1 thunderstorm wind, 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 Sep 4, 11:20 AM EST, 1 hour 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1220 PM EDT THU SEP 4 2003 ...FLOOD WATCH EXTENDED UNTIL 400 PM FOR OUR NORTHERN MOUNTAIN COUNTIES... PREVIOUS DISCUSSION FOLLOWS... BAND OF PRECIPITATION ASSOCIATED WITH APPROACHING UPPER-LEVEL TROUGH NOW MOVING ACROSS MOUNTAINS. ISENTROPIC LIFT CONTRIBUTING TO THIS RAIN GRADUALLY SHIFTS EASTWARD TAKING MOST FAVORABLE FORCING FOR UPWARD MOTION INTO THE MID-ATLANTIC LATER TODAY. PLAN TO INCREASE POPS A LITTLE EAST OF THE MOUNTAINS... ESPECIALLY ACROSS OUR NORTHERN ZONES. FLOOD WATCH WILL BE MAINTAINED FOR THE SHORT TERM... BUT IT IS SCHEDULED TO EXPIRE AT NOON EDT. IF SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL CONTINUES IN WATCH AREA AS EXPIRATION TIME APPROACHES... WILL EXTEND WATCH FOR SEVERAL MORE HOURS. THAT DECISION WILL BE MADE LATER THIS MORNING. .GSP... GA...NONE. NC...FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 400 PM FOR AVERY... YANCEY... AND MITCHELL COUNTIES. SC...NONE. LGL
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-041200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 605 AM EDT THU SEP 4 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS MORNING...AND A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS UNTIL NOON. THUNDERSTORMS WILL DIMINISH FROM THE WEST THIS AFTERNOON...BECOMING SCATTERED TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. 07
The Greer radar (KGSP), 56 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:48 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Two trees were blown down on Bond Street. Power lines were knocked down as the trees fell.
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, September 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: 5371741.