Heavy Rain, Jackson
- When
- September 22, 4:00 PM EST to 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Jackson County, Countywide
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 35.287, -83.141 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Rain in North Carolina, September 22, 2003
A large storm system produced very heavy rainfall across the southern mountains of North Carolina during the early evening, which resulted in some urban and small stream flooding across the area. More significant flooding developed in Transylvania County after 7 pm.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 3 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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 happened
The episode as NWS GSP wrote it up.
A large storm system produced very heavy rainfall across the southern mountains of North Carolina during the early evening, which resulted in some urban and small stream flooding across the area. More significant flooding developed in Transylvania County after 7 pm.
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 22, 2:20 PM EST, 1 hour 40 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 22, 2:20 PM EST, 1 hour 40 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 320 PM EDT MON SEP 22 2003 COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA TONIGHT. SHOWERS AND A FEW TSRA WILL MOVE THRU AS WELL. CANNOT RULE OUT ISOLATED SEVERE STORM GIVEN STRONG WIND FIELDS ALOFT. WILL KEEP CATEGORICAL POP AND TREND PRECIP ENDING FROM WEST TO EAST OVERNIGHT. WARMED UP MINS A LITTLE GIVEN TIMING. PRECIP SHOULD END BY 12Z TUE AS DRY HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN. THICKNESSES HOLDING UP A LITTLE AND FULL SUN SO ACCEPTED SLIGHTLY WARMER GUIDANCE MAXES. NEAR NORMAL TEMPS WED AS THICKNESSES FALL. DRY FRONTAL SYSTEM MOVES THRU THURSDAY WITH NEARLY STEADY TEMPS. MDLS TRENDING WETTER SAT/SUN AS LOW MOVES NORTHEAST NEAR ATLANTIC COAST. DECENT UPGLIDE AND MOISTURE DEVELOP AND CONTINUES UNTIL LOW PULLS OUT LATE SUNDAY. HAVE ADDED CHC RAIN WITH WARMER LOWS AND COOLER HIGHS DURING THIS TIME. COOL DRY HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS BACK IN MONDAY. FCSTID = 81 GSP 64 84 56 80 / 99 10 00 00 AND 64 84 56 81 / 99 10 00 00 CLT 64 84 56 80 / 99 10 00 00 HKY 62 82 53 79 / 99 10 00 00 AVL 58 78 49 77 / 99 10 00 00 .GSP... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. RWH
Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 22, 5:00 AM EST, 11 hours before
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-221200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 600 AM EDT MON SEP 22 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AHEAD AND ALONG A COLD FRONT APPROACHING FROM THE WEST. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK THAT SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...MAINLY ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT. THERE IS ENOUGH WIND SHEAR IN THE LOWER ATMOSPHERE THAT A TORNADO WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. FOR MORE INFORMATION...SEE THE SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK (SPSGSP) ISSUED AT 507 AM. HEAVY RAIN IS ALSO POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED TODAY AND TONIGHT. MOORE
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Sep 22, 3:40 PM EST, 20 minutes before
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-SCZ001-002-004-005-010-222130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 440 PM EDT MON SEP 22 2003 ...HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS COULD PRODUCE ISOLATED STRONG WIND GUSTS ACROSS EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE WESTERN UPSTATE... AT 430 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS MOVING INTO EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. THROUGH 530 PM...THESE SHOWERS WILL AFFECT AREAS FROM CLAYTON TO WALHALLA... SOUTH TO CLARKESVILLE...TOCCOA...AND CARNESVILLE. THE MAIN THREAT WITH THESE SHOWERS WILL BE HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF ONE INCH PER HOUR. HOWEVER...THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THAT SOME OF THESE SHOWERS COULD PRODUCE ISOLATED...BRIEF PERIODS OF DAMAGING WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH. WIND GUSTS OF THIS MAGNITUDE COULD BLOW DOWN POWER LINES...AS WELL AS SMALL TREES AND LARGE TREE BRANCHES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. LANE
Special weather statement, Sep 22, 3:55 PM EST, 5 minutes before
NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-222200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 455 PM EDT MON SEP 22 2003 ...HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS COULD PRODUCE ISOLATED STRONG WIND GUSTS ACROSS THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS... AT 445 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF MODERATE RAIN...WITH ISOLATED HEAVY SHOWERS ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA. THE MAIN THREAT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL BE HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF ONE INCH PER HOUR. HOWEVER... THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THAT SOME OF THE ISOLATED SHOWERS COULD PRODUCE BRIEF PERIODS OF WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH. WIND GUSTS OF THIS MAGNITUDE COULD BLOW DOWN SMALL TREES AND LARGE TREE BRANCHES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. LANE
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
3 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Rain, Henderson
- When
- September 22, 4:00 PM EST to 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Henderson County, Countywide
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 35.336, -82.480 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Rain, Transylvania
- When
- September 22, 4:00 PM EST to 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Transylvania County, Countywide
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 35.202, -82.798 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Heavy Rain
- Rainfall totals unusual for the place and season that did not produce a flood.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Flash Flooding in Tennessee, September 22, 2003
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Virginia, September 22 to 23, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, September 22, 2003
- Damaging Wind in New York, September 22, 2003
- Flash Flood in Georgia, September 22, 2003
- Flash Flood in North Carolina, September 22, 2003
- Hail in Kansas, September 22, 2003
- Damaging Winds and Heavy Rain in Georgia, September 22, 2003
- Heavy Rain in Maryland, September 22 to 23, 2003
- Heavy Rain in South Carolina, September 22, 2003
- Marine Thunderstorm Winds in Lake Erie, September 22, 2003
- Hail in Kansas, September 22, 2003
More
Every storm in North Carolina in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, September 2003
Sources
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5372139, 5372140, 5372141.