Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 10, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 26, 2002, 12:43 PM EST for Elbert County, Georgia. It was in force for 47 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 26, 2002, 12:43 PM EST (17:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 26, 2002, 1:30 PM EST
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Elbert County, GA
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 26, 1:18 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 50 E | Elberton, GA | Power lines were blown down and a railroad crossing gate was destroyed. |
| Mar 26, 1:18 PM EST | Hail 0.75 | Elberton, GA | Pea to dime size hail was reported covering the ground. |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 175 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 524 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -76 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 483 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 156 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 167 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS52 KGSP 261743 SVRGSP GAC105-261830- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1243 PM EST TUE MAR 26 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... ELBERT COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA * UNTIL 130 PM EST * AT 1243 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH LARGE HAIL 11 MILES WEST OF ELBERTON...OR ABOUT 7 MILES SOUTH OF BOWMAN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... BOWMAN AT 1250 PM EST. DEWY ROSE AT 1255 PM EST. ELBERTON AT 100 PM EST. RUCKERSVILLE AT 110 PM EST. PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM SHOULD BE ALERT FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN CAN OCCUR WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM. $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, 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 this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Mar 26, 10:15 AM EST, 2 hours 28 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 26, 10:15 AM EST, 2 hours 28 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1015 AM EST TUE MAR 26 2002 LATE MRNG ZN ISSUANCE WILL CONT CATEGORICAL POPS FOR ENTR CWA THIS AFTN. LATEST RUC PLACES AXIS OF LOWEST LI AT NOON EAST OF MTNS FM UPSTATE SC TO VCNTY IREDELL COUNTY. WIND SHEAR FM SFC TO 700 MB INCRSS A BIT BY 21Z WHEN INSTBLTY AXIS IS STILL CLOSE TO NOON POSITION. CLD CVR WILL INHIBIT SFC HEATING MOST OF OUR CWA... BUT POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR TSTMS TO BCM SVR AS THEY MOVE INTO MORE UNSTBL AIR E OF MTNS DURG AFTN. 06Z ETA FCST SHEAR/CAPE COMBO AT CLT MID TO LATE AFTN THAT SUGGESTS SVR TSTMS QUITE PSBL. .GSP... GA...WIND ADVISORY FOR AREA LAKES IN THE MOUNTAINS. NC...WIND ADVISORY FOR AREA LAKES IN THE MOUNTAINS. SC...WIND ADVISORY FOR AREA LAKES IN THE MOUNTAINS. LGL
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Mar 26, 11:05 AM EST, 1 hour 38 minutes before
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 1105 AM EST TUE MAR 26 2002 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE CAROLINAS... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CROSSING THE APPALACHIANS WILL STRENGTHEN AS THEY MOVE INTO UNSTABLE AIR EAST OF THE MOUNTAINS. BY MID AND LATE AFTERNOON... SOME OF THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND AND LARGE HAIL. PEOPLE IN EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE WESTERN CAROLINAS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER. THE PORTION OF THE NWS GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG COUNTY WARNING AREA THAT IS MOST LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS EAST OF A LINE EXTENDING FROM CHESTER SOUTH CAROLINA NORTH TO TAYLORSVILLE NORTH CAROLINA. THIS INCLUDES THE CHARLOTTE METROPOLITAN AREA. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT THAT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION BY LATE TONIGHT. FOLLOWING THE FRONTAL PASSAGE... WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE WEST AND NORTHWEST. DRIER AIR WILL SPREAD OVER THE CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET FOR UPDATED WEATHER INFORMATION DURING THE AFTERNOON. LGL
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.