Alert archive / South Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2003
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 176, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 19, 2003, 3:16 PM EDT for Chester County, Union County, South Carolina. It was in force for 59 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 19, 2003, 3:16 PM EDT (19:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 19, 2003, 4:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Chester County, SC, Union County, SC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:17 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
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 202 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
- 206 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -35 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 563 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -13 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 22 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS52 KGSP 191916 SVRGSP SCC023-087-192015- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 316 PM EDT THU JUN 19 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... EASTERN UNION COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA CHESTER COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA * UNTIL 415 PM EDT * AT 316 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES EAST OF UNION...OR ABOUT 5 MILES EAST OF MONARCH MILLS...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... LEEDS AT 325 PM EDT. LOWRYS AT 335 PM EDT. CHESTER AT 340 PM EDT. CORNWELL AT 350 PM EDT. BLACKSTOCK AT 355 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 3484 8161 3466 8169 3441 8096 3476 8086 $$ RWH
What 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 19, 2:25 PM EDT, 51 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 19, 2:25 PM EDT, 51 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 225 EDT THU JUN 19 2003 UPDATED FOR NEW FORECAST NUMBERS AT THE BOTTOM STILL WORKING ON FORECAST ISSUES FOR THIS EVENING. INHERITED FLOOD WATCH THAT EXPIRES AT 6:00 PM. FOR MOST OF THE AREA I PLAN TO LET IT GO UNTIL 6 PM. THE CONCERN IS NEW CONVECTION STARTING TO DEVELOP ACROSS EASTERN PART OF THE CWA. DEVELOPMENT IS ENHANCED BY SHEAR LINE THROUGH UPSTATE OF SC INTO CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. SPC DOES NOT EXPECT MUCH ORGANIZATION WITH THESE STORMS...BUT CONTINUES TO MONITOR. CAPES INDICATE POSSIBILITY OF ISOLATED SEVERE OVER EASTERN CWA. PREFERRED SCENARIO IS THAT THUNDERSTORMS MOVE THROUGH AND INCREASE STABILITY DURING THE EARLY EVENING AT LEAST UNTIL HEATING CUTS OFF. IF THAT IS THE CASE...FLOOD WATCH CAN BE DROPPED OVER THE WHOLE AREA. IF CELLS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP DURING THE EVENING...WE ARE LOOKING AT THE POSSIBILITY OF FLOODING IN SATURATED AND URBAN AREAS. LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE AROUND I40 AND I77 LOOKS LIKE THE BEST FORCING IN THAT AREA AFTER SUNSET. AFTER FRONTAL PASSAGE THINGS DRY OUT FOR WEEKEND WITH WARMING TREND INTO NEXT WEEK. RETURN MOISTURE DOES NOT REALLY GET BACK INTO THE AREA UNTIL LATE IN THE WEEK. I HAVE 20 PRECENT FOR NEXT THURSDAY BUT IT WILL NOT SHOW UP IN ZONE PACKAGE. FCSTID = 0 GSP 66 86 62 85 / 50 20 10 0 AND 67 88 62 87 / 40 20 10 0 CLT 68 86 61 84 / 50 20 20 0 HKY 66 84 59 83 / 50 10 10 0 AVL 63 78 55 80 / 40 10 10 0 .GSP... GA...FLOOD WATCH THROUGH 6:00 PM FOR ZONES GAZ010...GAZ017>018...GAZ026...GAZ028>029. NC...FLOOD WATCH THROUGH 6:00 PM FOR ZONES NCZ033>037...NCZ048>059...NCZ062>072...NCZ082. SC...FLOOD WATCH THROUGH 6:00 PM FOR ZONES SCZ001>014...SCZ019. DICARLO
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 19, 5:38 AM EDT, 9 hours 38 minutes before
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-191130- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 538 AM EDT THU JUN 19 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL ONCE AGAIN DEVELOP OVER THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA TODAY. SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TODAY FOR THE ENTIRE REGION. SEE OUR PRODUCT CAEFFAGSP FOR MORE INFORMATION. A FEW OF THE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON MAY ALSO BECOME SEVERE...WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. SEE OUR PRODUCT CAESPSGSP FOR MORE INFORMATION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. MCAVOY
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 19, 11:08 AM EDT, 4 hours 8 minutes before
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-192200- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1108 AM EDT THU JUN 19 2003 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... A VERY MOIST AIRMASS REMAIN WILL REMAIN IN PLACE THIS AFTERNOON. THIS WILL RESULT IN NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND A FLOOD WATCH REAMINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION...DRIER AIR AND STRONGER WINDS IN THE MIDDLE AND UPPER ATMOSPHERE WILL RESULT IN STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON THAN THE PREVIOUS FEW DAYS. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE...PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS ONE THAT PRODUCES DAMAGING WINDS OR LARGE HAIL. SHOWERS WERE MOVING THROUGH THE MOUNTAINS AT MID DAY...AND STRONG THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT...WHICH SHOULD HAVE THE GREATEST THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER. SPOTTER GROUPS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO ACTIVATE QUICKLY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. DISPATCHERS SHOULD ENSURE COUNTY EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS OFFICIALS ARE AWARE OF THIS INFORMATION. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR THE MEDIA FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION OR SEVERE WEATHER WATCHES OR WARNINGS. JONES
The office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 11:24 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Anderson, Pickens | 3 hr |
| Jun 19, 2:17 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Anderson, Pickens | 3 hr |
| Jun 19, 3:27 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Chester | 48 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Carolina, 2003Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2003
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.