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 Charleston, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 3, 8:35 PM EST, 1 hour earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 935 PM EDT THU JUL 3 2003 STORMS TOOK A WHILE TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON...BUT BOUNDARY DRIVEN SH/TS FINALLY GOT GOING BY 4-6 PM. ISOLATED ACTIVITY CONTINUES AT THIS HOUR...WHERE SOME LOCAL TRAINING EFFECTS HAVE LED TO SOME IMPRESSIVE TOTALS IN BERKELEY COUNTY. FFW WILL CONTINUE FOR ANOTHER 1.5 HOURS WITH RADAR ESTIMATING BETTER THAN 5 INCHES HAS FALLEN OVER THE PAST FEW HOURS. SHOULD SEE A DECREASE IN ACTIVITY OVER THE NEXT HOUR OR SO SINCE AFTERNOON HEATING IS NOW GONE. WILL KEEP POPS ONGOING THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT AND WORD MOSTLY CLOUDY INTO THE FORECAST THROUGH MIDNIGHT AT LEAST...WITH PLENTY OF BLOWOFF MOISTURE FROM THESE STORMS HANGING AROUND. WILL LIKELY DROP WIND SPEEDS DOWN ABOUT 5 MPH. MARINE...CURRENT OBS ARE CLOSE TO FORECAST CONDITIONS FROM THE AFTN PKG. WILL MAKE A FEW TWEAKS ON UPDATE BUT NO SGFNT CHANGES PLANNED. .CHS... GA...NONE. SC...NONE. PY/JH
GAZ087-088-099>101-114>119-137>141-SCZ040-042>045-047>051-031100- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 438 AM EDT THU JUL 3 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. .RIVER FLOODING...A RIVER FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE OGEECHEE RIVER AT EDEN AND THE SANTEE RIVER AT JAMESTOWN. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST RIVER FLOOD STATEMENT FOR MORE SPECIFIC INFORMATION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...INDEPENDENCE DAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. .RIVER FLOODING...RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS WILL CONTINUE FOR THE ABOVE MENTIONED RIVERS OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST RIVER FLOOD STATEMENT FOR MORE SPECIFIC INFORMATION. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE REQUIRED TODAY OR TONIGHT.
GAZ114-137-032330- BULLETIN SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 629 PM EDT THU JUL 3 2003 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT LONG COUNTY AND TATTNALL COUNTY THROUGH 730 PM EDT... AT 629 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FIVE POINTS...OR ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTH OF REIDSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND TISON...FIVE POINTS...MENDES...LYNN...GLENNVILLE...NOBLE AND BEARDS CREEK THROUGH 730 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.
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 118 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:32 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rainfall from thunderstorms flooded Witherbee 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
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