2 flash flood, 1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 2 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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 Newport/Morehead City, NC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 11, 8:10 AM EST, 5 hours 10 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 910 AM EDT SUN JUL 11 2004 .SHORT TERM UPDATE...12Z MHX SOUNDING IS VERY MOIST WITH PRECIP WATER OVER 2 INCHES...WHEN MODIFIED TO HIGHS AROUND 90 GET CAPES AROUND 4000. CLDS ARE DECREASING A BIT ON SATL SO WITH SOME SUN SHLD SEE HIGHS REACH UPPER 80S TO LOWER 90S. HAVE SOME ISOLD SHRA/TSRA OVER CNTRL CST CRNTLY...WITH HEATING DEEP CONVECTION SHLD DVLP MOST AREAS THIS AFTN...MAY INCRS POPS A BIT FROM CRNT LVLS AS EXPECT PRETTY GOOD CVRG. && .AVIATION...CRNTLY HAVE SOME AREAS OF IFR/MVFR IN LOW CLDS FOG...THIS SHLD DISSIPATE NEXT CPL HOURS...THEN EXPECT SCT CONVECTION TO DVLP THIS AFTN WITH SCT PDS OF IFR/MVFR. && .MARINE...LIGHT VARIABLE WINDS EXPECT TO BECOME A LITTLE MORE S THIS AFTN...SEAS REMAIN SLIGHT. && .MHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NC...NONE. MARINE...NONE. && RF
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 412 AM EDT SUN JUL 11 2004 NCZ029-044>047-079>081-090>095-098-103-104-120811- BEAUFORT NC-CARTERET NC-CRAVEN NC-DUPLIN NC-GREENE NC-JONES NC- LENOIR NC-MAINLAND DARE NC-MAINLAND HYDE NC-MARTIN NC-ONSLOW NC- OUTER BANKS DARE NC-OUTER BANKS HYDE NC-PAMLICO NC-PITT NC- TYRRELL NC-WASHINGTON NC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATLANTIC BEACH...BAYBORO...BEAUFORT... BELHAVEN...BEULAVILLE...BUXTON...CEDAR ISLAND...COLUMBIA...DUCK... EMERALD ISLE...ENGELHARD...FRISCO...GREENVILLE...HARKERS ISLAND... HATTERAS VILLAGE...HAVELOCK...JACKSONVILLE...KENANSVILLE... KILL DEVIL HILLS...KINSTON...KITTY HAWK...LA GRANGE...MANNS HARBOR... MANTEO...MOREHEAD CITY...NAGS HEAD...NEW BERN... NORTH TOPSAIL BEACH...OCRACOKE...ORIENTAL...PLYMOUTH...SNOW HILL... SWANQUARTER...SWANSBORO...TRENTON...WALLACE...WARSAW... WASHINGTON AND WILLIAMSTON 412 AM EDT SUN JUL 11 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ONCE AGAIN TODAY AND CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING. A FEW OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME MARGINALLY SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS THE PRIMARY THREAT, MAINLY OVER THE COASTAL PLAIN. BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAINS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD DEVELOP AGAIN MONDAY AND TUESDAY WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME OF THE STORMS TO REACH MARGINALLY SEVERE LIMITS BOTH DAYS. HOWEVER, THE POTENTIAL WILL BE BETTER FOR SEVERE WEATHER TUESDAY. DAMAGING WIND WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREAT MONDAY WITH DAMAGING WIND AND LARGE HAIL THE PRIMARY THREAT TUESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... DUE TO THE LIMITED POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE. SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT. MLF
The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 42 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:43 UTC.
2 flash flood, 1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Public reported one foot of water over intersection of Highway 70 and McCotter Street.
Public report of golf ball size hail.
Spotter reported trees down near intersection of Highway 24 and Western Boulevard.
Spotter reported one foot of water over Country Club Road near Heritage Square.
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, July 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: 5413210, 5413211, 5413212, 5413213.