4 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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.
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 Charleston, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 23, 1:35 PM EST, 25 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 235 PM EDT WED JUL 23 2003 CONVECTION CONTINUES ON THE INCREASE THIS AFTN. AREA IS IN A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE ON THE PROGS FROM THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER. MAIN THREAT WOULD BE DAMAGING WINDS GIVEN STRONG LOW LVL FLOW. WILL DEPEND ON HOW MUCH INSTABILITY CAN BE GAINED REMAINDER OF AFTN AND HOW UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE REMAINS AS BEST SHORTWAVE ENERGY MOVES THROUGH THIS EVENING. DECENT SHORTWAVE ENERGY TO SWING THROUGH THE AREA TONIGHT WITH DECENT COVERAGE EXPECTED. WILL GO WITH LIKELY POPS OVERNIGHT. FRNTL BNDRY IN THE UPSTATE SHOULD MAKE SOME PROGRESS SE TONIGHT THEN WILL LINGER IN THE MIDLANDS AS IT DISSIPATES ON THU. ETA SOLN...WHICH PREVIOUSLY PUSHED MORE DRIER AIR INTO THE CWA...IS COMING AROUND MORE TO THE GFS SOLN WHICH WOULD KEEP CHANCE POPS IN THE FCST THROUGH FRI. WITH SHORTWAVE ENERGY EXPECTED TO SHEAR TO THE NE AFTER TONIGHT...WILL CONTINUE THE DECREASING TREND. MID LVL HIGH PRES WILL BUILD INTO THE AREA FOR THE WEEKEND BUT STILL PLAN A 20 POP AS SEA BREEZE ACTIVITY CANNOT BE RULED OUT. FRONT TO APPROACH FROM THE N FOR THE FIRST HALF OF NEXT WEEK. GFS INDICATES MID LVL DRY AIR IN PLACE FOR MON. WILL GO WITH 20 POP FOR MON THEN 30 FOR TUE AND WED. WILL CONTINUE SLIGHTLY BELOW CLIM MAX TEMPS FOR THU AND AND FRI...OTHERWISE TEMPS AROUND NORMAL THROUGH THE PERIOD. MARINE...WILL CONTINUE MINIMAL SCA FOR SC WATERS AND GA OFFSHORE INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. EVENING SHIFT WILL LIKELY BE ABLE TO DISCONTINUE ON THE UPDATE. FRONT WILL REMAIN HUNG UP OVER THE MIDLANDS AND CENTRAL GA WITH SFC HIGH DOMINANT FEATURE OVER THE WATERS. BERMUDA HIGH NUDGES WESTWARD INTO THE SERN STATES TOWARD THE WEEKEND AS THE SFC FRONT BECOMES MORE DIFFUSE. WINDS WILL FLUCTUATE BETWEEN SW TO SE OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. WINDS WILL GENERALLY BE 15 KNOTS OR LESS AFTER THU AND SEAS 5 FEET OR LESS. ONLY MINOR CHANGES WILL BE MADE TO THE CURRENT FORECAST. .CHS... GA...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY AMZ374. SC...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY AMZ330-350-352. 18/30
AMZ330-350-352-354-370-374-GAZ087-088-099>101-114>119-137>141-SCZ040- 042>045-047>051-231800- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 1152 AM EDT WED JUL 23 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...TODAY AND TONIGHT. .SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...ALL AREAS OF SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIA ARE UNDER A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON. DAMAGING WINDS ARE THE PRIMARY THREAT. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. .RIP CURRENTS...A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS EXISTS THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE BEACHES OF SOUTH COASTAL SOUTH CAROLINA. THIS INFORMATION HAS BEEN PROVIDED BY LIFEGUARDS IN CHARLESTON COUNTY SOUTH CAROLINA. PLEASE REFER TO LATEST MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. .RIVER FLOODING...RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE SANTEE RIVER AT JAMESTOWN...THE SAVANNAH RIVER AT CLYO AND AT BURTONS FERRY AND THE EDISTO RIVER AT GIVHANS FERRY. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST RIVER FLOOD STATEMENTS FOR MORE SPECIFIC INFORMATION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. .RIVER FLOODING...RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR THE SANTEE RIVER AT JAMESTOWN...THE SAVANNAH RIVER AT CLYO AND AT BURTONS FERRY AND THE EDISTO RIVER AT GIVHANS FERRY. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST RIVER FLOOD STATEMENTS FOR MORE SPECIFIC INFORMATION. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED LATER TODAY. SCW
GAZ087-088-099>101-114>119-137>141-SCZ040-042>045-047>051-232200- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 1210 PM EDT WED JUL 23 2003 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH DAMAGING WINDS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON... A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL DROP INTO THE SOUTHEASTERN STATES THIS AFTERNOON. THIS FEATURE WILL HELP INTENSIFY THUNDERSTORMS THAT HAVE ALREADY DEVELOPED ACROSS SOUTHWEST GEORGIA. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE NORTHEAST TOWARD SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOUTHERN SOUTH CAROLINA BY THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. THE MAIN HAZARD WITH THESE STORMS IS DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS AND SPOTTER GROUPS SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION THIS AFTERNOON. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...TV...OR YOUR LOCAL NEWS SOURCE FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS ALSO AVAILABLE ON THE INTERNET AT WCHS.CSC.NOAA.GOV. SCW
GAZ114-117-137-139-231915- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 219 PM EDT WED JUL 23 2003 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT LONG COUNTY...TATTNALL COUNTY... BRYAN COUNTY AND LIBERTY COUNTY THROUGH 315 PM EDT... AT 219 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CENTERED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM COBBTOWN TO 3 MILES SOUTH OF ALTAMAHA TO 7 MILES SOUTH OF LUDOWICI... OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF METTER TO 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF BAXLEY TO 7 MILES SOUTH OF LUDOWICI...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THIS CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND COBBTOWN...ALTAMAHA...COLLINS...REIDSVILLE...LUDOWICI... WEFANIE...NOBLE...MANASSAS...HUGHLAND AND FIVE POINTS THROUGH 315 PM EDT. GUSTY WINDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. SCW
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 111 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:59 UTC.
4 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm winds knocked down large limbs along Highway 121 and 280 to the east of Reidsville.
Thunderstorm winds blew trees down across Lake View Road.
Thunderstorm winds knocked down numerous trees and destroyed 2 barns.
Thunderstorm winds knocked down large limbs.
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, July 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: 5373938, 5373939, 5373940, 5373941.