Georgia, 2002

Flood and Hail in Georgia, August 26, 2002

August 26, 2002 · NWS GSP · 2 events in 1 county or zone

1 hail, 1 flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

  • Tornadoes
  • Tropical storms and surge
  • Floods
  • Wind
  • Hail
  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
  • Other

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$5,000
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
2

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 26, 10:09 AM EST, 4 hours 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 26, 10:09 AM EST, 4 hours 3 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1109 AM EDT MON AUG 26 2002

12Z UPR AIR CHARTS SHOW H5 COLD TROF THAT WILL ROTATE THRU THE AREA
THIS AFTERNOON. IT AND WV LOOP SHOW DRY MID LEVEL AIR MOVING IN. H25
JET ALSO ACROSS THE AREA WITH DIFFLUENCE AT H25 AND H5. GOOD LOW
LEVEL MOISTURE CONVERGENCE CONTINUES. 12Z RAOBS SHOW ATMOS WILL
STILL BE MODERATELY UNSTABLE EVEN IF DEW POINTS FALL A LITTLE. WILL
KEEP LIKELY POP NRN SECTIONS AND UP TO 50 POP ELSEWHERE. WITH THE
PARAMETERS MENTIONED ABOVE SEVERE TSRA A POSSIBILITY. WILL ISSUE AN
SPS TO COVER. TEMPS LOOK GOOD GIVEN CLOUD COVER AND LATER CONVECTION.

.GSP...
GA...NONE.
NC...NONE.
SC...NONE.

RWH

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 26, 11:46 AM EST, 2 hours 26 minutes before
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014-
019-262100-

SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1246 PM EDT MON AUG 26 2002

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME NUMEROUS BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. COLD DRY
AIR ALOFT WILL HELP PRODUCE AN UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE. THIS...COMBINED
WITH STRONG WINDS ALOFT...WILL INCREASE THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS.

DAMAGING WIND GUSTS WILL BE THE MOST LIKELY SEVERE WEATHER THREAT.
HOWEVER...LARGE HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE
POSSIBLE ANYWHERE ACROSS EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA...AND THE WESTERN
CAROLINAS.

SPOTTER GROUPS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO ACTIVATE QUICKLY LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. DISPATCHERS SHOULD ENSURE COUNTY
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS ARE AWARE OF THIS INFORMATION.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET FOR
THE LATEST UPDATES CONCERNING THIS POTENTIAL SEVERE WEATHER
SITUATION.

RWH

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 106 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:10 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail, 1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Rabun

When
August 26, 2:12 PM EST
Where
Rabun County, Dillard
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
34.967, -83.383

Flood, Rabun

When
August 26, 2:12 PM EST to 3:00 PM EST
Where
Rabun County, Dillard
Property damage
$5,000
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
34.882, -83.402 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Water flooded the parking lot at a supermarket, and some water entered the store.

What these are

Hail
Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
Flood
Flooding that develops more slowly than a flash flood: rivers leaving their banks, or water standing over land for an extended time.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

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Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5314093, 5314094.