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 Jun 16, 3:30 PM EST, 2 hours 10 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 430 PM EDT MON JUN 16 2003 FRONTAL BNDRY CURRENTLY TO OUR S...ALONG WITH A SERIES OF SHRTWVS WILL BE MAIN FOCUS OF PRECIPITATION THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. THE REGION WILL ALSO EXPERIENCE GOOD JET DYNAMICS WITH A JET TO OUR NE SETTING AREA UP IN A RIGHT ENTRANCE REGION PROVIDING DIVERGENCE ALOFT. PWS WILL BE RUNNING AT OR ABOVE 2 INCHES INTO FRI...ALLOWING FOR HEAVY RAINS WHEN THE SHOWERS DO OCCUR. WILL ISSUE ANOTHER SPS TO COVER THREAT OF HEAVY RAINS AND LOCALIZED FLOODING TONIGHT INTO TUE. WILL CARRY LIKELY POPS INTO WED NIGHT...THEN ONCE WARM FRONT LIFTS N OF AREA WILL GO WITH MORE SCATTERED TYPE CONVECTION WITH CHANCE POPS. WILL SEE THIS TYPE OF SHOWERS/TSTMS UNTIL COLD FRONT MOVING THRU AREA ON FRI BRINGS A MORE CONCENTRATED CHANCE OF RAIN. THEN AFTER A RAINY WEEK...THE WEEKEND LOOKS DRY. COULD SEE A CHANCE OF RAIN ON MON...IF ANOTHER WARM FRONT LIFTS THU THE AREA...BUT FOR NOW WILL KEEP EXTENDED DRY. MARINE: BNDRY DOWN TO NR FPSN7 ATTM. E-NE FLOW ACRS OUR WTRS TO CONT THRU MUCH OF TUE UNTIL FRONT LIFTS BACK N OF OUR WTRS TUE NT OR EARLY WED. UNTIL THEN...EXPECTING SEAS TO BLD TO MARGINAL SCA VALUES IN THE E FETCH...MAINLY AFFECTING CSTL WTRS OFF THE OUTER BANKS. LATEST WW3 RUN HAS BACKED OFF ON SEA HEIGHTS A BIT WITH THIS E FETCH WAVE ENERGY...AND IS ALSO RUNNING ABOUT A FOOT TOO HIGH ATTM TO OUR E. NONETHELESS...WUD ANTICIPATE THE PERSISTENT FETCH TO EVENTUALLY BLD SEAS TO AT LEAST MARGINAL SCA BY TUE MORN...SO WL GO WITH SCA EXPECTED TUE FOR WTRS N OF LOOKOUT. ETA/GFS BOTH HAVE A LOW PRES WAVE ALONG THE FRONT AS IT LIFTS N...AND GFS INCRSS WINDS AHEAD OF THIS LOW ON WED. WL AWAIT FUTURE RUNS FOR THIS...BUT MAY HAVE 25KT WINDS N OF HAT STARTING LATE WED. BETTER CHANCES FOR SCA WINDS/SEAS LATE FRI INTO EARLY SAT IN NE FLOW BEHIND FROPA. .MHX...NONE. BANDY/PETRO
NCZ029-044>047-079>081-090>095-098-103-104-161200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 300 AM EDT MON JUN 16 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TODAY. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL LIKELY...WITH THREAT OF MINOR FLOODING IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY. LOCALIZED EXCESSIVE RAIN COULD PRODUCE MINOR FLOODING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. 05
NCZ098-162045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 351 PM EDT MON JUN 16 2003 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT ONSLOW COUNTY UNTIL 445 PM EDT... AT 351 PM EDT...THERE WERE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM 8 MILES NORTH OF JACKSONVILLE TO 14 MILES WEST OF JACKSONVILLE...OR FROM 8 MILES NORTH OF JACKSONVILLE TO 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BEULAVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR JACKSONVILLE AT 420 PM EDT. OTHER LOCATIONS TO BE AFFECTED BY THE STORMS INCLUDE SWANSBORO. WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND LOCALIZED FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS. MOTORISTS SHOULD SLOW DOWN ON AREA ROADWAYS TO AVOID HYDROPLANING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THE WEATHER SITUATION ACROSS THE AREA. 20
NCZ029-044>047-079>081-090>095-098-103-104-170900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 455 PM EDT MON JUN 16 2003 ...LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN LIKELY THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT... A WEAK COLD FRONT HAS STALLED JUST SOUTH OF THE REGION FROM NEAR CAPE FEAR WEST INTO NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. WEAK UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES WILL CONTINUE TO SLIDE EAST SOUTHEAST ACROSS EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. THESE DISTURBANCES WILL TRIGGER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE TUESDAY NIGHT. THE HEAVIEST RAINS WILL REMAIN GENERALLY SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 70 THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY THEN BEGIN TO SHIFT NORTH AS THE WEAK COLD FRONT BEGINS TO MOVE NORTH AS A WARM FRONT TUESDAY EVENING. SOME OF THESE SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN...WITH A QUICK 1 TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE IN A FEW SPOTS. THIS MAY PRODUCE SOME MINOR FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. RESIDENTS IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION IF HEAVY RAIN DEVELOPS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. MLF
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 96 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:38 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Duplin County 911 reported street flooding in Rose Hill. Also, highways 117 and 50 were reported flooded.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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