Alert archive / South Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 186, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 2, 2002, 7:48 PM EDT for Spartanburg County, South Carolina. It was in force for 57 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
- Jul 2, 2002, 7:48 PM EDT (23:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 2, 2002, 8:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Spartanburg County, SC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 22 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:50 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 8:05 PM EDT | Hail 0.75 | Fingerville, SC | Hail was reported from Fingerville to Lake Bowen. |
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 12:00Z, 11.8 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
- 1124 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -86 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1269 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
369 WUUS52 KGSP 022348 SVRGSP SCC083-030045- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 748 PM EDT TUE JUL 2 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHERN SPARTANBURG COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA * UNTIL 845 PM EDT * AT 748 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES SOUTH OF RUTHERFORDTON...OR ABOUT 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF FINGERVILLE...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 15 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... FINGERVILLE AT 800 PM EDT. CAMPOBELLO AT 825 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. $$ JT/WAJ
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 Jul 2, 6:32 PM EDT, 1 hour 16 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 2, 6:32 PM EDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
632 PM EDT TUE JUL 2 2002
CONVECTIVE CLUSTER TRAINING S OVER THE NRN NC MTNS AND FOOTHILLS
WILL WORK OVER ALREADY SATURATED GROUND THROUGH THE EARLY OVERNIGHT.
WILL TOSS OUT A FLOOD WATCH TO HEIGHTEN AWARENESS IN THIS AREA. NO
OTHER CHANGES TO ZONES EXCEPT HYDRO WORDING AND HIGHER POPS.
FCSTID = 33
GSP 72 93 71 92 / 40 30 30 30
AND 72 93 71 92 / 40 30 30 30
CLT 69 93 68 92 / 30 30 30 30
HKY 69 91 68 90 / 30 30 30 30
AVL 68 88 67 87 / 50 40 40 30
.GSP...
GA...NONE.
NC...FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 400 AM WEDNESDAY FOR ZONES
NCZ033>034...NCZ049>050...NCZ054>055.
SC...NONE.
HGIn the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 2, 6:42 PM EDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
642 PM EDT TUE JUL 02 2002
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
635 PM BRYSON CITY NC .75 INCH HAIL
07/02/02 SWAIN REPORTED BY SPOTTER
LANELocal storm report, Jul 2, 6:46 PM EDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
646 PM EDT TUE JUL 02 2002
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
530 PM SPRING CREEK AREA NC .75 INCH HAIL
07/02/02 MADISON DIME SIZE HAIL AND POWER
OUTAGES REPORTED BY
MADISON EOC.
TJBLocal storm report, Jul 2, 6:54 PM EDT, 54 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
654 PM EDT TUE JUL 02 2002
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
645 PM BRYSON CITY NC WIND DAMAGE
07/02/02 SWAIN TREES BLOWN DOWN IN
BRYSON CITY BETWEEN 630
AND 645 PM. TAR PAPER
PEELED FROM ROOF OF
COMMERCIAL BUILDING.
TJBLocal storm report, Jul 2, 7:04 PM EDT, 44 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
704 PM EDT TUE JUL 02 2002
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
615 PM BELMONT NC WIND DAMAGE
07/02/02 GASTON TREES AND POWER LINES
DOWN, SOME ON HOUSES
655 PM NEWLAND NC LIGHTNING
07/02/02 AVERY POWER OUTAGES AND
NUMEROUS LIGHTNING
STRIKES. CREEK ACROSS
ROAD IN NEWLAND BUT
SUBSIDING.
TJBLocal storm report, Jul 2, 7:24 PM EDT, 24 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
724 PM EDT TUE JUL 02 2002
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
710 PM CLIFFSIDE NC WIND DAMAGE
07/02/02 RUTHERFORD COUNTY EOC REPORTS
NUMEROUS TREES BLOWN
DOWN.
HGSpecial weather statement, Jul 2, 7:40 PM EDT, 8 minutes before
SCZ007-030045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 740 PM EDT TUE JUL 2 2002 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM TO AFFECT NORTHERN SPARTANBURG COUNTY THROUGH 830 PM EDT... AT 740 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF CHESNEE...OR OVER THE NORTH CAROLINA BORDER. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 15 MPH AND IS EXPECTED TO AFFECT THE AREA FROM CHESNEE TO FINGERVILLE TO CAMPOBELLO...INCLUDING THE LAKE BOWEN AREA. WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...SMALL HAIL...AND TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS WILL ACCOMPANY THIS THUNDERSTORM. BE PREPARED TO ACT QUICKLY IF A WARNING IS ISSUED. HG
The office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 4:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Anderson | 66 min |
| Jul 2, 5:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Abbeville | 54 min |
| Jul 2, 6:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Anderson | 45 min |
Nearby
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.