North Carolina, 2004Heavy Rain in North Carolina, September 14, 2004
September 14, 2004 · NWS ILM · 1 event in 1 county or zone
1 heavy rain, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 Wilmington, NC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Sep 14, 9:04 PM EST, 11 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 14, 9:04 PM EST, 11 minutes before
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</html>Heavy Rain, New Hanover
- When
- September 14, 9:15 PM EST to 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- New Hanover County, Wilmington
- Reported by
- NWS EMPLOYEE(OFF DUTY)
- Coordinates
- 34.181, -77.866 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Off duty NWS employee reported Masonboro Loop nearly impassable with a foot of water on the road.
- Heavy Rain
- Rainfall totals unusual for the place and season that did not produce a flood.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- Tropical Storm in Puerto Rico, September 14 to 17, 20044 deaths · 1 injured · $170 million · 13 events
- Lightning Strike in Texas, September 14, 20041 death · 40 injured · 4 events
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Minnesota, September 14 to 17, 20041 death · $1.4 million · 9 events
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Minnesota, September 14 to 19, 2004$28 million · 9 events
- Tropical Storm in U.S. Virgin Islands, September 14 to 17, 2004$6.2 million · 2 events
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Iowa, September 14 to 15, 2004$583,000 · 1 in hail · 13 events
- Hail in Nebraska, September 14, 2004$260,000 · 1.75 in hail · 2 events
- Hurricane in Mississippi, September 14 to 16, 2004$200,000 · 5 events
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Texas, September 14, 20041 injured · $80,000 · 61 kt wind · 4 events
- Hail in Nebraska, September 14, 2004$14,000 · 1.75 in hail · 9 events
- High Surf in Hawaii, September 14 to 15, 200416 events
- Hail and High Wind in Colorado, September 14, 20042 in hail · 12 events
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: 5423640.