Alert archive / South Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2003
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 162, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 11, 2003, 8:27 PM EDT for Abbeville County, Greenwood County, South Carolina. It was in force for 48 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 11, 2003, 8:27 PM EDT (00:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 11, 2003, 9:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Abbeville County, SC, Greenwood County, SC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
Did it verify
Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 230 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 135 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -92 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1101 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -349 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -255 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS52 KGSP 120027
SVRGSP
SCC001-047-120115-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
826 PM EDT WED JUN 11 2003
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
EASTERN ABBEVILLE COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA
NORTHERN GREENWOOD COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA
* UNTIL 915 PM EDT
* AT 826 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES NORTH OF ABBEVILLE...OR ABOUT 4 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF DUE WEST...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
HODGES AT 835 PM EDT.
WARE SHOALS AT 840 PM EDT.
COKESBURY AT 845 PM EDT.
CORONACA AT 900 PM EDT.
PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM SHOULD BE ALERT FOR
LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY
RAIN CAN OCCUR WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM.
LAT...LON 3420 8240 3437 8242 3440 8224 3431 8216
3421 8197
$$
HG/RBWhat forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, 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 this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 11, 2:59 PM EDT, 5 hours 28 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 11, 2:59 PM EDT, 5 hours 28 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 259 PM EDT WED JUN 11 2003 LAPS ANALYSIS OF CAPE SHOWS A LARGE AREA OF 4000 J/KG OR GREATER CAPE OVER NE GA AND THE UPSTATE. STORMS ARE RATHER SLOW...WITH ISOLATED HEAVY RAIN A GIVEN. A FEW SEVERE STORMS STILL EXPECTED CONSIDERING THE AMOUNT OF ENERGY TO WORK WITH. UPSTREAM...MCS HAVE DEVELOPED OVER MS AN AL...THICKNESSES WOULD LEAD STORMS TO THE FA TONIGHT IF THEY HOLD TOGETHER. I BELIEVE THAT SOME ACTIVITY WILL CONTINUE AS MID-LEVEL LOW MOVES NORTHEAST AND THE RIDGE BREAKS DOWN WHILE THE ATMOSPHERE REMAINS UNSTABLE. WILL ADVERTISE HIGH CHC OVER THE MTNS AND SOLID CHC ELSEWHERE...MAY MAKE LAST SECOND DECISION. THURSDAY...LOW MOVES OVER NEW ENGLAND WITH FA STILL IN UNSTABLE TROPICAL AIR MASS. WITH THE RIDGE WEAKENING AND FA STILL IN THE PATH OF POTENTIAL MCS WILL INCREASE POPS TO HIGH CHC EVERYWHERE AND WILL DECREASE SOMEWHAT OVERNIGHT. VERY LITTLE CHANGE FOR FRIDAY AND WILL CONTINUE HIGH CHC POPS. EXTENDED MDLS IN FLUX WITH FCST POSITION OF SFC FNT STARTING OUT TO OUR NORTH. PREV CONSENSUS WAS FNT TO REMAIN TO OUR NORTH UNTIL VERY LATE IN THE PERIOD. NOW THERE ARE INDICATIONS THE FNT MAY SLIP DOWN AS EARLY AS SUN NITE. HOWEVER MDLS DO SHOW CONSENSUS WITH LOW LEVEL MOISTURE REMAINING HIGH WITH SOME CONVERGENCE H85. SO EVEN IF FNT MOVES SOUTH EXPECT PRECIP CHC TO CONTINUE. BUT GIVEN MDL UNCERTAINTY FNT COULD BE STALLED OVER US OR EVEN TO OUR NORTH. THEREFORE WILL CONTINUE POP THRU DAY 7 WITH TEMPS CLOSE TO GUIDANCE. FCSTID = 16 GSP 069 085 068 086 / 4555 AND 070 086 068 086 / 4555 CLT 069 086 070 086 / 4545 HKY 068 084 067 083 / 4555 AVL 064 080 064 080 / 4555 NED/RWH
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 11, 6:24 AM EDT, 14 hours 3 minutes before
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-111215- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 624 AM EDT WED JUN 11 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A FEW OF THE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE. PLEASE SEE CAESPSGSP FOR FURTHER INFORMATION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... A COMPLEX OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY AFFECT WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA THURSDAY MORNING. DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE. OTHERWISE...SCATTERED...MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA FOR THE NEXT 7 DAYS. ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE MOST DAYS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. LANE
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 11, 4:36 PM EDT, 3 hours 51 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
436 PM EDT WED JUN 11 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
200 PM TOCCOA GA WIND DAMAGE
06/11/03 STEPHENS TREES DOWN ON BRECKRIDGE
AND FALLS ROAD AND ALSO
NORTH POND ROAD NEAR
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN
TOCCOA.
TJBLocal storm report, Jun 11, 6:38 PM EDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
638 PM EDT WED JUN 11 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
632 PM ENOREE SC WIND DAMAGE
06/11/03 SPARTANBURG COUNTY 911 REPORTS TREES
AND POWER LINES DOWN ON
MOUNTAIN SHOALS ROAD.
HGSpecial weather statement, Jun 11, 7:12 PM EDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before
NCZ058-120015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 712 PM EDT WED JUN 11 2003 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TO AFFECT GRAHAM COUNTY... AT 712 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH INTO THE EXTREME SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA. WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WILL ACCOMPANY THIS LINE AS IT MOVES THROUGH GRAHAM COUNTY THROUGH 8 PM. MOST AFFECTED BY THE STRONG WINDS WILL BE LOCATIONS NEAR THE TENNESSEE BORDER...AND THE AREA FROM SANTEETLAH TO TAPOCO. BRIEFLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED AS WELL. HG
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.