Flood, Lincoln
- When
- May 22, 8:00 AM EST to 5:00 PM EST
- Where
- Lincoln forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 35.486, -81.224 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Several creeks and streams flooded across the county.
Flood in North Carolina, May 22, 2003
1 flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
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- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
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 May 22, 1:40 AM EST, 6 hours 20 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 22, 1:40 AM EST, 6 hours 20 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 240 AM EDT THU MAY 22 2003 SFC ANALYSIS SHOWS STATIONARY FRONT ALONG A LINE FROM RWI TO CAE AND MCN. IN OTHER WORDS...JUST S OF THE CWA. WEAK CAD IS TRYING TO WORK INTO THE NRN MOST ZONES ATTM. MSAS SHOWS PRESSURE RISES ON THE E SIDE OF THE MTNS AND PRESSURE FALLS OVER TN AND KY WHERE INVERTED TROF IS DEVELOPING UNDER AND AREA OF GOOD UPPER LEVEL DIVERGENCE. WATER VAPOR SHOWS THE BROAD LONG WAVE OVER THE ERN STATES GRADUALLY SETTLING SOUTH...WITH ONE RATHER WELL DEFINE SHORT WAVE OVER THE LOWER MS RIVER VALLEY. ENTRANCE REGION OF STRENGTHENING UPPER TROPOSPHERIC JET WL SIT OVER THE REGION TDA. THE JET SHIFTS JUST TO THE EAST OF THE REGION LATER TNGT AND FRI AS THAT SHORT WAVE CROSSES THE REGION...W/RESULTANT SFC WAVE DEVELOPING ALONG TMB...NEAR THE COAST. IT WL BE A CLOSE CALL ON HEAVY RAIN LATE TNGT AND FRI...BUT HEAVY PCPN WL DEFINITELY OCCUR OVER THE WRN CAROLINAS AND NE GA TDA... PARTICULARLY THE FOOTHILLS AND ERN SLOPES WHERE ETA HAS GOOD LLVL AGEO FLOW DEVELOPING. IN FACT...HEAVY RAIN IS ALREADY FILLING IN ACROSS THE CWFA. THE LLVL ADJUSTMENT ON THE ETA TAKES THE SFC WINDS SE...EVEN THOUGH THE PRESSURES ARE HIGHER ALONG THE ERN SLOPES. THAT IS AN INTERESTING SIGNAL...BUT WL KEEP WINDS NE AS THE CAD SHOULD WIN OUT OVER THE OTHER LLVL ADJUSTMENTS. LOOKS LIKE A COUPLE INCHES OF RAIN WL BE POSSIBLE JUST N OF THE SFC BNDRY THIS MORNING AND EARLY THIS AFTN...AND WL KEEP THE FFA FOR TDA AND TNGT. NOT AS IMPRESSED W/THE FORCING OVERNIGHT AS THE CONSOLIDATING SFC LOW WL PROBABLY RESULT IN DIMINISHED UPSLOPE AS DEEP LAYER NE FLOW DEVELOPS ON THE NW QUAD OF THE LOW. HOWEVER...THE CURRENT WATCH RUNS THROUGH TNGT...AND THERE IS A CHANCE THAT LLVL FORCING COULD KEEP PCPN AROUND INTO THE EVENING...SO WL KEEP THE FFA UP THROUGH TNGT. LATER TNGT AND FRI MODELS TAKE THE LOW OVER THE SC LOW COUNTY...W/ATTENDANT AREA UP UPGLIDE INDUCED PCPN MOST LIKELY CONFINED TO THE MIDLANDS AND POINTS EAST. GFS IS STILL FASTER...BUT BOTH MODELS KEEP US OUT OF THE AXIS OF HEAVIEST PCPN. CURRENT PCPN GRADIENT OVER THE CWA -- LIKELY ERN ZONES TO LOW CHANCE POPS FAR W -- LOOKS GOOD AND HAVE MADE ONLY MINOR CHANGES IN THE GRIDS TO MATCH UP W/OTHER OFFICES. EXTENDED...SURFACE RIDGE OVER AREA SUN WITH FRONT STALLED TO S. ANOTHER COLD FRONT CROSSES AREA MON...MOVING SLOWLY OFFSHORE BY TUE...AND STALLING TO S ON WED. MODELS TRY TO HOLD MARGINAL MOISTURE OVER AREA MUCH OF EXTENDED PERIOD. MAIN CHANGE WAS TO TRY TO CONSOLIDATE TIMING OF PRECIPITATION EPISODES TO MINIMIZE FLUCTUATIONS...THOUGH THAT IS WHAT MAY OCCUR IF MODEL MOISTURE AND FORCING MECHANISMS VERIFY. LITTLE CHANGE TO SKY/WIND/TEMPS. THANKS TO CHS FOR ORGANIZING THE HYDRO CONFERENCE CALL THIS MORNING. FCSTID = 14 GSP 67 59 71 57 / 100 70 50 20 AND 65 58 73 56 / 100 70 40 20 CLT 66 60 69 58 / 100 70 60 20 HKY 63 57 67 55 / 100 70 50 30 AVL 66 56 68 53 / 100 70 30 20 .GSP... GA...FLOOD WATCH FOR TODAY AND TONIGHT FOR ZONES GAZ010... GAZ017>018...GAZ026...GAZ028>029. NC...FLOOD WATCH FOR TODAY AND TONIGHT FOR ZONES NCZ033>037... NCZ048>059...NCZ062>072...NCZ082. SC...FLOOD WATCH FOR TODAY AND TONIGHT FOR ZONES SCZ001>014...SCZ019. MCAVOY/07
Hazardous weather outlook, May 22, 5:16 AM EST, 2 hours 44 minutes before
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-221200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 616 AM EDT THU MAY 22 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY WIDESPREAD MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WILL FALL ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA TODAY. LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. THE HEAVIEST RAIN IS EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON...WITH A DECREASE IN INTENSITY THEREAFTER. HEAVY RAIN MAY REDEVELOP LATER TONIGHT ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM ANDERSON TO CHARLOTTE TO STATESVILLE. SEE OUR PRODUCT CAEFFAGSP FOR MORE INFORMATION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... AS LOW PRESSURE MOVES UP THE COAST ON FRIDAY...THE BACK EDGE OF AN AREA OF HEAVY RAIN MAY AFFECT AREAS ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM CHARLOTTE TO STATESVILLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE LIKELY TODAY FOR THE PURPOSE OF MONITORING STREAM LEVELS AND REPORTING RAINFALL AMOUNTS. MCAVOY
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Flood
- Flooding that develops more slowly than a flash flood: rivers leaving their banks, or water standing over land for an extended time.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Flash Flooding and Heavy Rain in Georgia, May 22, 2003
- Hail in Minnesota, May 22, 2003
- Hail in Minnesota, May 22, 2003
- Flood in Alabama, May 22 to 24, 2003
- Flash Flood in South Carolina, May 22, 2003
- Flood in North Carolina, May 22, 2003
- Flood in South Carolina, May 22, 2003
- Flood in North Carolina, May 22, 2003
- Flood in North Carolina, May 22, 2003
- Flood in South Carolina, May 22, 2003
- Flood in South Carolina, May 22, 2003
- Flood in North Carolina, May 22, 2003
More
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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: 5358871.