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 Jul 12, 9:37 PM EST, 58 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1037 PM EDT SAT JUL 12 2003 CONVECTION CONTINUES TO FIRE AHEAD OF A MAJOR SHORTWAVE AND TROF AXIS DIGGING INTO THE SOUTHEAST. A MAJOR FLASH FLOOD IS IN PROGRESS IN THE SOUTHERN FOOTHILLS...FLOOD WATCH FOR THE FOOTHILLS HAS ALREADY BEEN ISSUED FOR THE FOOTHILLS...AND SOME OF THE PIEDMONT. RAISED POPS TO 40 FOR THE UPSTATE AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA. KEPT CHANCE POPS IN FOR THE FAR WESTERN MOUNTAINS. FCSTID = 44 GSP 68 86 67 87 / 40 40 40 30 AND 68 86 68 87 / 40 40 40 30 CLT 68 87 67 87 / 40 40 40 30 HKY 66 84 66 84 / 50 40 40 30 AVL 62 81 62 81 / 30 40 40 30 .GSP... GA...NONE. NC...FLOOD WATCH FOR TONIGHT FOR ZONES NCZ054>056...NCZ067>070. SC...NONE. BURRUS
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
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
1014 PM EDT SAT JUL 12 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1010 PM MT HOLLY NC .88 INCH HAIL
07/12/03 GASTON HAM REPORTED DIME SIZE
HAIL AND POWER OUT IN MT
HOLLY. ALSO POWER OUT AT
SPENCER MTN AND NWS
WEATHER RADIO FOR CLT
AREA.
TJBPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
1038 PM EDT SAT JUL 12 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1005 PM 12 S MARION NC .75 INCH HAIL
07/12/03 MCDOWELL 911 CENTER REPORTED DIME
SIZE HAIL ALONG THE
MCDOWELL/RUTHERFORD LINE
SOUTH OF MARION.
TJBNCZ054>056-067>072-130415- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1038 PM EDT SAT JUL 12 2003 ...THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING SEVERE WEATHER AND FLASH FLOODING ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE NORTH CAROLINA PIEDMONT AND FOOTHILLS... AT 1032 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SLOW MOVING OR NEARLY STATIONARY THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO DEVELOP ALONG A LINE FROM 3 MILES SOUTH OF OLD FORT...TO CASAR...TO LINCOLNTON...TO CHARLOTTE. THE STRONGEST STORMS IN THIS LINE ARE PRODUCING HAIL TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES...AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. IN ADDITION...THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS AND THEIR TENDENCY TO DEVELOP AND REPEATEDLY MOVE OVER THE SAME AREAS WAS RESULTING IN RAINFALL RATES AS HIGH AS 2 INCHES PER HOUR. THIS TORRENTIAL RAINFALL HAS ALREADY RESULTED IN FLASH FLOODING ACROSS SOUTHERN MCDOWELL COUNTY. AS THESE STORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND MOVE OVER THE SAME AREAS... FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY TO DEVELOP OVER NORTHERN RUTHERFORD COUNTY...AND WILL BECOME POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTHERN CLEVELAND AND LINCOLN COUNTIES AS THE EVENING PROGRESSES. IN ADDITION...THE STRONGER STORMS WITHIN THE LINE WILL REMAIN CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR THE MEDIA FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. IF YOU LIVE ALONG CREEKS OR STREAMS IN THE AFOREMENTIONED AREAS...ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT ARE PRONE TO FLOOODING...BE PREPARED TO ACT QUICKLY IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED...OR A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED. LANE
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
1048 PM EDT SAT JUL 12 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1005 PM MT HOLLY NC WIND DAMAGE
07/12/03 GASTON SEVERAL 4-5 DIAMETER
TREES DOWN AND NUMEROUS
LARGE LIMBS DOWN.
REPORTED BY SPOTTER.
LANEPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
1051 PM EDT SAT JUL 12 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1040 PM 5 ESE LINCOLNTON NC WIND DAMAGE
07/12/03 LINCOLN HAM REPORTED HIGH WINDS
AND LIMBS 2 INCHES IN
DIAMETER BLOWN OFF TREES.
1035 PM 9 N RUTHERFORDTON NC WIND DAMAGE
07/12/03 RUTHERFORD 911 CENTER RELAYED REPORT
OF TREES DOWN IN UNION
MILLS AREA.
TJBPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
1105 PM EDT SAT JUL 12 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1100 PM 11 NW GASTONIA NC .75 INCH HAIL
07/12/03 GASTON 911 CENTER REPORTED DIME
SIZE HAIL AND SOME LARGE
LIMBS DOWN NW OF
GASTONIA.
1100 PM 11 NW GASTONIA NC WIND DAMAGE
07/12/03 GASTON 911 CENTER REPORTED LARGE
LIMBS DOWN NW OF
GASTONIA.
TJBThe Greer radar (KGSP), 128 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:33 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A tree was blown onto a house.
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