Flood, Clinch
- When
- July 3, 7:30 PM EST to 8:30 PM EST
- Where
- Clinch County, Homerville
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 30.915, -82.706 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Extensive street flooding.
Flood in Georgia, July 3, 2002
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
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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 Jacksonville, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 3, 7:30 PM EST, 0 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 3, 7:30 PM EST, 0 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 830 PM EDT WED JUL 03 2002 SVR WX...A MIXED BAG OF A FEW HAIL REPORTS...BUT MOSTLY WIND DAMAGE WITH A FEW TREES DOWN IN SOME AREAS AND LOCALIZED FLOODING REPORTS DUE TO THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS. PUBLIC...LAST OF THE JUICY...HOT AIR BEING WORKED ON IN THE VALDOSTA REGION...THEN SHOWERS/TSTMS SHOULD DIMINISH/END ARND MIDNIGHT AND WL WORD ZFP ACCORDINGLY. WL ADD A BIT OF PATCHY FOG TO INLD ZONES SINCE MUCH OF THE REGION EXPERIENCED SOME HEAVY RAINFALL THIS AFTN/EVE. LOW TEMPS IN THE 70 TO 75 RANGE. A GOOD CHANCE OF ANOTHER ROUND OF AFTN/EVE TSTM ACTIVITY TOMORROW. MARINE...WITH THE SHARPENING OF THE THERMAL TROF OVER THE INLAND AREAS OF GA/FL...SE WINDS HV INCRD SLIGHTLY TO SE 10-15 KTS...BUT STILL EXPECT TO SEE A SHIFT TO THE SW AND SLIGHT DECREASE OVERNIGHT. SEAS 1 TO 3 FEET. .JAX... .GA...NONE. .FL...NONE. HESS/BROYLES/DYKES
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 3, 3:49 PM EST, 3 hours 41 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE, FL
449 PM EDT WED JUL 3 2002
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0415 PM GAINESVILLE FL .75 INCH HAIL
07/03/02 ALACHUA
PPLocal storm report, Jul 3, 4:00 PM EST, 3 hours 30 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE, FL
500 PM EDT WED JUL 3 2002
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0415 PM GAINESVILLE FL .75 INCH HAIL
07/03/02 ALACHUA
0400 PM TAYLOR FL WIND DAMAGE
07/03/02 BAKER EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
REPORTED TREES DOWN IN
THE TAYLOR AREA
PP/HESSLocal storm report, Jul 3, 5:00 PM EST, 2 hours 30 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE, FL
600 PM EDT WED JUL 3 2002
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0415 PM GAINESVILLE FL .75 INCH HAIL
07/03/02 ALACHUA
0400 PM TAYLOR FL WIND DAMAGE
07/03/02 BAKER EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
REPORTED TREES DOWN IN
THE TAYLOR AREA
0400 PM OLUSTEE 5 N FL WIND DAMAGE
07/03/02 BAKER EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
REPORTED TREES DOWN
ALONG I-10 IN WESTERN
PORTION OF COUNTY
0500 PM SILCO 5 SW GA WIND DAMAGE
07/03/02 CAMDEN EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
TREES DOWN ALONG
COUNTY ROAD 40 IN SW
PORTION OF COUNTY
PP/HESSLocal storm report, Jul 3, 5:30 PM EST, 2 hours before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE, FL
630 PM EDT WED JUL 3 2002
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0415 PM GAINESVILLE FL .75 INCH HAIL
07/03/02 ALACHUA
0400 PM TAYLOR FL WIND DAMAGE
07/03/02 BAKER EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
REPORTED TREES DOWN IN
THE TAYLOR AREA
0400 PM OLUSTEE 5 N FL WIND DAMAGE
07/03/02 BAKER EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
REPORTED TREES DOWN
ALONG I-10 IN WESTERN
PORTION OF COUNTY
0500 PM SILCO 5 SW GA WIND DAMAGE
07/03/02 CAMDEN EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
REPORTED TREES DOWN
ALONG COUNTY ROAD 40
IN SW PORTION OF COUNTY
0600 PM MIKESVILLE FL WIND DAMAGE
07/03/02 COLUMBIA EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
REPORTED TREES DOWN
ALONG COUNTY ROAD 18
IN THE MIKESVILLE AREA
PP/HESSThe radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- 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.
The same day elsewhere
- Flooding and Hail in Georgia, July 3, 2002
- Flash Flooding in Texas, July 3 to 4, 2002
- Lightning Strike in Florida, July 3, 2002
- Lightning Strike in Virginia, July 3 to 4, 2002
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, July 3, 2002
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, July 3, 2002
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Virginia, July 3, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Wind in North Carolina, July 3, 2002
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, July 3, 2002
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, July 3, 2002
- Flash Flooding in Texas, July 3, 2002
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, July 3, 2002
More
Every storm in Georgia in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Georgia, July 2002
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: 5306603.