1 flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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.
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 Mar 3, 9:50 AM EST, 1 hour 10 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 950 AM EST SUN MAR 3 2002 SATELLITE... RADAR... AND LIGHTNING INDICATE A RELATIVELY STRONG LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM ST. MARYS... GEORGIA TO THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF SUWANNEE COUNTY... FLORIDA. THE LINE IS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 20 MPH... WITH THE INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORMS RACING OFF TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 TO 45 MPH. THREE HOUR RAINFALL RATES ARE APPROACHING 2 TO 3 INCHES. WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR WEAK MESOS. SURFACE OBS INDICTE THE COLD FRONT IS ON TRACK... IT JUST STARTING TO NUDGE ITS WAY INTO OUR GA COUNTIES AND SHOULD MOVE ACROSS JACKSONVILLE BY 18Z AND BE SOUTH OF THE CWA BY 23Z. THREE HOUR RAINFALL RATES ARE APPROACHING 2 TO 3 INCHES. INITAL REPORTS IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA SHOW STORM TOTAL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES. WILL UPDATE THE ZONE FORECAST AROUND 1130 AM... ADJUST THE THREAT OF SHOWERS AND AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES. MARINE...CONTINUE SCA. .JAX... .GA...SCA NEARSHORE AND OFFSHORE WATERS. .FL...SCA NEARSHORE AND OFFSHORE WATERS. PUBLIC...JOHNSON MARINE/AVIATION/FIRE...PETERSON
FLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040-GAZ132>136-149>154-162>166-031700- NORTHEAST FLORIDA/SOUTHEAST GEORGIA HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 522 AM EST SUN MAR 03 2002 ...HEAVY RAINFALL MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED URBAN FLOODING... A COLD FRONT MOVING ACROSS THE REGION TODAY WILL SPAWN THUNDERSTORMS ALONG ITS LEADING EDGE. WIND GUSTS TO 30 MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING... AND HEAVY RAIN ARE LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS. SATURATED GROUND MAY INHIBIT PROPER DRAINAGE...THUS POSING THE THREAT OF URBAN FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS...DRAINAGE BASINS AND ALONG STREAMS. ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS IS NOT REQUESTED AT THIS TIME. PLEASE STAY TUNED OF CURRENT ADVISORIES ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT WEATHER.GOV. BROYLES
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Highway 40 at interstate 95 flooded at overpass. Spur 40 near Crooked River Elementry School flooded to one foot depth. Numerous secondary roads flooded in St. Marys.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Georgia in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Georgia, March 2002
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: 5286755.