1 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 Newport/Morehead City, NC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 19, 1:45 PM EST, 5 hours 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 245 PM EDT THU JUN 19 2003 SHORT TERM (TONIGHT-SAT): WITH WEAK FORCING ACROSS THE CWA AT THE CURRENT TIME...ACTIVITY IS CURRENTLY LIMITED TO SOME SHWRS ALONG THE OUTER BANKS AND A FEW SHOWERS INLAND. WITH WEAK LEE-SIDE TROF ACROSS THE ERN PIEDMONT AND A VERY MOIST AIRMASS...WILL CONTINUE HI CHC POPS OVERNIGHT AS SHWRS/TSTMS COULD FORM INLAND AND MOVE TOWARD THE COAST AND ADDITIONAL SHWRS LIKELY WILL FORM ALONG AND JUST OFF THE COAST. FOR FRIDAY...COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SLOWLY ACROSS THE REGION WITH ENHANCED H7-H5 OMEGA AND WILL CONTINUE PREVIOUS TRENDS OF LIKELY POPS FOR FRIDAY TO ABOUT MIDNIGHT OR SO FRIDAY NIGHT. AXIS OF UPPER LOW TO FINALLY MOVE OFFSHORE BY EARLY SATURDAY WITH DRYING TO ENSUE. WILL CONTINUE SOME WRAPAROUND CLOUDINESS FOR SAT INTO SAT NIGHT WITH MAX TEMPS SLIGHTLY COOLER THAN FRIDAY WITH WEAK CAA. EXTENDED: LARGE SFC HIGH TO BUILD OVER THE SOUTHEAST WITH UPPER RIDGING TO BRING A MUCH NEEDED DRY SPELL TO THE REGION. TEMPS SHOULD GET QUITE WARM BY EARLY NEXT WEEK AS H8 TEMPS CLIMB TO 18C WITH A WESTERLY SFC FLOW. THIS SHOULD BRING MAXES INTO THE 90S AWAY FROM THE WATER WITH SOME MIDDLE 90S OVER THE CSTL PLAINS. WILL BRING IN SOME CLOUDINESS ON SKY GRIDS THURSDAY. MARINE: SW WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVER OUR WATERS UNTIL FRONT GOES THRU TOMORROW NIGHT. SEAS IN THE 4-5 FT RANGE TONIGHT DROPPING TO 3-4 FT TOMORROW MORNING. HIGH PRES BUILDING INTO THE REGION SAT NIGHT-TUE MORNING WITH LIGHT NW-W WINDS THEN HIGH MOVES OFFSHORE LATER TUE AND WINDS GO SW AGAIN BUT GENERALLY 10 KT OR LESS. .MHX...NONE. FCSTID = 11/12 MHX 72 84 62 81 / 40 60 60 00 EWN 71 83 63 81 / 40 60 60 00 HSE 71 80 66 78 / 40 60 60 00 PGV 71 82 61 83 / 40 60 60 00 COLLINS/SHAFFER
NCZ029-044>047-079>081-090>095-098-103-104-191045- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 455 AM EDT THU JUN 19 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TONIGHT AND FRIDAY WITH LOCAL HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. JAC
NCZ046-047-081-090-092>094-098-103-192300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 557 PM EDT THU JUN 19 2003 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT ONSLOW...MAINLAND HYDE... CRAVEN...JONES...DUPLIN...PAMLICO...MAINLAND DARE...OUTER BANKS DARE AND TYRRELL COUNTIES UNTIL 700 PM EDT... AT 557 PM EDT...THERE WERE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF KITTY HAWK TO 6 MILES NORTH OF WALLACE...OR FROM 10 MILES EAST OF DUCK TO 6 MILES NORTH OF WALLACE...MOVING EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR MANNS HARBOR AT 600 PM EDT...NAGS HEAD AT 605 PM EDT...MANTEO AT 610 PM EDT...ORIENTAL AT 615 PM EDT...ENGELHARD AT 620 PM EDT. OTHER LOCATIONS TO BE AFFECTED BY THE STORMS INCLUDE BAYBORO...HAVELOCK...JACKSONVILLE...KILL DEVIL HILLS AND SWANQUARTER. 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. MOST LIGHTNING FATALITIES AND INJURIES OCCUR IN OPEN AREAS OR UNDER TREES. IF OUTDOORS...SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING OR CAR. DO NOT TAKE SHELTER IN SMALL SHEDS...UNDER ISOLATED TREEES...OR IN CONVERTIBLE AUTOMOBILES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THE WEATHER SITUATION ACROSS THE AREA. WS
The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 42 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:15 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Craven County Emergency Management reported a lightning fatality which occurred on Adams Creek in the Harlowe area of southeastern Craven County.
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lightning, Craven | 2003-06-19 | 72 | Male | Boat | Direct |
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: 5370504.