Isolated thunderstorms and storm clusters moved across upstate South Carolina throughout the afternoon and evening. A couple of the storms produced brief damaging wind gusts.
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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.
Isolated thunderstorms and storm clusters moved across upstate South Carolina throughout the afternoon and evening. A couple of the storms produced brief damaging wind gusts. One cluster of storms became nearly stationary for a while across Spartanburg County during the evening, resulting in flash flooding.
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 3, 12:41 PM EST, 40 minutes earlier.
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</html>Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC 212 PM EDT Sat Aug 3 2024 GAZ010-017-018-026-NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-501-503-505-507- 509-SCZ101>105-041815- Rabun-Habersham-Stephens-Franklin-Avery-Madison-Yancey-Mitchell- Swain-Haywood-Buncombe-Graham-Northern Jackson-Macon- Southern Jackson-Transylvania-Henderson-Caldwell Mountains- Burke Mountains-McDowell Mountains-Rutherford Mountains- Polk Mountains-Oconee Mountains-Pickens Mountains- Greenville Mountains-Greater Oconee-Greater Pickens- 212 PM EDT Sat Aug 3 2024 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northeast Georgia, the mountains of western North Carolina, and Upstate South Carolina. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight. Scattered thunderstorms are expected across the area this afternoon and evening. The main threats from any storm will be cloud-to-ground lightning and torrential rainfall. A few of these storms may also produce damaging wind gusts. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. A tropical system may impact the western Carolinas and northeast Georgia early next week. The track this system takes as it moves northward will determine what impacts it may have on our area. Check hurricanes.gov for the latest updates on this system. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... None. NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-082-SCZ008-009-012>014-019-108-109-041815- Alexander-Iredell-Davie-Catawba-Rowan-Cleveland-Lincoln-Gaston- Mecklenburg-Cabarrus-Union NC-Cherokee-York-Laurens-Union SC-Chester- Greenwood-Northern Spartanburg-Southern Spartanburg- 212 PM EDT Sat Aug 3 2024 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 592 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 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. Severe Thunderstorm Watch. In addition to the threat of severe thunderstorms, expected is torrential rainfall that's likely to produce areas of nuisance flooding as well as localized flash flooding. In particular, multiple storms may move over the same location in succession, leading to a handful of hydro issues. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. A tropical system may impact the western Carolinas and northeast Georgia early next week. The track this system takes as it moves northward will determine what impacts it may have on our area. Check hurricanes.gov for the latest updates on this system. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotters are requested to forward any reports of large hail, damaging winds, tornadoes, or flash flooding to our office. GAZ028-029-NCZ502-504-506-508-510-SCZ010-011-106-107-041815- Hart-Elbert-Greater Caldwell-Greater Burke-Eastern McDowell- Greater Rutherford-Eastern Polk-Anderson-Abbeville- Central Greenville-Southern Greenville- 212 PM EDT Sat Aug 3 2024 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northeast Georgia, western North Carolina and Upstate South Carolina. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight. Scattered to numerous thunderstorms are expected across the area this afternoon and evening. The main threats from any storm will be cloud-to-ground lightning and torrential rainfall that's likely to produce areas of nuisance flooding as well as localized flash flooding. In particular, multiple storms may move over the same location, leading to a handful of hydro issues. In addition, some of these storms may also produce damaging wind gusts. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. A tropical system may impact the western Carolinas and northeast Georgia early next week. The track this system takes as it moves northward will determine what impacts it may have on our area. Check hurricanes.gov for the latest updates on this system. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotters are requested to forward any reports of large hail, damaging winds, tornadoes, or flash flooding to our office. MPR
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
130 PM EDT Sat Aug 3 2024
SCZ011-019-031815-
Abbeville SC-Greenwood SC-
130 PM EDT Sat Aug 3 2024
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN ABBEVILLE AND
NORTHWESTERN GREENWOOD COUNTIES THROUGH 215 PM EDT...
At 130 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 6
miles southwest of Abbeville, moving northeast at 35 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and pea size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to outdoor objects is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Greenwood, Abbeville, Calhoun Falls, Cokesbury, Hodges, Ninety Six
Historic Site, Promised Land, and Epworth.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
&&
LAT...LON 3408 8263 3437 8223 3411 8200 3405 8232
3406 8233 3406 8246 3408 8248 3407 8250
3407 8253 3403 8257
TIME...MOT...LOC 1730Z 244DEG 31KT 3410 8243
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
ARSpecial Weather Statement
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
133 PM EDT Sat Aug 3 2024
SCZ013-014-031815-
Union SC-Chester SC-
133 PM EDT Sat Aug 3 2024
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHWESTERN CHESTER AND
SOUTHEASTERN UNION COUNTIES THROUGH 215 PM EDT...
At 133 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 15
miles north of VC Summer Nuclear Station, or 6 miles north of Blair,
moving northeast at 20 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and pea size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to outdoor objects is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Carlisle, Chester State Park, Tuckertown, Leeds, and Cornwell.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
&&
LAT...LON 3447 8155 3449 8157 3472 8140 3463 8110
3456 8118 3457 8142 3453 8143 3450 8142
3449 8143 3450 8144 3449 8144 3449 8148
3446 8153
TIME...MOT...LOC 1733Z 216DEG 19KT 3451 8140
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
ARSpecial Weather Statement
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
155 PM EDT Sat Aug 3 2024
NCZ082-031815-
Union NC-
155 PM EDT Sat Aug 3 2024
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN UNION COUNTY
THROUGH 215 PM EDT...
At 155 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 14
miles southwest of Albemarle, or 11 miles west of Ansonville, moving
northeast at 20 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and pea size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to outdoor objects is
possible.
This storm will remain over mainly rural areas of northeastern Union
County.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
&&
LAT...LON 3508 8029 3517 8039 3518 8037 3517 8036
3518 8033 3517 8032 3518 8032 3518 8031
3519 8030 3519 8028
TIME...MOT...LOC 1755Z 221DEG 18KT 3517 8030
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
ARThe Greer radar (KGSP), 77 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:18 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Utility company reported several trees blown down in Greenwood and vicinity, some of which fell on power lines.
Public reported two trees blown down on Graham Rd at California Ave.
Ham radio operators reported flash flooding developed across portions of Spartanburg County, particularly in the Boiling Springs area, after 2.5 to 4.5 inches of rain fell in just a couple of hours. The primary impacts were along a couple of tributaries of Lawsons Fork Creek on the north side of Spartanburg. Vehicles were submerged in flood waters from these streams at Yellow Brick Rd and Lone Oak Rd, at Monks Grove Church Rd and Asheville Highway, and at Shadow Dance Lane and Old John Dodd Rd. A home was also flooded on Shadow Dance Lane. Additionally, street flooding due to poor drainage was reported at Asheville Highway and White Ave, and in areas around Lake Cooley and Apalachee Lake.
Media reported flash flooding developed across the north side of Greer after after 2.5 to 4 inches of rain fell in just a couple of hours. A tributary of the Tyger River overflowed its banks, with water inundating roads of a subdivision, submerging vehicles and entering the lowest floor of some homes.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in South Carolina in 2024Every state in 2024This day in weather historyWarnings in South Carolina, August 2024
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: 1211240, 1211241, 1211421, 1213587.