1 flash flood, 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 May 7, 2:16 AM EST, 5 hours 44 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 316 AM EDT WED MAY 7 2003 ATMOSPHERE REMAINS MOIST AND UNSTABLE. LINE OF INSTABILITY IS SURGING BACK NORTHEAST...THRU TN AND GA. MCS/TSTMS FIRING ALONG THE TMB AND STRONG CONVECTION IS MOVING BACK INTO CWA FROM THE W. ON TOP OF THE THREAT OF SEVERE STORMS...SIGNIFICANT FLOODING SEEMS LIKELY OVER W ZONES AND HAVE EXTENDED THE FLOOD WATCH THROUGH TODAY. MODELS INCREASE CAPE TO ABOVE 2000 BY THIS AFTN WITH DEEP ASCENT INDICATED. EXPECT A CHANCE POP CONTINUING MUCH OF WEEK. NOT PLANNING ANY CHANGES TO EXTENDED. FCSTID = 77 GSP 80 62 83 62 / 70 40 30 30 AND 81 61 83 63 / 70 40 30 30 CLT 81 62 84 63 / 70 40 30 30 HKY 78 61 82 60 / 70 40 30 30 AVL 76 57 78 59 / 80 50 30 30 .GSP... GA...FLOOD WATCH FOR TODAY FOR ZONES GAZ010...GAZ017>018...GAZ026... GAZ028>029. NC...FLOOD WATCH FOR TODAY FOR ZONES NCZ048...NCZ051>053... NCZ058>059...NCZ062>067. SC...FLOOD WATCH FOR TODAY FOR ZONES SCZ001>007...SCZ010>012... SCZ019. RB
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-071100- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 430 AM EDT WED MAY 7 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN TODAY...SOME WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND. ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. FLOODING IS LIKELY TO BE A SERIOUS CONCERN ...ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE COUNTIES THAT HAVE ALREADY EXPERIENCED HIGH WATER PROBLEMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. SOME MAY BECOME SEVERE...ESPECIALLY LATE AFTERNOON THROUGH EVENING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE LIKELY. RB
GAZ010-017-018-070815- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 330 AM EDT WED MAY 7 2003 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS TO MOVE BACK INTO RABUN...HABERSHAM AND STEPHENS COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA... THUNDERSTORMS WITH WITH HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL SPREAD BACK INTO EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA BETWEEN 4 AND 430 THIS MORNING. SOME OF THE STORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE WIND GUSTS TO NEAR 50 MPH. AVERAGE RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STORMS...WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS TO 3 INCHES...IF THE STORMS DO NOT WEAKEN IN THE MEANTIME. IF THIS MUCH RAINFALL IS REALIZED AS THE STORMS MOVE ACROSS RABUN...HABERSHAM AND STEPHENS COUNTIES...FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS WILL BE POSSIBLE. ALSO THE WINDS GUSTS TO 50 MPH COULD TOPPLE TREES ANCHORED IN THE SATURATED GROUND. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THIS WEATHER SITUATION AS THE STORMS MOVE IN. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET FOR THE LATEST UPDATES CONCERNING THIS POTENTIAL SEVERE WEATHER SITUATION. RBN
GAZ018-026-028-029-SCZ001>008-010>013-019-070945- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 441 AM EDT WED MAY 7 2003 STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA THIS MORNING. AT 535 AM...RADAR SHOWED STRONG STORMS...WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...FROM THE MOUNTAINS NORTH OF WALHALLA AND PICKENS...EXTENDING SOUTH TO ANDERSON...AND THEN TO WEST OF CARNESVILLE GEORGIA. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS WEST OF CARNESVILLE...MOVING EAST TOWARD HARTWELL AND ANDERSON. STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND SOME HAIL WILL BE THREATS WITH THESE STORMS...IN ADDITION TO CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. ALSO...THE STORMS BETWEEN CARNESVILLE AND ANDERSON COULD REPEAT OVER THE SAME AREAS FOR A WHILE...POSSIBLY CAUSING FLASH FLOODING TO DEVELOP. A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT...AND A FLASH FLOOD WARNING COULD BECOME NECESSARY IF THE HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES MUCH LONGER. JONES
SCZ012-019-071045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 541 AM EDT WED MAY 7 2003 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM TO MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN GREENWOOD AND SOUTHERN LAURENS COUNTIES THIS MORNING... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT LOCATIONS FROM WARE SHOALS...TO LAURENS AND CLINTON THROUGH 630 AM. STRONG WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF THIS STORM FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. LANE
GAZ017-018-071030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 550 AM EDT WED MAY 7 2003 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM TO AFFECT HABERSHAM AND STEPHENS COUNTIES THIS MORNING... THROUGH 630 AM...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL PRODUCE SMALL HAIL... WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IN LOCATIONS FROM CLARKEVILLE AND CORNELIA TO TOCCOA. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF THIS STORM FOR A POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IN THE NEAR FUTURE. LANE
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 113 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 13:01 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorms producing very heavy rainfall caused flash flooding for the second consecutive day, mainly in areas near Franklin. Flooding along tributaries of the Little Tennessee River resulted in some water covered roads near Franklin.
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: 5357101.