1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
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 26, 2:35 PM EST, 2 hours 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 335 PM EDT MON AUG 26 2002 ATMOS QUITE UNSTABLE AS H5 COLD TROF ROTATES THRU THE AREA TONIGHT. UPR JET PRODUCING DIFFLUENCE OVER THE AREA AS WELL. CONVECTION ONGOING PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN AND SOME SVR ATTM. EXPECT LIKELY COVERAGE THRU THE EVENING. ANOTHER COLD TROF ROTATES AROUND UPPER LOW AND MOVES THRU TUE. LOTS OF MOISTURE AND SELY FLOW WILL LEAD TO ANOTHER DAY OF INCREASED COVERAGE. BEST LIFT ROTATES NORTHWARD FOR TUE NITE/WED. HOWEVER DEEP MOISTURE AND SELY FLOW CONTINUES. THEREFORE WILL GO LIKELY POP NORTH AND CHC SOUTH. WILL CONTINUE TO MENTION THUNDER DUE TO FORCING EVEN THOUGH ATMOS WILL BE LESS UNSTABLE. THIS GENERAL TREND CONTINUES THU AS DOES CHC POP. WENT TOWARD WARM GUIDANCE ON LOWS AND COOLER GUIDANCE HIGHS GIVEN PRECIP AND CLOUDS. FOR THE MEDIUM RANGE...LONGER RANGE MODELS CONTINUE TO WEAKEN THE UPPER LOW...AS IT WANDERS SLOWLY ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST STATES. LOW LEVEL MOISTURE REMAINS RATHER HIGH...AND WITH A GRADUAL WARMING TREND...EXPECT MOSTLY A CHANCE OF AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH SATURDAY...BUT CERTAINLY MUCH LESS COVERAGE THAN EXPECTED THROUGH OUR CURRENT MIDWEEK PERIOD. BY MONDAY...WITH HIGH PRESSURE IN CONTROL AND UPPER LOW LOSING ITS IDENTITY ON THE MODELS...WILL GO WITH FAIR SKIES AND NO CHANCE OF RAIN FOR SUNDAY AND MONDAY. FCSTID = 81 GSP 69 82 67 82 / 70 60 50 50 AND 69 83 67 83 / 70 60 50 50 CLT 69 81 68 81 / 70 70 60 50 HKY 66 78 66 78 / 70 70 60 50 AVL 64 76 63 76 / 70 70 60 50 .GSP... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. RWH/SAB
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-262100- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1246 PM EDT MON AUG 26 2002 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME NUMEROUS BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. COLD DRY AIR ALOFT WILL HELP PRODUCE AN UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE. THIS...COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS ALOFT...WILL INCREASE THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. DAMAGING WIND GUSTS WILL BE THE MOST LIKELY SEVERE WEATHER THREAT. HOWEVER...LARGE HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ANYWHERE ACROSS EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA...AND THE WESTERN CAROLINAS. SPOTTER GROUPS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO ACTIVATE QUICKLY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. DISPATCHERS SHOULD ENSURE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS ARE AWARE OF THIS INFORMATION. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET FOR THE LATEST UPDATES CONCERNING THIS POTENTIAL SEVERE WEATHER SITUATION. RWH
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
315 PM EDT MON AUG 26 2002
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
312 PM DILLARD GA .75 INCH HAIL
08/26/02 RABUN RABUN 911 RELAYED A
REPORT OF DIME HAIL.
JONESPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
433 PM EDT MON AUG 26 2002
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
420 PM TOCCOA GA WIND DAMAGE
08/26/02 STEPHENS 2 TREES AND A POWER LINE
DOWN NEAR TOCCOA.
LIGHTNING DAMAGE ALSO
REPORTED BY TOCCOA
POLICE.
MCAVOYGAZ026-028-029-SCZ002-005-010-011-019-262245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 453 PM EDT MON AUG 26 2002 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TO MOVE ACROSS THE SAVANNAH RIVER VALLEY... A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST ALONG THE SAVANNAH RIVER VALLEY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH. HEAVY RAINFALL...CAUSING PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS AND IN LOW LYING AREAS...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING ARE LIKELY WITH THE STORMS. THE STORMS WILL BE NEAR EASLEY...ANDERSON AND HARTWELL BY 530 PM...AND NEAR ELBERTON...ABBEVILLE AND GREENWOOD BY 630 PM. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET FOR THE LATEST UPDATES CONCERNING THIS POTENTIAL SEVERE WEATHER SITUATION. RWH
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
511 PM EDT MON AUG 26 2002
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
440 PM WALHALLA SC WIND DAMAGE
08/26/02 OCONEE TREES AND POWER LINES
DOWN IN TOWN
MCAVOYPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
547 PM EDT MON AUG 26 2002
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
543 PM CENTRAL SC .75 INCH HAIL
08/26/02 PICKENS DIME SIZED HAIL REPORTED
BY SPOTTER
525 PM CENTRAL SC WIND DAMAGE
08/26/02 PICKENS 1 TREE DOWN REPORTED BY
COUNTY SHERIFF
528 PM CLEMSON SC WIND DAMAGE
08/26/02 PICKENS 1 TREE ON POWER LINE AT
CLEMSON UNIV CAMPUS.
REPORT FROM CAMPUS PD.
540 PM CLEMSON SC 60 MPH TSTM GUST
08/26/02 PICKENS STORM SPOTTER ESTIMATED
WINDS AROUND 60
MPH...WITH SMALL HAIL.
HANDELThe Greer radar (KGSP), 56 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:49 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees and powerlines were blown down. A tree was blown onto a vehicle on Clemson Bvd in Anderson.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in South Carolina in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in South Carolina, August 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: 5314101, 5314102.