Thunderstorm Wind, Cherokee
- When
- June 4, 9:45 PM EST
- Where
- Cherokee County, 7 mi W of Gaffney
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 35.067, -81.750
Some powerlines were blown down.
Damaging Wind in South Carolina, June 4, 2002
1 thunderstorm wind, 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
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $1,000
- 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, 7:50 PM EST, 1 hour 55 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 4, 7:50 PM EST, 1 hour 55 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 850 PM EDT TUE JUN 4 2002 LATEST LAPS ANALYSIS SHOWS RIDGE OF CAPE FROM NORTHEAST GEORGIA MAX OF 4200 SOUTHWARD WEST OF THE SAVANNAH RIVER THEN EASTWARD ALONG CWFA SOUTHERN BORDER TO SOUTH OF CLT. LATEST RUC FORECAST LOOKS LIKE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTHERN AREAS WELL PAST MIDNIGHT. ALSO CONCERN AS GEORGIA TSTMS DRIFT INTO LOWER STABILITY LATER TONIGHT. NORTH CAROLINA LOOKS PRETTY WORKED OVER AND NOT MUCH ACTIVITY EXPECTED IN MOUNTAIN COUNTIES. WITH ALL THAT IN MIND. CURRENT PLAN IS TO UPDATE ZONES AT 930 CONTINUING TSTMS PAST MIDNIGHT IN PIEDMONT AND RAISING POPS TO CHANCE CATEGORY OVER CLT AREA. .GSP... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. DICARLO
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 4, 8:29 PM EST, 1 hour 16 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED SPELLING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
929 PM EDT TUE JUN 04 2002
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
920 PM GREER SC WIND DAMAGE
06/04/02 SPARTANBURG POWER LINES BLOWN DOWN ON
AIRPORT DRIVE AND
BROCKMAN MCCLIMON ROAD.
920 PM GREER SC WIND DAMAGE
06/04/02 SPARTANBURG FOUR HANGARS DAMAGED AT
FLIGHT WORLD JET PARK.
BURRUSLocal storm report, Jun 4, 8:44 PM EST, 1 hour 1 minute before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
944 PM EDT TUE JUN 04 2002
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
930 PM 4 MI SW OF CLARKSVILLE GA WIND DAMAGE
06/04/02 HABERSHAM THUNDERSTORM PRODUCED ONE
HALF INCH HAIL AND TREES
FELLED BY STRONG WINDS
NEAR DEMOREST
PELISSIERLocal storm report, Jun 4, 8:54 PM EST, 51 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
954 PM EDT TUE JUN 04 2002
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
910 PM 16 N GREENVILLE SC WIND DAMAGE
06/04/02 GREENVILLE TREE DOWN ON HIGHWAY
414...NEAR TIGERVILLE
SCHOOL. TREE BLOCKED THE
ROAD FOR A SHORT TIME.
REPORT FROM GREENVILLE
COUNTY 911.
BURRUSLocal storm report, Jun 4, 9:02 PM EST, 43 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
1002 PM EDT TUE JUN 04 2002
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
950 PM SPARTANBURG SC WIND DAMAGE
06/04/02 SPARTANBURG TREES DOWN ON CAMELOT
DRIVE. REPORT FROM
SPARTANBURG COUNTY 911.
BURRUSLocal storm report, Jun 4, 9:23 PM EST, 22 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
1023 PM EDT TUE JUN 04 2002
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1000 PM WESTMINSTER SC 1.50 INCH HAIL
06/04/02 OCONEE SHERIFFS DEPUTY REPORTED
ONE AND ONE HALF INCH
HAIL IN WESTMINSTER.
PELISSIERLocal storm report, Jun 4, 9:28 PM EST, 17 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
1028 PM EDT TUE JUN 04 2002
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1000 PM CLARKSVILLE AND MT AIRY GA WIND DAMAGE
06/04/02 HABERSHAM THUNDERSTORM WINDS FELLED
TREES IN CLARKSVILLE AND
MT AIRY, REPORTED BY
COUNTY 911 CENTER.
PELISSIERThe radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Flash Flood in Wisconsin, June 4, 2002
- Damaging Winds in Indiana, June 4, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, June 4, 2002
- Flash Flood in Iowa, June 4, 2002
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Kansas, June 4, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, June 4, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Florida, June 4, 2002
- Flood in Iowa, June 4, 2002
More
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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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5305666.