South Atlantic Coastal Waters, 2003

Waterspout in South Atlantic Coastal Waters, August 2, 2003

August 2, 2003 · NWS ILM · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 waterspout, 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.

Event by event

1 waterspout. Local standard time, as filed.

Waterspout, Cp Fear to Little R Inlet Nc Out 20nm

When
August 2, 10:10 AM EST
Where
Cp Fear to Little R Inlet Nc Out 20nm marine zone, 3 mi S of Shallotte Inlet
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC

A boater spotted a waterspout about 3 miles south of Oak Island.

What these are

Waterspout
A tornado over water. One that moves ashore is filed as a tornado from the coastline on.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

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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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5333187.