Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 245, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 2, 2002, 6:21 PM EDT for Franklin County, Stephens County, Georgia. It was in force for 39 min. 4 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
- Aug 2, 2002, 6:21 PM EDT (22:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 2, 2002, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Franklin County, GA, Stephens County, GA
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:21 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 6:35 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 55 E | Toccoa, GA | Several trees were blown down. |
| Aug 2, 6:45 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 E | Royston, GA | Some trees were blown down and minor roof damage was reported. |
| Aug 2, 6:47 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 55 E | Carnesville, GA | Numerous trees were blown down and a tin roof was torn off of a home. |
| Aug 2, 6:47 PM EDT | Hail 0.75 | Carnesville, GA |
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, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 167 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
- 833 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -113 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1327 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 39 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
279 WUUS52 KGSP 022221 SVRGSP GAC119-257-022300- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 620 PM EDT FRI AUG 2 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... WESTERN STEPHENS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA WESTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA * UNTIL 700 PM EDT * AT 620 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TOCCOA...OR ABOUT 2 MILES WEST OF EASTANOLEE...MOVING WEST AT 20 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN IN RURAL AREAS OF WESTERN STEPHENS COUNTY AND WESTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY 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. $$ HG
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 Aug 2, 3:04 PM EDT, 3 hours 17 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 2, 3:04 PM EDT, 3 hours 17 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 304 PM EDT FRI AUG 2 2002 SCT CONVECTION ONGOING ATTM. BEST COVERAGE OVER MTNS...BUT WILL EXPAND OVER THE SOUTHERN SECTIONS. SOME OF THE CELLS ARE STRONG AND CANNOT RULE OUT AN ISOLATED SEVERE STORM THIS EVENING. POP IN THE ZONES WILL BE HIER THAN CCF POP BELOW...BUT STILL SCT. AFTER THIS EVENING MOISTURE DECREASES OVER THE AREA. THETA-E VALUES DECREASE SIGNIFICANTLY. EVEN WITH CONTINUED COOL MID LEVEL TEMPS ATMOS REMAINS STABLE SATURDAY. MOISTURE GREATER TO OUR NORTH SO FOR NOW WILL CONTINUE WITH NO PRECIP. SUNDAY COULD BE INTERESTING. AVN LONE MDL INDICATING TREMENDOUS MOISTURE AND LIFT INCREASE FROM THE SOUTH...SPREADING PRECIP ACROSS ALL CWFA. WILL HOLD OFF ON THAT SCENARIO FOR NOW...BUT WILL INCREASE CLOUDS OVER THE AREA AS ETA DOES SHOW UPSLOPE FLOW AND A LITTLE MOISTURE INCREASE. TEMPS SAT MAYBE A COUPLE OF DEGREES COOLER THAN TODAY. TRENDED A LITTLE COOLER SUNDAY WITH MORE CLOUDS...BUT NOT AS COOL AS THE MAV. GSP 70 93 68 88 / 20 10 10 20 AND 70 93 69 88 / 20 10 10 20 CLT 70 93 69 89 / 20 10 10 20 HKY 68 91 68 88 / 20 20 10 20 AVL 65 88 63 84 / 20 10 10 20 .GSP... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. RWH
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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.