Georgia, 2011

Flash Flood in Georgia, March 9, 2011

March 9, 2011 · NWS GSP · 1 event in 1 county or zone

An area of low pressure brought widespread rain to the region. Orographic effects concentrated the heaviest rain over the southern mountains of North Carolina and the mountains of northeast Georgia.

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
1

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What happened

The episode as NWS GSP wrote it up.

An area of low pressure brought widespread rain to the region. Orographic effects concentrated the heaviest rain over the southern mountains of North Carolina and the mountains of northeast Georgia. This caused flooding in the same areas that saw flooding three days before.

What forecasters said that day

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 Mar 9, 2:53 PM EST, 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 9, 2:53 PM EST, 27 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
253 PM EST WED MAR 9 2011

.SYNOPSIS...
A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AND ITS ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL MOVE OVER
THE AREA LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY TOMORROW. HIGH PRESSURE WILL THEN
BUILD IN OVER THE REGION FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. ANOTHER...WEAKER COLD
FRONT WILL CROSS THE CAROLINAS EARLY SUNDAY.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH THURSDAY/...
ONGOING RAIN EVENT ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON
WITH THE MAIN BAND OF PRECIP STRETCHING SW TO NE ACROSS THE HEART OF
THE FCST AREA. EXTRAPOLATION EASTWARD OF THE BAND WOULD SEE THE BACK
EDGE MOVE INTO THE MTNS BEFORE 6 PM AND THEN MOVE ONLY SLOWLY EAST
ACROSS THE FCST AREA THIS EVENING. THIS AGREES RELATIVELY WELL WITH
THE PASSAGE OF THE BEST UPPER DIVERGENCE IN THE RIGHT ENTRANCE
REGION OF A STRONG UPPER JET. THINK ADDITIONAL MOISTURE TRANSPORT
FROM FRONT TO REAR IN THE LINEAR CONVECTIVE SYSTEM TO THE SOUTH
MIGHT ACTUALLY EXPAND THE STRATIFORM RAIN REGION AS IT MOVES
EASTWARD. SO...A CATEGORICAL POP RIGHT NOW WILL DECREASE THROUGH THE
EVENING HOURS ACROSS THE FCST AREA FROM SW TO NE AS THE BEST FORCING
DEPARTS. THE HEAVIEST PRECIP IS ON TRACK TO LEAVE THE MTNS BY 21Z OR
SO...THUS A START TO DIMINISHING THE FLOOD THREAT IN THAT AREA. WILL
NOT MAKE ANY ADJUSTMENTS TO THE FLOOD WATCH AT THIS TIME...BUT WILL
PROBABLY BE ABLE TO THINK ABOUT ADJUSTMENTS THIS EVENING. TEMPS MAY
HOLD STEADY OR EVEN RISE A DEGREE OR TWO IN SOME PLACES OVERNIGHT
WITH THE WARM ADVECTION IN PLACE.

ONCE THE BACK EDGE OF THE STRATIFORM RAIN MOVES EAST...THERE COULD
BE A LULL OF SORTS IN THE ACTION THROUGH MUCH OF THE EARLY MORNING
HOURS. EVEN DURING THAT LULL...SCATTERED LIGHT SHOWERS ARE LIKELY TO
DEVELOP AS WE REMAIN IN A LOW TO MID LEVEL WARM ADVECTION PATTERN
AHEAD OF THE UPPER TROF WITH DIFLUENCE ALOFT. MEANWHILE...A STRONG
SHORT WAVE WILL CONTINUE TO DIG THE UPPER TROF TO OUR WEST.
EXCELLENT MID LEVEL FORCING WILL ACCOMPANY THIS FEATURE WITH MID
LEVEL DRYING BEHIND IT. THINK THAT CONVECTIVE INSTABILITY WILL ARISE
AS A RESULT...MOVING ACROSS THE FCST AREA DURING THE DAY. WILL HOLD
ONTO A CHANCE OF PRECIP FOR THIS POSSIBILITY. WHAT REMAINS TO BE
SEEN IS IF WE GET THE DEVELOPMENT OF ANOTHER QUASI-LINEAR CONVECTIVE
SYSTEM CLOSER TO THE ACTUAL COLD FRONT EARLY IN THE MORNING. IF THAT
HAPPENS...AND THE GFS IS RIGHT...WE COULD HAVE MORE OF A SEVERE
WEATHER CONCERN EARLIER IN THE DAY ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS AND
PIEDMONT. FOR NOW...EXPECT THE BEST CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE
PIEDMONT FROM LATE MORNING ONWARD WITH SEVERE WEATHER NOT OUT OF THE
QUESTION EAST OF I-77. COLDER AIR WILL MOVE OVER THE MTNS IN THE
AFTERNOON BRING THE SNOW LEVEL DOWN TO ABOUT 4000 FEET BY SUNSET.

&&

.SHORT TERM /THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/...
AS OF 200 PM WEDNESDAY...THE MAIN FCST CHALLENGE FOR THE SHORT TERM
WILL BE A FAIRLY BRIEF NW FLOW SNOW EVENT THU NGT INTO FRI.

THE WOUND-UP LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL SLOWLY BEGIN TO LIFT NEWD FROM
THE CENTRAL APPALACHIANS TO THE GREAT LAKES/NORTHEAST THU NGT AND
FRI. THIS WILL PUT OUR CWA IN THE NW FLOW/CAA SIDE OF THE
SYSTEM...WITH H8 WNDS INCREASING TO 35-45 KTS. COLD...MOIST LOW-MID
LVL AIR WILL WRAP AROUND THE SYSTEM AND PUSH INTO THE SRN
APPALACHIANS THRU FRI MRNG. THE LATEST NAM/GFS/SREF ALL AGREE ON
SCT-NUM SHWRS THRU THE NGT...TAPERING OFF DURING THE DAY ON FRI.
BASED ON COLD THICKNESSES AND STRONG UPSLOPE...THINK SOLID ADV LVL
SNOW ACCUM ABV 3500 FT BY MIDDAY FRI. THE WND WILL LIKELY RESULT IN
SOME BLOWING SNOW AS WELL. STILL A THIRD PERIOD EVENT WITH THIS FCST
PACKAGE...SO WILL HOLD OFF ON ISSUING AN ADV THIS AFTN.
OTHERWISE...CAA AND CLEARING SKIES E OF THE MTNS WILL ALLOW TEMPS TO
DROP INTO THE MID 30S MOST PLACES. HIGHS ON FRI WILL BE WELL BELOW
NORMAL IN THE MTNS...AND AT OR SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL E OF THE MTNS
AS DOWNSLOPE WARMING OFFSETS THE COLD LLVL THICKNESSES.

FRI NGT AND SAT...LOW PRES SYSTEM LIFTS FURTHER NE INTO THE ST
LAWRENCE VALLEY...WITH RISING HEIGHTS ALOFT AND WEAK HIGH PRES BLDG
INTO THE FA FROM THE WEST. GENERALLY CLEAR SKIES AND A STRENGTHENING
SWLY BREEZE SAT AFTN. MIN TEMPS WILL BE ABOUT A CATEGORY OR TWO
BELOW NORMAL (20S MTNS AND LWR-MID 30S PIEDMONT). MAX TEMPS WILL BE
BACK INTO THE 60S (50S NEAR MTN RIDGES).

&&

.LONG TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
AS OF 200 PM WED...UPPER AIR PATTERN SHOULD  BE NEARLY ZONAL OVER
THE REGION EARLY IN THE PERIOD WITH WEAK RIDGING DEVLOPING AHEAD OF
AN APPROACHING WAVE ON MON...WITH PERHAPS A TROUGH TRANSITING THE
AREA MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUE. MEDIUM RANGE MODELS DIVERGE SUBSTANTIALLY
IN REGARD TO HANDLING THE UPPER TROUGH. THEREFORE...HAVE STAYED
CLOSE TO HPC'S PREFERRED SOLUTION WHICH BRINGS A DRY COLD FRONT
ACROSS THE AREA SAT NIGHT WITH HIGH COOL PRESSURE NOSING INTO THE
REGION FROM THE NORTH ON MONDAY. HPC TRACKS A FAST MOVING SURFACE
LOW THROUGH THE CAROLINAS MON NIGHT INTO TUE. THEREFORE...EXPECT A
CHANCE FOR PRECIP DURING THAT TIMEFRAME. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR
SOME PTYPE ISSUES WITH THIS SYSTEM AS ENOUGH COLD/DRY AIR MAY BE
PRESENT TO CHANGE PRECIP TO SOME FROZEN FORM DURING MON NIGHT. FOR
NOW...USED THE SURFACE WET BULB TEMP FORECAST TO DETERMINE WHERE
RAIN MAY CHANGE TO SNOW. THIS YIELDS THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME SNOW
ACROSS MAINLY THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE MOUNTAINS...PERHAPS
EXTENDING EAST INTO THE NORTHERN FOOTHILLS/PIEDMONT MON NIGHT. CURRENT
FORECAST BRINGS DRY WEATHER BACK TUE/WED. THIS COULD CHANGE IF THE
SLOWER TIMING OF THE UPPER TROUGH PROVES CORRECT.EXPECT TEMPS TO BE
NEAR SEASONAL AVERAGES ON SUN...THEN TRENDING BELOW MON/TUE AND THEN
BACK TO NEAR NORMAL FOR WED.

&&

.AVIATION /20Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY/...
AT KCLT...LEADING BAND OF LIGHT PRECIPITATION HAS TEMPORARILY
SCAVENGED AWAY THE MVFR LOW CLOUD CEILING...BUT THE CEILING SHOULD
RETURN SHORTLY AS MORE STEADY RAIN MOVES IN FROM THE WEST DURING THE
EARLY AFTERNOON. ONCE THE MAIN PRECIP BAND MOVES IN...THE CEILING
AND VISIBILITY WILL BE PREVAILING MVFR THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON AND
THEN SHOULD DROP TO IFR AND STAY THAT WAY AFTER ABOUT 23Z. DURING
THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING...EXPECT FLUCTUATIONS BETWEEN MVFR AND
IFR...BUT THESE WILL NOT BE INCLUDED IN TEMPO GROUPS RIGHT NOW. MOST
OF THE THUNDERSTORM CONVECTION SHOULD REMAIN TO THE SOUTH. WINDS
WILL VEER AND INCREASE IN THE LOWER FEW THOUSAND FEET WHICH MIGHT
POSE A WIND SHEAR PROBLEM. FOR THE MOST PART...SURFACE WINDS WILL BE
SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS AND THEN VEER TO SOUTH AFTER
MIDNIGHT. LIGHT RAIN AND A LOW IFR CEILING SHOULD PERSIST THROUGH
THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...AND PROBABLY FOR THE BETTER PART OF THURSDAY
MORNING. EXPECT THERE TO BE SOME IMPROVEMENT IN THE LATE MORNING AND
THIS WILL BE ADDRESSED WITH LATER AMENDMENTS.

ELSEWHERE...THE MAIN PRECIP AREA SHOULD ARRIVE OR ALREADY BE IN
PLACE AT THE START OF THE PERIOD. EXPECT CONDITIONS TO BE PREVAILING
MVFR FOR THE MOST PART THROUGH SUNSET...AND THEN PREVAILING IFR FROM
ABOUT 01Z ONWARD OVERNIGHT...WITH NUMEROUS FLUCTUATIONS BETWEEN THE
TWO CONDITIONS. DRY AIR WILL BEGIN TO MOVE IN ALOFT AFTER ABOUT
SUNRISE...WHICH SHOULD GET RID OF THE STEADY PRECIP. EXPECT THE IFR
CEILING TO BREAK UP AND LIFT TO MVFR IN THE LATE MORNING.

OUTLOOK...AS AN UPPER LOW CROSSES THE REGION...A FEW SHRA AND
POSSIBLY EVEN A TSTM WILL DEVELOP OVER MUCH OF THE AREA THURSDAY
AFTERNOON. THE SHOWERS WILL BE MORE WIDESPREAD OVER THE MTNS WHERE
HIGH ELEVATION SNOW IS LIKELY. THE SHOWERS WILL END THU EVENING. VFR
CONDITIONS ARE THEN EXPECTED THROUGH THE WEEKEND. ANOTHER FRONT
APPROACHES FROM THE W MON.

&&

.GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...FLOOD WATCH THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR GAZ010-017-018-026-
     028.
NC...FLOOD WATCH THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR NCZ033-035>037-
     048>053-056>059-062>065-068>072-501>510.
     LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR NCZ033-
     048>052-058.
SC...FLOOD WATCH THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR SCZ001>008-010.

&&

SYNOPSIS...JPT
NEAR TERM...PM
SHORT TERM...ARK
LONG TERM...LG
AVIATION...PM
Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 9, 5:21 AM EST, 9 hours 59 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
521 AM EST WED MAR 9 2011

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-NCZ035>037-053-056-057-059-062>065-068>072-
501>510-SCZ001>008-010-101030-
RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-
BUNCOMBE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-
TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-
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-ANDERSON-
521 AM EST WED MAR 9 2011

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT
NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   FLOOD WATCH.

DAMAGING WINDS GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   FLOOD WATCH.

DAMAGING WIND GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE EARLY THURSDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

NONE.

NCZ033-048>052-058-101030-
AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-GRAHAM-
521 AM EST WED MAR 9 2011

...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING...
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   LAKE WIND ADVISORY.
   FLOOD WATCH.

DAMAGING WINDS GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   FLOOD WATCH.

DAMAGING WIND GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE EARLY THURSDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

NONE.

GAZ029-NCZ082-SCZ009-011>014-019-101030-
ELBERT-UNION NC-YORK-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD-
521 AM EST WED MAR 9 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT
NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

ANOTHER ROUND OF HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT. DUE TO WET
SOIL FROM THE RAIN LAST WEEKEND...THERE IS AN INCREASED THREAT FOR
LOCALIZED FLOODING.

DAMAGING WINDS GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

HEAVY RAINFALL WILL END EARLY THURSDAY. DUE TO WET SOIL FROM THE
RAIN LAST WEEKEND...THERE IS AN INCREASED THREAT FOR LOCALIZED
FLOODING.

DAMAGING WIND GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE EARLY THURSDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

NONE.

07

In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 9, 1:48 PM EST, 1 hour 32 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
148 PM EST WED MAR 09 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0130 PM     FLASH FLOOD      W LITTLE RIVER          35.24N  82.63W
03/09/2011                   TRANSYLVANIA       NC   COCORAHS

            CASCADE ROAD FLOODED DUE TO LITTLE RIVER

&&

PT
Special weather statement, Mar 9, 1:51 PM EST, 1 hour 29 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
151 PM EST WED MAR 9 2011

SCZ011-012-019-091930-
ABBEVILLE-GREENWOOD-LAURENS-
151 PM EST WED MAR 9 2011

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT ABBEVILLE...LAURENS AND NORTHERN
GREENWOOD COUNTIES THROUGH 230 PM EST...

AT 146 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ANTREVILLE...OR 7 MILES
NORTHWEST OF ABBEVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  SECESSION LAKE...LAKE GREENWOOD...WARE SHOALS...
  LAURENS...HODGES...GREENWOOD...DUE WEST...DONALDS...CROSS
  HILL...AND ABBEVILLE.

WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

LAT...LON 3411 8255 3431 8259 3461 8199 3433 8183
      3429 8188 3420 8194

LANE
Special weather statement, Mar 9, 2:22 PM EST, 58 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
222 PM EST WED MAR 9 2011

SCZ007>009-011>014-019-092000-
ABBEVILLE-CHEROKEE-CHESTER-GREENWOOD-LAURENS-SPARTANBURG-UNION-YORK-
222 PM EST WED MAR 9 2011

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT GREENWOOD...LAURENS...
NORTHWESTERN CHESTER...SOUTHEASTERN ABBEVILLE...SOUTHERN CHEROKEE...
SOUTHERN SPARTANBURG...UNION AND WESTERN YORK COUNTIES THROUGH 300 PM
EST...

AT 216 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM MOORE TO 5 MILES
WEST OF WATERLOO TO 6 MILES SOUTH OF MOUNT CARMEL...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 40 MPH.

LOCATIONS TO BE AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...ROEBUCK...
LAURENS...TROY...LAKE GREENWOOD...CROSS KEYS...NINETY SIX...

WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.

HEAVY RAINS MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS. WATER
LEVELS OF SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS MAY ALSO RISE...THEREFORE SEEK
HIGHER GROUND IF THREATENED BY FLOOD WATERS.

LAT...LON 3397 8205 3398 8209 3396 8217 3401 8223
      3397 8230 3405 8233 3405 8244 3433 8224
      3487 8208 3515 8133 3448 8145 3444 8154
      3452 8163 3436 8176 3429 8188 3420 8193
      3413 8186 3395 8201 3395 8204

LANE
Special weather statement, Mar 9, 3:10 PM EST, 10 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
310 PM EST WED MAR 9 2011

NCZ070-SCZ008-009-013-014-092100-
CHEROKEE-CHESTER-GASTON-UNION-YORK-
310 PM EST WED MAR 9 2011

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT CHESTER...EASTERN CHEROKEE...
EASTERN UNION...SOUTHEASTERN GASTON AND YORK COUNTIES THROUGH 400 PM
EST...

AT 307 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM GROVER TO
WHITMIRE...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

AREAS TO BE AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...
  SANTUC...
  CARLISLE...
  YORK...
  MCCONNELLS...
  CHESTER...
  LAKE WYLIE...

WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.

LAT...LON 3455 8167 3517 8150 3517 8101 3515 8105
      3511 8103 3506 8106 3504 8104 3506 8099
      3502 8090 3495 8086 3482 8088 3471 8086
      3465 8089 3453 8088 3456 8141 3449 8142
      3444 8154

LANE

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Flash Flood, Habersham

When
March 9, 3:20 PM EST to 8:00 PM EST
Where
Habersham County, 0.52 mi W of Clarkesville to 0.53 mi WSW of Clarkesville
Cause
Heavy Rain
Reported by
Law Enforcement
Coordinates
34.619, -83.529

For the second time in three days, heavy rain resulted in flash flooding along the Soque River near Clarkesville. Roads, trails and some buildings in Pitts Park were flooded when the river left its banks.

What these are

Flash Flood
Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.

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Sources

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: 294278.