1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood, 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 5, 2:00 PM EST, 2 hours 25 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC ISSUED BY NWS COLUMBIA SC 300 PM EDT WED JUN 5 2002 WITH CONVECTIVE DEBRIS AND THE UPPER LEVEL WAVE A LITTLE FARTHER WEST THAN YDAY...CONVECTION HAS BEEN A SLOWER TO INITIATE OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN THIS AFTERNOON THAN YDAY. HOWEVER...HEALTHY CU FIELD AND A FEW RETURNS ON RADAR INDICATE THAT TSRA IS ABOUT TO FIRE. SIMILAR TO YDAY...FORCING IS RATHER SUBTLE THIS EVENING AS WE ARE ON THE EAST SIDE OF A DEEP SUBTROPICAL TROF EMBEDDED IN THE ERN CONUS UPPER RIDGE. H5 TEMPS ARE STILL RATHER COOL...W/ANOTHER PIECE OF ENERGY EJECTING OUT OF THE SUB-T TROUGH THIS EVENING. THIS SHOULD SERVE TO ORGANIZE CONVECTION A LITTLE OVER THE WRN ZONES...AND WL CARRY LIKELY POPS WEST. WITH CAPES AGAIN AOA 3000 IN THE UPSTATE AND PIEDMONT...EXPECT COLD POOL INTERACTIONS TO SEND CONVECTION SLOWLY E DURING THE OVERNGHT. NOT SURE WHAT TO DO W/POPS E OF THE MTNS. PLAN TO GO HIGH CHANCE ATTM. WON/T POST FFA YET. WL CONTINUE TO WAIT AND SEE WHERE THE BULK OF THE CONVECTION DEVELOPS. HOWEVER...CERTAINLY WON/T HESITATE TO ISSUE IF IT APPEARS THAT CONVECTION WL TRY TO ANCHOR ITSELF TO UPSLOPE AREAS LIKE IT DID LAST NGHT. FROPA LATE THU AND THU NGHT. DEEP LLVL CONVERGENCE AND UPPER LEVEL H3-H2 DIVERGENCE SHOULD MAINTAIN WIDESPREAD CONVECTION ALONG THE FRONT. WL GO CAT POPS WRN ZONES AND LIKELY E. INTERESTINGLY...ONCE THE FRONT IS BY ON FRI...THE AIRMASS REMAINS QUITE UNSTABLE. WITH LLVL SE FLOW AND NW FLOW AT H5 OF 20 KTS...DEEP LAYER SR-FLOW WL BE APPROACHING 40 KTS...SUPPORTIVE OF SUPERCELLS. AT ANY RATE...EXPECT CONVECTION TO AGAIN FIRE ON THE LEE SLOPES AND MOVE E...AND HAVE INTRODUCED A 30 POP TO THE ZONES. SAT THROUGH MON LOOK DRY E OF THE MTNS...WITH A CHANCE OF TSRA FAR WRN ZONES SUN AND MON AS WEAK UPPER LOWS MOVE ALONG THE PERIPHERY OF A BUILDING E COAST RIDGE. CHANCE TSRA TUE AND WED. FCSTID = 14 GSP 70 90 67 84 / 50 60 60 30 AND 71 90 68 84 / 50 60 60 30 CLT 70 91 69 83 / 40 50 60 30 HKY 68 85 66 81 / 60 60 50 30 AVL 65 80 62 79 / 60 80 50 30 .GSP... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. MCAVOY
SCZ001>014-019-GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059- 062>072-082-060206- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC ISSUED BY NWS COLUMBIA SC 1215 PM EDT WED JUN 05 2002 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND SOME ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING POSSIBLE AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING OVER THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA... ANOTHER HOT AND HUMID AFTERNOON IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA TODAY. THIS WILL RESULT IN STRONG DESTABILIZATION OF THE ATMOSPHERE ACROSS THE AREA BY MID AFTERNOON. OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES RESULTING FROM YESTERDAYS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO LINGER ACROSS THE AREA TODAY...WITH A WEAK UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE CROSSING THE MOUNTAINS DURING THE EARLY EVENING. THESE FEATURES WILL PROVIDE A FOCUS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS BY MID AFTERNOON. THE DEGREE OF INSTABILITY INDICATES THAT ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS... AND WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH. IN ADDITION...STORMS ARE ONCE AGAIN EXPECTED TO SLOWLY...RESULTING IN VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...AND THE POSSIBILITY OF LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING. ALTHOUGH IT APPEARS THAT THE MOST LIKELY AREAS TO RECEIVE THUNDERSTORMS...AND THEREFORE SEVERE WEATHER...WILL BE THE MOUNTAINS...SEVERE WEATHER WILL ONCE AGAIN BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION THIS AFTERNOON. LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE JUST ABOUT ANYWHERE. HOWEVER...LOCATIONS THAT RECEIVED HEAVY RAINFALL ON TUESDAY WILL BE PARTICULARLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO FLOODING IF MORE HEAVY RAIN IS RECEIVED TODAY. EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS OFFICIALS ARE REQUESTED TO MONITOR THE INCREASING THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER AND MAKE PRELIMINARY PLANS TO DEAL WITH SEVERE WEATHER SHOULD IT OCCUR. MCAVOY
SCZ001>014-019-GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059- 062>072-082-060206- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC ISSUED BY NWS COLUMBIA SC 1215 PM EDT WED JUN 05 2002 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND SOME ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING POSSIBLE AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING OVER THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA... ANOTHER HOT AND HUMID AFTERNOON IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA TODAY. THIS WILL RESULT IN STRONG DESTABILIZATION OF THE ATMOSPHERE ACROSS THE AREA BY MID AFTERNOON. OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES RESULTING FROM YESTERDAYS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO LINGER ACROSS THE AREA TODAY...WITH A WEAK UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE CROSSING THE MOUNTAINS DURING THE EARLY EVENING. THESE FEATURES WILL PROVIDE A FOCUS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS BY MID AFTERNOON. THE DEGREE OF INSTABILITY INDICATES THAT ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS... AND WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH. IN ADDITION...STORMS ARE ONCE AGAIN EXPECTED TO MOVE SLOWLY...RESULTING IN VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...AND THE POSSIBILITY OF LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING. ALTHOUGH IT APPEARS THAT THE MOST LIKELY AREAS TO RECEIVE THUNDERSTORMS...AND THEREFORE SEVERE WEATHER...WILL BE THE MOUNTAINS...SEVERE WEATHER WILL ONCE AGAIN BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION THIS AFTERNOON. LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE JUST ABOUT ANYWHERE. HOWEVER...LOCATIONS THAT RECEIVED HEAVY RAINFALL ON TUESDAY WILL BE PARTICULARLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO FLOODING IF MORE HEAVY RAIN IS RECEIVED TODAY. EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS OFFICIALS ARE REQUESTED TO MONITOR THE INCREASING THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER AND MAKE PRELIMINARY PLANS TO DEAL WITH SEVERE WEATHER SHOULD IT OCCUR. MCAVOY
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
A few trees were blown down. One tree fell on an automobile, trapping the occupants.
Some street flooding occurred, and water entered a few homes.
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: 5305674, 5305675.