Damaging Wind in North Carolina, July 3, 2002

Name: Damaging Wind in North Carolina, July 3, 2002
Start: 2002-07-03T17:20
End: 2002-07-03T17:20
Location: North Carolina

July 3, 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 3, 2:45 PM EST, 2 hours 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 3, 2:45 PM EST, 2 hours 35 minutes before

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

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 3, 3:36 PM EST, 1 hour 44 minutes before

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.

LAMB

Local storm report, Jul 3, 4:27 PM EST, 53 minutes before

PRELIMINARY 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.

MCAVOY

Local storm report, Jul 3, 4:36 PM EST, 44 minutes before

PRELIMINARY 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.

MCAVOY

Local storm report, Jul 3, 4:42 PM EST, 38 minutes before

PRELIMINARY 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.

BURRUS

Local storm report, Jul 3, 5:10 PM EST, 10 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
610 PM EDT WED JUL 03 2002

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

552 PM     WILLIAMSTON               SC   WIND DAMAGE
07/03/02   ANDERSON                       NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER
                                          LINES DOWN IN THE CITY OF
                                          WILLIAMSTON. REPORT FROM
                                          ANDERSON COUNTY 911.

607 PM     12 NE CHARLOTTE           NC   .75 INCH HAIL
07/03/02   MECKLENBURG                    SKYWARN SPOTTER REPORTED
                                          DIME-SIZED HAIL 5 MILES
                                          NORTHEAST OF NEWELL.

BURRUS

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 85 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:19 UTC.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Cleveland

When: July 3, 5:20 PM EST
Where: Cleveland County, 8 mi N of Shelby
Measured: 55 kt (63 mph)
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 35.417, -81.550

Numerous trees were blown down.

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: 5310782.