Hail and Damaging Wind in Georgia, June 4, 2002

Name: Hail and Damaging Wind in Georgia, June 4, 2002
Start: 2002-06-04T20:05
End: 2002-06-04T20:30
Location: Georgia

June 4, 2002 · NWS GSP · 2 events in 1 county or zone

1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 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: 2

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 Jun 4, 7:50 PM EST, 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 4, 7:50 PM EST, 15 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
850 PM EDT TUE JUN 4 2002

LATEST LAPS ANALYSIS SHOWS RIDGE OF CAPE FROM NORTHEAST
GEORGIA MAX OF 4200 SOUTHWARD WEST OF THE SAVANNAH RIVER
THEN EASTWARD ALONG CWFA SOUTHERN BORDER TO SOUTH OF CLT.
LATEST RUC FORECAST LOOKS LIKE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE
ACROSS SOUTHERN AREAS WELL PAST MIDNIGHT.

ALSO CONCERN AS GEORGIA TSTMS DRIFT INTO LOWER STABILITY
LATER TONIGHT.  NORTH CAROLINA LOOKS PRETTY WORKED OVER
AND NOT MUCH ACTIVITY EXPECTED IN MOUNTAIN COUNTIES.

WITH ALL THAT IN MIND.  CURRENT PLAN IS TO UPDATE ZONES AT 930
CONTINUING TSTMS PAST MIDNIGHT IN PIEDMONT AND RAISING POPS
TO CHANCE CATEGORY OVER CLT AREA.

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

DICARLO

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 4, 5:09 PM EST, 2 hours 56 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
609 PM EDT TUE JUN 04 2002

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

540 PM     MONTREAT                  NC   .75 INCH HAIL
06/04/02   BUNCOMBE                       REPORTED BY THE BLACK
                                          MOUNTAIN FIRE DEPT.

553 PM     TIGER                     GA   .75 INCH HAIL
06/04/02   RABUN                          REPORTED BY STORM
                                          SPOTTER.

545 PM     OLD FORT                  NC   .75 INCH HAIL
06/04/02   MCDOWELL

603 PM     2 EAST OLD FORT           NC   .75 INCH HAIL
06/04/02   MCDOWELL                       STRONG WIND BLEW A SOLAR
                                          PANEL OFF A ROOF.

NED

Local storm report, Jun 4, 6:04 PM EST, 2 hours 1 minute before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
704 PM EDT TUE JUN 04 2002

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

526 PM     OLD FORT                  NC   WIND DAMAGE
06/04/02   MCDOWELL                       TREES AND POWER LINES
                                          DOWN.

603 PM     TIGER                     GA   WIND DAMAGE
06/04/02   RABUN                          TREES DOWN ALONG WITH
                                          HAIL. EVENT LASTED 10 -
                                          15 MINS.

NED

Local storm report, Jun 4, 6:30 PM EST, 1 hour 35 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
730 PM EDT TUE JUN 04 2002

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

722 PM     3 SE TAYLORS              SC   .75 INCH HAIL
06/04/02   GREENVILLE                     DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED
                                          BY SPOTTER.

RB

Local storm report, Jun 4, 6:47 PM EST, 1 hour 18 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
747 PM EDT TUE JUN 04 2002

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

735 PM     ROYSTON                   GA   1.00 INCH HAIL
06/04/02   FRANKLIN                       ESTIMATED WINDS AT 40
                                          MPH.

NED

Local storm report, Jun 4, 7:57 PM EST, 8 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
857 PM EDT TUE JUN 04 2002

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

835 PM     18 NE ANDERSON            SC   WIND DAMAGE
06/04/02   ANDERSON                       ANDERSON 911 REPORTS
                                          POWER OUTAGES IN THE 3
                                          AND 20 COMMUNITY...ON THE
                                          SOUTH SIDE OF THE EASLEY
                                          OUTER LIMITS. WINDS BLEW
                                          DOWN TREES AND POWER
                                          LINES AT THE INTERSECTION
                                          OF HIGHWAYS 81 AND 86.

BURRUS

Local storm report, Jun 4, 8:02 PM EST, 3 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
902 PM EDT TUE JUN 04 2002

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

858 PM     7 SW OF CLARKSVILLE       GA   WIND DAMAGE
06/04/02   HABERSHAM                      SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
                                          CAUSED ONE HALF INCH HAIL
                                          AND DOWNED TREES JUST SW
                                          OF CORNELIA

PELISSIER

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Habersham

When: June 4, 8:05 PM EST to 8:30 PM EST
Where: Habersham County, 3 mi SW of Baldwin
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph)
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 34.467, -83.600

Several trees were blown down.

Hail, Habersham

When: June 4, 8:05 PM EST to 8:30 PM EST
Where: Habersham County, 3 mi SW of Baldwin
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 34.467, -83.600

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.
Hail: Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.

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, June 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: 5305658, 5305659.