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 Jun 18, 9:20 PM EST, 3 hours 40 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1020 PM EDT WED JUN 18 2003 SATELLITE W/V SHOWING S/W PASSING THROUGH THE FA. STILL POCKETS OF ENERGY UPSTREAM AND WILL EXPECT SH/ISO TS OVERNIGHT. ALTHOUGH DRIER AIR HAS WORKED IN OVER H5...PWS ON 0Z FFC SHOWING STILL MEASURING >1.7. WILL TAKE POPS DOWN FROM CATE TO LIKELY AND WILL DECREASE TS TO ISO. WILL KEEP GOING FFA AS COVERAGE IS EXPECTED TO DECREASE...BUT AS SHOWING CURRENTLY ON 88D SH AND TS WILL TEND TO TRAIN. UPDATED TO DECREASE CATE POPS TO LIKELY...TWEAK TEMPS AND ADD FOG. FCSTID = 16 GSP 69 85 67 84 / 70 50 50 10 AND 69 86 68 85 / 70 50 50 10 CLT 69 85 68 84 / 70 70 50 10 HKY 66 82 65 81 / 70 60 60 10 AVL 63 80 63 79 / 60 50 50 10 .GSP... GA...FLOOD WATCH FOR TONIGHT AND THURSDAY FOR ZONES GAZ010... GAZ017>018...GAZ026...GAZ028>029. NC...FLOOD WATCH FOR TONIGHT AND THURSDAY FOR ZONES NCZ033>037... NCZ048>059...NCZ062>072...NCZ082. SC...FLOOD WATCH FOR TONIGHT AND THURSDAY FOR ZONES SCZ001>014... SCZ019. NED
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-181145- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 550 AM EDT WED JUN 18 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER MUCH OF THE REGION AGAIN TODAY. A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS AND THE WESTERN FOOTHILLS. SEE OUR PRODUCT CAEFFAGSP FOR DETAILS. THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM THUNDERSTORMS TODAY WILL BE FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND TORRENTIAL RAIN. HOWEVER...A THUNDERSTORM WITH AN ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUST CANNOT BE RULED OUT LATE THIS AFTERNOON. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... MORE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON THURSDAY. ISOLATED LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN THE MORE PROMINENT THREAT. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AGAIN NEXT THURSDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...PRIMARILY TO REPORT FLOODING AND RAINFALL AMOUNTS. MCAVOY
The Greer radar (KGSP), 56 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 05:57 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Several roads and bridges were flooded in the Slabtown and Powdersville areas. A car was swept off a road by rushing water.
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, June 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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5363392.