1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 3, 2:10 PM EST, 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 310 PM EDT TUE JUN 3 2003 RADAR DEPICTS LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING EAST THROUGH THE PIEDMONT COUNTIES. THIS LINE SHOULD EXIT THE CWA DURING THE EVENING HOURS. OTHERWISE...WARM FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO LIFT NORTH OF THE AREA TONIGHT AS THE COLD FRONT TRAILING SW FROM THE LOWER OH VALLEY LOW CENTER WILL APPROACH THE WRN APPALACHIANS. UPPER VORT MAX OVER THE REGION PRESENTLY WILL MOVE EAST OF THE AREA OVERNIGHT...AND CHC CATEGORY POPS SHOULD COVER ANY ADDITIONAL CONVECTION THAT MAY DEVELOP AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT OVERNIGHT. GIVEN ONSET OF MID LEVEL DRYING AND ABUNDANT PRECIPITATION TODAY...WILL INTRODUCE OVERNIGHT FOG MENTION. A SECOND SHORTWAVE WILL SLIDE EASTWARD TOMORROW SOUTH OF THE GREAT LAKES UPPER VORTEX BUT WITH WEAKER FORCING THAN THE ONE TODAY. MOST OF THE LIFT WILL HAVE TO BE SUPPLIED BY LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE ASSOCIATED WITH THE COLD FRONT. CONSIDERABLE TIMING DIFFERENCES CONTINUE IN THE MODELS WITH THE GFS THE FASTEST WITH THE FRONT AND DRIEST THROUGH WED...WHILE THE ETA SLOWS THE FRONT DOWN CROSSING THE APPALACHIANS. INSTABILITY BUBBLES UP EARLY IN PIEDMONT SECTIONS WED BUT THEN GETS QUICKLY SHUNTED EAST DURING THE DAY. GIVEN TREMENDOUS MID AND UPPER LEVEL DRYING THROUGH TOMORROW...WILL USE LOW CHC POPS FOR CONVECTION WITH THE FROPA WED AND REMOVE EVENING CHC AS A HEDGE TOWARD THE FASTER GFS. AFTER A QUIET POST FROPA THU...SFC BOUNDARY STALLS OVER THE SOUTHEAST WITH VARYING DEGREES OF RETURN FLOW AND MOISTURE MOVING BACK IN ON FRIDAY. COMPROMISE SOLUTION IS TO INCREASE CLOUDS BUT HOLD OFF AN ANY POPS UNTIL FRI NIGHT PERIOD. CONSENSUS SOLUTION IS FOR NEXT FRONTAL SYSTEM TO MOVE INTO THE APPALACHIANS FROM THE WEST ON SAT AND THEN STALL...AS A DEEPER LOW PRES SYSTEM OVER THE SRN PLAINS SLIDES EAST FOR SUNDAY. THIS ONE TWO PUNCH OVER THE WEEKEND INTO NEXT MONDAY COULD BRING HEAVY RAINFALL BACK INTO THE REGION. IT IS A LITTLE TOO EARLY TO NAIL DOWN THE PREFERRED THREAT PERIOD...SO WILL HOLD OFF ON A FLOOD POTENTIAL OUTLOOK FOR NOW. FCSTID = 33 GSP 64 81 61 81 / 50 30 20 10 AND 63 82 60 82 / 50 30 10 10 CLT 66 83 62 81 / 60 40 20 10 HKY 62 80 59 79 / 50 40 20 10 AVL 59 77 54 76 / 40 30 20 10 .GSP... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. HG
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-031200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 559 AM EDT TUE JUN 3 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR TODAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY AND AGAIN FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. RWH
The Greer radar (KGSP), 164 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:41 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Outbuildings and a garage were damaged. A chimney was damaged at a residence. Also, some trees were blown down.
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