1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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.
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 Nov 19, 3:00 AM EST, 40 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 300 AM EST WED NOV 19 2003 .DISCUSSION... SFC ANALYSIS REVEALS LOW FORMATION AT THE BASE OF THE SRN APPALACHIANS AS UPPER SUPPORT RACES TO CATCH UP TO REGION OF LOW LEVEL SURFACE MOIST FLUX CONVERGENCE. SURGE OF HIGH EQUIVALENT POTENTIAL TEMPERATURE AIR AT LOW LEVELS IS COMBINING WITH THE INCREASED HELICITY AHEAD OF THE MESO LOW TO ENHANCE SVR/TORNADO THREAT THIS MORNING. WITH 850 MB 50KT JET MIGRATING EASTWARD INTO THE PIEDMONT THIS MORNING...GRADIENT HIGH WIND WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AND CONVECTIVE WIND THREATS WILL BE PLAYED UP INSTEAD IN THE ZONE TEXT. CURRENT CONVECTIVE LINE MOVES INTO THE ERN CAROLINAS THIS AFTERNOON AS DEEP UPPER TROUGH AXIS MOVES INTO THE WRN CAROLINAS. STEEP MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES WILL KEEP SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM CHANCES GOING...AND WET BULB ZERO HEIGHTS LESS THAN 6K FT WILL REQUIRE ANOTHER SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR HAIL POTENTIAL WITH THIS SECOND SHOT. MODELS HAVE FINALLY AGREED ON A PROGRESSIVE SOLUTION THAT KICKS THE TROUGH OFFSHORE BY EARLY THURSDAY. NW FLOW CONSISTS OF A 40 KT JET OVER THE HIGH TERRAIN BY LATE TONIGHT...BUT WITH LIMITED COLD ADVECTION SO NO HIGH WIND PRODUCTS WILL BE REQUIRED AND WINDS WILL BE ADVERTISED NEAR ADVISORY CRITERIA. AMPLIFIED RIDGING AND STRONG DRYING WILL SET IN LATE WEEK THROUGH THE WEEKEND WITH NEXT FROPA SLATED FOR MONDAY WITH LIMITED MOISTURE. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... GSP 68 46 64 41 / 99 20 00 00 AND 68 43 65 40 / 99 20 00 00 CLT 69 43 63 39 / 99 30 00 00 HKY 67 45 61 38 / 99 30 10 00 AVL 64 40 59 36 / 99 20 10 00 && .GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...FLOOD WATCH TODAY GAZ010...GAZ017>018. NC...FLOOD WATCH TODAY NC MTNS AND FOOTHILLS. SC...FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY FOR SCZ001>007. && HG
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-181300- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 600 AM EST TUE NOV 18 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY SHOWERS WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE REGION FROM THE WEST TODAY AHEAD OF A STRONG STORM SYSTEM APPROACHING FROM THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE LATER THIS AFTERNOON. STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL STEADILY INCREASE THROUGHOUT THE DAY. MOUNTAINS WIND SPEEDS WILL REACH 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH BY TONIGHT. PLEASE SEE THE HIGH WIND WATCH...CAENPWGSP...FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON THE THREAT OF DAMAGING WINDS TONIGHT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP FROM THE WEST DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS...AS WELL AS ISOLATED TORNADOES. SEE THE SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK...CAESPSGSP...FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON THE SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL. THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE WIDESPREAD 2 TO 3 INCH RAINFALL AMOUNTS OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS TONIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY...WITH LOCAL 4 TO 5 INCH RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN SOME SOUTHERLY UPSLOPE AREAS. PLEASE SEE THE FLOOD WATCH...CAEFFAGSP...FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY BE STRETCHED THROUGH THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AROUND DAYBREAK TOMORROW. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT MAINLY PIEDMONT SECTIONS ON WEDNESDAY. WINDY CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY PERSIST THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE LIKELY BY LATE THIS EVENING. HG
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-191000- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1035 PM EST TUE NOV 18 2003 ...SEVERE WEATHER POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA... A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE WESTERN COUNTIES OF THE CAROLINAS...AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA LATE TONIGHT...AND WORK STEADILY EASTWARD THROUGH THE MORNING. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE STRONG...AND A FEW MAY BE SEVERE. THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS...POSSIBLY OVER 70 MPH. A DRAMATIC TURNING OF THE WIND IS ALSO FORECAST...CREATING THE POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED TORNADOES ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE REGION. ALTHOUGH THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXISTS ACROSS ALL THE FORECAST AREA...THE THREAT IS GREATEST IN LOCATIONS ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 85. 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. RWH
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-192100- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 321 AM EST WED NOV 19 2003 ...SEVERE WEATHER POSSIBLE AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON... THE COLD FRONT WHICH WAS ACCOMPANIED BY HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WIND OVERNIGHT WILL MOVE EAST OF THE AREA TODAY. MEANWHILE...THE UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS FRONT WILL ARRIVE IN THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. COOL UPPER LEVEL TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH WARMING AT THE SURFACE...AS WELL AS FAVORABLE WINDS ALOFT...WILL SUPPORT THE DEVELOPEMENT OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME OF WHICH MAY BE SEVERE. LARGE HAIL AND CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL BE POSSIBLE...AS WELL AS GUSTY WINDS AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL. SPOTTER GROUPS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO ACTIVATE QUICKLY THIS AFTERNOON. DISPATCHERS SHOULD ENSURE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS ARE AWARE OF THIS INFORMATION. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR THE MEDIA FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION OR ADDITIONAL SEVERE WEATHER WATCHES OR WARNINGS. 07
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
This weak tornado caused damage to the roof of one building and blew the roof off an outbuilding along highway 106. Numerous trees and large tree limbs were also blown down along its intermittent 4-mile path.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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: 5330950.