Alert archive / South Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2003
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 197, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 10, 2003, 9:21 PM EDT for Abbeville County, Greenwood County, Laurens County, South Carolina. It was in force for 39 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
- Jul 10, 2003, 9:21 PM EDT (01:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 10, 2003, 10:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Abbeville County, SC, Greenwood County, SC, Laurens County, SC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:22 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
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 247 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
- 3084 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -27 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 708 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 111 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 148 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
588 WUUS52 KGSP 110121 SVRGSP SCC001-047-059-110200- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 921 PM EDT THU JUL 10 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... LAURENS COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA EASTERN ABBEVILLE COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA GREENWOOD COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA * UNTIL 1000 PM EDT * AT 921 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 8 MILES WEST OF LAURENS TO 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ABBEVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. * SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR... GREENWOOD AT 925 PM EDT. LAURENS AT 935 PM EDT. CALLISON AT 940 PM EDT. NINETY SIX AT 945 PM EDT. CROSS HILL AT 950 PM EDT. THIS SLOW MOVING LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY CAUSE FLOODING OF URBAN AREAS...LOW AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS. INTENSE LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INDOORS AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LAT...LON 3457 8223 3395 8238 3391 8182 3453 8167 $$
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 Jul 10, 5:51 PM EDT, 3 hours 30 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 10, 5:51 PM EDT, 3 hours 30 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 551 PM EDT THU JUL 10 2003 AN UPDATE WILL BE FORTHCOMING SOON FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 718...INCORPORATING ALL OF THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS AND OUR NORTHERN FOOTHILLS. FCSTID = 44 GSP 69 88 66 88 / 70 50 30 20 AND 69 89 67 89 / 70 50 30 20 CLT 70 89 67 90 / 60 40 40 20 HKY 68 86 65 86 / 60 50 30 20 AVL 66 83 59 83 / 70 50 20 20 .GSP... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. BURRUS
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 10, 6:04 AM EDT, 15 hours 17 minutes before
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-101200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 604 AM EDT THU JUL 10 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE... THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY...WITH A FEW POSSIBLY BECOMING SEVERE AND SOME PRODUCING LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL. FOR FURTHER DETAILS...REFER TO THE LATEST SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...SPSGSP... ISSUED BY THIS OFFICE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... MORE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ON FRIDAY...WITH DAILY CHANCES RETURNING AGAIN SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 10, 3:25 PM EDT, 5 hours 56 minutes before
NCZ070>072-082-SCZ009-014-101955- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 325 PM EDT THU JUL 10 2003 AT 325 PM... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED IN AN ARC FROM NEAR KINGS MOUNTAINS SOUTHEAST TO ROCK HILL THEN SOUTH THROUGH RICHBURG IN CHESTER COUNTY. A WIND GUST TO 41 MPH WAS RECORDED AT THE ROCK HILL AIRPORT IN YORK COUNTY AT 311 PM. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH. THEY WILL MOVE THROUGH THE CHARLOTTE METROPOLITAN AREA BEFORE 430 PM. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN... STRONG AND GUSTY WIND... AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL WILL OCCUR. LAKE WYLIE WILL EXPERIENCE THUNDERSTORM WEATHER. BOATERS AND SWIMMERS IN LAKE NORMAN SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AS THE THUNDERSTORMS TRAVEL TOWARD THE NORTHEAST. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE VERY CLOSE TO THE SOUTHERN END OF LAKE NORMAN BY 400 PM. ANYONE OUTSIDE SHOULD REMEMBER THAT LIGHTNING ACCOMPANIES ALL THUNDERSTORMS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE CHARLOTTE METRO AREA UNTIL 600 PM. LGL
Local storm report, Jul 10, 5:14 PM EDT, 4 hours 7 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
514 PM EDT THU JUL 10 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
347 PM WAXHAW NC WIND DAMAGE
07/10/03 UNION TREES DOWN. REPORTED BY
DOT.
417 PM MARSHVILLE NC WIND DAMAGE
07/10/03 UNION 2 TREES DOWN. REPORTED BY
DOT.
MCAVOYThe office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 10, 8:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Greenwood, Laurens | 44 min |
| Jul 11, 4:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cherokee | 44 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.