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 Sep 27, 2:55 AM EST, 5 hours 5 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 355 AM EDT FRI SEP 27 2002 THE REMNANTS OF ISIDORE...SOMETHING A HYBRID SYSTEM AT THIS POINT...SHOW UP WELL ON THE WATER VAPOR OVER SRN TN. THE ETA AND AVN HANDLE THE SYSTEM DIFFERENTLY. THE ETA LIFTS THE MID LEVEL TROF ALMOST DUE NORTH AND BEGINS TO SHEAR IT OUT...EVEN BY THE 12 UTC. THE AVN AND RUC BOTH LIFT THE VORT MORE TO THE NE...AND HOLD ON TO A STRONGER FEATURE. THIS RESULTS IN A TIGHTER LLVL GRADIENT ON THE E SIDE OF THE SYSTEM ON THE AVN/RUC THAN ON THE ETA. CHECKING THE ATL VWP...THEY HAVE 55 KT LLVL WINDS ATTM FROM 3KFT AND UP. THE AVN AND RUC BOTH HAD THIS LEVEL OF WND AT 06 UTC WHILE THE ETA WAS MORE LIKE 40 KTS. THUS...FROM ALL ACCOUNTS AND APPEARANCES...A STRONGER...MORE EASTERLY TRACK SHOULD VERIFY. REPORTS OF TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN HAVE BEEN COMING IN ALL NIGHT FROM THE MTNS. WNDS HAVE BEEN REPORTED AS MODERATE FOR THE MOST PART. ITS OBVIOUS THE THE DROUGHT WEAKENED TREES AND WET GROUND ARE LEADING TO FAR MORE DOWNED TREES THAN USUAL. CONSIDERING THAT THE STRONGEST WINDS...AND SOME EMBEDDED CONVECTIVE ELEMENTS...ARE STILL TO MOVE ACROSS THE MTNS...HAVE ISSUED A HIGH WIND WANING FOR MOST OF THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE NC AND GA MOUNTAINS. CONSIDERING THE FLOW WL TURN A LITTLE MORE SW TOWARD DAWN...HAVE EXCLUDED ERN MOST MTNS AND FOOTHILLS (THEY ARE IN AN ADVISORY). THE NEXT CONCERN IS RAIN. LLVL OMEGA CONTINUES WELL INTO THE LATE MORNING OVER THE MTNS AND FOOTHILLS...AND WL CONTINUE HIGH POPS. IFLOWS SHOWS THAT 6 HRLY PCPN AMOUNTS RANGE FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES IN THE FAVORED AREAS OF THE EASTERN ESCARPMENT. THIS REALLY ISN/T ALL THAT MUCH FOR THESE AREAS. CONSIDERING THAT THE FLOW VEERS AS THE MORNING PROGRESSES...DON/T SEE THAT ANYONE...OTHER THAN MAYBE MACON COUNTY...HAS MUCH OF A FLOOD TREAT. NO BIG CHANGES TO THE FORECAST BEYOND THE 1ST PERIOD. ETA AND AVN DO NOT AGREE WELL AT ALL ON POSITION OF FRONT BEHIND ISIDORE..WITH THE AVN PUSHING IT THROUGH SAT MORNING...AND THE ETA WAITING UNTIL SUNDAY MORNING. HAVE COMPROMISED DWPT GRIDS TO ACCOUNT FOR A MIDDLE OF THE ROAD SOLUTION. THIS MEANS GRADUAL DRYING SAT AND SAT NGHT. IN EXTENDED RANGE...STALLED FRONT TO S INITIALLY...WITH ATLANTIC RIDGE SLOWLY RETREATING OFFSHORE. GULF MOISTURE SLOW TO RETURN ON W SIDE OF RIDGE...KEEPING POPS AT BAY THROUGH DAY 7. NO CHANGES AT THIS TIME. FCSTID = 14 GSP 83 67 84 64 / 70 30 10 0 AND 83 67 84 65 / 70 30 10 0 CLT 83 67 85 64 / 70 30 10 0 HKY 80 66 84 62 / 70 30 10 0 AVL 77 61 79 60 / 100 30 10 0 .GSP... GA...HIGH WIND WARNING FOR THIS MORNING FOR ZONE GAZ010. WIND ADVISORY FOR THIS MORNING FOR ZONE GAZ017. NC...HIGH WIND WARNING FOR THIS MORNING FOR ZONES NCZ033...NCZ048>053...NCZ058>059...NCZ062>063. WIND ADVISORY FOR THIS MORNING FOR ZONES NCZ034...NCZ054>055...NCZ064>067. SC...WIND ADVISORY FOR THIS MORNING FOR ZONES SCZ001>003. MCAVOY/07
GAZ018-026-028-029-NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-082-SCZ004>014-019- 271600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 415 AM EDT FRI SEP 27 2002 ...RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS COMBINE TO DOWN TREES AND POWERLINES... THE REMNANTS OF ISIDORE WERE MOVING THROUGH THE TENNESSEE RIVER VALLEY EARLY THIS MORNING. TO THE EAST...WINDS HAVE INCREASED ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS...WITH MODERATE WINDS BLOWING ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT. SHOWERS HAVE BEEN INCREASING THROUGH THE NIGHT...GIVING A BIT OF A BOOST TO THE WIND FROM TIME TO TIME. WIND GUSTS TO 25 TO 30 MPH HAVE OCCURRED...AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING...AND PERHAPS BECOME A LITTLE STRONGER AROUND SUNRISE AND FOR A COUPLE HOURS AFTERWARD. BECAUSE OF THE DROUGHT...MANY TREES HAVE BEEN DAMAGED...AND WEAKENED TO THE POINT OF FALLING BECAUSE OF THE COMBINATION OF MODERATELY STRONG WINDS AND WET GROUND. HIGH WIND WARNINGS AND WIND ADVISORIES HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR MOUNTAIN LOCATIONS...BUT AREAS SOUTH AND EAST OF THE MOUNTAINS WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE SOME PROBLEMS WITH FALLING TREES...LIMBS...AND POWER LINES...EVEN THOUGH THE WIND WILL NOT BE NEARLY AS STRONG AS IN THE MOUNTAINS. PEOPLE DRIVING THIS MORNING SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE POSSIBILITY OF FALLEN OR FALLING LIMBS AND TREES...AND SHOULD ALSO EXPECT SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. JONES
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
The Cullasaja River flooded part of Highway 64 near Highlands.
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
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: 5319731.