1 heavy rain, 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 5, 8:40 PM EST, 20 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 940 PM EDT TUE AUG 5 2003 VERY BUSY WATCHING STORMS AROUND GSP METRO AND POINTS SE ATTM...BUT FEEL CWFA AS WHOLE IN GOOD SHAPE ZFPWISE WITH EARLIER UPDATE OF CHC POPS FOR THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. WILL TRY AND FIND TIME DURING LATE EVENING TO FRESHEN UP GRIDS AND POSSIBLY SNEAK OUT A QUICK ZFP UPDATE. FCSTID = 55 GSP 68 86 69 86 / 60 40 40 40 AND 69 88 69 88 / 40 40 40 40 CLT 68 87 69 87 / 60 40 40 40 HKY 65 85 67 84 / 40 40 40 40 AVL 62 82 64 81 / 40 40 40 40 .GSP... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE.
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-051100- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 505 AM EDT TUE AUG 5 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA TODAY. A FEW OF THESE STORMS COULD REACH SEVERE LEVELS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL CAN ALSO BE ANTICIPATED. SEE THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK (CAESPSGSP) FOR MORE DETAILED INFORMATION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE PERIOD...MAINLY IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WITH THE GROUND NEARLY SATURATED RAINFALL WILL RUNOFF INTO NEARBY STREAMS AND CREEKS. IF THESE HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP THROUGHOUT THE WEEK AS EXPECTED...FLOODING MAY RESULT. SEE THE LATEST FLOOD POTENTIAL OUTLOOK (ESFGSP) FOR MORE DETAILED INFORMATION. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. NED
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
521 PM EDT TUE AUG 05 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
515 PM MOUNT HOLLY NC .75 INCH HAIL
08/05/03 GASTON DIME SIZED HAIL REPORTED
BY DUKE POWER COMPANY
METEOROLOGIST.
KRENTZPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
532 PM EDT TUE AUG 05 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
525 PM UNION GROVE NC .75 INCH HAIL
08/05/03 IREDELL 3/4 INCH HAIL REPORTED BY
SKYWARN SPOTTER NEAR
HARMONY AND UNION GROVE.
KRENTZPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
546 PM EDT TUE AUG 05 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
528 PM WEST CHARLOTTE NC WIND DAMAGE
08/05/03 MECKLENBURG COUNTY 911 OFFICIALS
REPORTED TREE DOWN ON
HOUSE.
537 PM 3 E UNION GROVE NC 1.75 INCH HAIL
08/05/03 IREDELL GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL
REPORTED BY HAM RADIO
SPOTTER.
KRENTZPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
815 PM EDT TUE AUG 05 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
756 PM JONESVILLE SC WIND DAMAGE
08/05/03 UNION COUNTY 911 OFFICALS
REPORTED ROOF BLOWN OFF
MOBILE HOME.
KRENTZPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
856 PM EDT TUE AUG 05 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
820 PM UNION SC WIND DAMAGE
08/05/03 UNION COUNTY 911 OFFICIALS
REPORTED NUMEROUS TREES
DOWN AND POWER OUTAGES
ALL AROUND TOWN.
KRENTZSCZ012-060230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 921 PM EDT TUE AUG 5 2003 ...THUNDERSTORMS STRENGTHENING ACROSS NORTHERN LAURENS COUNTY... AT 915 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING WESTWARD ACROSS THE ENOREE RIVER IN NORTHERN LAURENS COUNTY. THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD CONTINUE TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE ACROSS THE AREA AND MOVE SOUTH ACROSS THE COUNTY THROUGH LATE EVENING. INTERESTS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD BE READY FOR VERY HEAVY RAIN...CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND POSSIBLY SOME HAIL AND STRONG WIND GUSTS. 55
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rainfall caused urban flooding to develop. A cinder block wall collapsed at a residence, damaging a vehicle. Water entered basements at several homes throughout the city.
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: 5332998.