Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2003
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 199, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 11, 2003, 4:57 PM EDT for Cabarrus County, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. It was in force for 63 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 11, 2003, 4:57 PM EDT (20:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 11, 2003, 6:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Cabarrus County, NC, Mecklenburg County, NC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 171 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:57 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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 11, 4:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 89 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
- 24 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -69 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 870 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 86 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
638 WUUS52 KGSP 112057 SVRGSP NCC025-119-112200- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 456 PM EDT FRI JUL 11 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTH CENTRAL MECKLENBURG COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA CABARRUS COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA * UNTIL 600 PM EDT * AT 456 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 13 MILES WEST OF CONCORD...OR ABOUT OVER HUNTERSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... HARRISBURG AT 500 PM EDT. CONCORD AT 505 PM EDT. MOUNT PLEASANT AT 515 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 3550 8087 3532 8088 3527 7983 3552 7983 $$ 33/44
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 11, 1:50 PM EDT, 3 hours 7 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 11, 1:50 PM EDT, 3 hours 7 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 150 PM EDT FRI JUL 11 2003 WILL UPDATE TO INCLUDE NEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR UPSTATE SC AND NE GA THROUGH 8 PM EDT. FCSTID = 33 .GSP... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. HG
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 11, 5:11 AM EDT, 11 hours 46 minutes before
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-111100- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 511 AM EDT FRI JUL 11 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE REGION TODAY...BRINGING SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE AREA. A FEW OF THE STORMS COULD PRODUCE SEVERE WEATHER...ESPECIALLY IN THE PIEDMONT AND FOOTHILLS. PLEASE SEE THE SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK...CAESPSGSP...FOR MORE INFORMATION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... SCATTERED...MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING MUCH OF THE NEXT 7 DAYS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON. LANE
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 11, 11:25 AM EDT, 5 hours 32 minutes before
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-112100- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1125 AM EDT FRI JUL 11 2003 ...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA... A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SLOWLY ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON AND THEN INTO THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT BY LATE AFTERNOON. THE FRONT WILL ENCOUNTER WARM AND UNSTABLE AIR...ALLOWING SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP AS THE AFTERNOON PROGRESSES. WITH WINDS ALOFT IN THE ATMOSPHERE RATHER STRONG FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR...THESE STORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO ORGANIZE INTO STRONG CELLS OR LINES AND PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY ALSO PRODUCE HAIL THE SIZE OF PENNIES...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. THE MOUNTAINS WILL MAINLY BE AFFECTED THROUGH 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON...BUT THE GREATER CHANCE OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE OVER FOOTHILL AND PIEDMONT LOCATIONS LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. SPOTTER GROUPS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO ACTIVATE QUICKLY THIS AFTERNOON IF SEVERE WEATHER DEVELOPS. DISPATCHERS SHOULD ENSURE COUNTY THAT EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS ARE AWARE OF THIS INFORMATION. HG
Special weather statement, Jul 11, 3:06 PM EDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before
SCZ004-005-010-112000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 306 PM EDT FRI JUL 11 2003 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TO AFFECT THE AREA FROM CLEMSON TO ANDERSON THROUGH 4 PM... AT 302 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHING FROM CLEMSON TO OAKWAY WHICH WAS MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH. THIS LINE WILL PRODUCE FREQUENT LIGHTNING... WIND GUSTS OF 35 MPH...AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL AT THE RATE OF AN INCH PER HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE ANDERSON AREA BETWEEN 330 AND 4 PM. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL WATCH THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS VERY CLOSELY IN CASE ANY WARNINGS BECOME NECESSARY. HG
Local storm report, Jul 11, 4:06 PM EDT, 51 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
406 PM EDT FRI JUL 11 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
405 PM BLACKSBURG SC .88 INCH HAIL
07/11/03 CHEROKEE NICKEL SIZED HAIL
OBSERVED AT INTERSTATE 85
EXIT 100. HAM RADIO
REPORT.
BURRUSLocal storm report, Jul 11, 4:22 PM EDT, 35 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
422 PM EDT FRI JUL 11 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
420 PM BALCKSBURG SC .75 INCH HAIL
07/11/03 CHEROKEE MARBLE SIZED HAIL COVERED
THE GROUND LIKE SNOW.
420 PM 2 NE BLACKSBURG SC WIND DAMAGE
07/11/03 CHEROKEE LARGE TREE BLOCKING EAST
CHEROKEE ST BETWEEN
BLACKSBURG AND GROVER.
OTHER TREES DOWN IN
BLACKSBURG. REPORTED BY
COUNTY COMMS CENTER.
MCAVOYLocal storm report, Jul 11, 4:22 PM EDT, 35 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
422 PM EDT FRI JUL 11 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
420 PM BLACKSBURG SC .75 INCH HAIL
07/11/03 CHEROKEE MARBLE SIZED HAIL COVERED
THE GROUND LIKE SNOW.
420 PM 2 NE BLACKSBURG SC WIND DAMAGE
07/11/03 CHEROKEE LARGE TREE BLOCKING EAST
CHEROKEE ST BETWEEN
BLACKSBURG AND GROVER.
OTHER TREES DOWN IN
BLACKSBURG. REPORTED BY
COUNTY COMMS CENTER.
MCAVOYSpecial weather statement, Jul 11, 4:55 PM EDT, 2 minutes before
NCZ071-072-082-SCZ009-112210- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 455 PM EDT FRI JUL 11 2003 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TO AFFECT THE CHARLOTTE METRO AREA BETWEEN 5 AND 6 PM... AT 450 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM SOUTHERN LAKE NORMAN IN NORTHERN MECKLENBURG COUNTY...SOUTHWEST TO BELTON. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL AFFECT AREAS FROM CONCORD TO CHARLOTTE TO PINEVILLE BETWEEN 5 AND 6 PM. NEARLY CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...40 TO 50 MPH WINDS... TORRENTIAL RAIN AND PEA SIZED HAIL WILL ACCOMPANY THE LINE. SECURE OUTDOOR OBJECTS...AND PREPARE FOR THE VISIBILITY TO FALL TO NEAR ZERO IN THE HEAVY RAIN AND WIND. IN EXCESS OF AN INCH OF RAIN WILL FALL WITH THE LINE IN ABOUT 30 MINUTES. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL WATCH THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS VERY CLOSELY IN CASE ANY WARNINGS BECOME NECESSARY. MCAVOY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 11, 5:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Rowan | 45 min |
| Jul 11, 6:58 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg, Union | 3 hr |
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.