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 Raleigh, NC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 14, 1:50 PM EST, 3 hours 10 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 250 PM EDT MON JUL 14 2003 PER LOOK AT THE 18Z SOUNDINGS AND CURRENT WV IMAGERY...TRAINING WILL BE MORE LIKELY ALONG THE SOUTHERN AND EASTERN SECTIONS OF THE CWFA. WILL BE DROPPING THE WATCH OVER MY NORTHERN PIEDMONTS AND NORTHERN COASTAL PLAINS. TROF AND ASSOCIATED SHEAR AXIS SHIFT TO THE COAST AROUND MIDNIGHT...WILL EXTEND THE WATCH IN THE SOUTH AND EAST UNTIL 10 PM SO THAT IT CAN BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE CONCURRENT WITH THE EVENING UPDATE. .RAH...FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 1000 PM FOR THE SOUTHEAST PIEDMONT... SANDHILLS...AND SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL COASTAL PLAINS. MLM
NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088-089-141115- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 525 AM EDT MON JUL 14 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT TODAY THROUGH EARLY EVENING. WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY ACROSS THE AREA TODAY. SOME STORMS MAY APPROACH SEVERE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS AND STORMS REPEATEDLY MOVING OVER THE SAME AREA. SOILS ARE ALREADY QUITE SATURATED ESPECIALLY SOUTHERN AND EASTERN SECTIONS FROM RECENT RAINS OF THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED EACH DAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER NETWORK ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATER TODAY FOR HEAVY RAINFALL REPORTS AND FLOODING REPORTS. RA
NCZ042-075-077-078-085-086-088-089-142145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 450 PM EDT MON JUL 14 2003 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN DEVELOPING ACROSS THE SANDHILLS AND SOUTHERN COASTAL PLAIN FROM SOUTHERN PINES THROUGH FAYETTEVILLE AND GOLDSBORO... AT 449 PM EDT... DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN DEVELOPING FROM ABERDEEN EAST THROUGH FORT BRAGG... FAYETTEVILLE... LINDEN... SPIVEYS CORNER... AND NEWTON GROVE. VERY HEAVY RAINFALL RATES IN EXCESS OF 2 INCHES IN A HOUR WILL OCCUR WITH THESE STORMS. DUE TO THE ALREADY SATURATED GROUND... FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS MAY BE NEEDED IF THESE STORMS SHOW LITTLE MOVEMENT BEFORE 530 PM. BE READY TO TAKE QUICK ACTION IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR IF A WARNING IS ISSUED. REMEMBER NEVER DRIVE THROUGH AREAS WHERE WATER IS RUNNING ACROSS THE ROAD. BADGETT
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 75 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:01 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Numerous roads were flooded in Hope Mills and near Fayetteville.
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: 5375424.