1 tornado, 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 Jul 12, 1:21 PM EST, 6 hours 4 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 221 PM EDT SAT JUL 12 2003 UPPER LEVEL TROUGH TO PERSIST. SURFACE FRONT E OF AREA TO WASH OUT...WHILE ANOTHER WEAK FRONT MOVES INTO AREA TONIGHT...STALLING JUST TO S ON SUN. AREA CAPPED UNTIL THIS EVENING...WHEN CAPES OF 200-300 PROGGED BY MODEL SOUNDINGS AS MID LEVELS COOL. SUNDAY AFTERNOON TO HAVE A BIT MORE INSTABILITY...AND FRONTAL MOISTURE. MON/TUE NEARLY A REPEAT OF SUN. GULF NOT OPEN...SO ACTIVITY JUST EXPECTED TO BE SCATTERED. NOT MUCH COOLING BEHIND THESE BOUNDARIES ...WITH MOISTURE/CLOUDS REMAINING...AND COOLEST AIR WELL TO N. WEAK S FLOW TO DOMINATE WED/THU AS SLOW MOVING FRONT ADVANCES FROM NW. FRONT TO STALL OVER AERA FRI...WITH LIMITED MOISTURE...THEN TO WASH OUT SAT. CHANCE POPS CONTINUE...PRIMARILY AFTERNOON/EVENING... WITH TEMPERATURES AROUND OR JUST BELOW NORMAL. FCSTID = 7 GSP 67 86 67 87 / 30 40 40 30 AND 68 86 68 87 / 30 40 40 30 CLT 67 87 67 87 / 30 40 40 30 HKY 65 84 66 84 / 30 40 40 30 AVL 60 81 62 81 / 30 40 40 30 .GSP... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. O7
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-121130- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 520 AM EDT SAT JUL 12 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 DEVELOP AND ORGANIZE ACROSS THE TENNESSEE VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON. THE STORMS MAY MOVE INTO THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR EARLY THIS EVENING...AND THEN MOVE ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...AS WELL AS NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA LATER IN THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. A FEW OF THE STORMS COULD PRODUCE DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS AND PERHAPS LARGE HAIL...ESPECIALLY DURING THE EARLY TO MID EVENING IN AREAS WEST OF I-26 IN GEORGIA AND SOUTH CAROLINA...AND WEST OF THE BLUE RIDGE IN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... SCATTERD...MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE MOST DAYS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS EVENING. LANE
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
656 PM EDT SAT JUL 12 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
625 PM GREER SC .88 INCH HAIL
07/12/03 SPARTANBURG HAM RADIO SPOTTER IN
GREER REPORTED
NICKEL-SIZED HAIL COVERED
THE GROUND IN EAST GREER.
BURRUSPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
751 PM EDT SAT JUL 12 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
648 PM FAIRVIEW NC WIND DAMAGE
07/12/03 BUNCOMBE COUNTY EOC REPORTED
NUMEROUS TREES AND
POWERLINES DOWN IN AND
AROUND FAIRVIEW.
746 PM 10 N LENOIR NC .75 INCH HAIL
07/12/03 CALDWELL SPOTTER REPORT.
725 PM 3 S THERMAL CITY NC 1.00 INCH HAIL
07/12/03 RUTHERFORD SPOTTER REPORTED QUARTER
SIZE HAIL...STRIPPED
LEAVES FROM ONE TREE.
LAMBPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
757 PM EDT SAT JUL 12 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
752 PM 7 E RUTHERFORDTON NC WIND DAMAGE
07/12/03 RUTHERFORD FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORTS
TREES DOWN ON ENGINEER
ROAD IN BOSTIC.
BURRUSPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
800 PM EDT SAT JUL 12 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
752 PM 7 E RUTHERFORDTON NC WIND DAMAGE
07/12/03 RUTHERFORD TREES DOWN AT CEDAR GROVE
BAPTIST CHURCH IN BOSTIC.
COUNTY DISPATCH CENTER
REPORT.
752 PM 7 E RUTHERFORDTON NC .88 INCH HAIL
07/12/03 RUTHERFORD COUNTY 911 CENTER REPORTS
NICKEL-SIZED HAIL IN
BOSTIC.
BURRUSPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
812 PM EDT SAT JUL 12 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
738 PM COLLETTSVILLE NC WIND DAMAGE
07/12/03 CALDWELL TREES DOWN. REPORTED BY
COUNTY COMMS CENTER.
MCAVOYPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
631 PM EDT SAT JUL 12 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
600 PM 2 E WEAVERVILLE NC LIGHTNING
07/12/03 BUNCOMBE ***INJURED 1, DEAD 0***
COUNTY EOC REPORTED ONE
MAN HOSPITALIZED AND SERIOUSLY
INJURED WHILE STANDING UNDER STANDING UPDER A TREE IN REEMS
A TREE IN REEMS CREEK.
CORRECTED DETAILS ON INJURY.The Greer radar (KGSP), 81 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:23 UTC.
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
This weak tornado blew down numerous trees along its 6 mile path. Trees fell on and destroyed a vehicle.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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