National Weather Service
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
513 AM EDT SAT OCT 3 2015
RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-AVERY-ALEXANDER-
IREDELL-DAVIE-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-CATAWBA-
ROWAN-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-
HENDERSON-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION-
CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-GREATER CALDWELL-BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE-
MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-EASTERN MCDOWELL-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-
GREATER RUTHERFORD-POLK MOUNTAINS-EASTERN POLK-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-
PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE-
GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK-
ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-CHESTER-GREENWOOD-
513 AM EDT SAT OCT 3 2015
…WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT SUNDAY…
…FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING…
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA…PIEDMONT
NORTH CAROLINA…WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA.
.DAY ONE…TODAY AND TONIGHT.
PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.
FLASH FLOOD WATCH.
WIND ADVISORY.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN…SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.
..SUNDAY…HEAVY RAIN WITH FLASH FLOODING AND HIGH WINDS LIKELY.
SEE THE LATEST FLASH FLOOD WATCH AND WIND ADVISORY FOR DETAILS.
..MONDAY…NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
..TUESDAY…NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
..WEDNESDAY…NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
..THURSDAY…NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
..FRIDAY…NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT…
SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF DAMAGING
WINDS OR FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE.
Wind Advisory
URGENT – WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
443 AM EDT SAT OCT 3 2015
…WINDY CONDITIONS AND WET GROUND WILL LEAD TO NUMEROUS DOWNED
TREES AND POWER LINES AROUND THE REGION TODAY AND TONIGHT…
.A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES IS
CAUSING EASTERLY WINDS TO INCREASE ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS
AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA. WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE
AT TIMES TODAY AND TONIGHT. ALTHOUGH THESE WIND SPEEDS ARE
TYPICALLY NOT POWERFUL ENOUGH TO BLOW DOWN TREES…SATURATED SOIL
CONDITIONS WILL MAKE TREES MORE SUSCEPTIBLE TO FALLING. SEVERAL
TREES ARE LIKELY TO FALL AND COULD TAKE DOWN POWER LINES AND CAUSE
OUTAGES AT TIMES…AS WELL AS BLOCK ROADWAYS.
RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-AVERY-ALEXANDER-
IREDELL-DAVIE-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-
CATAWBA-ROWAN-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-
TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-
CABARRUS-UNION-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-GREATER CALDWELL-
BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-EASTERN MCDOWELL-
RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-GREATER RUTHERFORD-POLK MOUNTAINS-
EASTERN POLK-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-
GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-
GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-
LAURENS-CHESTER-GREENWOOD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…CLAYTON…PINE MOUNTAIN…
MOUNTAIN CITY…CORNELIA…DEMOREST…CLARKESVILLE…TOCCOA…
ROYSTON…LAVONIA…FRANKLIN SPRINGS…CANON…HARTWELL…
REED CREEK…ELBERTON…BANNER ELK…NEWLAND…ELK PARK…
CROSSNORE…SUGAR MOUNTAIN…BETHLEHEM…TAYLORSVILLE…
STONY POINT…STATESVILLE…MOORESVILLE…MOCKSVILLE…
MARS HILL…MARSHALL…HOT SPRINGS…BURNSVILLE…SPRUCE PINE…
BRYSON CITY…WAYNESVILLE…CANTON…LAKE JUNALUSKA…ASHEVILLE…
HICKORY…NEWTON…ST. STEPHENS…SALISBURY…ROBBINSVILLE…
CULLOWHEE…SYLVA…FRANKLIN…HIGHLANDS…CASHIERS…BREVARD…
HENDERSONVILLE…FLETCHER…EAST FLAT ROCK…ETOWAH…SHELBY…
KINGS MOUNTAIN…LINCOLNTON…GASTONIA…CHARLOTTE…CONCORD…
KANNAPOLIS…MONROE…INDIAN TRAIL…WEDDINGTON…TRINITY…
EDGEMONT…LENOIR…JONAS RIDGE…MORGANTON…OLD FORT…MARION…
LAKE LURE…RUTHERFORDTON…FOREST CITY…SALUDA…COLUMBUS…
WALHALLA…WESTMINSTER…NINE TIMES…PUMPKINTOWN…
ROCKY BOTTOM…CAESARS HEAD…CLEVELAND…GOWENSVILLE…
MARIETTA…TIGERVILLE…SENECA…EASLEY…CLEMSON…GREENVILLE…
TAYLORS…GREER…MAULDIN…SIMPSONVILLE…BEREA…SPARTANBURG…
GAFFNEY…ROCK HILL…ANDERSON…ABBEVILLE…CALHOUN FALLS…
LAURENS…CLINTON…UNION…CHESTER…GREAT FALLS…GREENWOOD
443 AM EDT SAT OCT 3 2015
…WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT SUNDAY...
* LOCATIONS…NORTHEAST GEORGIA…UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA…AND
WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA.
* HAZARDS…STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL COMBINE WITH SATURATED SOILS
TO CREATE THE POSSIBILITY OF NUMEROUS DOWNED TREES.
* TIMING…EASTERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE AREA TODAY INTO
TONIGHT…BEFORE VERY SLOWLY ABATING BY LATE SUNDAY.
* WINDS…NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 TO 40 MPH.
* IMPACTS…SATURATED SOILS FROM RECENT…ONGOING…AND UPCOMING
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY WEAKEN ROOT SYSTEMS AND ALLOW STRONG WIND
GUSTS TO KNOCK DOWN NUMEROUS TREES. THE FALLING TREES MAY RESULT
IN POWER OUTAGES…BLOCK ROADWAYS…AND POSE A HAZARD TO LIFE
AND PROPERTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS
THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT…ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. KEEP AN EYE ON NEARBY TREES
WHEN HEAVY SHOWERS MOVE THROUGH…ESPECIALLY THOSE EAST OR
NORTHEAST OF YOUR HOME.
Flash Flood Watch
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
429 AM EDT SAT OCT 3 2015
…HEAVY RAINFALL TO INCREASE ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND
NORTHEAST GEORGIA THROUGH TONIGHT WITH POTENTIALLY HISTORIC AND
LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING POSSIBLE…
.A SLOWLY MOVING UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE
SOUTHEAST STATES WILL CONTINUE TO INTERACT WITH A PLUME OF
TROPICAL MOISTURE FROM HURRICANE JOAQUIN OFF THE ATLANTIC COAST
TO PRODUCE COPIOUS RAINFALL ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND
NORTHEAST GEORGIA TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY. THE COVERAGE AND
INTENSITY OF THE RAINFALL WILL INCREASE FROM THE EAST TODAY…WITH
THIS HEAVY RAINFALL IMPACTING MANY LOCATIONS AROUND THE REGION
WHERE SOILS ARE ALREADY SATURATED. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TOTALS OF 4
TO 8 INCHES ARE LIKELY IN MOST LOCATIONS…BUT THE AXIS OF
HEAVIEST RAINFALL TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY IS EXPECTED TO LINE UP
FROM THE UPPER SAVANNAH RIVER VALLEY AND THE WESTERN
UPSTATE…INTO THE LOWER PIEDMONT NEAR GREENWOOD. ADDITIONAL
RAINFALL TOTALS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS
BEFORE THE RAIN ENDS SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY. THIS AMOUNT OF
RAINFALL COULD RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT…LIFE THREATENING…FLASH
FLOODING AND FLOODING ALONG MAIN STEM RIVERS.
STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA-
ROWAN-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION-
GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-
CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-CHESTER-GREENWOOD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…TOCCOA…ROYSTON…LAVONIA…
FRANKLIN SPRINGS…CANON…HARTWELL…REED CREEK…ELBERTON…
BETHLEHEM…TAYLORSVILLE…STONY POINT…STATESVILLE…
MOORESVILLE…MOCKSVILLE…HICKORY…NEWTON…ST. STEPHENS…
SALISBURY…SHELBY…KINGS MOUNTAIN…LINCOLNTON…GASTONIA…
CHARLOTTE…CONCORD…KANNAPOLIS…MONROE…INDIAN TRAIL…
WEDDINGTON…TRINITY…SENECA…EASLEY…CLEMSON…GREENVILLE…
TAYLORS…GREER…MAULDIN…SIMPSONVILLE…BEREA…SPARTANBURG…
GAFFNEY…ROCK HILL…ANDERSON…ABBEVILLE…CALHOUN FALLS…
LAURENS…CLINTON…UNION…CHESTER…GREAT FALLS…GREENWOOD
429 AM EDT SAT OCT 3 2015
…FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING…
THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA…NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE
SOUTH CAROLINA…INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS…IN NORTHEAST
GEORGIA…ELBERT…FRANKLIN…HART AND STEPHENS. IN NORTH
CAROLINA…ALEXANDER…CABARRUS…CATAWBA…CLEVELAND…
DAVIE…GASTON…IREDELL…LINCOLN…MECKLENBURG…ROWAN AND
UNION. IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA…ABBEVILLE…ANDERSON…
CHEROKEE…CHESTER…GREATER GREENVILLE…GREATER OCONEE…
GREATER PICKENS…GREENWOOD…LAURENS…SPARTANBURG…UNION
AND YORK.
* THROUGH MONDAY MORNING
* RAIN WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY TODAY AND THEN
PERSIST THROUGH LATE WEEKEND AS TROPICAL MOISTURE FROM
HURRICANE JOAQUIN OFF THE ATLANTIC COAST WRAPS INTO A LOW
PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE SOUTHEAST UNITED STATES.
* ADDITIONAL STORM TOTAL RAINFALL OF 4 TO 8 INCHES IS LIKELY
ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH LATE WEEKEND…WITH ADDITIONAL TOTALS
OF 8 TO 12 INCHES EXPECTED IN SOUTHERN SECTIONS FROM THE WESTERN
UPSTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA…TO THE UPPER SAVANNAH RIVER VALLEY
TO THE LOWER PIEDMONT NEAR GREENWOOD…WHERE RAINFALL WILL BE
LIKELY BE THE HEAVIEST IN OUR AREA. THESE PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY
RAINFALL ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING ALONG SMALLER
CREEKS AND STREAMS…WITH SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOODING POSSIBLE…
ESPECIALLY IN AREAS THAT ALREADY RECEIVED HEAVY RAIN IN RECENT
DAYS. FLOODING WILL ALSO LIKELY DEVELOP ALONG THE MAIN STEM
RIVERS THROUGH LATE WEEKEND AND POSSIBLY PERSIST INTO EARLY NEXT
WEEK. PEOPLE LIVING NEAR STREAMS SHOULD MONITOR THE SITUATION
CLOSELY THROUGH THE WEEKEND. NOW IS THE TIME TO DECIDE WHAT TO
DO IF THREATENED BY FLOOD WATERS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. CONSIDER POSTPONING TRAVEL
IF POSSIBLE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL…NEVER DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS. TURN AROUND… DONT DROWN.
