4 flash flood, 2 tropical storm, 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 Aug 29, 2:00 PM EST, 14 hours 45 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 300 PM EDT SUN AUG 29 2004 ...18Z/29 AND 06Z/30 RAOB FROM GSO... CONCERNING RAINFALL...EXPECT HEAVIEST RAINFALL OVER SANDHILLS AND COASTAL PLAIN (ALONG/EAST OF TRACK)... .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT)... TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY.. WILL BE LARGELY DEPENDANT ON TRACK OF THE REMNANTS OF TROPCIAL STORM GASTON...CURRENTLY LOCATED OVER INLAND SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. LATEST TRENDS PER CHS RADAR...LITTLE MOVEMENT THE PAST COUPLE OF HOURS AND HEAVIEST RAIN ON WEST SIDE WITH DECREASE IN COVERAGE TO EAST. FOR CWA...TRENDS INDICATED RAIN MOVING NORTHWEST...ONLY A FEW SHOWERS IN NORTHEAST. BASED ON LATEST TRACK...REMNANTS OF GASTON WILL TRACK ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA LATER TONIGHT INTO MONDAY (OVER NORTHEAST CWA IN THE AFTERNOON). PLAN TO GO CATEGORICAL MOST AREAS TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING....TIME FRAME EXPECT HEAVIEST RAIN. WILL START TAPERING OFF POPS FROM SOUTH AND WEST IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. FOR TUESDAY...BOUNDARY OVER AREA COMBINED WITH MOISTURE AND AFTERNOON HEATING WILL RESULT IN SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. WILL CONTINUE SMALL CHANCE INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. LITTLE CHANGE ON GOING TEMPERATURES. && .LONG TERM (WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY)... GFS CONTINUES TO BE MODEL OF CHOICE AT THE MOMENT. A FRONTAL BOUNDARY IS EXPECTED JUST SOUTH OF THE STATE IN THE WAKE OF TS GASTON AND THIS WILL KEEP A NELY FLOW ACROSS THE AREA WITH TEMPS AROUND 80 TO LOWER 80S. A CHANCE OF SCT AFTERNOON SHOWERS IS A POSSIBILITY FROM MID WEEK ON AS WEAK IMPULSES ROTATE AROUND THE RIDGE OVER THE ATLANTIC AND A LITTLE RETURN FLOE TRIES TO SET UP. SHRA WILL BE MAINLY ASSOC WITH AFTERNOON HEATING. THE LABOR DAY WEEKEND FORECAST STILL CALLS FOR SCT SHOWERS WITH SEASONABLE TEMPS BUT COULD BE DEPENDENT UPON THE EVENTUAL TRACK OF HURRICANE FRANCES. LATEST FORECAST FROM NHC BRINGS THE SYSTEM TO THE CENTRAL BAHAMAS FRIDAY HOWEVER GREAT UNCERTAINTY IN THE TRACK OUT THAT FAR OUT MEANS THE SYSTEM BEARS WATCHING. && .AVIATION... TS GASTON WILL SPREAD LOW CLOUDS AND RAIN ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA THROUGH THE EVENING. IFR CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST ON AVERAGE WITH CEILINGS AROUND 1KFT AND AREAS OF SHOWERS REDUCING VSBY TO 3 MILES OR LESS MAINLY TONIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY. TS GASTON WILL REMAIN OVER CENTRAL NC BY DAYBREAK THEN LIFT INTO VA BY AFTERNOON WITH IMPROVING CEILINGS AND VSBY FROM SOUTH TO NORTH. && .RAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NC...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY. && SHORT TERM...RA LONG TERM/AVIATION...JO
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 556 AM EDT SUN AUG 29 2004 NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088-089-300955- 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 556 AM EDT SUN AUG 29 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE... RAIN ASSOCIATED WITH THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL STORM GASTON WILL OVERSPREAD CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE RAIN WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES. EXPECT WIDESPREAD AMOUNTS BETWEEN 1.5 AND 3 INCHES LATE TODAY THROUGH MID DAY MONDAY WITH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS BETWEEN 4 TO 6 INCHES. HIGHEST THREAT FOR HEAVY RAIN APPEARS TO BE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN COUNTIES OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. WIND GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH MAY OCCUR LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT ACROSS THE SOUTHERN COUNTIES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA LATE TODAY AND TONIGHT IF WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAINFALL APPEARS IMMINENT. REPORTING OF OBSERVED RAINFALL AMOUNTS WOULD BE APPRECIATED.
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 20 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 09:43 UTC.
4 flash flood, 2 tropical storm. Local standard time, as filed.
Wind gusts from Tropical Depression Gaston blew down a 45-year old maple tree in Clayton, which fell onto a home, causing damage to the roof. Outside of Selma, a tree fell on top of a car.
A foot of water was reported on Avent Ferry road. Marsh Creek overflowed its banks and flooded a few trucks. Several ramps to Interstate 40 were closed.
A few roads had to be closed in Pittsboro due to flooding.
Water over two feet deep was reported along Main Street in Wilson Mills. In addition, six inches to a foot of water was reported along Interstate 95 near Selma.
Several trees were blown down countywide as a result of Tropical Depression Gaston. The Gulf Post Office sustained damage when a tree fell on it and damaged a section of the roof and the building's back porch.
Over a dozen roads had to be closed countywide. Madison Road and Leesburg Road in Roxboro were both flooded. Mill Creek overflowed its banks and flooded both Todd Road and Mill Creek Road just northeast of Roxboro.
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 2004The 2004 hurricane season
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: 5419650, 5419646, 5419647, 5419645, 5419649, 5419648.