5 thunderstorm wind, 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 Raleigh, NC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Nov 19, 1:20 AM EST, 7 hours 55 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 120 AM EST WED NOV 19 2003 MODELS COMING INTO MUCH BETTER AGREEMENT ON EVOLUTION OF UPPER TROUGH/CUT OFF LOW THAT WILL MOVE ACROSS AREA LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT. ETA NOW SIMILAR TO GFS LIFTING COLD CORE LOW FURTHER NORTH AND OPEN WAVE DURING TONIGHT. NGM STILL INDICATING CLOSED LOW NORTH CAROLINA INTO THURSDAY...DISCARDED. TWO AREAS OF ACTIVITY TO AFFECT THE CWA. ONE ASSOCIATED WITH COLD FRONT(ACTUALLY CFA/PRE-FRONTAL AS CURRENT ACTIVITY LINES UP QUITE WELL WITH THIS). THEN SECOND AREA WITH COLD UPPER LOW. LOTS OF HAIL REPORTS WITH THIS CURRENTLY. SO FOR TODAY/TONIGHT... BEST TIME FRAME FOR FIRST ROUND BETWEEN 12Z AND 18Z...THEN TONIGHT 00Z-06Z. DEEP CONVECTION ACROSS THE GULF SEEMS TO BE LIMITING ENERGY ACROSS THE AREA AS LITTLE OR NO ACTIVITY PAST SEVERAL HOURS. ALSO THIS MAY TEND TO ROB OF RH. ADDITIONALLY GSO LAST NIGHT SOUNDING SHOWED AN INVERSION AROUND 700 MB...WILL HAVE OVERCOME THIS FOR CONVECTION. BUT ALL IN ALL STILL SOME GOOD DYNAMICS TO PRODUCE STRONG CONVECTION....AROUND NOSE OF JET/850 MOISTURE CONVERGENCE ...UPPER DIVERGENCE...LI -3...HELICITIES 700+...STRONG LLJ 50-60KTS...THETA E RIDGE AXIS MOVING ACROSS. STRONG ACTIVITY CURRENTLY APPROACHING SOUTHERN APLCNS. THEN AS COLD CORE LOW MOVES ACROSS FIRST HALF OF TONIGHT EXPECT ANOTHER ROUND OF ACTIVITY. AS MENTIONED GREATEST THREAT HAIL. MAY INCREASE POPS THROUGH 06Z...ACTIVITY ENDS FAIRLY QUICKLY AFTER THIS. ON TEMPERATURES WILL MAKE SOME ADJUSTMENTS TO WARMER TEMPERATURES TODAY. THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY DRY WEATHER ON TAP NOW FOR THURSDAY AS LONG WAVE TROUGH OFFSHORE AND HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO AREA. PLAN MORE OPTIMISTIC SKY CONDITIONS. DRY WEATHER CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY. MONDAY AND TUESDAY... CONTINUE CHANCE OF SHOWERS FOR MONDAY. PER OPS GFS MAY NEED TO KEEP CHANCE IN FOR TUESDAY ALSO. MAKE ADJUSTMENTS AS NECESSARY. .RAH...NONE. RA/RHJ
NCZ007>011-021>028-033>043-050-054>057-066>078-082>086-088-089- 191210- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 520 AM EST WED NOV 19 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS AREA TODAY MAINLY FROM MID MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. THE MAIN THREAT FROM THE STRONG STORMS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS. ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE. A STRONG UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL CROSS THE AREA EARLY TONIGHT. A FEW STRONG STORMS ARE POSSIBLE BEFORE MIDNIGHT WITH THE POTENTIAL OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER NETWORK SHOULD PREPARE FOR ACTIVATION THIS MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. RA
NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088-089-191730- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 535 AM EST WED NOV 19 2003 THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA TODAY. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA TODAY. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA TODAY INTO THE EARLY EVENING... A STRONG COLD FRONT AND STRONG UPPER LEVEL LOW LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO CROSS CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA TODAY INTO THE EVENING HOURS. AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT...A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA THIS MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. THE MAIN THREAT FROM THE SEVERE STORMS WILL BE STRONG...DAMAGING DOWNBURST WINDS. ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. ADDITIONALLY LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS ARE POSSIBLE MAINLY OVER THE WESTERN SECTIONS OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA AS STORMS REPEATEDLY MOVE ACROSS THE SAME AREAS. THEN LATER THIS EVENING AS THE STRONG UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CROSSES THE AREA...LARGE HAIL IS POSSIBLE. SKYWARN SPOTTERS... SPOTTER NETWORK SHOULD PREPARE FOR ACTIVATION DURING THE MORNING HOURS CONTINUING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. PEOPLE ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA ARE ENCOURAGED TO MONITOR LOCAL MEDIA THIS MORNING TO SEE IF ANY WATCHES OR WARNINGS ARE ISSUED FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. KEEP UP WITH THE LATEST WEATHER CONDITIONS AND FORECASTS THROUGHOUT THE MORNING AND AFTERNOON BY LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL TV OR RADIO STATIONS. ANOTHER STATEMENT CONCERNING THIS SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL WILL BE ISSUED AROUND NOON TODAY. RA
NCZ021>024-038>040-073>077-083-084-191415- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 821 AM EST WED NOV 19 2003 ...SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS RICHMOND...FORSYTH...GUILFORD...ALAMANCE...ORANGE...DAVIDSON... RANDOLPH...CHATHAM...LEE...HARNETT...MOORE...MONTGOMERY...STANLY AND ANSON COUNTIES THROUGH 915 AM EST... AT 821 AM EST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED BANDS OF SHOWERS DEVELOPING FROM WADESBORO NORTH TO THE TRIAD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. AHEAD OF THIS BAND HEAVIER SHOWERS ARE STARING TO BECOME MORE NUMEROUS ALL THE WAY TO THE TRIANGLE. THESE SHOWERS HAVE THE CAPABILITY OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 TO 50 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE...WADESBORO...ASHEBORO...EAGLE SPRINGS... PINEHURST...PITTSBORO...AND TROY. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON. ORROCK
NCZ021>023-038>040-073>076-083-084-086-191530- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 910 AM EST WED NOV 19 2003 ...SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS RICHMOND... FORSYTH...GUILFORD...ALAMANCE...DAVIDSON...RANDOLPH...CHATHAM... LEE...MOORE...MONTGOMERY...STANLY...ANSON AND HOKE COUNTIES THROUGH 1030M EST... AT 910 AM EST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED BANDS OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM WINSTON SALEM TO ANSONVILLE AND WADESBORO...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE...WADESBORO...ASHEBORO...EAGLE SPRINGS... PINEHURST...PITTSBORO...AND TROY. GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON.
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 138 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 14:14 UTC.
5 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees were blown down across the county. One tree fell through a roof of a home near Southmont.
Trees were blown down along Highway 73 from Mt. Gilead to Star, causing power outages.
Trees were blown down on Grantville road east of Asheboro.
Trees were blown down on Highway 87 and on Friendship Patterson Road.
Two trees were blown down onto powerlines along Highway 57 in Caldwell.
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, November 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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5331566, 5331567, 5331568, 5331569, 5335724.