1 high wind, 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, 10:45 PM EST, 4 hours 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1045 PM EST SAT FEB 22 2003 COLD FRONT NOT MOVING AS QUICKLY AS EARLIER ANTICIPATED...AND CWFA REMAINS RATHER WARM...AND UNSTABLE. STILL A COUPLE OF LINES OF CONVECTION UPSTREAM THAT WILL AFFECT THE CWFA LATER TONIGHT...BUT WIDESPREAD COVERAGE NOT ANTICIPATED SO WILL LOWER POPS BACK TO CHANCE FOR THE OVERNIGHT. COLD ADVECTION YET TO BEGIN IN THE MOUNTAINS...BUT SHOULD BEGIN IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS AND WILL MAINTAIN THE RAIN/SNOW SHOWER MIX FOR THE MOUNTAINS...LATE...WITH SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS BEFORE 3 AM OR SO. MANY STREAMS/CREEKS RUNNING AT OR NEAR BANKFULL...SO FLOOD WATCH WILL STAY TIL 7 AM SUNDAY. OTHER CHANGES TO ZONES MINOR. FCSTID = 44 GSP 50 57 37 60 / 50 10 20 20 AND 52 59 36 61 / 50 0 20 20 CLT 50 60 37 59 / 50 0 20 20 HKY 46 54 35 55 / 50 10 20 20 AVL 43 50 33 55 / 60 10 20 20 .GSP... GA...FLOOD WATCH FOR TONIGHT FOR ZONES. GAZ010...GAZ017>018...GAZ026...GAZ028>029. WIND ADVISORY FOR AREA LAKES GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029. NC...FLOOD WATCH FOR TONIGHT FOR ZONES NCZ033>037...NCZ048>059... NCZ062>072...NCZ082. WIND ADVISORY FOR ALL AREA LAKES EXCEPT NCZ033-034-048-050-054-055. WIND ADVISORY FOR LATE TONIGHT FOR ZONES NCZ033...NCZ048>050. SC...FLOOD WATCH FOR TONIGHT FOR ZONES SCZ001>014...SCZ019. WIND ADVISORY FOR ALL AREA LAKES. BURRUS
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
1023 PM EST SAT FEB 22 2003
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
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930 PM GREENVILLE SC WIND DAMAGE
02/22/03 GREENVILLE GREENVILLE POLICE AND
FIRE REPORTED 2 TRAFFIC
LIGHTS BLOWN OFF AND
HANGING BY A THREAD.
JONESThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A number of trees were blown down, especially in Asheville.
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: 5345235.