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 29, 6:40 PM EST, 20 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 740 PM EDT TUE JUL 29 2003 WITH STRONGEST CONVECTION ALONG THE EXTREME EASTERN EDGE OF THE CWA...PLAN ON CLEARING REMAINDER OF COUNTIES FROM THE WATCH BY 8 PM. WILL SEND UPDATE TO PARE BACK POPS FROM THE WEST. LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE NEAR CLT METRO AREA OVERNIGHT WILL REQUIRE CONTINUATION OF LIKELY POPS EVEN BEHIND THE BEST CONVECTION. ALSO TRIMMED TEMPS SLIGHTLY IN THE FOOTHILLS IN LINE WITH LATEST OBSERVATIONS. FCSTID = 33 .GSP... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. HG
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
NCZ034-054-055-066-067-SCZ002-003-005>007-010>012-019-292245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 615 PM EDT TUE JUL 29 2003 THE NORTH CAROLINA FOOTHILLS AND THE WESTERN UPSTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA HAVE BEEN CLEARED FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH # 812. THIS CLEARANCE AFFECTS THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN NORTH CAROLINA... CALDWELL...BURKE...MCDOWELL...RUTHERFORD...AND POLK. AND THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN SOUTH CAROLINA... PICKENS...GREENVILLE...SPARTANBURG...LAURENS...ANDERSON...ABBEVILLE. ...AND GREENWOOD. THE STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY HAS MOVED EAST OF THE AREA. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY STILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION THIS EVENING...BUT THEY ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LEVELS. HG
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
629 PM EDT TUE JUL 29 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
610 PM BELMONT NC WIND DAMAGE
07/29/03 GASTON TREES DOWN...INCLUDING
ONE THAT DAMAGED A POOL
AT A PRIVATE RESIDENCE.
MCAVOYPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
701 PM EDT TUE JUL 29 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
645 PM NEEDMORE NC FLASH FLOOD
07/29/03 ROWAN COUNTY 911 REPORTED WOMAN
RESCUED FROM FLOODED
HOUSE NEAR CREEK. NO
INJURIES. ALSO...MT
VERNON RD BRIDGE OVER
FOURTH CREEK FLOODED WITH
WATER OVER BRIDGE RAILS.
LAMBPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
705 PM EDT TUE JUL 29 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
630 PM CHINA GROVE NC WIND DAMAGE
07/29/03 ROWAN 2 FRUIT TREES BLOWN DOWN.
REPORTED BY HAM RADIO
OPERATOR.
MCAVOYPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
739 PM EDT TUE JUL 29 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
715 PM WOODLEAF NC FLASH FLOOD
07/29/03 ROWAN SPOTTER REPORTED MT
VERNON RD AND FOSTER RD
IMPASSABLE DUE TO VERY
FAST MOVING FLOOD
WATER...FROM CREEK OUT OF
BANKS. F.D. HAS ROADS
CLOSED.
633 PM 4 E CHARLOTTE NC LIGHTNING
07/29/03 MECKLENBURG ***INJURED 2, DEAD 0***
COUNTY 911 REPORTED TWO
SEPARATE LIGHTNING
INJURIES. ONE PERSON
TRANSPORTED TO HOSPITAL
FROM LOCATION 3 W OF
WEDDINGTON. OTHER
TRANSPORTED FROM 4 E OF
CHARLOTTE. MEDICAL
CONDITIONS UNKNOWN.
710 PM CHARLOTTE NC URBAN FLOODING
07/29/03 MECKLENBURG COUNTY 911 REPORTED LARGE
WHIRLPOOL IN PARKING LOT
OFF INDEPENDENCE BLVD.
WATER FLOWING INTO
SINKHOLE FROM PREVIOUS
FLOOD EVENT. SWIRL APPROX
40 FT IN DIAMETER.
LAMBNCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-082-SCZ008-009-013-014-292345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 755 PM EDT TUE JUL 29 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CLEARED THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH # 812... IN NORTH CAROLINA... ALEXANDER...CATAWBA...LINCOLN...CLEVELAND...GASTON...IREDELL...DAVIE ...ROWAN...CABARRUS...MECKLENBURG...UNION. AND IN SOUTH CAROLINA... CHEROKEE...UNION...YORK...CHESTER. RADAR INDICATES THAT THE STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED EAST OF THE AREA. ALTHOUGH ADDITIONAL SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP OVERNIGHT...NONE OF THESE ARE EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE. SIGNIFICANT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OVER PORTIONS OF THE NORTH CAROLINA PIEDMONT THIS EVENING. ALTHOUGH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED...FLOODING MAY BE ENCOUNTERED. CONTINUE TO EXERCISE CAUTION IF YOU MUST TRAVEL. HG
The Greer radar (KGSP), 159 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:03 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A tree fell on a house, causing minor damage to the roof.
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: 5329911.