Alert archive / Georgia / Tornado Warnings in 2002
Tornado Warning 5, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this tornado warning at Apr 28, 2002, 9:36 PM EDT for Hart County, Georgia; Anderson County, South Carolina. It was in force for 39 min. 3 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
- Apr 28, 2002, 9:36 PM EDT (01:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 28, 2002, 10:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Hart County, GA, Anderson County, SC
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 9:45 PM EDT | Hail 1.75 | Townville, SC | |
| Apr 28, 9:50 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 52 E | Hartwell, GA | Four to five inch limbs were reported down. |
| Apr 28, 9:55 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 E | Anderson, SC | Power lines were reported 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 9:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 196 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
- 1915 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1206 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 141 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 196 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.3
- Supercell composite
- 7.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
840 WFUS52 KGSP 290136 TORGSP GAC147-SCC007-290215- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 935 PM EDT SUN APR 28 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN HART COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA WESTERN ANDERSON COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA * UNTIL 1015 PM EDT. * AT 935 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM WITH A DEVELOPING TORNADO 14 MILES EAST OF TOCCOA...OR ABOUT 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF REED CREEK...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... REED CREEK AT 950 PM EDT. SADLERS CREEK STATE PARK AT 955 PM EDT. STARR AT 1005 PM EDT. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IN A HOME OR BUSINESS IS AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE. STAY AWAY FROM DOORS AND WINDOWS. TORNADOES WHICH OCCUR AFTER DARK ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS. GET TO A PLACE OF SAFETY NOW STAY AWAY FROM DOORS AND WINDOWS...GET OUT OF MOBILE HOMES AND CARS. IF DAMAGE OCCURS NEAR YOU...DO NOT ATTEMPT TO WALK AROUND IN THE DARK. THERE MAY BE DOWNED POWER LINES. $$ MCAVOY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 8:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Rabun | 37 min |
| Apr 28, 9:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Stephens | 44 min |
| Apr 28, 9:29 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Franklin | 31 min |
| Apr 28, 10:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Abbeville | 41 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.