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