South Carolina, 2003Flash Flood and Lightning Strike in South Carolina, June 17 to 18, 2003
June 17 to 18, 2003 · NWS CAE · 2 events in 2 counties and zones
1 flash flood, 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.
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- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $55,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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.
Flash Flood, Lancaster
- When
- June 17, 8:00 PM EST to 10:00 PM EST
- Where
- Lancaster County, Lancaster
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 34.687, -80.705 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Newspaper reported flash flooding in the city of Lancaster flooded several apartments and stranded several motorists.
Lightning, Lexington
- When
- June 18, 5:00 PM EST
- Where
- Lexington County, West Columbia
- Property damage
- $55,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 33.902, -81.272 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning struck a home setting on fire and destroying it.
- Flash Flood
- Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.
- Lightning
- A lightning strike that killed, injured or caused damage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- Wildfire in Arizona, June 17 to 30, 2003$66 million · 1 event
- Flash Flood in Kentucky, June 17, 2003$2.8 million · 1 event
- Flash Flood in Alabama, June 17, 2003$400,000 · 1 event
- Flash Flooding and Flood in Ohio, June 17 to 18, 2003$300,000 · 5 events
- Flash Flooding in Kentucky, June 17, 2003$320,000 · 3 events
- Flash Flooding in Mississippi, June 17, 2003$285,000 · 5 events
- Flash Flood in Kentucky, June 17, 2003$220,000 · 1 event
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Ohio, June 17, 2003$130,000 · 5 events
- Flash Flood in North Carolina, June 17, 2003$100,000 · 1 event
- Flash Flood in Kentucky, June 17, 2003$50,000 · 1 event
- Lightning Strike in Louisiana, June 17, 2003$50,000 · 1 event
- High Surf in Hawaii, June 17 to 19, 20033 injured · 8 events
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: 5361129, 5361189.