1 heavy rain, 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 Aug 14, 1:31 PM EST, 2 hours 4 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 231 PM EDT SUN AUG 14 2005 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY)... WEAK UPPER RIDGE REMAINS OVER AREA WITH LIGHT WIND FLOW THROUGH THE ATMOSPHERIC COLUMN. MODELS IN GOOD AGREEMENT WITH MINIMAL UPPER DYNAMICS THROUGH THE SHORT TERM AND BOTH GFS AND NAM MOS HAVE LOWERED POPS SIGNIFICANTLY THIS EVE AND MON. WEAK UPPER DEFORMATION ZONE PERSISTS HOWEVER JUST W OF MTNS AND IS VISIBLE ON SAT IMAGERY. MAIN SURFACE FEATURE IS A COLD FRONT ACROSS THE OH VALLEY THAT STAYS WELL N OF AREA BUT A WEAK TROF HAS SET UP ACROSS THE PIEDMONT. WITH SFC HEATING ADDED TO THESE OTHER WEAK FACTORS EXPECT SCT CONVECTION THIS AFTN-EVE AND AGAIN LATE MON. RH REMAINS HIGH WITH TEMPS SIMILAR TO LAST FEW DAYS. && .LONG TERM (MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY)... HEIGHTS ALOFT PROGD TO CONTINUE A SLOW FALL THROUGH WEDNESDAY...AS A FRONTAL BOUNDARY SAGS SOUTH TOWARD THE CAROLINA BORDER. GFS QUITE INSISTENT THAT THIS FEATURE WILL SAG SOUTH TO THE PALMETTO STATE...BUT CONSENSUS IS THAT GFS IS TOO AGGRESSIVE...BUT NCEP DOES SHOW THE FEATURE SAGGING INTO NORTHERN NORTH CAROLINA BY WEDNESDAY. WILL CONTINUE MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING CONVECTION MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NITE...THEN SLIGHTLY HIGHER POPS EAST AND NORTH WITH FRONT WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NITE...AND WE DID INDICATE CONTINUED HIGHER ELEVATION POPS WEDNESDAY NITE/THURSDAY MOUNTAINS. ANY COOLDOWN AS A RESULT OF THIS FRONT WILL ERODE BY THE END OF THE WEEK...WITH UPPER RIDGE AGAIN ATTEMPTING TO BUILD OVER THE REGION. WE LOWERED MAXES TO 80S NORTH THURSDAY AND FRIDAY...THEN BUMP TEMPERATURES BACK TO 90S OUTSIDE THE MOUNTAINS BY THE START OF NEXT WEEKEND. NO REAL TRIGGERS EXPECTED AFTER THE FRONTAL PASSAGE...BUT LOWER LEVELS PROGD TO REMAIN MOIST...SO POPS BY THE WEEKEND MORE OF A DIURNAL NATURE. && .AVIATION... CONVECTION SLOWER TO GET GOING TODAY AND MODELS HAVE BACKED OFF ON POPS THIS AFTN-EVE. STILL EXPECT AT LEAST SCT TSTMS SO WILL RETAIN VCTS AND CB CLOUDS AT ALL SITES. CIGS HAVE BEEN FORMING JUST BELOW VFR SO HAVE ALSO INCLUDED A TEMPO GROUP FOR BKN CIGS AROUND 3K FT. MVFR FG/HZ EXPECTED AGAIN LATE TONIGHT-EARLY MON WITH PSBL IFR AROUND DAYBREAK...MAINLY AT KAVL. && .GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. && SHORT TERM...RB LONG TERM...SAB AVIATION...RB
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 627 AM EDT SUN AUG 14 2005 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082- SCZ001>014-019-151030- 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- 627 AM EDT SUN AUG 14 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 THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ONCE AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING WILL BE THE BIGGEST THREAT FROM STORMS TODAY. ISOLATED EXCESSIVE RAINFALL AND PERHAPS FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE AS WELL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY A DAILY CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED THROUGH SATURDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 429 PM EDT SUN AUG 14 2005 SCZ008-142130- CHEROKEE SC- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...GAFFNEY 429 PM EDT SUN AUG 14 2005 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM AFFECTING CHEROKEE COUNTY... AT 423 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER EASTERN CHEROKEE COUNTY. THE MOST INTENSE PART OF THE STORM WAS LOCATED ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GAFFNEY...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT AROUND 5 MPH. THROUGH 530 PM...THIS STORM WILL MAINLY AFFECT LOCATIONS SOUTH OF GAFFNEY. THE MAIN THREAT FROM THIS STORM WILL BE IN THE FORM OF FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR. HOWEVER...THE STORM MAY ALSO PRODUCE BRIEF PERIODS OF PEA SIZE HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS OF AROUND 40 MPH. MOVE INDOORS UNTIL THIS STORM HAS PASSED. LANE
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
Urban flooding developed in south Charlotte, when 3 inches of rain fell in about an hour and a half. Several vehicles stalled at a nursing home when the parking lot flooded. Based on newspaper reports, the flooding appears to have been mainly the result of clogged drains.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in North Carolina in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, August 2005
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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5472939.