South Carolina, 2002

Hail in South Carolina, June 30, 2002

June 30, 2002 · NWS GSP · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.

  • Tornadoes
  • Tropical storms and surge
  • Floods
  • Wind
  • Hail
  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
  • Other

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
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 Jun 30, 2:53 PM EST, 2 hours 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 30, 2:53 PM EST, 2 hours 37 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
353 PM EDT SUN JUN 30 2002

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED CONVECTION ACROSS THE CWFA TODAY. WILL
DETERMINE JUST BEFORE ISSUANCE WHETHER TO INCLUDE ISOLATED OR SCT
EVENING CONVECTION. ACTIVITY SHOULD DIE SHORTLY AFTER SUNSET.

LOOKS LIKE A TYPICAL SUMMERTIME PATTERN THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. CWFA
REMAINS JUST EAST OF THE UPPER RIDGE AXIS WITH A SURFACE TROF
MEANDERING ACROSS THE AREA. WEAK IMPULSES ROTATE SOUTH DOWN THE
RIDGE ACROSS THE AREA. LOW LEVEL MOISTURE REMAINS HIGH WITH SOMEWHAT
DEEPER MOISTURE RETURNING TUESDAY. DIFFERENTIAL HEATING AND TROF TO
PROVIDE THE LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE. ATMOS REMAINS UNSTABLE WITH NO
APPRECIABLE MID LEVEL WARMING NOTED. HARD TO PINPOINT WHERE AFT
CONVECTION WILL OCCUR...SO WILL MENTION LOW CHC POP ACROSS ALL CWFA.
NOTHING TO INDICATE MUCH ORGANIZATION...SO WILL JUST INCLUDE FOR AFT.

SFC FNT MOVES SOUTH OF THE CWFA SATURDAY. ATMOS REMAINS MOIST AND
UNSTABLE UNTIL THEN. WILL INCLUDE CHC AFT POP ALL AREAS THRU FRI.
WILL KEEP SAT AND SUN DRY FOR NOW AS DRIER AIR MOVES IN.

GSP   69  91  70  91 /  20  30  20  30
AND   69  91  70  91 /  20  30  20  30
CLT   69  90  70  92 /  10  30  20  30
HKY   68  89  68  90 /  10  30  20  30
AVL   64  85  65  86 /  20  30  20  30

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

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The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 17 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:30 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Greenville

When
June 30, 5:30 PM EST
Where
Greenville County, Greenville
Measured
0.88 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
34.850, -82.400

What these are

Hail
Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.

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

The same day elsewhere

More

Every storm in South Carolina in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in South Carolina, June 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5305874.