1 lightning, 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 Jun 16, 2:20 PM EST, 4 hours earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 320 PM EDT MON JUN 16 2003 SURFACE FRONT HAS PUSHED INTO THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE FORECAST AREA THIS AFTERNOON. LOW CLOUDS HAVE BEEN VERY SLOW TO ERODE IN THE NC PIEDMONT TODAY...KEEPING THE AREA MORE STABLE THAN SC/GA AND THE WRN MOUNTAINS. CONVECTION HAS DEVELOPED IN THE MORE UNSTABLE AREAS AND THIS SHOULD STEADILY SPREAD EASTWARD ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING...WITH THE STALLING SFC BOUNDARY REMAINING A FOCUS FOR CONVECTION OVERNIGHT. PER COORDINATION WITH ADJACENT OFFICES...WILL MAINTAIN THE EXISTING FLOOD WATCH FOR MUCH OF NORTH CAROLINA TONIGHT. WILL LEAVE IT TO THE MID SHIFT TO ASSESS THE NEED FOR EXTENSION INTO TUESDAY. ISOLATED FLOODING PROBLEMS COULD DEVELOP OUTSIDE THE WATCH AREA FARTHER SW...BUT DEGREE OF TRAINING AWAY FROM THE SURFACE BOUNDARY WILL BE VERY HARD TO ASSESS AND IS PROBABLY NOT WORTH A WATCH AT PRESENT. SFC BOUNDARY IS FORECAST TO REMAIN OVER THE NE THIRD OF THE FORECAST AREA THROUGH TOMORROW WITH THE MODELS IN GOOD AGREEMENT THAT THE BOUNDARY SLOWLY LIFTS BACK NORTH THROUGH WEDNESDAY. WILL GENERALLY GO SLIGHTLY LOWER THAN GUIDANCE ON MAXES AND KEEP A SMALL DIURNAL TEMP RANGE. DEEPER MOISTURE SHOWS UP IN TIME HEIGHTS AGAIN WED WITH DEEP SW FLOW BUT LESS TRIGGERING AROUND. WILL OPT FOR SOLID CHC POPS WED AFTN. STRONG COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE NORTHWEST ON THU WITH HIGHEST EXTENDED RANGE POPS FEATURED FOR THU NIGHT. MODEL DISCREPANCIES THEN BEGIN TO SHOW UP. THE GFS HAS BEEN FAIRLY CONSISTENT THE PAST THREE RUNS WITH HANGING UP THE FRONT ACROSS THE SRN EDGE OF AREA WITH RETURN FLOW MOISTURE BY SAT. GFS ALSO FEATURES TROUGH AXIS TO THE WEST OVER THE MS VALLEY. WILL LEAN TOWARD ECM SOLUTION OF PLAINS RIDGING AND MUCH LATER RETURN OF A WEAKER FRONT FOR LATE WEEKEND AND RETURN TO DIURNAL AFTN CONVECTION. FCSTID = 33 GSP 69 82 69 82 / 70 60 60 50 AND 69 84 69 83 / 60 60 60 50 CLT 69 81 69 82 / 70 70 70 50 HKY 67 77 67 79 / 80 70 70 50 AVL 65 77 64 78 / 70 70 70 50 .GSP... GA...NONE. NC...FLOOD WATCH FOR TONIGHT FOR ZONES NCZ033>037...NCZ048>050... NCZ053>057...NCZ065>072...NCZ082. SC...NONE. HG
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-161200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 622 AM EDT MON JUN 16 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT AS IT MOVES SOUTH ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE MAIN THREAT FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS. ALONG AND A LITTLE BEHIND THE FRONT...THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL TEND TO REFORM OVER THE SAME AREAS. THIS WILL RESULT IN LOCALIZED VERY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. ON TUESDAY THE THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE HEAVY RAIN...WITH A BETTER CHANCE OF DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL ON WEDNESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER AS WELL AS TO MONITOR STREAM LEVELS AND REPORT RAINFALL TOTALS. MCAVOY
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
619 PM EDT MON JUN 16 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
530 PM BETHLEHEM NC WIND DAMAGE
06/16/03 ALEXANDER TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED
SWATH OF TREES DOWN AND A
ROOF BLOWN OFF A HOUSE AT
LAKE HICKORY. F.D. ON
SCENE AT RIVER HILLS
COURT.
600 PM 3 SE TOCCOA GA .88 INCH HAIL
06/16/03 STEPHENS SPOTTER REPORTED NICKEL
SIZE HAIL AND STRONG
WINDS NEAR TOCCOA.
LAMBPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
645 PM EDT MON JUN 16 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
640 PM KANNAPOLIS NC FLASH FLOOD
06/16/03 CABARRUS KANNAPOLIS POLICE
DEPARTMENT REPORTS
WIDESPREAD FLOODING IN
THE CITY OF KANNAPOLIS.
OUTLAWPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
647 PM EDT MON JUN 16 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
630 PM KANNAPOLIS NC FLASH FLOOD
06/16/03 CABARRUS SKYWARN REPORTS FLOODING
ON MCCLEAN
STREET...EDLEMAN STREET
AND FAIRVIEW ROAD WASHED
OUT IN KANNAPOLIS.
HGPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
650 PM EDT MON JUN 16 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
630 PM HUNTERSVILLE NC FLASH FLOOD
06/16/03 MECKLENBURG SKYWARN SPOTTER REPORTS
STREET FLOODING ON SUNSET
ROAD.
HGPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
655 PM EDT MON JUN 16 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
640 PM MT PLEASANT NC WIND DAMAGE
06/16/03 CABARRUS NUMEROUS TREES DOWN IN
EASTERN CABARRUS COUNTY
NEAR MT PLEASANT...
REPORTED BY SPOTTER.
645 PM KANNAPOLIS NC FLASH FLOOD
06/16/03 CABARRUS SPOTTER REPORTED
EVACUATION UNDER WAY ON
MCCLAIN ROAD IN
KANNAPOLIS.
645 PM 3 W STATESVILLE NC FLASH FLOOD
06/16/03 IREDELL SPOTTER REPORTED FLOODING
ON HWY 70 WEST OF
STATESVILLE.
638 PM 9 NE CHARLOTTE NC FLASH FLOOD
06/16/03 MECKLENBURG HAM REPORTED STANDING
FLOOD WATER AT CHARLOTTE
MOTOR SPEEDWAY AND NEARBY
CAMPGROUND. LOCATED AT
EXIT 49 ON I-85.
LAMBPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
715 PM EDT MON JUN 16 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
650 PM CHARLOTTE NC FLASH FLOOD
06/16/03 MECKLENBURG VEHICLE WASHED INTO BRIER
CREEK NEAR MONROE ROAD.
REPORTED BY EOC.
RBThe Greer radar (KGSP), 133 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:21 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning struck the roof of a condominium, resulting in a fire which caused significant damage.
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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5363429.