1 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 Jun 3, 1:39 PM EST, 4 hours 21 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 239 PM EDT MON JUN 3 2002 UPPER RIDGE REMAINS STRONG OVER SE US NEXT COUPLE DAYS. WARM...MOIST...UNSTABLE S FLOW WILL CONT HOWEVER SO WILL KEEP CHANCE TRW IN MTNS/NC FOOTHILLS THIS EVE WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE W UPSTATE SC AND NE GA. CHANCE TRW CONT TUE AND WED WITH INCREASING COVERAGE AS SYSTEM APPROACHES AREA FROM THE W LATE WED. FOR THE EXTENDED PERIOD...FRONTAL BOUNDARY STILL APPEARS TO BE HEADING THROUGH AREA THU INTO FRI. ONCE THIS FEATURE PUSHES THRU...EXPECT COOLER DRYER AIR FOR WEEKEND. MODELS BRING RETURN FLOW NORTH LATE SUN INTO MON FOR S AND W ZONES SO WILL INCREASE CLOUDS BUT WILL NOT ADD POPS ATTM. FCSTID = 77 GSP 71 92 71 91 / 20 20 30 30 AND 72 93 72 92 / 20 20 30 30 CLT 70 91 70 90 / 20 20 20 30 HKY 67 88 68 88 / 30 30 30 30 AVL 64 86 65 85 / 30 30 30 40 .GSP... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. RB
The Greer radar (KGSP), 86 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:02 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning struck the Public Safety bldg, City Hall, the Fire Station, and 4 residences. One residence suffered a major fire and considerable damage.
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: 5305883.