1 lightning, 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 24, 9:20 AM EST, 2 hours 5 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1020 AM EDT SAT AUG 24 2002 WEAK UPPER SHORTWAVE TROF PUSHING SLOWLY INTO CWA FROM THE WEST WILL ENHANCE CHANCE FOR AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING CONVECTION. FORECAST LOOKS GOOD WITH SCT SHWRS AND TSTMS. TEMPERATURS AND WINDS ON TRACK ALSO. WILL UPDATE MAINLY TO CLEAN UP WORDING. .GSP... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. RB
The Greer radar (KGSP), 56 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 16:23 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
A man received minor injuries when lightning struck a nearby tree.
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: 5314106.