2 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 2 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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.
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 Jun 12, 1:30 PM EST, 2 hours 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 230 PM EDT THU JUN 12 2003 ORGANIZED CONVECTION THIS AFTERNOON AIDED BY WEAK PVA FROM SOUTHERN TAIL OF VORTICITY CHANNEL AXIS ASSOCIATED WITH UPPER LOW OVER OHIO VALLEY. EXPECT THIS TO CONTINUE EAST THIS AFTERNOON. CONVECTIVE FEEDBACK SEEMS TO BE AFFECTING AVN/GFS WITH NEXT SHORTWAVE JUST WEST OF THE APPALACHIANS TOMORROW MORNING. EXPECT LESS COVERAGE OF STORMS TOMORROW WITH LACK OF MID LEVEL TRIGGER...BUT WILL CONTINUE CHANCE POPS WITH HEATING AND MOIST AND UNSTABLE SUMMER-LIKE PATTERN. BERMUDA HIGH BEGINS TO RETREAT EASTWARD BY SATURDAY...ALLOWING SOUTHWARD PROGRESSION OF QUASI-STATIONARY FRONT. BOTH GFS/ETA HAVE COME INTO BETTER AGREEMENT WITH TIMING OF FRONTAL PASSAGE... HOWEVER THE ETA SHIFTS THE MOISTURE AXIS EAST OF THE AREA A LITTLE SOONER. FRONT WILL BE SLOW TO MOVE THROUGH THE AREA BEGINNING 18Z SATURDAY THROUGH 00 MONDAY. WILL CARRY LIKELY CHANCE POPS SATURDAY AFTERNOON IN THE NORTH WITH HIGH CHANCE SOUTH THEN INCREASE TO CATEGORICAL SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY. THEN FOR SUNDAY AFTERNOON HIGH POPS WILL BE IN THE SOUTH WITH CHANCE IN THE NORTH. TEMPS CLOSE TO MOS GUIDANCE. MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY... EXTENDED PERIOD COMPLEX WITH THE FORECAST HINGING POSITION OF QUASI-STATIONARY FRONT AND CAD EVENT SETTING UP ON MONDAY. LATEST GFS PUSHES FRONT SOUTH OF THE AREA BY 12Z MONDAY WHILE THE NOGAPS/CANADIAN SLOWER WITH THE FRONT MOVING IT THROUGH 12Z TUE. WILL FOLLOW GFS/HPC SOLUTION. WILL CARRY POPS THROUGH THE EXTENDED PERIOD...HOWEVER LOWEST POPS EXPECTED MONDAY AND TUESDAY WITH FRONT SOUTH OF THE REGION. CHANCE POPS WILL BE ALONG THE SOUTH WITH SLIGHT CHANCE NORTH. CAD EVENT BEGINS OVER THE REGION DURING THE SAME TIME. HAVE LOWERED TEMPERATURES BELOW HPC GUIDANCE TO REFLECT MORE OF A CAD COMPOSITE WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE MID TO UPPER 70S OVER CENTRAL NC AND NEAR 80 IN THE SOUTHEAST. WEDNESDAY AND INTO THURSDAY...POPS INCREASE BACK TO CHANCE OVER ENTIRE CWA AS FRONT AND TROUGH RETROGRADE BACK NORTHWARD REINFORCING NORTHEAST FLOW OVER THE AREA. .RAH...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH THROUGH 7 PM FOR PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA LOCKLEAR
NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088-089-121030- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 445 AM EDT THU JUN 12 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WESTERN SECTIONS OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA TODAY. THIS AREA IS MAINLY NORTH AND WEST OF RALEIGH...ALONG A LINE FROM HENDERSON...DURHAM...CHAPEL HILL...SILER CITY...TROY...ANSONVILLE. THE MAIN THREAT FROM THE STORMS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND POSSIBLY LARGE HAIL. ALSO SEVERE STORMS MAY FORM IN CLUSTERS OR SMALL BANDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY FRIDAY AND SATURDAY... THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY OVER THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN SECTIONS OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY AND SATURDAY WHICH INCLUDES THE TRIANGLE...TRIAD...WADESBORO AND ALBEMARLE. DAMAGING WINDS AND POSSIBLY LARGE HAIL WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT. SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER THERE IS A CONTINUED THREAT OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. ...ENTER DETAILS HERE... .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER NETWORK ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED OVER THE TRIAD AND SOUTHERN PIEDMONT AREAS LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. RA
NCZ021-022-121715- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 1244 PM EDT THU JUN 12 2003 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS FORSYTH AND GUILFORD COUNTIES THROUGH 115 PM EDT... AT 1244 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS NEAR WINSTON-SALEM...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE...WALKERTOWN... KERNERSVILLE...COLFAX...BELEWS CREEK...STOKESDALE...SUMMERFIELD. PEA SIZE HAIL AND DANGEROUS CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF DEADLY LIGHTNING. SEEK SHELTER INDOORS AND STAY AWAY FROM THE WINDOWS. DO NOT USE THE TELEPHONE UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU CANNOT SEEK SHELTER INDOORS AUTOMOBILES CAN PROVIDE ADEQUATE SHELTER. BL
NCZ024-025-040-041-076-121830- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 131 PM EDT THU JUN 12 2003 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS ORANGE...DURHAM...WAKE... CHATHAM AND LEE COUNTIES THROUGH 230 PM EDT... AT 131 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM JUST WEST OF CHAPEL HILL TO SANFORD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE...CHAPEL HILL...DURHAM...MONCURE...APEX AND CARY. GUSTY WINDS UP OF 40 TO 50 MPH...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. PEA SIZE HAIL AND DANGEROUS CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. JO
NCZ041-121900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 204 PM EDT THU JUN 12 2003 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS WAKE COUNTY THROUGH 300 PM EDT... AT 204 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER NEW HILL...OR ABOUT 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CARY...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR CARY AROUND 210 PM EDT...LAKE WHEELER AROUND 215 PM EDT...RALEIGH AROUND 225 PM EDT...NEW HOPE AROUND 230 PM EDT...KNIGHTDALE AROUND 235 PM EDT...ROLESVILLE AROUND 245 PM EDT. GUSTY WINDS UP OF 50 MPH...MARBLE SIZE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND DEADLY CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. JO
NCZ041-042-121945- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 246 PM EDT THU JUN 12 2003 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTHERN WAKE AND JOHNSTON COUNTIES THROUGH 345 PM EDT... AT 246 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS JUST NORTH OF FUQUAY...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR GARNER AROUND 300 PM EDT...CLAYTON AROUND 320 PM EDT...FLOWERS AROUND 335 PM EDT. GUSTY WINDS UP OF 40 MPH...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND DEADLY CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. MARBLE SIZED HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE. JO
NCZ026-121945- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 322 PM EDT THU JUN 12 2003 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS FRANKLIN COUNTY THROUGH 345 PM EDT... AT 322 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER YOUNGSVILLE...OR ABOUT 11 MILES WEST OF LOUISBURG...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR FRANKLINTON AROUND 335 PM AND LOUISBURG AROUND 340 PM EDT... GUSTY WINDS OF 30 MPH...DANGEROUS CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. JO
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 128 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:59 UTC.
2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Highway 15/501 was flooded northwest of Wagram.
Several intersections were flooded, along with portions of highways 1 and 220.
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, June 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: 5365499, 5365500.