2 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 2 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. 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 Columbia, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 3, 1:35 PM EST, 6 hours 25 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 235 PM EDT SUN AUG 3 2003 UPPER LOW REMAINS ACROSS GREAT LAKES REGION. AIRMASS MODERATELY UNSTABLE FROM NORTHER GEORGIA INTO MIDLANDS. SOLID LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING EAST ACROSS NORTHEAST AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. THESE STORMS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH SEVERAL WEAK SHORT WAVES MOVING TOWARD SOUTH CAROLINA AROUND UPPER LOW. BEST UPPER LEVEL DYNAMICS ACROSS TN...MOUNTAINS REGION TONIGHT WITH STRONG MID LEVEL SPEED MAX...UPPER LEVEL DIVERGENCE AREA. BUT ENOUGH DPVA 500-300MB EXPECTED ACROSS MIDLANDS THIS EVENING TO SUPPORT NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS. EXPECT NORTHERN PORTION OF LINE TO REMAIN SOLID AS IT MOVES ACROSS PIEDMONT/ NORTHERN MIDLANDS. GOOD CHANCE POPS SOUTHEAST CAE TO AGS REGION. SHOWERS SHOULD WEAKEN TOWARD MIDNIGHT AS AIRMASS BECOMES ONLY MARGINALLY UNSTABLE. CONVECTION PAST FEW DAYS HAS BEEN MAINLY DIURNAL AND EXPECT TREND TO CONTINUE. MOIST AIRMASS IN PLACE AGAIN MONDAY...UPPER LOW AMPLIFIES AND 500MB BECOME COOLER. SHORT WAVES EXPECTED ALONG WITH INCREASING UPPER LEVEL DIVERGENCE. WILL KEEP LIKELY POPS FOR AFTERNOON. MODELS HINT AT SOME MID TO UPPER LEVEL DRYING TUESDAY...AND POSSIBLE 500MB NVA IN THE AFTERNOON. 500MB TEMPS STILL COOL THOUGH AND LOW LEVEL MOISTURE REMAINS...WILL GO WITH LOW CHANCE POPS TUE AFTERNOON. EXTENDED...UPPER LOW REMAINS IN THE GREAT LAKES REGION...WITH MODELS INDICATING POSSIBLE AMPLIFICATION. CANADIAN MODEL SUGGEST CUT-OFF LOW POSSIBLE IN TN REGION. NCEP ALSO POINTS OUT CONVECTIVE FEEDBACK PROBLEMS WITH GFS RUNS. WILL GO WITH HIGH CHANCE POPS THROUGH LATE WEEK DUE TO GOOD DYNAMICS/CONTINUED HIGH LOW LEVEL MOISTURE. LOOKS LIKE CHANCE RAIN MAY DECREASE SLIGHTLY NEXT WEEKEND. TEMP FORECAST BELOW CLIMO. WHEN IS THE LAST TIME WE HIT 95...WITH SHOWERS AROUND FCSTID = 19 CAE 72 87 72 88 / 60 60 40 30 AGS 71 87 71 88 / 50 60 40 30 SSC 72 87 72 88 / 60 60 40 30 OGB 72 87 73 89 / 50 60 40 30 .CAE... GA...NONE. SC...NONE. AWP
GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025>031-035>038-041-031215- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 620 AM EDT SUN AUG 3 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE MIDLANDS OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA. .DAY ONE... RIVER FLOODING IS EXPECTED ON THE CONGAREE RIVER AT CAROLINA EASTMAN TODAY. REFER TO RIVER FLOOD WARNING (PRODUCT HEADER FLWCAE) ISSUED FROM THIS OFFICE AT 552 AM THIS MORNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY AND TUESDAY... OTHERWISE NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. TTH
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 62 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:57 UTC.
2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Police and Sheriff reported roads flooded in Olar and on Hwy 301 near Bamberg.
Sheriff reported several roads closed in Pageland with flooding in yards getting into some homes.
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: 5370911, 5370912.