1 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. 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 Jul 22, 1:18 PM EST, 4 hours 13 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 218 PM EDT MON JUL 22 2002 COLD FRONT APPROACHING FROM NORTHWEST TUE NIGHT PROGGED TO HANG UP IN NC MTS FOR SEVERAL DAYS THEN FIZZLING BY SATURDAY. LOW LEVEL MOISTURE INCREASES TUE AND WED COINCIDING WITH APPROACHING FRONT...PERSISTING THRU SATURDAY. VORTICITY INCREASES TUE...THEN A STRONG VORT MAX OVER CWA BY WED EVE. MODELS IN GOOD AGREEMENT FOR SCATTERED SHWRS AND STORMS EVERY AFTN AND EVE THRU SAT. SILENT 20S FOR SUN AND MON WITH ONLY MARGINAL INSTABILITY AND MOISTURE. SLIGHT WARMING TREND THROUGH THE WEEK DUE TO DECREASING CLOUD COVER AS FRONT DISSIPATES. LOWER 90S MOST PIEDMONT AND FOOTHILL LOCATIONS BY END OF THE WEEK. FCSTID = GSP 71 90 72 87 / 40 50 50 50 AND 71 90 72 87 / 40 50 50 50 CLT 70 90 72 88 / 50 50 50 50 HKY 69 87 70 86 / 50 50 50 50 AVL 64 84 67 83 / 40 50 40 50 .GSP... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. LAMB/DICARLO
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
417 PM EDT MON JUL 22 2002
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
335 PM 2 W CHEROKEE NC .75 INCH HAIL
07/22/02 SWAIN DISPATCH RELAYED REPORT
OF LARGE HAIL JUST ACROSS
THE MOUNTAIN FROM
CHEROKEE
JONESPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
508 PM EDT MON JUL 22 2002
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
445 PM 1 NW CONCORD NC WIND DAMAGE
07/22/02 CABARRUS NUMEROUS TREES REPORTED
DOWN AT CITY LIMITS. ALSO
HAIL OF UNKNOWN SIZE.
REPORTED BY SHERRIFF.
LAMBPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
513 PM EDT MON JUL 22 2002
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
510 PM CONCORD NC .75 INCH HAIL
07/22/02 CABARRUS SPOTTER REPORTED DIME
SIZE HAIL NEAR I-85 IN
CONCORD.
LAMBGAZ028-029-NCZ036-037-056-057-068>072-082-SCZ006>014-019-222245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 520 PM EDT MON JUL 22 2002 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE UPSTATE AND THE NORTH CAROLINA PIEDMONT... A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL SLOWLY ADVANCE NORTHWEST...ACROSS THE UPSTATE AND THE NORTH CAROLINA PIEDMONT...THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. BETWEEN 530 AND 7 PM...THE LINE WILL AFFECT AREAS EXTENDING FROM GREENWOOD TO LAURENS...ROCK HILL...CHARLOTTE AND STATESVILLE. AS THESE STORMS MOVE INTO A VERY UNSTABLE AIRMASS...SOME OF THEM WILL BECOME SEVERE...PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS AND CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. THERE WILL ALSO BE VERY HEAVY RAIN...WITH SOME LOCATIONS SEEING 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IN LESS THAN AN HOUR. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR THE MEDIA FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. MCAVOY
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
526 PM EDT MON JUL 22 2002
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
520 PM MONROE NC WIND DAMAGE
07/22/02 UNION A FEW TREES DOWN.
REPORTED BY COUNTY 911.
HANDELThe Greer radar (KGSP), 95 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:30 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning struck a tree, which fell on and killed a bicyclist.
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lightning, York | 2002-07-22 | Male | Outside/Open Areas | Direct |
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, July 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: 5309541.