1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 4, 12:50 PM EST, 25 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 150 PM EDT WED JUN 4 2003 WILL DO A QUICK UPDATE TO ACCOUNT FOR THE MOVEMENT OF THE FRONT...WHICH HAS CURRENTLY SLIDE JUST EAST OF THE MOUNTAINS. WILL DROP POPS OFF THE MOUNTAINS AND HOLD ONTO ISOLATED MENTION OVER THE SC/GA MOUNTAINS. WILL ALSO TWEAK TEMP AND SKY. INSTABILITY INCREASING AHEAD OF THE FRONT. CONVECTION ALREADY OCCURRING OVER THE EASTERN FIFTH OF THE CWA. DO EXPECT TO SEE CONVECTION ALSO INITIATE OVER THE FOOTHILLS AS MODELS SHOW GOOD MOISTURE CONVERGENCE. THETA-E LAPSE WOULD INDICATE THAT THE PRIMARY THREAT WOULD MAINLY BE FOR DAMAGING DOWNBURSTS. FCSTID = 16 GSP 81 58 82 62 / 30 20 10 10 AND 82 57 83 62 / 30 20 10 10 CLT 82 60 82 62 / 40 40 10 10 HKY 79 57 80 60 / 30 20 10 10 AVL 77 53 76 57 / 10 10 10 10 .GSP... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. NED
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-041720- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1123 AM EDT WED JUN 4 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE OVER THE NORTH CAROLINA FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT THIS AFTERNOON. PLEASE SEE THE SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK (SPSGSP) FOR FURTHER DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... A DAILY CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXISTS SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. NED
NCZ004>006-034>037-054>057-066>072-082-VAZ043-044-042200- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1115 AM EDT WED JUN 4 2003 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE NORTH CAROLINA FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT... AFTER RECENT RAINFALL...THE LOWER LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE WILL REMAIN VERY MOIST THIS AFTERNOON. AS THE TEMPERATURES RISE TO THE UPPER 70S AND THE LOWER 80S EAST OF THE MOUNTAINS...THE ENVIRONMENT WILL BECOME MODERATELY UNSTABLE. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL LIFT THE UNSTABLE AIR...LEADING TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. OVER THE NORTH CAROLINA FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT...THE ENVIRONMENT WILL BECOME MORE SUITABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AS THE WIND FIELDS ALOFT ARE STRONG AND DRY AIR WILL MOVE OVER THE AREA. DAMAGING WINDS WILL REMAIN THE MAIN THREAT WITH THESE STORMS...HOWEVER...HAIL THE SIZE OF PENNIES OR LARGER IS ALSO POSSIBLE. SPOTTER GROUPS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO ACTIVATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. DISPATCHERS SHOULD ENSURE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS ARE AWARE OF THIS INFORMATION. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.ERH.NOAA.GOV/GSP NED
NCZ034>037-054>057-066>072-082-042200- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED FOR COUNTY CODES NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1115 AM EDT WED JUN 4 2003 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE NORTH CAROLINA FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT... AFTER RECENT RAINFALL...THE LOWER LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE WILL REMAIN VERY MOIST THIS AFTERNOON. AS THE TEMPERATURES RISE TO THE UPPER 70S AND THE LOWER 80S EAST OF THE MOUNTAINS...THE ENVIRONMENT WILL BECOME MODERATELY UNSTABLE. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL LIFT THE UNSTABLE AIR...LEADING TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. OVER THE NORTH CAROLINA FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT...THE ENVIRONMENT WILL BECOME MORE SUITABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AS THE WIND FIELDS ALOFT ARE STRONG AND DRY AIR WILL MOVE OVER THE AREA. DAMAGING WINDS WILL REMAIN THE MAIN THREAT WITH THESE STORMS...HOWEVER...HAIL THE SIZE OF PENNIES OR LARGER IS ALSO POSSIBLE. SPOTTER GROUPS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO ACTIVATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. DISPATCHERS SHOULD ENSURE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS ARE AWARE OF THIS INFORMATION. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.ERH.NOAA.GOV/GSP NED
The Greer radar (KGSP), 150 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:14 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A barn was demolished, and a large tractor shed was damaged. A large tree was also blown down.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in North Carolina in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, June 2003
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