South Carolina, 2003

Damaging Wind in South Carolina, May 6, 2003

May 6, 2003 · NWS GSP · 1 event in 1 county or zone

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

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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 May 6, 9:32 AM EST, 5 hours 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 6, 9:32 AM EST, 5 hours 16 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1032 AM EDT TUE MAY 6 2003

AT 14Z...CWFA LOOKS TO BE SOUTH OF MAIN SYNOPTIC SCALE BNDRY...WITH
SSW SFC WINDS AT MOST STATIONS. AMOUNT OF DESTABILIZATION THIS
AFTERNOON STILL QUITE UNCERTAIN WITH ENCROACHING CLDS AND PCPN
THANKS TO APPROACHING MCS. 12Z 850 MB ANALYSIS DOES INDICATE
A FAVORABLE THERMAL/MOISTURE PROFILE FOR DESTABILIZATION...ROUGHLY
ALONG NEW SPC DAY 1 SLT RISK...THRU NE GA...THE UPSTATE TO AROUND
CLT METRO. WILL UPDATE SVR WX OUTLOOK TO REFINE CURRENT THINKING...
FOR A THREAT A FEW LATE DAY OR EVENING SVR STORMS. WILL MENTION
THREAT OF BOTH DAMAGING WIND AND LARGE HAIL...BUT NOT TERRIBLY
IMPRESSED WITH PARAMETERS FOR EITHER OF THESE WITH HIGH WBZ
HEIGHTS AND LOW THETA-E LAPSES GIVEN MOIST SNDGS. ALSO PLAN ON
NOT MAKING CHGS TO GOING FLOOD WATCH ALTHOUGH OBVIOUS SHORT
TERM THREAT WILL REMAIN LIMITED TO THE MOUNTAINS GIVEN LARGE
SCALE PATTERN OF BROAD WSW FLOW.

FCSTID = 55
GSP   78  63  82  62 /  90  40  40  40
AND   79  63  83  61 /  90  40  40  40
CLT   80  62  83  62 /  90  40  40  40
HKY   76  61  80  61 / 100  40  40  40
AVL   73  58  78  57 / 100  50  50  40

.GSP...
GA...FLOOD WATCH FOR TODAY GAZ010-017>018-GAZ026-GAZ028>029.
NC...FLOOD WATCH FOR TODAY NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082.
SC...FLOOD WATCH FOR TODAY SCZ001>014-019.
Hazardous weather outlook, May 6, 3:40 AM EST, 11 hours 8 minutes before
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014-
019-061100-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
440 AM EDT TUE MAY 6 2003

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TODAY...SOME WITH
TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. SOME MAY BECOME
SEVERE...ESPECIALLY LATE AFTERNOON THROUGH EVENING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE LIKELY TODAY.

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 6, 1:36 PM EST, 1 hour 12 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
236 PM EDT TUE MAY 06 2003

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

228 PM     5 S HARTWELL              GA   1.75 INCH HAIL
05/06/03   HART                           911 REPORTED GOLFBALL
                                          HAIL ON COKESBURY HWY IN
                                          SOUTHERN HART COUNTY.

JMP
Local storm report, May 6, 1:59 PM EST, 49 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
259 PM EDT TUE MAY 06 2003

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

250 PM     CALHOUN FALLS             SC   1.00 INCH HAIL
05/06/03   ABBEVILLE                      911 CENTER REPORTED
                                          QUARTER SIZE HAIL IN
                                          CALHOUN FALLS

JMP
Local storm report, May 6, 2:08 PM EST, 40 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
308 PM EDT TUE MAY 06 2003

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

235 PM     BOWMAN                    GA   TORNADO
05/06/03   ELBERT                         MOBILE HOME AND VEHICLES
                                          DAMAGED AND NUMEROUS
                                          TREES DOWN NEAR BOWMAN
                                          AND ON HOOT OWL ROAD.

TJB
Local storm report, May 6, 2:11 PM EST, 37 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
311 PM EDT TUE MAY 06 2003

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

310 PM     ABBEVILLE                 SC   .75 INCH HAIL
05/06/03   ABBEVILLE                      EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
                                          REPORTED DIME SIZE HAIL
                                          IN ABBEVILLE.

TJB
Local storm report, May 6, 2:14 PM EST, 34 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
314 PM EDT TUE MAY 06 2003

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

1250 AM    GREER                     SC   WIND DAMAGE
05/05/03   GREENVILLE                     TREES DOWN IN GREER ON
                                          VICTOR HILL ROAD REPORTED
                                          BY ROAD DEPARTMENT.

100 AM     INMAN                     SC   WIND DAMAGE
05/05/03   SPARTANBURG                    ROAD DEPARTMENT REPORTED
                                          SEVERAL TREES DOWN IN
                                          INMAN NEAR THE MILL.

TJB
Local storm report, May 6, 2:18 PM EST, 30 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
318 PM EDT TUE MAY 06 2003

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

250 PM     RUCKERSVILLE              GA   WIND DAMAGE
05/06/03   ELBERT                         HIGH WINDS DOWNED TREES
                                          AND POWERLINES DOWN IN
                                          RUCKERSVILLE REPORTED BY
                                          SPOTTER.

TJB

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 58 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:49 UTC.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Union

When
May 6, 2:48 PM EST
Where
Union County, Union
Measured
50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
34.717, -81.617

Some 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.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

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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: 5357334.