Thunderstorm Wind, Laurens
- When
- August 30, 5:10 PM EST
- Where
- Laurens County, 4 mi S of Cross Hill
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 34.250, -81.983
Some trees were blown down on Ridgehill Rd.
Damaging Wind in South Carolina, August 30, 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
- 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 Aug 30, 2:01 PM EST, 3 hours 9 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 30, 2:01 PM EST, 3 hours 9 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 301 PM EDT SAT AUG 30 2003 MOIST UNSTABLE ATMOS REMAINS ACROSS THE CWFA THRU MONDAY. UPPER RIDGING HOLDS ON BUT ETA INDICATING SFC FNT WILL SLIP SWD INTO THE AREA. GFS NOT AS AGGRESSIVE BUT DOES INDICATE LEE TROF. WILL KEEP CHC POP OVER THE AREA WITH HIGHEST OVER MTNS AND NRN TIER. NOT BUYING VERY LOW MAV POP FOR MONDAY. WILL LEAVE CHC ALL AREAS. MDLS CONTINUE TO VARY REGARDING UPPER RIDING AND SFC FRONTAL POSITION THRU TUE. WILL LEAVE CHC POP THRU THEN BUT MAY NEED TO REMOVE IF RIDGING DRYING DOES OCCUR. IN THE EXTENDED...AN INITIALLY PHASED AND DIGGING MID-LVL THROUGH WILL BE APPROACHING THE CWFA WITH IT/S ATTENDANT SFC FRONT FOR DAYS 3 & 4. ON THURSDAY...NORTHERN STREAM ACCELERATES EASTWARD... ORPHANING THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THIS S/WV WHICH SHOULD RESULT IN A GREATLY DIMINISHED PUSH INTO THE CWFA FOR THE LATTER HALF OF THE PERIOD. EXPECT THE BOUNDARY TO STALL SOMEWHERE NEAR OR IN THE CWFA THURSDAY OR FRIDAY. AS A RESULT...HAVE INTRODUCED POPS ON FRIDAY WHICH WAS PREVIOUSLY DRY AND CONTINUED THEM INTO DAY 7. GSP 70 88 69 88 / 40 30 30 30 AND 71 88 69 88 / 40 30 30 30 CLT 70 88 69 88 / 40 40 40 30 HKY 70 87 68 87 / 50 40 40 30 AVL 66 83 64 83 / 50 50 50 40 .GSP... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. RWH
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 30, 3:10 AM EST, 14 hours before
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-301100- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 410 AM EDT SAT AUG 30 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT...WITH LIKELY THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE MOUNTAINS. STORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL CONTAIN STRONG GUSTY WIND...HAIL ...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN...CONTINUING THIS EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... AT LEAST SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED EACH DAY THROUGH THURSDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED. RB
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 30, 4:00 PM EST, 1 hour 10 minutes before
NCZ034>036-055-056-067>071-302135- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 500 PM EDT SAT AUG 30 2003 ...A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL SWEEP ACROSS THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA LATE THIS AFTERNOON... AT 5 PM...NATIONAL SERVICE WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM POLK COUNTY NORTHEAST TO NORTHERN IREDELL COUNTY. THIS LINE WILL MOVE EAST AT 10 MPH ACROSS THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA. THE STRONGEST CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN THE LINE WAS LOCATED OVER THE HICKORY AIRPORT NORTHEAST TO TAYLORSVILLE. AS THE STORM PASSES IT WILL BRING A SUDDEN WIND SHIFT WITH WIND SPEEDS INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. IN ADDITION TO THE WIND...THIS STORM WILL CONTAIN FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTING AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS. THE STORM IS EXPECTED TO REACH MILLERSVILLE AT 505 PM...HIDDENITE AND STONY POINT AT 525 PM. NED
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 74 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:10 UTC.
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 Kansas, August 30 to 31, 2003
- Rip Current in Florida, August 30, 2003
- Rip Current in Florida, August 30, 2003
- Rip Current in Florida, August 30, 2003
- Lightning Strike in Virginia, August 30, 2003
- Lightning Strike in Delaware, August 30, 2003
- Flash Flooding in Texas, August 30, 2003
- Tropical Storm in Texas, August 30 to 31, 2003
- Lightning Strike in Pennsylvania, August 30, 2003
- Flash Flood in Ohio, August 30, 2003
- Flash Flood in Ohio, August 30, 2003
- Lightning Strike in Delaware, August 30, 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: 5374297.