Alert archive / South Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 41, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 3, 2002, 8:32 AM EDT for Abbeville County, Anderson County, South Carolina. It was in force for 43 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
- May 3, 2002, 8:32 AM EDT (12:32 UTC)
- Expired
- May 3, 2002, 9:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Abbeville County, SC, Anderson County, SC
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 3, 8:40 AM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 52 E | Iva, SC | |
| May 3, 9:05 AM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 E | Abbeville, SC | A few large 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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 3, 6:30 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 212 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
- 1700 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 549 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 96 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 94 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.1
- Supercell composite
- 3.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS52 KGSP 031232 SVRGSP SCC001-007-031315- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 832 AM EDT FRI MAY 3 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN ANDERSON COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA NORTHERN ABBEVILLE COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA * UNTIL 915 AM EDT * AT 832 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH DAMAGING WINDS 14 MILES SOUTH OF ANDERSON...OR ABOUT OVER IVA...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... DONALDS AT 840 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. $$ JONES
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 May 3, 6:35 AM EDT, 1 hour 57 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 3, 6:35 AM EDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 635 AM EDT FRI MAY 3 2002 QUICK UPDATE FORTHCOMING FOR SEVERE WEATHER WATCH #222 FOR OUR SOUTHWEST TIER ZONES. WILL ALSO INCREASE POPS...TO CATEGORICAL FOR THE WESTERN ZONES...TO LIKELY FOR THE EASTERN ZONES...EXCEPT KEPT CHANCE ACROSS OUR NORTHERN ZONES BORDERING RAH AND RNK. FCSTID = GSP 74 58 61 54 / 80 70 50 20 AND 75 59 64 55 / 80 70 50 20 CLT 73 57 60 55 / 60 60 50 20 HKY 69 54 59 53 / 40 60 50 20 AVL 69 53 57 49 / 80 60 50 20 .GSP... GA...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL NOON EDT GAZ010-017>018-026-028>029. NC...NONE. SC...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL NOON EDT SCZ001>006-010-011. BURRUS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 3, 2:48 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Chester | 12 min |
| May 3, 8:58 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Laurens | 47 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.