1 thunderstorm wind, 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 8, 1:02 PM EST, 6 hours 33 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 202 PM EDT SUN JUN 8 2003 SHORTWAVE ASSOCIATED WITH GREAT LAKES UPPER LOW TO MOVE BY TO N TONIGHT. SURFACE FRONT STALLED NEAR AREA RIGHT NOW...WITH SECONDARY FRONT MOVING THROUGH MS RIVER VALLEY. RADAR SHOWS CONVECTION DEVELOPING MAINLY E OF I-85...THROUGH SECOND BAND DEVELOPING ALONG BLUE RIDGE. WILL LEAVE SCATTERED CONVECTION IN FORECAST THIS EVENING. STILL CONCERNED ABOUT FLOOD POTENTIAL IN CLT AREA THIS EVENING...AND WILL ISSUE ANOTHER FLOOD WATCH. ATMOSPHERE DRIES AS SECOND FRONT WEEPS ACROSS AREA LATE TONIGHT. GUIDANCE POPS VERY LOW NEXT TWO DAYS...THOUGH AVN RETURNS MOISTURE FASTER ON TUE. FOR NOW LEFT TUE DRY. NEXT COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM N WED. AVN MORE AGRESSIVE IN BRINGING GULF MOISTURE N TO MEET FRONT. INCREASED POP TO 30 WED AFTERNOON. DRIER AIR WILL ALLOW GREATER DIURNAL TEMPERATURE RANGE...PARTICULARLY TUE WITH LOWER MININUM TEMPERATURES. EXTENDED FORECAST FEATURES STALLED FRONT TO N...WITH OPEN GULF TO W...AND AREA IN WARM SECTOR. BEST ACTIVITY MAY BE LIMITED TO N AND W SECTIONS NEARES BEST DYNAMICS...OROGRAPHICS...AND MOISTURE SOURCE. A LOT WILL DEPND ON WHERE EXACTLY FRONT STALLS. AT THIS TIME WILL LEAVE 30 POPS THROUGHOUT EXTENDED...CONTINUING INTO SUN. TEMPERATURES NEAR PERSISTENCE AND CLIMATOLOGY. FCSTID = 7 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 THIS EVENING FOR ZONES NCZ069>072...NCZ082. SC...FLOOD WATCH FOR THIS EVENING FOR ZONE SCZ009. O7
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
GAZ010-017-NCZ033>035-048>056-058-059-062>068-SCZ001>003-082315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 619 PM EDT SUN JUN 8 2003 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL TO AFFECT THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS OF NORTH CAROLINA THROUGH 8 PM... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT WERE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS OVER THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS SUNDAY EVENING. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RECEIVED A GENERAL PUBLIC REPORT OF NEARLY A HALF INCH OF RAIN IN THE VICINITY OF SWANNANOA EARLIER. IN ADDITION TO THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAIN...SOME OF THE STORMS COULD BE BRIEFLY SEVERE...RESULTING IN WIND GUSTS AROUND 70 MPH...OR HAIL AS LARGE AS QUARTERS. THE STORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE FOOTHILLS AS THE EVENING PROGRESSES...THEN FINALLY INTO THE PIEDMONT...WHICH HAD EXCESSIVE RAINFALL SATURDAY. ADDITIONAL STORMS COULD FIRE UP LATER...AS THE ACTUAL COLD FRONT CROSSES THE REGION. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR THE MEDIA FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION. BURRUS
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.
BURRUSThe Greer radar (KGSP), 108 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:35 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A few trees and large tree limbs were blown down. The roof was blown off a shed.
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: 5363278.