1 thunderstorm wind, 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 Mar 17, 5:58 AM EST, 2 hours 57 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 558 AM EST SUN MAR 17 2002 ELEVATED CONVECTION CONTINUES TO TRUDGE EAST INTO ZONES WHERE THUNDER IS NOT CURRENTLY MENTIONED. EXPECT THIS ACTIVITY TO DECREASE IN INTENSITY AS IT MOVES INTO MORE STABLE AIR...BUT WILL GO AHEAD AND MENTION A CHANCE OF THUNDER IN ALL ZONES THIS MORNING. .GSP... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. LANE
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
610 AM EST SUN MAR 17 2002
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
605 AM JONESVILLE SC .75 INCH HAIL
03/17/02 UNION JONESVILLE FIRE DEPT
REPORTED DIME HAIL FOR
APRXLY 5 MINUTES...NOW
TAPERING OFF.
JONESNCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-171700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 646 AM EST SUN MAR 17 2002 ...SOME HEAVY RAIN TODAY AND TONIGHT - AND SOME FLOODING POSSIBLE BY TONIGHT... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN MOVING ACROSS PARTS OF THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS OVERNIGHT. SOME LOCATIONS HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED HEAVY SHOWERS...BUT WITH DRY CONDITIONS AND LOW STREAM FLOW...IT WILL TAKE SOME TIME BEFORE HEAVY RAIN BECOMES A PROBLEM. THE SHOWERS AND STORMS EXTENDED WELL BACK TO THE WEST INTO EAST AND MIDDLE TENNESSEE. THERE ARE SOME INDICATIONS THAT STORMS WILL REPEAT OVER THE SAME PARTS OF THE MOUNTAINS AGAIN AND AGAIN TODAY...AND INTO TONIGHT. LATEST DATA SUGGEST THAT THE THREAT FOR THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL IS TONIGHT. DEPENDING ON HOW MUCH RAIN FALLS DURING THE DAY...THERE COULD BE A THREAT OF SOME FLOODING OR FLASH FLOODING BY TONIGHT. YOU SHOULD LISTEN TO UPDATED WEATHER FORECASTS TODAY. IT IS POSSIBLE A FLOOD WATCH COULD BE ISSUED TODAY FOR PARTS OF THE MOUNTAINS. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS ALREADY BEEN ISSUED BY THE MORRISTOWN NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE...FOR EXTREME SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...EAST TENNESSEE...AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. JONES
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 92 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 13:57 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The roof was torn off of a manufactured home and blown 250 feet into another home along Caney Fork 3 ESE of Cullowhee. In addition, trees were reported down in Webster, and several power lines were blown down in Cullowhee.
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, March 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: 5285694.