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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 58, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

May 9, 2002Abbeville County, Greenwood County, South Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 9, 2002, 7:49 PM EDT for Abbeville County, Greenwood County, South Carolina. It was in force for 41 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
May 9, 2002, 7:49 PM EDT (23:49 UTC)
Expired
May 9, 2002, 8:30 PM EDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area
Whole counties

Counties Abbeville County, SC, Greenwood County, SC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 9, 7:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 223 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2002-05-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 45 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2002-05-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 84 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
45 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-315 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
929 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
84 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
123 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS52 KGSP 092349
SVRGSP
SCC001-047-100030-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
748 PM EDT THU MAY 9 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN ABBEVILLE COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA            
  GREENWOOD COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 830 PM EDT

* AT 748 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ABBEVILLE...OR ABOUT 6 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF VERDERY...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  VERDERY AT 755 PM EDT.
  GREENWOOD AT 800 PM EDT.
  CORONACA AT 805 PM EDT.
  NINETY SIX AT 810 PM EDT.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WINDS CAN REACH SPEEDS OF 60 TO 100 MPH. THESE
WINDS BLOW DOWN TREES...POWER LINES...AND SEVERELY DAMAGE MOBILE
HOMES AND SOMETIMES BUILDINGS. VERY LARGE OR WIND-DRIVEN HAIL CAN
INJURE ANYONE CAUGHT OUTSIDE.

$$
JDL

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 9, 7:10 PM EDT, 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 9, 7:10 PM EDT, 39 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
710 PM EDT THU MAY 9 2002

UPDATE FOR SVR WW #271 WILL BE OUT SHORTLY.

FCSTID =16

.GSP...
GA...NONE.
NC...NONE.
SC...NONE.

DIXON

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 9, 5:33 PM EDT, 2 hours 16 minutes before
GAZ018-026-028-029-SCZ010-011-092230-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
533 PM EDT THU MAY 9 2002

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE WESTERN SOUTH
CAROLINA UPSTATE...

AT 535 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHEAST GEORGIA. THE LINE WILL MOVE EAST AT 35
MPH...AND AFFECT AREAS FROM CLARKESVILLE TO TOCCOA AND CARNESVILLE
BY 615 PM. THIS WILL ALSO INCLUDE MUCH OF LAKE HARTWELL.

WINDS OF 40 MPH...TORRENTIAL RAIN...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL WILL ACCOMPANY THE LINE. IF THE STORMS
CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN...THEY MAY REACH SEVERE LIMITS WITH LARGE
HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR THE MEDIA FOR THE LATEST WEATHER
INFORMATION.

MCAVOY
Local storm report, May 9, 7:26 PM EDT, 23 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
726 PM EDT THU MAY 09 2002

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

638 PM     7 NW HARTWELL             GA   WIND DAMAGE
05/09/02   HART                           NUMEROUS TREES DOWN
                                          ACROOS NORTHERN PART OF
                                          COUNTY BEGINNING AT TIME
                                          GIVEN

709 PM     10 NE ELBERTON            GA   WIND DAMAGE
05/09/02   ELBERT                         TREES AND POWER LINES
                                          DOWN

726 PM     3 W GAFFNEY               SC   WIND DAMAGE
05/09/02   CHEROKEE                       FEW TREES ACROSS ROADWAY

RBN
Local storm report, May 9, 7:41 PM EDT, 8 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
741 PM EDT THU MAY 09 2002

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

715 PM     1 S SPARTANBURG           SC   WIND DAMAGE
05/09/02   SPARTANBURG                    FEW TREES DOWN ON SOUTH
                                          SIDE OF CITY

720 PM     6 NE SPARTANBURG          SC   WIND DAMAGE
05/09/02   SPARTANBURG                    FEW TREES DOWN IN
                                          CONVERSE AREA

RBN

The office that day

Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 9, 6:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPGreenville, Spartanburg49 min
May 9, 7:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPAnderson27 min
May 9, 7:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPAbbeville33 min
May 9, 7:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPCherokee38 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Carolina, 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.