Thunderstorm Wind, Swain
- When
- July 10, 6:30 PM EST
- Where
- Swain County, 2 mi SW of Bryson City
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 35.417, -83.483
Some trees were blown down.
Damaging Wind in North Carolina, July 10, 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 10, 4:51 PM EST, 1 hour 39 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 10, 4:51 PM EST, 1 hour 39 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 551 PM EDT THU JUL 10 2003 AN UPDATE WILL BE FORTHCOMING SOON FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 718...INCORPORATING ALL OF THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS AND OUR NORTHERN FOOTHILLS. FCSTID = 44 GSP 69 88 66 88 / 70 50 30 20 AND 69 89 67 89 / 70 50 30 20 CLT 70 89 67 90 / 60 40 40 20 HKY 68 86 65 86 / 60 50 30 20 AVL 66 83 59 83 / 70 50 20 20 .GSP... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. BURRUS
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 10, 5:04 AM EST, 13 hours 26 minutes before
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-101200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 604 AM EDT THU JUL 10 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE... THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY...WITH A FEW POSSIBLY BECOMING SEVERE AND SOME PRODUCING LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL. FOR FURTHER DETAILS...REFER TO THE LATEST SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...SPSGSP... ISSUED BY THIS OFFICE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... MORE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ON FRIDAY...WITH DAILY CHANCES RETURNING AGAIN SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 10, 1:45 PM EST, 4 hours 45 minutes before
NCZ071-082-SCZ008-009-013-014-101915- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 245 PM EDT THU JUL 10 2003 AT 245 PM... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AND SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWED A CLUSTER OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHERN CHEROKEE COUNTY AND NORTHERN UNION COUNTY MOVING TOWARD THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH. NEW THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING ACROSS YORK COUNTY. ALL OF THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE CHARLOTTE METRO AREA. BOATERS ON LAKE WYLIE SHOULD BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO AN AREA OF SAFETY. SEVERAL SMALL DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN SOUTHERN MECKLENBURG COUNTY... NEAR PINEVILLE... AT 245 PM. HOWEVER... MOST OF THE THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING FROM THE SOUTHWEST WILL NOT ARRIVE IN MECKLENBURG COUNTY UNTIL AFTER 315 PM. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE CHARLOTTE METRO AREA UNTIL 600 PM. LGL
Special weather statement, Jul 10, 2:25 PM EST, 4 hours 5 minutes before
NCZ070>072-082-SCZ009-014-101955- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 325 PM EDT THU JUL 10 2003 AT 325 PM... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED IN AN ARC FROM NEAR KINGS MOUNTAINS SOUTHEAST TO ROCK HILL THEN SOUTH THROUGH RICHBURG IN CHESTER COUNTY. A WIND GUST TO 41 MPH WAS RECORDED AT THE ROCK HILL AIRPORT IN YORK COUNTY AT 311 PM. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH. THEY WILL MOVE THROUGH THE CHARLOTTE METROPOLITAN AREA BEFORE 430 PM. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN... STRONG AND GUSTY WIND... AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL WILL OCCUR. LAKE WYLIE WILL EXPERIENCE THUNDERSTORM WEATHER. BOATERS AND SWIMMERS IN LAKE NORMAN SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AS THE THUNDERSTORMS TRAVEL TOWARD THE NORTHEAST. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE VERY CLOSE TO THE SOUTHERN END OF LAKE NORMAN BY 400 PM. ANYONE OUTSIDE SHOULD REMEMBER THAT LIGHTNING ACCOMPANIES ALL THUNDERSTORMS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE CHARLOTTE METRO AREA UNTIL 600 PM. LGL
Local storm report, Jul 10, 4:14 PM EST, 2 hours 16 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
514 PM EDT THU JUL 10 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
347 PM WAXHAW NC WIND DAMAGE
07/10/03 UNION TREES DOWN. REPORTED BY
DOT.
417 PM MARSHVILLE NC WIND DAMAGE
07/10/03 UNION 2 TREES DOWN. REPORTED BY
DOT.
MCAVOYThe radar
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 84 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:28 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 10, 2003
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in West Virginia, July 10, 2003
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Ohio, July 10, 2003
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Ohio, July 10, 2003
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Virginia, July 10, 2003
- Flash Flood in West Virginia, July 10, 2003
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Ohio, July 10, 2003
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, July 10, 2003
- Damaging Wind in Ohio, July 10, 2003
- Lightning Strike in South Carolina, July 10, 2003
- Flash Flood and Flood in Indiana, July 10, 2003
- Damaging Wind and Lightning Strike in North Carolina, July 10, 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: 5329431.