16 thunderstorm wind, 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 Jul 10, 10:35 AM EST, 3 hours 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 1135 AM EDT THU JUL 10 2003 QUICK UPDATE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. CAE 94 74 92 72 / 50 40 40 30 AGS 93 73 91 71 / 40 40 40 30 SSC 94 73 92 72 / 50 40 40 30 OGB 94 73 92 71 / 40 40 40 30 .CAE... GA...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 600 PM EDT THURSDAY FOR ZONES GAC033...GAC073...GAC181...GAC189...GAC245. SC...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 600 PM EDT THURSDAY FOR ZONES SCC003...SCC009...SCC011...SCC037...SCC039...SCC063...SCC065... SCC071...SCC079...SCC081. CDL
GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025>031-035>038-041-101115- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 522 AM EDT THU JUL 10 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE MIDLANDS OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA. .DAY ONE... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE AREA ON FRIDAY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP IN ADVANCE OF THE FRONT. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. JDB
SCZ018-020-021-025>027-030-035-041-GAZ040-063>065-077-101908- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 1208 PM EDT THU JUL 10 2003 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT. A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO LINCOLN AND MCCORMICK COUNTIES BY 1 PM. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH...HAIL TO ONE-HALF INCH AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. ELSEWHERE... ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL TO DEVELOP AHEAD OF THE LINE OF STORMS AND MOVE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD EASTWARD THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.
SCZ018-020-021-025>027-030-035-041-GAZ040-063>065-077-101951- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 1251 PM EDT THU JUL 10 2003 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT... A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE IN TO WESTERN MCCORMICK AND LINCOLN COUNTIES DURING THE NEXT HOUR. BY 2 PM THE STORMS WILL BE NEAR A LINE FROM NEWBERRY...SALUDA...EDGEFIELD AND AUGUSTA. THE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD EASTWARD THROUGH 4 PM. THE STRONGER STORMS WILL PRODUCE WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH...HAIL TO ONE-HALF INCH AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED DURING THE PAST HOUR...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT THROUGH 6 PM TONIGHT. A WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP QUICKLY AND PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. PEOPLE IN OR CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA SHOULD MONITOR THESES STORMS AND BE READY TO MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE IF THREATENING WEATHER IS OBSERVED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED.
SCZ018-020-021-025>027-030-035-041-GAZ040-063>065-077-102046- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 146 PM EDT THU JUL 10 2003 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH 6 PM... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR A LINE FROM NEWBERRY... SALUDA ...EDGEFIELD AND AUGUSTA BY 230 PM. THE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD EASTWARD AND BE NEAR A WINNSBORO...LEXINGTON...NEW ELLINGTON AND WAYNESBORO LINE BETWEEN 330 AND 430 PM.. THE STRONGER STORMS WILL PRODUCE WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH...HAIL TO ONE-HALF INCH AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. THE STRONGER STORMS WILL PRODUCE WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH...HAIL TO ONE-HALF INCH AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED DURING THE PAST HOUR...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT THROUGH 6 PM TONIGHT. A WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP QUICKLY AND PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. PEOPLE IN OR CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA SHOULD MONITOR THESES STORMS AND BE READY TO MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE IF THREATENING WEATHER IS OBSERVED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED. CDL
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 52 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:47 UTC.
16 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
SKYWARN spotter reported trees down on Gibson road, and at hwy 378 and Ferry road.
SKYWARN spotter reported some trees and powerlines down in Pomeria.
SKYWARN spotter reported powerlines down in southeast Columbia on hwy 378.
Sheriff reported trees down in Denmark.
Sheriff reported trees down in the Branchville area.
EOC reported trees down on a home in Eutawville with part of the roof torn off.
Sheriff reported trees down in Plum Branch and Clarks Hill.
Sheriff reported trees down on powerlines on hwy 378.
Sheriff reported trees down across the souther half of the county.
Sheriff reported trees and powerlines down on Old Lexington Highway.
NWS Coop Observer reported numerous trees down in Longtown.
SKYWARN spotter reported trees down in Dreher Island State Park.
SKYWARN spotter reported trees down on Arrowhead Circle.
SKYWARN spotter reported trees down on Bluff road.
Electric coop reported trees and powerlines down in the Lugoff area.
Sheriff reported trees down on Horsepen road.
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, July 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5370921, 5367696, 5369553, 5369555, 5369554, 5369556, 5367631, 5367632, 5367633, 5367691, 5367697, 5367690, 5367692, 5367693, 5367694, 5367695.