Heavy Rain, Cleveland
- When
- April 6, 7:00 PM EST to April 7, 7:00 AM EST
- Where
- Cleveland County, Countywide
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 35.334, -81.556 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Rain in North Carolina, April 6 to 7, 2003
A prolonged period of moderate to heavy rainfall resulted in mainly minor urban flooding across portions of the North Carolina piedmont.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 3 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
- 3
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.
A prolonged period of moderate to heavy rainfall resulted in mainly minor urban flooding across portions of the North Carolina piedmont.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
3 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Rain, Lincoln
- When
- April 6, 7:00 PM EST
- Where
- Lincoln County, Countywide
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 35.486, -81.224 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Rain, Gaston
- When
- April 6, 7:00 PM EST
- Where
- Gaston County, Countywide
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 35.294, -81.180 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Heavy Rain
- Rainfall totals unusual for the place and season that did not produce a flood.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Mississippi, April 6 to 7, 2003
- Tornadoes in Texas, April 6, 2003
- Tornado in Texas, April 6, 2003
- Tornadoes in Texas, April 6, 2003
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Louisiana, April 6 to 7, 2003
- Winter Storm in Iowa, April 6 to 7, 2003
- Tornado in Louisiana, April 6, 2003
- Winter Storm in Nebraska, April 6 to 7, 2003
- Tornado in Texas, April 6, 2003
- Winter Storm in Nebraska, April 6 to 7, 2003
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, April 6, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, April 6, 2003
More
Every storm in North Carolina in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5353737, 5353738, 5353739.