Numerous heavy rain showers and thunderstorms moved across the South Carolina Piedmont during the afternoon and evening in association with a warm front. This was after a round of moderate to heavy rain moved across the area early in the day, producing up to 2 inches of rain.
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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.
The episode as NWS GSP wrote it up.
Numerous heavy rain showers and thunderstorms moved across the South Carolina Piedmont during the afternoon and evening in association with a warm front. This was after a round of moderate to heavy rain moved across the area early in the day, producing up to 2 inches of rain. A brief severe thunderstorm affected part of Greenwood County during the afternoon, while a quick inch of additional rainfall resulted in flash flooding across portions of York County during the evening.
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 Apr 19, 1:58 PM EST, 49 minutes earlier.
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</html>HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 114 PM EDT SUN APR 19 2015 GAZ029-NCZ048-051-052-058-059-201715- ELBERT-MADISON-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON- 114 PM EDT SUN APR 19 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE IN ACROSS THE REGION FROM THE SOUTHWEST TODAY. A FEW STORMS MAY BE SEVERE...WITH DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AS THE PRIMARY THREAT. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE WHERE THUNDERSTORMS REPEATEDLY PASS OVER THE SAME AREAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. ..MONDAY...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE. A COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE AREA MONDAY AFTERNOON. THERE MAY BE A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE FRONT...PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL. ..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. ..SATURDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... NONE. GAZ010-017-018-026-028-NCZ033-035>037-049-050-053-056-057-062>065- 068-069-501>510-SCZ001>008-010-201715- RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-AVERY-ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE- YANCEY-MITCHELL-BUNCOMBE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON- TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-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- 114 PM EDT SUN APR 19 2015 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON 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. IN ADDITION TO THE FLOOD WATCH...THERE WILL BE A THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...WITH DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AS THE PRIMARY THREAT. AN ISOLATED TORNADO THREAT WILL ALSO EXIST ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. ..MONDAY...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE. A COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE AREA MONDAY AFTERNOON. THERE MAY BE A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE FRONT...PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL. ..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. ..SATURDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... NONE. NCZ082-SCZ011>014-019-201715- UNION-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- 114 PM EDT SUN APR 19 2015 ...TORNADO WATCH 79 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. TORNADO WATCH. ADDITIONALLY...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE...PARTICULARLY IN AREAS AFFECTED BY MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. ..MONDAY...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE. A COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE AREA MONDAY AFTERNOON. THERE MAY BE A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE FRONT...PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL. ..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. ..SATURDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... NONE. NCZ070>072-SCZ009-201715- GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-YORK- 114 PM EDT SUN APR 19 2015 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...TORNADO WATCH 79 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON 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. TORNADO WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. ..MONDAY...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE. A COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE AREA MONDAY AFTERNOON. THERE MAY BE A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE FRONT...PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL. ..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. ..SATURDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... NONE. WIMBERLEY
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
230 PM EDT SUN APR 19 2015
SCZ007-012-191900-
LAURENS SC-SPARTANBURG SC-
230 PM EDT SUN APR 19 2015
...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF NORTH
CENTRAL LAURENS AND SPARTANBURG UNTIL 300 PM EDT...
AT 229 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A LINE OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 4 MILES SOUTH OF REIDVILLE
TO 4 MILES EAST OF GRAY COURT...AND MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH.
WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL RATES UP TO 2 INCHES
PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SPARTANBURG...LAURENS...BOILING SPRINGS...WOODRUFF...DUNCAN...
LYMAN...WELLFORD...INMAN...ROEBUCK AND REIDVILLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS AND SATURATED SOIL CONDITIONS WILL
CAUSE SCATTERED TREES AND POWER LINES TO FALL. SEEK SHELTER INSIDE AN
INTERIOR ROOM.
&&
LAT...LON 3445 8203 3473 8217 3478 8215 3482 8219
3519 8206 3519 8199 3479 8180
TIME...MOT...LOC 1829Z 201DEG 28KT 3481 8213 3460 8203
TDPSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
300 PM EDT SUN APR 19 2015
SCZ007-013-191930-
SPARTANBURG SC-UNION SC-
300 PM EDT SUN APR 19 2015
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF EASTERN SPARTANBURG
AND NORTHWESTERN UNION UNTIL 330 PM EDT...
AT 258 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5
MILES SOUTHWEST OF CROFT STATE PARK...OR 10 MILES SOUTH OF
SPARTANBURG...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL RATES UP TO 2 INCHES
PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. WEAK ROTATION IS ALSO
PRESENT IN THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SPARTANBURG...PACOLET...COWPENS...JONESVILLE...PACOLET MILLS...CROFT
STATE PARK...CEDAR SPRINGS...MOORE...ROEBUCK AND PAULINE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS AND SATURATED SOIL CONDITIONS WILL
CAUSE SCATTERED TREES AND POWER LINES TO FALL. SEEK SHELTER INSIDE AN
INTERIOR ROOM.
&&
LAT...LON 3478 8203 3508 8182 3506 8181 3504 8181
3503 8179 3493 8176 3493 8174 3491 8170
3491 8168 3490 8167 3490 8165 3488 8164
3487 8162 3467 8184
TIME...MOT...LOC 1858Z 217DEG 30KT 3480 8189
TDPSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
302 PM EDT SUN APR 19 2015
SCZ012-191930-
LAURENS SC-
302 PM EDT SUN APR 19 2015
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF CENTRAL LAURENS
UNTIL 330 PM EDT...
AT 301 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
GRAY COURT...OR 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAURENS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25
MPH.
WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LAURENS...GRAY COURT...ORA...HICKORY TAVERN AND ENOREE.
THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 3454 8223 3474 8209 3472 8208 3472 8207
3470 8207 3470 8206 3466 8200 3465 8195
3460 8191 3459 8189 3460 8188 3459 8188
3444 8206
TIME...MOT...LOC 1901Z 212DEG 23KT 3454 8211
TDPSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
317 PM EDT SUN APR 19 2015
SCZ011-019-191945-
ABBEVILLE SC-GREENWOOD SC-
317 PM EDT SUN APR 19 2015
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN
ABBEVILLE AND WESTERN GREENWOOD UNTIL 345 PM EDT...
AT 317 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
TROY...OR 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ABBEVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30
MPH.
WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL RATES UP TO 2 INCHES
PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GREENWOOD...COKESBURY...HODGES...TROY...LAKE GREENWOOD...NINETY
SIX...PROMISED LAND...BRADLEY AND CORONACA.
THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 3406 8233 3406 8241 3438 8220 3435 8217
3433 8217 3432 8214 3431 8212 3430 8208
3424 8201 3424 8198 3397 8219 3399 8221
3402 8225 3397 8231
TIME...MOT...LOC 1917Z 213DEG 28KT 3403 8229
TDPSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
331 PM EDT SUN APR 19 2015
SCZ008-013-192000-
CHEROKEE SC-UNION SC-
331 PM EDT SUN APR 19 2015
...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF CHEROKEE
AND NORTH CENTRAL UNION UNTIL 400 PM EDT...
AT 331 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A LINE OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR PRIME OUTLET MALL TO
NEAR JONESVILLE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL RATES UP TO 2 INCHES
PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GAFFNEY...BLACKSBURG...BUFFALO...JONESVILLE...PRIME OUTLET MALL...
COWPENS NATIONAL BATTLEFIELD...DRAYTONVILLE...THICKETTY...SARATT AND
CHEROKEE FALLS.
THESE STORMS MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 3486 8176 3491 8171 3493 8174 3493 8176
3503 8179 3504 8181 3509 8182 3518 8177
3517 8147 3505 8144 3505 8147 3503 8149
3498 8148 3494 8149 3494 8148 3467 8172
TIME...MOT...LOC 1931Z 210DEG 30KT 3508 8177 3480 8171
TDPSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
342 PM EDT SUN APR 19 2015
SCZ012-019-192015-
LAURENS SC-GREENWOOD SC-
342 PM EDT SUN APR 19 2015
...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
LAURENS AND CENTRAL GREENWOOD UNTIL 415 PM EDT...
AT 342 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A LINE OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR COKESBURY TO 8 MILES
EAST OF TROY...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL RATES UP TO 2 INCHES
PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GREENWOOD...LAURENS...NINETY SIX...CROSS HILL...WATERLOO...LAKE
GREENWOOD...NINETY SIX HISTORIC SITE...GREENWOOD STATE PARK...
COKESBURY AND CORONACA.
THESE STORMS MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 3433 8221 3467 8201 3465 8195 3461 8191
3430 8189 3420 8194 3417 8191 3398 8207
3399 8215 3397 8218
TIME...MOT...LOC 1942Z 210DEG 33KT 3432 8217 3400 8215
TDPThe Greer radar (KGSP), 77 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:48 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Highway Patrol reported a tree blown down at Rosemont Dr and Highway 72 on the west side of the city of Greenwood and another tree blown down at Old Laurens Rd and Highway 246 (6 NE Greenwood).
Highway Patrol reported flash flooding developed across eastern York County after about an inch of rain fell in about an hour associated with an area of thunderstorms. This was on top of 1-2 inches that had already fallen earlier in the day. Automated stream gauges on Wildcat Creek southwest of Rock Hill, and on Big Dutchman Creek north of the city. Multiple roads were closed due to flooding along these creeks and due to poor drainage. Affected roads included Mt Gallant Rd, McConnells Highway at Saluda Rd, and Paraham Rd at Highway 49.
Although heavy rain ended across York County during the evening of the 19th, flooding continued along the Wildcat Creek basin into the early part of the overnight.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in South Carolina in 2015Every state in 2015This day in weather historyWarnings in South Carolina, April 2015
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: 567117, 567119, 567132.