1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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.
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 4, 1:02 PM EST, 2 hours 38 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 202 PM EDT TUE JUN 4 2002 RIDGE ALOFT CONT OVER SE US WITH MOIST LOW AND MID LEVEL FLOW OVER CWA. AREA REMAINS UNSTABLE BUT WITH A LACK OF ANY STRONG TRIGGERS FOR CONVECTION. EXPECT WEAK UPSLOPE FLOW TO BE ENOUGH FOR AT LEAST SCT AFTN-EVE CONVECTION. DUE TO WEAK STEERING WINDS THERE WILL BE LITTLE MOVEMENT OF STORMS THAT DO DEVELOP AND PRECIP WATER VALS ABV ONE AND A HALF INCHES POINT TOWARD POSSIBLE RUNOFF PROBLEMS LATE THIS AFN-EVE AND WED AFTN-EVE ALSO. WILL STICK WITH SCT CONVECTION BOTH DAYS. ON THU THE ETA BRINGS AN UPPER TROF SE TOWARD CWA WITH A COLD FRONT PUSHING INTO NC MTNS DURG DAY. AVN STALLS THE FRONT OVER NC THU. WITH THIS IN MIND WILL KEEP POPS IN FOR THU NIGHT BUT NOT CHANGE CURRENT DRY FCST FOR FRI. WKND LOOKS DRY...THEN A SIG SHRTWV TROF DROPS IN FROM THE W LATE SUN NIGHT INTO TUE. HAVE ADDED CHANCE POPS FOR MON AND TUE. FCSTID = 77 GSP 70 91 70 85 / 20 30 30 40 AND 71 92 70 86 / 20 30 30 40 CLT 69 92 70 86 / 20 30 30 40 HKY 69 88 69 83 / 20 30 30 40 AVL 66 86 66 80 / 30 40 40 40 .GSP... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. RB
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-042030- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1131 AM EDT TUE JUN 4 2002 ...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA... ANOTHER HOT AND HUMID AFTERNOON WILL RESULT IN A VERY UNSTABLE AIRMASS ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY MID AFTERNOON ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA. THE DEGREE OF INSTABILITY EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON INDICATES THAT THESE STORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE...PRODUCING HAIL AS LARGE AS QUARTERS AND WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH. AS THE AFTERNOON PROGRESSES...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE PIEDMONT AND FOOTHILLS. THE POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED SEVERE WEATHER WILL EXIST WITH THESE STORMS AS WELL. IN ADDITION TO THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT...STORMS DEVELOPING TODAY ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE VERY SLOWLY...WITH EXTREMELY HEAVY RAINFALL LIKELY. LOCAL FLASH FLOODING COULD RESULT...ESPECIALLY IF A STORM DEVELOPS OVER AN URBAN AREA. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET FOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS...WATCHES...OR WARNINGS. JONES
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
222 PM EDT TUE JUN 04 2002
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
215 PM MARSHALL NC 1.00 INCH HAIL
06/04/02 MADISON SPOTTER REPORTED QUARTER
SIZE HAIL NEAR MARSHALL
JONESPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
238 PM EDT TUE JUN 04 2002
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
432 PM CANTON NC 1.00 INCH HAIL
06/04/02 HAYWOOD SPOTTER REPORTED QUARTER
SIZE HAIL
PATPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED TIME
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
238 PM EDT TUE JUN 04 2002
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
232 PM CANTON NC 1.00 INCH HAIL
06/04/02 HAYWOOD SPOTTER REPORTED QUARTER
SIZE HAIL
PATPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
408 PM EDT TUE JUN 04 2002
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
403 PM BURNSVILLE NC .75 INCH HAIL
06/04/02 YANCEY SHERIFF DEPARTMENT
REPORTED DIME HAIL JUST
OUTSIDE BURNSVILLE
JONESThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Fines Creek flooded and blocked Highway 209.
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: 5305880.