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 Aug 4, 9:16 PM EST, 14 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1016 PM EDT MON AUG 4 2003 IMMEDIATE SHORT TERM CONCERNS ARE WITH LINE OF STG TO SVR TSTMS ALONG SE FRINGE OF WW838...NEAR I-85 CORRDIOR. MUCH OF WATCH AREA...ESPECIALLY ACRS WRN NC HAS BEEN WORKED OVER...BUT A FEW LINGERING CELLS EXIST...SO HESITENT TO CLEAR ANY CNTYS JUST YET...PROBABLY WILL JUST HOLD ZFP UPDATE CLOSER TO WATCH EXPIRATION. FOR THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...PLAN ON LEAVING CHC POPS UP CWFA WIDE GIVEN SMALL POTENTIAL FOR ANY ORGANIZED ACTIVITY...OR REMNANTS THEREOF...PROPAGATING INTO THE REGION. FCSTID = 55 GSP 67 87 69 85 / 100 30 30 40 AND 68 88 69 85 / 80 30 30 40 CLT 67 88 70 85 / 100 30 30 40 HKY 65 85 67 83 / 60 30 30 40 AVL 60 83 64 81 / 100 40 40 40 .GSP... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE.
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-041115- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 517 AM EDT MON AUG 4 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME NUMEROUS TODAY...ESPECIALLY FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO MIDNIGHT. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BECOME QUITE STRONG AND A FEW COULD REACH SEVERE LEVELS. LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL CAN ALSO BE ANTICIPATED. SEE THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK (CAESPSGSP) FOR MORE DETAILED INFORMATION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEK. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL AUGMENT ONGOING ELEVATED WATER LEVELS...INCREASING THE CHANCES FOR FLOODING. IN ADDITION...THESE STORMS COULD ALSO BECOME QUITE STRONG AND A FEW COULD REACH SEVERE LEVELS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. NED
NCZ071-082-SCZ009-050145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 857 PM EDT MON AUG 4 2003 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AFFECTING SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF CHARLOTTE METRO AND SURROUNDING AREAS... AT 845 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS EASTERN YORK...SOUTHERN MECKLENBURG...AND UNION COUNTIES. THE MAIN THREAT FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...AND AS MUCH AS 2 INCHES OF RAIN IN AN HOUR IS POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS. THIS AMOUNT OF RAIN WILL LIKELY PRODUCE FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS...ESPECIALLY IN MONROE AND PINEVILLE AND OTHER URBAN AREAS. PONDING OF WATER WILL ALSO OCCUR ON MAJOR HIGHWAYS ACROSS THE AREA...AS WELL AS SIDE ROADS. IN ADDITION TO TORRENTIAL RAINFALL...GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. LANE
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
1010 PM EDT MON AUG 04 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
900 PM 1 MILE S FOREST CITY NC WIND DAMAGE
08/05/03 RUTHERFORD TREES DOWN IN CITY
PATPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED FOR DATE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
1010 PM EDT MON AUG 04 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
900 PM FOREST CITY NC WIND DAMAGE
08/04/03 RUTHERFORD TREES DOWN IN THE CITY
PATPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
1013 PM EDT MON AUG 04 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1000 PM SANDY MUSH NC FLASH FLOOD
08/04/03 RUTHERFORD ROADS FLOODED IN SANDY
MUSH AREA.
PATPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
1015 PM EDT MON AUG 04 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
930 PM HENDERSONVILLE NC FLASH FLOOD
08/04/03 HENDERSON ROADS ALL OVER COUNTY
FLOODED
PTPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
1019 PM EDT MON AUG 04 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
955 PM BLACKSBURG SC WIND DAMAGE
08/04/03 CHEROKEE TREES DOWN ON YORK AND
DOVER ROAD. REPORTED BY
COUNTY 911.
NEDThe Greer radar (KGSP), 14 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:27 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Several roads flooded, including portions of Old Spartanburg Rd and Wade Hampton Bvd. A creek overflowed its banks in Taylors, flooding several yards.
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: 5374304.