Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2003
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 340, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 7, 2003, 7:43 PM EDT for Elbert County, Georgia. 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 outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 7, 2003, 7:43 PM EDT (23:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 7, 2003, 8:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Elbert County, GA
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:44 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
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 182 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
- 321 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -56 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 698 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 64 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WUUS52 KGSP 072343
SVRGSP
GAC105-080030-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
743 PM EDT THU AUG 7 2003
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
ELBERT COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA
* UNTIL 830 PM EDT
* AT 743 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF ELBERTON...OR ABOUT OVER
RUCKERSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
MIDDLETON AT 750 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 3426 8289 3426 8275 3418 8274 3411 8266
3404 8260 3405 8278 3418 8290
$$
07What 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 7, 6:54 PM EDT, 49 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 7, 6:54 PM EDT, 49 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 654 PM EDT THU AUG 7 2003 A QUICK GRID AND TEXT UPDATE TO ACCOUNT FOR RECENT CONVECTIVE TRENDS ON SATELLITE AND KGSP RADAR. WILL GO WITH CATEGORICAL PRECIP THIS EVENING ACROSS THE UPSTATE AND WILL ALSO BUMP UP A BIT ACROSS THE NC FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT. WILL KEEP TEMPS THE SAME FOR NOW AND WILL REVISIT AT THE USUAL MID EVE UPDATE TIME. .GSP... GA...NONE. NC...FLOOD WATCH FOR TONIGHT FOR ZONES NCZ033>037...NCZ048>050... NCZ053>057...NCZ065>072...NCZ082. SC...FLOOD WATCH FOR TONIGHT FOR ZONES SCZ003-006>009-012>014. MOORE ...PREVIOUS DISCUSSION... UPPER LEVEL TROUGH AXIS TO REMAIN W OF AREA EARLY PART OF FORECAST...WITH IMPULSES ROUNDING BASE OF TROUGH EACH AFTERNOON AND EVENING. EXPECT UPSLOPE COMPONENT AGAIN TONIGHT AS SURFACE WAVE MOVES NE ALONG WEAK BOUNDARY...AND WILL CARRY LIKELY POPS N PORTION. FLASH FLOOD WATCH TO REMAIN UP ALONG N AND E PORTIONS...WHERE MOST ACTIVITY OCCURRED LAST NIGHT. MAY INCLUDE REST OF AREA IF MORE ACTIVITY DEVELOPS THERE. SIMILAR SCENARIO SET FOR FRI NIGHT...THOUGH IMPULSE A BIT WEAKER AND MORE TO S. LIKELY POPS AGAIN IN N AS MORE WAVE ACTION EXPECTED TO PRODUCE UPSLOPE AGAIN. YET ANOTHER VORT LOBE ROUNDS TROUGH SAT...BUT EVEN FARTHER TO S AND WEAKER STILL. CHANCE POPS SHOULD SUFFICE SAT. TEMPERATURES VERY CLOSE TO PERSISTENCE. EXTENDED FORECAST DEPENDANT ON MAINTAINING UPPER LEVEL TROUGH TO W...WITH IMPULSES PASSING OVER AREA...AND SURFACE TROUGH LEE OF MOUNTAINS. POPS/TEMPERATURES NEAR PERSISTENCE. FCSTID = 07 GSP 68 86 68 86 / 60 50 50 30 AND 68 87 68 88 / 50 50 50 40 CLT 69 86 69 86 / 60 60 60 40 HKY 66 83 66 83 / 60 60 60 30 AVL 62 80 62 81 / 60 50 50 30 07
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 7, 5:21 AM EDT, 14 hours 22 minutes before
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-071100- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 521 AM EDT THU AUG 7 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA TODAY AND THIS EVENING. WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL EXPECTED...A FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE WATCH COVERS PORTIONS OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS GENERALLY EAST OF A LINE THROUGH ASHEVILLE AND GREENVILLE. PLEASE SEE THE LATEST FLOOD WATCH (FFAGSP) FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS. OUTSIDE THE WATCH AREA...SCATTERED STORMS MAY PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. A FLOOD POTENTIAL OUTLOOK (ESFGSP) WILL ADDRESS CONCERNS FOR POSSIBLE FLOODING FOR TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY. IN ADDITION...SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY REACH SEVERE LEVELS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. PLEASE SEE THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK (SPSGSP) FOR FURTHER INFORMATION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... A FLOOD WATCH WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR TONIGHT. A UPPER AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL EXIST OVER THE FORECAST AREA FOR THE REST OF THE PERIOD. THIS SYSTEM WILL LEAD TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME MAY PRODUCE SEVERE WEATHER AND/OR EXCESSIVE RAINFALL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED TODAY AND TONIGHT. NED
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 7, 5:25 PM EDT, 2 hours 18 minutes before
GAZ028-SCZ010-072215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 525 PM EDT THU AUG 7 2003 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS THE WESTERN UPSTATE AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA... AT 515 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NORTHERN HART COUNTY INTO NORTHERN ANDERSON COUNTY. THROUGH 630 PM...THESE STORMS WILL AFFECT AREAS FROM HARTWELL...TO THE CITY OF ANDERSON...AND EVENTUALLY TO BELTON AND WILLIAMSTON. WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL RATES OF 1 AND 2 INCHES PER HOUR CAN BE EXPECTED AS THE STORMS MOVE ACROSS THESE AREAS. FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS CAN BE EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY IN URBAN AREAS. PONDING OF WATER WILL LIKELY OCCUR ON I-85. STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL LIKELY BLOW DOWN SMALL LIMBS...AND COULD TOPPLE DEAD TREES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR THE MEDIA FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. LANE
Special weather statement, Aug 7, 6:20 PM EDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before
SCZ006-011-012-019-072330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED LOCATION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 620 PM EDT THU AUG 7 2003 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS THE UPSTATE... AT 615 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO SOUTHERN GREENVILLE COUNTY AND THE NORTHERN TIP OF ABBEVILLE COUNTY. THROUGH 730 PM...THESE STORMS WILL AFFECT AREAS NEAR DONALDS...FORK SHOALS...WARE SHOALS...HICKORY TAVERN...AND EVENTUALLY GRAY COURT AND LAURENS. WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL RATES OF 1 AND 2 INCHES PER HOUR CAN BE EXPECTED AS THE STORMS MOVE ACROSS THESE AREAS. FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS CAN BE EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY IN URBAN LOCATIONS. PONDING OF WATER WILL LIKELY OCCUR ON HIGHWAY 25...AS WELL AS OTHER HIGHWAYS AND ROADS ACROSS THE AREA. STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL LIKELY BLOW DOWN SMALL LIMBS...AND COULD TOPPLE DEAD TREES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR THE MEDIA FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. LANE
Special weather statement, Aug 7, 6:36 PM EDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
SCZ007-008-072330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 636 PM EDT THU AUG 7 2003 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT PORTIONS OF SPARTANBURG AND CHEROKEE COUNTIES THIS EVENING... AT 630 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM REIDVILLE...TO THE WEST SIDE OF SPARTANBURG...TO WEST OF COWPENS. THROUGH 730 PM...THESE STORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS EASTERN SPARTANBURG COUNTY AND WESTERN CHEROKEE COUNTY...INCLUDING THE CITY OF SPARTANBURG. WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL RATES OF 1 AND 2 INCHES PER HOUR CAN BE EXPECTED AS THE STORMS MOVE ACROSS THESE AREAS. FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS CAN BE EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY IN URBAN LOCATIONS. PONDING OF WATER WILL LIKELY OCCUR ON I-85 AND I-26...AS WELL AS OTHER HIGHWAYS AND ROADS ACROSS THE AREA. STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL LIKELY BLOW DOWN SMALL LIMBS...AND COULD TOPPLE DEAD TREES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR THE MEDIA FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. LANE
Special weather statement, Aug 7, 7:19 PM EDT, 24 minutes before
NCZ037-057-071-072-080015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 719 PM EDT THU AUG 7 2003 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AFFECTING PORTIONS OF THE NORTH CAROLINA PIEDMONT... AT 715 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NEAR HUNTERSVILLE...TO KANNAPOLIS...TO CHINA GROVE...TO MOCKSVILLE. THROUGH 8 PM...THESE STORMS WILL MOVE EAST TO AFFECT LOCATIONS FROM CONCORD...TO SALISBURY...TO WESTERN OUTSKIRTS OF THE TRIAD. GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING... TORRENTIAL RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR CAN BE EXPECTED IN THESE AREAS. FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS CAN BE EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY IN URBAN LOCATIONS. PONDING OF WATER WILL LIKELY OCCUR ON I-85...HIGHWAY 70...AND OTHER HIGHWAYS AND ROADS ACROSS THE AREA. STRONG WIND GUSTS MAY BLOW DOWN SMALL TREE LIMBS... AND COULD TOPPLE DEAD TREES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR THE MEDIA FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. LANE
Special weather statement, Aug 7, 7:29 PM EDT, 14 minutes before
SCZ007-008-012-013-080015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 729 PM EDT THU AUG 7 2003 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE UPSTATE... AT 720 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED TWO STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. ONE WAS LOCATED ALONG THE SPARTANBURG AND CHEROKEE COUNTY LINE. THE OTHER WAS LOCATED BETWEEN LAURENS AND WATERLOO. THROUGH 830 PM...THESE STORMS WILL AFFECT MUCH OF CHEROKEE COUNTY...INCLUDING THE CITY OF GAFFNEY...AND THE EASTERN HALF OF LAURENS COUNTY....INCLUDING CLINTON. WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING... AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL RATES OF 1 AND 2 INCHES PER HOUR CAN BE EXPECTED AS THE STORMS MOVE ACROSS THESE AREAS. FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY IN URBAN LOCATIONS. PONDING OF WATER WILL LIKELY OCCUR ON I-85 AND I-26...AS WELL AS OTHER HIGHWAYS AND ROADS ACROSS THE AREA. STRONG WIND GUSTS MAY BLOW DOWN SMALL LIMBS...AND COULD TOPPLE DEAD TREES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR THE MEDIA FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. LANE
Special weather statement, Aug 7, 7:36 PM EDT, 7 minutes before
GAZ029-080030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 736 PM EDT THU AUG 7 2003 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT ELBERT COUNTY THROUGH 830 PM... AT 730 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM BETWEEN BOWMAN AND RUCKERSVILLE. THROUGH 830 PM...THIS STORM WILL MOVE EAST AND SOUTHEAST TO AFFECT AREAS FROM RUCKERSVILLE TO ELBERTON. GUSTY WINDS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR CAN BE EXPECTED IN THESE AREAS. FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS CAN BE EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY IN URBAN LOCATIONS. PONDING OF WATER WILL LIKELY OCCUR ON HIGHWAYS AND SIDE ROADS ACROSS THE AREA. STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL LIKELY BLOW DOWN SMALL TREE LIMBS...AND COULD TOPPLE DEAD TREES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR THE MEDIA FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. LANE
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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.