED FLOODING FOR THE REST OF THE REGION CAN BE
FOUND IN THE SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CAESPSGSP.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AGAIN MONDAY
THROUGH WEDNESDAY. SOME LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE
ON MONDAY. THE STORMS ON TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY MAY PRODUCE SOME
HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...THOUGH SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED TO
BE WIDESPREAD.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTERS MAY BE NEEDED TONIGHT TO REPORT ON STREAM LEVELS AND
RAINFALL AMOUNTS.
HG
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 12, 3:25 PM EST, 5 hours 5 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
425 PM EDT SUN JUN 12 2005
GAZ026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>050-052>057-065>072-082-SCZ003-
006>014-019-122230-
FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-AVERY-CALDWELL-ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-
MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-MCDOWELL-BURKE-CATAWBA-
ROWAN-HENDERSON-POLK-RUTHERFORD-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-
MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-
GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-
LAURENS-CHESTER-GREENWOOD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTWELL...ELBERTON...NEWLAND...
STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE...SPRUCE PINE...WAYNESVILLE...
ASHEVILLE...MARION...MORGANTON...HICKORY...SALISBURY...
HENDERSONVILLE...COLUMBUS...RUTHERFORDTON...SHELBY...LINCOLNTON...
GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE...CONCORD...MONROE...GREENVILLE...
SPARTANBURG...GAFFNEY...ROCK HILL...ANDERSON...ABBEVILLE...
LAURENS...UNION...CHESTER...GREENWOOD
425 PM EDT SUN JUN 12 2005
...HEAVY RAIN AND ISOLATED FLOODING POSSIBLE IN THE WESTERN
CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA TONIGHT...
AS THE REMNANTS OF ARLENE MOVE NORTH THROUGH THE OHIO VALLEY THIS
EVENING...A DEEP SOUTHERLY FETCH OF GULF MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE
ACROSS THE REGION. FAIRLY WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
WILL DEVELOP AND PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL AS THEY TAP THE
RICH...TROPICAL MOISTURE IN PLACE. SEVERAL ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS MAY AFFECT ANY GIVEN LOCATION...PRODUCING LOCAL 1 TO
2 INCH RAINFALL TOTALS IN A FAIRLY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.
ISOLATED FLOODING FROM THE HEAVY RAINFALL MAY DEVELOP IN LOW AREAS
AND ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS TONIGHT. IF A CLEARER PATTERN OF
HEAVY REPETITIVE SHOWERS DEVELOPS...FLOOD WATCHES OR WARNINGS COULD
BE REQUIRED. A FLOOD WATCH IS ALREADY IN PLACE TONIGHT FOR
SOUTHERN MOUNTAIN AND FOOTHILL LOCATIONS FROM BREVARD TO PICKENS
AND POINTS WEST.
REMEMBER...DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH ANY FLOODED ROADWAYS.
FIND ANOTHER ROUTE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO ALL HAZARDS
FOR THE VERY LATEST UPDATES.
GERAPETRITIS
Local storm report, Jun 12, 4:41 PM EST, 3 hours 49 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
541 PM EDT SUN JUN 12 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0516 PM FLASH FLOOD WAYNESVILLE 35.48N 83.00W
06/12/2005 HAYWOOD NC TRAINED SPOTTER
RIVERBEND STREET FLOODED BY ADJACENT RICHLAND CREEK.
&&
KRENTZLocal storm report, Jun 12, 7:12 PM EST, 1 hour 18 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
812 PM EDT SUN JUN 12 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0805 PM FLOOD 7 SE FRANKLIN 35.11N 83.29W
06/12/2005 MACON NC LAW ENFORCEMENT
THREE DIFFERENT ROADS IMPASSABLE DUE TO
FLOODING...INCLUDING RIVER ROAD, IN THE CULLASAJA
GORGE...ARTHUR DRAKE ROAD IN THE VICINITY OF LAKE
EMORY...AND WATER HAS CLOSED THE SECOND BRIDGE OVER
TURTLE POND CREEK JUST SOUTH OF HIGHLANDS.
0730 PM FLOOD 18 SW BREVARD 35.05N 82.96W
06/12/2005 TRANSYLVANIA NC EMERGENCY MNGR
FLOOD WATER HAS CLOSED PART OF U.S. 64 THROUGH SAPPHIRE.
0730 PM FLOOD 2 E BREVARD 35.24N 82.69W
06/12/2005 TRANSYLVANIA NC EMERGENCY MNGR
FLOOD WATER HAS CLOSED PART OF DAVIDSON RIVER ROAD IN
PISGAH FOREST.
&&
BURRUSLocal storm report, Jun 12, 7:12 PM EST, 1 hour 18 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED TIME
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
812 PM EDT SUN JUN 12 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0715 PM FLOOD 7 SE FRANKLIN 35.11N 83.29W
06/12/2005 MACON NC LAW ENFORCEMENT
THREE DIFFERENT ROADS IMPASSABLE DUE TO
FLOODING...INCLUDING RIVER ROAD, IN THE CULLASAJA
GORGE...ARTHUR DRAKE ROAD IN THE VICINITY OF LAKE
EMORY...AND WATER HAS CLOSED THE SECOND BRIDGE OVER
TURTLE POND CREEK JUST SOUTH OF HIGHLANDS.
0730 PM FLOOD 18 SW BREVARD 35.05N 82.96W
06/12/2005 TRANSYLVANIA NC EMERGENCY MNGR
FLOOD WATER HAS CLOSED PART OF U.S. 64 THROUGH SAPPHIRE.
0730 PM FLOOD 2 E BREVARD 35.24N 82.69W
06/12/2005 TRANSYLVANIA NC EMERGENCY MNGR
FLOOD WATER HAS CLOSED PART OF DAVIDSON RIVER ROAD IN
PISGAH FOREST.
&&
BURRUSFlood, Rabun
- When
- June 12, 8:30 PM EST
- Where
- Rabun forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 34.882, -83.402 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Persistent, widespread heavy rain showers associated with moisture from tropical storm Arlene resulted in flooding across portions of the Georgia mountains. Flooding began in the Dillard area, where a couple of roads were closed adjacent to a small creek. By late in the evening, flooding had developed in the Warwoman area northeast of Clayton. Closed roads included Greenwood Ln, Kellys Creek Rd, and Sears Creek Rd, all due to flooding of small streams.
- Flood
- Flooding that develops more slowly than a flash flood: rivers leaving their banks, or water standing over land for an extended time.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- Tornadoes in Texas, June 12, 2005$165,000 · F2 · 9 events
- Lightning Strike in Maine, June 12, 20051 death · 1 event
- Rip Current in Florida, June 12, 20051 death · 1 event
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Kansas, June 12, 2005$700,000 · 1 in hail · 21 events
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Oklahoma, June 12, 2005$314,000 · 1.25 in hail · 33 events
- Tropical Storm in Georgia, June 12 to 13, 200597 events
- Flood in Kansas, June 12 to 16, 2005$500,000 · 1 event
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Indiana, June 12, 2005$100,000 · F1 · 6 events
- Flooding in Iowa, June 12 to 15, 2005$210,000 · 6 events
- Flooding in Kansas, June 12 to 14, 2005$200,000 · 2 events
- Lightning Strike in New Hampshire, June 12, 2005$100,000 · 1 event
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, June 12, 2005$18,000 · 1 in hail · 29 events
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: 5458938.