Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 203, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 3, 2002, 7:35 PM EDT for Elbert County, Georgia. It was in force for 55 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 3, 2002, 7:35 PM EDT (23:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 3, 2002, 8:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Elbert County, GA
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:34 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 3, 7:50 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 E | Elberton, GA | Several trees were 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 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 175 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
- 204 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -163 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 947 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 37 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 032335 SVRGSP GAC105-040030- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 733 PM EDT WED JUL 3 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... ELBERT COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA * UNTIL 830 PM EDT * AT 733 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS OVER ELBERTON... MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 10 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... VANNA AT 800 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. $$ BPM/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 Jul 3, 3:45 PM EDT, 3 hours 50 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 3, 3:45 PM EDT, 3 hours 50 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 345 PM EDT WED JUL 3 2002 WATCH BOX IS FILLING IN NICELY WITH CONVECTION ATTM. WENT CAT POPS MTNS...LIKELY FOOTHILLS AND CHANCE IN THE PIEDMONT FOR THIS EVENING. CONVECTION IS DEVELOPING IN AN AREA OF LLVL MOISTURE CONVERGENCE WHICH EXTENDS FROM CENTRAL VA SW TO THE UPSTATE. THIS IS IN RESPONSE TO UPPER LOW OVER EASTERN NC WHICH HAS HELPED TO SHARPEN SFC TROF OVER THE REGION. SUSPECT THAT CONVECTION OVER VA WL CONTINUE TO FILL IN ALONG THE LEE TROF AND EVENTUALLY START MOVING MORE RAPIDLY TO THE SW AS H5 WINDS INCREASE AT LITTLE BY 00 UTC. EVEN IF THE MCS SCENARIO DOES NOT PAN OUT...CONVECTION FIRED FOR SEVERAL HOURS LAST NGHT ON OUTFLOW BNDRYS...AND EXPECT SIMILAR BEHAVIOR TNGT. JULY 4TH REALLY DOESN/T LOOK MUCH DIFFERENT FROM TDA. WL START W/40 POPS IN THE MTNS AND THE FOOTHILLS AND 30S FARTHER EAST...BUT WOULDN/T BE SURPRISED IF WE HAVE TO UP THE POPS AGAIN IN THE AFTN. ON FRI SFC FRONT WL FALL ACROSS THE NRN HALF OF THE CWA. UPPER SUPPORT IS STILL WEAK...AND WE ARE UNDER NVA UNTIL THE EARLY EVENING...BUT MOISTURE POOLING ALONG THE FRONT SHOULD BE SUFFICIENT FOR MORE SCT TSRA. EXTENDED... SUN...AVN KEEPS SFC BOUNDARY WITHIN THE CWA WITH SUBZERO LIS AND HOT AND HUMID AIRMASS IN PLACE. BELIEVE THAT THERE WILL BE SOME TS IN THE CWA BUT QUESTION REMAINS ABOUT FRONTAL PLACEMENT AS AVN IS CHANGING WITH EACH RUN. HEIGHTS FALL ON MON BRINGING SOME UPPER SUPPORT AND WILL INTRODUCE CHC POPS FOR CONVECTION. TUES FROPA BEGINS TO TAKE PLACE WITH AVN BACKING OFF OF CAA IT WAS ADVERTISING ON THE 02.00Z RUN. FRONT HAS A HARD TIME MOVING SOUTH AND IS STILL IN THE AREA WED AND WILL EXTEND POPS INTO WEDS. LITTLE CHANGE IN TEMPS WILL TREND WED TEMPS DOWN A CLICK FROM TUES VALUES. FCSTID = GSP 70 93 70 93 / 50 30 30 30 AND 70 93 70 93 / 40 30 30 30 CLT 67 93 68 93 / 50 30 30 40 HKY 68 91 69 92 / 60 30 30 40 AVL 66 87 66 89 / 80 40 40 40 .GSP... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. MCAVOY/NED
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 3, 6:35 PM EDT, 1 hour before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
635 PM EDT WED JUL 03 2002
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
555 PM 10 NE LAURENS SC WIND DAMAGE
07/03/02 LAURENS SKYWARN SPOTTER REPORTED
NUMEROUS TREES DOWN ON
FLEMMING MILL ROAD.
ALSO...NUMEROUS TRAFFIC
SIGNALS OUT IN THE CITY
OF LAURENS.
BURRUSLocal storm report, Jul 3, 6:39 PM EDT, 56 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
639 PM EDT WED JUL 03 2002
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
625 PM MECKLENBURG SC .75 INCH HAIL
07/03/02 MECKLENBURG REPORTED BY SKYWARN
SPOTTER.
MCAVOYLocal storm report, Jul 3, 6:43 PM EDT, 52 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
643 PM EDT WED JUL 03 2002
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
620 PM 8 N SHELBY NC WIND DAMAGE
07/03/02 CLEVELAND SPOTTER REPORTS NUMEROUS
TREES DOWN
DEOLocal storm report, Jul 3, 6:49 PM EDT, 46 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
649 PM EDT WED JUL 03 2002
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
647 PM FOUNTAIN INN SC .75 INCH HAIL
07/03/02 GREENVILLE DIME HAIL REPORTED BY
SKYWARN SPOTTER.
LAMBLocal storm report, Jul 3, 7:06 PM EDT, 29 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
706 PM EDT WED JUL 03 2002
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
655 PM BOILING SPRINGS SC WIND DAMAGE
07/03/02 SPARTANBURG PUBLIC REPORTED POSS.
FUNNEL CLOUD NEAR
INTERSECTION I26 & HWY 9.
MODERATE DAMAGE TO HOUSE
ROOF.
701 PM GREENVILLE SC .75 INCH HAIL
07/03/02 GREENVILLE DIME HAIL AT INTSCT OF
PELHAM AND HUDSON RD. 15
MPH WIND. SPOTTER REPORT.
702 PM DONALDS SC .88 INCH HAIL
07/03/02 ABBEVILLE DIME TO NICKEL HAIL IN
DONALDS REPORTED BY
SPOTTER.
LAMBLocal storm report, Jul 3, 7:23 PM EDT, 12 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
723 PM EDT WED JUL 03 2002
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
715 PM COUNTYWIDE NC WIND DAMAGE
07/03/02 CLEVELAND TREES DOWN ALL OVER
COUNTY AND NUMEROUS BRUSH
FIRES CAUSED BY
LIGHTNING. REPORTED BY
F.D.
720 PM 11 N LINCOLNTON NC .75 INCH HAIL
07/03/02 LINCOLN DIME HAIL 11 N OF LINCOLN
COUNTY COURTHOUSE.
REPORTED BY SKYWARN
SPOTTER.
LAMBNearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.