Damaging Wind in North Carolina, July 12, 2003

Name: Damaging Wind in North Carolina, July 12, 2003
Start: 2003-07-12T18:38
End: 2003-07-12T18:38
Location: North Carolina

July 12, 2003 · NWS GSP · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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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 12, 1:21 PM EST, 5 hours 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 12, 1:21 PM EST, 5 hours 17 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
221 PM EDT SAT JUL 12 2003

UPPER LEVEL TROUGH TO PERSIST. SURFACE FRONT E OF AREA TO WASH
OUT...WHILE ANOTHER WEAK FRONT MOVES INTO AREA TONIGHT...STALLING
JUST TO S ON SUN. AREA CAPPED UNTIL THIS EVENING...WHEN CAPES OF
200-300 PROGGED BY MODEL SOUNDINGS AS MID LEVELS COOL. SUNDAY
AFTERNOON TO HAVE A BIT MORE INSTABILITY...AND FRONTAL MOISTURE.
MON/TUE NEARLY A REPEAT OF SUN. GULF NOT OPEN...SO ACTIVITY JUST
EXPECTED TO BE SCATTERED. NOT MUCH COOLING BEHIND THESE BOUNDARIES
...WITH MOISTURE/CLOUDS REMAINING...AND COOLEST AIR WELL TO N.

WEAK S FLOW TO DOMINATE WED/THU AS SLOW MOVING FRONT ADVANCES FROM
NW. FRONT TO STALL OVER AERA FRI...WITH LIMITED MOISTURE...THEN TO
WASH OUT SAT. CHANCE POPS CONTINUE...PRIMARILY AFTERNOON/EVENING...
WITH TEMPERATURES AROUND OR JUST BELOW NORMAL.

FCSTID =    7
GSP   67  86  67  87 /  30  40  40  30
AND   68  86  68  87 /  30  40  40  30
CLT   67  87  67  87 /  30  40  40  30
HKY   65  84  66  84 /  30  40  40  30
AVL   60  81  62  81 /  30  40  40  30

.GSP...
GA...NONE.
NC...NONE.
SC...NONE.

O7

Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 12, 4:20 AM EST, 14 hours 18 minutes before

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014-
019-121130-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
520 AM EDT SAT JUL 12 2003

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AND ORGANIZE
ACROSS THE TENNESSEE VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON. THE STORMS MAY MOVE INTO
THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR EARLY THIS
EVENING...AND THEN MOVE ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF WESTERN NORTH
CAROLINA...AS WELL AS NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA
LATER IN THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. A FEW OF THE STORMS COULD PRODUCE
DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS AND PERHAPS LARGE HAIL...ESPECIALLY
DURING THE EARLY TO MID EVENING IN AREAS WEST OF I-26 IN GEORGIA AND
SOUTH CAROLINA...AND WEST OF THE BLUE RIDGE IN NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...

SCATTERD...MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
WILL BE POSSIBLE MOST DAYS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS EVENING.

LANE

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 12, 5:07 PM EST, 1 hour 31 minutes before

NCZ033-034-048>055-058-059-062>067-130100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
607 PM EDT SAT JUL 12 2003

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TO AFFECT THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS AND
PIEDMONT THIS EVENING..

AT 6 PM...WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
ACROSS EAST TENNESSEE. THESE STORMS WILL SLOWLY SPREAD OVER THE
NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS...AND THE FOOTHILLS...THIS EVENING.
SCATTERED STORMS WERE ALREADY ONGOING ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN...
AND THIS ACTIVITY MAY BECOME BETTER ORGANIZED BEFORE THE MAIN LINE
CROSSES THE REGION.

AS THE STORMS PROGRESS EASTWARD...THEY WILL BE CAPABLE OF OF
PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS TO NEAR 50 MPH...SMALL HAIL...AND TORRENTIAL
RAIN. ONE OR TWO OF THE STORMS COULD BRIEFLY REACH SEVERE STATUS IN
WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION OR
CABLE TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

44

Special weather statement, Jul 12, 5:07 PM EST, 1 hour 31 minutes before

NCZ033-034-048>055-058-059-062>067-130100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
607 PM EDT SAT JUL 12 2003

CORRECTED HEADLINE.

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TO AFFECT THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS AND
FOOTHILLS THIS EVENING..

AT 6 PM...WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
ACROSS EAST TENNESSEE. THESE STORMS WILL SLOWLY SPREAD OVER THE
NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS...AND THE FOOTHILLS...THIS EVENING.
SCATTERED STORMS WERE ALREADY ONGOING ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN...
AND THIS ACTIVITY MAY BECOME BETTER ORGANIZED BEFORE THE MAIN LINE
CROSSES THE REGION.

AS THE STORMS PROGRESS EASTWARD...THEY WILL BE CAPABLE OF OF
PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS TO NEAR 50 MPH...SMALL HAIL...AND TORRENTIAL
RAIN. ONE OR TWO OF THE STORMS COULD BRIEFLY REACH SEVERE STATUS IN
WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION OR
CABLE TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

44

Local storm report, Jul 12, 5:31 PM EST, 1 hour 7 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
631 PM EDT SAT JUL 12 2003

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

600 PM     2 E WEAVERVILLE           NC   LIGHTNING
07/12/03   BUNCOMBE                       ***INJURED 1, DEAD 0***
                                          COUNTY EOC REPORTED ONE
                                          MAN HOSPITALIZED AND SERIOUSLY
                                          INJURED WHILE STANDING UNDER                                         STANDING UPDER A TREE IN REEMS
                                          A TREE IN REEMS CREEK.

CORRECTED DETAILS ON INJURY.

Local storm report, Jul 12, 5:39 PM EST, 59 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
639 PM EDT SAT JUL 12 2003

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

630 PM     3 NE SWANNANOA            NC   .75 INCH HAIL
07/12/03   BUNCOMBE                       SPOTTER REPORT.

LAMB

Local storm report, Jul 12, 5:56 PM EST, 42 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
656 PM EDT SAT JUL 12 2003

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

625 PM     GREER                     SC   .88 INCH HAIL
07/12/03   SPARTANBURG                    HAM RADIO SPOTTER IN
                                          GREER REPORTED
                                          NICKEL-SIZED HAIL COVERED
                                          THE GROUND IN EAST GREER.

BURRUS

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 125 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:38 UTC.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Caldwell

When: July 12, 6:38 PM EST
Where: Caldwell County, Collettsville
Measured: 55 kt (63 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 35.917, -81.683

Some trees were blown down.

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

Every storm in North Carolina in 2003 Every state in 2003 This day in weather history Warnings in North Carolina, July 2003

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: 5329516.