South Carolina, 2013

Flash Flood in South Carolina, June 5, 2013

June 5, 2013 · NWS GSP · 1 event in 1 county or zone

Slow moving thunderstorms dropped very heavy rain on the communities south of Greenville, resulting in flash flooding.

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$25,000
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
1

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.

What happened

The episode as NWS GSP wrote it up.

Slow moving thunderstorms dropped very heavy rain on the communities south of Greenville, resulting in flash flooding.

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 Jun 5, 3:14 PM EST, 2 hours 56 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 5, 3:14 PM EST, 2 hours 56 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 5, 2:51 PM EST, 3 hours 19 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
351 PM EDT WED JUN 5 2013

GAZ029-NCZ036-037-056-057-069>072-082-SCZ008-009-011>014-019-062000-
ELBERT-IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-
CABARRUS-UNION NC-CHEROKEE-YORK-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-
GREENWOOD-
351 PM EDT WED JUN 5 2013

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 AFFECT THE
PIEDMONT OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA THIS
EVENING. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE SLOW MOVING AND MAY DROP
LOCALLY VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...POSSIBLY LEADING TO A FEW AREAS OF
FLASH FLOODING. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL ALSO
ACCOMPANY THE STRONGER STORMS.

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

LOW PRESSURE SLOWLY ORGANIZING OVER THE EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO IS
EXPECTED TO MOVE NORTHEAST AND EVENTUALLY MOVE UP THE SOUTHEAST
COAST THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY. THERE IS STILL SOME
UNCERTAINTY AS TO THE TRACK...INTENSITY AND TIMING OF THE LOW AS
IT IS STILL IN ITS ORGANIZING STAGES. HOWEVER...IF THE LOW TRACKS
FAR ENOUGH INLAND...A PERIOD OF WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAIN WITH AN
ENHANCED FLOODING THREAT IS POSSIBLE OVER THE CAROLINA PIEDMONT
THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY. HOWEVER...EVEN IF THERE IS NO DIRECT
IMPACT FROM THIS SYSTEM...ABUNDANT MOISTURE STREAMING INTO THE
AREA AHEAD OF THE LOW WILL RESULT IN NUMEROUS TO WIDESPREAD
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH A THREAT OF LOCALIZED FLASH
FLOODING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

NONE.

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-NCZ033-035-048>053-058-059-062>065-068-
501>510-SCZ001>007-010-062000-
RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-AVERY-ALEXANDER-MADISON-
YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-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-ANDERSON-
351 PM EDT WED JUN 5 2013

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN AREAL
COVERAGE OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS
AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA DURING THE EVENING HOURS. IN PARTICULAR...AN
AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN MAY MOVE INTO THE
SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 6 AND 9 PM. THE
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE SLOW MOVING AND MAY DROP LOCALLY VERY HEAVY
RAINFALL...POSSIBLY LEADING TO A FEW AREAS OF FLASH FLOODING.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY THE
STRONGER STORMS.

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

A FRONTAL SYSTEM INTERACTING WITH A SERIES OF UPPER LEVEL
DISTURBANCES AND ABUNDANT TROPICAL MOISTURE STREAMING INTO THE
AREA FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO WILL RESULT IN NUMEROUS TO
WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.
LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE AT ANY POINT DURING THIS
PERIOD...ESPECIALLY OVER THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

NONE.

14

In the hours before

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The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 16 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:10 UTC.

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Event by event

1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flash Flood, Greenville

When
June 5, 6:10 PM EST to 7:30 PM EST
Where
Greenville County, 1.29 mi NNE of Conestee to 1.65 mi SW of Simpsonville
Cause
Heavy Rain
Property damage
$25,000
Reported by
Public
Coordinates
34.788, -82.344

Very heavy rain fell across the Golden Strip of Greenville County, including the communities of Mauldin, Simpsonville and the Five Forks area. Rainfall amounts of 3 to 4 inches were common in this area. Severe urban flooding developed with water entering some businesses and private residences. Several roads were flooded and closed, including Holland Rd which was flooded by Bridge Fork Creek.

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.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

More

Every storm in South Carolina in 2013Every state in 2013This day in weather historyWarnings in South Carolina, June 2013

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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 464714.