1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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 9, 5:57 PM EST, 7 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 657 PM EDT WED JUL 9 2003 UPDATED ZONES TO RAISE POPS ALONG AND AHEAD OF MCS IN THE NC PIEDMONT AND FOOTHILLS. TWEAKS TO THE GRIDS...BUT NO OTHER CHANGES TO THE ZONES. .GSP... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. MCAVOY
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-091230- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 627 AM EDT WED JUL 9 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE... AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL ONCE AGAIN REACH INTO THE UPPER 90S ACROSS THE PIEDMONT WITH ONLY SMALL CHANCES OF LATE DAY THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... A DAILY CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS STILL FORECAST FOR THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
540 PM EDT WED JUL 09 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
535 PM 2 S KINGS MOUNTAIN NC .75 INCH HAIL
07/09/03 CLEVELAND AMATEUR RADIO SPOTTER
REPORT
DICARLOPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
601 PM EDT WED JUL 09 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
600 PM MARION NC WIND DAMAGE
07/09/03 MCDOWELL 911 REPORTED TREES AND
POWERLINES DOWN ALL OVER
THE COUNTY.
TJBPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
605 PM EDT WED JUL 09 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
505 PM NEWLAND NC WIND DAMAGE
07/09/03 AVERY 911 CENTER REPORTS WIND
DAMAGE/TREES DOWN COUNTY
WIDE.
TJBNCZ036-037-057-071-072-082-092330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 622 PM EDT WED JUL 9 2003 A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE EAST AT 30 MPH ACROSS THE NORTH CAROLINA PIEDMONT EARLY THIS EVENING. BY 625 PM... THE STORMS WILL AFFECT THE INTERSTATE 77 CORRIDOR FROM CHARLOTTE NORTH TO MOORESVILLE TO STATESVILLE. BY 650 PM...THE STORMS WILL MOVE EAST...AFFECTING TOWNS FROM MONROE...NORTH TO CONCORD TO MOCKSVILLE. THE STORMS WILL CONTAIN STRONG WINDS AND HEAVY RAINFALL. SOME STORMS MAY PRODUCE WINDS GREATER THAN 60 MPH AND HAIL LARGER THAN PENNIES. WINDS FROM THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY AFFECT AREAS 10 TO 15 MILES AHEAD OF THE STORMS. BE ABLE TO SEEK SHELTER IF THUNDERSTORMS THREATEN YOUR AREA. NED
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
634 PM EDT WED JUL 09 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
600 PM LENOIR NC WIND DAMAGE
07/09/03 CALDWELL LENOIR PD REPORTED
POWERLINES BLOWN DOWN IN
LENOIR.
CORRECTED LENOIR SPELLING.PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
701 PM EDT WED JUL 09 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
630 PM 7 SE TAYLORSVILLE NC WIND DAMAGE
07/09/03 ALEXANDER 911 CENTER REPORTED TREES
DOWN IN STONEY POINT AND
ALSO AT STONEY POINT
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
620 PM LONGVIEW NC .88 INCH HAIL
07/09/03 CATAWBA SPOTTER REPORTED NICKEL
TO PENNY HAIL IN LONGVIEW
625 PM NW HICKORY NC 1.00 INCH HAIL
07/09/03 CATAWBA SPOTTER REPORTED QUARTER
SIZE HAIL AND WINDS
ESTIMATED NEAR 50 MPH.
625 PM 5 NE HICKORY NC 1.00 INCH HAIL
07/09/03 CATAWBA SPOTTER REPORTED QUARTER
SIZE HAIL NEAR ST
STEPHENS AREA.
CORRECTED FOR LONGVIEW.The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 71 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:04 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Little Pine Creek and Walnut Creek roads were flooded.
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: 5334520.