North Carolina, 2002Flash Flood in North Carolina, July 24, 2002
July 24, 2002 · NWS GSP · 1 event in 1 county or zone
1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $50,000
- 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 Jul 24, 2:00 PM EST, 4 hours earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 24, 2:00 PM EST, 4 hours before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
300 PM EDT WED JUL 24 2002
CONVECTION HAS ONCE AGAIN DEVELOPED ACROSS A GOOD PORTION OF THE CWA
THIS AFTERNOON. EXPECT BEST COVERAGE THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON AND
EVENING TO OCCUR ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS...AND ALONG AND NEAR THE
SURFACE FRONT THAT CONTINUES TO MAKE SLOW PROGRESS THROUGH NORTHERN
NC. MODEL CONSENSUS IS TO HANG THIS BOUNDARY UP ACROSS NORTHERN
PORTIONS OF OUR CWA THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY. ALTHOUGH MID LEVEL SHEAR
AXIS AND ASSOCIATED COOL POOL THAT HAS SUPPORTED CONVECTION OVER THE
PAST COUPLE OF DAYS WILL CONTINUE TO WEAKEN...VERY MOIST ATMOSPHERE
COMBINED WITH FRONT WARRANTS HIGH CHANCE TO LIKELY POPS ACROSS THE
AREA THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT.
HEIGHTS BEGIN FALLING ACROSS THE EASTERN U.S. THURSDAY NIGHT INTO
FRIDAY...AS SERIES OF SW TROUGHS SWING ACROSS THE MIDWEST INTO THE
NORTHEAST. THIS WILL ALLOW WEAKENING FRONT AND DEEPER MOISTURE TO
PUSH EAST OF THE AREA DURING THE DAY FRIDAY...SUPPORTING LOWER POPS.
WILL RETAIN LOW CHANCE POP FOR SATURDAY TO COVER POSSIBILITY FOR
DIURNAL CONVECTION...ALTHOUGH SUSPECT THAT THIS WILL HAVE TO BE
LOWERED IN LATER PACKAGES.
MID LEVEL RIDGE BEGINS TO BUILD OVER THE SOUTHEAST DURING THE DAY
SUNDAY AND REMAINS IN PLACE THROUGH THE EARLY PART OF THE WORK
WEEK...SUPPORTING VERY WARM TEMPS AND MINIMAL PRECIP CHANCES.
ANOTHER FRONT WORKS ITS WAY TOWARD THE AREA BY WEDNESDAY...BUT HAVE
OPTED TO LEAVE POPS OUT OF THE FORECAST FOR NOW.
.GSP...
GA...NONE.
NC...NONE.
SC...NONE.
LANE
Flash Flood, Lincoln
- When
- July 24, 6:00 PM EST to 7:00 PM EST
- Where
- Lincoln County, Triangle
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 35.486, -81.224 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A severe urban flood developed quickly after about 4 inches of rain fell in 2 hours in eastern Lincoln County. Mud and water flowed across the road from a construction site, flooding the parking lot of a shopping center. People were trapped in cars and had to escape through windows. At least one car floated across the parking lot, and water accumulated to depths of 3 feet against store windows and then entered the stores. The water peaked in about 30 minutes and then receded.
- Flash Flood
- Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, July 24, 2002$12 million · F0 · 14 events
- Hail in South Dakota, July 24, 2002$3.0 million · 2.5 in hail · 1 event
- Hail in South Dakota, July 24, 2002$500,000 · 2.5 in hail · 1 event
- Hail and Lightning Strike in Georgia, July 24, 2002$250,000 · 0.88 in hail · 3 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, July 24, 2002$83,000 · 57 kt wind · 11 events
- Damaging Wind in South Dakota, July 24, 2002$100,000 · 69 kt wind · 1 event
- Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, July 24, 2002$33,000 · F0 · 12 events
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, July 24, 2002$50,000 · 55 kt wind · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in South Dakota, July 24, 2002$50,000 · 61 kt wind · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, July 24, 2002$25,000 · 61 kt wind · 1 event
- Tornado and Hail in South Dakota, July 24 to 25, 2002F0 · 20 events
- Damaging Wind in California, July 24, 2002$20,000 · 50 kt wind · 1 event
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: 5309614.