1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 6, 8:05 PM EST, 4 hours earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 905 PM EDT WED AUG 6 2003 KGSP RADAR SHOWS MOST OF THE REMAINING CONVECTION CONFINED TO THE NC FOOTHILLS AND THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE CLT METRO AREA. LAPS ANALYSIS SHOWS MOST OF THE REMAINING SURFACE BASED INSTABILITY LIMITED TO THE NC PIEDMONT...WHICH STANDS THE BEST CHANCE OF ADDITIONAL PRECIP FOR THE REST OF THE EVENING. WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS VORT AXIS MOVING IN FROM N GA. AS THIS FEATURE SWINGS THROUGH THE REGION OVERNIGHT... IT COULD TRIGGER ADDITIONAL CONVECTION AT ANY TIME. WILL NOT LOWER POP BELOW CHANCE RANGE FOR THAT REASON...BUT WILL ADJUST POPS TO MATCH ONGOING CONVECTION. AS FOR TEMPS...AREAS OF THE LOWER SC PIEDMONT ARE ALREADY AT FCST LOWS OWING TO COOL POOL IN THE WAKE OF EARLIER CONVECTION. WILL TWEAK TEMPS DOWN THERE BY A DEGREE...BUT WILL LEAVE TEMPS ALONE ELSEWHERE. .GSP... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. MOORE ...PREVIOUS DISCUSSION ISSUED AT 233 PM... ANOMALOUS UPPER LEVEL LONGWAVE TROUGH TO REMAIN OVER EASTERN USA THROUGH EARLY PART OF PACKAGE...WITH RIDGE TO W. CONVECTION IN N AL THIS AFTERNOON TRACKING E TOWARD GA/SC...AND WILL KEEP LIKELY EVENING POPS THOSE AREAS...WITH CHANCE NC. CONCERNED ABOUT SEVERE POTENTIAL S PORTION...AND FLOOD POTENTIAL ENTIRE AREA. WILL LEAVE CHANCE POPS WELL AFTER MIDNIGHT...AS CONVECTION HAS BEEN SLOW TO DIE OFF. DENSE FOG WAS OBSERVED ACROSS MUCH OF AREA EARLY THIS MORNING...AND WILL INCLUDE AGAIN THU. IMPULSE ROUNDING BASE OF TROUGH THU MORE IMPRESSIVE THAN TODAY...AND WILL CARRY LIKELY POP ENTIRE AREA. WITH UPPER ENERGY STILL UPSTREAM THU NIGHT...LOW CHANCE POP WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. ANOTHER VIGOROUS VORT LOBE APPROACHES AREA FRI...TAKING UNTIL LATE NIGHT TO MOVE THROUGH. CARRIED SLIGHTLY LOWER POP WITH THIS FEATURE AS IT IS A BIT WEAKER THAN THURSDAY IMPULSE. YET ANOTHER VORT LOBE APPROACHES SAT INTO SAT NIGHT. THOUGH MORE IMPRESSIVE THAN FRIDAY VORT...WILL KEEP POP ABOUT LIKE FRI...AS CONFIDENCE DECREASES ON STRENGTH/TIMING. TEMPERATURES NEAR PERSISTENCE WITH NO CHANGE IN AIR MASS. EXTENDED FORECAST STARTS MUCH AS EARLY PACKAGE ENDS. BY MON GFS HAS STRONG SHORTWAVE DIGGING INTO BASE OF TROUGH...CLOSING OF LOW IN S MS RIVER VALLEY. IF THIS SCENARIO UNFOLDS...W ATLANTIC RIDGE COULD RETROGRADE OVER AREA...WARMING/DRYING AREA. CURRENT NCEP SOLUTION MAINTAINS WEAK BOUNDARY OVER AREA ON E SIDE OF UPPER TROUGH THROUGH TUE...LEADING TO MORE PERSISTENCE IN FORECAST. BY WED BOUNDARY OUT OF AREA AND WEAKENING...AND WILL CARRY SLIGHT CHANCE POP. FCSTID = 7 GSP 69 85 68 85 / 60 60 60 40 AND 70 85 69 85 / 60 60 60 40 CLT 69 85 68 85 / 50 60 60 40 HKY 67 83 66 83 / 50 60 60 30 AVL 64 81 63 81 / 50 60 60 30 O7
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-061100- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 508 AM EDT WED AUG 6 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP TODAY OVER THE FORECAST AREA. ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. IN ADDITION...SLOW STORM MOTIONS WILL ALLOW FOR HIGH RAINFALL RATES. PLEASE SEE THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK (CAESPSGSP) FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLOODING THREAT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL LINGER OVER THE AREA THROUGH THE PERIOD. WITH THE GROUND NEARLY SATURATED...ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL QUICKLY RUNOFF INTO NEARBY STREAMS AND CREEKS. IF THESE HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP THROUGHOUT THE WEEK AS EXPECTED...FLOODING MAY RESULT. PLEASE 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
1207 AM EDT THU AUG 07 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1200 AM HICKORY NC FLASH FLOOD
08/07/03 CATAWBA COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS
REPORTS SEVERAL STREETS
CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING
WITH AT LEAST ONE VEHICLE
TRAPPED.
1200 AM LONGVIEW NC FLASH FLOOD
08/07/03 CATAWBA COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS
REPORTS SEVERAL STREETS
CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING.
HGThe Greer radar (KGSP), 78 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 05:03 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Fallston-Waco Road flooded near Buffalo Creek.
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: 5374357.