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 31, 8:36 PM EST, 2 hours 4 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 936 PM EDT THU JUL 31 2003 MOIST SOUTH SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW VEERING WITH HEIGHT CONTINUES OVER CENTRAL NC TONIGHT. SURFACE DEWPOINTS CONTINUE IN THE 70-75 DEGREE RANGE AND PRECIPITABLE WATER IS NEAR 2 INCHES IN A CONDITIONALLY UNSTABLE AIRMASS. A TROUGH AT 850 MB APPROACHING FROM THE SOUTHWEST AND WEAK DIVERGENCE WITH A JET AXIS ALOFT TO THE NORTHWEST SHOULD SUSTAIN CONVECTIVE CELLS OVER THE AREA INTO THE LATE NIGHT HOURS. HIGH CHANCE OR LIKELY POPS WILL BE CONTINUED IN THE WEST WITH LOWER CHANCES IN THE EAST. CURRENT TEMPERATURES DEWPOINTS AND WINDS LOOK REASONABLY IN LINE WITH FORECAST GRIDS. .RAH...NONE. RFG
NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088-089-311155- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 554 AM EDT THU JUL 31 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS THIS MORNING WILL BECOME MORE NUMEROUS THIS AFTERNOON ALONG WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. HEAVY DOWNPOURS PRODUCING MINOR FLOODING ARE POSSIBLE...BUT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT.
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 133 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:39 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Highway 731 and Chip Road were flooded between Mt. Gilead and Pekin.
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: 5376185.