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 29, 9:20 AM EST, 4 hours 10 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1020 AM EDT TUE JUL 29 2003 LATE MORNING UPDATE WILL BE ISSUED ALTHOUGH CHANGES FOR THIS AFTERNOON WILL BE FEW. EAST TO WEST FRONT CONTINUES TO DRIFT SLOWLY SOUTHWARD. LATEST MESO ANALYSES INDICATE CONFLUENT ASYMPTOTE IN SURFACE WIND FIELD EXTENDS FROM NORTHERN POLK COUNTY EASTWARD THROUGH NORTHERN MECKLENBURG COUNTY AND ROWAN COUNTY. MOISTURE CONVERGENCE AXIS ACCOMPANIES THE WIND CONFLUENCE. NORTH OF THIS FEATURE... SURFACE WINDS ARE NORTHEAST WHILE SOUTHWEST FLOW CONTINUES ELSEWHERE TO THE SOUTH... AT LEAST EAST OF THE MOUNTAINS. THERE ARE HINTS OF A WEST TO NORTHWEST FLOW IN THE MOUNTAINS... BUT TERRAIN IS MAKING RESOLUTION OF LOWER LEVEL WIND RATHER DIFFICULT. LATEST RUC SHOWS 500 MB TROUGH AND ASSOCIATED VORTICITY MAXIMUM JUST TO OUR WEST CONTINUING TO MOVE GRADUALLY EASTWARD. AIR MASS OVER CWA IS UNSTABLE... BUT NOT SUFFICIENTLY UNSTABLE TO INDICATE SIGNIFICANT POTENTIAL OF SEVERE WEATHER. FORECAST CAPES DURING TIME OF MAXIMUM HEATING DISPLAY A GRADIENT RANGING FROM 1900 IN WEST TO 3200 IN EAST. WILL CONTINUE POPS IN CURRENT FORECAST THIS AFTERNOON BUT PLAN TO INCREASE INTO LIKELY CATEGORY FOR OUR EASTERN ZONES. CONCERN FOR ISOLATED SEVERE WEATHER THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING WILL BE CENTERED AROUND THE MOST UNSTABLE AIR IN THE EAST AND THE SURFACE MOISTURE CONVERGENCE MAXIMUM. .GSP... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. LGL
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-291100- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 458 AM EDT TUE JUL 29 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE EXTENDED PERIOD. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED ATT HIS TIME. RB
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-300000- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 108 PM EDT TUE JUL 29 2003 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE ACROSS EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE WESTERN CAROLINAS... THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON. A MOSTLY SUNNY START TO THE DAY HAS RESULTED IN A VERY UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE. AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE NORTHWEST...AND A POTENT UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE ROTATES ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON...THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS TO BECOME SEVERE. THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREAT THROUGH EARLY EVENING WILL BE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO NEAR 70 MPH. THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD WEAKEN WITH THE LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING. WITH A WEAK WIND FLOW ALOFT...ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DO DEVELOP ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE SLOWLY...AND COULD PRODUCE AT LEAST A COUPLE OF INCHES OF RAIN IN ANY ONE LOCATION. STANDING WATER ON ROADS...AND IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS IS LIKELY WHEREVER THUNDERSTORMS LINGER FOR LONG PERIODS. STREAMS...CREEKS AND RIVERS COULD SEE QUICK RISES ACROSS THE REGION...ENHANCING THE POSSIBILITY OF LOCALIZED FLOODING. 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. BURRUS
The Greer radar (KGSP), 133 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:29 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Several creeks overflowed their banks and flooded adjacent roads. Sam Newell Rd in Matthews was flooded. In southeast Charlotte, Four Mile Creek flooded Tank Town Rd and Briar Creek flooded part of Sheffield Dr.
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: 5329842.