Periods of heavy rain fell between the 18th and 22nd across the northwest corner of South Carolina, mostly of over Oconee and western Pickens Counties. 15 inches, reported by a cooperative observer at the Walhalla Fish Hatchery in northwest Oconee County.
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The episode as NWS GSP wrote it up.
Periods of heavy rain fell between the 18th and 22nd across the northwest corner of South Carolina, mostly of over Oconee and western Pickens Counties. The highest rainfall total for the period was 15.15 inches, reported by a cooperative observer at the Walhalla Fish Hatchery in northwest Oconee County. Most of the flooding occurred on the 20th.
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 20, 6:41 AM EST, 49 minutes earlier.
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</html>HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 500 AM EDT SUN SEP 20 2009 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-501>510- SCZ001>007-010-210900- RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY- MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON- SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-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-ANDERSON- 500 AM EDT SUN SEP 20 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS AND ADJACENT FOOTHILLS THIS MORNING. SEVERAL INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS THE EAST FACING SLOPES EARLIER THIS MORNING. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TODAY COULD RESULT IN RAPID RISES ALONG SMALL STREAM AND CREEKS AND POSSIBLY DEEP STANDING WATER WITHIN AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE. IN ADDITION...ISOLATED MUD SLIDES MAY OCCUR DURING HEAVY RAINFALL RATES ACROSS STEEP TERRAIN. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE. NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-082-SCZ008-009-011>014-019-210900- ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON- MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC-CHEROKEE-YORK-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS- UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- 500 AM EDT SUN SEP 20 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS...A FEW HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE PIEDMONT THIS MORNING. HIGH RAINFALL RATES WILL LIKELY LEAD TO STANDING WATER WITHIN AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE. OTHERWISE...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE. NED
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
536 AM EDT SUN SEP 20 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0500 AM FLASH FLOOD 4 NE HENDERSONVILLE 35.37N 82.41W
09/20/2009 HENDERSON NC OFFICIAL NWS OBS
THE CLEAR CREEK STREAM GAUGE OBSERVED 8.1 FEET AT 9Z. A 8
FEET...FRUITLAND ROAD AND LOW LYING AREAS NEAR THE RIVER
BEGIN TO FLOOD.
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NEDPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
650 AM EDT SUN SEP 20 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0626 AM FLASH FLOOD 2 SW LAKE ADGER 35.31N 82.21W
09/20/2009 POLK NC COUNTY OFFICIAL
GREEN RIVER COVE ROAD CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING. IN
ADDITION...SEVERAL TREES UPROOTED IN SATURATED SOIL ON
HIGHWAY 176.
&&
NEDPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
656 AM EDT SUN SEP 20 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0618 AM FLASH FLOOD BREVARD 35.24N 82.73W
09/20/2009 TRANSYLVANIA NC COUNTY OFFICIAL
WILSON ROAD CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING FROM THE FRENCH BROAD
RIVER. DAVIDSON ROAD CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING FROM TURKEY
CREEK.
&&
NEDPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
711 AM EDT SUN SEP 20 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0640 AM FLASH FLOOD LAKE LURE 35.44N 82.21W
09/20/2009 RUTHERFORD NC COUNTY OFFICIAL
SEVERAL ROADS AROUND LAKE LURE HAVE WATER COVERED AREAS.
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NEDThe Greer radar (KGSP), 88 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 12:32 UTC.
1 flash flood, 1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Creeks flooded several roads in the northern part of the county, including Cassidy Bridge Rd and Whetstone Rd. Several roads were also flooded in Walhalla, including Andover Dr.
The very heavy rainfall that caused flash flooding early in the day ended by early afternoon. However, periods of moderate to heavy rain caused flooding to persist in areas from Long Creek to Walhalla through the afternoon. At the height of the event, 33 roads were closed in this area. In addition to the flooding, quite a few trees fell in the saturated soil.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in South Carolina in 2009Every state in 2009This day in weather historyWarnings in South Carolina, September 2009
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 197979, 198004.