Headline:
Flash Flood Warning issued September 27 at 5:12AM EDT until September 27 at 7:30AM EDT by NWS Greenville-Spartanburg SC
Event:
Flash Flood Warning
Urgency:
Immediate
Effective:
September 27, 2024 - 2:12am
Expires:
September 27, 2024 - 4:30am
Description:
FFWGSP
The National Weather Service in Greenville-Spartanburg has extended
the
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Abbeville County in upstate South Carolina...
Greenwood County in upstate South Carolina...
Laurens County in upstate South Carolina...
* Until 730 AM EDT.
* At 504 AM EDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated
thunderstorms producing heavy rain across Anderson, Greenwood, and
Abbeville Counties. Between 5 and 9 inches of rain have fallen,
with the highest rainfall totals so far across central and eastern
Greenwood County and southern Laurens County. The expected
rainfall rate is 1 to 2 inches in 1 hour. Additional rainfall
amounts of 1 to 3 inches are possible as tropical rainbands lift
north. Significant flooding appears likely, resulting in road
closures, first-floor inundation, and damage to some structures.
HAZARD...Life threatening flash flooding. Thunderstorms
producing flash flooding.
SOURCE...Radar and automated gauges.
IMPACT...Life threatening flash flooding of creeks and streams,
urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses.
Scattered road closures and first-floor inundation
appear likely, primarily in the vicinity of
overflowing streams.
* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Greenwood, Laurens, Abbeville, Clinton, Fountain Inn, Honea Path,
Ware Shoals, Calhoun Falls, Ninety Six, Joanna, Due West, Gray
Court, Lake Secession, Cross Hill, Donalds, Cokesbury, Waterloo,
Hodges, Lowndesville and Troy.
Instruction:
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.
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:
Abbeville, SC; Greenwood, SC; Laurens, SC
Forcast Office:
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg SC