Damaging Wind in South Carolina, June 19, 2003

Name: Damaging Wind in South Carolina, June 19, 2003
Start: 2003-06-19T14:30
End: 2003-06-19T14:30
Location: South Carolina

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

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

Where it happened

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Fire, smoke and dust
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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 Jun 19, 2:22 PM EST, 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 19, 2:22 PM EST, 8 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 19, 4:38 AM EST, 9 hours 52 minutes before

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014-
019-191130-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
538 AM EDT THU JUN 19 2003

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL ONCE AGAIN
DEVELOP OVER THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA TODAY. SOME
OF THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND A FLOOD WATCH
REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TODAY FOR THE ENTIRE REGION. SEE OUR
PRODUCT CAEFFAGSP FOR MORE INFORMATION.

A FEW OF THE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON MAY ALSO BECOME
SEVERE...WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. SEE OUR PRODUCT
CAESPSGSP FOR MORE INFORMATION.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

MCAVOY

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 19, 10:08 AM EST, 4 hours 22 minutes before

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014-
019-192200-

SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1108 AM EDT THU JUN 19 2003

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...

A VERY MOIST AIRMASS REMAIN WILL REMAIN IN PLACE THIS AFTERNOON.
THIS WILL RESULT IN NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE
WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND A
FLOOD WATCH REAMINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AFTERNOON.

IN ADDITION...DRIER AIR AND STRONGER WINDS IN THE MIDDLE AND UPPER
ATMOSPHERE WILL RESULT IN STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON THAN
THE PREVIOUS FEW DAYS. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME
SEVERE...PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM IS ONE THAT PRODUCES DAMAGING WINDS OR LARGE HAIL.

SHOWERS WERE MOVING THROUGH THE MOUNTAINS AT MID DAY...AND STRONG
THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS AND
PIEDMONT...WHICH SHOULD HAVE THE GREATEST THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER.

SPOTTER GROUPS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO ACTIVATE QUICKLY LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. DISPATCHERS SHOULD ENSURE COUNTY
EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS OFFICIALS ARE AWARE OF THIS INFORMATION.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR THE MEDIA FOR THE LATEST WEATHER
INFORMATION OR SEVERE WEATHER WATCHES OR WARNINGS.

JONES

Local storm report, Jun 19, 2:21 PM EST, 9 minutes before

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The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 76 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:27 UTC.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Union

When: June 19, 2:30 PM EST
Where: Union County, Carlisle
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
Coordinates: 34.600, -81.467

Several trees were blown down.

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.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in South Carolina in 2003 Every state in 2003 This day in weather history Warnings in South Carolina, June 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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5363618.