North Carolina, 2004Tropical Storm in North Carolina, August 3, 2004
August 3, 2004 · NWS AKQ · 1 event in 1 county or zone
1 tropical storm, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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- Heat and drought
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- 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 Wakefield, VA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 2, 4:06 PM EST, 22 hours 54 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 2, 4:06 PM EST, 22 hours 54 minutes before
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</html>Tropical Storm, Eastern Currituck
- When
- August 3, 3:00 PM EST
- Where
- Eastern Currituck forecast zone
- Reported by
- BUOY
- Coordinates
- 36.367, -75.937 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Sustained wind of 39 knots and wind gust of 43 knots measured at DUCN7. Associated with Tropical Storm Alex.
- Tropical Storm
- A tropical cyclone with sustained winds of 34 to 63 knots (39 to 73 mph).
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Iowa, August 3 to 4, 2004$1.1 million · F1 · 65 events
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Wisconsin, August 3, 2004$10 million · 3 in hail · 22 events
- Hurricane and Flash Flooding in North Carolina, August 3, 2004$7.5 million · 13 events
- Damaging Wind in Minnesota, August 3, 2004$2.0 million · 78 kt wind · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in South Dakota, August 3, 2004$1.0 million · 78 kt wind · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in Minnesota, August 3, 2004$1.0 million · 69 kt wind · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in Minnesota, August 3, 2004$1.0 million · 69 kt wind · 1 event
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Iowa, August 3, 2004$309,000 · 61 kt wind · 10 events
- Damaging Wind in South Dakota, August 3, 2004$300,000 · 78 kt wind · 1 event
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, August 3, 2004$105,000 · 1.75 in hail · 18 events
- Lightning Strike in Maine, August 3, 2004$200,000 · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in New York, August 3, 2004$160,000 · 80 kt wind · 1 event
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: 5422667.