1 flash flood, 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 Newport/Morehead City, NC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 12, 1:47 PM EST, 1 hour 53 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 245 PM EDT TUE AUG 11 2003 SHRA/TSRA ALONG SEA BRZ SHLD DISSIPATE OR BE MAINLY W OF INLAND AREAS BY EVENING. WL KEEP SLIGHT CHC GOING INLAND FOR EVENING AND ALL NIGHT OVER CSTL WTRS/BEACHES AS CANT RULE OUT SOME SHRA DVLPING OVER OCEAN OVERNIGHT. UPR RDG SHIFTS W OFF OF ATLC WED...THIS SHLD LIMIT CVRG OF SHRA/TSRA...WL CONT 30 POP OVER INLAND COUNTIES ALONG SEA BRZ WITH SLIGHT CHC ALONG CST. ACTVTY SHLD DISSIPATE WED NIGHT. ON THU UPR RDG TRANSITIONS TO THE W OF RGN WITH LITTLE OR NO FORCING EXPECTED ACRS AREA. MDLS DO SHOW RIBBON OF MOISTURE SO WILL KEEP SLIGHT POP OVER AREA AS DONT EXPECT CVRG TO BE TOO GREAT. ON SAT HGTS BEGIN TO FALL ALONG THE CST WITH WEAK FRONT N OF REGION. WL FOLLOW GFS AND GO WITH 30 POP. DRY CONDITIONS SUN THROUGH TUE WITH TEMPS AT OR SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL. MARINE: EXPECT WEAK PRESSURE GRADIENT TO PROVIDE FAIRLY LIGHT WINDS THROUGH THE FCST PERIOD. SEAS SHOULD REMAIN 4 FT OR LESS. WIND DIRECTION WILL BE SE TO E...BECOMING SW TO W BY THE WEEKEND. NO FLAGS EXPECTED THROUGH THE PERIOD. .MHX...NONE. RF/RAP
NCZ029-044>047-079>081-090>095-098-103-104-121100- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 345 AM EDT TUE AUG 12 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE REGION TODAY MAINLY NEAR THE COASTAL SECTIONS THIS MORNING, THEN MAINLY ACROSS THE COASTAL PLAIN THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO REACH SEVERE LIMITS. THERE IS A MODERATE RIP CURRENT THREAT FROM SOUTH OF CAPE HATTERAS TO NORTH OF SURF CITY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. SCATTERED MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH FRIDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. 12
The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 52 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:37 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Jones County Sheriff reported parts of Highway 41, Chinquapin Chapel Road, and Wise Fork Road flooded.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in North Carolina in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, August 2003
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