1 thunderstorm wind, 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 Jul 13, 2:03 PM EST, 57 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 303 PM EDT SUN JUL 13 2003 RAINY WEATHER TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE BEGINNING OF THE WEEK, AND INTO THE END OF THE WEEK AS WELL. UPPER TROUGH CONTS TO LINGER OVER ERN US WITH WEAK VORT MAXES ROTATING THRU. MSTR IS PENTIFUL ESPECIALLY BEGINNING OF THE WEEK. OMEGA FIELD ON GFS SOMEWHAT SUSPECT TONIGHT BUT THERE WILL BE PLENTY OF LIFT TO CAUSE WIDESPREAD RAIN. SIMILARLY, ON MON AND TUES, BASIC PATTERN REMAINS THE SAME. POPS WILL BE IN THE LIKELY RANGE TNGT AND MON AND SLOWLY TAPER FROM THERE. WILL UPDATE THE ESF THAT WAS ISSUED ON THE MID SHIFT TO REFLECT NEW HPC THINKING OF 4 INCHES OVER CWA OVER NEXT 5 DAYS. MARINE: BERMUDA HIGH IN CONTROL WILL RESULT IN S-SW FLOW OVER OUR WATERS THROUGH THU. WEAK PRES GRADIENT FRI WILL RESULT IN MAINLY SEA BREEZE EFFECT WINDS. GRADIENT WILL WEAKEN TOMORROW NIGHT BUT UNTIL THEN COASTAL WATERS WINDS SHOULD BE IN THE 15-20 KT RANGE. MAY GO WITH MARGINAL SCSEC THIS EVENING BUT WILL MAKE THAT DECISION AT PRESS TIME. OTHER THAN DODGING SHRA/TSTMS TUE-FRI LOOKS LIKE DECENT BOATING WX. .MHX...NONE. TK/WS
NCZ029-044>047-079>081-090>095-098-103-104-131015- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 417 AM EDT SUN JUL 13 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY ALONG AREA BEACHES FROM SOUTH OF CAPE HATTERAS TO NORTH OF SURF CITY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL AFFECT MOST OF THE AREA TODAY AND TONIGHT AND MAY PRODUCE MINOR FLOODING PROBLEMS IN A FEW AREAS. PLEASE SEE THE HYDROLOGIC OUTLOOK PRODUCT ISSUED BY THIS OFFICE AROUND 5 AM FOR FURTHER DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WILL PERSIST INTO MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT...CONTINUING THE THREAT OF LOCALIZED MINOR FLOODING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. JBM
The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 84 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:02 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Newspaper report of damage to freezer building and trees down.
Duplin county 911 center reported many secondary roads flooded and closed. Also, Interstate 40 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, 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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5369568, 5369569.