Alert archive / South Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2003
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 329, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 5, 2003, 3:58 PM EDT for Cherokee County, York County, South Carolina. It was in force for 62 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
- Aug 5, 2003, 3:58 PM EDT (19:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 5, 2003, 5:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Cherokee County, SC, York County, SC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:59 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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 2:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 181 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
- 249 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -125 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 963 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 26 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
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 Aug 5, 2:56 PM EDT, 1 hour 2 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 5, 2:56 PM EDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 256 PM EDT TUE AUG 5 2003 CONVECTION ASSOCIATED WITH UPPER LEVEL SHORTWAVE DEVELOPING IN W AND SPREADING E. ALTHOUGH SHORTWAVE EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH AREA RATHER QUICKLY...WILL NEED TO CARRY HIGH POPS COINCIDENT WITH SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCHES EARLY THIS EVENING. UPPER LEVEL TROUGH AXIS TO LINGER OVER E THIS PACKAGE...WITH ABUNDANT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE REMAINING ALONG AND E OF MOUNTAINS. WEAK BOUNDARY STILL HINTED AT BY MODELS...MOVING INTO WED AND REMAINING THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. WEAK UPPER IMPULSES WILL PROVOKE SCATTERED CONVECTION EACH AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AND WITH NO REAL CHANGE IN AIR MASS...POPS AND TEMPERATURES NEAR PERSISTENCE THROUGH DAY 7. FCSTID = 7 GSP 68 86 69 86 / 60 40 40 40 AND 69 88 69 88 / 60 40 40 40 CLT 68 87 69 87 / 60 40 40 40 HKY 65 85 67 84 / 60 40 40 40 AVL 62 82 64 81 / 60 40 40 40 .GSP... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. O7
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 5, 5:05 AM EDT, 10 hours 53 minutes before
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-051100- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 505 AM EDT TUE AUG 5 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA TODAY. A FEW OF THESE STORMS COULD REACH SEVERE LEVELS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL CAN ALSO BE ANTICIPATED. SEE THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK (CAESPSGSP) FOR MORE DETAILED INFORMATION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE PERIOD...MAINLY IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WITH THE GROUND NEARLY SATURATED RAINFALL WILL RUNOFF INTO NEARBY STREAMS AND CREEKS. IF THESE HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP THROUGHOUT THE WEEK AS EXPECTED...FLOODING MAY RESULT. SEE THE LATEST FLOOD POTENTIAL OUTLOOK (ESFGSP) FOR MORE DETAILED INFORMATION. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. NED
In the hours before
Local storm report, Aug 5, 10:50 AM EDT, 5 hours 8 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
1050 AM EDT TUE AUG 05 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
835 PM MILLS RIVER NC WIND DAMAGE
08/04/03 HENDERSON TREE DOWN ON NORTH MILLS
RIVER RD AND ANOTHER ON
SOUTH MILLS RIVER RD IN
YARD. CORN BLOWN FLAT
AND SMALL HAIL WITH
STORM.
950 PM DUNCAN SC .75 INCH HAIL
08/04/03 SPARTANBURG SPOTTER REPORTED DIME
SIZE HAIL 2 NORTH OF
DUNCAN.
TJBLocal storm report, Aug 5, 11:02 AM EDT, 4 hours 56 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
1102 AM EDT TUE AUG 05 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
830 PM MILLS RIVER NC FLASH FLOOD
08/04/03 HENDERSON COOP OBSERVER REPORTED
CREEK OVERFLOWED ACROSS N
MILLS RIVER ROAD NEAR HIS
HOME. RAINFALL 3.90
INCHES MEASURED IN HIS
GAGE IN 1 HR 45 MIN.
TJBLocal storm report, Aug 5, 1:20 PM EDT, 2 hours 38 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
120 PM EDT TUE AUG 05 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1000 PM GREER SC WIND DAMAGE
08/04/03 GREENVILLE GREER PUBLIC WORKS
REPORTED NUMEROUS TREES
AND POWERLINES DOWNED ON
VICTOR MILLS AND OLD
WOODRUFF ROADS...CAUSING
CONSIDERABLE POWER
OUTAGES.
LAMBLocal storm report, Aug 5, 3:49 PM EDT, 9 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
349 PM EDT TUE AUG 05 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
346 PM 14 NW GASTONIA NC 1.00 INCH HAIL
08/05/03 GASTON HAM RADIO OPERATOR
REPORTED QUARTER-SIZED
HAIL IN CHERRYVILLE.
BURRUSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 8:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Henderson | 75 min |
| Aug 4, 8:06 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Buncombe, Henderson | 3 hr |
| Aug 4, 8:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Polk, Rutherford | 77 min |
| Aug 4, 8:37 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Rutherford | 3 hr |
| Aug 4, 9:22 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Union | 3 hr |
| Aug 5, 3:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Gaston, Lincoln | 61 min |
| Aug 5, 4:07 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Henderson | 3 hr |
| Aug 5, 4:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Gaston | 49 min |
| Aug 5, 5:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg | 60 min |
| Aug 5, 5:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Iredell | 52 min |
| Aug 4, 9:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Oconee | 56 min |
| Aug 4, 9:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Greenville, Spartanburg | 48 min |
| Aug 4, 9:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Pickens | 28 min |
| Aug 4, 10:36 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Greenville | 3 hr |
| Aug 5, 2:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Laurens | 38 min |
| Aug 5, 7:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Spartanburg | 44 min |
| Aug 5, 7:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Union | 64 min |
| Aug 4, 8:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Rabun | 57 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.