1 flash flood, 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 Greenville-Spartanburg, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 16, 12:45 PM EST, 4 hours 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 145 PM EDT SAT AUG 16 2003 UPPER TROF APPROACHING FROM THE NW WILL MOVE THRU BY LATE THIS EVE AND CONVECTION WILL MOVE E WITH IT. WITH WEAK RIDGE BUILDING OVERNIGHT EXPECT PATCHY FOG EARLY SUN MORNING. ANOTHER SHORTWAVE TROF FCST TO MOVE THRU THE AREA TOMORROW. EXPECT STRONGEST PVA/BEST LIFT IN THE AFTN-EARLY EVE PERIODS. ON MON AFTN GFS SHOWS ANOTHER SHRTWV APPROACHING AND ALTHOUGH DEEPER MOISTURE MOVES SE...WILL HOLD ON TO AT LEAST SLIGHT CHANCE POPS. SURFACE RIDGE BUILDS OVER AREA TUE-FRI AND HAVE SLIGHT CHANCE LATE DAY POPS IN THE GRIDS. A SFC BOUNDARY IS PROGGED TO MOVE IN SAT...BRINGING ANOTHER CHANCE OF CONVECTION TO THE AREA. FCSTID = 77 GSP 71 88 69 88 / 40 40 40 20 AND 71 88 70 89 / 40 40 40 20 CLT 71 88 69 88 / 40 40 40 20 HKY 69 87 68 87 / 40 40 40 20 AVL 65 84 64 84 / 40 40 40 20 .GSP... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. RB
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-161200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 610 AM EDT SAT AUG 16 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION THROUGHOUT THE DAY AND EVENING. THERE IS A CHANCE THAT A FEW THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE LARGE HAIL OR DAMAGING WIND GUSTS FOR A BRIEF TIME. THERE IS ALSO THE POSSIBILITY THAT A FEW OF THE STORMS COULD PRODUCE ENOUGH RAIN TO CAUSE FLOODING OF URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS IN LOCATIONS THAT HAVE RECEIVED EXCESSIVE RAIN IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... ANOTHER ROUND OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED SUNDAY AND SUNDAY EVENING. THERE IS A SLIGHTLY BETTER CHANCE OF SEVERE WEATHER LATE IN THE DAY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO EXPECTED MONDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED ON SUNDAY. MOORE
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
133 PM EDT SAT AUG 16 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
900 AM 5-10 SE SALISBURY NC FLASH FLOOD
08/16/03 ROWAN SPOTTER REPORTED FLASH
FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS
AROUND GRANITE QUARRY AND
ROCKWELL RESULTED IN
FLOODED ROADS...HOUSES...
APARTMENTS...AND CARS.
UNTIL 11 AM...BUT SOME
ROADS STILL FLOODED AFTER
NOON.
JONESPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
209 PM EDT SAT AUG 16 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
145 PM 2 W PAULINE SC .75 INCH HAIL
08/16/03 SPARTANBURG PUBLIC/SPOTTER REPORT.
ALSO LOTS OF LIGHTNING.
JONESNCZ068-162200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 452 PM EDT SAT AUG 16 2003 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAIN TO AFFECT SOUTHERN CLEVELAND COUNTY THROUGH 6 PM... AT 450 PM...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHERN CLEVELAND COUNTY...SOUTH OF LINE FROM SHELBY TO MOORESBORO. THESE STORMS WERE SLIDING SLOWLY TO THE SOUTH...AND WERE ASSOCIATED WITH FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH...AND TORRENTIAL RAIN. RADAR ESTIMATED BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN SINCE MID AFTERNOON IN THE VICINITY OF PATTERSON SPRINGS. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL RESULT IN PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS...AND IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS...OF SOUTHERN CLEVELAND COUNTY. SIGNIFICANT RISES ON SHALLOWER STREAMS AND CREEKS CAN BE EXPECTED AS WELL...ESPECIALLY FROM PATTERSON SPRINGS TO EARL AND KINGS MOUNTAIN. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION. NEVER DRIVE THROUGH AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. IF STANDING WATER IS ENCOUNTERED...STOP TURN AROUND AND FIND ANOTHER ROUTE TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION SAFELY. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER OR FLOODING...NOTIFY YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND ASK THEM TO FORWARD THE REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG. BURRUS
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
510 PM EDT SAT AUG 16 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
500 PM BELTON SC FLASH FLOOD
08/16/03 ANDERSON BELTON F.D. REPORTED
SEVERAL FLOODED STREETS
IN BELTON...INCLUDING N
MAIN...S MAIN...AND
MYRTLE AVE. WATER VARIES
FROM 4 TO 8 INCHES DEEP.
345 PM SENECA SC WIND DAMAGE
08/16/03 OCONEE OCONEE 911 REPORTED
SEVERAL TREES DOWN IN
SENECA AND CROSSROADS.
400 PM EASLEY SC WIND DAMAGE
08/16/03 PICKENS EASLEY PD REPORTED TREES
AND POWERLINES DOWN
EVERYWHERE. MAJOR POWER
OUTAGE.
403 PM EASLEY SC WIND DAMAGE
08/16/03 PICKENS PICKENS 911 REPORTED 1-2
TREES DOWN.
355 PM GREENVILLE SC WIND DAMAGE
08/16/03 GREENVILLE GMU TOWER REPORTED 40 KT
MICROBURST. DAMAGED 7
AIRPLANES...SEVERAL
HANGARS...AND BLEW OVER A
BRICK WALL.
445 PM PELZER SC WIND DAMAGE
08/16/03 ANDERSON ANDERSON 911 REPORTED 1
TREE DOWN. SEVERAL
POWERLINES DOWNED AT 457
PM IN BELTON.
LAMBNCZ036-056-069>071-162300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 527 PM EDT SAT AUG 16 2003 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAINFALL TO AFFECT THE CHARLOTTE METRO AREA THROUGH 7 PM... AT 525 PM...WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHING FROM STATESVILLE...WEST TO HICKORY. RADAR ALSO SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHING FROM WEDDINGTON AND WAXHAW...NORTHEAST THROUGH MONROE TO NEW SALEM. THE STORMS WERE SLIDING SLOWLY SOUTHWARD...AND WERE ASSOCIATED WITH RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR. THROUGH 7 PM...STORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE CHARLOTTE METROPOLITAN AREA FROM THE NORTH AND AFFECT LOCATIONS FROM CHARLOTTE AND HUNTERSVILLE...WEST TO LINCOLNTON...MOUNT HOLLY AND GASTONIA...AND WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTH OVER UNION COUNTY. FLOODING OF STREETS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS COULD OCCUR IN THE LARGER CITIES...SUCH AS CHARLOTTE...GASTONIA AND MONROE...AND COULD RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT RISES ON STREAMS AND CREEKS ACROSS PART OF THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION. BURRUS
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Small streams flooded adjacent roads, stranding some people in their homes.
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: 5374444.