2 hail, 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 3, 2:25 PM EST, 3 hours 53 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
633 PM EDT SAT MAY 03 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
600 PM TIGERSVILLE SC .88 INCH HAIL
05/03/03 GREENVILLE COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTS
NICKLE SIZE HAIL.
KRENTZPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
641 PM EDT SAT MAY 03 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
638 PM 13 SW PICKENS SC .75 INCH HAIL
05/03/03 PICKENS HAM RADIP REPORT OF
DIME-SIZED HAIL AT
CLEMSON.
638 PM SPARTANBURG SC .75 INCH HAIL
05/03/03 SPARTANBURG HAM RADIO REPORT OF
DIME-SIZED HAIL IN
SPARTANBURG.
BURRUSPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
648 PM EDT SAT MAY 03 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
644 PM 10 S PICKENS SC .88 INCH HAIL
05/03/03 PICKENS SKYWARN SPOTTER REPORTED
NICKEL-SIZED HAIL.
BURRUSPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
650 PM EDT SAT MAY 03 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
643 PM MOORESVILLE NC .75 INCH HAIL
05/03/03 IREDELL HAM OPERATOR REPORTED
DIME SIZE HAIL.
645 PM DOWNTOWN SPARTANBURG SC 1.00 INCH HAIL
05/03/03 SPARTANBURG SPOTTER REPORTED QUARTER
SIZE HAIL.
650 PM EAST SPARTANBURG SC .75 INCH HAIL
05/03/03 SPARTANBURG SPOTTER REPORTS DIME SIZE
HAIL COVERING YARD.
KRENTZNCZ033>037-049-050-053>056-064-065-040000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 658 PM EDT SAT MAY 3 2003 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 221 CANCELLED FOR PARTS OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #221 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA: AVERY...MITCHELL...YANCEY...CALDWELL...ALEXANDER...IREDELL...DAVIE... BUNCOMBE...BURKE...CATAWBA...HENDERSON AND TRANSYLVANIA. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED AWAY FROM THE AREA. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR THE MEDIA FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. BURRUS
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
709 PM EDT SAT MAY 03 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
655 PM NEWTON NC 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/03/03 CATAWBA SPOTTER REPORTS GOLF BAL
SIZE HAIL.
KRENTZThe Greer radar (KGSP), 159 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:16 UTC.
2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Numerous trees were blown down, some of which fell on structures.
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: 5358326, 5358327, 5358328.