Thunderstorm Wind, Alexander
- When
- June 11, 7:10 PM EST
- Where
- Alexander County, Hiddenite
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 35.900, -81.083
Several trees were blown down.
Damaging Wind in North Carolina, June 11, 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 Jun 11, 1:59 PM EST, 5 hours 11 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 11, 1:59 PM EST, 5 hours 11 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 259 PM EDT WED JUN 11 2003 LAPS ANALYSIS OF CAPE SHOWS A LARGE AREA OF 4000 J/KG OR GREATER CAPE OVER NE GA AND THE UPSTATE. STORMS ARE RATHER SLOW...WITH ISOLATED HEAVY RAIN A GIVEN. A FEW SEVERE STORMS STILL EXPECTED CONSIDERING THE AMOUNT OF ENERGY TO WORK WITH. UPSTREAM...MCS HAVE DEVELOPED OVER MS AN AL...THICKNESSES WOULD LEAD STORMS TO THE FA TONIGHT IF THEY HOLD TOGETHER. I BELIEVE THAT SOME ACTIVITY WILL CONTINUE AS MID-LEVEL LOW MOVES NORTHEAST AND THE RIDGE BREAKS DOWN WHILE THE ATMOSPHERE REMAINS UNSTABLE. WILL ADVERTISE HIGH CHC OVER THE MTNS AND SOLID CHC ELSEWHERE...MAY MAKE LAST SECOND DECISION. THURSDAY...LOW MOVES OVER NEW ENGLAND WITH FA STILL IN UNSTABLE TROPICAL AIR MASS. WITH THE RIDGE WEAKENING AND FA STILL IN THE PATH OF POTENTIAL MCS WILL INCREASE POPS TO HIGH CHC EVERYWHERE AND WILL DECREASE SOMEWHAT OVERNIGHT. VERY LITTLE CHANGE FOR FRIDAY AND WILL CONTINUE HIGH CHC POPS. EXTENDED MDLS IN FLUX WITH FCST POSITION OF SFC FNT STARTING OUT TO OUR NORTH. PREV CONSENSUS WAS FNT TO REMAIN TO OUR NORTH UNTIL VERY LATE IN THE PERIOD. NOW THERE ARE INDICATIONS THE FNT MAY SLIP DOWN AS EARLY AS SUN NITE. HOWEVER MDLS DO SHOW CONSENSUS WITH LOW LEVEL MOISTURE REMAINING HIGH WITH SOME CONVERGENCE H85. SO EVEN IF FNT MOVES SOUTH EXPECT PRECIP CHC TO CONTINUE. BUT GIVEN MDL UNCERTAINTY FNT COULD BE STALLED OVER US OR EVEN TO OUR NORTH. THEREFORE WILL CONTINUE POP THRU DAY 7 WITH TEMPS CLOSE TO GUIDANCE. FCSTID = 16 GSP 069 085 068 086 / 4555 AND 070 086 068 086 / 4555 CLT 069 086 070 086 / 4545 HKY 068 084 067 083 / 4555 AVL 064 080 064 080 / 4555 NED/RWH
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 11, 5:24 AM EST, 13 hours 46 minutes before
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-111215- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 624 AM EDT WED JUN 11 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 THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A FEW OF THE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE. PLEASE SEE CAESPSGSP FOR FURTHER INFORMATION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... A COMPLEX OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY AFFECT WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA THURSDAY MORNING. DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE. OTHERWISE...SCATTERED...MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA FOR THE NEXT 7 DAYS. ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE MOST DAYS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. LANE
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 11, 3:36 PM EST, 3 hours 34 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
436 PM EDT WED JUN 11 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
200 PM TOCCOA GA WIND DAMAGE
06/11/03 STEPHENS TREES DOWN ON BRECKRIDGE
AND FALLS ROAD AND ALSO
NORTH POND ROAD NEAR
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN
TOCCOA.
TJBLocal storm report, Jun 11, 5:38 PM EST, 1 hour 32 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
638 PM EDT WED JUN 11 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
632 PM ENOREE SC WIND DAMAGE
06/11/03 SPARTANBURG COUNTY 911 REPORTS TREES
AND POWER LINES DOWN ON
MOUNTAIN SHOALS ROAD.
HGSpecial weather statement, Jun 11, 6:12 PM EST, 58 minutes before
NCZ058-120015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 712 PM EDT WED JUN 11 2003 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TO AFFECT GRAHAM COUNTY... AT 712 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH INTO THE EXTREME SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA. WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WILL ACCOMPANY THIS LINE AS IT MOVES THROUGH GRAHAM COUNTY THROUGH 8 PM. MOST AFFECTED BY THE STRONG WINDS WILL BE LOCATIONS NEAR THE TENNESSEE BORDER...AND THE AREA FROM SANTEETLAH TO TAPOCO. BRIEFLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED AS WELL. HG
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 144 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:01 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
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, June 11, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, June 11, 2003
- Flash Flood and Hail in West Virginia, June 11, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, June 11, 2003
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Mississippi, June 11 to 12, 2003
- Flash Flood and Hail in Mississippi, June 11, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, June 11, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, June 11 to 12, 2003
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, June 11, 2003
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Texas, June 11, 2003
- Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, June 11, 2003
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, June 11, 2003
More
Every storm in North Carolina in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, June 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: 5363603.