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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 122, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

June 4, 2002Franklin County, Hart County, Georgia

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 4, 11:55 PM EDTThunderstorm Wind 50 EBowersville, GASome trees were blown down.
Jun 5, 12:00 AM EDTHail 0.75Carnesville, GA
Jun 5, 12:15 AM EDTThunderstorm Wind 50 EHartwell, GAA 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 00:00Z on 2002-06-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2107 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 00:00Z on 2002-06-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -62 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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 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.

$$
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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, 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.

BURRUS
Local 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.

BURRUS
Local 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.

PELISSIER
Local 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.

PELISSIER
Local 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

PELISSIER
Local 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.

BURRUS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 4, 9:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPHabersham, Rabun49 min
Jun 4, 9:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPStephens33 min
Jun 4, 10:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPHabersham, Rabun49 min
Jun 5, 12:16 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPElbert44 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.