The remnants of Tropical Storm Fay brought a couple rounds of heavy rain to northeast Georgia, resulting in flashing flooding over a two day period.
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The remnants of Tropical Storm Fay brought a couple rounds of heavy rain to northeast Georgia, resulting in flashing flooding over a two day period.
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 25, 7:00 AM EST, 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 800 AM EDT MON AUG 25 2008 .SYNOPSIS... THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION FAY WILL LINGER OVER SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI TODAY. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA FROM THE NORTH TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY AS FAY MOVES NORTHEAST AND PUSHES DEEP TROPICAL MOISTURE INTO THE REGION. THE REMNANTS OF FAY SHOULD MOVE NORTH OF THE AREA BY LATE IN THE WEEK...AS ANOTHER COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE NORTHWEST. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/... AS FAY APPROACHES THE AREA FROM THE SW TODAY...A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH FROM THE NW. MOISTURE CONTINUES TO INCREASE FROM THE S AND SHOWERS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND MOVE ACROSS MAINLY THE W CWA THIS MRNG. AS FAY AND THE COLD FRONT CONVERGE OVER THE AREA TODAY AND TONIGHT...CONVECTION WILL INCREASE WITH CATEGORICAL POPS OVER THE SW CWA...TAPERING TO LIKELY CNTRL AND SOLID CHANCE IN THE E. STABILITY WILL DECREASE LATER TODAY AND MODEL CAPES REACH 500-1000 J/KG BY MID AFTN SO WE SHOULD SEE AT LEAST ISOLD TSTMS. SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL ARE POSSIBLE THRU THE NEAR TERM...ESP OVER THE W CWA NEAR THE MTNS. WITH THE CLOUDS AND RAIN...HI TEMPS WILL BE IN THE L-M80S WITH 70S MTNS. LOWS TONIGHT WILL BE IN THE UPPER 60S PIEDMONT AREAS...L-M60S MTNS. && .SHORT TERM /TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT/... AT 1 AM EDT...THE REMAINS OF FAY WILL BE DOMINATE THE SHORT RANGE FORECAST AS THEY MOVE SLOWLY NORTHEAST FROM THE GULF STATES TOP THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS. A BACK DOOR COLD FRONT WILL SETTLE SOUTH INTO OUR AREA ON TUESDAY...WITH A BLOCKY UPPER PATTERN OVER CANADA FAVORING SURFACE RIDGING DOWN THE EAST COAST. THE PRESSURE GRADIENT BETWEEN THE SURFACE RIDGE AND FAY WILL IMPROVE UPSLOPE FLOW INTO THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS...ENHANCING PRECIPITATION ASSOCIATED WITH FAY...AND ADDING ATLANTIC INFLOW TO BOOT. GUIDANCE POPS ARE QUITE HIGH...AND LIKELY POPS WILL BE MAINTAINED FOR AROUND 36 HOURS. HPC QPF WILL BE USED...PLACING SEVERAL INCHES OF RAIN IN THE BEST UPSLOPE AREAS. ALTHOUGH INSTABILITY IS LIMITED...ISOLATED ELEVATED CONVECTION WILL BE POSSIBLE. MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES WILL BE WELL BELOW NORMAL IN LIMITED INSOLATION UNDER EXTENSIVE CLOUDS AND PRECIPITATION...WHILE MINIMUM TEMPERATURES WILL BE HELD UP BY ELEVATED DEW POINTS AND CLOUD COVER. && .LONG TERM /THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/... AT 1 AM EDT...THE LATEST GFS AND ECMWF ARE RATHER SIMILAR IN THEIR UPPER LEVEL PATTERNS...BUT LATE IN THE CYCLE THE GFS BECOMES FASTER AND FARTHER NORTH WITH UPPER FEATURES. ON THU A REX BLOCK EXISTS NEAR THE CANADIAN MARITIMES. THIS BLOCKED UPPER PATTER PERSISTS INTO SAT...THEN WEAKENS ON SUN...WHEN A CLOSED UPPER LOW RESIDES IN QUEBEC. THE HPC SURFACE SOLUTION STARTS OUT THU WITH A STATIONARY FRONT OVER OUR AREA...WHILE THE REMAINS OF FAY ARE IN NORTHERN MS. THE FRONT REMAINS IN OUR AREA FRI...WHILE A COLD FRONT MOVES INTO THE GREAT LAKES AND MID MS RIVER VALLEY. THIS COLD FRONT REACHES THE TN VALLEY ON SAT...STALLING THERE SUN. GIVEN THE COMPLEX UPPER PATTERN...AND THE FACT THAT THE GFS IS FASTER TO LIFT OUR THE REMAINS OF FAY THAN THE HPC SOLUTION OR THE HPC PREFERRED ECMWF...FEW CHANGES WILL BE MADE TO THE PREVIOUS MEDIUM RANGE FORECAST AT THIS TIME. TEMPERATURES WILL WARM TO NEAR NORMAL IN THE WAKE OF FAY. SCATTERED CONVECTION WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH BOUNDARIES IN THE VICINITY...AND A WARM AND MOIST AIR MASS OVER THE AREA. && .AVIATION /12Z MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/... COMPLEX FORECAST AS REMNANTS OF FAY APPROACH AREA FROM THE SW AND A COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE NW. AT LEAST OCNL MVFR CIGS PSBL THIS MRNG WITH LOWEST CONDITIONS VCNTY SHWRS ACROSS W CWA WHERE MOISTURE IS DEEPER. COULD SEE OCNL MVFR VSBY AS WELL. THERE IS A CHANCE OF TSTMS...MAINLY THIS AFTN AT TAF SITES SO INCLUDED CB CLOUDS MID-LATE AFTN INTO THIS EVE. MVFR CIG/VSBY WILL REDEVELOP THIS EVE WITH CHANCE OF SHWRS INCREASING. OUTLOOK...MOST ACTIVITY WILL BE ASSOCIATED WITH REMNANTS OF FAY. EXPECT PERIODS OF MOD TO HEAVY RAIN AND CHANCE OF LOW CIG/VSBY INTO THU...THEN DIURNAL CONVECTION FOR THE END OF THE WEEK. && .GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...JAT NEAR TERM...RB SHORT TERM...JAT LONG TERM...JAT AVIATION...MCAVOY/RB
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 537 AM EDT MON AUG 25 2008 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065- 068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-261000- 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- 537 AM EDT MON AUG 25 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA TODAY. THE MAIN THREAT WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM WILL BE OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING... HOWEVER LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION FAY WILL MOVE NORTHEAST TOWARD THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS TODAY AND TONIGHT...WHILE PRECIPITATION OVER THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA INCREASES IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY. HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT...WITH DECREASING RAINFALL AMOUNTS ON WEDNESDAY. BY WEDNESDAY MORNING...TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS COULD REACH MORE THAN 8 INCHES OVER THE SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...WITH UP TO 5 INCHES NEAR THE BLUE RIDGE...UP TO 3 INCHES NEAR INTERSTATE 85...AND UP TO 2 INCHES SOUTH AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 85. EVEN WITH THE DROUGHT AND RECORD LOW STREAM LEVELS...RAINFALL OF THESE AMOUNTS IN THIS PERIOD OF TIME COULD LEAD TO FLOODING. THERE IS STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY AS TO HOW MUCH RAIN WILL FALL OVER SPECIFIC AREAS. IF CONFIDENCE IN EXCESSIVE RAINFALL INCREASES FURTHER...A FLOOD WATCH MAY BE ISSUED LATER TODAY. PERSONS ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA SHOULD KEEP ABREAST OF THE LATEST FORECASTS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. 07
The Greer radar (KGSP), 117 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 12:32 UTC.
3 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rain developed well ahead of the remnants of Tropical Storm Fay, resulting in flash flooding over the north-central part of the county.
Flash flooding was reported from Demorest to Mt. Airy.
Stream flooding forced closure of Bear Gap Rd about 5 miles southwest of Lakemont and Cat Gap Rd about 8 miles west northwest of Clayton.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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: 133539, 133543, 133553.