Thunderstorm Wind, Polk
- When
- June 27, 4:30 PM EST to 5:00 PM EST
- Where
- Polk County, Countywide
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 35.300, -82.167
Several trees were blown down.
Damaging Wind in North Carolina, June 27, 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 27, 2:25 PM EST, 2 hours 5 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 27, 2:25 PM EST, 2 hours 5 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 325 PM EDT FRI JUN 27 2003 NOT MUCH IS LEFT OF THE FRONTAL BAND THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS EAST TENNESSEE...AS MOST OF THE STRONGER ACTIVITY HAS BEEN CONCENTRATED IN THE MORE UNSTABLE AIR ACROSS THE DEEP SOUTH. MEANWHILE... ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED CONVECTION HAS DEVELOPED AHEAD OF THE BOUNDARY IN AN AIRMASS CHARACTERIZED BY CAPES OF AROUND 2000 J/KG. CONSIDERING THE UNSTABLE AIRMASS...AND CONTINUED CONVERGENCE ALONG THE FRONT...WILL MAINTAIN A SOLID CHANCE POP ACROSS THE ENTIRE CWFA. ALTHOUGH THE CONVECTION IS EXPECTED TO BE SOMEWHAT DIURNALLY DRIVEN...MODEL GUIDANCE...ESP THE ETA...INDICATE INCREASING OMEGA LATE TONIGHT INTO TOMORROW UNDERNEATH THE RRQ OF A 70KT H2 JETLET. FOR TOMORROW...DEEP LAYER MOISTURE BECOMES FAIRLY ABUNDANT ACROSS THE REGION...ALTHOUGH FORCING/LIFT MECHANISMS WILL BE WEAK AND SUBTLE. NEVERTHELESS...WITH THE ABUNDANT MOISTURE AVAILABLE...WILL INCREASE POPS TO AROUND 50 PERCENT IN MOST AREAS. DRIER MID/UPPER AIR WORKS ITS WAY INTO THE REGION...WHILE THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY CONTINUES TO WASH OUT IN OR NEAR THE AREA. HOWEVER...THE AREA WILL REMAIN ON THE SOUTHERN EDGE OF THE WESTERLIES DURING THIS TIME...SO LEE TROUGHING COULD ACT AS A FOCUS FOR SCATTERED AFTERNOON/EVENING CONVECTION. THE GFS REMAINS FAIRLY CONSISTENT IN DEVELOPING AN APPARENT TROPICAL SYSTEM ACROSS THE GULF SATURDAY...AND LIFTING IT RAPIDLY NORTH TOWARD THE WESTERN CAROLINAS LATE SUNDAY. PER TPC AND HPC GUIDANCE...TROPICAL DEVELOPMENT APPEARS UNLIKELY AT THIS TIME... SO WILL STAY THE COURSE WITH MAINLY DIURNAL TYPE CONVECTION THROUGH MONDAY. THIS TYPE OF PATTERN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH AT LEAST WEDNESDAY. .GSP... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. LANE
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 27, 5:25 AM EST, 11 hours 5 minutes before
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-271215- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 625 AM EDT FRI JUN 27 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION TODAY AND STALL...FINALLY EXITING THE REGION SUNDAY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED TODAY. SOME OF THE STORMS COULD BECOME STRONG...CONTAINING WIND GUSTS TO NEAR 40 MPH OR SOME SMALL HAIL. THEY COULD ALSO BE HEAVY RAIN PRODUCERS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... THE CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE SATURDAY AND SUNDAY...WITH THE HIGHEST CHANCES OF RAIN ON SATURDAY. SOME OF THE STORMS SATURDAY COULD BECOME SEVERE. AFTER THE COLD FRONT LEAVES THE AREA...A SUMMERTIME PATTERN OF AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED FOR MOST OF NEXT WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY. BURRUS
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 12:05 PM EST, 4 hours 25 minutes before
GAZ018-026-028-029-NCZ034>037-054>057-066>072-082-SCZ004>014-019- 272245- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 105 PM EDT FRI JUN 27 2003 ...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE IN THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... AS OF THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS FRIDAY...A COLD FRONT EXTENDED ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS...ALONG A LINE FROM HICKORY TO RUTHERFORDTON AND SOUTHWEST TO WALHALLA. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALREADY DEVELOPING ALONG THE FRONT IN THE NORTH CAROLINA FOOTHILLS. AS THESE STORMS MOVE EAST...INTO MORE UNSTABLE AIR...A FEW OF THEM COULD BECOME SEVERE. THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS ONE THAT PRODUCES WINDS OF 58 MPH OR GREATER...HAIL THE SIZE OF PENNIES OR LARGER OR ANY DAMAGE. THE AREA WITH THE BEST CHANCE OF SEEING SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE THE NORTH CAROLINA PIEDMONT. THIS INCLUDES THE INTERSTATE 77 CORRIDOR AND THE CHARLOTTE METRO AREA. HOWEVER...AN ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM COULD OCCUR JUST ABOUT ANYWHERE EAST OF THE MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SPOTTER GROUPS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO ACTIVATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. DISPATCHERS SHOULD ENSURE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS ARE AWARE OF THIS INFORMATION. MCAVOY
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 47 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:31 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 Wind in Minnesota, June 27, 2003
- Flooding in Iowa, June 27 to 30, 2003
- Damaging Winds in Nebraska, June 27, 2003
- Heavy Rain in Louisiana, June 27, 2003
- Hail in Kansas, June 27, 2003
- Hail in Kansas, June 27, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, June 27, 2003
- Tornadoes and Hail in North Dakota, June 27, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Massachusetts, June 27, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Iowa, June 27, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, June 27, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Maine, June 27, 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: 5363619.