Damaging Wind in Georgia, July 3, 2002

Name: Damaging Wind in Georgia, July 3, 2002
Start: 2002-07-03T18:50
End: 2002-07-03T18:50
Location: Georgia

July 3, 2002 · NWS GSP · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 1

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Jul 3, 2:45 PM EST, 4 hours 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 3, 2:45 PM EST, 4 hours 5 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
345 PM EDT WED JUL 3 2002

WATCH BOX IS FILLING IN NICELY WITH CONVECTION ATTM. WENT CAT POPS
MTNS...LIKELY FOOTHILLS AND CHANCE IN THE PIEDMONT FOR THIS EVENING.
CONVECTION IS DEVELOPING IN AN AREA OF LLVL MOISTURE CONVERGENCE
WHICH EXTENDS FROM CENTRAL VA SW TO THE UPSTATE. THIS IS IN RESPONSE
TO UPPER LOW OVER EASTERN NC WHICH HAS HELPED TO SHARPEN SFC TROF
OVER THE REGION.

SUSPECT THAT CONVECTION OVER VA WL CONTINUE TO FILL IN ALONG THE LEE
TROF AND EVENTUALLY START MOVING MORE RAPIDLY TO THE SW AS H5 WINDS
INCREASE AT LITTLE BY 00 UTC. EVEN IF THE MCS SCENARIO DOES NOT PAN
OUT...CONVECTION FIRED FOR SEVERAL HOURS LAST NGHT ON OUTFLOW
BNDRYS...AND EXPECT SIMILAR BEHAVIOR TNGT.

JULY 4TH REALLY DOESN/T LOOK MUCH DIFFERENT FROM TDA. WL START W/40
POPS IN THE MTNS AND THE FOOTHILLS AND 30S FARTHER EAST...BUT
WOULDN/T BE SURPRISED IF WE HAVE TO UP THE POPS AGAIN IN THE AFTN.

ON FRI SFC FRONT WL FALL ACROSS THE NRN HALF OF THE CWA. UPPER
SUPPORT IS STILL WEAK...AND WE ARE UNDER NVA UNTIL THE EARLY
EVENING...BUT MOISTURE POOLING ALONG THE FRONT SHOULD BE SUFFICIENT
FOR MORE SCT TSRA.

EXTENDED...
SUN...AVN KEEPS SFC BOUNDARY WITHIN THE CWA WITH SUBZERO LIS AND
HOT AND HUMID AIRMASS IN PLACE. BELIEVE THAT THERE WILL BE SOME TS
IN THE CWA BUT QUESTION REMAINS ABOUT FRONTAL PLACEMENT AS AVN IS
CHANGING WITH EACH RUN. HEIGHTS FALL ON MON BRINGING SOME UPPER
SUPPORT AND WILL INTRODUCE CHC POPS FOR CONVECTION. TUES FROPA
BEGINS TO TAKE PLACE WITH AVN BACKING OFF OF CAA IT WAS ADVERTISING
ON THE 02.00Z RUN. FRONT HAS A HARD TIME MOVING SOUTH AND IS STILL
IN THE AREA WED AND WILL EXTEND POPS INTO WEDS. LITTLE CHANGE IN
TEMPS WILL TREND WED TEMPS DOWN A CLICK FROM TUES VALUES.

FCSTID =
GSP   70  93  70  93 /  50  30  30  30
AND   70  93  70  93 /  40  30  30  30
CLT   67  93  68  93 /  50  30  30  40
HKY   68  91  69  92 /  60  30  30  40
AVL   66  87  66  89 /  80  40  40  40

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

MCAVOY/NED

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 3, 5:35 PM EST, 1 hour 15 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
635 PM EDT WED JUL 03 2002

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

555 PM     10 NE LAURENS             SC   WIND DAMAGE
07/03/02   LAURENS                        SKYWARN SPOTTER REPORTED
                                          NUMEROUS TREES DOWN ON
                                          FLEMMING MILL ROAD.
                                          ALSO...NUMEROUS TRAFFIC
                                          SIGNALS OUT IN THE CITY
                                          OF LAURENS.

BURRUS

Local storm report, Jul 3, 5:39 PM EST, 1 hour 11 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
639 PM EDT WED JUL 03 2002

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

625 PM     MECKLENBURG               SC   .75 INCH HAIL
07/03/02   MECKLENBURG                    REPORTED BY SKYWARN
                                          SPOTTER.

MCAVOY

Local storm report, Jul 3, 5:43 PM EST, 1 hour 7 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
643 PM EDT WED JUL 03 2002

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

620 PM     8 N SHELBY                NC   WIND DAMAGE
07/03/02   CLEVELAND                      SPOTTER REPORTS NUMEROUS
                                          TREES DOWN

DEO

Local storm report, Jul 3, 5:49 PM EST, 1 hour 1 minute before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
649 PM EDT WED JUL 03 2002

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

647 PM     FOUNTAIN INN              SC   .75 INCH HAIL
07/03/02   GREENVILLE                     DIME HAIL REPORTED BY
                                          SKYWARN SPOTTER.

LAMB

Local storm report, Jul 3, 6:06 PM EST, 44 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
706 PM EDT WED JUL 03 2002

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

655 PM     BOILING SPRINGS           SC   WIND DAMAGE
07/03/02   SPARTANBURG                    PUBLIC REPORTED POSS.
                                          FUNNEL CLOUD NEAR
                                          INTERSECTION I26 & HWY 9.
                                          MODERATE DAMAGE TO HOUSE
                                          ROOF.

701 PM     GREENVILLE                SC   .75 INCH HAIL
07/03/02   GREENVILLE                     DIME HAIL AT INTSCT OF
                                          PELHAM AND HUDSON RD. 15
                                          MPH WIND. SPOTTER REPORT.

702 PM     DONALDS                   SC   .88 INCH HAIL
07/03/02   ABBEVILLE                      DIME TO NICKEL HAIL IN
                                          DONALDS REPORTED BY
                                          SPOTTER.

LAMB

Local storm report, Jul 3, 6:23 PM EST, 27 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
723 PM EDT WED JUL 03 2002

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

715 PM     COUNTYWIDE                NC   WIND DAMAGE
07/03/02   CLEVELAND                      TREES DOWN ALL OVER
                                          COUNTY AND NUMEROUS BRUSH
                                          FIRES CAUSED BY
                                          LIGHTNING. REPORTED BY
                                          F.D.

720 PM     11 N LINCOLNTON           NC   .75 INCH HAIL
07/03/02   LINCOLN                        DIME HAIL 11 N OF LINCOLN
                                          COUNTY COURTHOUSE.
                                          REPORTED BY SKYWARN
                                          SPOTTER.

LAMB

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 105 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:49 UTC.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Elbert

When: July 3, 6:50 PM EST
Where: Elbert County, 3 mi SE of Elberton
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph)
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 34.083, -82.833

Several trees were blown down.

What these are

Thunderstorm Wind: Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Georgia in 2002 Every state in 2002 This day in weather history Warnings in Georgia, July 2002

Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5310797.