Damaging Wind in North Carolina, July 1, 2002

Name: Damaging Wind in North Carolina, July 1, 2002
Start: 2002-07-01T16:04
End: 2002-07-01T16:04
Location: North Carolina

July 1, 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 1, 1:30 PM EST, 2 hours 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 1, 1:30 PM EST, 2 hours 34 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
230 PM EDT MON JUL 1 2002

TSRA ARE BEGINNING TO DEVELOP ALONG THE EASTERN ESCARPMENT OF THE
BLUE RIDGE. CAPES ARE AOA 3000 AND WET BULB ZEROS ARE UNDER 10KFT.
SFC DWPTS HAVE HARDLY MIXED OUT AT ALL TDA AND LLVL MOISTURE FLUX
DIVERGENCE HAS BEEN BULLSEYED OVER THE NC MTNS FOR SEVERAL HRS NOW.

IN ADDITION...A COUPLE WEAK H5 WAVES WL CROSS THE REGION FROM NE TO
SW OVERNGHT. WHAT THIS MEANS IS THAT CONVECTION SHOULD KEEP GOING
WELL INTO THE NGHT. AS FOR 1ST PERIOD THE AREAL COVERAGE...ITS TOO
SOON TO REALLY TELL. WL INITIALLY PENCIL IN LIKELY POPS OVER THE SW
CWA AND CHANCE POPS N TNGT...THOUGH IF THE VORT OVER WV CONTINUES TO
ORGANIZE CONVECTION...WE COULD BE FACING SOMETHING ORGANIZED IN THE
NRN ZONES LATE.

TUE LOOKS VERY SIMILAR TO TDA. WEAK SHEAR AIXS WL CONTINUE TO BE
ORIENTED NE TO SW ACROSS CWA. LLVL MOISTURE CONVERGENCE WL CONTINUE
OVER THE CWA TO THE SE OF THESE UPPER WAVES DURING THE DAY...W/GOOD
AREAL COVERAGE LIKELY AGAIN IN THE AFTN...ESPECIALLY OVER AND NEAR
THE HIGHER TERRAIN.

BY WED...DEEP MID CONTINENTAL RIDGE WL BEGIN TO PUSH FARTHER TO THE
EAST. THE COLD TROF E OF THE RIDGE SHOULD STILL BE STRONG ENUF FOR
TSRA IN THE AFTN...BUT SUSPECT THAT AREAL COVERAGE WL NOT BE AS
GREAT.

DEEP ELY FLOW ON THE 4TH. NO LLVL CONVERGENCE TO SPEAK OF
ANYMORE...AND SUBSIDENCE AROUND THE RIDGE SHOULD REALLY EAT INTO OUR
INSTABILITY. WE MAY SEE HARDLY ANYTHING THU...BUT WL HOLD ON TO 30
POPS.

FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY...
FOR FRI...AVN PUSHES A BACK DOOR COOL FRONT INTO AT LEAST THE
NORTHERN HALF OF THE CWA. ECMWF SHOW A SIMILAR BUT WEAKER FEATURE SO
WILL PRESERVE CHC POPS OF AFTERNOON TO EVENING TS/SH. FRONT SHOULD
WASH OUT SAT AND SUN AND WILL KEEP FORECAST DRY WITH ONLY SILENT 20
POPS. MONDAY...REGION SHOULD BE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF HIGH PRESSURE
AND WILL KEEP DRY AS WELL. TEMPS SHOULD BE OVER MEX VALUES AS PLAINS
RIDGE IS EXPECTED TO BUILD IN FASTER THAN THE AVN
ADVERTISES...THEREFORE WILL KEEP TEMPS GENERALLY HIGHER THAN
GUIDANCE.

FCSTID = 14
GSP   72  92  72  92 /  60  30  30  30
AND   72  92  72  92 /  60  30  30  30
CLT   71  92  71  92 /  30  30  30  30
HKY   70  89  70  89 /  40  40  40  30
AVL   66  85  66  85 /  60  50  50  40

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

MCAVOY/NED

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 1, 2:18 PM EST, 1 hour 46 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
318 PM EDT MON JUL 01 2002

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

310 PM     ROSMAN                    NC   1.25 INCH HAIL
07/01/02   TRANSYLVANIA                   HAIL BROKE WINDSHIELD ON
                                          EM VEHICLE. REPORTED BY
                                          TRANSYLVANIA EOC.

LAMB

Local storm report, Jul 1, 2:55 PM EST, 1 hour 9 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
355 PM EDT MON JUL 01 2002

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

350 PM     5 NW PUMPKINTOWN          SC   .75 INCH HAIL
07/01/02   PICKENS                        DIME SIZE HAIL AND HEAVY
                                          RAIN REPORTED BY CO-OP

PAT

Local storm report, Jul 1, 2:58 PM EST, 1 hour 6 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
358 PM EDT MON JUL 01 2002

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

356 PM     GREENVILLE                SC   .75 INCH HAIL
07/01/02   GREENVILLE                     SPOTTER REPORTED NEAR BOB
                                          JONES UNIV.

LAMB

Local storm report, Jul 1, 3:20 PM EST, 44 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
420 PM EDT MON JUL 01 2002

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

410 PM     5 NNW FRANKLIN            NC   WIND DAMAGE
07/01/02   MACON                          TREES REPORTED DOWN BY
                                          MACON EOC.

LAMB

Local storm report, Jul 1, 3:53 PM EST, 11 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
453 PM EDT MON JUL 01 2002

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

355 PM     2 E CLARKESVILLE          GA   WIND DAMAGE
07/01/02   HABERSHAM                      COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS
                                          CENTER REPORTS A TREE
                                          BLOWN OVER AND DAMAGE TO
                                          A HOUSE ON ANTIOCH CHURCH
                                          ROAD.

HG

Local storm report, Jul 1, 4:01 PM EST, 3 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
501 PM EDT MON JUL 01 2002

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

455 PM     3 N SWANNANOA             NC   .88 INCH HAIL
07/01/02   BUNCOMBE                       SPOTTER REPORTS NICKEL
                                          SIZE HAIL.

HG

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 56 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:06 UTC.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Rutherford

When: July 1, 4:04 PM EST
Where: Rutherford County, 2 mi SW of Forest City
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph)
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 35.317, -81.917

Trees were blown down along Newton Cole Rd.

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 North Carolina in 2002 Every state in 2002 This day in weather history Warnings in North Carolina, 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: 5310593.