3 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Charleston, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 8, 1:53 PM EST, 2 hours 7 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 253 PM EDT TUE APR 8 2003 ENTIRE FORECAST TREND IS BASED ON A SOLUTION MAINLY FOLLOWING THE 12 UTC ETA...WHICH SUGGESTS A DEEPER UPPER VORTEX AND CORRESPONDING SURFACE LOW...A MORE WESTWARD TRACK OF THE SURFACE CYCLONE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...AND A SLOWER EVOLUTION AND EJECTION INTO THE WESTERN ATLANTIC LATER IN THE WEEK. THIS SOLUTION IS CONSIDERABLY SLOWER THAN WHAT THE PAST THREE GFS RUNS HAVE BEEN SHOWING. HYDRO...AFTER INPUT FROM CAE/ILM/HPC...WILL GO WITH FLOOD WATCH FOR ALL COUNTIES WITH SOME 2-4 INCHES OF RAINFALL (AND PERHAPS MORE) EXPECTED MAINLY TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. UPSTREAM CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY WILL LIKELY ADVECT INTO COASTAL SOUTH CAROLINA THIS EVENING...WHICH WILL MARK THE BEGINNING OF THE HEAVY RAINFALL EVENT. PUBLIC... DAYS 1 TO 3...THE SURFACE BOUNDARY WAS LYING ACROSS NORTHERN FLORIDA THIS AFTERNOON...WAITING FOR THE SURFACE WAVE TO PUSH THE BOUNDARY BACK NORTH AS A WARM FRONT TONIGHT. WILL FORECAST CURRENT TEMPERATURES AS THE OVERNIGHT MINS...THEN TEMPERATURES SHOULD WARM INTO THE LOWER 60S BY DAYBREAK. THE SLOWER ETA HOLDS SIGNIFICANT PRECIP OVER OUR AREA THROUGH MIDDAY WEDNESDAY WITH THE SURFACE LOW STRETCHED ALONG THE GEORGIA-SOUTH CAROLINA COAST BY 18 UTC. SYSTEM BEGINS TO STACK UP WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...WITH BENT-BACK LOW-LEVEL WARM FRONTAL STRUCTURE DEVELOPING ACROSS INTERIOR GEORGIA AND LIKELY HOLDING SHOWERS ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. MODELS SUGGESTING SYSTEM FULLY CUTTING OFF BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON... WITH DRY SLOT ADVANCING UP THE CAROLINA COAST LIKELY KEEPING OUR REGION DRY. BY FRIDAY...HOWEVER...THE LOW SHOULD BEGIN TO WOBBLE EASTWARD AND PLACE THE UPPER COLD POOL DIRECTLY OVER THE CAROLINAS. WILL THUS ADD CHANCE POPS FOR SHOWERS FRIDAY AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN SOME 8-12F BELOW NORMAL THROUGH FRIDAY. DAYS 4 TO 7...FOLLOWING THE TREND OF THE SHORT RANGE...WE ARE EXPECTING SOME LINGERING CLOUDS SATURDAY THEN CLEARING FOR SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY WITH STRONG RIDGE BUILDING. MAX TEMPERATURES SHOULD RISE ABOVE NORMAL BY MONDAY AS THE DRY RIDGE AXIS PUSHES OFFSHORE. MARINE...WILL STAY CLOSER TO THE SLOWER ETA EVOLUTION ON THIS FCST. THIS EVENTUALLY VEERS WINDS TO THE S/SE OVERNIGHT ALL WATERS AND MAINTAINS THAT SCENARIO THROUGH MUCH OF WED. STACKED SYS THRU THU MAKES FOR A TOUGH WIND CALL AS FAR AS WIND DIR IS CONCERNED. EXPECT TO SE A TRANSITION TO GENERALLY W OR EVEN SW FLOW INTO AND THRU FRI WITH SPEEDS INCREASING AND SCA CONDS EXPECTED. HIGH PRESS FINALLY BEGINS TO INFLUENCE PATTERN FROM THE W THIS WEEKEND WITH MORE TRANQUIL CONDITIONS IN STORE. WILL MAINTAIN A SCEC FOR MARGINAL WINDS AND SEAS NRN WATERS TONIGHT THRU WED. .CHS... GA...FLOOD WATCH GAZ087-088-099>101-114>119-137-141 TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. SC...FLOOD WATCH SCZ040-042>045-047>050 TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. ST. JEAN/MJR
AMZ330-350-352-354-GAZ087-088-099>101-114>119-137>141-SCZ040-042>045- 047>050-082300- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 430 PM EDT TUE APR 8 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA... SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS FROM SOUTH SANTEE RIVER SOUTH CAROLINA TO ALTAMAHA SOUND GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. .HEAVY RAIN...A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. RAIN COULD BE HEAVY AT TIMES IN THESE AREAS WHICH COULD CAUSE FLOODING OF CREEKS...LOW LYING AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST WARNINGS AND STATEMENTS CONCERNING HEAVY RAINFALL FOR MORE SPECIFIC INFORMATION. .SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY TONIGHT WILL BE MAINLY CONFINED TO SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. THE THREAT FOR SEVERE STORMS WILL BE LOW WITH THE REGION UNDER A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE ACTIVITY. .RIVER FLOODING...RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR THE LOWER SANTEE RIVER AT JAMESTOWN AND THE OGEECHEE RIVER AT MIDVILLE. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST RIVER FLOOD STATEMENTS FOR MORE SPECIFIC INFORMATION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. .HEAVY RAIN...RAIN HEAVY AT TIMES AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ONGOING EARLY WEDNESDAY AND IS EXPECTED TO DECREASE IN COVERAGE LATE IN THE DAY AS A FRONT MOVES CLOSER TO THE COASTLINE. .RIVER FLOODING...MODERATE FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ON THE SANTEE RIVER AT JAMESTOWN...AND MINOR FLOODING ON THE OGEECHEE RIVER AT MIDVILLE. BASED UPON PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES...THE EDISTO RIVER NEAR GIVHANS FERRY...ALSO ON THE OGEECHEE RIVER NEAR DOVER...EDEN AND SCARBORO...COULD RISE TO NEAR OR SLIGHTLY ABOVE THEIR FLOOD STAGE TOWARD THE END OF THE WEEK. AS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL DATA IS RECEIVED AND EVALUATED...FLOOD WARNINGS MAY NEED TO BE ISSUED FOR SOME OF THESE LOCATIONS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE REQUIRED TODAY OR TONIGHT. 25
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 76 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:02 UTC.
3 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
WSAV meteorologist reported 37th Street completely flooded and impassable.
Water flowed across Highway 144 outside of Fort McAllister. Also, there was significant standing water in Keller.
WTOC meteorologist reported that there were numerous roads that were impassable due to high water. Additionally, motorists were getting stranded in some areas according to the county warning point.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Georgia in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in Georgia, April 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: 5348631, 5348629, 5348630.