1 thunderstorm wind, 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 19, 2:15 PM EST, 5 hours 55 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 315 PM EDT SAT JUL 19 2003 SFC TROUGH REMAINS STRETCHED ACROSS THE REGION AS COLD FRONT SLIDES S TOWARD THE AREA. CONVECTION HAS FIRED EARLY IN THE UNSTABLE AIRMASS WITH LITTLE CAPPING AND WEAK H5 SHORTWAVES SLIPPING EAST ACROSS THE REGION. COVERAGE SHOULD REMAIN SCATTERED THROUGH SUNSET...WITH THE BEST FOCUS SHIFTING TOWARD THE NRN FOOTHILLS IN LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE AS THE EVENING PROGRESSES. SLIGHTLY BETTER MID LEVEL WIND FLOW ACROSS THE NRN TIER TO ALLOW TSTM MODE TO VARY FROM WEAK MULTI CELL N TO MAINLY PULSE SEVERE S. WEAK DRYING INTO SUN WITH NO ADDITIONAL UPPER SUPPORT SHOULD INHIBIT COVERAGE A LITTLE. LOW LEVEL TROUGH/WEAK FRONT LINGER TO PROVIDE A FOCUS FOR SLIGHT CHC CONVECTION SUN PM. ANOTHER MAINLY DIURNAL CHC ON MONDAY BEFORE UPPER ENERGY ASSOC WITH SIGNIFICANT HEIGHT FALLS ARRIVE BY TUE ALONG WITH APPROACHING FRONT. SETUP REMAINS IMPRESSIVE FOR POSSIBLE SEVERE WX THREAT FROM TUE INTO WED UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF STRONG UPPER DYNAMICS. HAVE PUSHED POPS INTO LIKELY RANGE FOR TUE AND WILL MAINTAIN HIGH CHC THROUGH WED BEFORE PARING BACK FROM THE W ON THU. EASTWARD PROGRESSION OF LONGWAVE TROUGH STILL QUESTIONABLE FOR LATE WEEK...BUT DRYING IN THE COLUMN SHOULD ALLOW DRY FORECAST TO GO FORWARD FOR NEXT FRI/SAT. FCSTID = 33 GSP 69 89 69 89 / 30 20 20 30 AND 69 90 69 90 / 30 20 20 30 CLT 69 89 69 89 / 30 20 20 30 HKY 67 87 67 87 / 40 20 20 30 AVL 64 85 64 85 / 30 20 20 30 .GSP... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. HG
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-191145- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 535 AM EDT SAT JUL 19 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE REGION AGAIN TODAY. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. SEE OUR SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK...UNDER THE PRODUCT I.D. CAESPSGSP...FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AGAIN LATE MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY AS AN UNSEASONABLY STRONG COLD FRONT MOVES INTO THE REGION. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL STAND A GOOD CHANCE OF BEING SEVERE. IF THE FRONT MOVES SLOWLY ENOUGH...THERE WILL ALSO BE A CHANCE OF LOCALIZED FLOODING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE LIKELY. MCAVOY
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
424 PM EDT SAT JUL 19 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
415 PM DYSARTSVILLE NC WIND DAMAGE
07/19/03 MCDOWELL SPOTTER REPORTS TREE
BLOWN DOWN ONTO HIGHWAY
64.
HGPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
556 PM EDT SAT JUL 19 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
543 PM MOCKSVILLE NC .75 INCH HAIL
07/19/03 DAVIE DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED
BY SPOTTER.
RBPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
639 PM EDT SAT JUL 19 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
630 PM 6 W SALISBURY NC WIND DAMAGE
07/19/03 ROWAN SPOTTER REPORTS TWO TREES
DOWN.
JATPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
725 PM EDT SAT JUL 19 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
722 PM 6 S ANDERSON SC .75 INCH HAIL
07/19/03 ANDERSON SPOTTER REPORT.
JATPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
826 PM EDT SAT JUL 19 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
825 PM GASTONIA NC WIND DAMAGE
07/19/03 GASTON HAM REPORT.
JATPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
902 PM EDT SAT JUL 19 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
850 PM GASTONIA NC 1.75 INCH HAIL
07/19/03 GASTON GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL
REPORTED BY SPOTTER.
RBThe Greer radar (KGSP), 88 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:08 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Numerous trees and power lines were blown down near the South Carolina border.
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: 5334428.