Flood in North Carolina, November 19, 2003

Name: Flood in North Carolina, November 19, 2003
Start: 2003-11-19T10:00
End: 2003-11-19T16:00
Location: North Carolina

November 19, 2003 · NWS GSP · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.

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 Nov 19, 7:25 AM EST, 2 hours 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 19, 7:25 AM EST, 2 hours 35 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
725 AM EST WED NOV 19 2003

.DISCUSSION...
WILL UPDATE FOR REPLACEMENT TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 967 FOR THE NC NRN
FOOTHILLS AND ERN PIEDMONT. SHEAR AXIS MOVING EAST IN THE PIEDMONT
SHOULD CONFINE SEVERE THREAT MAINLY TOWARD THE INTERSTATE 77
CORRIDOR BY MID MORNING.
&&

.GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...FLOOD WATCH TODAY GAZ010...GAZ017>018.
NC...FLOOD WATCH TODAY NC MTNS AND FOOTHILLS.
SC...FLOOD WATCH TODAY SCZ001>007.
$&

HG

Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 19, 6:00 AM EST, 4 hours before

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014-
019-191245-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
600 AM EST WED NOV 19 2003

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY

A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS
AND PIEDMONT OF THE CAROLINAS THIS MORNING. THIS LINE COULD PRODUCE
DAMAGING WIND GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH THIS MORNING...AND POSSIBLY ISOLATED
TORNADOES. SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL REDEVELOP BEHIND THIS
LINE IN THE AFTERNOON...AFFECTING THE MOUNTAINS IN THE EARLY
AFTERNOON AND THEN REACHING THE INTERSTATE 77 CORRIDOR BY LATE
AFTERNOON. THIS SECOND ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS IS MORE LIKELY TO
PRODUCE LARGE HAIL. PLEASE SEE THE SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK...
CAESPSGSP...FOR FURTHER DETAILS.

WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE REGION THIS MORNING
WILL ALSO PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL BEFORE TAPERING OFF FROM THE WEST BY
NOON. RAINFALL AMOUNTS COULD TOTAL 3 TO 6 INCHES ACROSS THE NORTH
CAROLINA MOUNTAINS...ESPECIALLY ON THE SOUTHERN AND EASTERN
ESCARPMENTS...BY THE TIME THE PRECIPITATION DIMINISHES. PLEASE SEE
THE FLOOD WATCH...CAEFFAGSP...FOR MORE INFORMATION.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED.

HG

In the hours before

Local storm report, Nov 19, 7:56 AM EST, 2 hours 4 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
756 AM EST WED NOV 19 2003

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

735 PM     ROCK HILL                 SC   WIND DAMAGE
11/19/03   YORK                           10-15 TREES UPROOTED IN
                                          CITY. NUMEROUS POWER
                                          OUTAGES IN ROCK HILL
                                          AREA. 3 TREES ON
                                          CARS...INJURIES UNKNOWN.
                                          REPORTED BY COUNTY COMMS.

LAMB

Local storm report, Nov 19, 8:00 AM EST, 2 hours before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
800 AM EST WED NOV 19 2003

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

750 AM     2 S HUNTERSVILLE          NC   WIND DAMAGE
11/19/03   MECKLENBURG                    POWER LINES DOWN IN
                                          HUNTERSVILLE.

800 AM     2 E CLOVER                SC   WIND DAMAGE
11/19/03   YORK                           FD REPORTED STORAGE
                                          TRAILER BLOWN OVER.

LAMB

Local storm report, Nov 19, 8:32 AM EST, 1 hour 28 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
832 AM EST WED NOV 19 2003

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

823 AM     CONCORD                   NC   70 MPH TSTM GUST
11/19/03   CABARRUS                       SKYWARN SPOTTER IN
                                          CONCORD REPORTS 70 MPH
                                          WIND GUST WITH NUMEROUS
                                          MEDIUM-SIZED LIMBS DOWN.
                                          POWER LINES DOWN.

BURRUS

Special weather statement, Nov 19, 9:16 AM EST, 44 minutes before

NCZ034>037-055>057-068>072-082-SCZ009-014-192115-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
916 AM EST WED NOV 19 2003

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET FOR
THE LATEST UPDATES CONCERNING THIS POTENTIAL SEVERE WEATHER
SITUATION.

Local storm report, Nov 19, 9:22 AM EST, 38 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
922 AM EST WED NOV 19 2003

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

835 AM     6 W SALISBURY             NC   WIND DAMAGE
11/19/03   ROWAN                          NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER
                                          LINES DOWN. SEVERAL POWER
                                          POLES SNAPPED. SEVERAL
                                          HOUSES DAMAGED BY FALLEN
                                          TREES. REPORTED BY 911
                                          CENTER.

MCAVOY

Special weather statement, Nov 19, 9:23 AM EST, 37 minutes before

NCZ034>037-055>057-068>072-082-SCZ009-014-192115-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
923 AM EST WED NOV 19 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CLEARED THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES
FROM TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 967

IN NORTH CAROLINA...

CALDWELL...BURKE...CLEVELAND...ALEXANDER...CATAWBA...LINCOLN...
GASTON...IREDELL....MECKLENBURG...DAVIE...ROWAN...CABARRAS...
UNION.

IN SOUTH CAROLINA...
YORK...CHESTER

THE SEVERE WEATHER HAS MOVED EAST OF THE AREA.  STAY TUNED TO
LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS AS MORE THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST FOR
THE AREA LATER TODAY.

DICARLO

Event by event

1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flood, Burke

When: November 19, 10:00 AM EST to 4:00 PM EST
Where: Burke forecast zone
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT

Flooding continued into the afternoon across Burke County, with additional flooding developing in Morganton during the late morning.

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

Every storm in North Carolina in 2003 Every state in 2003 This day in weather history Warnings in North Carolina, November 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: 5328586.