Flash Flood Warning 09/26/2024 20:56 for South Carolina areas

Headline: 
Flash Flood Warning issued September 26 at 11:56PM EDT until September 27 at 4:15AM EDT by NWS Greenville-Spartanburg SC
Event: 
Flash Flood Warning
Urgency: 
Immediate
Effective: 
September 26, 2024 - 8:56pm
Expires: 
September 27, 2024 - 1:15am
Description: 
FFWGSP The National Weather Service in Greenville-Spartanburg has extended the * Flash Flood Warning for... Anderson County in upstate South Carolina... Southeastern Greenville County in upstate South Carolina... Northwestern Laurens County in upstate South Carolina... Spartanburg County in upstate South Carolina... * Until 415 AM EDT. * At 1156 PM EDT, Heavy tropical rain showers continue to lift north across the area with embedded moderate to heavy rainfall. Between 4 and 6 inches of rain have fallen so far. The expected rainfall rate is 1.5 to 2.5 inches in 1 hour. Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 2 inches are possible in the warned area. At around 1150 PM, county emergency management reported some areas of standing water across the county. Flash flooding may be ongoing in some areas already, and could begin shortly in others. HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by heavy rain. 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... Greenville Downtown, Spartanburg, Anderson, Easley, Clemson, Greenville Eastside, West Greenville, Greer, Mauldin, Taylors, Simpsonville, Berea, Five Forks, Fountain Inn, Welcome, Homeland Park, Powdersville, Piedmont, Belton and Boiling Springs SC. This includes the following streams and drainages... Rabon Creek, Horsepen Creek, part of Lake Hartwell, Big Shoally Creek, Twomile Creek, Smith Creek, Trib to Rocky Creek, Maple creek, trib to North Tyger River, Eighteenmile Creek, Reedy creek, lake Hartwell, Charles Creek, Lakeside Branch, Howard Branch, Lawsons Fork Creek, Beaver Creek, Ranson Creek, Big Creek, Welcome Creek, Cherokee Creek, Grays creek, Huff Creek, Middle Branch Brushy Creek, Six and Twenty Creek, Russell Lake, Trib to Broad Mouth Creek, Jordan Creek, Meadow Creek, Pickens Creek headwaters, trib to Enoree River, Dillard creek, Three and Twenty Creek, Dutchman Creek, cane creek, Little Thicketty Creek, Double Branch, Cox Creek, Cuffie Creek, Cleveland Creek, Tugaloo Creek, Wards Creek, Georges Creek, Little Garvin Creek, Richland Creek, Broadway Creek, Trib to Big Creek, northern part Lake Hartwell, Big Garvin Creek, Hencoop Creek, Big Ferguson Creek, Rocky Creek, Saluda River, trib to Little River, Hurricane Creek, Little Creek, Sugar Creek, Town Creek, Headwaters of Mountain creek, Beaverdam Creek, Laurel Creek, Frohawk Creek, Fawn Branch, Barkers Creek, McElwain Creek, Tyger River, Wilson Creek, Betty Green Creek, Mountain Creek, Allen Creek, trib to Huff Creek, Trib to Hurricane creek, Fairforest Creek, Mill Creek, Clear Creek, headwaters of groucher creek, Little Brushy Creek, Big Brushy Creek, Nesbit Creek, Gilder Creek, Canoe Creek, Lake Hartwell, Cane Creek, Turkey Creek, Wile Creek, Mineral Spring Branch, Little Generostee Creek, Thicketty Creek, Little Durbin Creek, Arnold Creek, Buckhead Creek, Broad Mouth Creek, Jimmies Creek, Reedy River, Durbin Creek, South Tyger River, trib to 3 & 20 Creek, Bens Creek, Baker Creek, Trib to Lake Hartwell, Bridge Fork Creek, trib to Lawsons Fork Creek, trib to South Tyger River, Whites Branch, Horse Creek, North Rabon Creek, East Prong Little Generostee Creek, trib to Fairforest Creek, trib to Saluda River, Island Creek, Trib to Saluda river, Grays Creek, Little Generostee creek headwaters, Middle Tyger River, Cedar Shoals Creek, Long Branch, trib to Tyger River, Weems Creek, Little Grove Creek, Pacolet River, Peters Creek, Savannah River, Theodore Branch, trib to lake Hartwell, trib to Broadway Creek, Kennedy Creek, Grove Creek, Little River, Reedy Creek, Gethsemane Creek, Payne Branch Creek, Jones Creek, Motlow creek, Earle Branch/Rison Creek, Langston Creek, South Rabon Creek, Little Beaverdam Creek, Craven Creek, trib to Lake Hartwell, trib to S Tyger River, Trib to Lawsons Fork Creek, Camp Creek, Brushy Creek, Enoree Creek, Abner Creek, Kelsey Creek, headwater of Wilson Creek, Trib to Pacolet River, Chinquapin Creek, Boling Creek, Frey Creek, Graze Creek, trib flows into Lake Hartwell, Dye Creek, East Beards Creek, Johnson Creek, Pickens Creek, Rocky River, trib to Jimmies Creek, Trib to South Tyger River, Big Generostee Creek, North Tyger River, Enoree River, Martin Creek, Pea Creek, Trib to Horse Creek and Rock Creek.
Instruction: 
When it is safe to do so, please report flooding or landslides threatening roads or property to the National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg by calling toll free, 1, 800, 2 6 7, 8 1 0 1, by posting on our Facebook page, or via Twitter using hashtag NWSGSP. Your message should describe the specific location where impacts occurred and the depth of flooding observed. 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: 
Anderson, SC; Greenville, SC; Laurens, SC; Spartanburg, SC
Forcast Office: 
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg SC