Thunderstorm Wind, Davie
- When
- July 22, 4:25 PM EST
- Where
- Davie County, 10 mi NE of Mocksville
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 36.000, -80.433
Trees were blown down along I-40.
Damaging Wind in North Carolina, July 22, 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 22, 2:27 PM EST, 1 hour 58 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 22, 2:27 PM EST, 1 hour 58 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 327 PM EDT TUE JUL 22 2003 LARGE MCS SUPPORTED BY STRONG CONVERGENCE ALONG APPROACHING FRONTAL BOUNDARY...AND UPPER SUPPORT IN THE FORM OF APPROACHING MID LEVEL SW TROUGH...AND UPPER DIVERGENCE IN RRQ OF 90+KT H2 JET...HAS PUSHED INTO THE WESTERN 1/4 OF THE FORECAST AREA. COMBINATION OF MODERATELY UNSTABLE AIRMASS AND STRENGTHENING SHEAR PROFILE IS RESULTING IN ORGANIZED...INTENSE CONVECTION ALONG THE LEADING EDGE OF THIS MCS...AND EXPECT THE SEVERE THREAT TO CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING. WE WILL ADVERTISE CATEGORICAL POPS ACROSS THE WEST THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING. THE AIRMASS HAS BECOME QUITE UNSTABLE ACROSS THE EASTERN HALF OF THE CWFA...AND WITH THE STRONG FORCING AVAILABLE... CONVECTION WILL HAVE NO PROBLEM SWEEPING TOWARD THE I-77 CORRIDOR EARLY IN THE FIRST PERIOD...SO WILL ADVERTISE CATEGORICAL POPS ACROSS THE EASTERN HALF DURING THE EARLY EVENING. THE QUESTION THEN BECOMES WHETHER OR NOT ANOTHER MCS WILL DEVELOP BEHIND THIS SYSTEM LATER TONIGHT. THE ATMOSPHERE ACROSS THE REGION WILL NO DOUBT BE EXTREMELY WORKED OVER BY THIS EVENINGS CONVECTION. MEANWHILE...THE MOST LIKELY AREA FOR NEW MCS DEVELOPMENT THIS EVENING WOULD BE AHEAD OF THE FRONT ACROSS NORTH ALABAMA/NORTH GEORGIA...WHERE THE BEST COMBO OF BL CONVERGENCE/UPPER JET DIVERGENCE WILL BE CO-LOCATED. HOWEVER...THE AIRMASS IN THIS AREA IS STRUGGLING TO RECOVER IN THE WAKE OF THE CURRENT ACTIVITY. THEREFORE...CHANCES ARE IFFY THAT WE WILL SEE ANOTHER CONVECTIVE SYSTEM TO MOVE INTO THE AREA LATER TONIGHT. WITH UNSEASONABLY STRONG FORCING PERSISTING OVERNIGHT...WILL CONTINUE WITH HIGH CHANCE TO LIKELY POPS AFTER MIDNIGHT...BUT FEEL THAT MOST OF THE EXCITEMENT SHOULD BE OVER BY MID TO LATE EVENING. THE FRONT IS EXPECTED TO HANG UP IN THE SOUTHERN AND EASTERN PORTION OF THE FORECAST AREA TOMORROW...WHICH IS ALSO WHERE THE BEST UPPER FORCING WILL SHIFT. WE WILL HOLD ON TO A LIKELY POP ACROSS THE SOUTHERN AND EASTERN TIER OF COUNTIES...MAINLY DURING THE MORNING HOURS. POPS WILL BE TAPERED BACK TO A LOW CHANCE BY TOMORROW AFTERNOON ACROSS THE WEST. THE FRONT REMAINS STALLED ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THURSDAY...BUT BECOMES MORE DIFFUSE...WHILE UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT WILL SHIFT EAST OF THE REGION. WE WILL MAINTAIN MAINLY LOW CHANCE POPS ACROSS THE AREA...WITH THE BEST CHANCE REMAINING IN THE EAST AND SOUTH. EASTERN TROUGH DEAMPLIFIES FOR THE WEEKEND...MAKING THE CURRENT DRY FORECAST FOR FRI-SUN STILL SEEM REASONABLE. MEANWHILE...MEDIUM RANGE MODELS CONTINUE TO INDICATE A REAMPLIFICATION OF THE TROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK...SO POPS WILL RETURN TO THE FORECAST. .GSP... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. LANE
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 22, 5:07 AM EST, 11 hours 18 minutes before
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-221200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 607 AM EDT TUE JUL 22 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE ANTICIPATED FOR ALL OF THE FORECAST AREA TODAY. SOME OF THE STORMS COULD REACH SEVERE LEVELS...WITH DAMAGING WIND THE GREATEST SEVERE WEATHER THREAT DURING THE AFTERNOON. MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED DURING THE STRONGEST STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE REGION AGAIN TONIGHT...AND WEDNESDAY. THERE WILL STILL BE A CHANCE OF DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TONIGHT...AND THE THREAT OF LARGE HAIL IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. CONVECTION IS EXPECTED TO BECOME MORE SCATTERED FOR WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT. BURRUS
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 22, 3:29 PM EST, 56 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
429 PM EDT TUE JUL 22 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
305 PM CARNESVILLE GA WIND DAMAGE
07/22/03 FRANKLIN TRESS DOWN IN 9 LOCATIONS
AROUND COUNTY REPORTED BY
911
DICARLOLocal storm report, Jul 22, 3:54 PM EST, 31 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
454 PM EDT TUE JUL 22 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
435 PM LAURENS SC WIND DAMAGE
07/22/03 LAURENS TREE DOWN HIGHWAY 39 IN
LAURENS.
420 PM 4 NE WARE SHOALS SC WIND DAMAGE
07/22/03 LAURENS TREES DOWN
RBNLocal storm report, Jul 22, 3:55 PM EST, 30 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
455 PM EDT TUE JUL 22 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
345 PM HWY 178 SC WIND DAMAGE
07/22/03 ANDERSON TREES DOWN REPORTED BY
HAM RADIO OPERATORS.
KRENTZLocal storm report, Jul 22, 4:08 PM EST, 17 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
508 PM EDT TUE JUL 22 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
345 PM DUE WEST SC WIND DAMAGE
07/22/03 ABBEVILLE TREES DOWN REPOSRTED BY
COUNTY 911.
KRENTZLocal storm report, Jul 22, 4:10 PM EST, 15 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
510 PM EDT TUE JUL 22 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
250 PM 12 NE ASHEVILLE NC WIND DAMAGE
07/22/03 BUNCOMBE TREES DOWN IN THE NORTH
FORK AREA...EAST OF
BARNARDSVILLE. REPORTED
BY PUBLIC.
MOORESpecial weather statement, Jul 22, 4:12 PM EST, 13 minutes before
SCZ008-222145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 512 PM EDT TUE JUL 22 2003 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS CHEROKEE COUNTY SC... AT 510 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS CHEROKEE COUNTY SOUTH CAROLINA. THE STORMS WERE ALONG AND JUST WEST OF HIGHWAY 150 FROM NORTH OF GAFFNEY TO GAFFNEY AND PACOLET MILLS. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS WILL ACCOMPANY THE STORMS AS THEY CONTINUE EAST AT ABOUT 25 MPH. RBN
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 115 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:26 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
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, July 22, 2003
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Georgia, July 22, 2003
- Wildfire in Idaho, July 22, 2003
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Wind in Virginia, July 22, 2003
- Flash Flooding and Hail in New York, July 22, 2003
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Wind in New York, July 22, 2003
- Flash Flood in New York, July 22, 2003
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Ohio, July 22 to 23, 2003
- Flash Flood in New York, July 22, 2003
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, July 22, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, July 22 to 23, 2003
- Damaging Wind in New Jersey, July 22, 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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5335000.