Widespread moderate to heavy rain caused mainly nuisance flooding over parts of western North Carolina.
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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.
The episode as NWS GSP wrote it up.
Widespread moderate to heavy rain caused mainly nuisance flooding over parts of western North Carolina.
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 Dec 2, 2:26 PM EST, 2 hours 4 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
226 PM EST WED DEC 2 2009
.SYNOPSIS...
A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE FROM THE OHIO VALLEY TONIGHT TO NEW
ENGLAND ON THURSDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE WITH DRIER AIR MOVES INTO OUR
REGION. A STRONG UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM AFFECTS THE SOUTHEAST ON
SATURDAY. BEHIND THIS SYSTEM...HIGH PRESSURE WILL RETURN TO THE
FORECAST AREA AND REMAIN IN PLACE THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK.
&&
.NEAR TERM /THROUGH THURSDAY/...
WIDESPREAD MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE THRU THE REST OF THE
AFTERNOON. THE END IS IN SIGHT HOWEVER AS THE BACK EDGE OF THE
PRECIP IS MOVING INTO CENTRAL GA ATTM. THAT SAID...WITH THE ONGOING
FLOODING AND SEVERAL HOURS OF HEAVY RAIN TO GO...WILL KEEP FFA AS IS
SINCE ADDITIONAL FLOODING IS LIKELY. TRIPLE POINT LOW IS MOVING
ALONG A BOUNDARY THAT HAS FORMED NEAR THE SRN CWFA BORDER. SPC HAS
PLACED A TORNADO WATCH THERE...SO WE WILL HAVE TO WATCH THIS AREA
CLOSELY FOR POTENTIAL SEVERE STORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND THE
SOUTHEASTERN CWFA BORDER THIS EVENING. THE STRONG LOW LEVEL WINDS
WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA OVERNIGHT. HOWEVER...THEY WILL CHANGE
TO A SOUTHWESTERLY DIRECTION AND SHOULD HAVE LESS IMPACT ON THE
SC/GA MTNS AFTER MIDNIGHT. WILL EXTEND THE WIND ADV OVER THE NC MTNS
ALL NIGHT...BUT KEEP THE SC/GA MTNS ENDING AT MIDNIGHT. PRECIP ENDS
FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST THIS EVENING AS COLD FRONT MOVES THRU
THE AREA. CLEARING WILL OCCUR OUTSIDE OF THE MTNS AFTER MIDNIGHT AS
WELL. COPIOUS LOW LEVEL MOISTURE REMAINS OVER THE MTNS OVERNIGHT.
ALTHOUGH THE FLOW WILL NOT BE NWLY THERE WILL BE SOME WEAK COLD
ADVECTION AND SYNOPTIC SCALE LIFT AS A SHORT WAVE AND UPPER JET MOVE
THRU. THEREFORE...WILL HAVE SCT TO ISOLATED SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT.
ALTHOUGH THERE IS SOME CAA OVERNIGHT...TEMPS AND PARTIAL THICKNESSES
DO NOT SUPPORT ANY P-TYPE OTHER THAN RAIN.
WEATHER WILL BE MUCH CALMER WEDNESDAY WITH DEEP SWLY FLOW IN THE
WAKE OF THE UPPER LOW THAT CAUSED THE WEATHER TUESDAY. THERE WILL BE
SOME LINGERING MOISTURE OVER THE MTNS AND BREEZY TO WINDY NWLY FLOW
IN THE GRADIENT BETWEEN THE DEPARTING SFC LOW AND HIGH PRESSURE OVER
THE MID WEST. THIS WILL KEEP SCT TO ISOLATED SHOWERS OVER THE NC
MTNS DURING THE MORNING THEN DIMINISHING DURING THE AFTERNOON. TEMPS
AND PARTIAL THICKNESSES FINALLY FALL ENUF TO ALLOW A LITTLE SNOW OR
SLEET TO MIX IN OVER THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS OF THE SMOKIES. NO
ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. OUTSIDE OF THE MTNS CLEARING SKIES AND
DIMINISHING WINDS ARE EXPECTED. HIGHS ABOVE NORMAL OUTSIDE OF THE
MTNS AND BELOW NORMAL OVER THE MTNS.
&&
.SHORT TERM /THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT/...
AS OF 230 PM EST WEDNESDAY...AN UPPER TROUGH WILL EXTEND FROM HUDSON
BAY TO TX THURSDAY NIGHT...WITH SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT FROM THE GULF
TO NEW ENGLAND. A STRONG SHORTWAVE WILL ROUND THE BASE OF THE TROUGH
ON FRIDAY...THEN WILL MOVE FROM THE GULF TO THE APPALACHIANS ON
SATURDAY.
HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD EAST ACROSS THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS ON
THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY. THE MODELS SHOW MODEST LOW LEVEL MOISTURE
LINGERING ALONG THE TN BORDER BEHIND A DEPARTING FRONT...WHILE UPPER
LEVEL MOISTURE INCREASES. A SURFACE LOW WILL MOVE ALONG THIS FRONT
IN THE GULF FRIDAY NIGHT WHILE ANOTHER WAVE DEVELOPS OFF THE
CAROLINA COAST. LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL INCREASE FROM THE EAST
FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...WITH A WEAK LOW LEVEL UPSLOPE FLOW INTO
THE BLUE RIDGE ESCARPMENT. THE GFS SHOWS WEAK ISENTROPIC UPGLIDE
FRIDAY EVENING ..WITH DOWNGLIDE AND DECREASING MOISTURE BY SATURDAY
AFTERNOON. PARTIAL THICKNESS AND SURFACE TEMPERATURES ARE HIGH
ENOUGH THAT AREAS EAST OF THE MOUNTAINS WILL SEE LIQUID
PRECIPITATION FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY. PARTIAL THICKNESS FALLS
BELOW CRITICAL THRESHOLDS IN THE MOUNTAINS...STAYING THERE THROUGH
SATURDAY...AND WHERE SNOW WILL BE CARRIED ABOVE 2000 FEET...WITH A
MIX FROM 1500 TO 2000 FEET...BEFORE DRYING OCCURS SATURDAY EVENING.
TEMPERATURES WILL BE A BIT BELOW NORMAL ON FRIDAY...THEN WILL
EXHIBIT A LOW DIURNAL RANGE SATURDAY WITH CLOUDS AND PRECIPITATION.
&&
.LONG TERM /SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
AS OF 230 PM EST WEDNESDAY...THE GFS AND ECMWF ARE IN REASONABLE
AGREEMENT WITH THE LARGE SCALE PATTERN. A LOW AMPLITUDE UPPER TROUGH
WILL BE OVER THE WEST SUNDAY...WITH A FLAT RIDGE OVER THE EAST. BY
MONDAY ZONAL FLOW EXISTS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN TIER OF STATES. ON
TUESDAY THE WESTERN TROUGH AMPLIFIES...WITH SOUTHWEST FLOW OVER THE
SOUTHEAST. THE MODELS DIVERGE LATE TUESDAY AS THE ECMWF TROUGH
PROGRESSES INTO MS VALLEY. HPC NOTED VARIATIONS WITH SHORTWAVE
SYSTEMS...LEADING TO A PREFERRED BLEND OF ECMWF AND GFS AND THEIR
ENSEMBLE MEANS.
SUNDAY WILL FEATURE DRY HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE CENTRAL APPALACHIANS.
WHICH REACHES THE EASTERN COAST MONDAY...REMAINING THERE ON
TUESDAY. WHILE THE GFS WOULD SUGGEST SOME MOIST UPGLIDE AROUND THE
PERIPHERY OF THIS RIDGE...IT KEEPS OUR AREA DRY. BY WEDNESDAY A
SURFACE WAVE REACHES THE LOWER OH VALLEY...WITH A WARM FRONT MOVING
UP THE EAST COAST. MOIST GULF FLOW LIFTING OVER THIS BOUNDARY WILL
SUPPORT STRATIFORM RAIN TUESDAY NIGHT. AS THE WARM FRONT LIFTS NORTH
WEDNESDAY THE WARM SECTOR ARRIVES...SHOWERS AND PERHAPS ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRECEDE A COLD FRONT APPROACHING FROM THE WEST.
TEMPERATURES NEAR MID WINTER CLIMATOLOGY PERSIST SUNDAY THROUGH
TUESDAY WITH COOL HIGH PRESSURE TO THE NORTH. CLOUD COVER WILL
MODERATE LOW TEMPERATURES TUESDAY NIGHT. MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES
WEDNESDAY PRESENT A CHALLENGE...AS THE TIMING OF WARM FRONTAL
PASSAGE WILL DICTATE HOW MUCH WARMING OCCURS BEFORE THE COLD FRONT
ARRIVES FROM THE WEST.
&&
.AVIATION /20Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY/...
AT KCLT AND ELSEWHERE...WIDESPREAD IFR CIGS AND MVFR TO IFR VSBY
WILL CONTINUE THRU THE AFTERNOON AS PRECIP REMAINS ACROSS THE AREA.
WINDS HAVE TURNED SELY AT KCLT AND WILL REMAIN SO DURING THE
AFTERNOON. NELY WINDS...XCPT SLY AT KAVL...WILL CONTINUE ELSEWHERE.
THE SFC WIND COMBINED WITH STRONG SLY LOW LEVEL JET WILL LEAD TO LOW
LEVEL WIND SHEAR ACROSS THE AREA...AND HAVE CONTINUED THIS THRU THE
AFTERNOON. A COLD FRONT ENTERS THE AREA FROM THE WEST THIS EVENING.
THIS WILL TURN WINDS TO THE SOUTH THEN SW. THIS SHOULD HELP ABATE
ANY WIND SHEAR CONCERNS. PRECIP AND IFR CONDITIONS WILL ALSO END
WITH FRONTAL PASSAGE. THERE COULD BE A PERIOD OF LINGERING MVFR CIGS
UNTIL THE DRY AIR BEHIND THE FRONT MOVES IN. WLY WINDS DEVELOP THU
MORNING...BUT REMAIN GENERALLY 10 KTS OR LESS.
OUTLOOK...VFR EXPECTED FRIDAY...BUT BRIEF MVFR POSSIBLE AT KAVL
AROUND SUNRISE. ANOTHER PERIOD OF MVFR CONDITIONS IS POSSIBLE ON
SATURDAY AS AN UPPER DISTURBANCE MOVES THROUGH...WHICH COULD RESULT
IN SOME LIGHT SNOW OVER THE MTNS.
&&
.GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT FOR GAZ010-017-
018-026-028-029.
WIND ADVISORY UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT FOR GAZ010-017.
NC...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT FOR NCZ035>037-
056-057-062>065-068>072-082-501>510.
WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 6 AM EST THURSDAY FOR NCZ033-048>053-058-
059-062>065-501-503-505-507-509.
SC...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT FOR SCZ001>014-
019.
WIND ADVISORY UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT FOR SCZ001>003.
&&
SYNOPSIS...DEO
NEAR TERM...RWH
SHORT TERM...JAT
LONG TERM...JAT
AVIATION...RWHHAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 328 PM EST WED DEC 2 2009 NCZ033-048>053-058-059-032030- AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM- NORTHERN JACKSON- 328 PM EST WED DEC 2 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST THURSDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WIND ADVISORY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS EARLY SATURDAY MORNING AND REMAIN INTO THE EARLY EVENING. AREAS ABOVE 2000 FEET IN ELEVATION COULD SEE LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BY SATURDAY EVENING. TEMPERATURES SATURDAY NIGHT ARE FORECAST TO FALL WELL BELOW FREEZING. BLACK ICE MAY DEVELOP SATURDAY NIGHT ON UNTREATED ROADS...BRIDGES...OR SIDEWALKS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF DAMAGING WINDS TO OUR OFFICE. GAZ010-032030- RABUN- 328 PM EST WED DEC 2 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FLASH FLOOD WATCH. WIND ADVISORY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS RABUN COUNTY EARLY SATURDAY MORNING AND REMAIN INTO THE EARLY EVENING. AREAS ABOVE 2000 FEET IN ELEVATION COULD SEE LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BY SATURDAY EVENING. TEMPERATURES SATURDAY NIGHT ARE FORECAST TO FALL WELL BELOW FREEZING. BLACK ICE MAY DEVELOP SATURDAY NIGHT ON UNTREATED ROADS...BRIDGES...OR SIDEWALKS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF DAMAGING WINDS OR FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE. NCZ062>065-501-503-505-507-509-032030- MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS- BURKE MOUNTAINS-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS- POLK MOUNTAINS- 328 PM EST WED DEC 2 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST THURSDAY... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FLASH FLOOD WATCH. WIND ADVISORY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS EARLY SATURDAY MORNING AND REMAIN INTO THE EARLY EVENING. AREAS ABOVE 2000 FEET IN ELEVATION COULD SEE LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BY SATURDAY EVENING. TEMPERATURES SATURDAY NIGHT ARE FORECAST TO FALL WELL BELOW FREEZING. BLACK ICE MAY DEVELOP SATURDAY NIGHT ON UNTREATED ROADS...BRIDGES...OR SIDEWALKS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF DAMAGING WINDS OR FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE. GAZ018-026-028-029-NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-082-502-504-506-508- 510-SCZ004>014-019-032030- 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-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE- SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION SC- CHESTER-GREENWOOD- 328 PM EST WED DEC 2 2009 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FLASH FLOOD WATCH. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING...MAINLY ALONG AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 85. THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE...PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND OR POSSIBLY A TORNADO. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION IS FORECAST ACROSS THE NC FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT SATURDAY INTO SATURDAY EVENING. TEMPERATURES SATURDAY NIGHT ARE FORECAST TO FALL WELL BELOW FREEZING. BLACK ICE MAY DEVELOP SATURDAY NIGHT ON UNTREATED ROADS...BRIDGES...OR SIDEWALKS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...TORNADOES OR FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE. GAZ017-SCZ001>003-032030- HABERSHAM-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS- 328 PM EST WED DEC 2 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FLASH FLOOD WATCH. WIND ADVISORY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE VERY HIGHEST ELEVATIONS OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS AND HABERSHAM COUNTY GEORGIA EARLY SATURDAY MORNING AND REMAIN INTO THE EARLY EVENING. AREAS ABOVE 2000 FEET IN ELEVATION COULD SEE LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BY SATURDAY EVENING. TEMPERATURES SATURDAY NIGHT ARE FORECAST TO FALL WELL BELOW FREEZING. BLACK ICE MAY DEVELOP SATURDAY NIGHT ON UNTREATED ROADS...BRIDGES...OR SIDEWALKS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF DAMAGING WINDS OR FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE. 07
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1242 PM EST WED DEC 2 2009 SCZ011-012-019-021845- ABBEVILLE-GREENWOOD-LAURENS- 1242 PM EST WED DEC 2 2009 ...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS TO BRING GUSTY WINDS AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL TO ABBEVILLE...GREENWOOD AND LAURENS COUNTIES THROUGH 145 PM EST... AT 1238 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND GUSTY WINDS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM LOWNDESVILLE TO CALLISON. THE LINE WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EMBEDDED WITHIN A LARGER AREA OF MODERATE RAINFALL AND WILL PRODUCE LOCAL ONE TO TWO INCH PER HOUR RAINFALL RATES AS THE LINE PASSES. GUSTY WINDS UP TO 35 MPH WILL ACCOMPANY THE THUNDERSTORMS AS WELL AS A FEW CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES. THE HEAVY RAINFALL AND GUSTY WINDS WILL IMPACT AREAS FROM DUE WEST TO GREENWOOD THROUGH 1 PM...AND THEN REACH FROM GRAY COURT TO JOANNA BY 130 PM. THE HEAVY RAINFALL MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND UNDERPASSES. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS. TURN AND AROUND FIND ANOTHER ROUTE. HG
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 232 PM EST WED DEC 2 2009 GAZ029-SCZ011-022030- ABBEVILLE-ELBERT- 232 PM EST WED DEC 2 2009 ...A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS WILL AFFECT ABBEVILLE AND SOUTHEASTERN ELBERT COUNTIES THROUGH 330 PM EST... AT 230 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES SOUTH OF CRAWFORD...OR 18 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GAINES SCHOOL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS OVER EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA...BUT RADAR TRENDS HAVE SHOWN A GRADUALLY WEAKENING THUNDERSTORM. WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH MAY STILL ACCOMPANY THE THUNDERSTORM ACROSS THE SOUTHERN END OF ELBERT COUNTY...AND INTO ABBEVILLE COUNTY...THROUGH 330 PM. HG
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
351 PM EST WED DEC 02 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0310 PM FLASH FLOOD ANDERSON 34.52N 82.65W
12/02/2009 ANDERSON SC EMERGENCY MNGR
COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTS WHITNER CREEK IS OUT OF
ITS BANKS AND IS FLOODING SOUTHWOOD STREET IN DOWNTOWN
ANDERSON.POSSIBLE EVACUATIONS OF 4 HOMES NEAR THE CREEK
ARE BEING CONSIDERED.
0312 PM FLASH FLOOD GREENVILLE 34.84N 82.37W
12/02/2009 GREENVILLE SC LAW ENFORCEMENT
STATE POLICE REPORT HUDSON ROAD AT PRESTIGE PLACE IS
CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING.
0320 PM FLASH FLOOD GREENVILLE 34.84N 82.37W
12/02/2009 GREENVILLE SC OFFICIAL NWS OBS
THE REEDY RIVER GAUGE IS INDICATING A LEVEL OF 9.1
FEET...WHICH IS 0.1 FEET ABOVE FLOOD STAGE.NEARBY
SIDEWALKS AND PATHWAYS ACROSS THE REEDY RIVER PARK ARE
EXPECTD TO BE FLOODED.
0320 PM FLASH FLOOD LANDRUM 35.17N 82.19W
12/02/2009 SPARTANBURG SC COUNTY OFFICIAL
SPARTANBURG COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTS CAMBELL AVE
IS CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING.
&&
KRENTZPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
356 PM EST WED DEC 02 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0340 PM TSTM WND DMG 3 SSE LAURENS 34.46N 82.00W
12/02/2009 LAURENS SC TRAINED SPOTTER
1 TREE DOWN
&&
KRENTZSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 359 PM EST WED DEC 2 2009 SCZ007-008-013-022200- CHEROKEE-SPARTANBURG-UNION- 359 PM EST WED DEC 2 2009 ...A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BRING GUSTY WINDS TO THE EASTERN UPSTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA THROUGH 5 PM EST... AT 357 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM GSP AIRPORT TO 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ENOREE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH...ALONG WITH TORRENTIAL RAINFALL AT RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR. HG
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
410 PM EST WED DEC 02 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0330 PM FLASH FLOOD 6 S HARTWELL 34.27N 82.93W
12/02/2009 HART GA COUNTY OFFICIAL
A FEW COUNTY ROADS CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING...POSSIBLY
RELATED TO COLDWATER CREEK.
0235 PM FLASH FLOOD 5 NE LAVONIA 34.49N 83.04W
12/02/2009 HART GA TRAINED SPOTTER
ONE FOOT OF WATER WAS COVERING GUMLOCK DRIVE AT HWY 328.
&&
KRENTZThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
Urban and poor drainage flooding of highway 70 near Hildebran and Main St in Glen Alpine was reported.
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