1 lightning, 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 Jul 2, 1:25 PM EST, 3 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 225 PM EDT TUE JUL 2 2002 TSRA ARE DEVELOPING AT THE SAME PLACE...AT THE SAME TIME AND WITH THE SAME INTENSITY AS YDAY. CURRENTLY CAPES ARE RUNNING AOA 3000 ONCE AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON. ABOUT THE ONLY THING DIFFERENT ON THE GSO SOUNDING WAS THE WBZ WHICH WAS A LITTLE OVER 11KFT THIS MORNING...ABOUT 1500 FT HIGHER THAN YDAY. THETA-E DIFFERENCES OFF OF THE NESDIS GOES WEB PAGE SHOW DELTA/S OF 25 TO 30 DEG...SIMILAR ONCE AGAIN TO YDAY. THE FLOW IS A LITTLE MORE OUT THE E TDA...AND A LITTLE STRONGER. THIS MAY KEEP CONVECTION CONFINED TO THE HIGHER TERRAIN A LITTLE LONGER...BUT SINCE THE BEST MOISTURE FLUX DIVERGENCE IS ACTUALLY CENTERED E OF THE MTNS...EXPECT CONVECTION TO GRADUALLY DEVELOP E ON OUTFLOW BNDRYS. POPS WL ONCE AGAIN BE DECIDED AT THE LAST MINUTE BASED ON THE ORIENTATION AND MOVEMENT OF CONVECTION. WL PROBABLY HAVE LIKELY W AND CHANCE E ONCE AGAIN THIS EVENING. BY WED AFTN...THE DEEP LAYER FLOW WL BE A LITTLE MORE ELY THAN TDA...AND THE UPPER RIDGE WL PUSH IN A LITTLE CLOSER FROM THE NW. THIS WOULD IMPLY A LITTLE LESS MOISTURE AND A STRONGER MID LEVEL INVERSION. THEREFORE...SLIGHTLY LOWER POPS SEEM LIKE A GOOD IDEA. THIS WL ALSO RESULT IN TEMPS A COUPLE DEGREES WARMER. BY LATE THU...SFC FRONT WL PUSH INTO THE NRN MOST ZONES. FLOW ALOFT IS KIND OF WEAK...BUT AVN POOLS MOISTURE ALONG THE FRONT AND DEVELOPS CONVECTION OVER THE NRN ZONES IN THE AFTN. WL CARRY 40 POPS N AND 30 SOUTH. WL CARRY 40 POPS ALL ZONES FRI. CAN/T BE TOO SURE OF LOCATION OF FRONT...AS A GREAT DEAL WL BE DEPENDANT ON OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES. SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY... BEHIND FRI/S FRONT RIDGING BOTH FROM SFC NEW ENGLAND HIGH AND ALOFT SHOULD SQUELCH STRONG CONVECTION...LEAVING A PARTLY CLOUDY SKY BEHIND A FIELD OF CUMULUS. SUN...DEEP LEVEL RIDGING CONTINUES AND AIRMASS DRIES FURTHER...CU RULE VALUES ARE ALSO WARMING...LEADING TO LESS CLOUD COVER AND SLIGHTLY WARMER TEMPS. AVN BACKS H5 RIDGE TO THE WEST OF THE FA AS A LOW DEEPENS OVER THE GREAT LAKES REGION. MOISTURE DEEPENS ON MONDAY AND WOULD EXPECT SOME AIRMASS TS...FOR NOW LOOKS AS IF COVERAGE WILL BE LIMITED TO 20% AND WILL USE SILENT 20 POPS. TUE SFC FRONT FROM THE LOW ENTERS THE FA FROM THE NW WITH GOOD CAA. I BELIEVE THAT THE AVN IS GOING A LITTLE TOO FAR WITH THE STRENGTH OF THE SYSTEM BUT WILL MENTION A CHANCE POPS FOR TS/SH AS BOUNDARY LAYER LIS ARE COMFORTABLY IN THE NEGATIVE RANGE. WILL KEEP TEMPS AROUND THE ENSEMBLE MEANS. FCSTID = GSP 72 92 71 92 / 30 30 30 30 AND 72 92 71 92 / 30 30 30 30 CLT 69 92 68 92 / 30 30 30 30 HKY 69 90 68 90 / 30 30 30 30 AVL 68 87 67 87 / 40 40 40 30 .GSP... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. MCAVOY/NED
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-030230- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 150 PM EDT TUE JUL 2 2002 ...SCATTERED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP OVER THE REGION AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... THE ATMOSPHERE OVER THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA HAS ONCE AGAIN BECOME VERY UNSTABLE THIS AFTERNOON. AT 130 PM THUNDERSTORMS...SOME SEVERE...WERE ALREADY DEVELOPING OVER THE EASTERN ESCARPMENT OF THE BLUE RIDGE. DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM THE STORMS...THOUGH THE STRONGEST CELLS COULD PRODUCE HAIL UP TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER. AS THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS PROGRESS...THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO DEVELOP FARTHER EAST. JUST ABOUT ANY LOCATION EAST OF THE MOUNTAINS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO SEE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM LATER IN THE AFTERNOON...THOUGH LOCATIONS WITHIN ABOUT 50 MILES OF THE MOUNTAINS WILL BE MOST AT RISK. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL DRIFT SLOWLY TO THE SOUTHWEST. SIMILAR TO YESTERDAY...A FEW LOCATIONS WILL SEE SEVERAL INCHES OF RAIN IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME...AND SOME ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING PROBLEMS MAY DEVELOP. SPOTTER GROUPS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO ACTIVATE QUICKLY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. DISPATCHERS SHOULD ENSURE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS ARE AWARE OF THIS INFORMATION. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/ER/GSP MCAVOY
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
218 PM EDT TUE JUL 02 2002
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200 PM 15 S FRANKLIN NC 1.00 INCH HAIL
07/02/02 MACON PUBLIC REPORT.
JATThe Greer radar (KGSP), 95 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:27 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
A man in a hottub was struck by lightning.
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, July 2002
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: 5309535.