Name: Damaging Wind in North Carolina, August 23, 2005
Start: 2005-08-23T10:05
End: 2005-08-23T10:05
Location: North Carolina

Where it happened

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The toll

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 Newport/Morehead City, NC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 23, 9:15 AM EST, 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 23, 9:15 AM EST, 50 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
1015 AM EDT TUE AUG 23 2005

.SHORT TERM...SHOWERS AND TSTMS MOVING INTO THE SOUTHERN FA...WITH
HEAVY RAINFALL MOVING INTO DUPLIN AND ONSLOW COUNTIES AND ADJACENT
COASTAL WATERS. CURRENT FCST IS ON TRACK.

&&

.AVIATION...LARGE AREA OF CONVECTION DRIFTING NORTHEAST INTO THE RGN
NOW WILL RESULT IN WIDESPREAD MVFR CIGS/VSBYS TODAY WITH SCT
POCKETS OF IFR WHERE TSTMS ARE STRONGEST.

&&

.MARINE...WINDS A BIT SQUIRRELLY THIS MRNG AS SFC BOUNDARY LIES
ACROSS NRN WATERS WITH WEAK LOW ANALYZED NEAR OREGON INLET. WILL
HAVE TO UPDATE TO ACCOUNT FOR MORE NRLY DIRECTION WEST OF THE
BOUNDARY ACROSS THE SOUNDS...NERLY FAR NRN WATERS...SERLY CENTRAL
WATERS AND SW ACROSS THE FAR SOUTH. WINDS WILL BECOME VARIABLE
ACROSS THE NORTH THROUGH THE DAY THEN MORE WELL DEFINED BOUNDARY
SLIPS INTO THE RGN LATE TONIGHT...DEVELOPING A MORE DEFINED NRLY
FLOW BY WED MRNG. LOOKS LIKE A DECENT SURGE FOR LATE AUGUST BY LATE
WED AFTN AS WELL SO WILL STICK WITH INCREASING WINDS AND SEAS BY
THEN. STILL APPEARS 2 TO 3 FT WILL HOLD FOR TODAY AS WIND WAVE WILL
BE MINIMAL AND CURRENTLY LITTLE IF ANY SWELL COMPONENT. THIS MAY
CHANGE THROUGH THE LATE WEEKEND AND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK DEPENDING
ON DVLPMT ACROSS THE BAHAMAS...ALTHOUGH SOME DIVERGENCE IN THE
MODELS AT THIS TIME.

&&

.MHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NC...NONE.
MARINE...NONE.
&&

RAP/MLF

Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 23, 2:36 AM EST, 7 hours 29 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
336 AM EDT TUE AUG 23 2005

AMZ130-135-150-152-154-156-158-NCZ029-044>047-079>081-090>095-098-
103-104-240745-
ALBEMARLE SOUND-PAMLICO SOUND-
S OF CURRITUCK BEACH LIGHT TO OREGON INLET NC OUT 20 NM-
S OF OREGON INLET TO CAPE HATTERAS NC OUT 20 NM-
S OF CAPE HATTERAS TO OCRACOKE INLET NC OUT 20 NM
INCLUDING THE MONITOR NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY-
S OF OCRACOKE INLET TO CAPE LOOKOUT NC OUT 20 NM-
S OF CAPE LOOKOUT TO N OF SURF CITY NC OUT 20 NM-MARTIN-PITT-
WASHINGTON-TYRRELL-MAINLAND DARE-GREENE-BEAUFORT-MAINLAND HYDE-
DUPLIN-LENOIR-JONES-CRAVEN-PAMLICO-CARTERET-ONSLOW-
OUTER BANKS DARE-OUTER BANKS HYDE-
336 AM EDT TUE AUG 23 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN NORTH
CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE REGION
TODAY. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE SLOW MOVING WITH THE POTENTIAL TO
PRODUCE LOCALIZED FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS. AVERAGE RAINFALL
AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS UP TO 3 INCHES CAN BE
EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA TODAY AND TONIGHT. SOME OF THE
THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME LOCALLY
STRONG TO SEVERE WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING
BEING THE PRIMARY THREATS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED LATER TODAY.

CTC

In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 23, 7:39 AM EST, 2 hours 26 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
839 AM EDT TUE AUG 23 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0820 AM     WATER SPOUT      E SALVO                 35.53N 75.48W
08/23/2005                   DARE               NC   LAW ENFORCEMENT

0836 AM     WATER SPOUT      E RODANTHE              35.61N 75.46W
08/23/2005                   DARE               NC   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

RAP

The radar

The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 46 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 15:03 UTC.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Onslow

When: August 23, 10:05 AM EST
Where: Onslow County, Camp Lejeune
Measured: 51 kt (59 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 34.767, -77.383

What these are

Thunderstorm Wind: Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

More

Every storm in North Carolina in 2005 Every state in 2005 This day in weather history Warnings in North Carolina, August 2005

Sources

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: 5470316.