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 Jul 3, 2:45 PM EST, 2 hours 11 minutes earlier.
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
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-032300- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1215 PM EDT WED JUL 3 2002 ...SCATTERED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN TO DEVELOP OVER THE REGION AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... SIMILAR TO THE PAST COUPLE DAYS...A MOIST LOW LEVEL AIRMASS...AND A DRIER...COOLER AIRMASS ALOFT...WILL RESULT IN THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT THIS AFTERNOON OVER THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL UP TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER. WHILE THE ATMOSPHERE IS A LITTLE MORE STABLE TODAY...AN UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL CROSS THE REGION FROM THE EAST DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. THIS WILL HELP TO ORGANIZE THE STORMS AND ENHANCE THE POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING WINDS...ESPECIALLY IN THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS OF NORTH CAROLINA WHERE THE INSTABILITY WILL BE GREATER. THE STORMS WILL ONCE AGAIN BE SLOW MOVING. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS TO PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. AS PARTS OF THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS HAVE SEEN SEVERAL INCHES OF RAIN OVER THE PAST WEEK...THE POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING WILL BE A LITTLE HIGHER THAN IT HAS BEEN OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS. 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
436 PM EDT WED JUL 03 2002
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
421 PM 1 W ROCK HILL SC WIND DAMAGE
07/03/02 YORK SEVERAL TREES DOWN ON
SALUDA RD AND STRAIGHT
RD. ALSO PEA SIZE HAIL.
REPORTED BY YORK EOC.
420 PM CHESTER SC WIND DAMAGE
07/03/02 CHESTER TREE DOWN ON HWY 97 NEAR
HOSPITAL. REPORTED BY
CHESTER EC.
LAMBPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
527 PM EDT WED JUL 03 2002
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
520 PM LOCKHART SC WIND DAMAGE
07/03/02 UNION TREES DOWN INCLUDING ONE
ON A HOUSE. REPORTED BY
EOC.
MCAVOYPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
536 PM EDT WED JUL 03 2002
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
528 PM 3 N WATERLOO SC .88 INCH HAIL
07/03/02 LAURENS REPORTED BY COUNTY
COMMUNICATIONS CENTER.
MCAVOYPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
542 PM EDT WED JUL 03 2002
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
539 PM FOREST CITY NC .75 INCH HAIL
07/03/02 RUTHERFORD SKYWARN SPOTTER REPORTED
DIME-SIZED HAIL AND WIND
GUSTS ESTIMATED AT 50 MPH
IN DOWNTOWN FOREST CITY.
BURRUSThe Greer radar (KGSP), 131 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:55 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A tree was blown on a car. Several traffic lights and signs were damaged.
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: 5310697.