7 flash 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 Tallahassee, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Sep 14, 8:00 AM EST, 3 hours earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
900 AM EDT SAT SEP 14 2002
LOOKING AT KMOB RADAR...THE CENTER OF TS HANNA IS NEAR DAUPHIN
ISLAND AND ABOUT TO MOVE INTO MOBILE BAY. THE LATEST OBSERVATION
FROM DAUPHIN ISLAND REPORTED EAST WINDS OF 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 52
MPH.
CLOSER TO HOME...BANDS OF HEAVY RAIN WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS ARE
SPIRALING ACROSS THE PANHANDLE AND BIG BEND. ALL WATCHES AND
WARNINGS CONTINUE IN EFFECT AND ARE LISTED BELOW. MAIN THREAT FOR US
TODAY AND THIS EVENING WILL BE ISOLATED TORNADOS AND THE POTENTIAL
FOR FLOODING WITH EXPECTED ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UPWARDS TO 5
INCHES. WILL MONITOR BOTH SITUATIONS CLOSELY.
MARINE: WINDS ACROSS OUR PANHANDLE WATERS ARE SUSTAINED AT 25 KNOTS
WITH GUSTS TO 30 KNOTS. SEAS ARE 10 FEET. ACROSS APALACHEE BAY WINDS
ARE 20 KNOTS GUSTING TO 25 KNOTS WITH SEAS AT 7 FEET.
.TLH...
.AL...FLOOD WATCH ALL ZONES.
TORNADO WATCH ALL ZONES UNTIL NOON SATURDAY CDT.
.GA...FLOOD WATCH ALL ZONES.
.FL...TROPICAL STORM WARNING FLZ08-12-14 AND 15 FROM APALACHICOLA W.
TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT FOR ALL COUNTIES
WEST OF APALACHICOLA RIVER.
FLOOD WATCH ALL ZONES THROUGH 8PM SATURDAY.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY GMZ755-775 (APALACH BAY).
BARRYThe Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 54 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 15:59 UTC.
7 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Three to five inches of rain caused flooding of several county roads, with some street flooding in Cairo. Reported by 911.
Up to four inches of rain caused some minor rural and urban flooding. In Thomasville, gusty winds and saturated grounds downed some trees into power lines, which blocked streets and disrupted power. Reported by the Thomasville Times Enterprise.
Between 10 and 15 inches of rain fell during a seven-hour period over much of the county. Donalsonville received 14.59 inches between 1030 pm Saturday and 530 am Sunday, and 15.74 inches during a 24-hour period. An estimated 300 homes and 75 businesses in and surrounding Donalsonville were damaged by flood waters. Portions of U.S. Highway 84, and State Roads 45 and 285 were closed. A wooden bridge on the southwest side of Donalsonville was destroyed. An estimated 5,000 acres of peanuts and cotton were destroyed. A disaster center served nearly 600 flood victims. Reported by the Seminole County EMA.
Between six and ten inches of rain flooded several county roads. Many roads in Blakely were under water. Reported by the Early County EMA.
Up to eight inches of rain flooded several county and state roads. Many homes near Colquitt were evacuated due to rising water. 35 homes and three businesses suffered water damage, as well as the Colquitt Police Department and county courthouse. Reported by the Miller County EMA.
Up to six inches of rain washed out a few county roads, with several closed to rising water. Over 500 acres of peanuts were damaged by flood waters. Reported by the Decatur County EMA.
Between two and six inches of rain caused minor street flooding in Moultrie. A few hundred acres of peanut and cotton crops were damaged. Reported by the Moultrie Observer.
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, September 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: 5319980, 5319981, 5319979, 5320048, 5319976, 5319977, 5319978.