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GA WFO GREENVILLE/SPARTANBURG Warnings, Watches, and Advisories

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WFO GREENVILLE/SPARTANBURG Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Thursday, February 21, 2019

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT

Special Weather Statement

National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC

1116 PM EST WED FEB 20 2019

...THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAINFALL WILL IMPACT NORTHERN

HART...FRANKLIN...STEPHENS...HABERSHAM...RABUN...TRANSYLVANIA...

SOUTHEASTERN HENDERSON...SOUTHEASTERN JACKSON...SOUTHEASTERN

MACON... SOUTHWESTERN POLK...NORTHWESTERN

LAURENS...PICKENS...OCONEE... GREENVILLE...WESTERN SPARTANBURG AND

NORTHERN ANDERSON COUNTIES UNTIL 1215 AM EST...

At 1113 PM EST, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of

thunderstorms with torrential rainfall moving across northeast

Georgia and the western Upstate of South Carolina moving northeast

at 40 mph.

Locations to be impacted include...

Greenville Downtown, Spartanburg, Anderson, Easley, Clemson, Toccoa,

Seneca, Brevard, Walhalla and Pickens.

Wind gusts up to 40 mph and heavy rainfall rates up to 2 inches per

hour will be possible in these areas. Localized flooding will be

possible as the storms continue over the same locations.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

The combination of gusty winds and saturated soil conditions will

cause scattered trees and power lines to fall. Seek shelter inside an

interior room.

Torrential rainfall may flood areas with poor drainage, such as

ditches and underpasses. Avoid these areas and do not cross flooded

roads. Water levels of small streams may also rise rapidly. Seek

higher ground if threatened by flood waters.

LAT...LON 3454 8362 3460 8365 3462 8364 3465 8366

3473 8362 3476 8363 3479 8366 3479 8362

3521 8290 3534 8225 3514 8202 3496 8186

3475 8194 3425 8334 3433 8339 3443 8338

3446 8340 3449 8354 3443 8362 3450 8367

TIME...MOT...LOC 0413Z 240DEG 49KT 3497 8239

...THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAINFALL WILL IMPACT NORTHERN

HART...FRANKLIN...STEPHENS...HABERSHAM...RABUN...TRANSYLVANIA...

SOUTHEASTERN HENDERSON...SOUTHEASTERN JACKSON...SOUTHEASTERN

MACON... SOUTHWESTERN POLK...NORTHWESTERN

LAURENS...PICKENS...OCONEE... GREENVILLE...WESTERN SPARTANBURG AND

NORTHERN ANDERSON COUNTIES UNTIL 1215 AM EST...

At 1113 PM EST, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of

thunderstorms with torrential rainfall moving across northeast

Georgia and the western Upstate of South Carolina moving northeast

at 40 mph.

Locations to be impacted include...

Greenville Downtown, Spartanburg, Anderson, Easley, Clemson, Toccoa,

Seneca, Brevard, Walhalla and Pickens.

Wind gusts up to 40 mph and heavy rainfall rates up to 2 inches per

hour will be possible in these areas. Localized flooding will be

possible as the storms continue over the same locations.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

The combination of gusty winds and saturated soil conditions will

cause scattered trees and power lines to fall. Seek shelter inside an

interior room.

Torrential rainfall may flood areas with poor drainage, such as

ditches and underpasses. Avoid these areas and do not cross flooded

roads. Water levels of small streams may also rise rapidly. Seek

higher ground if threatened by flood waters.

LAT...LON 3454 8362 3460 8365 3462 8364 3465 8366

3473 8362 3476 8363 3479 8366 3479 8362

3521 8290 3534 8225 3514 8202 3496 8186

3475 8194 3425 8334 3433 8339 3443 8338

3446 8340 3449 8354 3443 8362 3450 8367

TIME...MOT...LOC 0413Z 240DEG 49KT 3497 8239

...THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAINFALL WILL IMPACT NORTHERN

HART...FRANKLIN...STEPHENS...HABERSHAM...RABUN...TRANSYLVANIA...

SOUTHEASTERN HENDERSON...SOUTHEASTERN JACKSON...SOUTHEASTERN

MACON... SOUTHWESTERN POLK...NORTHWESTERN

LAURENS...PICKENS...OCONEE... GREENVILLE...WESTERN SPARTANBURG AND

NORTHERN ANDERSON COUNTIES UNTIL 1215 AM EST...

At 1113 PM EST, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of

thunderstorms with torrential rainfall moving across northeast

Georgia and the western Upstate of South Carolina moving northeast

at 40 mph.

Locations to be impacted include...

Greenville Downtown, Spartanburg, Anderson, Easley, Clemson, Toccoa,

Seneca, Brevard, Walhalla and Pickens.

Wind gusts up to 40 mph and heavy rainfall rates up to 2 inches per

hour will be possible in these areas. Localized flooding will be

possible as the storms continue over the same locations.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

The combination of gusty winds and saturated soil conditions will

cause scattered trees and power lines to fall. Seek shelter inside an

interior room.

Torrential rainfall may flood areas with poor drainage, such as

ditches and underpasses. Avoid these areas and do not cross flooded

roads. Water levels of small streams may also rise rapidly. Seek

higher ground if threatened by flood waters.

LAT...LON 3454 8362 3460 8365 3462 8364 3465 8366

3473 8362 3476 8363 3479 8366 3479 8362

3521 8290 3534 8225 3514 8202 3496 8186

3475 8194 3425 8334 3433 8339 3443 8338

3446 8340 3449 8354 3443 8362 3450 8367

TIME...MOT...LOC 0413Z 240DEG 49KT 3497 8239

...THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAINFALL WILL IMPACT NORTHERN

HART...FRANKLIN...STEPHENS...HABERSHAM...RABUN...TRANSYLVANIA...

SOUTHEASTERN HENDERSON...SOUTHEASTERN JACKSON...SOUTHEASTERN

MACON... SOUTHWESTERN POLK...NORTHWESTERN

LAURENS...PICKENS...OCONEE... GREENVILLE...WESTERN SPARTANBURG AND

NORTHERN ANDERSON COUNTIES UNTIL 1215 AM EST...

At 1113 PM EST, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of

thunderstorms with torrential rainfall moving across northeast

Georgia and the western Upstate of South Carolina moving northeast

at 40 mph.

Locations to be impacted include...

Greenville Downtown, Spartanburg, Anderson, Easley, Clemson, Toccoa,

Seneca, Brevard, Walhalla and Pickens.

Wind gusts up to 40 mph and heavy rainfall rates up to 2 inches per

hour will be possible in these areas. Localized flooding will be

possible as the storms continue over the same locations.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

The combination of gusty winds and saturated soil conditions will

cause scattered trees and power lines to fall. Seek shelter inside an

interior room.

Torrential rainfall may flood areas with poor drainage, such as

ditches and underpasses. Avoid these areas and do not cross flooded

roads. Water levels of small streams may also rise rapidly. Seek

higher ground if threatened by flood waters.

LAT...LON 3454 8362 3460 8365 3462 8364 3465 8366

3473 8362 3476 8363 3479 8366 3479 8362

3521 8290 3534 8225 3514 8202 3496 8186

3475 8194 3425 8334 3433 8339 3443 8338

3446 8340 3449 8354 3443 8362 3450 8367

TIME...MOT...LOC 0413Z 240DEG 49KT 3497 8239

...THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAINFALL WILL IMPACT NORTHERN

HART...FRANKLIN...STEPHENS...HABERSHAM...RABUN...TRANSYLVANIA...

SOUTHEASTERN HENDERSON...SOUTHEASTERN JACKSON...SOUTHEASTERN

MACON... SOUTHWESTERN POLK...NORTHWESTERN

LAURENS...PICKENS...OCONEE... GREENVILLE...WESTERN SPARTANBURG AND

NORTHERN ANDERSON COUNTIES UNTIL 1215 AM EST...

At 1113 PM EST, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of

thunderstorms with torrential rainfall moving across northeast

Georgia and the western Upstate of South Carolina moving northeast

at 40 mph.

Locations to be impacted include...

Greenville Downtown, Spartanburg, Anderson, Easley, Clemson, Toccoa,

Seneca, Brevard, Walhalla and Pickens.

Wind gusts up to 40 mph and heavy rainfall rates up to 2 inches per

hour will be possible in these areas. Localized flooding will be

possible as the storms continue over the same locations.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

The combination of gusty winds and saturated soil conditions will

cause scattered trees and power lines to fall. Seek shelter inside an

interior room.

Torrential rainfall may flood areas with poor drainage, such as

ditches and underpasses. Avoid these areas and do not cross flooded

roads. Water levels of small streams may also rise rapidly. Seek

higher ground if threatened by flood waters.

LAT...LON 3454 8362 3460 8365 3462 8364 3465 8366

3473 8362 3476 8363 3479 8366 3479 8362

3521 8290 3534 8225 3514 8202 3496 8186

3475 8194 3425 8334 3433 8339 3443 8338

3446 8340 3449 8354 3443 8362 3450 8367

TIME...MOT...LOC 0413Z 240DEG 49KT 3497 8239

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