Flood, Guilford
- When
- April 10, 12:15 PM EST to 3:00 PM EST
- Where
- Guilford forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 36.080, -79.789 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flooding in North Carolina, April 10, 2003
Persistent showers and thunderstorms produced heavy rain and flooding across the Piedmont of North Carolina. Several creeks and streams overflowed their banks, leading to road flooding and numerous road closures.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 13 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 13
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 happened
The episode as NWS RAH wrote it up.
Persistent showers and thunderstorms produced heavy rain and flooding across the Piedmont of North Carolina. Several creeks and streams overflowed their banks, leading to road flooding and numerous road closures. Some basements of homes were flooded in Guilford County, and a water rescue was made in Moore County.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
13 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flood, Moore
- When
- April 10, 12:30 PM EST to 3:00 PM EST
- Where
- Moore forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 35.311, -79.481 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood, Anson
- When
- April 10, 12:30 PM EST to 4:00 PM EST
- Where
- Anson forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 34.974, -80.103 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood, Alamance
- When
- April 10, 12:30 PM EST to 3:00 PM EST
- Where
- Alamance forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 36.044, -79.399 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood, Chatham
- When
- April 10, 12:30 PM EST to 3:00 PM EST
- Where
- Chatham forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 35.703, -79.255 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood, Stanly
- When
- April 10, 12:50 PM EST to 4:00 PM EST
- Where
- Stanly forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 35.312, -80.251 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood, Wake
- When
- April 10, 1:15 PM EST to 4:00 PM EST
- Where
- Wake forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 35.790, -78.650 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood, Forsyth
- When
- April 10, 1:15 PM EST to 3:00 PM EST
- Where
- Forsyth forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 36.131, -80.256 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood, Randolph
- When
- April 10, 1:30 PM EST to 3:00 PM EST
- Where
- Randolph forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 35.710, -79.806 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood, Davidson
- When
- April 10, 1:30 PM EST to 3:00 PM EST
- Where
- Davidson forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 35.793, -80.213 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood, Lee
- When
- April 10, 1:30 PM EST to 3:00 PM EST
- Where
- Lee forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 35.475, -79.171 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood, Montgomery
- When
- April 10, 1:30 PM EST to 3:00 PM EST
- Where
- Montgomery forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 35.333, -79.905 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood, Durham
- When
- April 10, 2:55 PM EST to 4:00 PM EST
- Where
- Durham forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 36.036, -78.876 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Flood
- Flooding that develops more slowly than a flash flood: rivers leaving their banks, or water standing over land for an extended time.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Strong Wind in Virginia, April 10 to 11, 2003
- Flood in North Carolina, April 10, 2003
- Flooding in Tennessee, April 10 to 11, 2003
- Strong Wind in North Carolina, April 10, 2003
- Flooding and Strong Wind in Virginia, April 10, 2003
- Flooding and Strong Wind in North Carolina, April 10, 2003
- Heavy Snow in North Carolina, April 10, 2003
- Lightning Strike in South Carolina, April 10, 2003
More
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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: 5349324, 5348269, 5348273, 5349320, 5349321, 5348274, 5348272, 5349323, 5348270, 5349322, 5349325, 5349326, 5348271.