1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jan 24, 8:09 AM EST, 6 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 809 AM EST THU JAN 24 2002 UPDATE TO MOVE UP THUNDERSTORMS THIS MORNING IN NC MOUNTAINS... AND TO ADD HEAVY RAIN THERE AS WELL...AND MENTION DAMAGING WINDS TN LINE. FCSTID = 7 GSP 68 51 58 40 / 70 90 30 30 AND 68 51 58 40 / 70 90 30 30 CLT 68 51 58 40 / 60 90 30 30 HKY 66 47 56 38 / 70 80 30 30 AVL 64 46 52 36 / 100 90 30 30 .GSP... GA...NONE. NC...FLOOD WATCH FOR THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT FOR ZONES NCZ048... NCZ051>053...NCZ058>059. SC...NONE.
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 87 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 13:09 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A few trees were blown down around Fontana Lake. In addition, a power line was blown down, resulting in a power outage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in North Carolina in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, January 2002
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