High Wind, Rabun
- When
- September 27, 3:00 AM EST to 11:00 AM EST
- Where
- Rabun forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 34.882, -83.402 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind in Georgia, September 27, 2002
Winds associated with Isidore increased during the early morning, resulting in more widespread damage to trees and power lines. Widespread power outages were also reported.
Where it happened
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- 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 happened
The episode as NWS GSP wrote it up.
Winds associated with Isidore increased during the early morning, resulting in more widespread damage to trees and power lines. Widespread power outages were also reported.
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 27, 2:55 AM EST, 5 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 27, 2:55 AM EST, 5 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 355 AM EDT FRI SEP 27 2002 THE REMNANTS OF ISIDORE...SOMETHING A HYBRID SYSTEM AT THIS POINT...SHOW UP WELL ON THE WATER VAPOR OVER SRN TN. THE ETA AND AVN HANDLE THE SYSTEM DIFFERENTLY. THE ETA LIFTS THE MID LEVEL TROF ALMOST DUE NORTH AND BEGINS TO SHEAR IT OUT...EVEN BY THE 12 UTC. THE AVN AND RUC BOTH LIFT THE VORT MORE TO THE NE...AND HOLD ON TO A STRONGER FEATURE. THIS RESULTS IN A TIGHTER LLVL GRADIENT ON THE E SIDE OF THE SYSTEM ON THE AVN/RUC THAN ON THE ETA. CHECKING THE ATL VWP...THEY HAVE 55 KT LLVL WINDS ATTM FROM 3KFT AND UP. THE AVN AND RUC BOTH HAD THIS LEVEL OF WND AT 06 UTC WHILE THE ETA WAS MORE LIKE 40 KTS. THUS...FROM ALL ACCOUNTS AND APPEARANCES...A STRONGER...MORE EASTERLY TRACK SHOULD VERIFY. REPORTS OF TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN HAVE BEEN COMING IN ALL NIGHT FROM THE MTNS. WNDS HAVE BEEN REPORTED AS MODERATE FOR THE MOST PART. ITS OBVIOUS THE THE DROUGHT WEAKENED TREES AND WET GROUND ARE LEADING TO FAR MORE DOWNED TREES THAN USUAL. CONSIDERING THAT THE STRONGEST WINDS...AND SOME EMBEDDED CONVECTIVE ELEMENTS...ARE STILL TO MOVE ACROSS THE MTNS...HAVE ISSUED A HIGH WIND WANING FOR MOST OF THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE NC AND GA MOUNTAINS. CONSIDERING THE FLOW WL TURN A LITTLE MORE SW TOWARD DAWN...HAVE EXCLUDED ERN MOST MTNS AND FOOTHILLS (THEY ARE IN AN ADVISORY). THE NEXT CONCERN IS RAIN. LLVL OMEGA CONTINUES WELL INTO THE LATE MORNING OVER THE MTNS AND FOOTHILLS...AND WL CONTINUE HIGH POPS. IFLOWS SHOWS THAT 6 HRLY PCPN AMOUNTS RANGE FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES IN THE FAVORED AREAS OF THE EASTERN ESCARPMENT. THIS REALLY ISN/T ALL THAT MUCH FOR THESE AREAS. CONSIDERING THAT THE FLOW VEERS AS THE MORNING PROGRESSES...DON/T SEE THAT ANYONE...OTHER THAN MAYBE MACON COUNTY...HAS MUCH OF A FLOOD TREAT. NO BIG CHANGES TO THE FORECAST BEYOND THE 1ST PERIOD. ETA AND AVN DO NOT AGREE WELL AT ALL ON POSITION OF FRONT BEHIND ISIDORE..WITH THE AVN PUSHING IT THROUGH SAT MORNING...AND THE ETA WAITING UNTIL SUNDAY MORNING. HAVE COMPROMISED DWPT GRIDS TO ACCOUNT FOR A MIDDLE OF THE ROAD SOLUTION. THIS MEANS GRADUAL DRYING SAT AND SAT NGHT. IN EXTENDED RANGE...STALLED FRONT TO S INITIALLY...WITH ATLANTIC RIDGE SLOWLY RETREATING OFFSHORE. GULF MOISTURE SLOW TO RETURN ON W SIDE OF RIDGE...KEEPING POPS AT BAY THROUGH DAY 7. NO CHANGES AT THIS TIME. FCSTID = 14 GSP 83 67 84 64 / 70 30 10 0 AND 83 67 84 65 / 70 30 10 0 CLT 83 67 85 64 / 70 30 10 0 HKY 80 66 84 62 / 70 30 10 0 AVL 77 61 79 60 / 100 30 10 0 .GSP... GA...HIGH WIND WARNING FOR THIS MORNING FOR ZONE GAZ010. WIND ADVISORY FOR THIS MORNING FOR ZONE GAZ017. NC...HIGH WIND WARNING FOR THIS MORNING FOR ZONES NCZ033...NCZ048>053...NCZ058>059...NCZ062>063. WIND ADVISORY FOR THIS MORNING FOR ZONES NCZ034...NCZ054>055...NCZ064>067. SC...WIND ADVISORY FOR THIS MORNING FOR ZONES SCZ001>003. MCAVOY/07
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- High Wind
- Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Strong Wind in Georgia, September 27, 2002
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Ohio, September 27, 2002
- High Wind in Tennessee, September 27, 2002
- High Wind in Tennessee, September 27, 2002
- High Wind in North Carolina, September 27, 2002
- Heavy Rain in Vermont, September 27 to 28, 2002
- Flooding in Indiana, September 27, 2002
- Heavy Rain in New York, September 27, 2002
- Heavy Rain in Vermont, September 27 to 28, 2002
- Heavy Rain in Vermont, September 27 to 28, 2002
- Damaging Winds in Maryland, September 27, 2002
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, September 27, 2002
More
Every storm in Georgia in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Georgia, September 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: 5321139.