Damaging Wind in South Carolina, June 4, 2002

Name: Damaging Wind in South Carolina, June 4, 2002
Start: 2002-06-04T19:10
End: 2002-06-04T19:20
Location: South Carolina

June 4, 2002 · NWS GSP · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $3,000
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 4, 1:02 PM EST, 6 hours 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 4, 1:02 PM EST, 6 hours 8 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
202 PM EDT TUE JUN 4 2002

RIDGE ALOFT CONT OVER SE US WITH MOIST LOW AND MID LEVEL FLOW OVER
CWA. AREA REMAINS UNSTABLE BUT WITH A LACK OF ANY STRONG TRIGGERS
FOR CONVECTION. EXPECT WEAK UPSLOPE FLOW TO BE ENOUGH FOR AT LEAST
SCT AFTN-EVE CONVECTION. DUE TO WEAK STEERING WINDS THERE WILL BE
LITTLE MOVEMENT OF STORMS THAT DO DEVELOP AND PRECIP WATER VALS ABV
ONE AND A HALF INCHES POINT TOWARD POSSIBLE RUNOFF PROBLEMS LATE
THIS AFN-EVE AND WED AFTN-EVE ALSO. WILL STICK WITH SCT CONVECTION
BOTH DAYS.

ON THU THE ETA BRINGS AN UPPER TROF SE TOWARD CWA WITH A COLD FRONT
PUSHING INTO NC MTNS DURG DAY. AVN STALLS THE FRONT OVER NC THU.
WITH THIS IN MIND WILL KEEP POPS IN FOR THU NIGHT BUT NOT CHANGE
CURRENT DRY FCST FOR FRI. WKND LOOKS DRY...THEN A SIG SHRTWV TROF
DROPS IN FROM THE W LATE SUN NIGHT INTO TUE. HAVE ADDED CHANCE POPS
FOR MON AND TUE.

FCSTID = 77
GSP   70  91  70  85 /  20  30  30  40
AND   71  92  70  86 /  20  30  30  40
CLT   69  92  70  86 /  20  30  30  40
HKY   69  88  69  83 /  20  30  30  40
AVL   66  86  66  80 /  30  40  40  40

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

RB

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 4, 3:08 PM EST, 4 hours 2 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
408 PM EDT TUE JUN 04 2002

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

403 PM     BURNSVILLE                NC   .75 INCH HAIL
06/04/02   YANCEY                         SHERIFF DEPARTMENT
                                          REPORTED DIME HAIL JUST
                                          OUTSIDE BURNSVILLE

JONES

Local storm report, Jun 4, 4:37 PM EST, 2 hours 33 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
537 PM EDT TUE JUN 04 2002

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

532 PM     WEAVERVILLE               NC   1.75 INCH HAIL
06/04/02   BUNCOMBE                       BUNCOMBE COUNTY 911
                                          REPORTED GOLFBALL SIZED
                                          HAIL IN WEAVERVILLE.

BURRUS

Local storm report, Jun 4, 5:09 PM EST, 2 hours 1 minute before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
609 PM EDT TUE JUN 04 2002

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

540 PM     MONTREAT                  NC   .75 INCH HAIL
06/04/02   BUNCOMBE                       REPORTED BY THE BLACK
                                          MOUNTAIN FIRE DEPT.

553 PM     TIGER                     GA   .75 INCH HAIL
06/04/02   RABUN                          REPORTED BY STORM
                                          SPOTTER.

545 PM     OLD FORT                  NC   .75 INCH HAIL
06/04/02   MCDOWELL

603 PM     2 EAST OLD FORT           NC   .75 INCH HAIL
06/04/02   MCDOWELL                       STRONG WIND BLEW A SOLAR
                                          PANEL OFF A ROOF.

NED

Local storm report, Jun 4, 6:04 PM EST, 1 hour 6 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
704 PM EDT TUE JUN 04 2002

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

526 PM     OLD FORT                  NC   WIND DAMAGE
06/04/02   MCDOWELL                       TREES AND POWER LINES
                                          DOWN.

603 PM     TIGER                     GA   WIND DAMAGE
06/04/02   RABUN                          TREES DOWN ALONG WITH
                                          HAIL. EVENT LASTED 10 -
                                          15 MINS.

NED

Local storm report, Jun 4, 6:30 PM EST, 40 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
730 PM EDT TUE JUN 04 2002

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

722 PM     3 SE TAYLORS              SC   .75 INCH HAIL
06/04/02   GREENVILLE                     DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED
                                          BY SPOTTER.

RB

Local storm report, Jun 4, 6:47 PM EST, 23 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
747 PM EDT TUE JUN 04 2002

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

735 PM     ROYSTON                   GA   1.00 INCH HAIL
06/04/02   FRANKLIN                       ESTIMATED WINDS AT 40
                                          MPH.

NED

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Greenville

When: June 4, 7:10 PM EST to 7:20 PM EST
Where: Greenville County, Berea
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph)
Property damage: $3,000
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 34.883, -82.433

Trees and powerlines were blown down from Berea to Paris Mountain to the Lake Robinson area.

What these are

Thunderstorm Wind: Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in South Carolina in 2002 Every state in 2002 This day in weather history Warnings 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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5305589.