2 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 Aug 15, 8:45 AM EST, 3 hours 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 945 AM EDT SUN AUG 15 2004 .SHORT TERM (REST OF TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT)... FORECASTS HAVE BEEN UPDATED TO REFLECT MORE WIDESPREAD RAIN AND CLOUDINESS OVER THE AREA THIS MORNING. MIDLEVEL SHORT WAVE DYNAMICS ARE STRONGER THAN PREVIOUS MODEL INDICATIONS RIDING UP THROUGH CENTRAL NC TODAY. RUC DEPICTS STRONG MIDLEVEL LIFT TOPPING OUT OVER THE AREA AROUND 17Z FOLLOWED BY SUBSIDENCE FROM THE SW LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE ADDITIONAL CLOUDS AND RAIN AND NORTHERLY SURFACE FLOW SHOULD KEEP TEMPERATURES DOWN IN THE 60S THIS MORNING SLOWLY RISING INTO THE LOWER TO MID 70S LATE IN THE DAY. && .RAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NC...NONE. && SHORT TERM (UPDATE)...RFG
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 436 AM EDT SUN AUG 15 2004 NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088-089-160835- ALAMANCE NC-ANSON NC-CHATHAM NC-CUMBERLAND NC-DAVIDSON NC-DURHAM NC-EDGECOMBE NC-FORSYTH NC-FRANKLIN NC-GRANVILLE NC-GUILFORD NC-HALIFAX NC-HARNETT NC-HOKE NC-JOHNSTON NC-LEE NC-MONTGOMERY NC-MOORE NC-NASH NC-ORANGE NC-PERSON NC-RANDOLPH NC-RICHMOND NC-SAMPSON NC-SCOTLAND NC-STANLY NC-VANCE NC-WAKE NC-WARREN NC-WAYNE NC-WILSON NC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALBEMARLE...ASHEBORO...BURLINGTON... CHAPEL HILL...CLINTON...DURHAM...FAYETTEVILLE...GOLDSBORO... GREENSBORO...HENDERSON...LAURINBURG...LEXINGTON...LILLINGTON... LOUISBURG...MOUNT OLIVE...NASHVILLE...OXFORD...PITTSBORO...RAEFORD... RALEIGH...ROANOKE RAPIDS...ROCKINGHAM...ROCKY MOUNT...ROXBORO... SANFORD...SMITHFIELD...SOUTHERN PINES...TARBORO...TROY...WADESBORO... WARRENTON...WILSON AND WINSTON-SALEM 436 AM EDT SUN AUG 15 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE... A COASTAL FRONT WILL MOVE INLAND FROM THE COAST THIS AFTERNOON GRADUALLY REACHING THE INTERSTATE 95 CORRIDOR. THIS WEAK FRONT WILL ACT AS A FOCUS FOR SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. GIVEN THE AMOUNT OF MOISTURE IN THE ATMOSPHERE...PERIODS AND BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE POSSIBLE CAUSING PONDING ON THE ROADWAYS. IF HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP ALONG THE FRONT THERE WILL BE A POTENTIAL FOR THOSE MORE INTENSE STORMS TO DEVELOP ISOLATED TORNADOES. THE THREAT FOR ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE ALONG AND JUST TO THE WEST OF THE FRONT WHICH SHOULD MOVE INTO THE COASTAL PLAIN THIS AFTERNOON. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. JO
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 56 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:12 UTC.
2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Highway 581 just north of Spring Hope, and Ash Road in Spring hope were both covered with water. In addition, water was flowing rapidly across Halifax Road in Dortchess. Many roads throughout the county were under several inches of water.
Highway 42 and many secondary roads in Clayton were covered with at least a foot of water. Riverwood Golf Course was under several inches of water. Swift Creek was well out of its banks.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in North Carolina in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, August 2004
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: 5419566, 5419565.