An area of light to moderate rain affected most of northeast Georgia during the afternoon and evening hours. A few embedded, heavier showers developed, which produced a small amount of urban flash flooding.
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An area of light to moderate rain affected most of northeast Georgia during the afternoon and evening hours. A few embedded, heavier showers developed, which produced a small amount of urban flash flooding.
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 Sep 19, 1:17 PM EST, 43 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 217 PM EDT SAT SEP 19 2009 .SYNOPSIS... ABUNDANT MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE CAROLINAS FROM THE SOUTH INTO THE EARLY PART OF NEXT WEEK. ANOTHER WEAK HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE WILL MOVE INTO THE CAROLINAS LATE NEXT WEEK. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH SUNDAY/... THE UPPER RIDGE OVER THE CAROLINAS WILL PROGRESS SLOWLY INTO THE WESTERN ATLANTIC BY SUNDAY. A SHORTWAVE TROUGH ROUNDING AN UPPER LOW IN THE PLAINS WILL MOVE NORTHEAST ALONG THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS THIS EVENING. ISENTROPIC UPGLIDE AND UPSLOPE FLOW WILL FAVOR CATEGORICAL POPS ALONG THE SOUTHERN BLUE RIDGE ESCARPMENT...AND LIKELY POPS ELSEWHERE. EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE WHERE CELLS TRAIN OVER THE SAME AREA...BUT SO FAR THERE HAS BEEN ENOUGH EASTWARD PROGRESSION TO LIMIT TRAINING...AND NO FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL BE ISSUED AT THIS TIME. AS THE SHORTWAVE CONTINUES NORTHEAST...HIGHER POPS WILL SPREAD UP THE BLUE RIDGE LATE TONIGHT. MINIMUM TEMPERATURES WILL BE JUST BELOW SUMMERTIME NORMALS IN A MOIST AIR MASS WITH THICK CLOUD COVER. A DECREASE IN PRECIPITATION WILL FOLLOW IN THE WAKE OF THE SHORTWAVE ON SUNDAY...BUT WITH SOUTHEASTERLY LOW LEVEL FLOW PRODUCING ISENTROPIC UPGLIDE AND UPSLOPE FLOW...CLOUD COVER AND PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE. LIKELY POPS WILL BE CARRIED IN THE WEST FOR THE HIGHER TERRAIN...WITH CHANCE IN THE EAST. MAXIMUMS TEMPERATURES WILL BE LIMITED BY CLOUD COVER...AND WILL BE AROUND 5 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. && .SHORT TERM /SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY/... AS OF 215 PM SATURDAY...SFC HIGH PRES REMAINS OVER NE US WITH RIDGE RUNNING DOWN THE E SIDE OF THE MTNS...PUTTING AREA IN CAD REGIME WITH LGT E SFC FLOW THRU TUE. AT THE SAME TIME...LOW OVER S PLAINS AND 850-700MB HIGH IN E ATLANTIC KEEPS LOW-MID LVLS IN MOIST S-SE FLOW. WITH THIS PATTERN OF WEAK ISENTROPIC LIFT AND CONT WEAK UPSLOPE...LOOK FOR AT LEAST CHC POPS ACROSS THE CWA. HIGH TEMPS WILL REMAIN BELOW AVG THRU TUE...LOWS ABOVE AVG. && .LONG TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/... AS OF 215 PM SATURDAY...GFS AN OUTLIER DAYS 4-7 SO THE MORE CONSISTENT ECMWF/GEM BLEND USED THIS FCST CYCLE. FCST BECOMES LESS CERTAIN WED-SAT AS SFC HIGH MOVES FATHER OFFSHORE AND A COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE W. MODELS SHOW WEDGE BREAKING DOWN WED BUT THIS DOESNT MEAN AREA WILL DRY OUT. INCREASING S FLOW IN LOW LVLS AHEAD OF 850MB LOW OVER S PLAINS WILL KEEP MOIST OVER THE REGION AND CHC POPS WILL BE CARRIED OVER MOST OF CWA WED-SAT. EVEN THOUGH MCLDY SKIES ARE EXPECTED...WITH UPPER RIDGE BUILDING OVER AREA AND SOMEWHAT STRONGER LOW-MID LVL S FLOW...EXPECT HI TEMPS AROUND AVG WITH LOWS A CAT OR SO ABOVE AVG. && .AVIATION /18Z SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/... AT KCLT...THE LIGHT EAST SOUTHEAST WIND IS EXPECTED TO BACK TO THE NORTHEAST THIS EVENING. AS ISENTROPIC UPGLIDE AND UPSLOPE FLOW IMPROVE...SHOWERS SHOULD BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD. VISIBILITY IS EXPECTED TO FALL TO MVFR LATE TONIGHT...WITH AN IFR CEILING BY DAWN. VISIBILITY SHOULD BE VFR BY MID MORNING...WITH GRADUAL IMPROVEMENT TO AN MVFR CEILING BY MIDDAY. ELSEWHERE...SITE WITH AN EAST SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL SEE IT BACK TO EAST NORTHEAST AS HIGH PRESSURE IS REINFORCED FORM THE NORTH. SHOWERS WILL BE IN THE VICINITY AS UPSLOPE FLOW AND ISENTROPIC UPGLIDE CREATE LIFT. BY LATE TONIGHT MVFR VISIBILITY SHOULD BE WIDESPREAD...AND GUIDANCE SUPPORTS IFR AT SC SITES...AND EVEN LOWER AT KAVL.IFR CEILINGS ARE EXPECTED AT ALL SITES BY DAWN...AGAIN WITH GUIDANCE SUPPORTING EVEN LOWER VALUES AT KAVL. FOR NOW THE KAVL TAF WILL HAVE LOW END IFR...UNTIL CONFIDENCE INCREASES ON LOWER VALUES. VISIBILITY SHOULD IMPROVE A FEW HOURS AFTER DAWN...WITH CEILINGS GRADUALLY GOING MVFR BY MIDDAY. OUTLOOK...A STAGNANT PATTERN WILL FAVOR PERIODS OF RAIN THROUGH MID WEEK. EXPECT RESTRICTIONS...MAINLY MVFR...ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT...WITH IFR POSSIBLE AROUND DAWN. && .GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...PAT NEAR TERM...JAT SHORT TERM...RB LONG TERM...RB AVIATION...JAT
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 228 PM EDT SAT SEP 19 2009 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065- 068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-201830- 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- 228 PM EDT SAT SEP 19 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE MOUNTAINS... FOOTHILLS AND THE UPPER SAVANNAH VALLEY INTO THIS EVENING...WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ELSEWHERE. THE MAIN THREAT WITH THESE CELLS WILL BE OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING AND PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... NONE.
The Greer radar (KGSP), 108 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:00 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
A small creek overflowed its banks, flooding Henrietta St and Poplar St in Toccoa.
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