1 flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 Jul 14, 3:18 AM EST, 5 hours 12 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 418 AM EDT SUN JUL 14 2002 PRECIP DIMINISHING ACROSS CWFA AS UPSLOPE FLOW AND ISENTROPIC LIFT END. MDLS INDICATE THIS AND EVEN HAVE FLOW BECOMING WLY TODAY. DEEP MOISTURE EXITS BUT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE REMAINS HIGH. DAMMING MIXING OUT AS DEW POINTS QUITE HIGH AND FAIRLY UNIFORM. SFC TROF AND LOW PRESSURE LINGER OVER THE AREA. UPPER DIVERGENCE LACKING BUT ATMOS IS UNSTABLE. WITH CONFLICTING PARAMETERS WILL LOWER POP TO 50 ALL AREAS TODAY. WILL LEAVE EVENING POP TONIGHT AND CHC POP MONDAY. DATA AGAIN CONFLICTING MONDAY...BUT EVEN ETA WHICH DEVELOPS A MID LEVEL INVERSION DOES NOT SHOW A CAP. DECIDED TO REMOVE PRECIP FROM MTNS TUE GIVEN MAV POPS BELOW CLIMO. OTHERWISE NO CHANGES TO EXTENDED. GSP 85 70 90 71 / 50 30 30 20 AND 86 71 91 72 / 50 30 30 20 CLT 85 70 90 71 / 50 30 30 20 HKY 81 69 89 70 / 50 30 30 20 AVL 80 65 86 66 / 50 30 30 20 .GSP... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. RWH
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Two to three inches of rain fell in a short time, causing local creeks to rise quickly to near bankfull. No creeks reportedly flooded, but usual flood-prone areas in the southern part of the metro area had minor flooding and standing water.
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, July 2002
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