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</html>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
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.
TJBPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
1157 PM EDT SAT JUL 12 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1135 PM 7 W HUNTERSVILLE NC WIND DAMAGE
07/12/03 MECKLENBURG 911 TREE ON HOUSE N OF
CHARLOTTE AND WEST OF
HUNTERSVILLE.
TJBPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
1205 AM EDT SUN JUL 13 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1145 PM 16 NE RUTHERFORDTON NC FLASH FLOOD
07/12/03 RUTHERFORD 911 CENTER REPORTED HWY
226 FLOODED AND
IMPASSABLE NEAR GIRL
SCOUT CAMP ROAD.
TJBPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
1226 AM EDT SUN JUL 13 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1205 AM N. FORK ROAD NC FLASH FLOOD
07/13/03 RUTHERFORD COUNTY 911 OFFICIALS
REPORTED MUDSLIDE
BLOCKING N. FORK ROAD.
KRENTZThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flooding continued across the county through dawn, with many roads remaining closed.
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, July 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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5329832.