1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Mar 5, 11:37 PM EST, 2 hours 33 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1137 PM EST WED MAR 5 2003 UPDATE FORTHCOMING TO INCLUDE COUNTIES FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #30. FCSTID = 44 GSP 54 68 41 62 / 100 50 10 10 AND 54 69 43 64 / 100 50 10 10 CLT 53 68 41 60 / 100 60 10 10 HKY 51 65 37 59 / 100 60 10 10 AVL 51 61 34 58 / 100 60 10 10 .GSP... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. BURRUS
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-051300- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 606 AM EST WED MAR 5 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE REGION TONIGHT. SOME OF THE STORMS COULD BECOME QUITE STRONG...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 85. SEE THE MOST RECENT SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT (PRODUCT CAESPSGSP) FOR MORE DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION COULD BE NEEDED LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT OR EARLY THURSDAY MORNING IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA. BURRUS
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-SCZ001-002-004-005-010-011-019-060930- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 127 AM EST THU MAR 6 2003 ...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TO AFFECT NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE WESTERN UPSTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA THROUGH 4 AM... AT 127 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS RACING EAST AT 60 MPH ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA. THE LINE WILL AFFECT THE AREA FROM CLAYTON TO CARNESVILLE AROUND 2 AM... AND THEN REACH FROM PICKENS TO ANDERSON TO ABBEVILLE BY 3 AM. GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MPH...MARBLE SIZE HAIL...TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS AND 1/2 TO 1 INCH OF RAIN...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING WILL ACCOMPANY THIS LINE. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL CLOSELY MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN CASE ANY WARNINGS BECOME NECESSARY. GERAPETRITIS
The Greer radar (KGSP), 106 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 07:10 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Several cars were blown off of roads and power lines were blown down.
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