Georgia, 2002

Flood in Georgia, September 15, 2002

September 15, 2002 · NWS GSP · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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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 Greenville-Spartanburg, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Sep 15, 9:12 AM EST, 2 hours 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 15, 9:12 AM EST, 2 hours 3 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1012 AM EDT SUN SEP 15 2002

RADAR SHOWS GOOD PRECIPITATION COVERAGE UPSTREAM OF MOST OF AREA.
EXCEPTION IS TN LINE. ISENTROPIC LIFT AND LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE TO
LEAVE SC/GA LATE THIS AFTERNOON JUST AS BEST UPPER LEVEL DIVERGENCE
ARRIVES THERE. SHARP INSTABILITY GRADIENT ALONG S AND E BORDER
AREAS. WILL LEAVE POPS AT CATEGORICAL...EXCEPT S TN LINE COUNTIES
WHERE A CUTBACK TO LIKELY CORRESPONDS WITH MRX ZONES. DECIDED TO
LEAVE FLOOD WATCH UP ENTIRE AREA FOR REST OF DAY...THOUGH GREATEST
CHANCE OF FLOODING SW OF I-26 WHERE MOST RAIN HAS FALLEN. REST OF
FORECAST APPEARS ON TRACK.

FCSTID =    7
GSP   77  66  85  63 / 100  40  30  20
AND   79  66  86  63 / 100  30  30  20
CLT   78  66  85  62 / 100  50  30  20
HKY   75  65  84  62 / 100  60  30  20
AVL   73  62  81  59 / 100  40  30  20

.GSP...
GA...FLOOD WATCH FOR TODAY FOR ZONES GAZ010...GAZ017>018...GAZ026...
GAZ028>029.
NC...FLOOD WATCH FOR TODAY FOR ZONES
NCZ033>037...NCZ048>059...NCZ062>072...NCZ082.
SC...FLOOD WATCH FOR TODAY FOR ZONES SCZ001>014...SCZ019.
FLOOD WATCH FOR TODAY FOR ZONES SCZ001>014...SCZ019.

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The radar

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Event by event

1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flood, Habersham

When
September 15, 11:15 AM EST to 2:00 PM EST
Where
Habersham forecast zone
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
34.631, -83.531 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Some streams were overflowing their banks.

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.

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The same day elsewhere

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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: 5321143.