1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 11, 8:54 PM EST, 1 hour 6 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 954 PM EDT MON AUG 11 2003 KGSP RADAR SHOWS ONLY WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS AT 0130Z... BUT IT WOULD APPEAR THAT CONVECTION COULD PERSIST FOR SEVERAL HOURS AS THE LATEST LAPS ANALYSIS CONTINUES TO SHOW AT LEAST 2000 J/KG CAPE ACROSS THE PIEDMONT. EVIDENCE OF WEAK SHORT WAVE IN WATER VAPOR IMAGERY OVER ERN TN/N GA WILL ALSO SUPPORT CONTINUED THREAT OF CONVECTION OVERNITE. FOR ZFP UPDATE...WILL MAINTAIN SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS ACROSS ALL BUT THE EXTREME EAST...WHERE COVERAGE SHOULD BE ISOLATED. TEMPS LOOK FINE. .GSP... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. MOORE ...PREVIOUS DISCUSSION ISSUED AT 315 PM... RETROGRADING UPPER LEVEL TROUGH AXIS SHOULD ALLOW PRECIP COVERAGE TO STEADILY DIMINISH EACH DAY THIS WEEK. THE LONG TERM DRYING MAY BE OFFSET BY SHORT TERM INCREASES IN CONVECTIVE COVERAGE ALONG THE EASTERN ESCARPMENT AND SRN TIER UPSLOPE PREFERRED REGION. LOW LEVEL FLOWS VEERS AROUND TO SOUTHERLY AND THEN SE THROUGH TOMORROW... BEFORE UPPER LEVEL HEIGHTS CAN BUILD APPRECIABLY TO CAP OFF CONVECTION. WILL FAN OUT A NARROW SWATCH OF LIKELY POPS ALONG THE ESCARPMENT THIS EVENING AND THEN HIGH CHANCE FOR TOMORROW EVENING...AND TAPER DOWN TO CHANCE CATEGORY ERN PIEDMONT AND TN BORDER ZONES. THE ETA IS QUITE AGGRESSIVE WITH CLOUDINESS ASSOC WITH THE LOW LEVEL MOIST UPSLOPE...KEEPING BOUNDARY LAYER TEMPS IN THE 70S TOMORROW EAST OF THE BLUE RIDGE. FEEL THIS IS A LITTLE OVERDONE...BUT WILL STILL SHADE ALL TEMPS TOWARD THE COOLER ETA NUMBERS. 700 MB TEMPS WARM FROM +5 C TODAY TO +9 C ON WED AFTN. CONVECTION WILL GRADUALLY BECOME MORE INHIBITED THROUGH THE WEEK...AND SHOULD BE LARGELY CAPPED OFF BY THU AFTN. GFS STILL FEATURES DECAYING FRONT AND S/W DROPPING SOUTHWARD EAST OF THE UPPER RIDGE FOR FRI/SAT...BUT FEATURES HAVE NOT BEEN CONSISTENT IN STRENGTH AND TIMING. WILL GENERALLY HOLD ONTO ONLY DIURNAL SLIGHT CHC POPS UNDER THE RIDGE THU THROUGH MON. FCSTID = 33 GSP 69 82 67 86 / 50 50 50 30 AND 69 83 67 86 / 50 50 50 30 CLT 69 83 67 86 / 50 40 40 30 HKY 66 80 65 85 / 60 50 50 30 AVL 63 79 63 83 / 70 50 50 30 HG
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-111200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 606 AM EDT MON AUG 11 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THURSDAY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED FRIDAY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA...UPSTATE SOUTH CAORLINA...AND THE SOUTHERN FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED. 07
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
1052 PM EDT MON AUG 11 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
840 PM 1 SW BOWERSVILLE GA WIND DAMAGE
08/11/03 HART TREES DOWN ALONG HIGHWAY
17 IN HART COUNTY
REPORTED BY FRANKLIN
COUNTY 911
LANEThe Greer radar (KGSP), 44 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:58 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Around 5 inches of rain fell across much of Polk County during the late evening of the 11th, resulting in widespread flooding of streams and roads across the county. One person was trapped in his home due to flooding along the North Pacolet River south of Columbus.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in North Carolina in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, August 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: 5374362.