North Carolina, 2003Flash Flood in North Carolina, September 1, 2003
September 1, 2003 · NWS GSP · 1 event in 1 county or zone
1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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.
What forecasters said that day
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 Sep 1, 1:46 AM EST, 1 hour 14 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 1, 1:46 AM EST, 1 hour 14 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
242 AM EDT MON SEP 1 2003
UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OVER AREA TODAY...WITH WEAK UPPER LEVEL ENREGY. BY
TUE UPPER TROUGH DIGS S INTO TN VALLEY AS RIDGE RETREATS INTO
ATLANTIC. SURFACE FRONT OVER AREA TO MOVE N AS WARM FRONT TODAY
...PUTTING ENTIRE AREA IN WARM SECTOR. MOIST/UNSTABLE AIR MASS WILL
SUPPORT CONVECTION...BEST TODAY WITH BOUNDARY IN AREA...THEN A BIT
LESS TUE WITH WARM FRONT LEAVING AREA. FWC/MAV GUIDANCE POPS RATHER
LOW TODAY...THEN MET GUIDANCE LOW ON TUE. SEE NO REASON TO DROP POPS
BELOW CHANCE. BY WED COLD FRONT APPROACHES AREA FROM NW...SUPPORTING
BETTER POPS.
MET/FWC GUIDANCE MAX TEMPERATURES COOL TODAY DESPITE UPPER RIDGE AND
LOW GUIDANCE POPS. MET/FWC GUIDANCE MAX TEMPERATURES WARMER
TUE...EVEN WITH LOWER HEIGHTS AS TROUGH ARRIVES...AND LOWER GUIDANCE
POPS. PREFER TO MAV IDEA OF STARTING WARM TODAY THEN COOL AS HEIGHTS
FALL THROUGH WED. DEW POINTS TO REMAIN ELEVATED IN WARM SECTOR...
HOLDING MINIMUM TEMPERATURES UP.
EXTENDED FORECAST FEATURES EASTERN USA TROUGH LATE IN WEEK...WITH
COLD FRONT SLOWLY CROSSING AREA AND REACHING GULF STREAM BY SUN.
CHANCE POPS CONTINUE INTO LATE WEEK...THEN DRYING OCCURS FROM W.
TEMPERATURES COOLER WITH LOWER HEIGHTS AND FRONT...WITH LESS DIURNAL
RANGE UNDER CLOUD COVER.
FCSTID = 07
GSP 88 69 87 68 / 30 30 30 30
AND 88 70 87 68 / 30 30 30 30
CLT 87 70 87 68 / 30 30 30 30
HKY 87 69 86 67 / 30 30 30 30
AVL 83 63 82 63 / 40 40 30 30
.GSP...
GA...NONE.
NC...NONE.
SC...NONE.
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 31, 4:48 AM EST, 22 hours 12 minutes before
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014-
019-311145-
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
548 AM EDT SUN AUG 31 2003
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA.
.DAY ONE...TODAY
THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY IN THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED IN THE
FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED FROM MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED FRIDAY AND SATURDAY ALONG AND
EAST OF INTERSTATE 77.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
07
Flash Flood, Jackson
- When
- September 1, 3:00 AM EST to 5:00 AM EST
- Where
- Jackson County, 9 mi SSE of Cashiers
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 35.287, -83.141 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Thunderstorms produced about 8 inches of rain across the area from the evening of the 31st through the early morning hours of the 1st. This resulted in flash flooding along some creeks and small streams in the extreme southern part of the county. A landslide closed portions of highway 281.
- Flash Flood
- Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- Rip Current in Florida, September 1, 20032 deaths · 1 event
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Indiana, September 1 to 3, 2003$20 million · 47 events
- Flooding in Indiana, September 1 to 11, 2003$22 million · 11 events
- Flooding in Indiana, September 1 to 4, 20031 death · 2 events
- Rip Current in Florida, September 1, 20031 death · 1 event
- Flooding in Indiana, September 1 to 2, 2003$2.0 million · 2 events
- Damaging Wind in Indiana, September 1, 20031 injured · $200,000 · 60 kt wind · 1 event
- Wildfire in Montana, September 1 to 30, 2003$250,000 · 1 event
- Flooding and Damaging Winds in Ohio, September 1, 2003$54,000 · 50 kt wind · 15 events
- Lightning Strike in Pennsylvania, September 1, 2003$100,000 · 1 event
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, September 1 to 2, 2003$90,000 · 1 event
- Tropical Storm in Texas, September 1 to 2, 2003$63,000 · 6 events
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: 5372056.