Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2003
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 42, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 2, 2003, 2:29 PM EDT for 4 counties in North Carolina. It was in force for 76 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
- May 2, 2003, 2:29 PM EDT (18:29 UTC)
- Expired
- May 2, 2003, 3:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 76 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Haywood County, NC, Jackson County, NC, Macon County, NC, Swain County, NC
The radar
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:30 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, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 259 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
- 181 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -255 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1158 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 33 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 102 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
835 WUUS52 KGSP 021829 SVRGSP NCC087-099-113-173-021945- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 229 PM EDT FRI MAY 2 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... HAYWOOD COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA EASTERN SWAIN COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA NORTH CENTRAL MACON COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA NORTHWESTERN JACKSON COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA * UNTIL 345 PM EDT * AT 229 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GATLINBURG TO 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BRYSON CITY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR... SMOKEMONT AT 230 PM EDT. CHEROKEE AT 235 PM EDT. SYLVA AT 245 PM EDT. MAGGIE VALLEY AT 250 PM EDT. BALSAM AT 255 PM EDT. PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN CAN OCCUR WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM. LAT...LON 3548 8363 3518 8348 3557 8285 3576 8313 $$ NED
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 May 2, 2:18 PM EDT, 11 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 2, 2:18 PM EDT, 11 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 218 PM EDT FRI MAY 2 2003 UPDATE TO ACCOUNT FOR MCS CONVECTION NOW CROSSING MOUNTAINS. FCSTID = 7 GSP 82 58 77 51 / 70 40 20 20 AND 83 58 79 52 / 70 40 20 20 CLT 82 58 78 50 / 70 40 20 20 HKY 81 56 74 48 / 80 40 20 20 AVL 78 54 73 47 / 80 50 20 20 .GSP... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. O7
Hazardous weather outlook, May 2, 5:20 AM EDT, 9 hours 9 minutes before
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-021115- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 520 AM EDT FRI MAY 2 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON. SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY BE SEVERE. PLEASE SEE CAESPSGSP SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON AND/OR EVENING. LANE
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 2, 9:47 AM EDT, 4 hours 42 minutes before
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-022000- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 947 AM EDT FRI MAY 2 2003 ...SEVERE WEATHER POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA FROM THE NORTH THIS AFTERNOON. AHEAD OF THE FRONT...A WARM AND MOIST AIR MASS WILL SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON...WHICH WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE...PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND. SPOTTER GROUPS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO ACTIVATE QUICKLY THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. DISPATCHERS SHOULD ENSURE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS ARE AWARE OF THIS INFORMATION. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET FOR THE LATEST UPDATES CONCERNING THIS POTENTIAL SEVERE WEATHER SITUATION. 07
Local storm report, May 2, 11:20 AM EDT, 3 hours 9 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
1120 AM EDT FRI MAY 02 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
530 PM TALLULAH FALLS GA .88 INCH HAIL
04/29/03 HABERSHAM BETWEEN DIME AND QUARTER
SIZE HAIL AT STATE PARK
AND POST OFFICE AREA.
645 PM 7 SW CLAYTON GA 1.00 INCH HAIL
04/30/03 RABUN HAIL THE SIZE OF QUARTERS
ON BRIDGE CREEK ROAD NEAR
LAKE BURTON REPORTED BY
911 CENTER.
630 PM 6 N TOCCOA GA 1.00 INCH HAIL
04/30/03 STEPHENS HAIL DIME TO QUARTER
COVERED THE GROUND 3
INCHES DEEP ON BLACK MTN
ROAD AT EOC DIRECTORS
HOME. DESTROYED GARDEN.
630 PM TALLULAH FALLS GA 1.00 INCH HAIL
04/30/03 HABERSHAM HAIL FROM DIME TO QUARTER
SIZE COVERED THE GROUND
REPORTED BY STORE
EMPLOYEE.
TJBThe office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 2:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Buncombe, Madison | 56 min |
| May 2, 3:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Henderson, Transylvania | 58 min |
| May 2, 3:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Polk | 63 min |
| May 2, 3:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Rutherford | 62 min |
| May 2, 4:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Burke, McDowell | 58 min |
| May 2, 4:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cleveland | 49 min |
| May 2, 4:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Catawba, Lincoln | 52 min |
| May 2, 4:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Gaston | 63 min |
| May 2, 5:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Iredell, Mecklenburg | 71 min |
| May 2, 5:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Rowan, Union | 53 min |
| May 2, 5:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Davie | 67 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.