1 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 31, 11:30 AM EST, 45 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1230 PM EDT SUN AUG 31 2003 ISSUING AN UPDATE TO BRING POPS UP TO LIKELY ALONG THE INTERSTATE 85 CORRIDOR. LOWERED THE MAXIMUM TEMPERTURE A COUPLE OF DEGREES ACROSS THE SAME AREA AS WELL WHILE OPENING A RANGE GENERALLY IN THE MID 80S. .GSP... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. OUTLAW
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-311145- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 548 AM EDT SUN AUG 31 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY IN THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED IN THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED FROM MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED FRIDAY AND SATURDAY ALONG AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 77. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. 07
The Greer radar (KGSP), 113 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:13 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning ignited a fire at a church, causing significant damage.
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: 5333301.