Alert: Flash Flood Warning issued December 30 at 3:15PM EST expiring December 30 at 9:00PM EST by NWS Greenville-Spartanburg SC

Event: Flash Flood Warning
Sender Name: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg SC
Issued: 2015-12-30T15:15:25-05:00
Expires: 2015-12-30T21:00:00-05:00
WEA Text: Flash Flood Warning this area til 9:00 PM EST. Avoid flood areas. Check local media. -NWS
Description: THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…
CENTRAL SPARTANBURG COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA…
SOUTHEASTERN GREENVILLE COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA…
CHEROKEE COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA…

* UNTIL 900 PM EST

* AT 306 PM EST…DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED ADDITIONAL ROUNDS OF HEAVY
RAIN SHOWERS MOVING NORTHEAST ALONG THE INTERSTATE 85 CORRIDOR AND
COVERING THE SOUTHERN HALF OF GREENVILLE AND SPARTANBURG
COUNTIES…AS WELL AS MOST OF CHEROKEE COUNTY. THIS HEAVY RAINFALL
IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. RADAR AND
RAIN GAGES INDICATE RAINFALL TOTALS AROUND 3 INCHES IN MANY
LOCATIONS IN OVER THE PAST 12 HOURS…AND ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AT
RATES OF ONE HALF INCH PER HOUR IS LIKELY SOUTHEAST OF THE
INTERSTATE 85 CORRIDOR THROUGH EARLY EVENING. FLOODING ALONG
STREAMS AND CREEKS SOUTHEAST OF 85 WILL THUS CONTINUE OR
WORSEN…WITH NEW FLOODING LIKELY DEVELOPING.

* FLOODING WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE LOWER REACHES OF THE REEDY RIVER
AS WELL AS HUFF CREEK AND GROVE CREEK AND OTHER TRIBUTARIES OF THE
SALUDA. FLOODING WILL DEVELOP ALONG WARDS CREEK AND THE TYGER
RIVERS SOUTHEAST OF INTERSTATE 85 IN SPARTANBURG. FLOODING WILL
WORSEN ALONG GILKEY CREEK AND LIMESTONE CREEK IN CHEROKEE COUNTY.
OTHER FLOODING WILL DEVELOP IN LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS
THROUGHOUT THE REGION.
Instruction: NUMEROUS ROADS AND BRIDGES WILL BE THREATENED BY HEAVY RAIN AND
RAPIDLY RISING STREAMS AND CREEKS. PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO WATER
OVER ROADWAYS…ROAD SIGNAGE…AND BARRICADES INDICATING HIGH WATER
AND FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN CARRY AWAY
YOUR VEHICLE. TURN AROUND…DONT DROWN!

PLEASE REPORT FLOOD WATER FLOWING OVER ROADS OR THREATENING
PROPERTY…OR LANDSLIDES TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE
SPARTANBURG BY CALLING TOLL FREE…1…800…2 6 7…8 1 0 1…OR BY
POSTING ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE…OR TWEET IT USING HASHTAG NWSGSP.
YOUR MESSAGE SHOULD DESCRIBE THE EVENT AND THE SPECIFIC LOCATION
WHERE IT OCCURRED.

Link to more Info: http://www.weather.gov
Urgency: Immediate
Severity: Severe
Certainty: Likely
Categories: Met,
Area Description: Greenville; Cherokee; Spartanburg

Message Identifier: NWS-141029-1120166-1061877
CAP MessageType: Alert
Added note: – Flash Flood Warnings warnings