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 May 3, 2:25 PM EST, 5 hours 20 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 325 PM EDT SAT MAY 3 2003 UPDATE: UPDATING FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 221 ALONG AND E OF BLUE RIDGE. SHORTWAVE MOVES SE ACROSS VA TONIGHT...SUPPORTING BEST CHANCE OF CONVECTION ALONG I-40 CORRIDOR. COLD FRONT DROPS S THROUGH AREA...REDUCING MOISTURE ENOUGH BY SUN TO DROP POPS. BY SUN NIGHT SURFACE RIDGE ALONG EASTERN SEABOARD...WITH ISENTROPIC LIFT BRINGING CLOUDS AND POPS BACK INTO FORECAST. ATMOSPHERE STABLE SUN NIGHT ...BUT DESTABILIZES MON AND TUE AS WEDGE LIKE FEATURE BEGINS TO ERRODE...GULF OPENS...AND TN VALLEY COLD FRONT APPROACHES. REMNANTS OF FRONT REACH AREA TUE. COLD FRONT STALLS ACROSS THE AREA AS WAVES OF LOW PRESSURE MOVE ALONG IT WEDNESDAY. FRONT SLOWLY MOVES SOUTH OF THE AREA FRIDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN FROM THE NORTH. SFC RIDGING CONTINUES SATURDAY. LEFT CONVECTION IN THRU THU. KEPT TEMPS CLOSE TO GUIDANCE. THIS MEANT RAISING MAXES THRU MUCH OF THE PERIOD. COOLER TEMPS BY DAY 7. FCSTID = 7 GSP 56 74 57 71 / 40 10 40 50 AND 56 75 59 73 / 30 10 40 50 CLT 54 74 54 69 / 40 10 40 40 HKY 51 72 53 64 / 50 10 30 40 AVL 49 70 56 67 / 40 10 30 40 .GSP... GA...NONE. NC...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 040000 ALONG AND E OF BLUE RIDGE.. SC...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 040000 EXCEPT ABBEVILLE AND GREENWOOD. O7
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-031130- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 530 AM EDT SAT MAY 3 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL REDEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS...AND MOVE ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. IN ASSOCIATION WITH THESE STORMS...ANOTHER OUTBREAK OF SEVERE WEATHER IS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA. PLEASE SEE CAESPSGSP FOR DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON. LANE
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
753 PM EDT SAT MAY 03 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
705 PM PACOLET SC LIGHTNING
05/03/03 SPARTANBURG ***INJURED 1, DEAD 0***
SPARTANBURG 911 REPORTS
PERSON HIT BY LIGHTNING
AND RUSHED TO HOSPITAL BY
AMBULANCE.
KRENTZPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
757 PM EDT SAT MAY 03 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
754 PM MOORESVILLE NC .75 INCH HAIL
05/03/03 IREDELL SPOTTER REPORTS DIME SIZE
HAIL.
755 PM MOORESVILLE NC 1.00 INCH HAIL
05/03/03 IREDELL SKYWARN SPOTTER REPORTS
QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
HGPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
820 PM EDT SAT MAY 03 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
817 PM HUNTERSVILLE NC .75 INCH HAIL
05/03/03 IREDELL SKYWARN SPOTTER REPORTS
PENNY SIZED HAIL.
HGPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED FOR LOCATION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
820 PM EDT SAT MAY 03 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
817 PM HUNTERSVILLE NC .75 INCH HAIL
05/03/03 MECKLENBURG SKYWARN SPOTTER REPORTS
PENNY SIZED HAIL.
HGPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
821 PM EDT SAT MAY 03 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
800 PM MOORESVILLE NC .75 INCH HAIL
05/03/03 IREDELL DIME-SIZED HAIL REPORTED
BY SKYWARN SPOTTER.
BURRUSPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
828 PM EDT SAT MAY 03 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
825 PM 7 SE HICKORY NC .75 INCH HAIL
05/03/03 CATAWBA DIME SIZED HAIL REPORTED
BY SKYWARN SPOTTER AT
WITHERSPOON CROSSROADS.
BURRUSThe Greer radar (KGSP), 126 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:46 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Several creeks overflowed their banks in the Conover area, resulting in some flooded roads, including County Home Road. Creekside Mobile Home Park was also flooded.
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: 5357280.