An area of strong thunderstorms, followed by a persistent period of upslope enhanced rainfall, resulted in a small area of flash flooding over northwest Burke County during the early morning hours.
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An area of strong thunderstorms, followed by a persistent period of upslope enhanced rainfall, resulted in a small area of flash flooding over northwest Burke County during the early morning hours.
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 15, 12:50 AM EST, 1 hour 10 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 150 AM EDT SUN AUG 15 2010 .SYNOPSIS... DEEP TROPICAL MOISTURE WILL PERSIST OVER THE REGION THROUGH MID WEEK. A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE AREA FROM THE NORTHWEST ON TUESDAY AND WASH OUT OVER THE CAROLINAS. ANOTHER WEAK FRONT WILL THEN MOVE TOWARDS THE FORECAST AREA LATE IN THE WEEK. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TODAY/... THE MID-LEVEL LOW CENTER ASSOCIATED WITH THE REMNANTS OF TD5 HAS PARKED ITSELF OVER THE GA/AL BORDER. THERE ARE SIGNS THAT IT IS ALREADY STARTING TO DRIFT BACK TO THE SOUTHWEST. THE FFC SOUNDING THIS EVENING HAD A VERY IMPRESSIVE PW VALUE OF 2.65 INCHES. THE OVERALL SYNOPTIC FORCING LOOKS WEAK TONIGHT. HOWEVER...THERE HAS BEEN SOME COOLING AND EXPANSION OF THE AC LAYER ACROSS THE FA AS SEEN ON THE IR SATELLITE IMAGERY. THIS MAY BE THE RESULT OF A THE APPROACH OF A WEAK NRN STREAM WAVE AS NOTED BY RAH. ALSO...AN OUTFLOW BNDRY WAS MOVING INTO THE SRN NC FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT. CAPE VALUES WERE STILL OVER 1000 J/KG NORTH OF THE BNDRY...AND NUMEROUS SHOWERS HAVE DEVELOPED ALONG IT. WITH THE HIGH PW AIR...THE SHOWERS ARE PERSISTENT AND RATHER LARGE. THEY ALSO TURN INTO AREAS OF STRATIFORM RAIN AND AFFECT A FAIRLY LARGE AREA ONCE THEY WEAKEN. THEREFORE...LIKELY POPS LOOK GOOD FOR MUCH OF THE NC FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT FOR SEVERAL MORE HOURS. THERE IS STILL A THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING OWING TO THE VERY MOIST AIRMASS. HOWEVER...CELLS HAVE NOT SHOWN MUCH OF A TENDENCY TO ANCHOR AS THEY ARE BEING PUSHED ALONG THE OUTFLOW BNDRY. THE AIRMASS OVER THE FOOTHILLS WAS WORKED OVER MORE TODAY...SO I HOPE NOTHING STRONGER DEVELOPS NEAR THE MTNS AND STALLS. WHILE NOT AS THREATENING AS EARLIER...I WOULDN/T SAY WE ARE OUT OF THE WOODS YET AS FAR AS AN ISOLATED AREA OF EXCESSIVE RAINFALL GOES. PREVIOUS DISCUSSION... UPPER RIDGE WEAKENS SLIGHTLY TONIGHT-SUN. KEPT SIMILAR POPS TO TODAY WITH BEST COVERAGE EXPECTED ALONG THE ESCARPMENT AND ADJACENT FOOTHILLS AGAIN. WITH CONTINUED MOIST UPSLOPE FLOW THE FLOOD THREAT CONTINUES SUN AS WELL. MODEL SOUNDINGS ALSO SHOW SOME DRYER MID LEVEL AIR SO THERE WILL ALSO BE A BETTER THREAT OF MICROBURSTS SUN AFTN. HI TEMPS ARE EXPECTED TO BE WITHIN A DEG OR SO OF TODAY. && .SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT/... AS OF 215 PM SATURDAY...THE REMNANTS OF T.D. FIVE BEGINS TO MAKE WESTWARD MOVEMENT SUNDAY NIGHT...AS UPPER HEIGHTS BEGIN TO RISE IN ITS WAKE FROM THE EAST. MEANWHILE...A LEAD SHORTWAVE TRACKS THRU THE GREAT LAKES...HELPING PUSH A SURFACE FRONT SOUTHWARD INTO THE OHIO VALLEY. THE FRONT REACHES THE TENNESSEE VALLEY AND CENTRAL APPALACHIANS BY TUESDAY. WITH THIS FRONT...WEAK (THOUGH PERSISTENT) SOUTHERLY/SOUTHEASTERLY LOW LEVEL FLOW WILL KEEP PWATS GENERALLY 2 INCHES OR GREATER ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA AND ALONG THE FRONT. WITH RIDGE ALOFT...THERE WILL BE LITTLE IN THE WAY OF UPPER FORCING. HOWEVER...MODELS SEEM TO BE IN SOME AGREEMENT ON GREATER COVERAGE AND HIGHER QPF ON TUESDAY INTO TUE NIGHT...AS THE FRONT ENTERS THE SOUPY AIR MASS. SO HAVE GONE WITH MODEL BLEND...WHICH RESULTS IN SLIGHTLY LOWER POPS MONDAY...AND HIGHER POPS TUESDAY (ESPECIALLY IN THE NC ZONES). MIN TEMPS WILL BE ABOVE NORMAL UNDER CLOUDS AND HIGH DEWPTS. LOW LEVEL THERMAL AXIS SAGS SOUTH ACROSS THE REGION AHEAD OF THE FRONT...BUT EXPECTED CLOUD COVER POSES A CHALLENGE FOR MAX TEMPS. EVEN A LITTLE SUNSHINE EACH AFTERNOON SHOULD GET TEMPS UP ABOVE NORMAL. && .LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/... AS OF 230 PM SATURDAY...UPPER FLOW BECOMES QUASI-ZONAL ACROSS THE NORTHERN TIER STATES...WITH RIDGING HOLDING ON ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST. MODELS IN AGREEMENT ON REMNANTS OF T.D. FIVE TRACKING WEST/NORTHWESTWARD INVOF LOUISIANA...BUT THEN DIVERGE INTO HOW MUCH IT INTENSIFIES AND WHERE IT TRACKS WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. MEANWHILE...THERE IS PLENTY OF UNCERTAINTY ON HOW THE WESTERLIES ALONG US/CAN BORDER EVOLVE AT THE END OF NEXT WEEK. AS A TROF ROTATES THRU THE GREAT LAKES...A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY...BEFORE STALLING ALONG THE APPALACHIANS TUESDAY. THIS BNDRY LINGERS JUST NORTH OF THE CWFA...AS SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE SHIFTS FROM THE GREAT LAKES TO OFF THE NORTHEAST COAST. TROPICAL MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO POOL ALONG THE BNDRY. SO EXPECT DECENT COVERAGE OF MAINLY DIURNALLY FORCED CONVECTION THRU THE EXTENDED. TEMPS WILL BE CLOSE TO OR SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL. && .AVIATION /06Z SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/... AT KCLT...WITHIN THE WEAK AND VERY MOIST SE LLVL FLOW REGIME OVERNIGHT...LATEST MAV/LAV GUIDANCE SUPPORTS GOING FCST OF A PERIOD OF IFR CIGS DEVELOPING DURING THE PRE-DAWN HOURS BEFORE MIXING UP TO MVFR BY MID-MORNING. SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL BE SEEN ACRS THE NC PIEDMONT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...ACCOMPANIED BY OCNL LOW VFR LVL CIGS. ELSEWHERE...AREA OF STRATIFORM RAIN WITH EMBEDDED HEAVIER SHOWERS ACRS THE NORTHEASTERN HALF OF THE FA WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH THRU THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. CVRG OF FLIGHT RESTRICTIONS WILL INCREASE THRU DAYBREAK AS WELL WITH LOCALIZED AREAS OF IFR CIGS LIKELY. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED TSTMS...ESPECIALLY ACRS THE MTNS AND FTHLS AREA EXPECTED ONCE AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING. OUTLOOK...EXPECT MRNG FOG/LOW CLOUDS AND MAINLY AFTN-EVE CONVECTION INTO THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK...ESP OVER THE MTNS. && .GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...JPT NEAR TERM...MCAVOY/RB SHORT TERM...ARK LONG TERM...ARK AVIATION...CSH/MCAVOY
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 349 PM EDT SAT AUG 14 2010 GAZ026-028-029-NCZ033-036-037-048>053-057>059-069>072-082-SCZ009>014- 019-152000- FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-AVERY-IREDELL-DAVIE-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL- SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-ROWAN-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-LINCOLN-GASTON- MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS- UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- 349 PM EDT SAT AUG 14 2010 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 TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND PIEDMONT THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...PERHAPS EXCESSIVE ENOUGH TO CAUSE FLASH FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. A WARM AND EXTREMELY MOIST AIR MASS WILL REMAIN OVER THE REGION ON SUNDAY. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST TO DEVELOP IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH A FEW AREAS POSSIBLY EXPERIENCING EXCESSIVE RAINFALL. THIS WILL INCREASE THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS AND URBAN AREAS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... NONE. GAZ010-017-018-NCZ035-056-062>065-068-501>510-SCZ001>008-152000- RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-ALEXANDER-CATAWBA-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON- TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-CLEVELAND-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- 349 PM EDT SAT AUG 14 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS NEAR THE BLUE RIDGE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A FEW OF THE THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. SEVERAL OF THEM COULD PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...PERHAPS EXCESSIVE ENOUGH TO CAUSE FLASH FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. A WARM AND EXTREMELY MOIST AIR MASS WILL REMAIN OVER THE REGION ON SUNDAY. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST TO DEVELOP IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH A FEW AREAS POSSIBLY EXPERIENCING EXCESSIVE RAINFALL. THIS WILL INCREASE THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS AND URBAN AREAS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... NONE.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
902 PM EDT SAT AUG 14 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0830 PM FLASH FLOOD 5 SW GREENVILLE 34.79N 82.43W
08/14/2010 GREENVILLE SC FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
BOILING SPRINGS ROAD CLOSED AT THE SUGAR CREEK BRIDGE.
WATER ONE FOOT DEEP WAS RUNNING ACROSS THE ROAD.
&&
KRENTZPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1059 PM EDT SAT AUG 14 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0830 PM FLASH FLOOD 5 SW GREENVILLE 34.79N 82.43W
08/14/2010 GREENVILLE SC FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
BOILING SPRINGS ROAD CLOSED AT THE BRUSHY CREEK BRIDGE.
WATER ONE FOOT DEEP WAS RUNNING ACROSS THE ROAD.
&&
KRENTZThe Greer radar (KGSP), 113 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 07:00 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flooding developed along Irish Creek and Rose Creek. A campground was flooded along Rose Creek Rd, while Irish Creek flooded portions of Fish Hatchery Ave.
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