Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 288, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 11, 2002, 2:33 AM EST for Habersham County, Rabun County, Georgia. It was in force for 42 min. 2 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
- Nov 11, 2002, 2:33 AM EST (07:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 11, 2002, 3:15 AM EST
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Habersham County, GA, Rabun County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 11, 2:50 AM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 50 E | Clarkesville, GA | A few trees were blown down. |
| Nov 11, 2:50 AM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 50 E | Clayton, GA | A few trees and a power pole 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.
Did it verify
Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 10, 11:05 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 181 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
- 1907 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 713 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 287 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 332 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 3.3
- Supercell composite
- 11.5
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 Nov 11, 1:25 AM EST, 1 hour 8 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 11, 1:25 AM EST, 1 hour 8 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 125 AM EST MON NOV 11 2002 UPDATED ZONES TO REFLECT NEW TORNADO WATCH. FCSTID = 33 .GSP... GA...NONE. NC...WIND ADVISORY TONIGHT FOR NC/NE GA MTNS. SC...NONE. HG
Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 10, 6:05 AM EST, 20 hours 28 minutes before
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-101300- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 605 AM EST SUN NOV 10 2002 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE... LOW PRESSURE OVER THE GREAT LAKES REGION WILL PUSH A COLD FRONT INTO THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHERN GEORGIA TONIGHT. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AHEAD OF THE FRONT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WILL ACCOMPANY THE FRONT TONIGHT...SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... ON TUESDAY...LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP OVER THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND WILL BRING ANOTHER ROUND OF PRECIPITATION TO THE REGION. DEPENDING ON THE EVENTUAL TRACK AND STRENGTH OF THIS SYSTEM...HEAVY RAINFALL MAY RESULT ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA ON TUESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NED
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Nov 10, 10:00 PM EST, 4 hours 33 minutes before
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-111000- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1000 PM EST SUN NOV 10 2002 ...SEVERE WEATHER LIKELY OVERNIGHT IN THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA... WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED AHEAD OF A STRONG COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH CENTRAL TENNESSEE THIS EVENING. THIS STORM SYSTEM... WHICH HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY TORNADOES...WILL APPROACH THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA OVERNIGHT. THE COMBINATION OF UNSTABLE AIR IN PLACE OVER THE REGION...COMBINED WITH VERY STRONG WINDS THROUGH A DEEP LAYER OF THE ATMOSPHERE...ARE EXPECTED TO KEEP THIS STORM SYSTEM TOGETHER AS IT MOVES INTO THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS. ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER WILL LIKELY MOVE INTO THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE GREATEST THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA...UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA THROUGH 5 AM. IF THE SQUALL LINE HOLDS TOGETHER... THEN THE SEVERE THREAT WILL SPREAD TOWARD THE INTERSTATE 77 CORRIDOR BY DAYBREAK. ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP OVERNIGHT WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND POSSIBLY TORNADOES. SPOTTER GROUPS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO ACTIVATE QUICKLY OVERNIGHT. DISPATCHERS SHOULD ENSURE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS ARE AWARE OF THIS INFORMATION. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET IN CASE ANY WATCHES OR WARNING ARE ISSUED. HG
Special weather statement, Nov 11, 12:08 AM EST, 2 hours 25 minutes before
NCZ051-058-110600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1208 AM EST MON NOV 11 2002 ...STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING THE SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS... A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING WIND GUSTS...WILL BE MOVING INTO THE SMOKIES SHORTLY AFTER 1 AM. AREAS FROM AROUND ROBBINSVILLE TO BRYSON CITY WILL EXPERIENCE FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ALONG WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH. IF STORMS CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN THEIR STRENGTH AS THEY APPROACH THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING MAY BE NEEDED. 55
Special weather statement, Nov 11, 1:02 AM EST, 1 hour 31 minutes before
GAZ010-017-110645- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 102 AM EST MON NOV 11 2002 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING THE NORTHEAST GEORGIA MOUNTAINS... A LARGE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA WILL CONTINUE MOVING EAST THROUGH 2 AM...SPREADING INTO THE MOUNTAINS. STRONG WIND FIELDS IN PLACE ACROSS THE REGION COMBINED WITH AN INCREASED COVERAGE OF THUNDERSTORMS MAY RESULT IN WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH THROUGH 2 AM. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING MAY RESULT IN SOME POWER INTERRUPTIONS. 55
Special weather statement, Nov 11, 1:37 AM EST, 56 minutes before
NCZ033-048>050-052-053-059-063>065-110740- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 137 AM EST MON NOV 11 2002 ...THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS... STORMS SPREADING IN FROM EAST TENNESSEE WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE STRONG WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH ACROSS THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS. A FEW TREES COULD BE DOWNED AND POWER INTERRUPTIONS ARE POSSIBLE ALONG WITH CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING THROUGH 3 AM. 55
Special weather statement, Nov 11, 2:09 AM EST, 24 minutes before
GAZ010-017-018-026-110745- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 209 AM EST MON NOV 11 2002 ...STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA... FAST MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTH-CENTRAL GEORGIA... MOVING TO THE EAST-NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH...WILL BE HEADING INTO EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA BY 3 AM. THE POTENTIAL FOR STRONG...POSSIBLY DAMAGING WIND GUSTS WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT EARLY THIS MORNING. IF STORMS MAINTAIN THEIR STRENGTH...WARNINGS MAY BE ISSUED WITHIN THE HOUR. 55
The office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 11, 12:40 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Graham, Swain | 65 min |
| Nov 11, 12:54 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Macon | 66 min |
| Nov 11, 6:51 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg, Union | 54 min |
| Nov 11, 8:11 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Union | 34 min |
| Nov 11, 8:11 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Union | 34 min |
| Nov 11, 3:09 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Oconee | 51 min |
| Nov 11, 3:56 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Pickens | 49 min |
| Nov 11, 4:10 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Greenville, Spartanburg | 50 min |
| Nov 11, 4:31 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Anderson, Oconee | 44 min |
| Nov 11, 5:15 AM EST | Tornado Warning | GSP | Anderson | 30 min |
| Nov 11, 5:26 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Greenville, Laurens, Spartanburg | 49 min |
| Nov 11, 6:15 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cherokee, Union, York | 45 min |
| Nov 11, 6:27 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Chester | 48 min |
| Nov 11, 6:31 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Abbeville, Greenwood | 44 min |
| Nov 11, 6:35 AM EST | Tornado Warning | GSP | Greenwood | 40 min |
| Nov 11, 6:35 AM EST | Tornado Warning | GSP | Greenwood | 40 min |
| Nov 11, 7:36 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Chester | 24 min |
| Nov 11, 4:01 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Franklin, Stephens | 44 min |
| Nov 11, 4:38 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Hart | 52 min |
Nearby
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.