Alert archive / South Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Watch 276
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at May 10, 2002, 2:45 PM EDT for 8 counties in Georgia; 23 counties in North Carolina; 27 counties in South Carolina. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 10, 2002, 2:45 PM EDT (18:45 UTC)
- Expired
- May 10, 2002, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 58 counties
Burke County, GA, Columbia County, GA, Glascock County, GA, Jefferson County, GA, Johnson County, GA, Lincoln County, GA, McDuffie County, GA, Richmond County, GA, Anson County, NC, Bladen County, NC, Brunswick County, NC, Columbus County, NC, Craven County, NC, Cumberland County, NC, Duplin County, NC, Greene County, NC, Harnett County, NC, Hoke County, NC, Johnston County, NC, Jones County, NC, Lenoir County, NC, Martin County, NC, New Hanover County, NC, Onslow County, NC, Pender County, NC, Pitt County, NC, Richmond County, NC, Robeson County, NC, Sampson County, NC, Scotland County, NC, Wayne County, NC, Abbeville County, SC, Aiken County, SC, Bamberg County, SC, Barnwell County, SC, Calhoun County, SC, Chesterfield County, SC, Clarendon County, SC, Darlington County, SC, Dillon County, SC, Edgefield County, SC, Fairfield County, SC, Florence County, SC, Greenwood County, SC, Horry County, SC, Kershaw County, SC, Lancaster County, SC, Lee County, SC, Lexington County, SC, Marion County, SC, Marlboro County, SC, McCormick County, SC, Newberry County, SC, Orangeburg County, SC, Richland County, SC, Saluda County, SC, Sumter County, SC, Williamsburg County, SC
The radar
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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Warnings issued inside it
16 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 10, 2:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | New Hanover | 47 min |
| May 10, 3:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | New Hanover | 37 min |
| May 10, 3:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Fairfield | 47 min |
| May 10, 3:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Chesterfield | 43 min |
| May 10, 3:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | New Hanover | 41 min |
| May 10, 4:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Darlington, Marlboro | 65 min |
| May 10, 4:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | McDuffie | 52 min |
| May 10, 4:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Cumberland | 31 min |
| May 10, 5:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Robeson | 40 min |
| May 10, 5:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Marion | 50 min |
| May 10, 5:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Columbus | 60 min |
| May 10, 5:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Horry | 53 min |
| May 10, 6:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Brunswick | 60 min |
| May 10, 6:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Bladen | 29 min |
| May 10, 6:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Horry | 31 min |
| May 10, 6:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Columbus | 42 min |
The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 156 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
- 412 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -53 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 701 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 74 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 88 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.9
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 10, 2:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baldwin, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Bleckley, Butts and 52 more | 5 hr |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in South Carolina, 2002Severe Thunderstorm Watches in North Carolina, 2002Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Georgia, 2002Every severe thunderstorm watch 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.