Headline:
Flash Flood Warning issued September 27 at 3:39AM EDT until September 27 at 7:30AM EDT by NWS Greenville-Spartanburg SC
Event:
Flash Flood Warning
Urgency:
Immediate
Effective:
September 27, 2024 - 12:39am
Expires:
September 27, 2024 - 4:30am
Description:
FFWGSP
The National Weather Service in Greenville-Spartanburg has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Oconee County in upstate South Carolina...
Pickens County in upstate South Carolina...
* Until 730 AM EDT.
* At 339 AM EDT, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain across Pickens
and Oconee Counties. Between 3 and 6 inches of rain have fallen.
The expected rainfall rate is 0.5 to 1 inch in 1 hour. Additional
rainfall amounts of 1 to 3 inches are possible as tropical
rainbands lift north. Significant flooding appears likely across
much of the warned area, with numerous road closures and water
rescues likely, damage to even well-built structures, and standing
in low-lying areas.
HAZARD...Life threatening flash flooding. Heavy rain producing
flash flooding.
SOURCE...Radar.
IMPACT...Life threatening flash flooding of creeks and streams,
urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses.
* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Easley, Clemson, Seneca, Walhalla, Pickens, West Greenville,
Welcome, Central, Pendleton, Liberty, Westminster, Gumlog, Norris,
Six Mile, Tallulah Falls, Salem, Lake Keowee, Keowee Toxaway State
Park, Devils Fork State Park and Lake Jocassee.
Instruction:
Heavy rain is significantly increasing the risk of landslides,
especially in areas where slides have occurred in the past. Slides
can destroy single homes and other structures and large sections of
roads. If you are in the warned area, you should not travel, except
to move away from flash flood or landslide dangers. If you are in
the vicinity of a stream near the heavy rainfall, especially on a
mountainside, or at the base of a mountain or in a cove, move
immediately to a safer location.
Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the
dangers of flooding.
In hilly terrain there are hundreds of low water crossings which are
potentially dangerous in heavy rain. Do not attempt to cross flooded
roads. Find an alternate route.
Area Description:
Oconee, SC; Pickens, SC
Forcast Office:
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg SC