Thunderstorm Wind, Franklin
- When
- July 17, 10:35 PM EST
- Where
- Franklin County, Carnesville
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 34.367, -83.233
Large tree limbs were blown down on Aikens Bridge Rd.
Damaging Wind in Georgia, July 17, 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
- 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 Jul 17, 9:16 PM EST, 1 hour 19 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 17, 9:16 PM EST, 1 hour 19 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1016 PM EDT THU JUL 17 2003 STRONG TSTMS CONTINUING OVER THE SOUTHERN MTNS LATE THIS EVENING WITH STORMS DEVELOPING OVER THE SOUTHERN PART OF UPSTATE SC ATTM. STILL EXPECT MOST OF THEM TO DISSIPATE AROUND MIDNIGHT WITH COOLING...BUT WILL HOLD OFF ON UPDATE UNTIL THEN. .GSP... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. RB
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 17, 5:05 AM EST, 17 hours 30 minutes before
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-171200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 605 AM EDT THU JUL 17 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 AGAIN TODAY...MAINLY LATE IN THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY IN THE EVENING. A FEW OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE MICROBURST TYPE WIND DAMAGE. THE STORMS WILL ALSO BE SLOW MOVING WHICH WILL ENHANCE THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING. FOR MORE INFORMATION...SEE THE SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK (SPSGSP) ISSUED AT 427 AM. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED EACH DAY. A FEW OF THE THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL ON ANY GIVEN DAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED. MOORE
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 17, 8:57 PM EST, 1 hour 38 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
957 PM EDT THU JUL 17 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
950 PM 1 N SENECA SC .75 INCH HAIL
07/17/03 OCONEE 3/4 INCH HAIL AND TREES
DOWN REPORTED BY SPOTTER.
RBLocal storm report, Jul 17, 9:10 PM EST, 1 hour 25 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
1010 PM EDT THU JUL 17 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1009 PM SENECA SC .75 INCH HAIL
07/17/03 OCONEE SPOTTER REPORT.
JATThe radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 109 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:37 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
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Georgia, July 17, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, July 17, 2003
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Indiana, July 17 to 18, 2003
- Lightning Strike in Mississippi, July 17, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Illinois, July 17, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Wind in South Dakota, July 17, 2003
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, July 17, 2003
- Damaging Winds in Michigan, July 17, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, July 17, 2003
- Lightning Strike in Michigan, July 17, 2003
- Hail in South Dakota, July 17, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Florida, July 17, 2003
More
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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: 5329744.