3 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 Jun 18, 2:00 PM EST, 3 hours 20 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 300 PM EDT WED JUN 18 2003 NO MAJOR CHANGE TO CURRENT FORECAST. SOME ONE INCH TOTALS IN SIX HOURS ACROSS GEORGIA AND TENNESSEE. THAT ALONE WILL NOT HARM ANYONE HOWEVER THE POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED HEAVY RAINS CONTINUES. WATCH AREA AND TIMING REASONABLE AND WILL CONTINUE AS ISSUED. VERY LITTLE ADJUSTMENT TO FORECAST OVERALL. HIGH TEMPERATURES NUDGED UP SLIGHTLY BEYOND THE WEEKEND. LATER FORECAST PERIODS DRIED OUT WITH NO POPS. COLD FRONT STILL ON TRACK TO MOVE THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT FRIDAY BUT POPS WILL LINGER IN THE EAST LONGER THAN EARLIER EXPECTED AND HAVE CONTINUED POPS INTO FRIDAY AFTERNOON THERE. .RAH...FLOOD WATCH FROM 5 PM EDT THROUGH TONIGHT NCZ007-021>024-038-039-073-074-083 RLH
NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088-089-181200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 450 AM EDT WED JUN 18 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED LATER TODAY AND THIS EVENING. THE SHOWERS AND STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO DUMP LOCALLY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL...ESPECIALLY IN THE SOUTH AND WEST SECTIONS OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. PLEASE REFER TO THE FLOOD STATEMENT (RDUFLSRAH) ISSUED AT 4 AM EDT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT. A FEW OF THE STORMS MAY CONTAIN STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. OTHERWISE...TRANQUIL WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... STORM SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. SPOTTERS...HOWEVER...ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY THREATENING WEATHER OR OBSERVED FLOODING IN THEIR AREA TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. WSS
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 164 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:22 UTC.
3 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Roads were flooded with two feet of water to the north and west of Albemarle.
Road flooding occurred in the northwest part of the county.
Roads were closed due to flooding.
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: 5364714, 5364913, 5364912.