2 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 Feb 27, 12:04 PM EST, 1 hour 31 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 1204 PM EST THU FEB 27 2003 TEMPS HAVE INDEED CLIMBED SLIGHTLY IN NORTHERN FORECAST AREA...WITH BAND OF RAIN. APPEARS ONLY PATCHY LIGHT RAIN OR DRIZLE SOUTH...WHERE TEMPS HAVE REMAINED NEARLY STEADY. WILL ISSUE QUICK UPDATE TO LOWER THIS AFTERNOONS HIGH TEMP A LITTLE. .CAE... GA...NONE. SC...NONE. THE FOLLOWING IS THE PREVIOUS FORECAST DISCUSSION. ************************************************************** AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 932 AM EST THU FEB 27 2003 SURFACE OBSERVATIONS SUGGEST CURRENT TEMPERATURES NEAR THE FREEZING MARK ACROSS NORTHERN LANCASTER COUNTY. A CALL TO LOCAL AUTHORITIES REVEALED NO REPORTS OF SIGNIFICANT ICING IN PROGRESS. RADAR INDICATING A BAND OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN MOVING EAST INTO THAT VICINITY. WILL EXPECT TEMPERATURES TO RISE A DEGREE OR TWO WITH RESULTANT SENSIBLE HEAT TRANSFER. ANDERSON TEMP RAISED TWO DEGREES WITH THIS PRECIPITATION. THEREFORE...WILL NOT EXPECT SIGNIFICANT ENOUGH ICING THIS MORNING TO WARRANT AN ADVISORY. A LOOK AT REGIONAL RADAR COMPOSITE LOOP AND LATEST MODELS INDICATE AREAS OF RAIN MAY TAPER OFF TO PATCHY LIGHT RAIN OR DRIZZLE THIS AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY SOUTH HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA. ALSO...WITH CLOUDS/WEDGE HANGING IN...MAX TEMPS MAY NOT REACH FORECAST VALUES...MAY ADJUST DOWNWARD. .CAE... GA...NONE. SC...NONE. THE FOLLOWING IS THE PREVIOUS FORECAST DISCUSSION. ************************************************************** AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 300 AM EST THU FEB 27 2003 SURFACE LOW PRESSURE JUST SOUTH OF MOBILE ALABAMA MOVING ENE APPEARS TO BE TAKING MORE SOUTHERLY TRACK PORTRAYED BY GFS. SURGE OF RAIN OVER THE AREA EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF AROUND DAYBREAK AS WEAK SHORTAVE MOVES THROUGH BUT PLENTY OF LOW CLOUDS DRIZZLE AND LIGHT RAIN LINGERING THROUGH THE DAY. WETBULB TEMPERATURES HAVE DROPPED TO FREEZING AT CHARLOTTE. RUC AND ETA INDICATE THEY WILL GET INTO NORTHERN LANCASTER COUNTY THROUGH MID MORNING. WILL INTRODUCE MENTION OF CHANCE OF FREEZING RAIN LANCASTER COUNTY THIS MORNING. NOT PLANNING TO ISSUE WINTER ADVISORY AS DO NOT EXPECT THIS TO BECOME A SIGNIFICANT PROBLEM. WHAT LITTLE ICING OCCURS SHOULD BE ON ELEVATED SURFACES. TEMPERATURES STRUGGLING TO RISE TODAY AS COLD AIR DAMMING IN PLACE AND WEAK SURFACE LOW TO TRACK SOUTH OF THE AREA. SURFACE WINDS BECOME LIGHT NORTHWEST TONIGHT AS DRYING DOWNSLOPE FLOW SHUTS OFF CHANCE OF LIGHT RAIN AND DRIZZLE BY MIDNIGHT. FRIDAY SHAPING UP TO BE A MUCH BETTER DAY WITH SUNSHINE RETURNING AND TEMPERATURES RISING INTO THE UPPER 50S TO LOWER 60S AS WEAK HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS EAST. ZONAL PATTERN AND WEAK DISTURBANCES IN THE FLOW MAKE THE WEEKEND A LITTLE UNCERTAIN. GFS FOLLOWS PREVIOUS TREND SHOWING INCREASE IN MOISTURE LATE SUNDAY BUT NOW MUCH QUICKER MOVING THROUGH SO MONDAY LOOKS DRY. ETA SHOWING MORE MOISTURE WITH SHORTWAVES SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. FOR NOW HAVE KEPT SATURDAY DRY WITH A MENTION OF CHANCE OF RAIN LATE SUNDAY. FCSTID = 30 CAE 45 39 62 39 / 100 10 10 10 AGS 46 38 63 39 / 100 10 10 10 SSC 45 39 62 39 / 100 10 10 10 OGB 47 40 63 40 / 100 10 10 10 .CAE... GA...NONE. SC...NONE. RCC
GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025>031-035>038-041-271200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 504 AM EST THU FEB 27 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE MIDLANDS OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA OF GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 90 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:34 UTC.
2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Sheriff reported flash flooding along many streams including Run Creek and Hannah Creek. A couple of trailor parks had to be evacuated as water was rising into the mobil homes.
Sheriff reported flash flooding along several streams which forced some roadways to be closed.
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, February 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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5339510, 5339511.