GREENVILLE--Heavy rains pelted the Upstate and Pee Dee on Thursday, causing creeks to overflow their banks in some counties and putting emergency officials on alert.

The National Weather Service issued flash flood warnings for Lancaster, Chester and Chesterfield counties Thursday after-noon.

In Lancaster County, one road was closed about 2:30 p.m. when creek waters spilled onto the thoroughfare. Officials were waiting for the waters to subside, said Stacy Elder, the county's assistant director for emergency management.

"The rain began Wednesday night and continued Thursday, starting in the Upstate before stretching across the state into the Pee Dee, said Wayne Jones with the National Weather Service in the Upstate.

The rainy weather never got too severe, Elder said. State emergency officials reported no evacuations because of the flooding Thursday and said the worst was probably over by early evening.

"We got a lot of water, but it's not nearly as bad as it sounds," said Larry Hall, fire, rescue and emergency preparedness director in Laurens County. "The heavy stuff is already through here. We're going to have some sprinkles throughout the day, but nothing of consequence."

Charleston County residents witnessed dark skies and rain most of the day.

By 7 p.m., the National Weather Service measured a half-inch downtown and seven-tenths of an inch falling in North Charleston while temperatures hovered between 35 and 40 countywide. Today, clouds should break by afternoon giving way to sun and 60-degree temperatures, meteorologist John Cole said.

Enjoy it, he said, because clouds and a chance of rain are expected for the next several days.