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 May 30, 2:25 PM EST, 2 hours 5 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 325 PM EDT THU MAY 30 2002 SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE INCREASING IN COVERAGE OVER THE CWA...BEING DIURNAL CONVECTION EVERYTHING SHOULD CEASE IN THE EVENING HOURS. WILL CARRY A CHANCE POP INTO THE EVENING TO COVER. MODELS ARE IN FAIR AGREEMENT IN THE SHORTERM...PREFER ETA SOLUTION. TOMORROW TEMPS WILL RISE TO AROUND 10 DEGREES WARMER THAN TODAY...DP WILL REMAIN ABOUT THE SAME. FORCING IS LIMITED WITH THE MAIN SFC FEATURE BEING A LEE-SIDE TROF. WILL USE A CONSENSUS POP OF 40 WITH MOUNTAIN CONVECTION EXPECTED IN THE LATE MORNING AND IN THE AFTERNOON ELSEWHERE...WILL ALSO CARRY POPS INTO THE EVENING. SATURDAY FRONT PUSHES FURTHER SOUTH FROM THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY...WITH MOISTURE AND CAPE IN PLACE ETA PRODUCES A MCS AND PUSHES IT OVER THE FA AFTER 0Z SUN. SOME QUESTIONS REMAIN TO BE ANSWERED WITH THIS FEATURE BUT WITH LACK OF LLVL JET/WEAK CORFIDI VECTORS BELIEVE THAT IT WILL HAVE A HARD TIME SUPPORTING ITS SELF AS IT CROSSES OVER THE APPALACHIANS...WILL CONTINUE SILENT 20 POP. SOME INSTABILITY EXIST ON SUNDAY BUT WILL WORD AS PC WITH SILENT 20 POP. THICKNESS RISES FROM LOW IN THE PLAINS WILL RESULT IN TEMPS ON A STEADY INCREASE OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS PEAKING ON SAT WITH HIGHS REACHING THE L90S IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE CWA. WILL BLEND GUIDANCE FOR TEMP DETAIL OVER THE SHORT RANGE. THE MEDIUM RANGE PART OF THE FORECAST IS NOT WITHOUT UNCERTAINTY WITH A WEAK CUTOFF LOW OVER THE GULF ON DAY4...WHICH MODELS HANDLE DIFFERENTLY. THINK IT BEST NOT TO MAKE ANY SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO DAY4 AND DAY5 AT THIS TIME. HAVE FOLLOWED THE SCENARIO LAID OUT BY HPC WHICH KEEPS A SURFACE BOUNDARY WELL TO OUR NORTHWEST FOR DAY6 AND DAY7. STILL LOOKS LIKE SOMETHING CLOSE TO CLIMO IS THE BEST BET...WITH A TYPICAL SUMMERLIKE REGIME OF DIURNAL CONVECTION FOR EACH DAY. FCSTID = GSP 64 85 65 90 / 40 40 30 20 AND 64 85 65 90 / 40 40 30 20 CLT 65 86 66 90 / 40 40 30 20 HKY 63 84 64 88 / 30 40 30 20 AVL 59 80 59 84 / 30 40 30 20 .GSP... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. NED/PDM
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Slow moving thunderstorms caused rainfall of 2 to 4 inches to accumulate in a short time across portions of the Charlotte metro area. Some small streams rose to bankfull, and there was some flooding of streets and low lying areas around the city. Ponding of water on area roads caused some traffic accidents.
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, May 2002
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