Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 271, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 26, 2002, 11:39 PM EDT for Haywood County, Jackson County, North Carolina. It was in force for 51 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
- Aug 26, 2002, 11:39 PM EDT (03:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 27, 2002, 12:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Haywood County, NC, Jackson County, NC
The radar
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:43 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
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 264 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
- 608 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -80 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1452 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -37 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -20 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
829 WUUS52 KGSP 270339 SVRGSP NCC087-099-270430- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1138 PM EDT MON AUG 26 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... HAYWOOD COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA NORTHERN JACKSON COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA * UNTIL 1230 AM EDT * AT 1138 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES EAST OF SYLVA...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... BALSAM AT 1145 PM EDT. WAYNESVILLE AT 1150 PM EDT. LAKE JUNALUSKA AT 1155 PM EDT. SUNBURST AT MIDNIGHT EDT. CANTON AT 1210 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. $$ 44/16/14
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 26, 10:35 PM EDT, 1 hour 4 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 26, 10:35 PM EDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1035 PM EDT MON AUG 26 2002 00 UTC RUN OF THE ETA MATCHES UP WELL W/00Z HAND ANALYSIS IN SHOWING A WELL DEFINED JUST TO THE WEST OF THE CWA ATTM. A NARROW LINE OF TSRA IS DEVELOPING ALONG THE DPVA AHEAD OF VORT...AND SLOWLY MOVING ACROSS THE WRN ZONES. ALSO...A MCS HAS DEVELOPED ON THE STATIONARY FRONT LOCATED ACROSS THE MIDLANDS. THIS FRONT HAS SHOWN A SLIGHT TENDENCY TO PUSH BACK TO NW A LITTLE AHEAD OF THE VORT. HOWEVER...IT APPEARS THAT THE HEAVIEST RAIN WL BE JUST SE OF THE CWA. AT ANY RATE...WL HAVE CAT POPS ALL ZONES AS THESE TWO FEATURES SQUEEZE THE CWA FROM BOTH THE WEST AND EAST. WON/T ISSUE ANY KIND OF SHORT FUSE FFA YET...BUT NEED TO KEEP A CLOSE EYE ON THINGS. .GSP... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. MCAVOY
In the hours before
Local storm report, Aug 26, 6:06 PM EDT, 5 hours 33 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
606 PM EDT MON AUG 26 2002
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
530 PM 6 N SENECA SC WIND DAMAGE
08/26/02 OCONEE MANY TREES AND POWER
LINES DOWN ON HWY 130 1
MILE SOUTH OF OCONEE
NUCLEAR PLANT. REPORT
FROM SPOTTER.
HANDELLocal storm report, Aug 26, 6:06 PM EDT, 5 hours 33 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
606 PM EDT MON AUG 26 2002
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
500 PM 6 N SENECA SC WIND DAMAGE
08/26/02 OCONEE MANY TREES AND POWER
LINES DOWN ON HWY 130 1
MILE SOUTH OF OCONEE
NUCLEAR PLANT. REPORT
FROM SPOTTER.
HANDELLocal storm report, Aug 26, 7:36 PM EDT, 4 hours 3 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
736 PM EDT MON AUG 26 2002
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
649 PM 5 E BELTON SC WIND DAMAGE
08/26/02 ANDERSON 8 TO 10 DIAMETER TREES
DOWN ON SHADY GROVE ROAD.
REPORTED BY SPOTTER.
MCAVOYLocal storm report, Aug 26, 7:54 PM EDT, 3 hours 45 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
754 PM EDT MON AUG 26 2002
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
600 PM ANDERSON SC WIND DAMAGE
08/26/02 ANDERSON TREES DOWN FROM PENDLETON
AREA DOWN TO CLEMSON BLVD
AND THE 28 BYPASS FROM
600 TO 630. REPORTED BY
COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS.
659 PM HONEA PATH SC WIND DAMAGE
08/26/02 ANDERSON TREES DOWN. REPORTED BY
SPOTTER.
MCAVOYSpecial weather statement, Aug 26, 9:30 PM EDT, 2 hours 9 minutes before
NCZ068>072-082-SCZ008-009-014-270315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 930 PM EDT MON AUG 26 2002 ...HEAVY RAIN EXPECTED IN CHARLOTTE METROPOLITAN AREA TONIGHT... A BAND OF HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IS MOVING NORTHWARD FROM THE MIDLANDS OF SOUTH CAROLINA THIS EVENING. THE BAND IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE PIEDMONT OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND NORTH CAROLINA INCLUDING THE CHARLOTTE METROPOLITAN AREA OVER THE NEXT TWO HOURS. WHILE THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DISSIPATED A LITTLE...TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN IS EXPECTED OVER THE AREA BEFORE MIDNIGHT. THIS WILL CAUSE SOME HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS DUE TO REDUCED VISIBILITY AND POOLING WATER ON ROADWAYS. MOTORISTS ON INTERSTATE 77 AND 85 SHOULD BE PARTICULARLY ALERT AS THESE STORMS MOVE THROUGH THE AREA. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR THE MEDIA FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION. DICARLO
Special weather statement, Aug 26, 11:18 PM EDT, 21 minutes before
GAZ010-017-018-026-NCZ051-052-059-062>064-SCZ001-002-004-005-270515- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1118 PM EDT MON AUG 26 2002 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AFFECTING THE MOUNTAINS OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA... AT 1110 PM EDT RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM CLARKESVILLE TO FRANKLIN AND SMOKEMONT. AS THE LINE MOVES SLOWLY EAST ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA...THE WESTERN UPSTATE AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA..RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES AN HOUR...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS...WILL OCCUR. IN ADDITION...THE LINE IS PRODUCING FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS AND SOME HAIL. SOME AREAS TO BE AFFECTED BY THESE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE TOCCOA...WALHALLA...CULLOWHEE AND WAYNESVILLE. HEAVY RAIN FELL OVER THE PARTS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE UPSTATE EARLIER IN THE EVENING. IN THESE AREAS...ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN WILL QUICKLY CAUSE STREAMS TO RISE TO NEAR BANKFULL AND RESULT IN PONDING OF WATER IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR THE MEDIA FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. MCAVOY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 27, 12:28 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Buncombe | 62 min |
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.