1 heavy rain, 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 Jun 15, 2:10 PM EST, 2 hours 50 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 310 PM EDT SUN JUN 15 2003 88D SHOWING A BROKEN LINE OF SH AND TS ACROSS THE CAROLINA MTNS AND FT HILLS. LAPS SHOWS CAPES GENERALLY AROUND 2K AND WITH PW >1.5 AND STORM MOTIONS ONLY 15 MPH ISOLATED EXCESSIVE WILL REMAIN A CONCERN THROUGH THE EVENING. HAVE ALREADY WITNESSED A COUPLE OF STORMS DEVELOPING A STRONG CORE ALOFT...PROMPTING WARNINGS FOR EXPECTED WET MICROBURST. SFC FRONT CURRENTLY LYING STATIONARY ALONG KY AND THE VIRGINIAS. WILL AGAIN EXPECT A DIURNAL DECLINE IN PRECIP TONIGHT AS FORCING REMAINS LIMITED. ETA AND GFS SHOW HIGH PRESSURE BUILD OVER NEW ENGLAND MONDAY AND RIDGES DOWN INTO THE CAROLINAS BY TOMORROW AFTERNOON. WILL EXPECT MOST OF THE PRECIP TO DEVELOP WITHIN WEAK SFC LOW WHICH DEVELOPS OVER THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND EASTERN TN. WILL INCREASE POPS THROUGH THE DAY...BUT WILL LIMIT TO CHC. MONDAY NIGHT WEDGE DEVELOPS TO ITS PRIME AND WILL AND FRONT WILL PUSH DOWN AS FAR SOUTH AS THE SAVANNAH. BOTH MODELS GENERATE A FAIR AMOUNT OF QPF OVERNIGHT AND WILL MAINTAIN GOING LIKELY POPS. CAD WILL RETREAT AND MODIFY DURING THE DAY TUES...AND WILL CLICK POPS BACK TO CHC. WEDNESDAY...FRONT WILL SLIDE NORTH...BUT WILL REMAIN WITHIN THE FA. WITH A VERY MOST AIRMASS IN PLACE...WILL HOLD ONTO POPS FOR SH/TS. THE POTENTIAL FOR EXCESSIVE RAINFALL REMAINS AS PATTERN IS SLOW TO CHANGE. HPC QPF FORECASTS STILL PAINT THE AREA WITH SEVERAL INCHES OF RAIN THROUGH WED. WILL UPDATE ESF. MEDIUM RANGE MODELS SHOWS VORTEX START TO DESCEND OUT OF QUEBEC ON THURSDAY AND BECOMING CENTERED OVER NEW ENGLAND BY FRIDAY. A COLD FRONT...WITH IMPRESSIVE MID-JUNE CAA...WILL SWEEP ACROSS THE REGION THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT. GFS DOES NOT SHOW MUCH FORCING ALONG THE FRONT AND WITH BL RECOVERING FROM CAD LIS BECOME BARELY NEGATIVE. WILL KEEP POPS IN UNTIL MIDNIGHT AND WILL REDUCE TO SCHC THROUGH SUNRISE. WITH CONTINENTAL HIGH OVER THE AREA WILL FORECAST ON SCHC OVER THE WEEKEND. GFS CONTINUES TO PAINT SOME QPF OVER THE REGION ASSOCIATED WILL VORT LOBES AS THE TROF AMPS OF THE COAST. HOWEVER...WILL SIDE WITH THE CANADIAN AND NOGAPS AND WILL TRUST THAT NW FLOW WILL LIMIT DEVELOPMENT OF RAIN. HAVE STAYED CLOSE TO MEX/HPC TEMP GUIDANCE AND TEMPS ARE EXPECTED TO AROUND CLIMO. FCSTID = 16 GSP 069 086 069 080 / 5554 AND 068 087 070 083 / 5444 CLT 068 085 067 077 / 4665 HKY 067 081 066 075 / 5665 AVL 064 080 064 076 / 5555 .GSP... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. NED
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-151145- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 600 AM EDT SUN JUN 15 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. THE ATMOSPHERE OVER THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA REMAINS VERY MOIST...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE. A WEAK SURFACE TROUGH MAY DEVELOP IN FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA THIS AFTERNOON. IF THIS HAPPENS...THE THREAT OF EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL INCREASE. OUR OFFICE WILL ISSUE A SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK CAESPSGSP LATER TODAY IF IT APPEARS THAT THIS HEAVY RAIN THREAT WILL DEVELOP. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SLOWLY SOUTH...CROSSING THE REGION MONDAY AND TUESDAY. AS THE FRONT INTERACTS WITH A VERY MOIST ATMOSPHERE... NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE REGION MONDAY AND TUESDAY. LOCALLY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE FRONT. SEE OUR PRODUCT CAEESFGSP FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. SOME OF THE STORMS...PARTICULARLY ON WEDNESDAY...MAY BE SEVERE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY. MCAVOY
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
344 PM EDT SUN JUN 15 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
230 PM WEAVERVILLE NC WIND DAMAGE
06/15/03 BUNCOMBE COUNTY 911 CENTER REPORTS
A TREE AND POWER LINES
BLOWN DOWN.
HGPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
401 PM EDT SUN JUN 15 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
340 PM 10 NE LENOIR NC FLASH FLOOD
06/15/03 CALDWELL FLOODING REPORTED ON
HIGHWAY 268 WHERE KINGS
CREEK FLOWS UNDER THE
HIGHWAY BY THE COUNTY
COMMS CENTER.
DEOPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
401 PM EDT SUN JUN 15 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
340 PM 10 NE LENOIR NC FLASH FLOOD
06/15/03 CALDWELL FLOODING REPORTED ON
GRANDIN ROAD NEAR HIGHWAY
268 WHERE KINGS CREEK IS
LOCATED. REPORTED BY THE
COUNTY COMMS CENTER.
DEOPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
410 PM EDT SUN JUN 15 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
340 PM RUTHERFORDTON NC WIND DAMAGE
06/15/03 RUTHERFORD COUNTY 911 REPORTS TREES
AND POWER LINES DOWN.
HGThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rain resulted in over 40 gallons of wastewater flowing into Sandy Creek.
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, June 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5363433.