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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 124, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

June 5, 2002Abbeville County, Anderson County, South Carolina; Elbert County, Georgia

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 5, 2002, 12:16 AM EDT for Abbeville County, Anderson County, South Carolina; Elbert County, Georgia. It was in force for 44 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 5, 2002, 12:16 AM EDT (04:16 UTC)
Expired: Jun 5, 2002, 1:00 AM EDT
In force: 44 min
Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area: Whole counties

Counties Elbert County, GA, Abbeville County, SC, Anderson County, SC

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 5, 12:30 AM EDT	Thunderstorm Wind 50 E	Elberton, GA	Some trees and powerlines were blown down.
Jun 5, 12:35 AM EDT	Thunderstorm Wind 58 E	Anderson, SC

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, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 199 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 050416
SVRGSP
GAC105-SCC001-007-050500-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1215 AM EDT WED JUN 5 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN ELBERT COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA
  SOUTHERN ANDERSON COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA
  NORTHERN ABBEVILLE COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 100 AM EDT

* AT 1215 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF ELBERTON...OR ABOUT 3 MILES
  NORTHEAST OF RUCKERSVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  IVA AT 1225 AM EDT.
  ANTREVILLE AT 1230 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.

$$

RWH/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, 3 hours 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 4, 8:50 PM EDT, 3 hours 26 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, 10:23 PM EDT, 1 hour 53 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 48 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, 1 hour 27 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, 1 hour 24 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

Local storm report, Jun 4, 11:41 PM EDT, 35 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
1141 PM EDT TUE JUN 04 2002

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

1120 PM    3 E GAFFNEY               SC   WIND DAMAGE
06/04/02   CHEROKEE                       TREES DOWN IN THE
                                          DRAYTONVILLE COMMUNITY,
                                          NEAR GAFFNEY. REPORT FROM
                                          CHEROKEE 911.

BURRUS

Local storm report, Jun 5, 12:03 AM EDT, 13 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
1203 AM EDT WED JUN 05 2002

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

1155 PM    ROYSTON                   GA   WIND DAMAGE
06/04/02   HART                           COUNTY 911 REPORTS 2
                                          TREES DOWN AT HWY 29 AND
                                          FREEDOM CHURCH RD.

RRH

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, 9:07 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, 12:39 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Greenville, Pickens	51 min
Jun 5, 12:51 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Greenwood	39 min
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, 11:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Franklin, Hart	41 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Carolina, 2002 Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 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.