1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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 Feb 22, 12:04 PM EST, 1 hour 11 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1204 PM EST SAT FEB 22 2003 UPDATE TO CLEAR CLT AREA FROM TORNADO WATCH. ETA STILL TRIES TO BRING WARM FRONT N OF I-40...SO LEFT WARM MAX TEMPERATURES...BUT DELAYED WIND SHIFT N. PLENTY OF WARM SECTOR UPSTREAM...AND RAISED POPS W TO LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON...WITH DAMAGING WIND INCLUDED. MAY SEE SOME BREAKS IN SKY COVER THIS AFTERNOON. FCSTID = 7 GSP 64 41 57 37 / 90 40 10 20 AND 66 42 58 36 / 90 40 0 20 CLT 64 43 57 37 / 90 40 0 20 HKY 59 39 53 35 / 90 40 10 20 AVL 61 38 51 33 / 90 40 10 20 .GSP... GA...NONE. NC...FLOOD WATCH FOR TODAY FOR ZONES NCZ051>052...NCZ058>059... NCZ062>064. SC...NONE. O7
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-221300- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 619 AM EST SAT FEB 22 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA. SOME OF THE STORMS WILL LIKELY BE SEVERE...ESPECIALLY LATE THIS MORNING INTO THIS AFTERNOON. HEAVY RAINFALL COULD ALSO PRODUCE ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING. WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG AFTER THE PRECIPIATION ENDS TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS. FOR MORE INFORMATION...SEE CAESPSGSP. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED BY EARLY AFTERNOON... ESPECIALLY ALONG THE I-85 CORRIDOR. LANE
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
951 AM EST SAT FEB 22 2003
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
935 AM UNION SC .75 INCH HAIL
02/22/03 UNION REPORTED AT 911 CENTER
MOOREPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
1042 AM EST SAT FEB 22 2003
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1020 AM 6 S ROCK HILL SC .88 INCH HAIL
02/22/03 YORK HAM RADIO OPERATOR
REPORTED NICKEL SIZE HAIL
IN SPRINGDALE NEAR
INTERSECTION OF
INTERSTATE 77 AND HIGHWAY
21.
RWHPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
1123 AM EST SAT FEB 22 2003
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1110 AM MONROE NC WIND DAMAGE
02/22/03 UNION 4 OR 5 TREES DOWN ACROSS
WESTERN PART OF UNION
COUNTY. REPORTED BY EOC.
MOORENCZ057-071-072-082-SCZ009-014-221800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1201 PM EST SAT FEB 22 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CLEARED THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES FROM TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 19... IN NORTH CAROLINA... CABARRUS...MECKLENBURG...ROWAN...UNION IN SOUTH CAROLINA... CHESTER...YORK SEVERE WEATHER HAS MOVED EAST OF THESE COUNTIES. RWH
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
1243 PM EST SAT FEB 22 2003
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
930 AM UNION SC WIND DAMAGE
02/22/03 UNION TWO TREES DOWN...ONE SW
OF UNION...ONE NW OF
UNION. REPORTED BY EOC.
1034 AM MATTHEWS NC WIND DAMAGE
02/22/03 MECKLENBURG REPORTS OF 5 TREES DOWN.
RECEIVED FROM MATTHEWS
PD.
1040 AM GEORGEVILLE NC WIND DAMAGE
02/22/03 CABARRUS TWO TREES DOWN NEAR
INTERSECTION OF US 601
AND NC 200. REPORTED BY
EOC.
MOOREThe Knoxville radar (KMRX), 99 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:16 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
A bridge along a dirt road was washed out by a flooding 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, February 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: 5344609.