Alert archive / South Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 116, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 4, 2002, 9:50 PM EDT for Spartanburg County, South Carolina. It was in force for 40 min. 1 report 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, 9:50 PM EDT (01:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 4, 2002, 10:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 40 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, 10:30 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 E | Drayton, SC | A few 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, 1.8 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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS52 KGSP 050150 SVRGSP SCC083-050230- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 950 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 1030 PM EDT * AT 950 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS OVER SPARTANBURG... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... COWPENS AT 1015 PM EDT. MAYO AT 1020 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. $$ 44
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, 1 hour earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 4, 8:50 PM EDT, 1 hour 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, 8:57 PM EDT, 53 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.
BURRUSLocal storm report, Jun 4, 9:02 PM EDT, 48 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
PELISSIERLocal storm report, Jun 4, 9:15 PM EDT, 35 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
915 PM EDT TUE JUN 04 2002
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
903 PM 5 SW CLARKESVILLE GA 1.00 INCH HAIL
06/04/02 HABERSHAM HABERSHAM 911 REPORTED
HAIL AS LARGE AS QUARTERS
IN THE VICINITY OF ALTO.
BURRUSLocal storm report, Jun 4, 9:29 PM EDT, 21 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
929 PM EDT TUE JUN 04 2002
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
920 PM GREER SC WIND DAMAGE
06/04/02 SPARTANBURG POWER LINES BLOWN DOWN ON
AIRPORT DRIVE AND
BROCKMAN MCCLIMON ROAD.
920 PM GREER SC WIND DAMAGE
06/04/02 SPARTANBURG FOUR HANGERS DAMAGED AT
FLIGHT WORLD JET PARK.
BURRUSLocal storm report, Jun 4, 9:29 PM EDT, 21 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED SPELLING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
929 PM EDT TUE JUN 04 2002
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
920 PM GREER SC WIND DAMAGE
06/04/02 SPARTANBURG POWER LINES BLOWN DOWN ON
AIRPORT DRIVE AND
BROCKMAN MCCLIMON ROAD.
920 PM GREER SC WIND DAMAGE
06/04/02 SPARTANBURG FOUR HANGARS DAMAGED AT
FLIGHT WORLD JET PARK.
BURRUSLocal storm report, Jun 4, 9:44 PM EDT, 6 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
944 PM EDT TUE JUN 04 2002
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
930 PM 4 MI SW OF CLARKSVILLE GA WIND DAMAGE
06/04/02 HABERSHAM THUNDERSTORM PRODUCED ONE
HALF INCH HAIL AND TREES
FELLED BY STRONG WINDS
NEAR DEMOREST
PELISSIERThe 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, 9:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Spartanburg | 38 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, 2002Every 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.