Thunderstorm Wind, Mecklenburg
- When
- July 11, 4:30 PM EST
- Where
- Mecklenburg County, Charlotte
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 35.233, -80.850
Several trees were blown down in the Ennis area.
Damaging Wind in North Carolina, July 11, 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 11, 12:50 PM EST, 3 hours 40 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 11, 12:50 PM EST, 3 hours 40 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 150 PM EDT FRI JUL 11 2003 WILL UPDATE TO INCLUDE NEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR UPSTATE SC AND NE GA THROUGH 8 PM EDT. FCSTID = 33 .GSP... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. HG
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 11, 4:11 AM EST, 12 hours 19 minutes before
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-111100- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 511 AM EDT FRI JUL 11 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE REGION TODAY...BRINGING SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE AREA. A FEW OF THE STORMS COULD PRODUCE SEVERE WEATHER...ESPECIALLY IN THE PIEDMONT AND FOOTHILLS. PLEASE SEE THE SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK...CAESPSGSP...FOR MORE INFORMATION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... SCATTERED...MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING MUCH OF THE NEXT 7 DAYS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON. LANE
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 11, 2:06 PM EST, 2 hours 24 minutes before
SCZ004-005-010-112000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 306 PM EDT FRI JUL 11 2003 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TO AFFECT THE AREA FROM CLEMSON TO ANDERSON THROUGH 4 PM... AT 302 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHING FROM CLEMSON TO OAKWAY WHICH WAS MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH. THIS LINE WILL PRODUCE FREQUENT LIGHTNING... WIND GUSTS OF 35 MPH...AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL AT THE RATE OF AN INCH PER HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE ANDERSON AREA BETWEEN 330 AND 4 PM. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL WATCH THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS VERY CLOSELY IN CASE ANY WARNINGS BECOME NECESSARY. HG
Local storm report, Jul 11, 3:06 PM EST, 1 hour 24 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
406 PM EDT FRI JUL 11 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
405 PM BLACKSBURG SC .88 INCH HAIL
07/11/03 CHEROKEE NICKEL SIZED HAIL
OBSERVED AT INTERSTATE 85
EXIT 100. HAM RADIO
REPORT.
BURRUSLocal storm report, Jul 11, 3:22 PM EST, 1 hour 8 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
422 PM EDT FRI JUL 11 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
420 PM BALCKSBURG SC .75 INCH HAIL
07/11/03 CHEROKEE MARBLE SIZED HAIL COVERED
THE GROUND LIKE SNOW.
420 PM 2 NE BLACKSBURG SC WIND DAMAGE
07/11/03 CHEROKEE LARGE TREE BLOCKING EAST
CHEROKEE ST BETWEEN
BLACKSBURG AND GROVER.
OTHER TREES DOWN IN
BLACKSBURG. REPORTED BY
COUNTY COMMS CENTER.
MCAVOYLocal storm report, Jul 11, 3:22 PM EST, 1 hour 8 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
422 PM EDT FRI JUL 11 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
420 PM BLACKSBURG SC .75 INCH HAIL
07/11/03 CHEROKEE MARBLE SIZED HAIL COVERED
THE GROUND LIKE SNOW.
420 PM 2 NE BLACKSBURG SC WIND DAMAGE
07/11/03 CHEROKEE LARGE TREE BLOCKING EAST
CHEROKEE ST BETWEEN
BLACKSBURG AND GROVER.
OTHER TREES DOWN IN
BLACKSBURG. REPORTED BY
COUNTY COMMS CENTER.
MCAVOYSpecial weather statement, Jul 11, 3:55 PM EST, 35 minutes before
NCZ071-072-082-SCZ009-112210- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 455 PM EDT FRI JUL 11 2003 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TO AFFECT THE CHARLOTTE METRO AREA BETWEEN 5 AND 6 PM... AT 450 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM SOUTHERN LAKE NORMAN IN NORTHERN MECKLENBURG COUNTY...SOUTHWEST TO BELTON. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL AFFECT AREAS FROM CONCORD TO CHARLOTTE TO PINEVILLE BETWEEN 5 AND 6 PM. NEARLY CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...40 TO 50 MPH WINDS... TORRENTIAL RAIN AND PEA SIZED HAIL WILL ACCOMPANY THE LINE. SECURE OUTDOOR OBJECTS...AND PREPARE FOR THE VISIBILITY TO FALL TO NEAR ZERO IN THE HEAVY RAIN AND WIND. IN EXCESS OF AN INCH OF RAIN WILL FALL WITH THE LINE IN ABOUT 30 MINUTES. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL WATCH THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS VERY CLOSELY IN CASE ANY WARNINGS BECOME NECESSARY. MCAVOY
Local storm report, Jul 11, 4:13 PM EST, 17 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
513 PM EDT FRI JUL 11 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
505 PM HUNTERSVILLE NC WIND DAMAGE
07/11/03 MECKLENBURG TREES AND POWER LINES
DOWN IN HUNTERSVILLE.
COUNTY 911 REPORT.
BURRUSThe radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 131 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:31 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
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- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, July 11, 2003
- Dust Storm in Arizona, July 11, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Indiana, July 11, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Wind in South Carolina, July 11, 2003
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, July 11, 2003
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, July 11, 2003
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, July 11, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, July 11, 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: 5329445.