2 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 Wakefield, VA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Sep 1, 9:05 AM EST, 25 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD, VA 1005 AM EDT SUN SEP 1 2002 HAVE LOWERED POPS TO CHANCE CATEGORY WRN HALF OF CWA...BASED ON SFC LOW HEADING OUT TO SEA. HAVE ALSO TWEEKED POPS DOWN FOR THE AFTERNOON...AND FOR SOME LATER PERIODS...FOR CONTINUITY WITH AFTERNOON FCAST...AND BETTER CONTINUITY WITH SURROUNDING OFFICES. LOOKS LIKE HEAVIER RAIN HAS MOVED OFF THE COAST...AND REMAINING RAIN OR SHOWERS SHOULD BE MORE OCCASIONAL OR SCATTERED THAN WHAT WEVE HAD RECENTLY. ALSO...CHCS OF THUNDER REMAIN REMOTE...SO HAVE TAKEN THUNDER OUT OF ALL BUT COASTAL ZONES. FCSTID = 18 .AKQ... MD...HEAVY SURF ADVISORY...ATLC BEACHES. SCA...ATLC COASTAL WATERS. NC...SCA FOR SEAS...ATLC COASTAL WATERS. VA...SCA FOR SEAS...ATLC COASTAL WATERS. REILLY
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Numerous roads and bridges reported closed due to flooding between Ocean City, Berlin, Newark, and Snow Hill. Cooperative observer at Snow Hill reported just over 14 inches of rain.
Portions of Ben Davis Road and Wango Road closed due to high water. In Wango, bridge on Bear Swamp Road washed out.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Maryland in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Maryland, 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: 5320875, 5320876.