1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 13, 7:56 AM EST, 4 hours 19 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 856 AM EDT SUN JUL 13 2003 EARLY UPDATE TO INCREASE POPS THIS MORNING TO CHANCE. RADAR SHOWS CONVECTION FIRING ALONG BOUNDARY IN SMOKY MOUNTAINS. EARLIER ACTIVITY FIZZLED IN UPPER SAVANNAH RIVER VALLEY. INCREASED CLOUDS TODAY AND LOWERED MAX T ONE DEGREE. UPDATED TEMP/DEW POINT AND WIND FIELDS TO REFLECT CURRENT OBS AND LATEST PROGS. FCSTID = 7 GSP 85 67 87 68 / 50 60 30 30 AND 85 68 87 69 / 50 60 30 30 CLT 86 67 87 68 / 50 60 50 50 HKY 83 66 84 67 / 50 60 40 40 AVL 80 62 81 63 / 50 60 30 30 .GSP... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. O7
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-131100- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 450 AM EDT SUN JUL 13 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 FORECAST AREA IN RESPONSE TO AN UPPER LEVEL TROF MOVING EAST TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST U.S.. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. .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. RB
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-132000- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 952 AM EDT SUN JUL 13 2003 ...SEVERE WEATHER POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY THIS AFTERNOON. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE...PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND AND LARGE HAIL. IN ADDITION...THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING. SPOTTER GROUPS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO ACTIVATE QUICKLY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. DISPATCHERS SHOULD ENSURE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS ARE AWARE OF THIS INFORMATION. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET FOR THE LATEST UPDATES CONCERNING THIS POTENTIAL SEVERE WEATHER SITUATION. 07
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 128 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:14 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
After a night of persistent heavy rain, several roads flooded quickly after slow-moving thunderstorms produced another round of heavy rainfall during the afternoon.
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, July 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: 5329833.