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 Feb 4, 3:52 AM EST, 38 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 352 AM EST TUE FEB 4 2003 FROPA EARLY THIS MORNING WITH RAPID DRYING LEE LATE THIS MORNING. NW FLOW SHOWERS LATE MORNING TN LINE...CHANGING OVER TO SNOW AS THICKNESS LOWERS THIS AFTERNOON...CONTINUING INTO EVENING. COORDINATED SNOW AMOUNT WITH RNK/MRX...AND NO SNOW ADVISORY YET FOR THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING. WIND WILL BE UP TODAY...AND BUFKIT SHOWING 38 KTS AT AVL. EVEN IF BUFKIT IS HIGH...N MOUNTAINS WILL BE HIGHER...AND WILL GO WITH WIND WARNING N NC MTS...ADVISORY REST OF MOUNTAINS FOR TODAY. WINDS BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA TONIGHT...THOUGH STILL WINDY NC MTS. SNOW CUTS OFF ALL BUT N NC MTS BY 06Z...WHERE SLIGHT CHANCE LINGERS. NEXT PROBLEM IS THU. MODELS FASTER WITH NEXT SYSTEM AND MOISTURE...ESPECIALLY GFS. USING CONSERVATIVE ETA APPROACH BRINGS PRECIP INTO AREA THU MORNING. PARTIAL THICKNESS SUPPORTS RAIN SW...MIX NE THU AM...BECOMING SNOW NE...MIX I-26...RAIN SW BY AFTN. NC MTS ALL SNOW. STARTED WITH SMALL POPS...AS UNCERTAINTY ABOUNDS. MODEL GUIDANCE TEMPERATURES FLUCTUATING. TRIED TO STAY CLOSE TO GUIDANCE. EXTENDED WRAPS UP WINTER WX LATE FRI. DRY WEEKEND...FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER S STREAM SYSTEM MON WITH CHANCE OF WINTER WX. FCSTID = 7 GSP 58 30 49 30 / 50 0 0 10 AND 59 30 50 30 / 50 0 0 10 CLT 59 30 50 30 / 60 0 0 10 HKY 57 28 46 28 / 50 0 0 10 AVL 53 24 44 25 / 50 10 0 10 .GSP... GA...WIND ADVISORY FOR TODAY FOR ZONES GAZ010...GAZ017. NC...HIGH WIND WARNING FOR TODAY FOR ZONES NCZ033...NCZ049>050. WIND ADVISORY FOR TODAY FOR ZONES NCZ048...NCZ051>053...NCZ058>059... NCZ062>065. SC...WIND ADVISORY FOR TODAY FOR ZONES SCZ001>003. O7
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 500 AM EST MON FEB 3 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... THERE IS A CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS IN THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS WEST OF ASHEVILLE TUESDAY AFTERNOON...CONTINUING IN THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS TUESDAY NIGHT. THERE IS A CHANCE OF SNOW MIXED WITH RAIN THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY. THERE IS A CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS IN THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS WEST OF ASHVILLE FRIDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. 07
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ062>072-082-SCZ001>014-019-041130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 344 AM EST TUE FEB 4 2003 ...STRONG GUSTY WINDS TO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING... A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...EXTENDING SOUTHWARD FROM JUST NORTH OF THE NORTH CAROLINA-SOUTH CAROLINA BORDER...WILL SWEEP QUICKLY ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE WESTERN CAROLINAS EARLY THIS MORNING. STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS. THE LINE WILL REACH GREENVILLE AND ANDERSON ABOUT 430 AM...AND THE CHARLOTTE AREA ABOUT 530 AM. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD EXPECT WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH AS THE STORMS PASS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR THE MEDIA FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. RWH
The Greer radar (KGSP), 17 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 09:30 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Three lanes of the north end of Interstate 385 were blocked by fallen power lines. Two trees were blown down in the southern part of Greenville, while several large tree limbs were blown down throughout the city.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in South Carolina in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in South Carolina, February 2003
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: 5344676.