1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
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 Nov 11, 4:15 AM EST, 1 hour 10 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 415 AM EST MON NOV 11 2002 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR NC FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT ZONES UNTIL 7 AM... ...TORNADO WATCH FOR SC AND GA ZONES UNTIL 9 AM... MAIN LINE OF TS IS CURRENTLY RUNNING FROM GVL NORTHEAST TO HKY...AND PUSHING EAST. LINE SHOULD BE EAST OF THE CWA BY NOON TODAY. UNTIL THEN THE THREAT OF SVR WX WILL CONTINUE AS FORCING REMAINS DECENT AND ENVIRONMENT FAVORABLE FOR A LEAST STRONG TS WINDS. TONIGHT THINGS SHOULD BE FAIRLY QUIET AS BOUNDARY SLIDES EAST AND WITH LITTLE REMAINING FORCING...HAVE TRIMMED BACK POPS. HAVE INCREASE POPS AND QPF FOR TUES. DEEP H5 TROF WILL MOVE OVER THE MS VALLEY. GFS CONSISTENT WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF A LOW OVER THE FL PANHANDLE AND TRACK TO THE NE. GOOD JET DIV AND OMEGA FIELDS...WITH SOME INSTABILITY GOOD MOISTURE SHOULD SEE AN SIGNIFICANT AXIS OF RAINFALL ACROSS CENTRAL SC. HPC QPF SHOWS EASTERN EDGE OF CWA RECEIVING UP TO 3 TO AN TENTH OVER THE WESTERN SLOPES. TUES PM PRECIP LINGERS FOR MUCH OF THE NIGHTTIME TO THE EAST...DWINDLE AFTER MIDNIGHT CENTRAL CWA...AND CAA AND NORTHWEST FLOW SHOULD RESULT IN -SHRASN IN THE NORTHERN MTNS. LITTLE CHANGE MADE TO WED AND BEYOND. WILL KEEP TEMPS WITHIN A BLEND OF MOS GUIDANCE. 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
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-101300- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 605 AM EST SUN NOV 10 2002 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE... LOW PRESSURE OVER THE GREAT LAKES REGION WILL PUSH A COLD FRONT INTO THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHERN GEORGIA TONIGHT. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AHEAD OF THE FRONT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WILL ACCOMPANY THE FRONT TONIGHT...SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... ON TUESDAY...LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP OVER THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND WILL BRING ANOTHER ROUND OF PRECIPITATION TO THE REGION. DEPENDING ON THE EVENTUAL TRACK AND STRENGTH OF THIS SYSTEM...HEAVY RAINFALL MAY RESULT ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA ON TUESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NED
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
353 AM EST MON NOV 11 2002
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
350 AM MOUNTAIN REST SC WIND DAMAGE
11/11/02 OCONEE TREES BLOWN DOWN BY
THUNDERSTORM WINDS
LANEPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
413 AM EST MON NOV 11 2002
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0353 AM MOUNTAIN REST SC .88 INCH HAIL
11/11/02 OCONEE DIME TO NICKEL SIZED HAIL
REPORTED BY A HAM RADIO
OPERATOR AT MOUNTAIN
REST.
BURRUSPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
450 AM EST MON NOV 11 2002
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0425 AM 3 NW CARNESVILLE GA WIND DAMAGE
11/11/02 FRANKLIN 911 CENTER REPORTS TREES
DOWN ON HIGHWAY 320 IN
THE NEW BETHEL COMMUNITY.
BURRUSPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
505 AM EST MON NOV 11 2002
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
445 AM 7 S WALHALLA SC WIND DAMAGE
11/11/02 OCONEE 911 CENTER REPORTS TREES
DOWN AT
WESTMINSTER...SENECA AND
SOUTH UNION.
445 AM 11 S WALHALLA SC WIND DAMAGE
11/11/02 OCONEE HAM RADIO REPORTS
NUMEROUS TREES DOWN IN
THE OAKWAY AND FAIR PLAY
COMMUNITIES. ONE TREE
FELL ON A TRAILER. IT IS
UNKNOWN WHETHER THERE ARE
ANY INJURIES.
BURRUSNCZ034-035-055-056-111100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 509 AM EST MON NOV 11 2002 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TO MOVE THROUGH THE NORTHERN FOOTHILLS OF NORTH CAROLINA... A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH...WILL MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS THE NORTHERN FOOTHILLS THROUGH 6 AM. THE STORMS WILL BE NEAR GRANITE FALLS AND ICARD ABOUT 515 AM...AND NEAR TAYLORSVILLE AND HICKORY ABOUT 530 AM. STORMS WITHIN THIS LINE WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS ALSO LIKELY. SHOULD THESE STORMS STRENGTHEN...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS WILL BE NEEDED. RWH
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
518 AM EST MON NOV 11 2002
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0505 AM 7 SW ANDERSON SC WIND DAMAGE
11/11/02 ANDERSON TREES DOWN ON INTERSTATE
85 AT MILE MARKER 12.
REPORT FROM ANDERSON
COUNTY 911.
0500 AM 14 NW ANDERSON SC WIND DAMAGE
11/11/02 ANDERSON TREES DOWN ON LEBANON
ROAD IN PENDLETON. REPORT
FROM ANDERSON COUNTY 911.
515 AM 21 NE ANDERSON SC .75 INCH HAIL
11/11/02 ANDERSON HAM RADIO REPORT OF DIME
SIZED HAIL ON THE
ANDERSON COUNTY SIDE OF
EASLEY.
BURRUSThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Numerous trees and power lines were blown down in and near Forest City.
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, November 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: 5321423.