South Carolina, 2007

Flooding in South Carolina, March 1 to 2, 2007

March 1 to 2, 2007 · NWS GSP · 3 events in 3 counties and zones

Moderate to heavy rain fell for much of the afternoon and evening on the 1st, producing around 3 inches of rain by late evening across the northern part of the Upstate. This resulted in gradually rising water levels on several small streams and creeks, with several streams leaving their banks by late evening.

Where it happened

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  • Floods
  • Wind
  • Hail
  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
3

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 happened

The episode as NWS GSP wrote it up.

Moderate to heavy rain fell for much of the afternoon and evening on the 1st, producing around 3 inches of rain by late evening across the northern part of the Upstate. This resulted in gradually rising water levels on several small streams and creeks, with several streams leaving their banks by late evening.

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 Mar 1, 8:56 PM EST, 1 hour 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 1, 8:56 PM EST, 1 hour 4 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
856 PM EST THU MAR 1 2007

.SHORT TERM /REST OF TONIGHT/...
SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWS A WARM FRONT MOVING WEST FROM THE PIEDMONT
INTO THE FOOTHILLS...WITH SUBSTANTIAL MOISTURE BEHIND IT. THIS
BOUNDAY COULD SERVE AS A FOCUSING MECHANISM FOR SEVERE WEATHER...AND
FOR THIS REASON A TORNADO WATCH WILL BE CARRIED EAST OF THE NC
MOUNTAINS TONIGHT. CLOUD COVER...POPS...AND THUDNER CHANCES HAVE
BEEN RASIED FOR MUCH OF TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY IN THE EAST...WHERE
THE LATEST NAM SHOWS THE FRONT ARRIVING AROUND 09Z. MINIMUM
TEMPERATURES HAVE BEEN RASIED IN THE FOOTHILLS PER OBSERVATIONS
AND THE LATEST MAV GUIDANCE...WHILE MINIMUM TEMPERAURES IN THE
FRECH BROAD VALLEY OF THE NC MOUNTAINS HAVE BEEN REDUCED A COUPLE
OF DEGREES. THE WIND FORECAST WAS LEFT AS IS...LEAVING A WIND
ADVISORY IN THE MOUNTAINS....AND A LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN THE
PIEDMONT...WITH WINDS JUST BELOW LAKE WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA IN
THE NC FOOTHILLS.

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION...
/ISSUED 235 PM EST THU MAR 1 2007/

SHORT TERM /TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT/...
SEVERAL ROUNDS OF WIDESPREAD CONVECTION ARE ANTICIPATED ACROSS THE
FORECAST AREA THROUGH EVENING AS SHORTWAVES EJECT NORTHEAST FROM THE
DEEP CENTRAL CONUS TROUGH...WARM ADVECTION REMAINS STRONG...AND
BOUNDARY LAYER CONVERGENCE INCREASES. THE MAIN CONVECTIVE LINE ALONG
THE COLD FRONT SHOULD CROSS THE AREA 06Z TO 09Z. BOTH THE NAM AND
THE MORE NORMALLY RESERVED GFS FEATURE 850 MB WINDS OF 60+ KT
TRANSLATING ACROSS THE PIEDMONT AROUND 00Z THIS EVENING...SO LOW
LEVEL SHEAR PROFILES WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE. THE BEST OVERLAP OF
INSTABILITY AND SHEAR IS LIKELY ACROSS THE SRN AND ERN PIEDMONT
TOWARD MIDNIGHT.

RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN SRN MOUNTAIN ESCARPMENT LOCATIONS HAVE ALREADY
EXCEEDED AN INCH...HOWEVER...ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL MAY
INCREASINGLY SHIFT INTO THE PIEDMONT THROUGH TONIGHT WITH THE BETTER
CONVECTION. SO WILL HOLD OFF ON ANY FLOOD WATCHES AT PRESENT.

PLAN ON KEEPING WIND ADVISORY GOING IN THE HIGH TERRAIN UNTIL THE
SOUTHERLY JET ABATES. WILL ALSO TACK ON A LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN ALL
BUT THE NC FOOTHILLS...AS EROSION OF THE COOL BOUNDARY LAYER FROM
THE SOUTH AND EAST WILL ALLOW GUSTS TO INCREASE AHEAD OF THE FRONT.
THE COLD FROPA LATE TONIGHT WILL THEN BRING ABOUT RAPID DRYING AND
SOME COOLING.

LOW LEVEL CAA REGIME CONTINUES FRIDAY MORNING AND WITH IT A SOMEWHAT
OFFSETTING DOWNSLOPE WARMING PERIOD. FLOW QUICKLY TURNS ZONAL AND
THICKNESS LEVELS MODERATE BY LATE MORNING SO WILL STILL EXPECT
TEMPERATURES A BIT ABOVE NORMAL AS VERY DRY AIR INCREASE THROUGH A
DEEP LAYER. WINDS SHOULD WEAKEN THROUGHOUT THE DAY AS WELL AS
PRESSURE GRADIENT RELAXES AND H85 JET CORE MOVES WELL EAST OF THE
AREA...BUT SOME GUSTY CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL WITH GOOD MIXING
EXPECTED. ON SATURDAY...A SIGNIFICANT SHORTWAVE WILL PUSH INTO THE
MOUNTAINS. HOWEVER THIS SYSTEM WILL BE LACKING DECENT MOISTURE AND
WILL SQUEEZE OUT WHAT IT CAN OVER THE SPINE REGION THROUGH SUNDAY
MORNING. BOTH MODELS ARE REAL STINGY WITH AVAILABLE
MOISTURE...HOWEVER H85 FLOW BECOMES TRUE NW BETWEEN 12-18Z...SO HAVE
EXTENDED TIME FRAME OF LIGHT SNOW THROUGH NOON SUNDAY. AM NOT REAL
CONCERNED WITH P-TYPE ISSUES LATE SATURDAY. MODELS ARE SLOWING S/W
DOWN AND COLD AIR PACKING BEHIND SYSTEM WILL MOVE IN QUICKLY. STILL
EXPECTING A BRIEF PERIOD OF VALLEY RAIN/MOUNTAIN SNOW...TURNING TO
ALL SNOW EVERYWHERE BY MIDNIGHT. GOOD SOUTHWEST FLOW AND DRY
CONDITIONS WILL ENABLE TEMPERATURES TO REMAIN ABOVE NORMAL.

LONG TERM /SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
VERY AMPLIFIED AND STRONG RIDGE WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE WESTERN
CONUS THIS WEEKEND AND HELP MAINTAIN AND REINFORCE A COOL AIRMASS
OVER THE EAST. SUNDAY AND MONDAY WILL FEEL A BIT COOLER...BUT TEMPS
WILL BE RIGHT AROUND NORMAL WITH HIGHS IN THE MID 50S. SURFACE HIGH
BUILDS SOUTHEAST OF THE AREA TUESDAY AND A RETURN SW FLOW WILL
INCREASE INSTABILITY AND MOISTURE TO THE AREA THROUGH WEDNESDAY.
ISENTROPIC LIFT INCREASES WEDNESDAY TO THE WEST AHEAD OF ANOTHER
SURFACE FRONT...HOWEVER THE TIMING OF BEST DYNAMICS LOOKS TO OCCUR
THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT DURING THE TIME OF LEAST INSTABILITY. AT
ANY RATE...THIS SYSTEM LOOKS TO BE FAIRLY WEAK AND SHOULD ONLY
AFFECT THE MOUNTAIN AREAS. FOR NOW...HAVE NOT INCLUDED THIS
FEATURE IN THE ZONES AND WILL ALLOW MODELS TIME TO CONVERGE ON MASS
FIELDS AND DYNAMICS TIMING. WILL EXPECT TEMPERATURES TO RISE A FEW DEGREES
ABOVE NORMAL AGAIN TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY AS GOOD INSOLATION AND
SOUTHERLY FLOW SETS UP AND PERSISTS OVER THE REGION.

AVIATION /20Z-18Z/...
WIDESPREAD MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS WILL AFFECT THE TAF SITES
THROUGH MUCH OF THE CURRENT PERIOD. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE DIFFICULT
TO TIME SINCE THE BOUNDARY LAYER IS GRADUALLY DESTABILIZING
THROUGHOUT...AND A FEW LIGHTNING STRIKES HAVE ALREADY BEEN OBSERVED.
CONDITIONS MAY BRIEFLY IMPROVE ABOVE IFR THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON
AND EVENING...HOWEVER ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL QUICKLY PUSH CIG AND
VSBY BACK DOWN AS RAIN SHOWERS FILL IN. EXPECT IFR CONDITIONS ON
AVERAGE WITH INCREASING THUNDERSTORM CHANCES THROUGH THE LATE
EVENING HOURS. FROPA FROM WEST TO EAST 06Z TO 11Z TONIGHT WILL LEAD
TO A WESTERLY WIND SHIFT AND GRADUAL IMPROVEMENT TO VFR CIG AND VSBY.

&&

.GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 6 AM EST FRIDAY FOR GAZ010-017-018-
     026-028-029.

NC...WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 6 AM EST FRIDAY FOR NCZ033-048>053-058-059-
     062>065-501-503-505-507-509.

     LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 6 AM EST FRIDAY FOR NCZ036-037-056-
     057-068>072-082.

SC...LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 6 AM EST FRIDAY FOR SCZ001>014-019.

&&

SHORT TERM...JAT
Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 1, 3:33 PM EST, 6 hours 27 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
333 PM EST THU MAR 1 2007

NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-501-503-505-507-509-022030-
AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM-
NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-
CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-BURKE MOUNTAINS-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-
RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-POLK MOUNTAINS-
330 PM EST THU MAR 1 2007

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN NORTH
CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT WILL
MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA
THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING. WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG AND
GUSTY...AND A WIND ADVISORY (NPWGSP) REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE
NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS THIS EVENING AND THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT FOR
WIND SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH.

THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND ARE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING.
PLEASE SEE THE SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK (SPSGSP) FOR ADDITIONAL
DETAILS. RAINFALL TOTALS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS OF NORTH
CAROLINA WILL RANGE FROM ONE TO THREE INCHES BY SUNRISE FRIDAY.
RAINFALL ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN MOUNTAINS SHOULD RANGE
FROM ONE TO TWO INCHES

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED SATURDAY ACROSS THE NORTHERN
MOUNTAINS...WITH WIND SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH AND GUSTS UP TO 50
MPH.

A CHANCE OF LIGHT SNOW IS IN THE FORECAST FOR SATURDAY NIGHT AND
SUNDAY MORNING ACROSS THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAIN COUNTIES BORDERING
TENNESSEE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS EVENING.

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-082-502-504-
506-508-510-SCZ001>014-019-022030-
RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-ALEXANDER-IREDELL-
DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-
UNION NC-GREATER CALDWELL-GREATER BURKE-EASTERN MCDOWELL-
GREATER RUTHERFORD-EASTERN POLK-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-
PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE-
GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK-
ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD-
330 PM EST THU MAR 1 2007

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST
GEORGIA...PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND
UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE MOVING NORTHEAST ACROSS
THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA THIS EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS
WITH DAMAGING WIND AND ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE. THE
HIGHEST CHANCE OF SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED ALONG AND EAST OF
INTERSTATE 85...SEE THE SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK (SPSGSP) FOR
ADDITIONAL DETAILS. IN ADDITION...RAINFALL TOTALS OF TWO TO THREE
INCHES IS EXPECTED IN THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA...AND THE
MOUNTAINS OF SOUTH CAROLINA...BY THE TIME PRECIPITATION ENDS FRIDAY
MORNING. ELSEWHERE...TWO INCHES OF TOTAL RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED
ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS...AND AROUND ONE AND HALF INCHES OF RAIN IN
THE PIEDMONT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED SATURDAY...WHERE WIND SPEEDS
OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS EVENING.

KRENTZ

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 1, 4:33 PM EST, 5 hours 27 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
433 PM EST THU MAR 1 2007

NCZ064-065-068-507>510-SCZ001>008-010>013-019-012300-
ABBEVILLE-ANDERSON-CHEROKEE-CLEVELAND-EASTERN POLK-
GREATER GREENVILLE-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-GREATER RUTHERFORD-
GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREENWOOD-HENDERSON-LAURENS-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-
PICKENS MOUNTAINS-POLK MOUNTAINS-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-SPARTANBURG-
TRANSYLVANIA-UNION-
433 PM EST THU MAR 1 2007

...HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL ACROSS MUCH OF THE WESTERN
CAROLINAS...

AT 4:20 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED WIDESPREAD
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS MUCH OF UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AS WELL AS THE
SOUTHERN FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA. HOURLY RAINFALL
RATES OF ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH...WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS IN
EXCESS OF ONE HALF INCH...CAN BE EXPECTED IN THESE AREAS THROUGH 6
PM. BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS MUCH OF
THIS AREA TODAY. THE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL MAY CAUSE FLOODING OF
DRAINAGE DITCHES AND RESULT IN STANDING WATER IN LOW SPOTS AND IN
AREAS WITH POOR DRAINAGE...PARTICULARLY IN URBAN AREAS ALONG THE I-
85 CORRIDOR.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR LATER
STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

LANE
Special weather statement, Mar 1, 5:21 PM EST, 4 hours 39 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
521 PM EST THU MAR 1 2007

NCZ068>072-082-SCZ009-014-020000-
CABARRUS-CHESTER-CLEVELAND-GASTON-LINCOLN-MECKLENBURG-UNION-YORK-
521 PM EST THU MAR 1 2007

...HEAVY RAIN MOVING UP THE I-85 CORRIDOR FOR THE EVENING RUSH...

AT 5:15 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED WIDESPREAD
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS EASTERN PORTIONS OF UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND
THE SOUTHERN NORTH CAROLINA FOOTHILLS...MOVING TOWARD THE CHARLOTTE
METRO AREA AND SURROUNDING LOCATIONS. HOURLY RAINFALL RATES OF ONE
QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH...WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF ONE
HALF INCH...CAN BE EXPECTED IN THESE AREAS THROUGH 7 PM. BETWEEN ONE
HALF INCH AND AN INCH OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS MUCH OF
THIS AREA TODAY. THE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL LIKELY CAUSE FLOODING
OF DRAINAGE DITCHES AND RESULT IN STANDING WATER IN LOW SPOTS AND IN
AREAS WITH POOR DRAINAGE...PARTICULARLY IN URBAN AREAS AROUND
CHARLOTTE...GASTONIA...CONCORD...AND ROCK HILL.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR LATER
STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

LANE
Special weather statement, Mar 1, 7:58 PM EST, 2 hours 2 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
758 PM EST THU MAR 1 2007

NCZ068>072-082-SCZ008-009-013-014-020200-
CABARRUS-CHEROKEE-CHESTER-CLEVELAND-GASTON-LINCOLN-MECKLENBURG-UNION-
YORK-
758 PM EST THU MAR 1 2007

...ANOTHER ROUND OF HEAVY RAIN MOVING ACROSS THE PIEDMONT...

AT 7:45 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED WIDESPREAD
HEAVY RAIN MOVING INTO EASTERN PORTIONS OF UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...
AND THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA. HOURLY RAINFALL RATES OF
ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH...WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF ONE
HALF INCH...CAN BE EXPECTED IN THESE AREAS THROUGH 10 PM. BETWEEN ONE
AND ONE AND A HALF INCH OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS MUCH OF THIS AREA
TODAY. THE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF DRAINAGE
DITCHES AND RESULT IN STANDING WATER IN LOW SPOTS AND IN AREAS WITH
POOR DRAINAGE...PARTICULARLY IN URBAN AREAS AROUND CHARLOTTE...
GASTONIA...CONCORD...AND ROCK HILL.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR LATER
STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

GAZ026-028-029-SCZ011-012-019-020200-
ABBEVILLE-ELBERT-FRANKLIN-GREENWOOD-HART-LAURENS-
758 PM EST THU MAR 1 2007

...HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES ACROSS THE GEORGIA PIEDMONT AND THE LOWER
SOUTH CAROLINA PIEDMONT...

AT 7:45 PM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN CONTINUING
ACROSS THE GEORGIA PIEDMONT AND ALONG THE HIGHWAY 72 CORRIDOR IN
SOUTH CAROLINA. HOURLY RAINFALL RATES OF ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF
INCH...WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF ONE HALF INCH...CAN BE
EXPECTED IN THESE AREAS THROUGH 9 PM. BETWEEN ONE AND A HALF AND TWO
INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS MUCH OF THIS AREA TODAY. THE
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF DRAINAGE DITCHES AND
RESULT IN STANDING WATER IN LOW SPOTS AND IN AREAS WITH POOR
DRAINAGE...PARTICULARLY IN URBAN AREAS AROUND ABBEVILLE...
GREENWOOD...AND LAURENS.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR LATER
STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

LANE
Special weather statement, Mar 1, 9:38 PM EST, 22 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
938 PM EST THU MAR 1 2007

GAZ029-SCZ010-011-019-020330-
ABBEVILLE-ANDERSON-ELBERT-GREENWOOD-
938 PM EST THU MAR 1 2007

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT ABBEVILLE...ANDERSON...ELBERT
AND GREENWOOD COUNTIES THROUGH 1030 PM EST...

AT 931 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES WEST OF TIGNALL...OR 14 MILES NORTHWEST
OF WASHINGTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  FORTSONIA BY 945 PM EST.
  LAKE RUSSELL BY 1000 PM EST.
  LOWNDESVILLE BY 1005 PM EST.
  ANTREVILLE BY 1015 PM EST.
  DUE WEST BY 1025 PM EST.

PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA UNTIL 5 AM. STAY TUNED TO
NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL NEWS MEDIA FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND
POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

LANE

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Flood, Greenville

When
March 1, 10:00 PM EST to March 2, 3:00 AM EST
Where
Greenville County, Greenville
Cause
Heavy Rain
Reported by
County Official
Coordinates
34.850, -82.400

Flooding in Greenville County included the Reedy River near Greenville, the Enoree River near Taylors, and the Middle Tyger River north of Greer.

Flood, Spartanburg

When
March 1, 10:00 PM EST to March 2, 4:00 AM EST
Where
Spartanburg County, Inman
Cause
Heavy Rain
Reported by
County Official
Coordinates
35.030, -82.080

Flooding in Spartanburg County included the Pacolet River near the North Carolina border, which flooded Landrum Rd. The Middle Tyger River also flooded Mt Lebanon Church Rd north of Greer. There was also some road flooding due to poor drainage, including Amber Dr and Old Mill Rd in Inman and Eli Cox Rd in Enoree.

Flood, Pickens

When
March 1, 10:00 PM EST to March 2, 2:00 AM EST
Where
Pickens County, 2 mi S of Pickens to 4 mi W of Pickens
Cause
Heavy Rain
Reported by
County Official
Coordinates
34.851, -82.700

Flooding in Pickens County included portions of the Saluda River and Gregory Creek, which flooded the bridge over Concord Church Rd near its intersection with Massingill Memorial. Mauldin Lake Rd was also under water, apparently due to flooding along Wolf Creek. Water was also over highway 183 in several places, mainly due to poor drainage.

What these are

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.

The same day elsewhere

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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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 22133, 22135, 22137.