Flash Flood in North Carolina, June 28, 2005

Name: Flash Flood in North Carolina, June 28, 2005
Start: 2005-06-28T10:00
End: 2005-06-28T14:00
Location: North Carolina

June 28, 2005 · NWS GSP · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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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 Jun 28, 9:56 AM EST, 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 28, 9:56 AM EST, 4 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 28, 4:29 AM EST, 5 hours 31 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
529 AM EDT TUE JUN 28 2005

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-
SCZ001>014-019-290930-
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-
529 AM EDT TUE JUN 28 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 THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL WILL AFFECT
THE REGION TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT. WITH THE MOIST TROPICAL AIRMASS
IN PLACE...RAINFALL RATES COULD BE SUFFICIENT TO PRODUCE LOCALIZED
FLOODING JUST ABOUT ANYWHERE IN THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND
NORTHEAST GEORGIA. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH...CAEFFAGSP...IS IN EFFECT
UNTIL NOON EDT FOR PARTS OF THE CENTRAL UPSTATE OF SOUTH
CAROLINA...AND LOCATIONS NEAR THE BLUE RIDGE IN THE WESTERN NORTH
CAROLINA.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY
ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THROUGH
WEDNESDAY UNTIL SLIGHTLY DRIER AIR MOVES IN FROM THE WEST ON
THURSDAY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MORE SCATTERED IN NATURE FROM
THURSDAY THROUGH THE INDEPENDENCE DAY HOLIDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTERS ARE ASKED TO RELAY REPORTS OF FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE.

HG

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 28, 6:07 AM EST, 3 hours 53 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
707 AM EDT TUE JUN 28 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0650 AM     FLASH FLOOD      GRAY COURT              34.61N 82.11W
06/28/2005                   LAURENS            SC   COUNTY OFFICIAL

            COUNTY REPORTS DUNCAN CREEK BRIDGE WASHED OUT.

&&

HG

Local storm report, Jun 28, 9:59 AM EST, 1 minute before

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The radar

The Columbia radar (KCAE), 130 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 14:59 UTC.

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Event by event

1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flash Flood, Union

When: June 28, 10:00 AM EST to 2:00 PM EST
Where: Union County, Countywide
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 35.017, -80.550

Flooding began across the county with severe urban and poor drainage flooding, mainly in areas from Monroe to Matthews. Several major roads were flooded through Monroe, including highway 74 and Rocky River Rd. By early afternoon, flooding had become quite serious across the county, as a few overflowing creeks and streams contributed to the problem. Flooded creeks included Stump Lick Branch, Bearskin Creek, and Stewarts Creek. In all, 30 to 35 roads were closed across the county due to high water.

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.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in North Carolina in 2005 Every state in 2005 This day in weather history Warnings in North Carolina, June 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5458738.