Thunderstorm Wind, Franklin
- When
- August 11, 7:30 PM EST
- Where
- Franklin County, Carnesville
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 34.367, -83.233
Some trees and power lines were blown down.
Damaging Wind in Georgia, August 11, 2003
1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Aug 11, 2:15 PM EST, 5 hours 15 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 11, 2:15 PM EST, 5 hours 15 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 315 PM EDT MON AUG 11 2003 RETROGRADING UPPER LEVEL TROUGH AXIS SHOULD ALLOW PRECIP COVERAGE TO STEADILY DIMINISH EACH DAY THIS WEEK. THE LONG TERM DRYING MAY BE OFFSET BY SHORT TERM INCREASES IN CONVECTIVE COVERAGE ALONG THE EASTERN ESCARPMENT AND SRN TIER UPSLOPE PREFERRED REGION. LOW LEVEL FLOWS VEERS AROUND TO SOUTHERLY AND THEN SE THROUGH TOMORROW... BEFORE UPPER LEVEL HEIGHTS CAN BUILD APPRECIABLY TO CAP OFF CONVECTION. WILL FAN OUT A NARROW SWATCH OF LIKELY POPS ALONG THE ESCARPMENT THIS EVENING AND THEN HIGH CHANCE FOR TOMORROW EVENING...AND TAPER DOWN TO CHANCE CATEGORY ERN PIEDMONT AND TN BORDER ZONES. THE ETA IS QUITE AGGRESSIVE WITH CLOUDINESS ASSOC WITH THE LOW LEVEL MOIST UPSLOPE...KEEPING BOUNDARY LAYER TEMPS IN THE 70S TOMORROW EAST OF THE BLUE RIDGE. FEEL THIS IS A LITTLE OVERDONE...BUT WILL STILL SHADE ALL TEMPS TOWARD THE COOLER ETA NUMBERS. 700 MB TEMPS WARM FROM +5 C TODAY TO +9 C ON WED AFTN. CONVECTION WILL GRADUALLY BECOME MORE INHIBITED THROUGH THE WEEK...AND SHOULD BE LARGELY CAPPED OFF BY THU AFTN. GFS STILL FEATURES DECAYING FRONT AND S/W DROPPING SOUTHWARD EAST OF THE UPPER RIDGE FOR FRI/SAT...BUT FEATURES HAVE NOT BEEN CONSISTENT IN STRENGTH AND TIMING. WILL GENERALLY HOLD ONTO ONLY DIURNAL SLIGHT CHC POPS UNDER THE RIDGE THU THROUGH MON. FCSTID = 33 GSP 69 82 67 86 / 50 50 50 30 AND 69 83 67 86 / 50 50 50 30 CLT 69 83 67 86 / 50 40 40 30 HKY 66 80 65 85 / 60 50 50 30 AVL 63 79 63 83 / 70 50 50 30 .GSP... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. HG
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 11, 5:06 AM EST, 14 hours 24 minutes before
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-111200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 606 AM EDT MON AUG 11 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THURSDAY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED FRIDAY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA...UPSTATE SOUTH CAORLINA...AND THE SOUTHERN FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED. 07
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 11, 2:41 PM EST, 4 hours 49 minutes before
GAZ010-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014-019- 120300- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 341 PM EDT MON AUG 11 2003 ...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THIS EVENING... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA. THE GREATEST COVERAGE OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE OVER THE EASTERN ESCARPMENT OF THE MOUNTAINS AND ADJACENT FOOTHILL LOCATIONS. A FEW OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE HAIL AS LARGE AS PENNIES AND WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH. FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ARE ALSO LIKELY WITH ANY THUNDERSTORMS. THUNDERSTORMS REPEATEDLY AFFECTING THE SAME LOCATION COULD QUICKLY PRODUCE LOCALIZED FLOODING THIS EVENING. SPOTTER GROUPS ARE ASKED TO RELAY ANY REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER OR FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET...IN CASE ANY WARNINGS BECOME NECESSARY. GERAPETRITIS
Special weather statement, Aug 11, 2:48 PM EST, 4 hours 42 minutes before
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-120300- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED FOR CODING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 348 PM EDT MON AUG 11 2003 ...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THIS EVENING... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA. THE GREATEST COVERAGE OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE OVER THE EASTERN ESCARPMENT OF THE MOUNTAINS AND ADJACENT FOOTHILL LOCATIONS. A FEW OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE HAIL AS LARGE AS PENNIES AND WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH. FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ARE ALSO LIKELY WITH ANY THUNDERSTORMS. THUNDERSTORMS REPEATEDLY AFFECTING THE SAME LOCATION COULD QUICKLY PRODUCE LOCALIZED FLOODING THIS EVENING. SPOTTER GROUPS ARE ASKED TO RELAY ANY REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER OR FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET...IN CASE ANY WARNINGS BECOME NECESSARY. GERAPETRITIS
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 109 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:29 UTC.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Texas, August 11, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, August 11, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, August 11, 2003
- Flash Flood in New York, August 11 to 12, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, August 11, 2003
- Flash Flooding in New York, August 11 to 12, 2003
- Flash Flood in Massachusetts, August 11, 2003
- Flash Flood and Lightning Strike in Kentucky, August 11, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, August 11, 2003
- Flash Flood in Kentucky, August 11, 2003
- Flash Flooding in West Virginia, August 11, 2003
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Illinois, August 11, 2003
More
Every storm in Georgia in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in Georgia, August 2003
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5374453.