Hail in South Carolina, May 3, 2003

Name: Hail in South Carolina, May 3, 2003
Start: 2003-05-03T22:00
End: 2003-05-03T22:05
Location: South Carolina

May 3, 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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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 3, 9:15 PM EST, 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 3, 9:15 PM EST, 45 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1015 PM EDT SAT MAY 3 2003

UPDATED TO REMOVE WATCH FROM ALL BUT CLT AREA. WILL ISSUE AGAIN AT
11 PM ONCE CONVECTION HAS EXITED EAST.

FCSTID =   33
GSP   56  74  57  71 /  40  10  40  50
AND   56  75  59  73 /  30  10  40  50
CLT   54  74  54  69 /  40  10  40  40
HKY   51  72  53  64 /  50  10  30  40
AVL   49  70  56  67 /  40  10  30  40

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

HG

Hazardous weather outlook, May 3, 4:30 AM EST, 17 hours 30 minutes before

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014-
019-031130-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
530 AM EDT SAT MAY 3 2003

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL REDEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE
APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS...AND MOVE ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT
OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA DURING THE AFTERNOON
AND EVENING. IN ASSOCIATION WITH THESE STORMS...ANOTHER OUTBREAK OF
SEVERE WEATHER IS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA. PLEASE SEE CAESPSGSP FOR
DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON.

LANE

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 3, 8:03 PM EST, 1 hour 57 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
903 PM EDT SAT MAY 03 2003

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

855 PM     3 NW MINT HILL            NC   .75 INCH HAIL
05/03/03   MECKLENBURG                    SKYWARN SPOTTER REPORTS
                                          DIME SIZE HAIL.

HG

Local storm report, May 3, 8:27 PM EST, 1 hour 33 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
927 PM EDT SAT MAY 03 2003

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

822 PM     CONOVER                   NC   WIND DAMAGE
05/03/03   CATAWBA                        COUNTY REPORTS TREES DOWN
                                          IN CONOVER

835 PM     CONOVER                   NC   .75 INCH HAIL
05/03/03   CATAWBA                        COUNTY REPORTS PENNY SIZE
                                          HAIL.

854 PM     CONOVER                   NC   FLASH FLOOD
05/03/03   CATAWBA                        COUNTY REPORTS FLOODING
                                          ALONG COUNTY HOME ROAD
                                          NEAR INTERSTATE 40.

854 PM     CONOVER                   NC   FLASH FLOOD
05/03/03   CATAWBA                        COUNTY REPORTS FLOODING
                                          ON SIPE ROAD AT CREEKSIDE
                                          MOBILE HOME PARK.

HG

Local storm report, May 3, 8:37 PM EST, 1 hour 23 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
937 PM EDT SAT MAY 03 2003

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

925 PM     6 N HARRISBURG            NC   .75 INCH HAIL
05/03/03   CABARRUS                       SKYWARN SPOTTER REPORTS
                                          DIME SIZE HAIL.

HG

Special weather statement, May 3, 9:04 PM EST, 56 minutes before

NCZ066>070-SCZ001>008-010>013-019-040230-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1004 PM EDT SAT MAY 3 2003

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #225 HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM THE
FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN NORTH CAROLINA...

POLK...RUTHERFORD...CLEVELAND...LINCOLN...GASTON.

AND IN SOUTH CAROLINA...

OCONEE...PICKENS...GREENVILLE...SPARTANBURG...CHEROKEE...UNION...
LAURENS...GREENWOOD...ABBEVILLE...ANDERSON.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #225 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT FOR
THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN NORTH CAROLINA...

MECKLENBURG...CABARRUS...UNION.

AND IN SOUTH CAROLINA...

YORK...CHESTER.

HG

Local storm report, May 3, 9:42 PM EST, 18 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
1042 PM EDT SAT MAY 03 2003

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

1038 PM    15 NE CHESTER             SC   1.75 INCH HAIL
05/03/03   CHESTER                        PUBLIC REPORT OF GOLFBALL
                                          SIZED HAIL COVERING THE
                                          GROUND IN EDGEMOOR.

1037 PM    19 SE YORK                SC   1.75 INCH HAIL
05/03/03   YORK                           YORK 911 REPORTS GOLFBALL
                                          SIZED HAIL IN CATAWBA.
                                          PUBLIC PHONED THIS REPORT
                                          IN.

1037 PM    19 SE YORK                SC   WIND DAMAGE
05/03/03   YORK                           YORK COUNTY 911 RELAYED A
                                          PUBLIC REPORT OF TREES
                                          DOWN IN CATAWBA.

BURRUS

Local storm report, May 3, 9:50 PM EST, 10 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
1050 PM EDT SAT MAY 03 2003

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

1030 PM    17 SE YORK                SC   .88 INCH HAIL
05/03/03   YORK                           SKYWARN SPOTTER OBSERVED
                                          NICKEL SIZED HAIL 2 MILES
                                          WEST OF CATAWBA.

BURRUS

The radar

The Columbia radar (KCAE), 86 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:59 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Chester

When: May 3, 10:00 PM EST to 10:05 PM EST
Where: Chester County, Richburg
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 34.717, -81.017

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

Every storm in South Carolina in 2003 Every state in 2003 This day in weather history Warnings 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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5357246.