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 16, 1:50 PM EST, 3 hours 37 minutes earlier.
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
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
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.
JATPRELIMINARY 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.
JATPRELIMINARY 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.
JATPRELIMINARY 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.
JATPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
619 PM EDT WED JUL 16 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
610 PM RUTHERFORDTON NC WIND DAMAGE
07/16/03 RUTHERFORD COUNTY EOC REPORTS TREES
DOWN COUNTYWIDE.
615 PM 7 SE LINCOLNTON NC .75 INCH HAIL
07/16/03 LINCOLN SKYWARN SPOTTER REPORTS
PENNY SIZE HAIL.
HGNCZ070-071-162330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 624 PM EDT WED JUL 16 2003 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TO AFFECT THE CHARLOTTE METRO AREA THROUGH 8 PM... AT 624 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH INTO GASTON AND MECKLENBURG COUNTIES. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...SMALL HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL. THE AREA FROM GASTONIA TO LAKE NORMAN WILL BE AFFECTED THROUGH 7 PM...WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS REACHING CHARLOTTE BY 730 PM. THE TORRENTIAL RAINFALL WILL LIKELY PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE STANDING WATER IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL CLOSELY MONITOR THESE THUNDERSTORMS IN CASE A WARNING BECOMES NECESSARY. HG
The Greer radar (KGSP), 61 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:26 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Numerous trees and power lines were blown down.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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