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 4, 1:23 PM EST, 3 hours 7 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 223 PM EDT MON AUG 4 2003 UPPER LEVEL TROUGH AXIS TO REMAIN W OF AREA. REMNANTS OF WEAK SURFACE BOUNDARY APPEAR TO REACH AREA LATE TUE...STALLING OVER AREA....WITH SURFACE WAVE MOVING INTO AREA FROM W WED. FIRST OF SEVERALE VORT LOBES MOVES ACROSS AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. LEFT POPS AT LIKELY NE THIS EVENING...WHERE GREATEST INSTABILITY EXPECTED...WITH HIGH CHANCE REST OF AREA. ANOTHER VORT LOBE TO PASS TO SW OF AREA LATE TUE. CARRIED CHANCE POPS...BEST IN WHERE VORT LOBE COMES CLOSEST. THIRD VORT MAX APPROACHES WED...AND CARRIED CHANCE POP ACROSS AREA. WITH VERY MOIST AIR MASS AND POSSIBLE BOUNDARY...LEFT SLIGHT CHANCE POPS LATE EACH NIGHT. WEAK COLD FRONT TO CROSS AREA EARLY THU...SUPPORTING ANOTHER DAY OF CHACNE POPS. TEMPERATURES NEAR PERSISTENCE EACH DAY...GENERALLY LOW TO MID 80S OVER MID TO UPPER 60S. POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE WEATHER TO EXIST THROUGH EARLY PART OF PACKAGE. ALTHOUGH LARGE SCALE QPF NOT EXPECTED TO VERY GREAT ON ANY GIVEN DAY...CUMULATIVE EFFECT ON ALREADY SOAKED SOIL COULD LEAD TO FLOODING BY MID WEEK. WILL ISSUE FLOOD POTENTIAL OUTLOOK. EXTENDED FORECAST FEATURES WEAK STATIONARY FRONT STALLED ACROSS CENTRAL CAROLINAS. CARRIED CHANCE POPS EACH AFTERNOON/EVENING WITH SLIGHT CHANCE LATE EACH NIGHT. TEMPERATURES AGAIN NEAR PERSISTENCE. FCSTID = 7 GSP 68 87 69 85 / 50 30 30 40 AND 68 88 69 85 / 50 30 30 40 CLT 68 88 70 85 / 60 30 30 40 HKY 65 85 67 83 / 60 30 30 40 AVL 62 83 64 81 / 50 40 40 40 .GSP... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. O7
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-041115- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 517 AM EDT MON AUG 4 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME NUMEROUS TODAY...ESPECIALLY FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO MIDNIGHT. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BECOME QUITE STRONG AND A FEW COULD REACH SEVERE LEVELS. LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL CAN ALSO BE ANTICIPATED. SEE THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK (CAESPSGSP) FOR MORE DETAILED INFORMATION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEK. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL AUGMENT ONGOING ELEVATED WATER LEVELS...INCREASING THE CHANCES FOR FLOODING. IN ADDITION...THESE STORMS COULD ALSO BECOME QUITE STRONG AND A FEW COULD REACH SEVERE LEVELS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. NED
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-050000- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 214 PM EDT MON AUG 4 2003 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA...AND CONTINUE THROUGH MIDNIGHT. AS A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE ROTATES ACROSS THE REGION AND DRIER AIR ALOFT MOVES IN...SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS COULD REACH SEVERE STATUS...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WINDS AS HIGH AS 70 MPH AND HAIL AS LARGE AS QUARTERS. THE MOST FAVORED AREAS FOR SEVERE WEATHER DEVELOPMENT INCLUDE THE MOUNTAINS...AND IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT FOOTHILLS...WHICH HAVE HAD THE MOST DAYTIME HEATING AND HAVE BECOME THE MOST UNSTABLE. HOWEVER...SEVERE WEATHER IS POSSIBLE EASTWARD INTO THE PIEDMONT AS WELL. SPOTTER GROUPS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO ACTIVATE QUICKLY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. DISPATCHERS SHOULD ENSURE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS ARE AWARE OF THIS INFORMATION. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET FOR THE LATEST UPDATES CONCERNING THIS POTENTIAL SEVERE WEATHER SITUATION. BURRUS
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
408 PM EDT MON AUG 04 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
400 PM WEAVERVILLE NC .75 INCH HAIL
08/04/03 BUNCOMBE SPOTTER REPORTED PENNY
SIZED HAIL COVERING
GROUND. POWER KNOCKED OUT
FOR UNKNOWN REASON.
LAMBPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
425 PM EDT MON AUG 04 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
400 PM WEAVERVILLE NC WIND DAMAGE
08/04/03 BUNCOMBE BUNCOMBE 911 REPORTED 7-8
TREES DOWN IN TOWN OF
WEAVERVILLE. ALSO MAJOR
POWER OUTAGES IN NORTHERN
BUNCOMBE COUNTY.
LAMBThe Greer radar (KGSP), 90 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:28 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning struck two men in a rain shelter at a golf course.
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: 5374460.