Damaging Wind in North Carolina, November 11, 2002

Name: Damaging Wind in North Carolina, November 11, 2002
Start: 2002-11-11T08:20
End: 2002-11-11T08:20
Location: North Carolina

November 11, 2002 · NWS GSP · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $1,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 1

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.

What forecasters said that day

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 Nov 11, 7:10 AM EST, 1 hour 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 11, 7:10 AM EST, 1 hour 10 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
710 AM EST MON NOV 11 2002

WILL UPDATE ZFP TO REMOVE NC PIEDMONT FROM TOR WATCH...AND TO ADD
LATEST EXP TIME TO THE REST OF ZONE UNDER WATCH # 760.

FCSTID =   16
GSP   72  52  56  42 / 100  40  80  40
AND   73  54  57  43 / 100  50  80  40
CLT   73  54  57  44 / 100  40  80  50
HKY   72  51  54  40 / 100  40  70  40
AVL   69  46  50  37 / 100  30  60  30

.GSP...
GA...NONE.
NC...NONE.
SC...NONE.

NED

Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 11, 6:15 AM EST, 2 hours 5 minutes before

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014-
019-111415-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
615 AM EST MON NOV 11 2002

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA.

.DAY ONE...

THE THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN EAST OF INTERSTATE-85
THROUGH MID-MORNING.

A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST OUT OF
THE PIEDMONT OF THE CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA INTO THE CENTRAL
CAROLINAS AND SOUTHERN GEORGIA BY NOON. RAIN SHOWERS AND SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN THROUGHOUT TODAY AS A COLD FRONT MOVES
ACROSS THE AREA...THESE THUNDERSTORMS POISE LITTLE THREAT OF
ADDITIONAL SEVERE WEATHER TODAY.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THROUGH MID-MORNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

NED

In the hours before

Local storm report, Nov 11, 6:33 AM EST, 1 hour 47 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
601 AM EST MON NOV 11 2002

TIME(EST)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0500 AM    15 W ANDERSON             SC   WIND DAMAGE
11/11/02   ANDERSON                       TREES AND POWER LINES
                                          DOWN ON TRIBBLE ROAD IN
                                          TOWNVILLE. HAM RADIO
                                          REPORT

0455 AM    11 NE WALHALLA            SC   WIND DAMAGE
11/11/02   OCONEE                         HAM RADIO REPORT OF A
                                          TREE...AND POSSIBLE POWER
                                          LINES...DOWN ON A HOUSE
                                          IN THE SALEM COMMUNITY.

0530 AM    16 SE GREENVILLE          SC   WIND DAMAGE
11/11/02   GREENVILLE                     SOUTH GREENVILLE FIRE
                                          DEPARTMENT REPORTED AN
                                          OUTBUILDING...POSSIBLY A
                                          LITTLE GARAGE...BLOWN
                                          ONTO BLACK ROAD.

545 AM     12 NE ANDERSON            SC   WIND DAMAGE
11/11/02   ANDERSON                       THIRD PARTY HAM RADIO
                                          REPORT OF ONE HOME...OR A
                                          MANUFACTURED HOME...BLOWN
                                          OFF A FOUNDATION.

0500 AM    15 NE ANDERSON            SC   WIND DAMAGE
11/11/02   ANDERSON                       TREES AND POWER LINES
                                          DOWN ON TRANSYLVANIA
                                          STREET IN PIEDMONT AND
                                          OLD RIVER ROAD AND CEDAR
                                          ROAD IN PELZER.

0555 AM    6 NW LAURENS              SC   WIND DAMAGE
11/11/02   LAURENS                        TREES AND POWER LINES
                                          DOWN ON KNIGHTON CHANNEL
                                          ROAD IN FOUNTAIN INN.
                                          REPORT FROM LAURENS
                                          COUNTY 911.

BURRUS

Local storm report, Nov 11, 7:14 AM EST, 1 hour 6 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
714 AM EST MON NOV 11 2002

TIME(EST)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

700 AM     4 SW GREENWOOD            SC   TORNADO
11/11/02   GREENWOOD                      TORNADO ON GROUND NEAR
                                          HIGHWAY 25 REPORTED BY
                                          SHERIFFS OFFICER

JMP

Local storm report, Nov 11, 7:20 AM EST, 1 hour before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
720 AM EST MON NOV 11 2002

TIME(EST)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

650 AM     6 SW GREENWOOD            SC   WIND DAMAGE
11/11/02   GREENWOOD                      TREE BLOCKING HIGHWAY 10.
                                          REPORTED BY COUNTY
                                          COMMUNICATIONS CENTER.

635 AM     CLOVER                    SC   WIND DAMAGE
11/11/02   YORK                           STREET LIGHT AND POWER
                                          LINES DOWN IN CLOVER.
                                          OTHER REPORTS OF TREES
                                          DOWN SCATTERED ACROSS THE
                                          COUNTY. REPORTED BY
                                          COUNTY COMMS CENTER.

630 AM     15 SW ELBERTON            GA   WIND DAMAGE
11/11/02   ELBERT                         2 TREES DOWN ON BOBBY
                                          BROWN STATE PARK RD.
                                          REPORTED BY COUNTY
                                          COMMUNICATIONS CENTER.

536 AM     SIMPSONVILLE              SC   WIND DAMAGE
11/11/02   GREENVILLE                     TREES DOWN IN TOWN.
                                          REPORTED BY PUBLIC.

545 AM     FOUNTAIN INN              SC   WIND DAMAGE
11/11/02   LAURENS                        TREES DOWN ON COOKES
                                          BRIDGE RD. REPORTED BY
                                          COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS
                                          CENTER.

612 AM     UNION                     SC   WIND DAMAGE
11/11/02   UNION                          TREE DOWN ON A HOUSE AT
                                          104 WALLACE STREET.
                                          NUMEROUS OTHER TREES DOWN
                                          ACROSS THE COUNTY.
                                          REPORTED BY COUNTY
                                          COMMUNICATIONS CENTER.

MCAVOY

Local storm report, Nov 11, 7:53 AM EST, 27 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
753 AM EST MON NOV 11 2002

TIME(EST)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0635 AM    4 SW YORK                 SC   WIND DAMAGE
11/11/02   YORK                           TREE DOWN ACROSS A ROAD
                                          AND POWER OUTAGES IN
                                          SHARON. HAM RADIO REPORT.

BURRUS

Local storm report, Nov 11, 7:54 AM EST, 26 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
754 AM EST MON NOV 11 2002

TIME(EST)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

640 AM     5 W YORK                  SC   WIND DAMAGE
11/11/02   YORK                           POWER OUTAGES REPORTED
                                          FROM HAM RADIO OPERATOR.

BURRUS

Local storm report, Nov 11, 7:56 AM EST, 24 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
756 AM EST MON NOV 11 2002

TIME(EST)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0630 AM    8 N YORK                  SC   WIND DAMAGE
11/11/02   YORK                           POWER LINES DOWN IN
                                          CLOVER. HAM RADIO REPORT.

0645 AM    ROCK HILL                 SC   WIND DAMAGE
11/11/02   YORK                           30 FOOT TREE DOWN IN THE
                                          VICINITY OF THE ROCK HILL
                                          MALL. HAM RADIO REPORT.

0712 AM    CHARLOTTE                 NC   WIND DAMAGE
11/11/02   MECKLENBURG                    FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORTS A
                                          POWER LINE DOWN DOWNTOWN.

BURRUS

The radar

The Columbia radar (KCAE), 141 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 13:20 UTC.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Union

When: November 11, 8:20 AM EST
Where: Union County, 5 mi N of Marshville
Measured: 55 kt (63 mph)
Property damage: $1,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 35.050, -80.367

Numerous trees were blown over or uprooted.

What these are

Thunderstorm Wind: Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in North Carolina in 2002 Every state in 2002 This day in weather history Warnings in North Carolina, November 2002

Sources

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: 5321291.