4 thunderstorm wind, 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 Charleston, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 10, 2:20 PM EST, 1 hour 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 320 PM EDT THU JUL 10 2003 PUBLIC...TSTMS TO LINGER OVER THE AREA THROUGH THE EVENING. MAY SEE AN ISOLATED SEVERE STORM WITH WIND DAMAGE BEING THE MAIN THREAT. WILL GO WITH CHANCE POPS FOR THE EVENING WITH SLIGHT CHANCE LATER TONIGHT. BERMUDA HIGH TO RETREAT TO THE E OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS ALLOWING THE SRN EXTENT OF THE TROF SWINGING THROUGH THE EASTERN HALF OF THE COUTRY TO AFFECT THE SE AS WELL. AXIS OF TROF TO REMAIN JUST W OF THE AREA. SFC FRONT TO APPROACH THE AREA AND LINGER JUST INLAND FROM THE COUNTY WARNING AREA. THESE FEATURES SHOULD LEAD TO INCREASED CHANCES OF PRECIP THROUGH THE WEEKEND THAN WE HAVE HAD PAST FEW DAYS. BEST SHORTWAVE ENERGY TO MOVE INTO THE AREA LATE FRI. BY MID WEEK...FRONTL BNDRY SHOULD HAVE DISSIPATED AND SHORTWAVE ENERGY WILL BE LACKING. UPR TROF WILL STILL LINGER OVER THE AREA. WILL RETURN TO LOW CHANCE MAINLY AFTN AND EVENING POPS. HIGHEST TEMPS OF THE PERIOD EXPECTED ON FRI WITH LOWER 90S POSSIBLE. MORE CLOUDS AND COOLER TEMPS ALOFT FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE PERIOD WILL GIVE GENERALLY UPPER 80S TO NEAR 90 FOR SAT THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE PERIOD. MARINE... BERMUDA HIGH WILL CONTINUE TO DOMINATE THE WEATHER OVER THE WATERS THROUGH THE WEEKEND. WEAK COLD FRONT WILL NOT QUITE MAKE IT TO THE WATERS...BUT AN INCREASE IN THE SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL INCREASE THE WINDS TO 15 TO 20 KTS ON FRIDAY. GRADIENTS WILL RELAX OVER THE WEEKEND UNDER THE DOMINANCE OF THE BERMUDA HIGH. IN THE EXTENDED PERIOD...AN UPPER LEVEL LONG WAVE TROUGH WILL PERSIST OVER THE MID-ATLANTIC COAST...KEEPING THE FLOW OVER OUR AREA A WEAK SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW. .CHS... GA...NONE. SC...NONE. 18/JR
GAZ087-088-099>101-114>119-137>141-SCZ040-042>045-047>051-101900- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 1254 PM EDT THU JUL 10 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...TODAY AND TONIGHT. .THUNDERSTORMS...THE MAIN THREAT FROM THE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY WILL BE GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN...WITH A FEW POSSIBLY BECOMING SEVERE. .EXCESSIVE HEAT...THE HEAT INDEX WILL REACH 100 TO 105 DEGREES THIS AFTERNOON. PLEASE REFER TO THE ZONE FORECASTS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. .RIVER FLOODING...RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR THE EDISTO RIVER AT GIVHANS FERRY...THE SANTEE RIVER AT JAMESTOWN...AND THE SAVANNAH RIVER AT CLYO AND AT BURTONS FERRY. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST RIVER FLOOD STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS FOR MORE SPECIFIC INFORMATION. NO OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...DAY THROUGH DAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED TODAY OR TONIGHT.
GAZ088-SCZ040-101945- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 306 PM EDT THU JUL 10 2003 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT SCREVEN COUNTY AND ALLENDALE COUNTY THROUGH 345 PM EDT... AT 306 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CENTERED 6 MILES WEST OF MILBURY...OR ABOUT 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF SYLVANIA...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THIS WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND MILBURY AND APPLETON THROUGH 345 PM EDT. HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER...EXCESSIVE CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. 24
SCZ042-102015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 349 PM EDT THU JUL 10 2003 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT HAMPTON COUNTY THROUGH 425 PM EDT... AT 349 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CENTERED 7 MILES NORTH OF LURAY MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THIS WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND LURAY...LENA...ESTILL ...HAMPTON...VARNVILLE...CROCKETVILLE...CAMP BRANCH...ALMEDA AND MILEY THROUGH 415 PM EDT. SMALL HAIL...EXCESSIVE CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. 24
SCZ044-045-102115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 426 PM EDT THU JUL 10 2003 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT BERKELEY COUNTY AND DORCHESTER COUNTY THROUGH 515 PM EDT... AT 426 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CENTERED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 19 MILES WEST OF SAINT STEPHEN TO 13 MILES EAST OF BAMBERG...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THIS CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND DUNCAN CHAPEL...WILSONS LANDING...EADYTOWN... SAINT GEORGE...REEVESVILLE...MOUNT ZION...HUDSONTOWN...EBENEZER AND SAINT STEPHEN THROUGH 515 PM EDT. HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER...EXCESSIVE CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE TOWARD RIDGEVILLE AND TEXAS FROM THE SOUTH LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. PM
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 38 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:36 UTC.
4 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm winds knocked down several large trees, one of which fell on a trailer home.
Thunderstorm winds blew down large tree limbs, several of which knocked down power lines.
Thunderstorm winds blew down large limbs.
Thunderstorm winds knocked down several trees down in Whitesville, some of which fell across power lines.
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: 5373544, 5373545, 5373547, 5373546.