Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 7, 2002, 8:05 PM EDT for Rowan County, North Carolina. It was in force for 40 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 7, 2002, 8:05 PM EDT (00:05 UTC)
- Expired
- May 7, 2002, 8:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Rowan County, NC
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 156 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:04 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 8:05 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 E | Spencer, NC | A few trees were blown down. |
| May 7, 8:20 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 55 E | Salisbury, NC | A garage along River Road was moved off of its foundation, and its tin roof was blown for a distance of 300 yards. A large iron wheel was blown a distance of 50 yards. Numerous trees were also 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 nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 75 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
- 1019 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1154 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 57 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS52 KGSP 080005 SVRGSP NCC159-080045- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 803 PM EDT TUE MAY 7 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... ROWAN COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA * UNTIL 845 PM EDT * AT 803 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH LARGE HAIL 7 MILES EAST OF SALISBURY...OR ABOUT 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF CRAVEN...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN IN RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN ROWAN COUNTY ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM CONTINUES TO DEVELOP IN IREDELL COUNTY AND MAY BECOME SEVERE AS IT MOVES INTO WESTERN ROWAN COUNTY BETWEEN 815 PM AND 830 PM. 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. $$ MOORE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 3:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Alexander, Davie, Iredell | 28 min |
| May 8, 3:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Alexander, Iredell | 26 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.