1 debris flow, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 Aug 31, 1:53 PM EST, 1 hour 37 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
253 PM EDT THU AUG 31 2006
.SHORT TERM /TONIGHT/...
HEAVY RAINFALL HAS SHIFTED TO THE MOUNTAINS WHERE BETTER LOW LEVEL
LIFT HAS DEVELOPED. UPPER JET HAS INCREASED DIVERGENCE THERE AS
WELL. DRY SLOT BETWEEN THIS AND OUTER BANDS OF ERNESTO SHOULD FILL
BACK IN AS INSTABILITY DEVELOPS AND LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE RETURNS.
TRACK OF ERNESTO SLIGHTLY FARTHER EAST THAN PREV FORECAST. WILL
STILL BE SOME HEAVY RAIN IN THE EXISTING WATCH AREA...BUT SHOULD BE
MORE ISOLATED AND FOR A SHORTER DURATION. THAT SAID WILL EXPAND THE
WATCH AREA TO COVER THE NORTHERN FOOTHILLS AND THE NC MOUNTAINS.
EASTERLY FLOW AHEAD OF ERNESTO...LIFT OVER THE SURFACE BOUNDARY AND
WHAT APPEARS TO BE A DEVELOPING DEFORMATION ZONE OR FRONTOGENESIS
SHOULD LEAD TO SIGNIFICANT ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OVER THE NEW WATCH
AREA. ELSEWHERE EXPECT WIDESPREAD MODERATE SHOWERS THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. PRECIP SHOULD TAPER OFF FROM SOUTH TO
NORTH AFTER MIDNIGHT AS ERNESTO PULLS AWAY FROM THE AREA AND FLOW
BECOMES NORTHERLY.
&&
.LONG TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/...
HAVE USED GFS AS MODEL OF CHOICE AS NAM/WRF TOTALLY MISHANDLING
ERNESTO. UPPER DIFFLUENCE AND SOME UPSLOPE WIND COMPONENT SHOULD
CONTINUE TO FOCUS WIDESPREAD RAINFALL MAINLY IN THE MOUNTAINS
FRIDAY MORNING...WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS ELSEWHERE. AS ERNESTO
CONTINUES TO MOVE AWAY DURING THE DAY FRI FORCING SHOULD DIMINISH
WITH BULK OF PRECIPITATION SHIFTING NE OF THE REGION BY LATE IN
THE DAY. IN THE WAKE OF THE STORM FRI NIGHT...DESPITE UPPER TROUGH
JUST W OF THE AREA...DO NOT EXPECT MUCH IN THE WAY OF
PRECIPITATION THROUGH THE WEEKEND. EXPECT WEAK DOWNSLOPE WIND
COMPONENT FOR SAT. THIS SHOULD ALLOW AREAS OUTSIDE OF THE
MOUNTAINS TO REMAIN DRY WITH ONLY WIDELY SCATTERED TO SCATTERED
SHOWERS OVER THE MOUINTAINS SAT AFTERNOON. GFS MODEL SOUNDING
INDICATES A MID LEVEL CAP WHICH SHOULD PRECLUDE ANY DEEP
CONVECTION. SAME SCENARIO TO HOLD INTO SUN WITH DIURNAL CONVECTION
LIMITED TO WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS/ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS
GENERALLY OVER MOUNTAINS/FOOTHILLS. FOR TEMPERATURES...WENT A
COUPLE DEGREES HIGHER THAN GFS MOS NUMBERS FOR FRI AS EXPECT SOME
BREAKS IN CLOUDS DURING AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY PIEDMONT AREAS. FOR
SAT EXPECT MORE IN THE WAY OF SUNSHINE WHICH SHOULD ALLOW
TEMPERATURES TO RISE WELL INTO THE 80S OUTSIDE THE MOUNTAINS WITH
70S MOUNTAINS. SUNDAY WILL SEE SIMILIAR TEMPERATURES TO SAT WITH
HIGHS MAYBE A DEGREE OR TWO HIGHER PER MOS NUMBERS.
IN THE EXTENDED PERIOD MON-THU...STAYED CLOSE TO HPC GUIDANCE. WEAK
FRONT REACHES THE MOUNTAINS SUN NIGHT AND BECOMES STATIONARY THROUGH
THE AREA. FORCING WILL BE WEAK...SO PRECIPITATION SHOULD INITIALLY
VARY DIURNALLY WITH HIGHEST POPS FAVORING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
HOWEVER...A FRONTAL WAVE ON TUE MAY ALLOW SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS TO
EXTEND WELL INTO THE NIGHT. BY WED...THE FRONTAL WAVE SHOULD BE
OVER SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND WHICH SHOULD PUSH THE FRONT SE ALLOWING
HIGH PRESSURE TO BEGIN BUILDING INTO THE AREA DURING WED. EXPECT
DRYER AIRMASS TO OVERSPREAD ALL OF THE AREA BY THU WITH DIMINISHING
PRECIPITATION CHANCES.
&&
.AVIATION...
SOME IMPROVEMENT IN TAFS WITH SOUTHERN SITES ACTUALLY VFR. WITH
PRECIP AND ISENTROPIC LIFT NOT AS WIDESPREAD IN THESE AERAS...VFR
WILL COTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE AFTERNOON. MVFR TO EVEN IFR FOR THE
NORTHERN SITES. CONDITIONS SHOULD DETERIOURATE OVERNIGHT AS
ISENTROPIC LIFT AND SHOWERS REDEVELOP. ALL LOCATIONS GO TO MVFR
CIGS...WITH MVFR VSBY AND IFR CIGS AFTER MIDNIGHT. HAVE WITH GOOD
LOW LEVEL MOISTURR REMAINING IN THE MORNING...ONLY HAVE SITES
IMPROVING TO MVFR. IF FLOW COMES AROUND MORE QUICKLY...SOUTHERN
SITES WILL IMPROVE MUCH FASTER.
&&
.GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...NONE.
NC...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR NCZ033>037-048>059-062>065-071-072-082-
501>506 UNTIL NOON FRIDAY.
SC...NONE.
&&
SHORT TERM...RWH
LONG TERM...LG
AVIATION...RWHHAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 608 AM EDT THU AUG 31 2006 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065- 068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-011015- RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-AVERY-ALEXANDER- IREDELL-DAVIE-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE- CATAWBA-ROWAN-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON- TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG- CABARRUS-UNION NC-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-GREATER CALDWELL- BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-EASTERN MCDOWELL- RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-GREATER RUTHERFORD-POLK MOUNTAINS- EASTERN POLK-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS- GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS- GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE- LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- 608 AM EDT THU AUG 31 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN WILL REMAIN OVER THE REGION TODAY AND TONIGHT. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS MAY RANGE FROM FROM 2 TO 3 INCHES OVER THE NC PIEDMONT TO 1 TO 2 INCHES OVER THE NC MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS. CLUSTERS OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE ANTICIPATED TO DEVELOP ALONG AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 77 TODAY AND POSSIBILITY INTO TONIGHT. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN AND COULD TRIGGER FLOODING. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH (FFAGSP) IS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA ALONG AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 77 THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. ALSO...A SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT (SPSGSP) IS IN EFFECT FOR THE REMAINING PORTION OF THE PIEDMONT WEST TO THE EAST SLOPES OF THE MOUNTAINS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE EACH DAY...ESPECIALLY OVER THE MOUNTAINS. THE HIGHEST CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER REPORTS OF FLOODING WOULD BE APPRECIATE. ALSO...PLEASE REPORT ANY RAINFALL AMOUNTS GREATER THAN 3 INCHES.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1119 AM EDT THU AUG 31 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0900 AM FLASH FLOOD CHARLOTTE 35.20N 80.83W
08/31/2006 MECKLENBURG NC EMERGENCY MNGR
SEVERAL MOBILE HOMES FLOODED BY STEELE CREEK ALONG JOHN
PRICE ROAD.
&&
HGSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1143 AM EDT THU AUG 31 2006 NCZ033-035-049-050-053-056-063>065-068>070-501>510-SCZ003-006>009- 012>014-312100- AVERY-ALEXANDER-YANCEY-MITCHELL-BUNCOMBE-CATAWBA-SOUTHERN JACKSON- TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON- CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-GREATER CALDWELL-BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE- MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-EASTERN MCDOWELL-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS- GREATER RUTHERFORD-POLK MOUNTAINS-EASTERN POLK- GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK- LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE...ASHEVILLE... HICKORY...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE...SHELBY...LINCOLNTON... GASTONIA...LENOIR...MORGANTON...MARION...LAKE LURE...RUTHERFORD... COLUMBUS...GREENVILLE...SPARTANBURG...GAFFNEY...ROCK HILL... LAURENS...UNION...CHESTER 1143 AM EDT THU AUG 31 2006 ...PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN EXPECTED THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... BANDS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WILL MOVE INTO THE WESTERN CAROLINAS TODAY AND TONIGHT. SHOWERS SHOULD INCREASE IN COVERAGE AS THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ERNESTO APPROACHES THE CAROLINA COAST THIS EVENING. CLUSTERS OF EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY ACCOMPANY THE BANDS AS THEY MOVE ACROSS THE PIEDMONT AND POSSIBLY THE FOOTHILLS OF THE CAROLINAS. THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN...WITH RAINFALL RATES APPROACHING 2 INCHES AN HOUR. OVER THE PAST 24 HOURS...RAIN HAS SATURATED THE SOIL AND HAS ELEVATED LEVELS ON STREAMS AND CREEKS. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL COULD LEAD TO FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE OR URBAN AREAS...ESPECIALLY NEAR SMALL CREEKS. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT ALONG AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 77 THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1147 AM EDT THU AUG 31 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0340 PM TSTM WND DMG 8 NE LAURENS 34.58N 81.93W
08/30/2006 LAURENS SC DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
HIGHWAY MAINTENANCE REPORTS ONE TREE DOWN ON LANGSTON
CHURCH ROAD...NE OF LAURENS.
&&
BSHSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 414 PM EDT THU AUG 31 2006 GAZ010-017-312115- HABERSHAM-RABUN- 414 PM EDT THU AUG 31 2006 ...THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL OVER RABUN AND HABERSHAM COUNTIES... AT 405 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM LAKEMONT FROM TALLULAH FALLS. THESE STORMS WERE PRODUCING HOURLY RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR. THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AS THEY DRIFT SOUTH THROUGH TALLULAH FALLS...TURNERVILLE...AND EVENTUALLY HOLLYWOOD. HEAVY RAINS MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND UNDERPASSES. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS. WATER LEVELS OF SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS MAY ALSO RISE...THEREFORE SEEK HIGHER GROUND IF THREATENED BY FLOOD WATERS. LANE
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 debris flow. Local standard time, as filed.
A landslide developed during heavy rain, with debris covering McCall Lane, which had to be closed for a while.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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