Alert archive / South Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 300, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 11, 2002, 7:36 AM EST for Chester County, South Carolina. It was in force for 24 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 11, 2002, 7:36 AM EST (12:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 11, 2002, 8:00 AM EST
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Chester County, SC
The radar
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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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 11, 3:30 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 194 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
- 1142 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 535 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 235 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 237 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.9
- Supercell composite
- 6.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS52 KGSP 111236 SVRGSP SCC023-111300- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 735 AM EST MON NOV 11 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN CHESTER COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA * UNTIL 800 AM EST * AT 735 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS 10 MILES SOUTH OF CHESTER...OR ABOUT OVER BLACKSTOCK...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... RICHBURG AT 745 AM EST. GREAT FALLS AT 750 AM EST. WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH ARE LIKELY. HAIL TO THE SIZE OF DIMES IS ALSO POSSIBLE. ALTHOUGH TORNADOES HAVE NOT BEEN DETECTED WITH THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT. TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP WITHOUT WARNING FROM A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. THIS RAPIDLY MOVING SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MAY CAUSE WINDS FROM 60 TO 100 MPH...AND MAY MOVE THROUGH VERY QUICKLY WITH LITTLE THUNDER... LIGHTNING...OR RAIN. LAT...LON 3467 8127 3447 8119 3454 8088 3480 8088 $$ RWH/LANE
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, 7:10 AM EST, 26 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 11, 7:10 AM EST, 26 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 710 AM EST MON NOV 11 2002 WILL UPDATE ZFP TO REMOVE NC PIEDMONT FROM TOR WATCH...AND TO ADD LATEST EXP TIME TO THE REST OF ZONE UNDER WATCH # 760. FCSTID = 16 GSP 72 52 56 42 / 100 40 80 40 AND 73 54 57 43 / 100 50 80 40 CLT 73 54 57 44 / 100 40 80 50 HKY 72 51 54 40 / 100 40 70 40 AVL 69 46 50 37 / 100 30 60 30 .GSP... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. NED
Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 11, 6:15 AM EST, 1 hour 21 minutes before
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-111415- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 615 AM EST MON NOV 11 2002 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE... THE THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN EAST OF INTERSTATE-85 THROUGH MID-MORNING. A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST OUT OF THE PIEDMONT OF THE CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA INTO THE CENTRAL CAROLINAS AND SOUTHERN GEORGIA BY NOON. RAIN SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN THROUGHOUT TODAY AS A COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE AREA...THESE THUNDERSTORMS POISE LITTLE THREAT OF ADDITIONAL SEVERE WEATHER TODAY. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THROUGH MID-MORNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NED
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Nov 11, 5:09 AM EST, 2 hours 27 minutes before
NCZ034-035-055-056-111100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 509 AM EST MON NOV 11 2002 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TO MOVE THROUGH THE NORTHERN FOOTHILLS OF NORTH CAROLINA... A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH...WILL MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS THE NORTHERN FOOTHILLS THROUGH 6 AM. THE STORMS WILL BE NEAR GRANITE FALLS AND ICARD ABOUT 515 AM...AND NEAR TAYLORSVILLE AND HICKORY ABOUT 530 AM. STORMS WITHIN THIS LINE WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS ALSO LIKELY. SHOULD THESE STORMS STRENGTHEN...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS WILL BE NEEDED. RWH
Local storm report, Nov 11, 5:18 AM EST, 2 hours 18 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
518 AM EST MON NOV 11 2002
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0505 AM 7 SW ANDERSON SC WIND DAMAGE
11/11/02 ANDERSON TREES DOWN ON INTERSTATE
85 AT MILE MARKER 12.
REPORT FROM ANDERSON
COUNTY 911.
0500 AM 14 NW ANDERSON SC WIND DAMAGE
11/11/02 ANDERSON TREES DOWN ON LEBANON
ROAD IN PENDLETON. REPORT
FROM ANDERSON COUNTY 911.
515 AM 21 NE ANDERSON SC .75 INCH HAIL
11/11/02 ANDERSON HAM RADIO REPORT OF DIME
SIZED HAIL ON THE
ANDERSON COUNTY SIDE OF
EASLEY.
BURRUSLocal storm report, Nov 11, 6:01 AM EST, 1 hour 35 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
601 AM EST MON NOV 11 2002
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0500 AM 15 W ANDERSON SC WIND DAMAGE
11/11/02 ANDERSON TREES AND POWER LINES
DOWN ON TRIBBLE ROAD IN
TOWNVILLE. HAM RADIO
REPORT
0455 AM 11 NE WALHALLA SC WIND DAMAGE
11/11/02 OCONEE HAM RADIO REPORT OF A
TREE...AND POSSIBLE POWER
LINES...DOWN ON A HOUSE
IN THE SALEM COMMUNITY.
0530 AM 16 SE GREENVILLE SC WIND DAMAGE
11/11/02 GREENVILLE SOUTH GREENVILLE FIRE
DEPARTMENT REPORTED AN
OUTBUILDING...POSSIBLY A
LITTLE GARAGE...BLOWN
ONTO BLACK ROAD.
545 AM 12 NE ANDERSON SC WIND DAMAGE
11/11/02 ANDERSON THIRD PARTY HAM RADIO
REPORT OF ONE HOME...OR A
MANUFACTURED HOME...BLOWN
OFF A FOUNDATION.
0500 AM 15 NE ANDERSON SC WIND DAMAGE
11/11/02 ANDERSON TREES AND POWER LINES
DOWN ON TRANSYLVANIA
STREET IN PIEDMONT AND
OLD RIVER ROAD AND CEDAR
ROAD IN PELZER.
0555 AM 6 NW LAURENS SC WIND DAMAGE
11/11/02 LAURENS TREES AND POWER LINES
DOWN ON KNIGHTON CHANNEL
ROAD IN FOUNTAIN INN.
REPORT FROM LAURENS
COUNTY 911.
BURRUSLocal storm report, Nov 11, 6:33 AM EST, 1 hour 3 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
601 AM EST MON NOV 11 2002
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0500 AM 15 W ANDERSON SC WIND DAMAGE
11/11/02 ANDERSON TREES AND POWER LINES
DOWN ON TRIBBLE ROAD IN
TOWNVILLE. HAM RADIO
REPORT
0455 AM 11 NE WALHALLA SC WIND DAMAGE
11/11/02 OCONEE HAM RADIO REPORT OF A
TREE...AND POSSIBLE POWER
LINES...DOWN ON A HOUSE
IN THE SALEM COMMUNITY.
0530 AM 16 SE GREENVILLE SC WIND DAMAGE
11/11/02 GREENVILLE SOUTH GREENVILLE FIRE
DEPARTMENT REPORTED AN
OUTBUILDING...POSSIBLY A
LITTLE GARAGE...BLOWN
ONTO BLACK ROAD.
545 AM 12 NE ANDERSON SC WIND DAMAGE
11/11/02 ANDERSON THIRD PARTY HAM RADIO
REPORT OF ONE HOME...OR A
MANUFACTURED HOME...BLOWN
OFF A FOUNDATION.
0500 AM 15 NE ANDERSON SC WIND DAMAGE
11/11/02 ANDERSON TREES AND POWER LINES
DOWN ON TRANSYLVANIA
STREET IN PIEDMONT AND
OLD RIVER ROAD AND CEDAR
ROAD IN PELZER.
0555 AM 6 NW LAURENS SC WIND DAMAGE
11/11/02 LAURENS TREES AND POWER LINES
DOWN ON KNIGHTON CHANNEL
ROAD IN FOUNTAIN INN.
REPORT FROM LAURENS
COUNTY 911.
BURRUSLocal storm report, Nov 11, 7:14 AM EST, 22 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
714 AM EST MON NOV 11 2002
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
700 AM 4 SW GREENWOOD SC TORNADO
11/11/02 GREENWOOD TORNADO ON GROUND NEAR
HIGHWAY 25 REPORTED BY
SHERIFFS OFFICER
JMPLocal storm report, Nov 11, 7:20 AM EST, 16 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
720 AM EST MON NOV 11 2002
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
650 AM 6 SW GREENWOOD SC WIND DAMAGE
11/11/02 GREENWOOD TREE BLOCKING HIGHWAY 10.
REPORTED BY COUNTY
COMMUNICATIONS CENTER.
635 AM CLOVER SC WIND DAMAGE
11/11/02 YORK STREET LIGHT AND POWER
LINES DOWN IN CLOVER.
OTHER REPORTS OF TREES
DOWN SCATTERED ACROSS THE
COUNTY. REPORTED BY
COUNTY COMMS CENTER.
630 AM 15 SW ELBERTON GA WIND DAMAGE
11/11/02 ELBERT 2 TREES DOWN ON BOBBY
BROWN STATE PARK RD.
REPORTED BY COUNTY
COMMUNICATIONS CENTER.
536 AM SIMPSONVILLE SC WIND DAMAGE
11/11/02 GREENVILLE TREES DOWN IN TOWN.
REPORTED BY PUBLIC.
545 AM FOUNTAIN INN SC WIND DAMAGE
11/11/02 LAURENS TREES DOWN ON COOKES
BRIDGE RD. REPORTED BY
COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS
CENTER.
612 AM UNION SC WIND DAMAGE
11/11/02 UNION TREE DOWN ON A HOUSE AT
104 WALLACE STREET.
NUMEROUS OTHER TREES DOWN
ACROSS THE COUNTY.
REPORTED BY COUNTY
COMMUNICATIONS CENTER.
MCAVOYThe office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.