Thunderstorm Wind, Gaston
- When
- November 19, 7:30 AM EST
- Where
- Gaston County, Dallas
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 35.317, -81.183
Trees and power lines were blown down.
Damaging Wind in North Carolina, November 19, 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
- $1,000
- 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 Nov 19, 7:25 AM EST, 5 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 19, 7:25 AM EST, 5 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 725 AM EST WED NOV 19 2003 .DISCUSSION... WILL UPDATE FOR REPLACEMENT TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 967 FOR THE NC NRN FOOTHILLS AND ERN PIEDMONT. SHEAR AXIS MOVING EAST IN THE PIEDMONT SHOULD CONFINE SEVERE THREAT MAINLY TOWARD THE INTERSTATE 77 CORRIDOR BY MID MORNING. && .GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...FLOOD WATCH TODAY GAZ010...GAZ017>018. NC...FLOOD WATCH TODAY NC MTNS AND FOOTHILLS. SC...FLOOD WATCH TODAY SCZ001>007. $& HG
Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 19, 6:00 AM EST, 1 hour 30 minutes before
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-191245- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 600 AM EST WED NOV 19 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT OF THE CAROLINAS THIS MORNING. THIS LINE COULD PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH THIS MORNING...AND POSSIBLY ISOLATED TORNADOES. SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL REDEVELOP BEHIND THIS LINE IN THE AFTERNOON...AFFECTING THE MOUNTAINS IN THE EARLY AFTERNOON AND THEN REACHING THE INTERSTATE 77 CORRIDOR BY LATE AFTERNOON. THIS SECOND ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS IS MORE LIKELY TO PRODUCE LARGE HAIL. PLEASE SEE THE SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK... CAESPSGSP...FOR FURTHER DETAILS. WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE REGION THIS MORNING WILL ALSO PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL BEFORE TAPERING OFF FROM THE WEST BY NOON. RAINFALL AMOUNTS COULD TOTAL 3 TO 6 INCHES ACROSS THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS...ESPECIALLY ON THE SOUTHERN AND EASTERN ESCARPMENTS...BY THE TIME THE PRECIPITATION DIMINISHES. PLEASE SEE THE FLOOD WATCH...CAEFFAGSP...FOR MORE INFORMATION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED. HG
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Nov 19, 6:20 AM EST, 1 hour 10 minutes before
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-191300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 620 AM EST WED NOV 19 2003 ...THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES HAVE BEEN CLEARED FROM TORNADO WATCH 965... IN GEORGIA... ELBERT...FRANKLIN...HABERSHAM...HART...RABUN...STEPHENS. IN NORTH CAROLINA... AVERY...BUNCOMBE...GRAHAM...HAYWOOD...HENDERSON...JACKSON...MACON... MADISON...MITCHELL...POLK...SWAIN...TRANSYLVANIA...YANCEY. IN SOUTH CAROLINA... ABBEVILLE...ANDERSON...GREENVILLE...GREENWOOD...LAURENS... OCONEE...PICKENS...SPARTANBURG. ...TORNADO WATCH 965 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EST FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN NORTH CAROLINA... ALEXANDER...BURKE...CABARRUS...CALDWELL...CATAWBA... CLEVELAND...DAVIE...GASTON...IREDELL...LINCOLN...MCDOWELL... MECKLENBURG...ROWAN...RUTHERFORD...UNION. IN SOUTH CAROLINA... CHEROKEE...CHESTER...UNION...YORK.
Local storm report, Nov 19, 6:35 AM EST, 55 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
635 AM EST WED NOV 19 2003
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
633 AM 8 SW GAFFNEY SC 60 MPH TSTM GUST
11/19/03 CHEROKEE COUNTY OFFICIAL ESTIMATE.
JATSpecial weather statement, Nov 19, 6:35 AM EST, 55 minutes before
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-191300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED FOR TIME OF ISSUANCE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 635 AM EST WED NOV 19 2003 ...THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES HAVE BEEN CLEARED FROM TORNADO WATCH 965... IN GEORGIA... ELBERT...FRANKLIN...HABERSHAM...HART...RABUN...STEPHENS. IN NORTH CAROLINA... AVERY...BUNCOMBE...GRAHAM...HAYWOOD...HENDERSON...JACKSON...MACON... MADISON...MITCHELL...POLK...SWAIN...TRANSYLVANIA...YANCEY. IN SOUTH CAROLINA... ABBEVILLE...ANDERSON...GREENVILLE...GREENWOOD...LAURENS... OCONEE...PICKENS...SPARTANBURG. ...TORNADO WATCH 965 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EST FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN NORTH CAROLINA... ALEXANDER...BURKE...CABARRUS...CALDWELL...CATAWBA... CLEVELAND...DAVIE...GASTON...IREDELL...LINCOLN...MCDOWELL... MECKLENBURG...ROWAN...RUTHERFORD...UNION. IN SOUTH CAROLINA... CHEROKEE...CHESTER...UNION...YORK. HG
Local storm report, Nov 19, 6:44 AM EST, 46 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
644 AM EST WED NOV 19 2003
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
600 AM SPARTANBURG SC WIND DAMAGE
11/19/03 SPARTANBURG TREE ON HOUSE. COUNTY 911
REPORT.
625 AM CHESNEE SC WIND DAMAGE
11/19/03 SPARTANBURG TREES IN ROAD. COUNTY 911
REPORT.
JATLocal storm report, Nov 19, 6:58 AM EST, 32 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
658 AM EST WED NOV 19 2003
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
655 AM 5 NE GAFFNEY SC WIND DAMAGE
11/19/03 CHEROKEE COUNTY COMMS RECEIVED
REPORT OF A TV ANTENNA
RIPPED OUT OF THE WALL OF
A MOBILE HOME.
LAMBLocal storm report, Nov 19, 7:13 AM EST, 17 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
713 AM EST WED NOV 19 2003
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
700 AM 1 W BOILING SPRINGS NC WIND DAMAGE
11/19/03 CLEVELAND COUNTY COMMS REPORTED
TREES DOWN.
LAMBThe radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
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
- Flash Flood in Maryland, November 19, 2003
- Flooding in West Virginia, November 19 to 20, 2003
- Flooding in Virginia, November 19 to 20, 2003
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Virginia, November 19 to 20, 2003
- Flood in Virginia, November 19 to 20, 2003
- Flash Flooding in West Virginia, November 19, 2003
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in North Carolina, November 19 to 20, 2003
- Flooding in Virginia, November 19 to 20, 2003
- High Wind in Washington, November 19, 2003
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, November 19 to 20, 2003
- Flood in Virginia, November 19 to 20, 2003
- Strong Wind in Pennsylvania, November 19, 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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5330961.