5 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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.
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 Raleigh, NC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 10, 1:15 PM EST, 3 hours 20 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 215 PM EDT THU JUL 10 2003 WILL BE INCREASING POPS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN TIER TO LIKELY PER EXTRAPOLATION OF THE IMPENDING BOW AND ISSUING ZONES AROUND 300 PM. THERE IS NO REASON FOR THE BOW TO WEAKEN. APPROACHING VORT AXIS IS STRETCHED AND WEAKENED AS IT STRUGGLES INTO THE WEST LATER TONIGHT. THUS THE CURENT HIGH CHANCE POPS IN PLACE THROUGH THE EVENING LOOK GOOD...TAPERING TO SLIGHT CHANCES LATER TONIGHT. SOME DRYING TOMORROW IN THE UPPER LEVELS...BUT WILL NEED TO CONTINUE A CHANCE POP INTO THE EVENING ONCE AGAIN AS MAXES APPROACHING 90 AND LOW LEVEL MOISTURE PRODUCE CAPES UPWARDS OF 2000 JOULES. LOW LEVELS DRY TOMORROW NIGHT AFTER FROPA AND WESTERLY FLOW DEEPENS AS THE LONG WAVE TROF SETTLES INTO THE EAST COAST THIS WEEKEND. SATURDAY LOOKS TO BE DRY AND SEASONABLE. THE EXTENDED HAS NO REAL HANDLE AS TO THE TIMING OF SHORT WAVE ENERGY DIGGING INTO THE TROF. MOISTURE WILL BE INCREASING...HOWEVER...AND CLIMATOLOGICAL SUMMERTIME DIURNAL CONVECTION CONTINUES TO BE THE BEST COURSE OF ACTION WITH PERSISTENCE HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S. .RAH...NONE. MLM/RLH
NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088-089-111000- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 533 AM EDT THU JUL 10 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING RAISING THE POTENTIAL FOR FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... OUTSIDE OF LATE DAY THUNDERSTORMS...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED DURING THIS PERIOD. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF THE SPOTTER NETWORK SHOULD NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT.
NCZ001>003-007>011-018>028-033>043-048>078-082>086-088-089-110000- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 102 PM EDT THU JUL 10 2003 THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. HAZARDOUS WEATHER...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING OVER CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...BUT HAIL UP TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER IS ALSO POSSIBLE. SKYWARN SPOTTERS... NETWORK ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES.
NCZ074-075-102115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 442 PM EDT THU JUL 10 2003 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS MOORE AND MONTGOMERY COUNTIES THROUGH 515 PM EDT... AT 442 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM TROY TO SOUTHERN PINES...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE...CARTHAGE. GUSTY WINDS UP OF 40 TO 50 MPH...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. VERY HEAVY RAIN WITH RAINFALL AMOUNTS EXCEEDING ONE INCH DURING THE NEXT HOUR CAN BE EXPECTED IN THESE AREAS. MOTORISTS SHOULD DRIVE WITH CAUTION TO AVOID HYDROPLANING. MINOR FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS CAN BE EXPECTED.
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 16 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:37 UTC.
5 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees were blown down near New Hope Church Road and Headingham Blvd.
Trees were blown down along Highway 42 in the western portions of the county.
Tobacco fields were damaged by large hail.
Trees were blown down between Central Harnett High School and the Wake County line.
Several trees were blown down.
Trees were blown down on Salem Church Road, on Pikeville-Princeton Road, and on Highway 117.
A barn that was struck by lightning was destroyed.
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, July 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5376458, 5376457, 5376459, 5376460, 5376461, 5376462, 5376463.