1 thunderstorm wind, 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 Aug 17, 1:41 PM EST, 2 hours 49 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 241 PM EDT SUN AUG 17 2003 EAST COAST UPPER TROUGH TO PERSIST THROUGH MON...THEN WILL START PROGRESSING E. BY WED UPPER RIDGE LOCATED OVER OH VALLEY WITH WEAK LOW SOMEWHERE IN DEEP S. COLD FRONT TO DROP S INTO AREA ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG SHORTWAVE. WILL CARRY AFTERNOON CONVECTION OVER INTO EVENING AS LIKEY POPS. WITH SLOW PROGRESS TO FRONT...HAVE SLIGHT CHANCE POP OVERNIGHT. FRONT SLOW TO PUSH S...AND ENOUGH MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY REMAIN FOR SLIGHT CHANCE POPS TUE-THU. BY FRI ANOTHER E COAST TROUGH IS CARVED OUT AS OH VALLEY RIDGE PROGRESSES. MOISTURE INCREASES IN ADVANCE OF ANOTHER COLD FRONT...AND HAVE ADDED CHANCE POPS TO FRI. COLD FRONT CROSSES AREA SAT...WITH ANOTHER DAY OF CHANCE POPS. FRONT SLOWS JUST SE OF AREA SUN...WITH ENOUGH MOISTURE TO WARRANT SLIGHT CHANCE POPS. NOT MUCH TEMPERATURE OR DEW POINT CHANGE THIS PACKAGE...AS COOLING BEHIND FRONTS ALMOST NEGLIGIBLE. TEMPERATURES BASICALLY NEAR CLIMATIC NORMALS...WITH A SLIGHT DROP OFF LATE IN WEEK. FCSTID = 7 GSP 70 89 68 88 / 60 30 30 20 AND 70 90 69 89 / 60 30 30 20 CLT 70 89 69 88 / 60 30 30 20 HKY 69 88 67 87 / 60 30 30 20 AVL 64 85 64 83 / 60 30 30 20 .GSP... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. O7
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-171145- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 545 AM EDT SUN AUG 17 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SLOWLY TOWARD THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA TODAY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL ACCOMPANY THIS FRONT INTO THE AREA. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULE PRODUCE SEVERE WEATHER AND LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING. PLEASE SEE THE SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK...CAESPSGSP FOR FURTHER INFORMATION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ON MONDAY. A FEW SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE. THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK IS EXPECTED TO BE DRIER...WITH NO MORE THAN ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED THROUGH THE PERIOD. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED TODAY. LANE
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-172100- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1138 AM EDT SUN AUG 17 2003 ...SEVERE WEATHER POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... A FRONT DRAPED ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY AND CENTRAL APPALACHIANS THIS MORNING...WILL SAG SLOWLY TOWARD THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. AN UPPER AIR DISTURBANCE WILL ALSO MOVE TOWARD THE AREA. AS THIS DISTURBANCE INTERACTS WITH THE FRONT AND AN UNSTABLE AIRMASS...SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP EARLY TO MID AFTERNOON ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS...FOOTHILLS...AND PIEDMONT OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. THE STORMS SHOULD THEN MOVE INTO UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA. THE ATMOSPHERE WAS WORKED OVER PRETTY WELL YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING BY THUNDERSTORMS...AND SURFACE MOISTURE WAS NOT QUITE AS HIGH LATE THIS MORNING...AS IT HAS BEEN DURING RECENT DAYS. HOWEVER...THE DEGREE OF INSTABILITY EXPECTED DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING STILL WILL BE ENOUGH TO CAUSE SOME STORMS TO BECOME SEVERE...WITH DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS BEING THE PRIMARY THREAT. IN ADDITION...LOCALLY HEAVY OR EXCESSIVE RAINFALL MAY RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING IN SOME AREAS. ALSO...LARGE HAIL TO ABOUT QUARTER SIZE MAY OCCUR IN SOME STORMS. 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. JONES
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-SCZ011-012-019-180000- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 332 PM EDT SUN AUG 17 2003 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THREAT BECOMING MORE LIKELY FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE LOWER PIEDMONT IN SOUTH CAROLINA... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCHES HAVE ALREADY BEEN ISSUED FARTHER NORTH. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA LATE THIS AFTERNOON. SOME OF THESE MAY BECOME SEVERE...PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. ALSO...LOCALLY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL MAY OCCUR...CAUSING URBAN OR FLASH FLOODING. AN EVEN BETTER CHANCE OF ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER MAY COME LATER IN THE EVENING...WHEN LINES OR CLUSTER OF STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR THE MEDIA FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION OR SEVERE WEATHER WATCHES OR WARNINGS. JONES
NCZ068>071-SCZ009-172119- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 418 PM EDT SUN AUG 17 2003 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TO AFFECT LAKE NORMAN AND THE CHARLOTTE METRO AREA... AT 415 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THROUGH 5 PM...THESE STORMS WILL AFFECT THE SOUTHERN PART OF LAKE NORMAN AS WELL AS INTERSTATE 77 BETWEEN HUNTERSVILLE AND CHARLOTTE. ANOTHER CLUSTER OF STRONG STORMS WILL AFFECT THE SOUTHEAST PART OF CLEVELAND COUNTY...BETWEEN SHELBY AND KINGS MOUNTAIN. BOTH OF THESE CLUSTERS OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WINDS OF UP TO 55 MPH...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL AND TORRENTIAL RAIN. IF THE STORMS BECOME A LITTLE STRONGER...WARNINGS WILL BE NEEDED. MCAVOY
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
446 PM EDT SUN AUG 17 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
410 PM 7 E LINCOLNTON NC WIND DAMAGE
08/17/03 LINCOLN TRAINED HAM SPOTTER
REPORTED TWO TREES DOWN
ON HWY 150...ONE 18 IN
DIAMETER AND THE OTHER
ABOUT 12.
415 PM 3 E CHERRYVILLE NC NON-SVR REPORT
08/17/03 GASTON HAM REPORTED 45-50 MPH
WIND GUST...TORRENTIAL
RAIN PARTIALLY IMPEDING
TRAFFIC AND FREQUENT
LIGHTNING.
LAMBPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
507 PM EDT SUN AUG 17 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
448 PM WACO NC WIND DAMAGE
08/17/03 CLEVELAND EMERGENCY PERSONNEL
REPORTED TREES DOWN.
459 PM SHELBY NC WIND DAMAGE
08/17/03 CLEVELAND EMERGENCY PERSONNEL
REPORTED TREES DOWN.
RBPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
508 PM EDT SUN AUG 17 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
450 PM BELWOOD NC 1.75 INCH HAIL
08/17/03 CLEVELAND SPOTTER REPORTED GOLFBALL
SIZE HAIL AND 40 MPH WIND
GUST.
LAMBThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A tree was blown down onto a house. Power outages were also reported.
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, August 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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5374164.