Thunderstorm Wind, Laurens
- When
- September 4, 12:10 PM EST
- Where
- Laurens County, Laurens
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 34.500, -82.017
Some power lines were blown down.
Damaging Wind in South Carolina, September 4, 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
- $1,000
- 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 Sep 4, 11:20 AM EST, 50 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 4, 11:20 AM EST, 50 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1220 PM EDT THU SEP 4 2003 ...FLOOD WATCH EXTENDED UNTIL 400 PM FOR OUR NORTHERN MOUNTAIN COUNTIES... PREVIOUS DISCUSSION FOLLOWS... BAND OF PRECIPITATION ASSOCIATED WITH APPROACHING UPPER-LEVEL TROUGH NOW MOVING ACROSS MOUNTAINS. ISENTROPIC LIFT CONTRIBUTING TO THIS RAIN GRADUALLY SHIFTS EASTWARD TAKING MOST FAVORABLE FORCING FOR UPWARD MOTION INTO THE MID-ATLANTIC LATER TODAY. PLAN TO INCREASE POPS A LITTLE EAST OF THE MOUNTAINS... ESPECIALLY ACROSS OUR NORTHERN ZONES. FLOOD WATCH WILL BE MAINTAINED FOR THE SHORT TERM... BUT IT IS SCHEDULED TO EXPIRE AT NOON EDT. IF SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL CONTINUES IN WATCH AREA AS EXPIRATION TIME APPROACHES... WILL EXTEND WATCH FOR SEVERAL MORE HOURS. THAT DECISION WILL BE MADE LATER THIS MORNING. .GSP... GA...NONE. NC...FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 400 PM FOR AVERY... YANCEY... AND MITCHELL COUNTIES. SC...NONE. LGL
Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 4, 5:05 AM EST, 7 hours 5 minutes before
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-041200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 605 AM EDT THU SEP 4 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS MORNING...AND A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS UNTIL NOON. THUNDERSTORMS WILL DIMINISH FROM THE WEST THIS AFTERNOON...BECOMING SCATTERED TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. 07
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 46 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:08 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
- Rip Current in North Carolina, September 4, 2003
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, September 4, 2003
- Flash Flood in New York, September 4, 2003
- Flooding in West Virginia, September 4, 2003
- Flash Flood in Kentucky, September 4, 2003
- Flash Flood in California, September 4, 2003
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, September 4, 2003
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, September 4, 2003
- Debris Flow in California, September 4, 2003
- Flash Flood in California, September 4, 2003
- Hail in California, September 4, 2003
- Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, September 4, 2003
More
Every storm in South Carolina in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in South Carolina, September 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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5371740.