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 Jun 26, 2:35 PM EST, 3 hours 25 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 335 PM EDT WED JUN 26 2002 QUITE A BIT OF CONVECTION ERUPTED ACROSS THE CWFA TODAY...AND IS STILL ONGOING. WILL USE LIKELY EVENING WORDING...XCPT FOR NC MTNS WHERE SCT SHOULD DO. CONVECTION SHOULD TAPER OFF AND EVEN END OVERNIGHT. DEEP MOISTURE EXITS THE AREA THU...BUT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY REMAINS. LEE TROF WILL PROVIDE ENOUGH LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE FOR SCT CONVECTION. WARMER TEMPS WITH SUNSHINE AND HIER THICKNESSES. LEFT SMALL POP FOR EVENING CONVECTION THU NITE. FRIDAY SFC FNT APPROACHES AND MIGHT MOVE INTO THE AREA BY LATE DAY. AVN BRINGS UPR DIV BULLS EYE OVER THE AREA WHILE OTHER MDLS DO NOT. ETA/AVN BOTH RETURN DEEPER MOISTURE AND KEEP DECENT LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE AND INSTABILITY OVER THE AREA. WILL UP POP OVER MTNS WHERE PRECIP CHC BETTER. HOWEVER IF AVN VERIFIES...POPS WILL NEED TO BE MUCH HIER. AVN STALLS FNT OVER AREA FRI NITE/SAT...SO WILL CONTINUE WITH POPS ALL CWFA. REST OF EXTENDED TRICKY. FNT OVER OR JUST SOUTH OF CWFA. WAVE FORMS ALONG FNT. SOME MOISTURE PUSHES BACK OVER THE AREA. HOWEVER LOW POSITION MEANS DOWNSLOPE WIND FOR SOME AREAS. ALSO INSTABILITY MARGINAL EVEN WITH MOISTURE. ALSO BEST UPPER DIV/LOW LEVEL CONV TO OUR EAST AND SOUTHEAST. THEREFORE HAVE DECIDED TO KEEP SUN THRU WED DRY FOR NOW...ESP SINCE ENSEMBLE POPS ARE BELOW CLIMO THRU THAT PERIOD. GSP 70 89 70 87 / 40 40 30 40 AND 70 89 70 87 / 40 40 30 40 CLT 70 89 70 87 / 50 40 30 40 HKY 69 87 69 86 / 50 40 30 40 AVL 65 84 65 81 / 40 40 40 50 .GSP... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. 81
The Greer radar (KGSP), 113 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:59 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning struck a business and ignited a fire, which destroyed the building and its contents.
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, June 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: 5305887.