1 thunderstorm wind, 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 May 10, 1:18 PM EST, 3 hours 2 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 218 PM EDT FRI MAY 10 2002 FRONTAL BOUNDARY STRETCHED ACROSS S FCST AREA IS HELPING KEEP CONVECTION GOING THIS AFTN AND WILL CONT THIS EVE. SO FAR THERE HAVE BEEN NO SEVERE STORMS AND WITH INCREASED CLOUD COVER KEEPING TEMPS DOWN A BIT...SEVERE OCCURRENCE IS LESS LIKELY. STILL VERY MOIST...FAIRLY UNSTABLE AIR WITH CAPE FROM 600 TO 1800 ACROSS AREA AND LI AROUND -4. S PART OF CWA IS PRIMED FOR PSBL STRONGER STORMS. AS COLD FRONT PUSHES FURTHER S AND E...HIGH PRES BUILDS IN FROM N..FORMING A WEDGE-TYPE SITUATION OVER PIEDMONT/LOWER FOOTHILLS SATURDAY KEEPING TEMPS COOL. ON SAT NIGHT BOUNDARY PUSHES NORTH AND TEMPS WILL REBOUND ON SUN. THEN A COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO PUSH BACK THROUGH AREA MON/MON NGT WITH ANOTHER ROUND OF SHWRS AND COOLER TEMPS BEHIND IT FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK. FCSTID = 77 GSP 62 74 63 87 / 60 60 20 20 AND 63 75 64 88 / 60 60 20 20 CLT 61 72 62 87 / 60 60 20 20 HKY 59 69 62 85 / 60 50 20 20 AVL 55 69 55 79 / 60 50 20 20 .GSP... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. RB
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
250 PM EDT FRI MAY 10 2002
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230 PM GREAT FALLS SC 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/10/02 CHESTER QUARTER TO GOLF BALL SIZE
HAIL REPORTED BY GREAT
FALLS POLICE
PTThe Roanoke radar (KFCX), 132 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:20 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Some sheds and outbuildings were blown down. Numerous trees and powerlines were also blown down.
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, May 2002
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