Thunderstorm Wind, Rutherford
- When
- July 16, 5:10 PM EST
- Where
- Rutherford County, Rutherfordton
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 35.367, -81.967
Trees were blown down.
Damaging Wind in North Carolina, July 16, 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 16, 1:50 PM EST, 3 hours 20 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 16, 1:50 PM EST, 3 hours 20 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 250 PM EDT WED JUL 16 2003 18Z SFC ANALYSIS DEPICTS A WEAK FRONT STRETCHED FROM THE CENTRAL APPALACHIANS TO THE MID MS RIVER VALLEY...WITH A SFC TROUGH OVER THE FOOTHILLS OF THE CAROLINAS JUST EAST OF THE BLUE RIDGE. RADAR SHOWS ISOLATED CONVECTION WHICH HAS FINALLY OVERCOME THE WARM TEMPERATURES ALOFT. AS THE BOUNDARY TO THE NW SLIPS SLOWLY TOWARD THE AREA...AND OUTFLOWS FROM THE ONGOING CONVECTION CONT...COVERAGE SHOULD SLOWLY INCREASE ACROSS THE WRN CAROLINAS AND NE GA THROUGH SUNSET AND THEN DISSIPATE BY MIDNIGHT. WILL THUS USE EVENING CHC POPS IN THE FORECAST. FRONT WASHES OUT UPON APPROACH TOMORROW WITH A RESIDUAL TROUGH AXIS THROUGH THE FORECAST AREA. INSTABILITY POOLS ALONG THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE FRONT WITH ETA SUGGESTING 2500 TO 3000 J/KG CAPES BY AFTERNOON. A CAPPING INVERSION IS PRESENT IN MOST SOUNDINGS...WHICH SHOULD DELAY SIGNIFICANT CONVECTION UNTIL MID TO LATE AFTERNOON...BUT SCATTERED COVERAGE OF STRONG STORMS IS LIKELY AGAIN TOMORROW WITH MID LEVEL DRY PUNCH AND LOW WET BULB ZEROES. CHARACTER OF PRECIPITATION WILL REMAIN MAINLY DIURNAL IN NATURE FROM TOMORROW THROUGH NEXT MONDAY...WITH ANOTHER WEAK BOUNDARY WASHING OUT OVER THE FORECAST AREA EARLY THIS WEEKEND. MEDIUM RANGE CONSENSUS IS FOR A STRONGER SHORTWAVE TO LOAD UP OVER MANITOBA LATE IN THE WEEKEND AND CARVE OUT ANOTHER EASTERN TROUGH BY EARLY NEXT WEEK. THIS SYSTEM SHOULD PUSH A STRONGER FRONT FROM THE GREAT LAKES TO THE FORECAST AREA BY TUESDAY...WITH ANOTHER ROUND OF SEVERE WEATHER POSSIBLE. SOME DRYING IS LIKELY BEHIND THE SYSTEM STARTING WED. FCSTID = 33 GSP 70 90 70 89 / 40 30 30 30 AND 70 90 70 90 / 40 30 30 30 CLT 70 90 70 89 / 40 40 40 30 HKY 67 88 67 89 / 40 30 30 30 AVL 63 85 62 86 / 40 30 30 30 .GSP... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. HG
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 16, 5:00 AM EST, 12 hours 10 minutes before
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-161200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 600 AM EDT WED JUL 16 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TODAY AND PERSIST INTO THE EVENING. THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY THAT A FEW COULD PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS...LARGE HAIL...OR LOCALIZED FLOODING. FOR MORE INFORMATION...SEE THE SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK (SPSGSP) ISSUED AT 410 AM. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD DEVELOP EVERY DAY THROUGH NEXT TUESDAY...MAINLY IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ON ANY GIVEN DAY...ONE OR TWO COULD PRODUCE SEVERE WEATHER. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED. MOORE
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 16, 3:33 PM EST, 1 hour 37 minutes before
SCZ012-162100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 433 PM EDT WED JUL 16 2003 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM TO AFFECT LAURENS COUNTY THROUGH 5 PM... AT 429 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 2 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LAURENS...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. RADAR INDICATES THAT THIS THUNDERSTORM IS PRODUCING AN OUTFLOW OF WINDS IN THE 40 TO 50 MPH RANGE. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL AFFECT THE AREA FROM JOANNA TO CROSS HILL BY 440 PM. TORRENTIAL RAINFALL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND PEA SIZE HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM AS WELL. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL CLOSELY MONITOR THIS THUNDERSTORM IN CASE A WARNING BECOMES NECESSARY. HG
Local storm report, Jul 16, 3:54 PM EST, 1 hour 16 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
454 PM EDT WED JUL 16 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
420 PM LENOIR NC .75 INCH HAIL
07/16/03 CALDWELL DIME SIZE HAIL AT
SHERIFFS OFFICE
LGLLocal storm report, Jul 16, 4:30 PM EST, 40 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
530 PM EDT WED JUL 16 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
424 PM 10 SW NEWTON NC .75 INCH HAIL
07/16/03 CATAWBA HAM REPORT.
JATLocal storm report, Jul 16, 4:30 PM EST, 40 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED FOR TIME OF EVENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
530 PM EDT WED JUL 16 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
524 PM 10 SW NEWTON NC .75 INCH HAIL
07/16/03 CATAWBA HAM REPORT.
JATLocal storm report, Jul 16, 4:32 PM EST, 38 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
532 PM EDT WED JUL 16 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
515 PM 5 E MOCKSVILLE NC WIND DAMAGE
07/16/03 DAVIE EOC REPORTS TREE ON
HOUSE.
JATLocal storm report, Jul 16, 5:04 PM EST, 6 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED FOR TIME OF EVENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
530 PM EDT WED JUL 16 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
524 PM 10 SW NEWTON NC .75 INCH HAIL
07/16/03 CATAWBA HAM REPORT.
JATThe radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 58 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:11 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
- Wildfire in California, July 16 to 24, 2003
- Wildfire in Montana, July 16 to 27, 2003
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Georgia, July 16, 2003
- Wildfire in Washington, July 16, 2003
- Flood in Alaska, July 16 to 17, 2003
- Tropical Storm in Texas, July 16, 2003
- Tropical Storm in Texas, July 16, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, July 16, 2003
- Tropical Storm and Flash Flooding in Texas, July 16 to 17, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, July 16, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Montana, July 16, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Wind in North Carolina, July 16, 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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5329731.