1 flash 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 Mar 18, 4:08 AM EST, 2 hours 52 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 408 AM EST MON MAR 18 2002 WIDESPREAD PCPN & EMBEDDED CONVECTION ACRS ERN TENN LIKELY TO DIMINISH SOME AS IT SAGS SE INTO THE NC MTNS THIS MORNING WITH ACTIVITY MOVING AWAY FROM BETTER LLVL MOIST FLUX CONVERGENCE & WAA. WITH SATURATED ANTECEDENT CONDITIONS IN THE NC MTNS...ESPECIALLY ACRS TENN BORDER COUNTIES...BEST TO KEEP FFA UP THROUGH THIS MORNING...AS CURRENTLY ADVERTISED. THRU THE BALANCE OF THE DAY...CWFA REMAINS UNDER WEAKLY FORCED ATMOSPHERE...WITH PRIMARILY LLVL DIVERGENT CONDITIONS...SOME DOWNGLIDE & EVEN SOME DOWNSLOPE. GIVEN THIS WILL TRIM BACK POPS ACRS THE BOARD...DOWN TO LIKELY EAST OF MTNS WITH LIGHT QPF. TEMPERATURES TODAY TRICKY...BUT SEE NO REASON TO CHANGE GOING WEDGE FCST...ALTHOUGH TEMPERATURE GRADIENT COULD BE A LITTLE GREATER THAN EXPECTED WHERE WEDGE IS SHALLOW...ACRS GA/SC LOWER PIEDMONT. STRENGTHENING UPGLIDE FLOW TONIGHT BUT NOT MUCH MODEL RESPONSE & PLAN ON CUTTING BACK POPS TO CHC FOR RAIN...WITH POTENTIAL FOR FOG OR DRIZZLE OVERNIGHT. ON TUESDAY...BULK OF CWFA SHOULD REMAIN WEDGED...BUT WILL ADVERTISE A TIGHTER TEMP GRADIENT...LIKELY RAISING MAXES IN SC/GA PIEDMONT GROUPS TO BETTER REFLECT POTENTIAL FOR SHALLOW SFC BASED LAYER TO ERODE...& THIS LOOKS TO BE IN BETTER AGREEMENT WITH FFC/CAE ZONES. NO BIG SURPRISES IN LOOKING AT 00Z AVN...EXCEPT FROPA DOES SEEM TO BE A LITTLE SLOWER THAN CURRENTLY ADVERTISED...POSSIBLY CAUSING SHOWER CHCS TO LINGER INTO WED NITE...BUT WILL LEAVE AS IS FOR NOW. IN ADDITION...DAY 5 FORECAST LOOKS DRIER AS WELL IN WAKE OF NORTHERN STREAM SYSTEM. FCSTID = 55 GSP 54 50 63 54 / 60 40 30 40 AND 54 50 63 54 / 60 40 30 40 CLT 54 50 63 54 / 60 40 30 40 HKY 52 47 57 52 / 60 40 30 40 AVL 59 51 65 50 / 80 40 30 50 .GSP... GA...NONE. NC...FLOOD WATCH THIS MORNING NCZ033...048>053...058>059...062>065. SC...NONE.
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 71 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 11:59 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flooding along small streams resulted in a road being washed out off of Highway 209. Several vehicles were involved in accidents as a result.
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: 5285775.