Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 18, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 17, 2002, 4:01 PM EDT for Rutherford County, North Carolina. It was in force for 29 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 17, 2002, 4:01 PM EDT (20:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 17, 2002, 4:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Rutherford County, NC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 197 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
- 155 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -185 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1455 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 8 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 56 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 172001 SVRGSP NCC161-172030- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 400 PM EDT WED APR 17 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... EAST CENTRAL RUTHERFORD COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA * UNTIL 430 PM EDT * AT 400 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH LARGE HAIL 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF RUTHERFORDTON... OR ABOUT 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SUNSHINE...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... ELLENBORO AT 415 PM EDT. ALTHOUGH LARGE HAIL IS THE BIGGEST THREAT WITH THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...BRIEF DAMAGING WINDS COULD ALSO OCCUR. $$ RWH
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 Apr 17, 2:51 PM EDT, 1 hour 10 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 17, 2:51 PM EDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 251 PM EDT WED APR 17 2002 SCATTERED SHRA/TSRA CONTINUE ACROSS WESTERN CAROLINA MOUNTAINS/NC FOOTHILLS. MORE INTENSE STORMS HAVE PRODUCED SEVERE HAIL. MEANWHILE...VERY SLOW MOVEMENT HAS RESULTED IN LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. WILL CARRY CHANCE POPS AREA-WIDE THROUGH THE EVENING...BUT END PRECIP AROUND SUNSET...AS CURRENT ACTIVITY IS LARGELY DRIVEN BY TERRAIN/DIFFERENTIAL HEATING. ACTIVITY IS LIKELY BEING ENHANCED BY A WEAK SW TROUGH RIDING UP OVER THE MID/UPPER LEVEL RIDGE. BUT EXPECT THIS TO BECOME LESS OF A FACTOR WITH TIME...AS IT CONTINUES TO SHEAR OUT. COULD BE A REPEAT PERFORMANCE TOMORROW AFTERNOON...AS ANOTHER SHEARING WAVE APPROACHES THE AREA FROM THE TENNESSEE VALLEY. AT THIS TIME...WILL CARRY CHANCE POPS IN THE MOUNTAINS...LEAVING SILENT 20S EAST OF THE BLUE RIDGE. EXPECT ANOTHER ROUND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY AFTERNOON...BUT EXPECT ONLY ISOLATED COVERAGE AT THIS TIME AND WILL LEAVE SILENT 20S ALONE FOR NOW. BETTER CHANCES FOR PRECIP SATURDAY...AS FRONTAL BOUNDARY SAGS SOUTHWARD INTO THE AREA. AVN THEN STALLS THE BOUNDARY THROUGH SUNDAY. WILL SHOTGUN CHANCE POPS ACROSS THE ENTIRE CWA SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. MUCH UNCERTAINTY REMAINS ABOUT THE EVOLUTION OF FRONTAL BOUNDARY DAYS 5-7. MRF MORE OR LESS WASHES IT OUT SOUTH OF THE CAROLINAS DURING THIS PERIOD. WILL LEAVE MON-WED DRY AT THIS TIME. FCSTID = 4 GSP 61 85 61 86 / 30 20 20 20 AND 61 85 61 86 / 30 20 20 20 CLT 61 86 61 86 / 30 20 20 20 HKY 58 82 58 82 / 40 20 20 20 AVL 55 80 56 81 / 40 30 20 20 .GSP... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. LANE
In the hours before
Local storm report, Apr 17, 2:47 PM EDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
247 PM EDT WED APR 17 2002
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
233 PM BRINDLETOWN NC 1.75 INCH HAIL
04/17/01 BURKE REPORT FROM FIRE CHIEF
RELAYED BY COUNTY EOC
HANDELLocal storm report, Apr 17, 2:47 PM EDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
247 PM EDT WED APR 17 2002
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
233 PM BRINDLETOWN NC 1.75 INCH HAIL
04/17/02 BURKE REPORT FROM FIRE CHIEF
RELAYED BY COUNTY EOC
HANDELThe office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 17, 1:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Transylvania | 25 min |
| Apr 17, 2:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Burke | 28 min |
| Apr 17, 2:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Polk | 28 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.