Flash Flood Warning 09/27/2024 05:38 for South Carolina areas

Headline: 
Flash Flood Warning issued September 27 at 8:38AM EDT until September 27 at 2:00PM EDT by NWS Greenville-Spartanburg SC
Event: 
Flash Flood Warning
Urgency: 
Immediate
Effective: 
September 27, 2024 - 5:38am
Expires: 
September 27, 2024 - 11:00am
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 200 PM EDT. * At 838 AM EDT, Heavy tropical rain showers continue to lift north across the area with embedded moderate to heavy rainfall. Between 5 and 7 inches of rain have fallen so far. The heaviest rain has ended, but elevated stream levels will persist for hours. Significant flooding may still be ongoing in some locations, resulting in road closures, first-floor inundation, and damage to some structures. 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. A few road closures. * 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... Gilder Creek, Mill Creek, Saluda River, Cleveland Creek, Cox Creek, Big Brushy Creek, Nesbit Creek, trib to Little River, trib to Fairforest Creek, Theodore Branch, Mountain Creek, Tyger River, Martin Creek, Big Garvin Creek, Three and Twenty Creek, Kennedy Creek, Middle Branch Brushy Creek, Thicketty Creek, Six and Twenty Creek, trib to Lawsons Fork Creek, Island Creek, Pacolet River, trib to Enoree River, Earle Branch/Rison Creek, Gethsemane Creek, Headwaters of Mountain creek, Durbin Creek, Cuffie Creek, Langston Creek, Fairforest Creek, Ranson Creek, Little River, Eighteenmile Creek, North Tyger River, Lakeside Branch, Wilson Creek, Broadway Creek, Turkey Creek, Little Creek, headwaters of groucher creek, trib to Huff Creek, Smith Creek, Dye Creek, Savannah River, Reedy River, Horsepen Creek, Pickens Creek headwaters, trib to North Tyger River, Trib to Pacolet River, Bridge Fork Creek, Horse Creek, Rabon Creek, Boling Creek, Jones Creek, Abner Creek, Johnson Creek, trib to Saluda River, Big Creek, Chinquapin Creek, Middle Tyger River, McElwain Creek, Mineral Spring Branch, Cherokee Creek, Baker Creek, Rock Creek, Little Brushy Creek, Rocky River, trib to Jimmies Creek, cane creek, Peters Creek, Trib to Lawsons Fork Creek, Grays Creek, Howard Branch, Rocky Creek, Cane Creek, Dutchman Creek, Clear Creek, Twomile Creek, Trib to Hurricane creek, Hurricane Creek, Grays creek, Sugar Creek, Enoree Creek, Maple creek, North Rabon Creek, Little Generostee Creek, trib to lake Hartwell, trib to Broadway Creek, Trib to Lake Hartwell, trib to 3 & 20 Creek, trib to South Tyger River, Big Shoally Creek, Motlow creek, Lake Hartwell, Canoe Creek, trib to S Tyger River, Little Garvin Creek, Payne Branch Creek, Broad Mouth Creek, Pea Creek, Charles Creek, Richland Creek, Little Beaverdam Creek, Trib to Broad Mouth Creek, Tugaloo Creek, headwater of Wilson Creek, Long Branch, Welcome Creek, Reedy creek, Trib to Rocky Creek, Georges Creek, Frey Creek, Meadow Creek, South Tyger River, Whites Branch, Huff Creek, Camp Creek, Little Durbin Creek, Hencoop Creek, Wards Creek, Grove Creek, Pickens Creek, Betty Green Creek, Big Generostee Creek, Wile Creek, northern part Lake Hartwell, Little Generostee creek headwaters, Little Thicketty Creek, Kelsey Creek, Buckhead Creek, Frohawk Creek, Jimmies Creek, Double Branch, trib to Tyger River, part of Lake Hartwell, trib to Lake Hartwell, Arnold Creek, Fawn Branch, East Prong Little Generostee Creek, Enoree River, Town Creek, Big Ferguson Creek, Reedy Creek, Trib to Saluda river, Dillard creek, Bens Creek, trib flows into Lake Hartwell, Lawsons Fork Creek, lake Hartwell, Barkers Creek, Graze Creek, Allen Creek, Little Grove Creek, Trib to Big Creek, Jordan Creek, Cedar Shoals Creek, Laurel Creek, Trib to South Tyger River, Weems Creek, South Rabon Creek, Craven Creek, East Beards Creek, Beaver Creek, Russell Lake, Trib to Horse Creek, Brushy Creek and Beaverdam 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 aware of your surroundings and do not drive on flooded roads.
Area Description: 
Anderson, SC; Greenville, SC; Laurens, SC; Spartanburg, SC
Forcast Office: 
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg SC