South Carolina, 2014Flash Flood and Damaging Wind in South Carolina, September 13, 2014
September 13, 2014 · NWS GSP · 4 events in 3 counties and zones
Numerous thunderstorms developed during the afternoon and evening across the South Carolina Piedmont. One area of thunderstorms produced flash flooding and brief damaging winds in the city of Anderson.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 4
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Numerous thunderstorms developed during the afternoon and evening across the South Carolina Piedmont. One area of thunderstorms produced flash flooding and brief damaging winds in the city of Anderson.
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 Sep 13, 3:27 PM EST, 53 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 13, 3:27 PM EST, 53 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
507 PM EDT SAT SEP 13 2014
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065-
068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-142115-
RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-AVERY-ALEXANDER-
IREDELL-DAVIE-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-CATAWBA-
ROWAN-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-
HENDERSON-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC-
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-YORK-
ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD-
507 PM EDT SAT SEP 13 2014
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT
NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.
NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP MAINLY
ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA THROUGH THIS
EVENING. STORMS WILL BE MORE SCATTERED ACROSS WESTERN NORTH
CAROLINA. THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE FROM CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...
AS WELL AS HEAVY RAINFALL. ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING WILL BE
POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY IN LOCATIONS THAT HAVE SEEN VERY HEAVY
RAINFALL SINCE FRIDAY.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.
..SUNDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
..MONDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
..TUESDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
..WEDNESDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
..THURSDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
..FRIDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
NONE.
PM
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</html>Event by event
2 heavy rain, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Anderson
- When
- September 13, 4:20 PM EST
- Where
- Anderson County, Anderson
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- 911 Call Center
- Coordinates
- 34.500, -82.650
County comms reported multiple trees blown down on East Morris St.
Flash Flood, Anderson
- When
- September 13, 4:50 PM EST to 6:30 PM EST
- Where
- Anderson County, 0.5 mi W of Anderson to 0.5 mi WNW of Anderson
- Cause
- Heavy Rain
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Reported by
- 911 Call Center
- Coordinates
- 34.501, -82.659
County comms reported Whitner Creek overflowed its banks on the west side of downtown Anderson after more than three inches of rain fell in only a couple of hours. Multiple homes were flooded along Cunningham Dr, with additional property damage reported nearby along Mimosa Park.
Heavy Rain, Greenwood
- When
- September 13, 5:45 PM EST to 6:45 PM EST
- Where
- Greenwood County, 2.76 mi S of New Market
- Reported by
- 911 Call Center
- Coordinates
- 34.130, -82.130
County comms reported a portion of Highway 25 was closed near the Highway 67 intersection after flooding developed due to poor drainage. Two to three inches of rain fell in the area in a couple of hours.
Heavy Rain, York
- When
- September 13, 8:15 PM EST to 9:00 PM EST
- Where
- York County, 4.02 mi W of Ft Mill
- Reported by
- 911 Call Center
- Coordinates
- 35.030, -81.000
County comms reported up to two feet of water covered a low spot on Gardendale Rd because of poor drainage after a couple of inches of rain fell in a short period of time.
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
- 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.
- Heavy Rain
- Rainfall totals unusual for the place and season that did not produce a flood.
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