North Carolina, 2005Flood 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.
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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.
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.
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.
- 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.
- Ice Storm in North Carolina, December 15, 20051 death · $300,000 · 7 events
- Winter Weather in North Carolina, December 15, 20051 death · 3 injured · 8 events
- Ice Storm in Georgia, December 15, 2005$953,000 · 20 events
- Ice Storm in South Carolina, December 15, 2005$900,000 · 4 events
- Ice Storm in North Carolina, December 15, 2005$450,000 · 5 events
- Ice Storm in South Carolina, December 15, 2005$400,000 · 4 events
- Ice Storm in Georgia, December 15, 2005$300,000 · 5 events
- Ice Storm in South Carolina, December 15, 2005$250,000 · 5 events
- Ice Storm in North Carolina, December 15, 2005$225,000 · 6 events
- Debris Flow in Guam, December 15, 2005$200,000 · 1 event
- Heavy Snow in Ohio, December 15, 2005$175,000 · 2 events
- Ice Storm in Virginia, December 15, 2005$108,000 · 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: 5488744.