1 flash flood, 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 Jun 9, 1:14 PM EST, 2 hours 56 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 214 PM EDT THU JUN 9 2005 .SHORT TERM (TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT)... UPPER LEVEL RIDGE TO REMAIN ALONG SE USA COAST...WITH TROUGH UPSTREAM OVER GULF STATES. MOISTURE ON W SIDE OF RIDGE TO REMAIN BANKED UP AGAINST S APPALACHIANS IN WEAK UPSLOPE COMPONENT THROUGH FRI EVENING...SUPPORTING POPS RANGING FROM CHANCE E AND TN LINE...TO LIKELY ALONG BLUE RIDGE ESCARPMENT. ON SAT MODELS TRY TO BRING DRIER AIR INTO AREA FROM ATLANTIC. GFS SHOWING SWATH OF HIGH RH WELL E OF TC ARLENE...WHILE ETA...THROUGH FARTHER E WITH ARLENE...IS LESS AGREESIVE WITH MOISTURE. AT THIS TIME...PREFER DRIER ETA SCENARIO AS ITS TRACK IS CLOSER TO TPC TRACK...THOUGH FASTER. ALSO BELIEVE THERE WILL BE A SHARP GRADIENT TO CONVECTION BETWEEN MOIST INFLOW E SIDE OF ARLENE AND DRIER ATLANTIC AIR. WILL LIMIT CHANCE POPS SAT TO MTS AND UPPER SAVANAH RIVER VALLEY. MODELS CONTINUE TO DIFFER WITH MOISTURE SPREADING N AND E INTO AREA SUN AS DRIER ATLANTIC AIR RETREATS...AND HAVE COMPROMISED WITH CHANCE POPS SUN...AGAIN FAVORING BLUE RIDGE IN UPSLOPE COMPONENT. MAX TEMPERATURES TO REMAIN RATHER LIMITED IN CLOUD COVER...EXCEPT IN DRIER AIR ON SAT WHERE FORECAST TRENDS TOWARD HIGH SIDE OF GUIDANCE. MINIMUM TMEPERATURES TO REAMIN UP IN MOIST AIR MASS. WIND GENERALLY FROM SE EARLY...SLOWLY VEERING TO S. LIMITED GUSTS TO LATE SAT AND SUN WHEN GRADIENT TIGHTENS BETWEEN RIDGE AND ARLENE. && .LONG TERM (MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY)... MEDIUM RANGE FCST LITTLE CHANGED FROM GOING FCST. UPPER RIDGE OVER THE AREA AT THE START OF THE PERIOD WEAKENS AND GIVES WAY TO A SERIES OF SHORT WAVES ON WED WHICH CARVE A TROF OVER THE EAST COAST THURSDAY. SLY FLOW AND DEEP MOISTURE CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA THRU WED WHEN A COLD FRONT MOVES IN. CHC...MAINLY DIURNAL...POP CONTINUES THRU THEN. DRIER AIR MOVES IN BEHIND THE FRONT FOR THU...BUT ENOUGH MOISTURE REMAINS ACROSS THE MTNS FOR CHC POP. SOME MINOR ADJUSTMENTS TO TEMPS...BUT VALUES REMAIN CLOSE TO PREV FCST. && .AVIATION... AS WE MOVE THROUGH ANOTHER DAY OF WITH THE SAME AIR MASS IN PLACE...FCST IS LITTLE CHANGED FROM PREV FEW. COULD BE SOME BRIEF MVFR CIGS THE NEXT TWO HOURS...BUT VFR WILL PREVAIL...XCPT WHERE TSRA MOVE OVER TAF SITES. AS IN PAST DAYS...VCTS ALL SITES THRU THE EVENING AND WILL AMEND AS NECESSARY. ABOUT MIDNIGHT...MVFR VSBY/CIGS RETURN. HAVE TEMPO FOR IFR VSBY/CIGS MOST LOCATIONS IN LINE WITH THIS MORNINGS OBS. VFR VSBY BY 15Z...BUT MVFR CIGS CONTINUE AS LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AND WEAK UPGLIDE CONTINUE. && .GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. && SHORT TERM...JAT LONG TERM...RWH AVIATION...RWH
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 545 AM EDT THU JUN 9 2005 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082- SCZ001>014-019-101000- 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- 545 AM EDT THU JUN 9 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA... MUCH OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THE VERY MOIST AIR MASS ACROSS THE REGION WILL PROMOTE THE DEVELOPMENT OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGHOUT THE DAY AND INTO TONIGHT. LIGHT WINDS THROUGH A DEEP LAYER OF THE ATMOSPHERE WILL RESULT IN SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE THUNDERSTORMS. THIS WILL CAUSE LOCALLY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN SOME LOCATIONS. PEOPLE IN FLOOD PRONE AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF HIGH WATER LEVELS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRIMARILY DURING THE AFTERNOONS AND AT NIGHT. THE POSSIBILITY OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL EXISTS SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY... ESPECIALLY IN THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MIGHT BE REQUESTED IF FLOODING DEVELOPS. LGL
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 94 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:08 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
A very small, but persistent rain shower produced 5 inches of rain in 2 hours, resulting in flash flooding in a small area in the Wesser community. Wesser Creek flooded near its confluence with the Nantahala River, covering several roads with water. Water entered several homes in this area as well.
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