North Carolina, 2003Flash Flood in North Carolina, July 11, 2003
July 11, 2003 · NWS GSP · 1 event in 1 county or zone
1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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- Deaths
- 1
- 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 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 Jul 11, 12:50 PM EST, 4 hours 56 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 11, 12:50 PM EST, 4 hours 56 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
150 PM EDT FRI JUL 11 2003
WILL UPDATE TO INCLUDE NEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR UPSTATE SC
AND NE GA THROUGH 8 PM EDT.
FCSTID = 33
.GSP...
GA...NONE.
NC...NONE.
SC...NONE.
HG
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 11, 4:11 AM EST, 13 hours 35 minutes before
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014-
019-111100-
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
511 AM EDT FRI JUL 11 2003
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA.
.DAY ONE...TODAY
A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE REGION TODAY...BRINGING SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE AREA. A FEW OF THE STORMS COULD
PRODUCE SEVERE WEATHER...ESPECIALLY IN THE PIEDMONT AND FOOTHILLS.
PLEASE SEE THE SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK...CAESPSGSP...FOR MORE
INFORMATION.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...
SCATTERED...MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE
POSSIBLE DURING MUCH OF THE NEXT 7 DAYS.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON.
LANE
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 11, 3:22 PM EST, 2 hours 24 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
422 PM EDT FRI JUL 11 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
420 PM BLACKSBURG SC .75 INCH HAIL
07/11/03 CHEROKEE MARBLE SIZED HAIL COVERED
THE GROUND LIKE SNOW.
420 PM 2 NE BLACKSBURG SC WIND DAMAGE
07/11/03 CHEROKEE LARGE TREE BLOCKING EAST
CHEROKEE ST BETWEEN
BLACKSBURG AND GROVER.
OTHER TREES DOWN IN
BLACKSBURG. REPORTED BY
COUNTY COMMS CENTER.
MCAVOYSpecial weather statement, Jul 11, 3:55 PM EST, 1 hour 51 minutes before
NCZ071-072-082-SCZ009-112210-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
455 PM EDT FRI JUL 11 2003
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TO AFFECT THE CHARLOTTE METRO AREA
BETWEEN 5 AND 6 PM...
AT 450 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM SOUTHERN LAKE NORMAN IN NORTHERN
MECKLENBURG COUNTY...SOUTHWEST TO BELTON. THESE STORMS WERE
MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL AFFECT AREAS FROM CONCORD
TO CHARLOTTE TO PINEVILLE BETWEEN 5 AND 6 PM.
NEARLY CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...40 TO 50 MPH WINDS...
TORRENTIAL RAIN AND PEA SIZED HAIL WILL ACCOMPANY THE LINE. SECURE
OUTDOOR OBJECTS...AND PREPARE FOR THE VISIBILITY TO FALL TO NEAR
ZERO IN THE HEAVY RAIN AND WIND. IN EXCESS OF AN INCH OF RAIN WILL
FALL WITH THE LINE IN ABOUT 30 MINUTES.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL WATCH THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS
VERY CLOSELY IN CASE ANY WARNINGS BECOME NECESSARY.
MCAVOY
Local storm report, Jul 11, 4:13 PM EST, 1 hour 33 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
513 PM EDT FRI JUL 11 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
505 PM HUNTERSVILLE NC WIND DAMAGE
07/11/03 MECKLENBURG TREES AND POWER LINES
DOWN IN HUNTERSVILLE.
COUNTY 911 REPORT.
BURRUSLocal storm report, Jul 11, 4:37 PM EST, 1 hour 9 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
537 PM EDT FRI JUL 11 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
510 PM CONCORD NC WIND DAMAGE
07/11/03 CABARRUS TREES AND POWER LINES
DOWN IN CONCORD...AS WELL
AS ACROSS THE REST OF THE
COUNTY. POWER OUT TO MOST
OF CONCORD. REPORTED BY
COUNTY COMMS CENTER.
MCAVOYLocal storm report, Jul 11, 4:42 PM EST, 1 hour 4 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
542 PM EDT FRI JUL 11 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
515 PM 2 S CHARLOTTE NC FLASH FLOOD
07/11/03 MECKLENBURG HAM SPOTTER REPORTED
BRIDGE FLOODED AT NATIONS
FORD AND I-77.
530 PM KANNAPOLIS NC WIND DAMAGE
07/11/03 ROWAN TREE FELL ON MOBILE HOME
ON BRANTLEY RD. ODELL
F.D. ON SCENE. REPORTED
BY HAM SPOTTER.
517 PM ROCKWELL NC WIND DAMAGE
07/11/03 ROWAN ROWAN EOC REPORTED TREES
DOWN IN ROCKWELL...10 S
OF SALISBURY.
528 PM GRANITE QUARRY NC WIND DAMAGE
07/11/03 ROWAN ROWAN EOC REPORTED TREES
DOWN IN GRANITE
QUARRY...5 S OF
SALISBURY.
LAMBLocal storm report, Jul 11, 5:30 PM EST, 16 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
630 PM EDT FRI JUL 11 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
527 PM 11 E CHARLOTTE NC WIND DAMAGE
07/11/03 MECKLENBURG TREES DOWN IN MINT HILL.
REPORT FROM COUNTY 911
CENTER.
BURRUSFlash Flood, Union
- When
- July 11, 5:46 PM EST to 7:00 PM EST
- Where
- Union County, West Portion
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 34.988, -80.531 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Slow-moving thunderstorms produced very heavy rainfall that resulted in rapid development of urban flooding. West of Monroe, a 17-year-old man drowned when he jumped into a flooded drainage ditch, and was swept into a storm drain. Urban flooding was more severe in the towns of Indian Trails, Unionville, and Stallings, where several people required rescue from automobiles trapped by rising water.
- Flash Flood
- Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Kansas, July 11, 2003$1.0 million · 2.75 in hail · 7 events
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, July 11, 2003$80,000 · 80 kt wind · 1 event
- Lightning Strike in Florida, July 11 to 12, 2003$75,000 · 1 event
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, July 11, 2003$65,000 · 57 kt wind · 3 events
- Dust Storm in Arizona, July 11, 20032 injured · $28,000 · 1 event
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Indiana, July 11, 2003$40,000 · 55 kt wind · 8 events
- Hail and Damaging Wind in South Carolina, July 11, 2003$50,000 · 60 kt wind · 2 events
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, July 11, 2003$50,000 · 65 kt wind · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, July 11, 2003$40,000 · 80 kt wind · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, July 11, 20033 injured · $4,000 · 60 kt wind · 1 event
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, July 11, 20032 injured · 1 in hail · 8 events
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, July 11, 2003$24,000 · 1.75 in hail · 3 events
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: 5334521.