Damaging Wind in North Carolina, November 19, 2003

Name: Damaging Wind in North Carolina, November 19, 2003
Start: 2003-11-19T08:20
End: 2003-11-19T08:20
Location: North Carolina

November 19, 2003 · NWS GSP · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

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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 Nov 19, 7:25 AM EST, 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 19, 7:25 AM EST, 55 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, 2 hours 20 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

Local storm report, Nov 19, 7:13 AM EST, 1 hour 7 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.

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Local storm report, Nov 19, 7:33 AM EST, 47 minutes before

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Local storm report, Nov 19, 7:53 AM EST, 27 minutes before

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Local storm report, Nov 19, 7:56 AM EST, 24 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
756 AM EST WED NOV 19 2003

TIME(EST)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

735 PM     ROCK HILL                 SC   WIND DAMAGE
11/19/03   YORK                           10-15 TREES UPROOTED IN
                                          CITY. NUMEROUS POWER
                                          OUTAGES IN ROCK HILL
                                          AREA. 3 TREES ON
                                          CARS...INJURIES UNKNOWN.
                                          REPORTED BY COUNTY COMMS.

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Local storm report, Nov 19, 8:00 AM EST, 20 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
800 AM EST WED NOV 19 2003

TIME(EST)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

750 AM     2 S HUNTERSVILLE          NC   WIND DAMAGE
11/19/03   MECKLENBURG                    POWER LINES DOWN IN
                                          HUNTERSVILLE.

800 AM     2 E CLOVER                SC   WIND DAMAGE
11/19/03   YORK                           FD REPORTED STORAGE
                                          TRAILER BLOWN OVER.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Rowan

When: November 19, 8:20 AM EST
Where: Rowan County, Landis
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 35.550, -80.617

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

Every storm in North Carolina in 2003 Every state in 2003 This day in weather history Warnings in North Carolina, November 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5330966.