Alert archive / South Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

June 4, 2002Anderson County, Greenville County, South Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 4, 2002, 8:30 PM EDT for Anderson County, Greenville County, South Carolina. It was in force for 45 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 4, 2002, 8:30 PM EDT (00:30 UTC)
Expired: Jun 4, 2002, 9:15 PM EDT
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area: Whole counties

Counties Anderson County, SC, Greenville County, SC

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 236 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 2107 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -19 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1345 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -62 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -11 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS52 KGSP 050030
SVRGSP
SCC007-045-050115-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
829 PM EDT TUE JUN 4 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  ANDERSON COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA   
  GREENVILLE COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 915 PM EDT

* AT 829 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS 12 MILES SOUTHWEST
  OF GREENVILLE...OR ABOUT 2 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PIEDMONT...MOVING    
  NORTH AT 10 MPH. ANOTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS DRIFTING NORTH
  TOWARD TIGERVILLE...AND GOWENSVILLE.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  PIEDMONT AT 830 PM EDT.
  POWDERSVILLE AT 855 PM EDT.
  WELCOME AT 905 PM EDT.
  BEREA AT 915 PM EDT.

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.

$$

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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 Jun 4, 2:02 PM EDT, 6 hours 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 4, 2:02 PM EDT, 6 hours 28 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
202 PM EDT TUE JUN 4 2002

RIDGE ALOFT CONT OVER SE US WITH MOIST LOW AND MID LEVEL FLOW OVER
CWA. AREA REMAINS UNSTABLE BUT WITH A LACK OF ANY STRONG TRIGGERS
FOR CONVECTION. EXPECT WEAK UPSLOPE FLOW TO BE ENOUGH FOR AT LEAST
SCT AFTN-EVE CONVECTION. DUE TO WEAK STEERING WINDS THERE WILL BE
LITTLE MOVEMENT OF STORMS THAT DO DEVELOP AND PRECIP WATER VALS ABV
ONE AND A HALF INCHES POINT TOWARD POSSIBLE RUNOFF PROBLEMS LATE
THIS AFN-EVE AND WED AFTN-EVE ALSO. WILL STICK WITH SCT CONVECTION
BOTH DAYS.

ON THU THE ETA BRINGS AN UPPER TROF SE TOWARD CWA WITH A COLD FRONT
PUSHING INTO NC MTNS DURG DAY. AVN STALLS THE FRONT OVER NC THU.
WITH THIS IN MIND WILL KEEP POPS IN FOR THU NIGHT BUT NOT CHANGE
CURRENT DRY FCST FOR FRI. WKND LOOKS DRY...THEN A SIG SHRTWV TROF
DROPS IN FROM THE W LATE SUN NIGHT INTO TUE. HAVE ADDED CHANCE POPS
FOR MON AND TUE.

FCSTID = 77
GSP   70  91  70  85 /  20  30  30  40
AND   71  92  70  86 /  20  30  30  40
CLT   69  92  70  86 /  20  30  30  40
HKY   69  88  69  83 /  20  30  30  40
AVL   66  86  66  80 /  30  40  40  40

.GSP...
GA...NONE.
NC...NONE.
SC...NONE.

RB

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 4, 4:08 PM EDT, 4 hours 22 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
408 PM EDT TUE JUN 04 2002

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

403 PM     BURNSVILLE                NC   .75 INCH HAIL
06/04/02   YANCEY                         SHERIFF DEPARTMENT
                                          REPORTED DIME HAIL JUST
                                          OUTSIDE BURNSVILLE

JONES

Local storm report, Jun 4, 5:37 PM EDT, 2 hours 53 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
537 PM EDT TUE JUN 04 2002

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

532 PM     WEAVERVILLE               NC   1.75 INCH HAIL
06/04/02   BUNCOMBE                       BUNCOMBE COUNTY 911
                                          REPORTED GOLFBALL SIZED
                                          HAIL IN WEAVERVILLE.

BURRUS

Local storm report, Jun 4, 6:09 PM EDT, 2 hours 21 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
609 PM EDT TUE JUN 04 2002

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

540 PM     MONTREAT                  NC   .75 INCH HAIL
06/04/02   BUNCOMBE                       REPORTED BY THE BLACK
                                          MOUNTAIN FIRE DEPT.

553 PM     TIGER                     GA   .75 INCH HAIL
06/04/02   RABUN                          REPORTED BY STORM
                                          SPOTTER.

545 PM     OLD FORT                  NC   .75 INCH HAIL
06/04/02   MCDOWELL

603 PM     2 EAST OLD FORT           NC   .75 INCH HAIL
06/04/02   MCDOWELL                       STRONG WIND BLEW A SOLAR
                                          PANEL OFF A ROOF.

NED

Local storm report, Jun 4, 7:04 PM EDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
704 PM EDT TUE JUN 04 2002

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

526 PM     OLD FORT                  NC   WIND DAMAGE
06/04/02   MCDOWELL                       TREES AND POWER LINES
                                          DOWN.

603 PM     TIGER                     GA   WIND DAMAGE
06/04/02   RABUN                          TREES DOWN ALONG WITH
                                          HAIL. EVENT LASTED 10 -
                                          15 MINS.

NED

Local storm report, Jun 4, 7:30 PM EDT, 1 hour before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
730 PM EDT TUE JUN 04 2002

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

722 PM     3 SE TAYLORS              SC   .75 INCH HAIL
06/04/02   GREENVILLE                     DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED
                                          BY SPOTTER.

RB

Local storm report, Jun 4, 7:47 PM EDT, 43 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
747 PM EDT TUE JUN 04 2002

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

735 PM     ROYSTON                   GA   1.00 INCH HAIL
06/04/02   FRANKLIN                       ESTIMATED WINDS AT 40
                                          MPH.

NED

The office that day

Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 4, 9:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Spartanburg	38 min
Jun 4, 9:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Spartanburg	40 min
Jun 4, 9:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Oconee	38 min
Jun 4, 10:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Cherokee	40 min
Jun 4, 10:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Oconee	49 min
Jun 4, 10:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Cherokee	47 min
Jun 5, 12:16 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Abbeville, Anderson	44 min
Jun 5, 12:39 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Greenville, Pickens	51 min
Jun 5, 12:51 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Greenwood	39 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Carolina, 2002 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2002

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.