1 heavy rain, 1 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 2 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. 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 3, 4:50 PM EST, 1 hour 40 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 550 PM EDT THU JUL 3 2003 A QUICK UPDATE TO ACCOUNT FOR CONVECTION ONGOING ACROSS SW NC/NE GA/FAR WRN SC. INSTABILITY IS FAIRLY LIMITED TO THE EAST OF THIS ACTIVITY. THINK ANY ADDITIONAL CONVECTION WILL BE LIMITED TO AREAS WHERE OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES CAN MAKE THE MOST OF WHAT INSTABILITY THERE IS...GENERALLY TO THE SOUTH AND WEST OF THE CONVECTION. ACTIVITY SHOULD DIE OUT AROUND SUNSET. .GSP... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. MOORE ...PREVIOUS DISCUSSION SENT AT 145 PM... SUBSIDENCE BEHIND BILL EXPECTED TO KEEP SKIES MCLR OVERNIGHT. FRI ALSO CONTINUES DRY WITH TEMPS EXPECTED TO REACH OR PSBLY BREAK THE 90 DEGREE MARK IN THE S FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT. LOW LEVEL MOISTURE BEGINS TO INCREASE FROM THE S LATE FRI AND EXPECT A FEW MORE CLOUDS...FORECAST FOR THE 4TH STILL LOOKS PRECIP FREE ATTM. DEEPER MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY RETURNS TO THE AREA THIS WEEKEND...BRINGING A CHANCE OF AFTERNOON-EVE CONVECTION. AS MOISTURE INCREASES FROM THE S...A WEAK UPPER LEVEL SHRTWAVE ALSO PUSHES IN FROM THE W ON SAT WITH WEAK OMEGA INDICATED. ON SUN AN UPPER TROF MOVES IN FROM THE W WITH PVA AND BETTER UVV. A SFC WAVE IS ALSO FCST TO SURGE MAINLY ACROSS NE GA AND UPSTATE SC. WILL KEEP CHANCE POPS THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND HAVE BUMPED POPS ACROSS THE S UP TP 40% SUN. SFC BOUNDARY AND MOISTURE FCST TO PUSH BACK S MON-TUE WITH ANOTHER WAVE MOVG IN FOR WED INTO THU. FCSTID = 77 GSP 68 90 70 89 / 10 10 10 30 AND 68 90 70 90 / 10 10 10 30 CLT 68 90 70 90 / 10 10 10 30 HKY 67 90 69 88 / 10 10 10 30 AVL 63 86 64 85 / 10 10 10 30 RB
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-031200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 600 AM EDT THU JUL 3 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER PORTIONS OF THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING ON SATURDAY...SUNDAY AND AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. RWH
NCZ062-032310- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 621 PM EDT THU JUL 3 2003 ...TORRENTIAL RAINFALL OCCURRING ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF MACON COUNTY... AT 610 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SLOW MOVING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING TOREENTIAL RAINFALL IN AREAS NEAR HIGHLANDS. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT SINCE 5 PM...1.5 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ALONG HIGHWAY 28 NORTH OF HIGHLANDS...AND ALONG HIGHWAY 106 JUST WEST OF HIGHLANDS. MOTORISTS TRAVELING IN THESE AREAS SHOULD PREPARE FOR THE LIKELIHOOD OF STANDING WATER ON ROADS...AND BE ALERT FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF ROCK OR LAND SLIDES. OTHER SHOWERS AND STORMS WERE DEVELOPING NORTHWESTWARD TOWARD HIGHWAY 441 BETWEEN OTTO AND UNION. THROUGH 7 PM...THE STORMS SHOULD DRIFT SLOWLY SOUTHWEST...SHIFTING THE FOCUS OF HEAVIEST RAIN WESTWARD ALONG HIGHWAY 106 TOWARD SCALY. HOWEVER...HOURLY RAINFALL RATES APPROACHING AN INCH PER HOUR WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE AS FAR EAST AS HIGHLANDS...AND AS FAR NORTH AS UNION. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF THESE STORMS FOR POSSIBLE FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS IN THE NEAR FUTURE. LANE
GAZ010-017-040015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 729 PM EDT THU JUL 3 2003 ...TORRENTIAL RAINFALL TO CONTINUE THROUGH SUNSET IN THE TALLULAH FALLS AREA... AT 716 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN FALLING IN THE TALLULAH FALLS AREA OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA. RADAR INDICATES THAT AS MUCH AS 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THIS AREA SINCE 6 PM. THE NEARLY STATIONARY STORM PRODUCING THIS RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE HOURLY RAINFALL RATES IN EXCESS OF AN INCH ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH SUNSET. RAPID RISE OF WATER LEVELS MAY BEGIN SOON ALONG FLOOD PRONE TRIBUTARIES OF THE CHATOOGA AND TALLULAH RIVERS IN THE TALLULAH FALLS AREA. UNLESS THE STORM BEGINS TO EXHIBIT MOVEMENT OR A WEAKENING TREND SOON...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MAY BE NEEDED IN THE NEAR FUTURE. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF THIS STORM FOR POSSIBLE FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS. LANE
The Greer radar (KGSP), 82 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:28 UTC.
1 heavy rain, 1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
During a heavy rainstorm, an air conditioner fell through the roof of a business when the weight of the accumulating rainfall became too great.
Lightning strikes caused sporadic, minor damage throughout the city.
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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5330115, 5330116.