1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it. 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 May 2, 1:49 PM EST, 2 hours 6 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 249 PM EDT FRI MAY 2 2003 UPDATING FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ENTIRE AREA UNTIL 8 PM. FCSTID = 7 GSP 82 58 77 51 / 70 40 20 20 AND 83 58 79 52 / 70 40 20 20 CLT 82 58 78 50 / 70 40 20 20 HKY 81 56 74 48 / 80 40 20 20 AVL 78 54 73 47 / 80 50 20 20 .GSP... GA...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 8 PM. NC...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 8 PM. SC...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 8 PM. O7
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-021115- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 520 AM EDT FRI MAY 2 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON. SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY BE SEVERE. PLEASE SEE CAESPSGSP SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON AND/OR EVENING. LANE
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
341 PM EDT FRI MAY 02 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
335 PM ASHEVILLE NC WIND DAMAGE
05/02/03 BUNCOMBE COUNTY REPORTS 6 TREES
DOWN ON SOUTH SIDE OF
ASHEVILLE.
322 PM HENDERSONVILLE NC .88 INCH HAIL
05/02/03 HENDERSON SPOTTER REPORTS NICKEL
SIZE HAIL.
336 PM COUNTYWIDE NC WIND DAMAGE
05/02/03 BUNCOMBE COUNTY EOC REPORTS TREES
DOWN COUNTYWIDE.
345 PM CENTRAL SC 1.50 INCH HAIL
05/02/03 PICKENS SPOTTER REPORTS PING PONG
BALL SIZE HAIL.
HGPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
352 PM EDT FRI MAY 02 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
337 PM COUNTYWIDE NC WIND DAMAGE
05/02/03 HAYWOOD SCATTERED TREES AND POWER
LINES DOWN.
342 PM CANTON NC .75 INCH HAIL
05/02/03 HAYWOOD DIME SIZED. LAYERED.
346 PM WAYNESVILLE NC WIND DAMAGE
05/02/03 HAYWOOD LOTS OF TREES DOWN.
348 PM CRUSO NC .75 INCH HAIL
05/02/03 HAYWOOD DIME SIZE HAIL.
KRENTZPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
403 PM EDT FRI MAY 02 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
400 PM COLUMBUS NC .75 INCH HAIL
05/02/03 POLK SPOTTER REPORT.
JATPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
404 PM EDT FRI MAY 02 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
330 PM BREVARD SC WIND DAMAGE
05/02/03 TRANSYLVANIA TREES DOWN COUNTY WIND
INCLUDING BREVARD AND
LAKE TOXAWAY.
354 PM TIGERVILLE SC WIND DAMAGE
05/02/03 GREENVILLE TREES LIMBS DOWN AND PEA
SIZE HAIL.
TJBPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
413 PM EDT FRI MAY 02 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
335 PM FLETCHER SC WIND DAMAGE
05/02/03 HENDERSON LARGE TREE BLOWN DOWN IN
FRONT OF SCHOOL BUS AT
KANE CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL
AND DIME SIZE HAIL.
355 PM BRYSON CITY NC WIND DAMAGE
05/02/03 SWAIN TREES DOWN AND POWER
OUTAGES
400 PM GREENVILLE SC .88 INCH HAIL
05/02/03 GREENVILLE SPOTTER REPORTED NICKEL
SIZE HAIL IN GREENVILLE.
402 PM GREENVILLE SC 1.00 INCH HAIL
05/02/03 GREENVILLE HAIL QUARTER SIZE IN WEST
GREENVILLE NEAR HOSPITAL.
TJBPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
421 PM EDT FRI MAY 02 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
420 PM SIMPSONVILLE SC .75 INCH HAIL
05/02/03 GREENVILLE DIME SIZE HAIL FAIRVIEW
ROAD AND INTERSTATE 85 IN
SIMPSONVILLE REPORTED BY
SPOTTER.
419 PM 2 E OLD FORT NC WIND DAMAGE
05/02/03 MCDOWELL SEVERAL TREES DOWN NEAR
I-40 AND EXIT 73 AND OFF
ZION HILL ROAD.
419 PM 8 S GREENVILLE SC WIND DAMAGE
05/02/03 GREENVILLE 3 TREES DOWN ON
SCUFFLETOWN ROAD.
352 PM POWDERSVILLE SC WIND DAMAGE
05/02/03 PICKENS ROOF OFF OF HOME IN
POWDERSVILLE NEAR HWY 123
AND 124.
415 PM SIMPSONVILLE SC .75 INCH HAIL
05/02/03 GREENVILLE DIME SIZE HAIL ON
DEERWOOD CIRCLE ROAD
REPORTED BY NWS EMPLOYEE.
428 PM SIMPSONVILLE SC .75 INCH HAIL
05/02/03 GREENVILLE DIME SIZE HAIL ON HIGHWAY
14 SOUTH OF GREENVILLE .
WIND GUST TO 45 MPH
ESTIMATED.
429 PM EASLEY SC WIND DAMAGE
05/02/03 PICKENS TREES AND POWER LINES
DOWN IN EASLEY AND
SURROUNDING AREA.
432 PM LIBERTY SC WIND DAMAGE
05/02/03 PICKENS TREE DOWN AT FOREST VIEW
APARTMENTS.
434 PM POLKVILLE SC WIND DAMAGE
05/02/03 CLEVELAND TREES AND POWER LINES
DOWN.
426 PM 5 SW GREENVILLE SC .75 INCH HAIL
05/02/03 GREENVILLE DIME SIZE HAIL ON
INTERSTATE 85 AT EXIT 42.
435 PM UTHERFORDTON SC WIND DAMAGE
05/02/03 RUTHERFORD TREES DOWN ALL OVER
COUNTY.
439 PM GAFFNEY SC WIND DAMAGE
05/02/03 CHEROKEE ROOF OFF BUILDING AND
TREES AND POWER LINES
DOWN IN GAFFNEY.
444 PM MORGANTON NC WIND DAMAGE
05/02/03 BURKE TREES AND POWERLINES
DOWNIN SW PART OF COUNTY
REPORTED BY SPOTTER.
TJBThe Greer radar (KGSP), 106 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:53 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Numerous trees and power lines were blown down. One tree fell into a trailer.
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, May 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: 5358201.