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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 114, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

June 4, 2002Spartanburg County, South Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 4, 2002, 9:07 PM EDT for Spartanburg County, South Carolina. It was in force for 38 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: Jun 4, 2002, 9:07 PM EDT (01:07 UTC)
Expired: Jun 4, 2002, 9:45 PM EDT
In force: 38 min
Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area: Whole counties

County Spartanburg County, SC

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 4, 9:10 PM EDT	Thunderstorm Wind 60 E	Grnvl Sprtnbrg Arpt, SC	Some sheet metal was blown off of 4 hangars at Flight World Airpark. Several trees were also blown down.
Jun 4, 9:45 PM EDT	Thunderstorm Wind 50 E	Spartanburg, SC	Some trees were blown down.

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

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 228 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: 1915 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -14 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1621 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 39 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 110 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 050107
SVRGSP
SCC083-050145-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SPARTANBURG COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 945 PM EDT

* AT 907 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS 12 MILES SOUTHWEST
  OF SPARTANBURG...OR ABOUT 2 MILES SOUTHEAST OF REIDVILLE...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  MOORE AT 910 PM EDT.
  WELLFORD AT 915 PM EDT.
  ROEBUCK AT 920 PM EDT.
  SPARTANBURG AT 930 PM EDT.
  BOILING SPRINGS SC AT 940 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, 8:50 PM EDT, 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 4, 8:50 PM EDT, 17 minutes before

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

LATEST LAPS ANALYSIS SHOWS RIDGE OF CAPE FROM NORTHEAST
GEORGIA MAX OF 4200 SOUTHWARD WEST OF THE SAVANNAH RIVER
THEN EASTWARD ALONG CWFA SOUTHERN BORDER TO SOUTH OF CLT.
LATEST RUC FORECAST LOOKS LIKE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE
ACROSS SOUTHERN AREAS WELL PAST MIDNIGHT.

ALSO CONCERN AS GEORGIA TSTMS DRIFT INTO LOWER STABILITY
LATER TONIGHT.  NORTH CAROLINA LOOKS PRETTY WORKED OVER
AND NOT MUCH ACTIVITY EXPECTED IN MOUNTAIN COUNTIES.

WITH ALL THAT IN MIND.  CURRENT PLAN IS TO UPDATE ZONES AT 930
CONTINUING TSTMS PAST MIDNIGHT IN PIEDMONT AND RAISING POPS
TO CHANCE CATEGORY OVER CLT AREA.

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

DICARLO

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 4, 6:09 PM EDT, 2 hours 58 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, 2 hours 3 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 37 minutes 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, 1 hour 20 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

Local storm report, Jun 4, 8:57 PM EDT, 10 minutes before

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

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

835 PM     18 NE ANDERSON            SC   WIND DAMAGE
06/04/02   ANDERSON                       ANDERSON 911 REPORTS
                                          POWER OUTAGES IN THE 3
                                          AND 20 COMMUNITY...ON THE
                                          SOUTH SIDE OF THE EASLEY
                                          OUTER LIMITS. WINDS BLEW
                                          DOWN TREES AND POWER
                                          LINES AT THE INTERSECTION
                                          OF HIGHWAYS 81 AND 86.

BURRUS

Local storm report, Jun 4, 9:02 PM EDT, 5 minutes before

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

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

858 PM     7 SW OF CLARKSVILLE       GA   WIND DAMAGE
06/04/02   HABERSHAM                      SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
                                          CAUSED ONE HALF INCH HAIL
                                          AND DOWNED TREES JUST SW
                                          OF CORNELIA

PELISSIER

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 4, 8:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Anderson, Greenville	45 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.