Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2003
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 311, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 29, 2003, 6:19 PM EDT for Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. It was in force for 56 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 29, 2003, 6:19 PM EDT (22:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 29, 2003, 7:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Mecklenburg County, NC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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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 29, 3:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 125 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
- 681 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -58 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1045 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
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 29, 6:08 PM EDT, 11 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 29, 6:08 PM EDT, 11 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 608 PM EDT TUE JUL 29 2003 AFTER COORDINATION WITH SPC...WILL UPDATE TO CLEAR THE NORTH CAROLINA FOOTHILLS AND THE WESTERN UPSTATE...INCLUDING GREENVILLE AND SPARTANBURG FROM THE CURRENT SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. LAPS ANALYSIS SHOWS LITTLE RESIDUAL INSTABILITY IN WORKED OVER AIRMASS AND VAD WIND PROFILE SHOWS LITTLE SHEAR REMAINING WITH 15 KT WESTERLY FLOW UP THE COLUMN. FCSTID = 33 .GSP... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. HG
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 29, 4:58 AM EDT, 13 hours 21 minutes before
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-291100- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 458 AM EDT TUE JUL 29 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 TODAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE EXTENDED PERIOD. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED ATT HIS TIME. RB
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 29, 4:38 PM EDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before
NCZ065-292115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 438 PM EDT TUE JUL 29 2003 ...HENDERSON COUNTY HAS BEEN CLEARED FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 812... AT 438 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY OVER THE WESTERN CAROLINAS HAD MOVED EAST OF THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS. WHILE A FEW SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS MAY PERSIST ACROSS HENDERSON COUNTY THIS EVENING...NO ADDITIONAL SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE REST OF THE WATCH AREA. GERAPETRITIS
Local storm report, Jul 29, 4:41 PM EDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
441 PM EDT TUE JUL 29 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
434 PM VALDESE NC .75 INCH HAIL
07/29/03 BURKE HAM REPORTED DIME SIZED
HAIL.
441 PM 3 E BETHLEHEM NC WIND DAMAGE
07/29/03 ALEXANDER SPOTTER REPORTED 4-5
LIMBS BLOWING OFF TREES
AND PEA SIZE HAIL.
LAMBLocal storm report, Jul 29, 5:22 PM EDT, 57 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
522 PM EDT TUE JUL 29 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
500 PM SPARTANBURG SC WIND DAMAGE
07/29/03 SPARTANBURG COUNTY 911 REPORTED TREES
AND POWERLINES DOWN AT
INTSCN OF CANNONS
CAMPGROUND RD AND
CONVERSE RD.
520 PM 0.5 S FALLSTON NC WIND DAMAGE
07/29/03 CLEVELAND HAM REPORTED 2 ROOFS
BLOWN OFF MOBILE HOMES
NEAR JIM CLINE RD AND HWY
18.
LAMBLocal storm report, Jul 29, 5:46 PM EDT, 33 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
546 PM EDT TUE JUL 29 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
522 PM WOODLEAF NC .75 INCH HAIL
07/29/03 ROWAN WOODLEAF F.D. REPORTED
DIME SIZE HAIL AND GUSTY
WIND.
LAMBLocal storm report, Jul 29, 5:53 PM EDT, 26 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
553 PM EDT TUE JUL 29 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
520 PM FALLSTON NC WIND DAMAGE
07/29/03 CLEVELAND UPDATE TO PREVOUS LSR.
NUMEROUS TREES UPROOTED
OR SNAPPED OFF HALFWAYUP.
OUTBUILDINGS BLOWN INTO
THE HIGHWAY. ONE MOBILE
HOME LOST ROOF WHILE MAN
WAS INSIDE. NO INJURIES.
REPORTED BY COUNTY 911
CENTER.
LAMBSpecial weather statement, Jul 29, 6:15 PM EDT, 4 minutes before
NCZ034-054-055-066-067-SCZ002-003-005>007-010>012-019-292245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 615 PM EDT TUE JUL 29 2003 THE NORTH CAROLINA FOOTHILLS AND THE WESTERN UPSTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA HAVE BEEN CLEARED FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH # 812. THIS CLEARANCE AFFECTS THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN NORTH CAROLINA... CALDWELL...BURKE...MCDOWELL...RUTHERFORD...AND POLK. AND THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN SOUTH CAROLINA... PICKENS...GREENVILLE...SPARTANBURG...LAURENS...ANDERSON...ABBEVILLE. ...AND GREENWOOD. THE STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY HAS MOVED EAST OF THE AREA. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY STILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION THIS EVENING...BUT THEY ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LEVELS. HG
The office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 2:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg, Union | 53 min |
| Jul 29, 2:46 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg | 119 min |
| Jul 29, 4:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Alexander, Catawba | 64 min |
| Jul 29, 5:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Lincoln | 65 min |
| Jul 29, 5:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Iredell | 47 min |
| Jul 29, 5:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Gaston | 54 min |
| Jul 29, 6:16 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Davie, Rowan | 3 hr |
| Jul 29, 6:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Rowan | 58 min |
| Jul 29, 6:42 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Iredell | 2 hr |
| Jul 29, 7:10 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg | 110 min |
| Jul 29, 7:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cabarrus | 49 min |
| Jul 29, 4:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cherokee, Spartanburg, Union | 58 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North 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.