1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 Sep 15, 5:20 PM EST, 1 hour 10 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 620 PM EDT SUN SEP 15 2002 LATEST SFC ANALYSIS AND KGSP RADAR SHOWS LOW RIGHT OVER GSP. LARGE SWATH OF FLOOD-PRODUCING RAIN...MOVING SLOWLY TO THE NORTHEAST... WILL KEEP THE RAIN FALLING OFF TO THE EAST OF I-26 AND INTO THE CLT METRO AREA THIS EVENING. WILL UPDATE THE FORECAST TO GO WITH A CATEGORICAL POP IN THE FLOOD WATCH AREA...AND MINOR POP CHANGES ELSEWHERE. WILL UPDATE ZONES AGAIN AS PRECIP MOVES OUT LATER THIS EVENING. MOORE ...ORIGINAL DISCUSSION ISSUED AT 245 PM... REMNANTS OF HANNA APPEARS TO BE ON A TRACK JUST S OF AREA. HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING FLOODING IN NE GA AND UPSTATE SC AT THIS TIME. FAVORABLE PARAMETERS FOR PRECIPITATION MOVE N INTO NC THIS EVENING AND OUT OF AREA OVERNIGHT. BASED ON RADAR TRENDS...LIMITED LIKELY POPS TO GSP/AVL AND POINTS NE...WITH CHANCE TO SW. EXTENDED FLOOD WATCH THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR AREA BETWEEN I-26 IN SC AND US-74 IN NC...WHERE LIKELY POPS COINCIDE WITH BETTER 48 HOUR RAINFALL TOTALS. ALTHOUGH I-40 CORRIDOR EXPECTED TO RECEIVE HEAVY RAIN AS WELL...PREVIOUS TOTALS ON LOW SIDE AND DO NOT THINK FLOODING AS LIKELY THERE. MON FEATURES PARTIAL DRYING ON BACK SIDE OF LEE TROUGH IN DOWNGLIDE FLOW...THOUGH ENOUGH MOISTURE TO MAINTAIN CHANCE POPS AS FRONT ARRIVES LATE IN DAY. FRONT THROUGH AREA MON NIGHT...STALLING JUST S OF AREA. BY TUE NIGHT ENOUGH MOISTURE ALONG TAIL OF FRONT TO INTRODUCE POPS S AN W...SPREADING NE ACROSS AREA WED. EXTENDED FEATURES ANOTHER FRONT REACHING AREA FRI...WITH YET ANOTHER FRONT APPROACHING ON SUN. CHANCE POPS THROUGH MUCH OF EXTENDED. CURRENT FORECAST OF NEXT TROPICAL SYSTEM TOO FAR AWAY TO IMPACT LOCAL AREA BY DAY 7. FCSTID = 7 GSP 66 87 65 84 / 60 30 20 10 AND 67 88 66 85 / 40 30 20 10 CLT 65 87 64 83 / 60 30 20 10 HKY 65 86 64 82 / 60 30 20 10 AVL 62 83 60 80 / 60 30 20 10 .GSP... GA...NONE. NC...FLOOD WATCH FOR THIS EVENING FOR ZONES NCZ066>072...NCZ082. SC...FLOOD WATCH FOR THIS EVENING FOR ZONES SCZ003...SCZ006>009...SCZ012>014. O7
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
238 PM EDT SUN SEP 15 2002
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
236 PM WALHALLA SC FLASH FLOOD
09/15/02 OCONEE TORRINGTON ROAD NEAR
WALHALLA IS CLOSED DUE TO
FLOODING. REPORT FROM
COUNTY 911.
230 PM SENECA SC FLASH FLOOD
09/15/02 OCONEE MAULDIN MILL RD NEAR
SENECA CLOSED DUE TO
FLOODING. REPORT FROM
COUNTY 911.
HANDELPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
441 PM EDT SUN SEP 15 2002
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
450 PM ANDERSON SC HEAVY RAINFALL
09/15/02 ANDERSON SEVERAL TREES DOWN DO TO
WET SOILS...ONE FELL OVER
SOME RAILROAD TRACKS
330 PM PIEDMONT SC FLOODING
09/15/02 GREENVILLE HIGHWAY 20 FLOODED
337 PM MAULDIN SC FLOODING
09/15/02 GREENVILLE CREEK FLOODING IN
FORRESTER WOODS
SUBDIVISION...ALSO AT
BUTLER AND VERDIN ROADS.
340 PM GREENVILLE SC FLOODING
09/15/02 GREENVILLE LAURENS ROAD AT WINBLEY
AND CLEVELAND STREETS
CLOSED DUE TO FLOIDING.
SOME HOMES FLOODED AROUND
CLEVELAND STREET. SINK
HOLE REPORTED AT KEITH
INDUSTRIAL.
345 PM GREENVILLE SC FLOODING
09/15/02 GREENVILLE FLOODING REPORTED ON
PELHAM ROAD AT SILVER
CREEK...CAR STUCK ON
FLOODED BRIDGE ON RILEY
SMITH ROAD...COACH HILL
FLOODED...ADDISON TOWN
HOMES FLOODED...EDWARDS
AND HOWELL ROADS FLOODED.
RBNPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
458 PM EDT SUN SEP 15 2002
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
330 PM ANDERSON SC HEAVY RAINFALL
09/15/02 ANDERSON SEVERAL TREES DOWN DO TO
WET SOILS...ONE FELL OVER
SOME RAILROAD TRACKS
330 PM PIEDMONT SC FLOODING
09/15/02 GREENVILLE HIGHWAY 20 FLOODED
337 PM MAULDIN SC FLOODING
09/15/02 GREENVILLE CREEK FLOODING IN
FORRESTER WOODS
SUBDIVISION...ALSO AT
BUTLER AND VERDIN ROADS.
340 PM GREENVILLE SC FLOODING
09/15/02 GREENVILLE LAURENS ROAD AT WINBLEY
AND CLEVELAND STREETS
CLOSED DUE TO FLOIDING.
SOME HOMES FLOODED AROUND
CLEVELAND STREET. SINK
HOLE REPORTED AT KEITH
INDUSTRIAL.
345 PM GREENVILLE SC FLOODING
09/15/02 GREENVILLE FLOODING REPORTED ON
PELHAM ROAD AT SILVER
CREEK...CAR STUCK ON
FLOODED BRIDGE ON RILEY
SMITH ROAD...COACH HILL
FLOODED...ADDISON TOWN
HOMES FLOODED...EDWARDS
AND HOWELL ROADS FLOODED.
RBNPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
550 PM EDT SUN SEP 15 2002
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
405 PM EASLEY SC FLOOD
09/15/02 PICKENS ELLISON CIRCLE FLOODED.
EOC REPORT.
JATThe Greer radar (KGSP), 22 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:27 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Water was flowing over a bridge, and 5 feet of railroad bed was washed out.
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, 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: 5319730.