1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Charleston, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 1, 2:00 PM EST, 1 hour earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 300 PM EDT FRI AUG 1 2003 QUITE A BIT OF CONVECTION THIS AFTERNOON ASSOCIATED WITH SHORT WAVE TO S AND TO W...AIDED BY ATLC SEA BREEZE. SO FAR THERE HAS BEEN NO FLOODING PROBLEMS WITH STORM MOVEMENT TOWARD THE NE NEAR 15 MPH. ACTIVITY WILL CONTINUE INTO AT LEAST EARLY TONIGHT...AND COULD PERSIST OVERNIGHT IN SC WITH SHORT WAVE APPROACHING FROM THE W. OTHERWISE...VERTICAL STACKED LOW OVER THE W GREAT LAKES WILL DRIFT SE THRU MON TO NEAR CHI/ORD THEN TURNS NE THEREAFTER. THE ASSOCIATED TROUGH IN THE E WILL AMPLIFY WITH TIME WITH SRN EXTENT REACHING THE GULF COAST. MEANWHILE THE SUB TROPICAL RIDGE REMAINS S AND E OF THE FCST AREA...WITH SHORT WAVE TO MOVE NW AROUND THE W PORTION OF THE RIDGE AS IT PASSES TO E OF CWA LATE SAT NIGHT AND SUN. WIND FIELDS INCREASE STARTING SUN...WITH BEST UPPER AND LOWER JET DYNAMICS MON INTO TUE WITH ANOTHER SHORT WAVE APPROACHING FROM FROM THE W. RESULTANT SEA BREEZE BOUNDARY WILL BE ACTIVE...ESPECIALLY SAT AND SUN WITH LIGHTEST BOUNDARY LAYER WIND FIELDS. WITH GOOD LOW LEVEL FORCING AND DYNAMICS ALOFT I AM PLANNING ON CARRYING ABOVE NORMAL POPS INTO AT LEAST EARLY NEXT WEEK...WITH MOST ACTIVITY AFTERNOON/EVE. A LITTLE LESS MOISTURE AND LESS DYNAMICS ALOFT LATER TUE AND WED SO WILL GO WITH SLGTLY LESS POPS. TEMPS WITH BE A LITTLE BELOW NORMAL DURING DAYTIME HOURS DUE TO PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES...WITH NEAR NORMAL NIGHT TIME MINS. MARINE...OVERALL SCENARIO FOR MY WATERS TO REMAIN THE SAME. WATERS REMAIN CAUGHT BETWEEN OFFSHORE BERMUDA HIGH AND THE INLAND UPR LVL TROF...KEEPING S TO SW FLOW IN PLACE. WINDS GNRLY 10 TO 15 KT AND SEAS 2 TO 3 FT S...3 TO 4 FT N. .CHS... GA...NONE. SC...NONE. PM/JPC
AMZ330-350-352-354-374-GAZ087-088-099>101-114>119-137>141-SCZ040- 042>045-047>051-011800- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 1150 AM EDT FRI AUG 1 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA... SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS FROM SOUTH SANTEE RIVER SOUTH CAROLINA TO ALTAMAHA SOUND GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. .RIP CURRENTS...RIP CURRENT RISK IS MODERATE THIS AFTERNOON. WIND AND OR WAVE CONDITIONS SUPPORT STRONGER OR MORE FREQUENT RIP CURRENTS. ONLY EXPERIENCED SURF SWIMMERS SHOULD ENTER THE WATER. PLEASE REFER TO THE 1030 AM MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. .HEAVY RAIN/FLOODING...SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO AFFECT MUCH OF THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 3 INCHES OR MORE OF RAIN IN A SHORT PERIOD. THIS MAY RESULT IN ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING. .RIVER FLOODING....RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE SANTEE RIVER AT JAMESTOWN...THE SAVANNAH RIVER AT CLYO...THE EDISTO RIVER AT GIVHANS FERRY...AND FOR THE OGEECHEE RIVER AT SCARBORO... DOVER AND EDEN. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST RIVER FLOOD STATEMENT FOR MORE SPECIFIC INFORMATION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. .RIVER FLOODING...FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE ABOVE MENTIONED RIVERS FOR MOST OF THE PERIOD. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST RIVER FLOOD STATEMENTS AND RIVER FLOOD FORECAST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. NO OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY NOT BE REQUIRED TODAY OR TONIGHT.
GAZ101-SCZ042-047-011900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 227 PM EDT FRI AUG 1 2003 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT EFFINGHAM COUNTY...HAMPTON COUNTY AND JASPER COUNTY THROUGH 300 PM EDT... AT 227 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CENTERED OVER COSBY...OR ABOUT 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF SPRINGFIELD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THIS CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND TARBORO...GRAYS...BRIGHTON...CLYO...ROBERTVILLE...GARNETT... PINELAND...RICETOWN...FURMAN AND STAFFORD THROUGH 300 PM EDT. GUSTY WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH AND DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES CAN BE EXPECTED. TORRENTIAL RAINS WILL LIKELY CAUSE TEMPORARY FLOODING OF ROADS AND LOW LYING AREAS. 24
SCZ043>045-049-050-012030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 339 PM EDT FRI AUG 1 2003 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT BERKELEY COUNTY...DORCHESTER COUNTY...CHARLESTON COUNTY AND COLLETON COUNTY THROUGH 430 PM EDT... AT 339 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SEVERAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA. ONE STORM WAS NEAR MONCKS CORNER IN BERKELEY COUNTY...ANOTHER STRONG STORM WAS NEAR SHADOWMOSS IN CHARLESTON COUNTY...AND A CLUSTER OF STRONG STORMS WAS MOVING THROUGH CENTRAL AND NORTHERN COLLETON COUNTY. PERSONS IN BONNEAU...NORTH CHARLESTON...AND FROM WILLIAMS TO WALTERBORO...SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN THE NEXT HOUR. HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER...EXCESSIVE CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. 24
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 118 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:01 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Nearly 4 inches of rain in less than an hour caused the flooding of the intersection of Route 52 and Main Street. Stony Landing Road was also flooded.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in South Carolina in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in South Carolina, August 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: 5378858.