1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
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 Greenville-Spartanburg, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 13, 2:31 PM EST, 1 hour 9 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
331 PM EDT SUN JUL 13 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
323 PM LIBERTY SC WIND DAMAGE
07/13/03 PICKENS TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED
TREES DOWN IN LIBERTY AND
.75 TO 1.0 INCH HAIL.
325 PM LIBERTY SC .75 INCH HAIL
07/13/03 PICKENS HAM REPORT.
JRLPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
348 PM EDT SUN JUL 13 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
346 PM 13 NE ANDERSON SC 1.75 INCH HAIL
07/13/03 ANDERSON GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL IN
POWDERSVILLE. ANDERSON
COUNTY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT REPORT.
BURRUSPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
354 PM EDT SUN JUL 13 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
326 PM 5 S EASLEY SC 1.75 INCH HAIL
07/13/03 PICKENS HAM REPORT.
340 PM SIX MILE SC WIND DAMAGE
07/13/03 PICKENS HAM REPORTED ONE FOOT
DIAMETER TREES DOWN.
335 PM PIEDMONT SC 1.75 INCH HAIL
07/13/03 ANDERSON SPOTTER REPORT.
JRL
SCHOOL
ROAD IN WEST PELZER.
SPOTTER REPORT.
345 PM 15 NE ANDERSON SC .75 INCH HAIL
07/13/03 ANDERSON DIME-SIZED HAIL IN THE
WREN COMMUNITY. SPOTTER
REPORT.
BURRUSPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
356 PM EDT SUN JUL 13 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
347 PM 10 NE ANDERSON SC 1.75 INCH HAIL
07/13/03 ANDERSON SPOTTER REPORT OF
GOLFBALL-SIZED HAIL ON
WREN SCHOOL ROAD IN WEST
PELZER.
347 PM 10 NE ANDERSON SC WIND DAMAGE
07/13/03 ANDERSON TREES DOWN ON WREN SCHOOL
ROAD IN WEST PELZER.
SPOTTER REPORT.
345 PM 15 NE ANDERSON SC .75 INCH HAIL
07/13/03 ANDERSON DIME-SIZED HAIL IN THE
WREN COMMUNITY. SPOTTER
REPORT.
BURRUS
NWUS52 KGSP 131959
LSRGSP
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
354 PM EDT SUN JUL 13 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
326 PM 5 S EASLEY SC 1.75 INCH HAIL
07/13/03 PICKENS HAM REPORT.
340 PM SIX MILE SC WIND DAMAGE
07/13/03 PICKENS HAM REPORTED ONE FOOT
DIAMETER TREES DOWN.
335 PM PIEDMONT SC 1.75 INCH HAIL
07/13/03 ANDERSON SPOTTER REPORT.
JRL
SCHOOL
ROAD IN WEST PELZER.
SPOTTER REPORT.
345 PM 15 NE ANDERSON SC .75 INCH HAIL
07/13/03 ANDERSON DIME-SIZED HAIL IN THE
WREN COMMUNITY. SPOTTER
REPORT.
BURRUSPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
415 PM EDT SUN JUL 13 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
402 PM 3 E MORGANTON NC 1.75 INCH HAIL
07/13/03 BURKE EOC REPORT.
JATPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
437 PM EDT SUN JUL 13 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
325 PM 13 SW PICKENS SC WIND DAMAGE
07/13/03 PICKENS AT LEAST THREE TREES DOWN
BETWEEN SOUTHERN WESLEYAN
UNIVERSITY AND CENTRAL.
SPOTTER REPORT.
BURRUSThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Numerous trees were blown down. Some fell on homes.
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: 5329648.