Headline:
Flash Flood Warning issued September 27 at 7:33AM EDT until September 27 at 10:00AM EDT by NWS Greenville-Spartanburg SC
Event:
Flash Flood Warning
Urgency:
Immediate
Effective:
September 27, 2024 - 4:33am
Expires:
September 27, 2024 - 7:00am
Description:
FFWGSP
The National Weather Service in Greenville-Spartanburg has extended
the
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Northern Greenville County in upstate South Carolina...
Northwestern Spartanburg County in upstate South Carolina...
* Until 1000 AM EDT.
* At 733 AM EDT, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain across the
northern Greenville and Spartanburg Counties. Between 5 and 9
inches of rain have fallen. The expected rainfall rate is 3 to 5
inches 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...
Greer, Taylors, Berea, Boiling Springs SC, Travelers Rest,
Landrum, Slater-Marietta, Inman, Mayo, Tryon, Chesnee, Campobello,
Lake Robinson, Tigerville, Paris Mountain State Park, Pleasant
Ridge State Park, Furman University, Cherrydale Point, Lake Bowen
and Jones Gap State Park.
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.
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
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:
Greenville, SC; Spartanburg, SC
Forcast Office:
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg SC