Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2003
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 388, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 19, 2003, 7:00 AM EST for Gaston County, Lincoln County, North Carolina. It was in force for 45 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
- Nov 19, 2003, 7:00 AM EST (12:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 19, 2003, 7:45 AM EST
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Gaston County, NC, Lincoln County, NC
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 19, 2:20 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 140 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
- 115 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 563 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 283 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 397 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS52 KGSP 191200 SVRGSP NCC071-109-191245- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 700 AM EST WED NOV 19 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... LINCOLN COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA GASTON COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA * UNTIL 745 AM EST * AT 659 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 16 MILES NORTHEAST OF RUTHERFORDTON TO 14 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GAFFNEY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR... CHERRYVILLE AT 725 AM EST. VALE AT 730 AM EST. CROWDERS AT 735 AM EST. LINCOLNTON AT 740 AM EST. STANLEY AT 745 AM EST. ALTHOUGH TORNADOES HAVE NOT BEEN DETECTED WITH THIS LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT. TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP WITHOUT WARNING FROM A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. THIS RAPIDLY MOVING LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY CAUSE WINDS FROM 60 TO 100 MPH...AND MAY MOVE THROUGH VERY QUICKLY WITH LITTLE THUNDER OR LIGHTNING. $$ JONES
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 Nov 19, 6:15 AM EST, 45 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 19, 6:15 AM EST, 45 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 615 AM EST WED NOV 19 2003 .DISCUSSION... PER LATEST SPC WATCH STATUS MESSAGE...WILL CLEAR TORNADO WATCH WEST OF A LINE FROM ASHEVILLE TO SPARTANBURG TO GREENWOOD AT 630 AM. && .GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...FLOOD WATCH TODAY GAZ010...GAZ017>018. NC...FLOOD WATCH TODAY NC MTNS AND FOOTHILLS. SC...FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY FOR SCZ001>007. && HG
Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 19, 6:00 AM EST, 1 hour before
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-191245- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 600 AM EST WED NOV 19 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT OF THE CAROLINAS THIS MORNING. THIS LINE COULD PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH THIS MORNING...AND POSSIBLY ISOLATED TORNADOES. SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL REDEVELOP BEHIND THIS LINE IN THE AFTERNOON...AFFECTING THE MOUNTAINS IN THE EARLY AFTERNOON AND THEN REACHING THE INTERSTATE 77 CORRIDOR BY LATE AFTERNOON. THIS SECOND ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS IS MORE LIKELY TO PRODUCE LARGE HAIL. PLEASE SEE THE SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK... CAESPSGSP...FOR FURTHER DETAILS. WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE REGION THIS MORNING WILL ALSO PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL BEFORE TAPERING OFF FROM THE WEST BY NOON. RAINFALL AMOUNTS COULD TOTAL 3 TO 6 INCHES ACROSS THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS...ESPECIALLY ON THE SOUTHERN AND EASTERN ESCARPMENTS...BY THE TIME THE PRECIPITATION DIMINISHES. PLEASE SEE THE FLOOD WATCH...CAEFFAGSP...FOR MORE INFORMATION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED. HG
In the hours before
Local storm report, Nov 19, 5:55 AM EST, 1 hour 5 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
555 AM EST WED NOV 19 2003
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0405 AM 11 ESE TOCCOA GA TORNADO
11/19/03 STEPHENS DEPUTY REPORTED THROUGH 911
THAT HE OBSERVED TORNADO OR
WATERSPOUT IN THE BRUCE
CREEK AREA OF LAKE
HARTWELL. HE WAS FOLLOWING
THE TRACK BACK TO THE WEST
AND ENCOUNTERING SOME LIMBS
AND TREES DOWNED IN THE
ROAD. NO OTHER DAMAGE KNOWN
AT THIS TIME.
JONESSpecial weather statement, Nov 19, 6:20 AM EST, 40 minutes before
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-191300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 620 AM EST WED NOV 19 2003 ...THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES HAVE BEEN CLEARED FROM TORNADO WATCH 965... IN GEORGIA... ELBERT...FRANKLIN...HABERSHAM...HART...RABUN...STEPHENS. IN NORTH CAROLINA... AVERY...BUNCOMBE...GRAHAM...HAYWOOD...HENDERSON...JACKSON...MACON... MADISON...MITCHELL...POLK...SWAIN...TRANSYLVANIA...YANCEY. IN SOUTH CAROLINA... ABBEVILLE...ANDERSON...GREENVILLE...GREENWOOD...LAURENS... OCONEE...PICKENS...SPARTANBURG. ...TORNADO WATCH 965 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EST FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN NORTH CAROLINA... ALEXANDER...BURKE...CABARRUS...CALDWELL...CATAWBA... CLEVELAND...DAVIE...GASTON...IREDELL...LINCOLN...MCDOWELL... MECKLENBURG...ROWAN...RUTHERFORD...UNION. IN SOUTH CAROLINA... CHEROKEE...CHESTER...UNION...YORK.
Local storm report, Nov 19, 6:35 AM EST, 25 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
635 AM EST WED NOV 19 2003
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
633 AM 8 SW GAFFNEY SC 60 MPH TSTM GUST
11/19/03 CHEROKEE COUNTY OFFICIAL ESTIMATE.
JATSpecial weather statement, Nov 19, 6:35 AM EST, 25 minutes before
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-191300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED FOR TIME OF ISSUANCE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 635 AM EST WED NOV 19 2003 ...THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES HAVE BEEN CLEARED FROM TORNADO WATCH 965... IN GEORGIA... ELBERT...FRANKLIN...HABERSHAM...HART...RABUN...STEPHENS. IN NORTH CAROLINA... AVERY...BUNCOMBE...GRAHAM...HAYWOOD...HENDERSON...JACKSON...MACON... MADISON...MITCHELL...POLK...SWAIN...TRANSYLVANIA...YANCEY. IN SOUTH CAROLINA... ABBEVILLE...ANDERSON...GREENVILLE...GREENWOOD...LAURENS... OCONEE...PICKENS...SPARTANBURG. ...TORNADO WATCH 965 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EST FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN NORTH CAROLINA... ALEXANDER...BURKE...CABARRUS...CALDWELL...CATAWBA... CLEVELAND...DAVIE...GASTON...IREDELL...LINCOLN...MCDOWELL... MECKLENBURG...ROWAN...RUTHERFORD...UNION. IN SOUTH CAROLINA... CHEROKEE...CHESTER...UNION...YORK. HG
Local storm report, Nov 19, 6:44 AM EST, 16 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
644 AM EST WED NOV 19 2003
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
600 AM SPARTANBURG SC WIND DAMAGE
11/19/03 SPARTANBURG TREE ON HOUSE. COUNTY 911
REPORT.
625 AM CHESNEE SC WIND DAMAGE
11/19/03 SPARTANBURG TREES IN ROAD. COUNTY 911
REPORT.
JATLocal storm report, Nov 19, 6:58 AM EST, 2 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
658 AM EST WED NOV 19 2003
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
655 AM 5 NE GAFFNEY SC WIND DAMAGE
11/19/03 CHEROKEE COUNTY COMMS RECEIVED
REPORT OF A TV ANTENNA
RIPPED OUT OF THE WALL OF
A MOBILE HOME.
LAMBThe office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 19, 6:49 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cleveland | 41 min |
| Nov 19, 7:46 AM EST | Tornado Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg | 44 min |
| Nov 19, 8:14 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Rowan, Union | 46 min |
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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.