1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 Apr 29, 2:22 PM EST, 1 hour 33 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 322 PM EDT TUE APR 29 2003 LAPS 18Z CAPES ARE RUNNING GENERALLY >1500 J/KG WITH LITTLE CIN. RADAR SHOWING A FEW SH AND TS DEVELOPING OVER NC COUNTIES. WITH AN OLD BOUNDARY...LEE TROF...AND THE AMOUNT OF INSTABILITY OVER THE FA EXPECT THE POPULATION OF SH/TS TO GROW INTO THE EARLY EVENING. HAVE HELD ONTO MENTION INTO THE EVENING HOURS AS STORMS WILL GRADUALLY ASH OUT AFTER DUSK. IN THE MEANTIME...STORMS WILL BE PULSE-LIKE AND WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED TO SEE A ISOLATED WIND OR HAIL EVENT. H5 RIDGE WILL BUILD OVERNIGHT AND OVERALL A SUMMER-LIKE PATTERN. AGAIN DIURNAL TS STILL THE MAIN CONCERN FOR WEDNESDAY. WITH RETURN FLOW AHEAD OF DEVELOPING PLAINS LOW DEWPOINTS WILL REMAIN IN THE U50 AND L60S WITH ANOTHER DAY IN THE 70-80S. ATMOS MOISTURE WILL ALSO INCREASE MAKING A INTERESTING AFTERNOON SOUNDING. MODIFIED TO EXPECTED LLVL VALUES CAPES ARE EXPECTED IN THE 1500-2500 J/KG RANGE. WITH A MORE FAVORABLE WIND PATTERN WILL KEEP CHC POPS UP AROUND 40%. THIS IS SUPPORTED WITH MOS POPS...AND COULD BE TOO LOW...ESPECIALLY WITH FWC THUNDER POPS IN THE LIKELY RANGE. THURS...AGAIN DIURNAL TS IS THE MAIN CONCERN. FRI...A FOCUSING MECHANISM ARRIVES IN THE FROM OF A COLD FRONT. INSTABILITY REMAINS IN PLACE AND WILL KEEP CHC POPS FOR CONVECTION. A COLD FRONT SHOULD CROSS THE FORECAST AREA SATURDAY MORNING. ALTHO THERE IS SOME POSSIBILITY OF LINGERING SHOWERS AFTER SUNRISE AS HINTED BY THE 00Z GFS...WILL KEEP THE FORECAST DRY BASED ON THE DRIER 06Z RUN...THINKING THAT ANY POST FRONTAL CONVECTION WILL NOT DEVELOP UNTIL AFTERNOON WHEN FRONT IS NEARLY TO THE COAST. LATEST GUIDANCE TEMPS ARE MUCH WARMER FOR SATURDAY AFTERNOON. WILL RAISE TEMPS A CATEGORY THINKING THAT CLEAR SKY BEHIND FRONT AND DOWNSLOPE E OF MOUNTAINS WILL MORE THAN COUNTERACT WEAK COLD ADVECTION IN THE AFTERNOON. SUNDAY AND MONDAY ARE QUIET AND GUIDANCE WILL BE FOLLOWED CLOSELY. ON TUESDAY...THE GFS DEVELOPS A RETURN FLOW OF MOISTURE ACROSS THE AREA. PRECIP IN GFS IS NO DOUBT OVERDONE IN THE MOISTENING PRE-FRONTAL AIR MASS THAT SHOULD BE IN PLACE...BUT SCATTERED CONVECTION SEEMS A GOOD BET. FCSTID = 16 GSP 60 80 59 80 / 50 40 40 30 AND 59 81 59 80 / 40 40 40 30 CLT 58 81 59 81 / 30 40 40 30 HKY 58 77 59 78 / 50 40 40 30 AVL 55 76 55 77 / 50 40 40 30 .GSP... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. NED/MOORE
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-291210- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 610 AM EDT TUE APR 29 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE...MAINLY THIS AFTERNOON. A FEW THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND POSSIBLY EVEN SOME SMALL HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... EXPECT A DAILY CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-300300- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 406 PM EDT TUE APR 29 2003 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA THIS EVENING... LATE THIS AFTERNOON...A LINE OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED ALONG A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE...FROM THE GEORGIA AND SOUTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS...THROUGH THE SOUTHERN NORTH CAROLINA FOOTHILLS...INTO THE NORTHEWEST PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA. THIS LINE OF STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DRIFT SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING...AND MAY EVENTUALLY AFFECT THE I-85 CORRIDOR...FROM ANDERSON...TO GREENVILLE- SPARTANBURG...TO CHARLOTTE BETWEEN 5 AND 6 PM. OTHER ISOLATED TO SCATTERED STORMS COULD DEVELOP BEHIND OR AHEAD OF THIS LINE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF PERIODS OF LARGE HAIL...AND ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. THE STORMS WILL BEGIN TO WEAKEN AROUND SUNSET. 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. LANE
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
417 PM EDT TUE APR 29 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
330 PM TURNERSBURG NC .75 INCH HAIL
04/29/03 IREDELL POST OFFICE REPORTED.
345 PM COOL SPRINGS NC .75 INCH HAIL
04/29/03 IREDELL REPORTED BY JONES
GROCERY.
405 PM TAMASSEE SC 1.75 INCH HAIL
04/29/03 OCONEE HAIL NEARLY BROKE
WINDSHILED. REPORTED BY
TAMASSEE STORE.
JATThe Greer radar (KGSP), 140 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:54 UTC.
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Dime to golfball size hail accumulated to depths of 12 to 18 inches in some areas.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in North Carolina in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, April 2003
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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5355165.