Headline:
Flash Flood Warning issued September 26 at 5:02AM EDT until September 26 at 11:00AM EDT by NWS Greenville-Spartanburg SC
Event:
Flash Flood Warning
Urgency:
Immediate
Effective:
September 26, 2024 - 2:02am
Expires:
September 26, 2024 - 8:00am
Description:
FFWGSP
The National Weather Service in Greenville-Spartanburg has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Northwestern Greenville County in upstate South Carolina...
Pickens County in upstate South Carolina...
* Until 1100 AM EDT.
* At 502 AM EDT, training thunderstorms have already produced
widespread rainfall totals of 3 to 4 inches across the area.
Minor flooding is likely already ongoing in low-lying and
poor-drainage areas. Another wave of elevated rainfall rates of 1
to 2 inches per hour is imminent as another band arrives from the
south, and flash flooding is expected to begin shortly across the
warning area as a result.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Radar.
IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban
areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as
other poor drainage and low-lying areas.
* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Easley, Clemson, Pickens, Welcome, Powdersville, Central, Liberty,
Norris, Six Mile, Table Rock State Park, Keowee Toxaway State
Park, Jocassee Gorges, Lake Keowee, Lake Jocassee, Caesars Head
State Park, Gorges State Park, Lake Hartwell, Sunset, Nine Times
and Pumpkintown.
Instruction:
Heavy rain is increasing the risk of landslides, especially in areas
where slides have occurred in the past. Be especially alert if you
are near a stream, especially at the base of a mountain or in a
cove. Watch for loose-moving soil and rocks or a sudden increase in
streamflow. Leave the area quickly if this is observed. When driving
along roads where the terrain is steep or rocky, watch and listen
for falling rocks, mud, trees and other debris.
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the
dangers of flooding.
Area Description:
Greenville, SC; Pickens, SC
Forcast Office:
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg SC