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 Jun 8, 8:52 PM EST, 1 hour 8 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 952 PM EDT SUN JUN 8 2003 COLD FRONT ENTERING THE MOUNTAINS NOW. CONVECTION CONTINUES TO FIRE ALONG A WELL-DEFINED PRE-FRONTAL TROF...AND NOW RADAR SHOWS NUMEROUS OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES DISPERSING TO THE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST OF THE MAIN BAND. LOCAL SOUNDINGS SHOW MORE THAN AMPLE INSTABILITY REMAINS OVER THE REGION AHEAD OF THE FRONT. WILL MAINTAIN SMALL CHANCE POPS FOR ALL AREAS OVERNIGHT...EXCEPT FOR THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS...WHERE WE WILL CONTINUE TO INDICATE A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ONLY UNTIL MIDNIGHT. NO CHANGES TO THE FLOOD WATCH. FLOOD WARNINGS ONGOING NOW FOR PART OF THE NORTHWEST PIEDMONT...WHICH ARE NOT IN A WATCH CURRENTLY BUT EXPANDING THE WATCH IN SPACE AT THIS POINT TO ACCOUNT FOR THOSE AREAS WOULD NOT SERVE MUCH PURPOSE NOW. AREA OF BIGGEST FLOOD POTENTIAL CONTINUES TO BE THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...AND THE EASTERN PIEDMONT OF SOUTH CAROLINA...AREAS WHICH SAW EXCESSIVE RAINFALL SATURDAY EVENING. WILL NOT EXPAND INTO THE UPSTATE OR NORTHEAST GEORGIA AT THIS TIME...SINCE CONVECTION HAS BEEN NOTICEABLY ABSENT THERE SO FAR TODAY. FCSTID = 44 GSP 64 87 63 87 / 30 10 10 10 AND 64 88 63 88 / 30 10 10 10 CLT 65 87 63 88 / 30 10 10 10 HKY 63 85 60 85 / 30 10 10 10 AVL 60 83 56 83 / 30 10 10 10 .GSP... GA...NONE. NC...FLOOD WATCH FOR TONIGHT FOR ZONES NCZ069>072...NCZ082. SC...FLOOD WATCH FOR TONIGHT FOR ZONE SCZ009. BURRUS
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-081300- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 710 AM EDT SUN JUN 8 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN AFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF THE PIEDMONT OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS THIS MORNING. SEE CAEFFAGSP AND CAEFLSGSP FOR FURTHER INFORMATION. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE VERY SLOWLY ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS TODAY...AND SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP AHEAD OF THIS FEATURE DURING THE AFTERNOON. THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING ISOLATED HEAVY RAINFALL... AS WELL AS GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. HOWEVER...THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LEVELS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. LANE
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
650 PM EDT SUN JUN 08 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
634 PM 15 W MARION NC 1.00 INCH HAIL
06/08/03 MCDOWELL MCDOWELL COUNTY 911
REPORTS QUARTER-SIZED
HAIL IN OLD FORT.
634 PM 15 W MARION NC WIND DAMAGE
06/08/03 MCDOWELL TREES DOWN...ONE ON
INTERSTATE 40 BLOCKING
ONE LANE OF TRAFFIC. THE
OTHER TREE OFF OAKDALE
AVENUE IN OLD FORT.
GENERAL PUBLIC REPORT
RELAYED BY COUNTU 911
CENTER.
640 PM 5 S NEWLAND NC .88 INCH HAIL
06/08/03 AVERY 911 CENTER REPORTED HAIL
COVERED THE GROUND IN
CROSSNORE.
BURRUSPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
841 PM EDT SUN JUN 08 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
805 PM 6 N TAYLORSVILLE NC WIND DAMAGE
06/08/03 ALEXANDER NUMEROUS TREES DOWN AND
CHICKEN HOUSES DESTROYED.
REPORTED BY COUNTY
EMERGENCY COORDINATOR.
MCAVOYPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
849 PM EDT SUN JUN 08 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
845 PM 5 NW COOL SPRINGS NC .75 INCH HAIL
06/08/03 IREDELL SPOTTER REPORTS DIME
SIZED HAIL AND FUNNEL
CLOUD.
KRENTZPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
907 PM EDT SUN JUN 08 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
835 PM LINCOLNTON NC WIND DAMAGE
06/08/03 LINCOLN 2 TREES DOWN IN
LINCOLNTON. REPORTED BY
COUNTY COMMS CENTER.
MCAVOYPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
1004 PM EDT SUN JUN 08 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
930 PM SHEFFIELD NC 1.00 INCH HAIL
06/08/03 DAVIE QUARTER SIZE HAIL
REPORTED BY SKYWARN
SPOTTER.
KRENTZPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
1006 PM EDT SUN JUN 08 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
930 PM SHEFFIELD NC SEVERE WINDS
06/08/03 DAVIE 55 TO 60 MPH WINDS
REPORTED BY SKYWARN
SPOTTER.
KRENTZThe Greer radar (KGSP), 162 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:00 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
For the second night in a row, slow moving thunderstorms caused flash flooding in the Harrisburg area. The Rocky River and some of its tributaries flooded around the city. A couple of subdivisions were flooded, and some people required rescue from their homes.
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: 5363109.