Damaging Wind in Georgia, August 6, 2003

Name: Damaging Wind in Georgia, August 6, 2003
Start: 2003-08-06T14:50
End: 2003-08-06T14:50
Location: Georgia

August 6, 2003 · NWS GSP · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
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 6, 1:33 PM EST, 1 hour 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 6, 1:33 PM EST, 1 hour 17 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
233 PM EDT WED AUG 6 2003

ANOMALOUS UPPER LEVEL LONGWAVE TROUGH TO REMAIN OVER EASTERN USA
THROUGH EARLY PART OF PACKAGE...WITH RIDGE TO W. CONVECTION IN N AL
THIS AFTERNOON TRACKING E TOWARD GA/SC...AND WILL KEEP LIKELY
EVENING POPS THOSE AREAS...WITH CHANCE NC. CONCERNED ABOUT SEVERE
POTENTIAL S PORTION...AND FLOOD POTENTIAL ENTIRE AREA. WILL LEAVE
CHANCE POPS WELL AFTER MIDNIGHT...AS CONVECTION HAS BEEN SLOW TO
DIE OFF. DENSE FOG WAS OBSERVED ACROSS MUCH OF AREA EARLY THIS
MORNING...AND WILL INCLUDE AGAIN THU.

IMPULSE ROUNDING BASE OF TROUGH THU MORE IMPRESSIVE THAN TODAY...AND
WILL CARRY LIKELY POP ENTIRE AREA. WITH UPPER ENERGY STILL UPSTREAM
THU NIGHT...LOW CHANCE POP WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. ANOTHER VIGOROUS
VORT LOBE APPROACHES AREA FRI...TAKING UNTIL LATE NIGHT TO MOVE
THROUGH. CARRIED SLIGHTLY LOWER POP WITH THIS FEATURE AS IT IS A BIT
WEAKER THAN THURSDAY IMPULSE. YET ANOTHER VORT LOBE APPROACHES SAT
INTO SAT NIGHT. THOUGH MORE IMPRESSIVE THAN FRIDAY VORT...WILL KEEP
POP ABOUT LIKE FRI...AS CONFIDENCE DECREASES ON STRENGTH/TIMING.
TEMPERATURES NEAR PERSISTENCE WITH NO CHANGE IN AIR MASS.

EXTENDED FORECAST STARTS MUCH AS EARLY PACKAGE ENDS. BY MON GFS HAS
STRONG SHORTWAVE DIGGING INTO BASE OF TROUGH...CLOSING OF LOW IN S
MS RIVER VALLEY. IF THIS SCENARIO UNFOLDS...W ATLANTIC RIDGE COULD
RETROGRADE OVER AREA...WARMING/DRYING AREA. CURRENT NCEP SOLUTION
MAINTAINS WEAK BOUNDARY OVER AREA ON E SIDE OF UPPER TROUGH THROUGH
TUE...LEADING TO MORE PERSISTENCE IN FORECAST. BY WED BOUNDARY OUT
OF AREA AND WEAKENING...AND WILL CARRY SLIGHT CHANCE POP.

FCSTID =    7
GSP   69  85  68  85 /  60  60  60  40
AND   70  85  69  85 /  60  60  60  40
CLT   69  85  68  85 /  50  60  60  40
HKY   67  83  66  83 /  50  60  60  30
AVL   64  81  63  81 /  50  60  60  30

.GSP...
GA...NONE.
NC...NONE.
SC...NONE.

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 6, 4:08 AM EST, 10 hours 42 minutes before

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014-
019-061100-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
508 AM EDT WED AUG 6 2003

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP TODAY OVER THE
FORECAST AREA. ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. IN ADDITION...SLOW STORM MOTIONS WILL ALLOW
FOR HIGH RAINFALL RATES. PLEASE SEE THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER
OUTLOOK (CAESPSGSP) FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM AND FLOODING THREAT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL LINGER OVER THE AREA THROUGH THE
PERIOD. WITH THE GROUND NEARLY SATURATED...ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL
QUICKLY RUNOFF INTO NEARBY STREAMS AND CREEKS. IF THESE HEAVY RAIN
PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP THROUGHOUT THE WEEK AS
EXPECTED...FLOODING MAY RESULT. PLEASE SEE THE LATEST FLOOD
POTENTIAL OUTLOOK (ESFGSP) FOR MORE DETAILED INFORMATION.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

NED

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 6, 2:15 PM EST, 35 minutes before

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014-
019-070300-

SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
315 PM EDT WED AUG 6 2003

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND LOCAL FLASH FLOODING POSSIBLE AGAIN LATE
THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS NORTHEAST
GEORGIA AND THE WESTERN CAROLINAS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA ARE EXPECTED TO HAVE
THE GREATEST COVERAGE OF THUNDERSTORMS.

ANY OF THE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE
HAIL...LOCALLY DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 60 TO 70 MPH...AND RAINFALL
RATES OF SEVERAL INCHES PER HOUR.

SPOTTER GROUPS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO ACTIVATE QUICKLY LATE 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.

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The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 109 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:51 UTC.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Franklin

When: August 6, 2:50 PM EST
Where: Franklin County, Carnesville
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 34.367, -83.233

Several large trees were blown down.

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

Every storm in Georgia in 2003 Every state in 2003 This day in weather history Warnings 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: 5333125.