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 Jul 13, 2:31 PM EST, 5 hours 29 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 331 PM EDT SUN JUL 13 2003 FOR THE SHORT TERM...MULTICELLULAR CLUSTERS OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND MOVE EAST ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS WELL INTO THE EVENING HOURS. EXPECT A FEW MORE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS GIVEN A FAVORABLE ENVIRONMENT OF COOL TROF AT MID LEVELS AND LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE ALONG AND SOUTH OF SURFACE BOUNDARY CUTTING EAST TO WEST ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA. THE CONVECTION MAY PERSIST THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AS IT SHIFTS OFF TO THE EAST AS THE SYNOPTIC ENVIRONMENT SHOULD CONTINUE TO SUPPORT IT...WITH SHORT WAVE ROTATING AROUND BOTTOM OF UPPER TROF AND UPPER DIVERGENCE IN RIGHT ENTRANCE REGION OF UPPER JET. ON MONDAY...THE BEST FORCING SHIFTS OFF TO THE EAST...PUTTING THE PIEDMONT IN THE GRADIENT OF PRECIP PROBABILITY WITH CHANCE ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS AND LIKELY TO OUR EAST. THE FORCING SHOULD DIMINISH LATE IN THE DAY AS ENERGY PULLS OUT OF THE UPPER TROF. AS A RESULT...CONVECTION SHOULD ALSO BE MORE DIURNAL IN NATURE. TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY SHOULD ALSO FEATURE TYPICAL DIURNAL CONVECTION. HAVE STAYED RELATIVELY CLOSE TO TEMP GUIDANCE THROUGHOUT. FOR THE MEDIUM RANGE...HAVE FOLLOWED HPC SCENARIO AND GUIDANCE FAIRLY CLOSELY...WHICH FAVORS THE ENSEMBLE GFS/ECMWF. THIS SCENARIO KEEPS PRECIP PROBABILITY AND TEMPS CLOSE TO CLIMATOLOGY. SEE LITTLE REASON TO CHANGE MUCH OF WHAT WE HAVE IN THE ONGOING FORECAST...WITH THE EXCEPTION OF HIGH TEMPS ON SATURDAY...WHICH WILL BE RAISED A FEW DEGREES TO COME INTO LINE WITH ENSEMBLE MOS GUIDANCE UNDER THE ASSUMPTION THAT ANY FRONT THAT MIGHT MOVE THROUGH WILL BE WEAK. FCSTID = 10 GSP 67 86 68 88 / 60 40 40 30 AND 68 86 69 88 / 60 40 40 30 CLT 67 85 68 88 / 60 50 50 40 HKY 66 84 67 87 / 60 40 40 30 AVL 63 82 63 84 / 60 40 30 30 .GSP... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. MOORE
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-131100- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 450 AM EDT SUN JUL 13 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 DEVELOP AND ORGANIZE ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA IN RESPONSE TO AN UPPER LEVEL TROF MOVING EAST TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST U.S.. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... SCATTERD...MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE MOST DAYS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED. RB
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
627 PM EDT SUN JUL 13 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
552 PM HICKORY TAVERN SC WIND DAMAGE
07/13/03 LAURENS LAURENS 911 REPORTED
TREES DOWN HWY 56 AND
GREEN PLAINS ROAD IN
HICKORY TAVERN.
TJBPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
659 PM EDT SUN JUL 13 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
515 PM CARNESVILLE GA WIND DAMAGE
07/13/03 FRANKLIN EOC REPORTED 2 TREES
BLOWN DOWN ON BOLD
SPRINGS ROAD NEAR
CARNESVILLE.
JMPPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
710 PM EDT SUN JUL 13 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
330 PM LIBERTY SC WIND DAMAGE
07/13/03 PICKENS TV STATION REPORTED ROOF
BLOWN OFF LOWES SUPPLY
BUILDING IN LIBERY AND
TREES SNAPPED.
TJBPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
710 PM EDT SUN JUL 13 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
330 PM LIBERTY SC WIND DAMAGE
07/13/03 PICKENS TV STATION REPORTED ROOF
BLOWN OFF ROSE RESTAURANT.
CORRECTED FOR BUILDING DAMAGE.PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
730 PM EDT SUN JUL 13 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
630 PM DUE WEST SC WIND DAMAGE
07/13/03 ABBEVILLE EOC REPORTED LARGE LIMB
BLOWN DOWN IN THE ROAD
AND REMOVED BY OFFICER IN
DUE WEST.
TJBPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
804 PM EDT SUN JUL 13 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
515 PM CATAWBA SC .75 INCH HAIL
07/13/03 YORK COOP OBSERVER REPORTED
DIME SIZE HAIL IN
CATAWBA.
TJBThe Greer radar (KGSP), 58 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:59 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Several roads and at least one bridge flooded in and around Gaffney.
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: 5329836.