1 flash 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 Aug 31, 8:51 PM EST, 3 hours 9 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 951 PM EDT SAT AUG 31 2002 THE AREA OF UPPER LEVEL DIVERGENCE THAT WAS HELPING ENHANCE RAINFALL OVER CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA CONTINUES MOVING EAST OF THE I-77 CORRIDOR. RAINFALL HAS TAPERED OFF SIGNIFICANTLY ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA ACCORDINGLY. PLENTY OF MOISTURE REMAINS OVER THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA BUT WITH LITTLE TO TRIGGER CONVECTION...THE THREAT OF SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL AMOUNTS HAS DECREASED GREATLY. WILL UPDATE FORECAST TO REMOVE FLOOD WATCH AND LOWER POPS ACROSS THE AREA OVERNIGHT. .GSP... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. RB
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 156 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 05:01 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Several creeks and roads flooded in the eastern part of the county. At least one vehicle succombed to high water, and its occupants were stranded for some time.
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, September 2002
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