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 Jun 7, 5:16 PM EST, 5 hours 44 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 616 PM EDT SAT JUN 7 2003 TSRA FIRING IN AXIS OF 1000-1500 SB CAPES. WHILE SHEAR DOES WEAKEN THE NEXT COUPLE HRS...WITH HIGH PW/S AND SEMI-ORGANIZED NATURE OF THE LINE...THE PATH OF LEAST REGRET IS TO EXTEND THE FFA A FEW HOURS ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE LINE. .GSP... GA...FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 10 PM FOR ZONES GAZ018...GAZ026...GAZ028>029. NC...FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 10 PM FOR ZONES NCZ035>037...NCZ056>057...NCZ068>072...NCZ082. SC...FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 10 PM FOR ZONES SCZ004>014...SCZ019. MCAVOY
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-071200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 553 AM EDT SAT JUN 7 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY ANOTHER ROUND OF HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED BY THE EARLY PART OF THE AFTERNOON. WITH THE GROUND ALREADY SATURATED BY OVERNIGHT RAIN... THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING OF CREEKS...STREAMS...AND URBAN AREAS. A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR TODAY. SEE THE FLOOD WATCH (FFAGSP) ISSUED AT 351 AM FOR MORE DETAILS. A FLOOD WARNING IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTH FORK CATAWBA RIVER AT LOWELL NORTH CAROLINA. FOR MORE DETAILS...SEE THE RIVER FLOOD WARNING (FLWGSP) ISSUED AT 315 PM FRIDAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE MOUNTAINS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA AGAIN ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED. MOORE
The Greer radar (KGSP), 162 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:59 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Severe urban flooding developed, as several roads across the Harrisburg area became completely covered in water. Several streams also overflowed their banks.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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