Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 122, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 4, 2002, 11:34 PM EDT for Franklin County, Hart County, Georgia. It was in force for 41 min. 3 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, 11:34 PM EDT (03:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 5, 2002, 12:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Franklin County, GA, Hart County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 11:55 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 E | Bowersville, GA | Some trees were blown down. |
| Jun 5, 12:00 AM EDT | Hail 0.75 | Carnesville, GA | |
| Jun 5, 12:15 AM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 E | Hartwell, GA | A dock was damaged at Lake Hartwell. Several trees were also 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
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 170 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS52 KGSP 050334 SVRGSP GAC119-147-050415- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1134 PM EDT TUE JUN 4 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... EASTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA HART COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA * UNTIL 1215 AM EDT * AT 1134 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS 9 MILES SOUTH OF CARNESVILLE...OR ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FRANKLIN SPRINGS... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... FRANKLIN SPRINGS AT 1150 PM EDT. ROYSTON AT 1155 PM EDT. CANON AT 1205 AM EDT. BOWERSVILLE AT 1215 AM 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, 2 hours 44 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 4, 8:50 PM EDT, 2 hours 44 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, 9:54 PM EDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
954 PM EDT TUE JUN 04 2002
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
910 PM 16 N GREENVILLE SC WIND DAMAGE
06/04/02 GREENVILLE TREE DOWN ON HIGHWAY
414...NEAR TIGERVILLE
SCHOOL. TREE BLOCKED THE
ROAD FOR A SHORT TIME.
REPORT FROM GREENVILLE
COUNTY 911.
BURRUSLocal storm report, Jun 4, 10:02 PM EDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
1002 PM EDT TUE JUN 04 2002
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
950 PM SPARTANBURG SC WIND DAMAGE
06/04/02 SPARTANBURG TREES DOWN ON CAMELOT
DRIVE. REPORT FROM
SPARTANBURG COUNTY 911.
BURRUSLocal storm report, Jun 4, 10:23 PM EDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
1023 PM EDT TUE JUN 04 2002
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1000 PM WESTMINSTER SC 1.50 INCH HAIL
06/04/02 OCONEE SHERIFFS DEPUTY REPORTED
ONE AND ONE HALF INCH
HAIL IN WESTMINSTER.
PELISSIERLocal storm report, Jun 4, 10:28 PM EDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
1028 PM EDT TUE JUN 04 2002
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1000 PM CLARKSVILLE AND MT AIRY GA WIND DAMAGE
06/04/02 HABERSHAM THUNDERSTORM WINDS FELLED
TREES IN CLARKSVILLE AND
MT AIRY, REPORTED BY
COUNTY 911 CENTER.
PELISSIERLocal storm report, Jun 4, 10:49 PM EDT, 45 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
1049 PM EDT TUE JUN 04 2002
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1025 PM WALHALLA SC WIND DAMAGE
06/04/02 OCONEE THUNDERSTORM WINDS FELLED
TREES IN WALHALLA NEAR
HIGHWAY 11, REPORTED BY
COUNTY 911 CENTER
PELISSIERLocal storm report, Jun 4, 10:52 PM EDT, 42 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
1052 PM EDT TUE JUN 04 2002
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1045 PM 7 SW GAFFNEY SC WIND DAMAGE
06/04/02 CHEROKEE FIRE DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEE
REPORTED POWER LINES DOWN
BETWEEN GAFFNEY AND
COWPENS.
BURRUSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 9:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Habersham, Rabun | 49 min |
| Jun 4, 9:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Stephens | 33 min |
| Jun 4, 10:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Habersham, Rabun | 49 min |
| Jun 5, 12:16 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Elbert | 44 min |
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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.