Alert archive / South Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2003
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 220, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 13, 2003, 2:43 AM EDT for Greenwood County, South Carolina. It was in force for 47 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 13, 2003, 2:43 AM EDT (06:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 13, 2003, 3:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Greenwood County, SC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:42 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 236 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
- 1559 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1126 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
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 12, 10:37 PM EDT, 4 hours 6 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 12, 10:37 PM EDT, 4 hours 6 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1037 PM EDT SAT JUL 12 2003 CONVECTION CONTINUES TO FIRE AHEAD OF A MAJOR SHORTWAVE AND TROF AXIS DIGGING INTO THE SOUTHEAST. A MAJOR FLASH FLOOD IS IN PROGRESS IN THE SOUTHERN FOOTHILLS...FLOOD WATCH FOR THE FOOTHILLS HAS ALREADY BEEN ISSUED FOR THE FOOTHILLS...AND SOME OF THE PIEDMONT. RAISED POPS TO 40 FOR THE UPSTATE AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA. KEPT CHANCE POPS IN FOR THE FAR WESTERN MOUNTAINS. FCSTID = 44 GSP 68 86 67 87 / 40 40 40 30 AND 68 86 68 87 / 40 40 40 30 CLT 68 87 67 87 / 40 40 40 30 HKY 66 84 66 84 / 50 40 40 30 AVL 62 81 62 81 / 30 40 40 30 .GSP... GA...NONE. NC...FLOOD WATCH FOR TONIGHT FOR ZONES NCZ054>056...NCZ067>070. SC...NONE. BURRUS
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 12, 5:20 AM EDT, 21 hours 23 minutes before
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-121130- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 520 AM EDT SAT JUL 12 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AND ORGANIZE ACROSS THE TENNESSEE VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON. THE STORMS MAY MOVE INTO THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR EARLY THIS EVENING...AND THEN MOVE ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...AS WELL AS NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA LATER IN THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. A FEW OF THE STORMS COULD PRODUCE DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS AND PERHAPS LARGE HAIL...ESPECIALLY DURING THE EARLY TO MID EVENING IN AREAS WEST OF I-26 IN GEORGIA AND SOUTH CAROLINA...AND WEST OF THE BLUE RIDGE IN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... SCATTERD...MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE MOST DAYS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS EVENING. LANE
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 12, 10:48 PM EDT, 3 hours 55 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
1048 PM EDT SAT JUL 12 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1005 PM MT HOLLY NC WIND DAMAGE
07/12/03 GASTON SEVERAL 4-5 DIAMETER
TREES DOWN AND NUMEROUS
LARGE LIMBS DOWN.
REPORTED BY SPOTTER.
LANELocal storm report, Jul 12, 10:51 PM EDT, 3 hours 52 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
1051 PM EDT SAT JUL 12 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1040 PM 5 ESE LINCOLNTON NC WIND DAMAGE
07/12/03 LINCOLN HAM REPORTED HIGH WINDS
AND LIMBS 2 INCHES IN
DIAMETER BLOWN OFF TREES.
1035 PM 9 N RUTHERFORDTON NC WIND DAMAGE
07/12/03 RUTHERFORD 911 CENTER RELAYED REPORT
OF TREES DOWN IN UNION
MILLS AREA.
TJBLocal storm report, Jul 12, 11:05 PM EDT, 3 hours 38 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
1105 PM EDT SAT JUL 12 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1100 PM 11 NW GASTONIA NC .75 INCH HAIL
07/12/03 GASTON 911 CENTER REPORTED DIME
SIZE HAIL AND SOME LARGE
LIMBS DOWN NW OF
GASTONIA.
1100 PM 11 NW GASTONIA NC WIND DAMAGE
07/12/03 GASTON 911 CENTER REPORTED LARGE
LIMBS DOWN NW OF
GASTONIA.
TJBLocal storm report, Jul 12, 11:57 PM EDT, 2 hours 46 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
1157 PM EDT SAT JUL 12 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1135 PM 7 W HUNTERSVILLE NC WIND DAMAGE
07/12/03 MECKLENBURG 911 TREE ON HOUSE N OF
CHARLOTTE AND WEST OF
HUNTERSVILLE.
TJBLocal storm report, Jul 13, 12:05 AM EDT, 2 hours 38 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
1205 AM EDT SUN JUL 13 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1145 PM 16 NE RUTHERFORDTON NC FLASH FLOOD
07/12/03 RUTHERFORD 911 CENTER REPORTED HWY
226 FLOODED AND
IMPASSABLE NEAR GIRL
SCOUT CAMP ROAD.
TJBLocal storm report, Jul 13, 12:26 AM EDT, 2 hours 17 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
1226 AM EDT SUN JUL 13 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1205 AM N. FORK ROAD NC FLASH FLOOD
07/13/03 RUTHERFORD COUNTY 911 OFFICIALS
REPORTED MUDSLIDE
BLOCKING N. FORK ROAD.
KRENTZThe office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 12, 8:30 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Cleveland | 45 min |
| Jul 12, 8:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Rutherford | 39 min |
| Jul 12, 8:48 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Gaston | 42 min |
| Jul 12, 9:43 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | McDowell | 2 hr |
| Jul 12, 9:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Gaston | 46 min |
| Jul 12, 9:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | McDowell, Rutherford | 65 min |
| Jul 12, 10:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg | 58 min |
| Jul 12, 10:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Lincoln | 59 min |
| Jul 12, 10:27 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Rutherford | 3 hr |
| Jul 12, 10:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cleveland | 48 min |
| Jul 12, 11:00 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Cleveland, Lincoln | 3 hr |
| Jul 12, 11:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Gaston | 40 min |
| Jul 12, 11:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg | 40 min |
| Jul 13, 12:01 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Burke | 44 min |
| Jul 13, 1:35 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Union | 3 hr |
| Jul 13, 1:46 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Union | 3 hr |
| Jul 13, 3:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Burke, Caldwell | 47 min |
| Jul 13, 4:44 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Union | 3 hr |
| Jul 13, 5:14 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Burke | 3 hr |
| Jul 13, 5:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg, Union | 56 min |
| Jul 13, 5:28 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Buncombe | 3 hr |
| Jul 13, 7:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Graham | 48 min |
| Jul 12, 11:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Greenville, Spartanburg | 59 min |
| Jul 13, 12:36 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Spartanburg | 39 min |
| Jul 13, 1:09 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Chester | 66 min |
| Jul 13, 2:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Pickens | 52 min |
| Jul 13, 3:20 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Anderson, Pickens | 40 min |
| Jul 13, 3:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Greenville | 40 min |
| Jul 13, 4:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Anderson | 45 min |
| Jul 13, 4:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Greenville | 44 min |
| Jul 13, 4:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Laurens | 62 min |
| Jul 13, 4:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | York | 47 min |
| Jul 13, 5:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Chester | 52 min |
| Jul 13, 5:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Abbeville, Greenwood | 59 min |
| Jul 13, 5:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Laurens | 41 min |
| Jul 13, 2:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Rabun | 38 min |
| Jul 13, 2:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Habersham | 41 min |
| Jul 13, 5:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Franklin | 41 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.