Thunderstorm Wind, Guilford
- When
- June 27, 5:30 PM EST
- Where
- Guilford County, Greensboro
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 36.067, -79.800
Damaging Winds in North Carolina, June 27, 2003
2 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
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- Wind
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- 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
- 2
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 Raleigh, NC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 27, 1:25 PM EST, 4 hours 5 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 27, 1:25 PM EST, 4 hours 5 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 225 PM EDT FRI JUN 27 2003 FRONT WILL SAG OVER AREA TONIGHT AND BECOME DIFFUSE BY SUNDAY WITH QUITE A BIT OF RESIDUAL MOISTURE REMAINING IN PLACE. SHORT TERM MODELS POINT TO WEAK IMPULSES MOVING ACROSS AREA THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY AS WEAK UPPER TROUGH APPROACHES FROM WEST. GOOD CONVECTION FIRING THIS AFTERNOON OVER ALABAMA SEEMS TO LINE UP WITH UPPER IMPULSE WHICH IS FORECASTED TO MOVE OVER CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA LATER TONIGHT. THIS FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER ONE SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT. WILL KEEP CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. HEIGHTS BEGIN TO INCREASE SUNDAY SO LOOK FOR MORE OF A DIURNAL TYPE CONVECTIVE PATTERN SUNDAY. FOR MON THROUGH JULY 4TH: MODELS CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON WEAK SMALL-SCALE FEATURES TO ACT ON GOOD MOISTURE IN PLACE TO GENERATE PRECIP MON AND TUE. HARD TO HAVE FAITH IN EXISTENCE AND MOVEMENT OF THESE PERTURBATIONS IN SUCH A WEAK STEERING FLOW. MODELS IN GENERAL AGREE ON WASHING OUT THE SURFACE FRONT ALTHOUGH THEY STILL WANT TO BRING SURFACE WAVES UP FROM THE GULF THROUGH MID WEEK. WILL PLAY IT CONSERVATIVE AND KEEP THE CURRENT CHANCE POPS -- PRIMARILY DIURNAL-- FOR MON/TUE WITH SLIGHTLY LOWER POPS WED AS THE WEAK UPPER JET (AND ANY POTENTIAL LIFT FROM IT) EXITS. REMAIN DRY THU/FRI WITH NEAR-CLIMATOLOGY TEMPS... ALL IN LINE WITH HPC GUIDANCE AND THE NEW GFS. .RAH...NONE. SWH/GIH
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 27, 5:04 AM EST, 12 hours 26 minutes before
NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088-089-281005- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 604 AM EDT FRI JUN 27 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 5:05 PM EST, 25 minutes before
NCZ022-023-272300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 605 PM EDT FRI JUN 27 2003 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS GUILFORD AND INTO WESTERN ALAMANCE COUNTIES THROUGH 700 PM EDT... AT 605 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM LAKE TOWNSEND TO ARCHDALE...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE...MONTICELLO...MCLEANSVILLE...FOREST OAKS...CLIMAX AND ALTAMAHAW. GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND DANGEROUS CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS JUST EAST OF LAKE TOWNSEND ARE PRODUCING AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF DEADLY LIGHTNING. SEEK SHELTER INDOORS AND STAY AWAY FROM THE WINDOWS. DO NOT USE THE TELEPHONE UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU CANNOT SEEK SHELTER INDOORS AUTOMOBILES CAN PROVIDE ADEQUATE SHELTER. JO
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 115 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:29 UTC.
Event by event
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Guilford
- When
- June 27, 5:45 PM EST
- Where
- Guilford County, Greensboro
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- BROADCAST MEDIA
- Coordinates
- 36.067, -79.800
Trees were blown down, damaging an apartment complex near Four Seasons Mall.
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
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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: 5364916, 5364915.