Damaging Wind in North Carolina, July 29, 2003

Name: Damaging Wind in North Carolina, July 29, 2003
Start: 2003-07-29T17:30
End: 2003-07-29T17:30
Location: North Carolina

July 29, 2003 · NWS GSP · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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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 29, 5:08 PM EST, 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 29, 5:08 PM EST, 22 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
608 PM EDT TUE JUL 29 2003

AFTER COORDINATION WITH SPC...WILL UPDATE TO CLEAR THE NORTH
CAROLINA FOOTHILLS AND THE WESTERN UPSTATE...INCLUDING GREENVILLE
AND SPARTANBURG FROM THE CURRENT SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. LAPS
ANALYSIS SHOWS LITTLE RESIDUAL INSTABILITY IN WORKED OVER AIRMASS
AND VAD WIND PROFILE SHOWS LITTLE SHEAR REMAINING WITH 15 KT
WESTERLY FLOW UP THE COLUMN.

FCSTID =   33

.GSP...
GA...NONE.
NC...NONE.
SC...NONE.

HG

Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 29, 3:58 AM EST, 13 hours 32 minutes before

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014-
019-291100-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
458 AM EDT TUE JUL 29 2003

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE
EXTENDED PERIOD.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED ATT HIS TIME.

RB

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 29, 3:41 PM EST, 1 hour 49 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
441 PM EDT TUE JUL 29 2003

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

434 PM     VALDESE                   NC   .75 INCH HAIL
07/29/03   BURKE                          HAM REPORTED DIME SIZED
                                          HAIL.

441 PM     3 E BETHLEHEM             NC   WIND DAMAGE
07/29/03   ALEXANDER                      SPOTTER REPORTED 4-5
                                          LIMBS BLOWING OFF TREES
                                          AND PEA SIZE HAIL.

LAMB

Local storm report, Jul 29, 4:22 PM EST, 1 hour 8 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
522 PM EDT TUE JUL 29 2003

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

500 PM     SPARTANBURG               SC   WIND DAMAGE
07/29/03   SPARTANBURG                    COUNTY 911 REPORTED TREES
                                          AND POWERLINES DOWN AT
                                          INTSCN OF CANNONS
                                          CAMPGROUND RD AND
                                          CONVERSE RD.

520 PM     0.5 S FALLSTON            NC   WIND DAMAGE
07/29/03   CLEVELAND                      HAM REPORTED 2 ROOFS
                                          BLOWN OFF MOBILE HOMES
                                          NEAR JIM CLINE RD AND HWY
                                          18.

LAMB

Local storm report, Jul 29, 4:46 PM EST, 44 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
546 PM EDT TUE JUL 29 2003

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

522 PM     WOODLEAF                  NC   .75 INCH HAIL
07/29/03   ROWAN                          WOODLEAF F.D. REPORTED
                                          DIME SIZE HAIL AND GUSTY
                                          WIND.

LAMB

Local storm report, Jul 29, 4:53 PM EST, 37 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
553 PM EDT TUE JUL 29 2003

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

520 PM     FALLSTON                  NC   WIND DAMAGE
07/29/03   CLEVELAND                      UPDATE TO PREVOUS LSR.
                                          NUMEROUS TREES UPROOTED
                                          OR SNAPPED OFF HALFWAYUP.
                                          OUTBUILDINGS BLOWN INTO
                                          THE HIGHWAY. ONE MOBILE
                                          HOME LOST ROOF WHILE MAN
                                          WAS INSIDE. NO INJURIES.
                                          REPORTED BY COUNTY 911
                                          CENTER.

LAMB

Special weather statement, Jul 29, 5:15 PM EST, 15 minutes before

NCZ034-054-055-066-067-SCZ002-003-005>007-010>012-019-292245-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
615 PM EDT TUE JUL 29 2003

THE NORTH CAROLINA FOOTHILLS AND THE WESTERN UPSTATE OF SOUTH
CAROLINA HAVE BEEN CLEARED FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH # 812.
THIS CLEARANCE AFFECTS THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN NORTH CAROLINA...

CALDWELL...BURKE...MCDOWELL...RUTHERFORD...AND POLK.

AND THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN SOUTH CAROLINA...

PICKENS...GREENVILLE...SPARTANBURG...LAURENS...ANDERSON...ABBEVILLE.
...AND GREENWOOD.

THE STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY HAS MOVED EAST OF THE
AREA. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY STILL DEVELOP ACROSS
THE REGION THIS EVENING...BUT THEY ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW
SEVERE LEVELS.

HG

Local storm report, Jul 29, 5:29 PM EST, 1 minute before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
629 PM EDT TUE JUL 29 2003

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

610 PM     BELMONT                   NC   WIND DAMAGE
07/29/03   GASTON                         TREES DOWN...INCLUDING
                                          ONE THAT DAMAGED A POOL
                                          AT A PRIVATE RESIDENCE.

MCAVOY

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 165 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:30 UTC.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Rowan

When: July 29, 5:30 PM EST
Where: Rowan County, China Grove
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 35.567, -80.600

A couple of fruit trees were blown down.

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

Every storm in North Carolina in 2003 Every state in 2003 This day in weather history Warnings 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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5329910.