Alert archive / South Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2003
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 89, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 3, 2003, 10:29 PM EDT for Chester County, South Carolina. It was in force for 46 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 3, 2003, 10:29 PM EDT (02:29 UTC)
- Expired
- May 3, 2003, 11:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Chester County, SC
The radar
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:29 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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 3, 6:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 00:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 178 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
- 280 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -82 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 859 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 171 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 274 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
354 WUUS52 KGSP 040229 SVRGSP SCC023-040315- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1029 PM EDT SAT MAY 3 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... EASTERN CHESTER COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA * UNTIL 1115 PM EDT * AT 1029 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ROCK HILL...OR ABOUT 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF EDGEMOOR...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... EDGEMOOR AT 1030 PM EDT. FORT LAWN AT 1100 PM EDT. GREAT FALLS AT 1115 PM EDT. HAIL TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS AND WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM SHOULD BE ALERT FOR LARGE HAIL AND THE POSSIBILITY OF DAMAGING WINDS. FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN CAN OCCUR WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM. LAT...LON 3469 8087 3454 8089 3482 8106 3482 8090 $$ JONES/LANE
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 3, 10:15 PM EDT, 14 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 3, 10:15 PM EDT, 14 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1015 PM EDT SAT MAY 3 2003 UPDATED TO REMOVE WATCH FROM ALL BUT CLT AREA. WILL ISSUE AGAIN AT 11 PM ONCE CONVECTION HAS EXITED EAST. FCSTID = 33 GSP 56 74 57 71 / 40 10 40 50 AND 56 75 59 73 / 30 10 40 50 CLT 54 74 54 69 / 40 10 40 40 HKY 51 72 53 64 / 50 10 30 40 AVL 49 70 56 67 / 40 10 30 40 .GSP... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. HG
Hazardous weather outlook, May 3, 5:30 AM EDT, 16 hours 59 minutes before
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-031130- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 530 AM EDT SAT MAY 3 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL REDEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS...AND MOVE ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. IN ASSOCIATION WITH THESE STORMS...ANOTHER OUTBREAK OF SEVERE WEATHER IS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA. PLEASE SEE CAESPSGSP FOR DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON. LANE
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 3, 8:28 PM EDT, 2 hours 1 minute before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
828 PM EDT SAT MAY 03 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
825 PM 7 SE HICKORY NC .75 INCH HAIL
05/03/03 CATAWBA DIME SIZED HAIL REPORTED
BY SKYWARN SPOTTER AT
WITHERSPOON CROSSROADS.
BURRUSLocal storm report, May 3, 8:47 PM EDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
847 PM EDT SAT MAY 03 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
825 PM 10 E HICKORY NC 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/03/03 CATAWBA EOC CENTER NOTED A
MOTORIST REPORT OF
GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL NEAR
THE CATAWBA INTERCHANGE
ON INTERSTATE 40.
BURRUSLocal storm report, May 3, 9:03 PM EDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
903 PM EDT SAT MAY 03 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
855 PM 3 NW MINT HILL NC .75 INCH HAIL
05/03/03 MECKLENBURG SKYWARN SPOTTER REPORTS
DIME SIZE HAIL.
HGLocal storm report, May 3, 9:27 PM EDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
927 PM EDT SAT MAY 03 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
822 PM CONOVER NC WIND DAMAGE
05/03/03 CATAWBA COUNTY REPORTS TREES DOWN
IN CONOVER
835 PM CONOVER NC .75 INCH HAIL
05/03/03 CATAWBA COUNTY REPORTS PENNY SIZE
HAIL.
854 PM CONOVER NC FLASH FLOOD
05/03/03 CATAWBA COUNTY REPORTS FLOODING
ALONG COUNTY HOME ROAD
NEAR INTERSTATE 40.
854 PM CONOVER NC FLASH FLOOD
05/03/03 CATAWBA COUNTY REPORTS FLOODING
ON SIPE ROAD AT CREEKSIDE
MOBILE HOME PARK.
HGLocal storm report, May 3, 9:37 PM EDT, 52 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
937 PM EDT SAT MAY 03 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
925 PM 6 N HARRISBURG NC .75 INCH HAIL
05/03/03 CABARRUS SKYWARN SPOTTER REPORTS
DIME SIZE HAIL.
HGSpecial weather statement, May 3, 10:04 PM EDT, 25 minutes before
NCZ066>070-SCZ001>008-010>013-019-040230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1004 PM EDT SAT MAY 3 2003 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #225 HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN NORTH CAROLINA... POLK...RUTHERFORD...CLEVELAND...LINCOLN...GASTON. AND IN SOUTH CAROLINA... OCONEE...PICKENS...GREENVILLE...SPARTANBURG...CHEROKEE...UNION... LAURENS...GREENWOOD...ABBEVILLE...ANDERSON. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #225 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN NORTH CAROLINA... MECKLENBURG...CABARRUS...UNION. AND IN SOUTH CAROLINA... YORK...CHESTER. HG
The office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 3, 10:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | York | 50 min |
| May 3, 10:49 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Chester | 41 min |
Nearby
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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.