1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 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 Aug 19, 2:00 PM EST, 4 hours 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 300 PM EDT MON AUG 19 2002 TWO AREAS OF CONVECTION CAUSING CONCERN FOR THE EARLY PORTION OF THE FIRST PERIOD...ONE ACROSS EAST TENNESSEE...APPARENTLY ASSOCIATED WITH TRANSIENT MID LEVEL SW TROUGH...AND ANOTHER ACROSS CENTRAL KENTUCKY THAT HAS INTIATED ALONG BOUNDARY LEFT BEHIND BY EARLY MORNING MIDWESTERN MCS. EXPECT LINE OF ORGANIZED CONVECTION TO SPREAD INTO THE NC MOUNTAINS DURING THE NEXT 2 TO 3 HOURS...AND WILL CARRY A LIKELY POP...WITH MAINLY EVENING WORDING...ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS. MORE SCATTERED CONVECTION CONTINUES TO DEVELOP HERE AND THERE THROUGHOUT THE CWA...AND EXPECT TO CARRY AT LEAST A HIGH CHANCE POP THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR MOST LOCATIONS EAST OF THE BLUE RIDGE. AS FAR AS CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY ALONG THE TENN VALLEY OUTFLOW BOUNDARY...CANNOT FIND EVIDENCE OF ANY MECHANISM THAT WILL ALLOW DEVELOPING MCS TO MAINTAIN ITSELF OVERNIGHT. NOT TO MENTION THAT I EXPECT ATMOSPHERE WILL BE QUITE WORKED OVER BY EARLY EVENING CONVECTION. NEVERTHELESS...WILL EXTEND POPS THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE OVERNIGHT PERIOD ACROSS THE WESTERN ZONES...BUT END THEM AROUND MIDNIGHT ELSEWHERE. FOR TUESDAY...WEAK FRONTAL ZONES SAGS INTO THE AREA LATE IN THE DAY...BUT MOISTURE LESSENS. WILL CONTINUE WITH A LOW CHANCE POP ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA. WILL CONTINUE DRY FORECAST FOR WED AND THUR...AS FRONT CLEARS THE AREA...AND DRIER AIR CONTINUES TO WORK ITS WAY IN ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS. POPS RETURN TO THE FORECAST AS AMPLIFYING SW TROUGH SENDS A DECENT FRONT INTO THE SOUTHEAST. HAVE DRIED THINGS OUT FOR SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY BEHIND THE FRONT. .GSP... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. LANE
NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-SCZ001>014-019-192200- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 315 PM EDT MON AUG 19 2002 ...ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. SEVERAL OF THE STORMS HAVE PRODUCED VERY HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS. A WEAK UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVING ACROSS THE REGION WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON. ALSO... A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS EAST TENNESSEE WAS CAUSING SOME HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND AT A FEW LOCATIONS WEST OF THE MOUNTAINS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON. PEOPLE IN THE PIEDMONT... FOOTHILLS.. AND MOUNTAINS OF THE CAROLINAS AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF LOCALLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH STRONG WINDS... HAIL... AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. THE SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS COULD ALSO PRODUCE EXCESSIVE AMOUNTS OF RAINFALL IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. LGL
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Numerous trees were blown down in the south part of town. Some trees fell on vehicles and buildings.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in South Carolina in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in South Carolina, August 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: 5313997, 5313998.