1 flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 31, 9:45 AM EST, 2 hours 45 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1045 AM EDT SAT AUG 31 2002 MODERATE TO HEAVY PRECIP REMAINS PERSISTENT ACROSS THE NC PIEDMONT THIS MORNING. OBSERVATION NETWORKS SHOW THAT RADAR ESTIMATES HAVE BEEN HALF OR LESS OF ACTUAL PRECIP AMOUNTS. WITH WARM ADVECTION CONTINUING THROUGH SATURATED AIRMASS TODAY AND INTO TONIGHT...HAVE POSTED A FLOOD WATCH FOR THE INTERSTATE 77 CORRIDOR AND POINTS EAST. FARTHER WEST...DRIZZLE STILL LOOKS PREDOMINATE AS ISENTROPIC LIFT SHUTS OFF RAPIDLY. THE HEAVIER RAIN AXIS SHOULD PIVOT E TO W ACROSS THE NRN TIER LATER TODAY...AND WILL HAVE TO REASSESS THE TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF THE FLOOD WATCH WITH THE AFTN PACKAGE. TEMPS WERE SHADED DOWN MOST AREAS WITH NE FLOW AND PRECIP TODAY TO YIELD LITTLE GAIN OVER CURRENT VALUES. EXCEPTION IS NEAR THE SW MTNS WHERE CONSIDERABLE SUN AND MUCH LOWER PRECIP CHANCES WILL REQUIRE WIDER AND WARMER RANGE. FCSTID = 33 GSP 72 65 77 68 / 70 40 40 50 AND 73 66 78 68 / 70 40 40 50 CLT 72 66 77 67 / 100 60 40 50 HKY 70 64 74 66 / 70 40 40 40 AVL 73 64 78 63 / 70 40 40 40 .GSP... GA...NONE. NC...FLOOD WATCH FOR TODAY AND TONIGHT FOR ZONES NCZ036>037... NCZ057...NCZ071>072...NCZ082. SC...NONE. HG
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Pebble Creek overflowed its banks, flooding a golf course in the northwest part of the county. Many roads were also flooded.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in North Carolina in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, August 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: 5314188.