North Carolina, 2005

Flood in North Carolina, December 15, 2005

December 15, 2005 · NWS GSP · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
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  • Marine and coastal
  • Other

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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.

Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 14, 6:44 PM EST, 22 hours 16 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
644 PM EST WED DEC 14 2005

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-
SCZ001>014-019-151200-
RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-AVERY-CALDWELL-
ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-
BUNCOMBE-MCDOWELL-BURKE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-
MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-POLK-RUTHERFORD-
CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC-
OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-
GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-
CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-
GREENWOOD-
644 PM EST WED DEC 14 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST
GEORGIA...PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND
UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

AN ICE STORM WARNING AND FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED
FOR MUCH OF THE AREA. PLEASE SEE CAEWSWGSP FOR DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THE WARNING AND ADVISORY CONTINUES UNTIL 6 PM THURSDAY.
AGAIN...PLEASE SEE CAEWSWGSP FOR DETAILS.

THERE IS A CHANCE OF RAIN AND SNOW SUNDAY...THOUGH IT IS TOO EARLY
TO SAY IF THERE WILL BE ANY SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER REPORTS OF ICE ACCUMULATION WILL BE NEEDED LATE TONIGHT
AND THURSDAY.

The radar

The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.

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Event by event

1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flood, Cabarrus

When
December 15, 5:00 PM EST to 7:00 PM EST
Where
Cabarrus County, Countywide
Reported by
EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates
35.367, -80.533

Flooding developed after an extended period of moderate to heavy rain. Approximately 7 roads were closed due to high water conditions.

What these are

Flood
Flooding that develops more slowly than a flash flood: rivers leaving their banks, or water standing over land for an extended time.

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

The same day elsewhere

More

Every storm in North Carolina in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, December 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5488744.