South Carolina, 2003

Hail in South Carolina, May 16, 2003

May 16, 2003 · NWS GSP · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
  • Other

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
1

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.

What forecasters said that day

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 May 16, 8:39 PM EST, 1 hour 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 16, 8:39 PM EST, 1 hour 21 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
939 PM EDT FRI MAY 16 2003

CONVECTION STILL ONGOING OVER THE THE UPSTATE OF SC AND THE LOWER
PIED OF NC...WILL EXPECT ACTIVITY TO WIND DOWN TO SHOWERS AFTER
MIDNIGHT. WITH A MOIST ATMOS WILL EXPECT WEAK UPGLIDE AND A LITTLE
INSTABILITY TO YIELD SCT SHOWERS OVERNIGHT OVER THE FA. WILL ALSO
ADD PATCHY FOG TO THE FORECAST AND INCREASE TEMPS A CLICK.

AS THE PLAINS LOW APPROACHES WILL BETTER DYNAMICS AND STRONGER
UPGLIDE COVERAGE WILL INCREASE THROUGH SAT. 18Z MESOETA SHOWING
HEALTHY WEDGE WORKING OVER THE AREA AND WILL GO AHEAD WILL DROP
TEMPS DOWN INTO THE U60S OVER THE NC FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT...THIS
MAY STILL BE TOO WARM.

FCSTID =   16
GSP   64  73  58  70 /  40  60  50  50
AND   63  74  59  70 /  40  60  50  50
CLT   63  71  57  70 /  40  50  50  50
HKY   61  67  55  66 /  40  50  50  50
AVL   60  71  56  68 /  40  60  50  50

.GSP...
GA...NONE.
NC...NONE.
SC...NONE.

NED

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 16, 6:41 PM EST, 3 hours 19 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
741 PM EDT FRI MAY 16 2003

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

735 PM     3 N GREER                 SC   .75 INCH HAIL
05/16/03   GREENVILLE                     PENNY SIZED HAIL REPORTED
                                          BY SKYWARN SPOTTER.

MOORE
Local storm report, May 16, 7:40 PM EST, 2 hours 20 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
840 PM EDT FRI MAY 16 2003

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

730 PM     4 NW GREER                SC   .75 INCH HAIL
05/16/03   GREENVILLE                     REPORTED BY SKYWARN
                                          SPOTTER.

NED
Local storm report, May 16, 8:59 PM EST, 1 hour 1 minute before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
959 PM EDT FRI MAY 16 2003

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

730 PM     4 NW GREER                SC   WIND DAMAGE
05/16/03   GREENVILLE                     4 FT DIAMETER OAK
                                          UPROOTED AND BLOWN DOWN
                                          ONTO HOUSE.  5 OTHER
                                          TREES DOWN ON ROAD.
                                          DAMAGE OCCURRED NEAR
                                          INTERSECTION OF GROCE
                                          MEADOW RD AND MAYS BRIDGE
                                          RD. REPORTED BY LAKE
                                          CUNNINGHAM FD.

741 PM     3 NW GREER                SC   1.00 INCH HAIL
05/16/03   GREENVILLE                     PEA TO QUARTER SIZED HAIL
                                          AT LAKE CUNNINGHAM FIRE
                                          STATION. HAIL BEGAN AT
                                          730 PM. REPORTED BY FD.

MOORE

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 67 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:01 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Laurens

When
May 16, 10:00 PM EST
Where
Laurens County, 2 mi W of Cross Hill
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
34.300, -82.017

What these are

Hail
Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

More

Every storm in South Carolina in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in South Carolina, May 2003

Sources

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: 5356937.