2 thunderstorm wind, 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 21, 2:25 PM EST, 1 hour 20 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 325 PM EDT MON JUL 21 2003 CURRENT PROBLEM IS FORECAST OF MCS IN TENNESSEE. GUIDANCE AND REALITY SUGGEST THE STRENGTH OF THE SYSTEM SHOULD DROP INTO THE NORTH PARTS OF THE GULF STATES. NICE LINE OF SHOWERS DEVELOPED ON THE EAST SLOPES WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE LEADING BOUNDARY AHEAD OF MCS AND EXPECT SOME ACTIVITY TO FIRE AS THIS PUSHES INTO OUR WEST AREA PRIOR TO 00Z. WILL INCREASE TONIGHT POPS TO HIGH CHANCE IN THE WEST EARLY AND CHANCE EAST TRAILING OFF TOWARD MIDNIGHT. THE REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST CONTINUES TO BE HARD TO GET A HANDLE ON. ONLY THE APPROACH OF THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH APPEARS TO BE A FEATURE ONE CAN BET ON WITH SUBSYNOPTIC FEATURES ON THE MODELS CHANGING WITH EACH RUN. THUS THE CURRENT FORECAST OF HIGH CHANCE POPS TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT WILL CONTINUE WITH LIKELY THE NEXT 24 HOURS. SEE VERY LITTLE CHANGE TO CURRENT TEMPERATURE FORECAST INTO THURSDAY NIGHT. HIGHS SHOULD BE SUPPRESSED WITH CLOUDS AND RAIN...ESPECIALLY WEDNESDAY. FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY... WITH THE DEPARTING/DISSIPATING LONG WAVE TROUGH...HEIGHTS BUILD RAPIDLY ALOFT FRIDAY TO STABILIZE AND DRY MID TO UPPER LEVELS. EXCEPT FOR A RESIDUAL LATE DAY THUNDERSTORM NEAR THE REMNANT SURFACE FRONTAL BOUNDARY IN THE COASTAL PLAIN...WE SHOULD SEE CONDITIONS CLOSE TO CLIMATOLOGY FRIDAY. AN EXTENSION OF THE BERMUDA HIGH ACROSS THE GULF STATES SHOULD KEEP DIURNAL DEEP CONVECTION TO A MINIMUM IN CENTRAL NC OVER THE WEEKEND. TEMPERATURES SHOULD RISE UNDER MOSTLY SUNNY MIDDAY SKIES TO NEAR 90 OR LOWER 90S EACH DAY. BY MONDAY...MODELS ARE LEADING INTO A LONG WAVE TROUGH EVOLVING OVER THE EASTERN U.S. THIS SHOULD DESTABILIZE THE AIRMASS SUFFICIENT FOR AN INCREASING CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS MON INTO MON NIGHT. -RFG .RAH...NONE. RLH
NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088-089-211100- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 449 AM EDT MON JUL 21 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH FROM THE WEST LATE TUESDAY... AND MOVE SLOWLY EAST ACROSS THE STATE WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED BOTH TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY...ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A FEW OF THESE STORMS MAY BE SEVERE...PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND AND POSSIBLY SOME LARGE HAIL. FLOODING WILL ALSO BE A POSSIBILITY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT.
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 147 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:42 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Winds damaged athletic fields at Anson High School. Bleachers were lifted over a fence, and the scoreboard and ticket booth were damaged.
Several trees and powerlines were blown down along Highway 64 to High Rock Lake.
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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5376115, 5376114.