Flash Flood in North Carolina, June 18 to 19, 2003

Name: Flash Flood in North Carolina, June 18 to 19, 2003
Start: 2003-06-18T22:00
End: 2003-06-19T02:00
Location: North Carolina

June 18 to 19, 2003 · NWS GSP · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 1

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.

What forecasters said that day

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 Greenville-Spartanburg, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 18, 9:20 PM EST, 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 18, 9:20 PM EST, 40 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1020 PM EDT WED JUN 18 2003

SATELLITE W/V SHOWING S/W PASSING THROUGH THE FA. STILL POCKETS OF
ENERGY UPSTREAM AND WILL EXPECT SH/ISO TS OVERNIGHT. ALTHOUGH DRIER
AIR HAS WORKED IN OVER H5...PWS ON 0Z FFC SHOWING STILL MEASURING
>1.7. WILL TAKE POPS DOWN FROM CATE TO LIKELY AND WILL DECREASE TS
TO ISO. WILL KEEP GOING FFA AS COVERAGE IS EXPECTED TO
DECREASE...BUT AS SHOWING CURRENTLY ON 88D SH AND TS WILL TEND TO
TRAIN.

UPDATED TO DECREASE CATE POPS TO LIKELY...TWEAK TEMPS AND ADD FOG.

FCSTID =   16
GSP   69  85  67  84 /  70  50  50  10
AND   69  86  68  85 /  70  50  50  10
CLT   69  85  68  84 /  70  70  50  10
HKY   66  82  65  81 /  70  60  60  10
AVL   63  80  63  79 /  60  50  50  10

.GSP...
GA...FLOOD WATCH FOR TONIGHT AND THURSDAY FOR ZONES GAZ010...
GAZ017>018...GAZ026...GAZ028>029.

NC...FLOOD WATCH FOR TONIGHT AND THURSDAY FOR ZONES NCZ033>037...
NCZ048>059...NCZ062>072...NCZ082.

SC...FLOOD WATCH FOR TONIGHT AND THURSDAY FOR ZONES SCZ001>014...
SCZ019.

NED

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 18, 4:50 AM EST, 17 hours 10 minutes before

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014-
019-181145-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
550 AM EDT WED JUN 18 2003

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER MUCH OF THE REGION AGAIN
TODAY. A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS
AND THE WESTERN FOOTHILLS. SEE OUR PRODUCT CAEFFAGSP FOR DETAILS.
THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM THUNDERSTORMS TODAY WILL BE FREQUENT
LIGHTNING AND TORRENTIAL RAIN. HOWEVER...A THUNDERSTORM WITH AN
ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUST CANNOT BE RULED OUT LATE THIS AFTERNOON.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...

MORE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON THURSDAY. ISOLATED LARGE HAIL
AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND
HEAVY RAIN THE MORE PROMINENT THREAT. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE
AGAIN NEXT THURSDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT...PRIMARILY TO REPORT FLOODING AND RAINFALL AMOUNTS.

MCAVOY

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 18, 6:02 PM EST, 3 hours 58 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
702 PM EDT WED JUN 18 2003

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

645 PM     MONROE                    NC   FLASH FLOOD
06/18/03   UNION                          COUNTY DISPATCH REPORTED
                                          NUMEROUS ROADS BARRICADED
                                          DUE TO HIGH WATER.
                                          SEVERAL IN MONROE...
                                          STALLON... AND ALSO ON
                                          HWY 601 NORTH.

645 PM     CHARLOTTE                 NC   FLASH FLOOD
06/18/03   MECKLENBURG                    COUNTY DISPATCH REPORTED
                                          SEVERAL STREETS IN
                                          CHARLOTTE CLOSED DUE TO
                                          FLOODING. EAST
                                          INDEPENDENCE...
                                          RANDOLPH... AND
                                          BALLENTINE CORPORATE
                                          ROADS FLOODED.

LAMB

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 134 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:58 UTC.

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Event by event

1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flash Flood, Caldwell

When: June 18, 10:00 PM EST to June 19, 2:00 AM EST
Where: Caldwell County, Lenoir
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 35.953, -81.546 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Some flooding occurred along highway 90 north of Lenoir. There was also flooding in the Kings Creek area.

What these are

Flash Flood: Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in North Carolina in 2003 Every state in 2003 This day in weather history Warnings in North Carolina, June 2003

Sources

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: 5363781.