1 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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 Greenville-Spartanburg, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 14, 7:58 PM EST, 2 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 858 PM EDT THU AUG 14 2003 WL UP POPS TO LIKELY AHEAD AND ALONG OF THE MCS WORKING ACROSS THE NC FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT. THIS WILL INCLUDE MOST OF THE UPSTATE. EVEN THOUGH WE ARE VERY WARM ALOFT...COMBINATION OF H5 SHORTWAVE DROPPING SW ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE RETROGRESSING UPPER RIDGE AND VERY HIGH SFC DWPTS IS SUPPORTING A GOOD AMOUNT OF CONVECTION. ACTIVITY SHOULD DISSIPATE A LITTLE AFTER MIDNIGHT. WL MENTION PATCHY DENSE FOG AS SOME AREAS HAVE HAD QUITE A BIT OF RAIN TONIGHT. .GSP... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. MCAVOY
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-141045- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 439 AM EDT THU AUG 14 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. DICARLO
NCZ071-082-SCZ009-014-142315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 605 PM EDT THU AUG 14 2003 ...THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING CONTINUOUS LIGHTNING AND TORRENTIAL RAIN... AT 600 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LARGE CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM STURDIVANTS TO MONROE AND MATHEWS AND INTO THE WESTERN SUBURBS OF CHARLOTTE. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 25 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE PRODUCING AN UNUSUAL AMOUNT OF CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING....AS WELL AS VERY HEAVY RAIN AND WINDS GUSTING TO AROUND 40 MPH. IF THE STORMS HOLD TOGETHER...THEY WILL AFFECT AREAS FROM LAKE WYLIE TO ROCK HILL AND FORT LAWN BETWEEN 630 AND 7 PM. MCAVOY
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
721 PM EDT THU AUG 14 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
701 PM WEDDINGTON NC FLASH FLOOD
08/14/03 UNION CREEK THAT FEEDS INTO 12
MILE CREEK...AND THAT IS
NORMALLY 2 FEET WIDE...IS
NOW 50 FEET WIDE AND
FLOODING LAWNS AND PART
OF A DRIVEWAY ALONG
FORREST LAWN DRIVE.
REPORTED VIA HAM RADIO.
MCAVOYPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
753 PM EDT THU AUG 14 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
730 PM WEDDINGTON SC FLASH FLOOD
08/14/03 UNION THE COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS
CENTER REPORTS THAT WATER
RESCUES WERE UNDERWAY IN
THE WESTERN PART OF THE
COUNTY...WITH ROADS
FLOODED IN THE WEDDINGTON
AND INDIAN TRAIL AREAS.
MCAVOYPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
753 PM EDT THU AUG 14 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
730 PM WEDDINGTON NC FLASH FLOOD
08/14/03 UNION THE COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS
CENTER REPORTS THAT WATER
RESCUES WERE UNDERWAY IN
THE WESTERN PART OF THE
COUNTY...WITH ROADS
FLOODED IN THE WEDDINGTON
AND INDIAN TRAIL AREAS.
MCAVOY
...CORRECTED STATE...The Greer radar (KGSP), 78 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:02 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
A couple of house fires were started by lightning strikes.
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: 5333294.