Flood in North Carolina, April 10, 2003

Name: Flood in North Carolina, April 10, 2003
Start: 2003-04-10T03:00
End: 2003-04-10T05:00
Location: North Carolina

April 10, 2003 · NWS GSP · 1 event in 1 county or zone

An extended period of rainfall led to slow rises on area creeks and streams, culminating in flooding along 3 creeks in the eastern portion of the county.

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 happened

The episode as NWS GSP wrote it up.

An extended period of rainfall led to slow rises on area creeks and streams, culminating in flooding along 3 creeks in the eastern portion of the county.

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 Apr 10, 2:45 AM EST, 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 10, 2:45 AM EST, 15 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 10, 2:05 AM EST, 55 minutes before

NCZ034-054-055-066-067-101500-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
305 AM EDT THU APR 10 2003

...SOME SNOW POSSIBLE IN THE HIGH TERRAIN OF THE FOOTHILLS...

THE SNOW LEVEL WILL DROP TODAY...AND BY THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
COULD DROP LOW ENOUGH TO CAUSE SOME SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS IN THE
HIGH ELEVATIONS OF THE FOOTHILLS. SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS ARE NOT
EXPECTED FROM TRYON TO LAKE LURE...BUT SOME AREAS FROM THE TOP OF
THE OLD FORT GRADE...TO LITTLE SWITZERLAND...JONAS RIDGE...AND
LINVILLE GORGE COULD HAVE MORE ACCUMULATION.  A WINTER WEATHER
ADVISORY COULD BE REQUIRED LATER TODAY FOR THOSE PARTS OF THE
FOOTHILLS.

PEOPLE PLANNING TO TRAVEL INTO THE MOUNTAINS LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT
SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SOME SNOW.

JONES

The radar

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Event by event

1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flood, Davie

When: April 10, 3:00 AM EST to 5:00 AM EST
Where: Davie forecast zone
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 35.929, -80.544 (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

Every storm in North Carolina in 2003 Every state in 2003 This day in weather history Warnings in North Carolina, April 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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5353552.