1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it. 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 May 2, 1:49 PM EST, 1 hour 16 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 249 PM EDT FRI MAY 2 2003 UPDATING FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ENTIRE AREA UNTIL 8 PM. FCSTID = 7 GSP 82 58 77 51 / 70 40 20 20 AND 83 58 79 52 / 70 40 20 20 CLT 82 58 78 50 / 70 40 20 20 HKY 81 56 74 48 / 80 40 20 20 AVL 78 54 73 47 / 80 50 20 20 .GSP... GA...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 8 PM. NC...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 8 PM. SC...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 8 PM. O7
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-021115- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 520 AM EDT FRI MAY 2 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON. SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY BE SEVERE. PLEASE SEE CAESPSGSP SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON AND/OR EVENING. LANE
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
256 PM EDT FRI MAY 02 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
352 PM BRYSON BRANCH NC WIND DAMAGE
05/02/03 SWAIN 2 TO 3 TREES DOWN AT
NEEDMORE ROAD.
354 PM FRANKLIN NC WIND DAMAGE
05/02/03 MACON 1 TREE ON HOUSE. SEVERAL
TREES DOWN BLOCKING ROAD
IN THE NORTHERN PART OF
COUNTY.
KRENTZPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
324 PM EDT FRI MAY 02 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
320 PM WESTMINISTER GA 1.00 INCH HAIL
05/02/03 FRANKLIN QUARTER SIZE HAIL
321 PM SOUTHERN OCONEE SC WIND DAMAGE
05/02/03 OCONEE 8 INCH DIAMETER TREE
DOWN.
325 PM HENDERSONVILLE NC 1.00 INCH HAIL
05/02/03 HENDERSON QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
KRENTZPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
341 PM EDT FRI MAY 02 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
335 PM ASHEVILLE NC WIND DAMAGE
05/02/03 BUNCOMBE COUNTY REPORTS 6 TREES
DOWN ON SOUTH SIDE OF
ASHEVILLE.
322 PM HENDERSONVILLE NC .88 INCH HAIL
05/02/03 HENDERSON SPOTTER REPORTS NICKEL
SIZE HAIL.
336 PM COUNTYWIDE NC WIND DAMAGE
05/02/03 BUNCOMBE COUNTY EOC REPORTS TREES
DOWN COUNTYWIDE.
345 PM CENTRAL SC 1.50 INCH HAIL
05/02/03 PICKENS SPOTTER REPORTS PING PONG
BALL SIZE HAIL.
HGPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
352 PM EDT FRI MAY 02 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
337 PM COUNTYWIDE NC WIND DAMAGE
05/02/03 HAYWOOD SCATTERED TREES AND POWER
LINES DOWN.
342 PM CANTON NC .75 INCH HAIL
05/02/03 HAYWOOD DIME SIZED. LAYERED.
346 PM WAYNESVILLE NC WIND DAMAGE
05/02/03 HAYWOOD LOTS OF TREES DOWN.
348 PM CRUSO NC .75 INCH HAIL
05/02/03 HAYWOOD DIME SIZE HAIL.
KRENTZPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
403 PM EDT FRI MAY 02 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
400 PM COLUMBUS NC .75 INCH HAIL
05/02/03 POLK SPOTTER REPORT.
JATPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
404 PM EDT FRI MAY 02 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
330 PM BREVARD SC WIND DAMAGE
05/02/03 TRANSYLVANIA TREES DOWN COUNTY WIND
INCLUDING BREVARD AND
LAKE TOXAWAY.
354 PM TIGERVILLE SC WIND DAMAGE
05/02/03 GREENVILLE TREES LIMBS DOWN AND PEA
SIZE HAIL.
TJBThe Greer radar (KGSP), 6 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:03 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Most of the roof was blown off of a truck terminal at the intersection of I-85 and highway 101. A gust to 50 knots was measured at the National Weather Service office at GSP Airport.
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, May 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: 5356483.