Thunderstorm Wind, Macon
- When
- July 13, 12:38 PM EST
- Where
- Macon County, 2 mi S of Franklin
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 35.167, -83.400
Hail and Damaging Wind in North Carolina, July 13, 2003
1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 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
- 2
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 13, 7:56 AM EST, 4 hours 42 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 13, 7:56 AM EST, 4 hours 42 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 856 AM EDT SUN JUL 13 2003 EARLY UPDATE TO INCREASE POPS THIS MORNING TO CHANCE. RADAR SHOWS CONVECTION FIRING ALONG BOUNDARY IN SMOKY MOUNTAINS. EARLIER ACTIVITY FIZZLED IN UPPER SAVANNAH RIVER VALLEY. INCREASED CLOUDS TODAY AND LOWERED MAX T ONE DEGREE. UPDATED TEMP/DEW POINT AND WIND FIELDS TO REFLECT CURRENT OBS AND LATEST PROGS. FCSTID = 7 GSP 85 67 87 68 / 50 60 30 30 AND 85 68 87 69 / 50 60 30 30 CLT 86 67 87 68 / 50 60 50 50 HKY 83 66 84 67 / 50 60 40 40 AVL 80 62 81 63 / 50 60 30 30 .GSP... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. O7
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 13, 3:50 AM EST, 8 hours 48 minutes before
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-131100- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 450 AM EDT SUN JUL 13 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 FORECAST AREA IN RESPONSE TO AN UPPER LEVEL TROF MOVING EAST TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST U.S.. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. .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. RB
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 13, 8:52 AM EST, 3 hours 46 minutes before
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-132000- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 952 AM EDT SUN JUL 13 2003 ...SEVERE WEATHER POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY THIS AFTERNOON. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE...PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND AND LARGE HAIL. IN ADDITION...THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING. SPOTTER GROUPS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO ACTIVATE QUICKLY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. DISPATCHERS SHOULD ENSURE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS ARE AWARE OF THIS INFORMATION. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET FOR THE LATEST UPDATES CONCERNING THIS POTENTIAL SEVERE WEATHER SITUATION. 07
The radar
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 111 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:40 UTC.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Macon
- When
- July 13, 12:38 PM EST
- Where
- Macon County, 2 mi S of Franklin
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 35.167, -83.400
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.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Hail in Arkansas, July 13, 2003
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Georgia, July 13, 2003
- Flood in Indiana, July 13 to 29, 2003
- Flash Flooding and Hail in North Carolina, July 13, 2003
- Tornado in North Dakota, July 13, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, July 13, 2003
- Tornado in South Carolina, July 13, 2003
- Tornado in South Carolina, July 13, 2003
- Hail in Michigan, July 13, 2003
- Tornado and Hail in South Carolina, July 13, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, July 13, 2003
- Hail in South Carolina, July 13, 2003
More
Every storm in North Carolina in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5329597, 5329598.