4 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 debris flow, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 1 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 Raleigh, NC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 1, 12:20 PM EST, 5 hours 5 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 120 PM EDT FRI JUL 1 2005 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY)... THIS EVNG-TNGT...STRONG INSTABILITY AND CONFLUENT LOW LEVEL FLOW INTO A PIEDMONT TROUGH SHOULD SUPPORT SCATTERED TSTMS ACROSS CENTRAL NC...MAINLY BEFORE MIDNIGHT. AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT WILL KEEP AT LEAST A SLIGHT CHANCE AFTER MIDNIGHT AS WELL. SHORT RANGE MODELS RUC...ETA12...AND WRF SHOW GREATEST COVERAGE TOWARD THE S AND E. CONSENSUS LOWS 70-75. PATCHY FOG IS POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT IN THE WAKE OF HEAVIER TSTMS. SAT...IT APPEARS THE COLD FRONT WILL STALL IN THE AREA WITH WEAK FLOW...SURFACE AND ALOFT...AND A MODERATELY MOIST UNSTABLE AIRMASS. WEAK PERTURBATIONS IN THE FLOW WILL HELP KICK OFF SHOWERS AND TSTMS UNDER VARIABLY OR MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES. HUMIDITY IS LIKELY TO REMAIN HIGH BUT TEMPERATURE RISE SHOULD BE LIMITED BY CLOUD COVER. CONSENSUS HIGHS 87-92. SAT NGT-SUN...MODELS SUGGEST A MORE STABLE CONDITION WITH SURFACE TO 850 FLOW OUT OF HIGH PRESSURE NEAR NEW ENGLAND...BUT MOISTURE AND PERTURBATIONS ALOFT CONTINUE A THREAT FOR SHOWERS UNDER VARIABLY OR MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES. CONSENSUS LOWS 68-71 AND HIGHS 80-85. SUN NGT-INDEPENDENCE DAY...RIDGING ALOFT SHOULD HELP DRY AND FURTHER STABILIZE THE AIRMASS. LOW LEVEL AIR TRANSPORT CONTINUES OUT OF HIGH PRESSURE OFF NEW ENGLAND TO MAINTAIN MODERATE DAYTIME TEMPERATURES IN THE 80S AND DEWPOINTS IN THE 60S UNDER PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES. -RFG && .LONG TERM (MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY)... MEDIUM RANGE GUIDANCE IN DECENT AGREEMENT THROUGH PERIOD. SE U.S. MID/UPPER LEVEL RIDGE FLATTENS TUE INTO WED AS NORTHERN STREAM SYSTEM CROSSES GREAT LAKES INTO EASTERN OH VALLEY. ASSOCIATED SURFACE FRONT WILL APPROACH/CROSS CENTRAL NC LATE TUE INTO EARLY WED. BOUNDARY SLOWS/STALLS NEAR OR JUST S OF REGION WHILE BASE OF L/W TROUGH SETTLES OVER AREA. THIS COULD LEAD TO A UNSETTLED WEATHER REGIME THU INTO FRI. WHILE GO WITH SMALL CHANCE POPS FOR NOW AND SEE IF MODEL MAINTAIN CONTINUITY. TEMPS SHOULD AVERAGE CLOSE TO NORMAL THROUGH PERIOD. POTENTIAL FOR MAX TEMPS TO BE A CATEGORY COOLER THU INTO FRI IF MORE CLOUDS/CONVECTION OCCURS THAN CURRENTLY EXPECTED. -WSS && .AVIATION... MAINLY VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED THROUGH 18Z SAT. THERE WILL BE A FEW HOURS OF MVFR/IFR CONDITIONS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING AS SURFACE BOUNDARY APPROACHES. THIS FEATURE WILL TRIGGER SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS CENTRAL NC LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES...HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 KTS WILL ACCOMPANY THE STRONGER STORMS. APPEARS GREATEST THREAT FOR SCATTERED CONVECTION WILL BE BETWEEN 22Z FRI-02Z SAT. -WSS/TDP && .RAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && SHORT TERM...RFG LONG TERM...WSS AVIATION...WSS/TDP
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 503 AM EDT FRI JUL 1 2005 NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088-089-020915- PERSON-GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-HALIFAX-FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE- ORANGE-DURHAM-FRANKLIN-NASH-EDGECOMBE-DAVIDSON-RANDOLPH-CHATHAM- WAKE-JOHNSTON-WILSON-STANLY-MONTGOMERY-MOORE-LEE-HARNETT-WAYNE- ANSON-RICHMOND-SCOTLAND-HOKE-CUMBERLAND-SAMPSON- 503 AM EDT FRI JUL 1 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH AND HAIL OF PENNY SIZE OR LARGER. THE THREAT OF SEVERE STORMS IS MOST LIKELY FROM AROUND 5PM THROUGH ABOUT 10 PM. ADDITIONALLY, THE COMBINATION HOT AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES IN THE LOWER AND MID 90S ALONG WITH HIGH HUMIDITIES WILL CREATE INDEX VALUES BETWEEN 100 AND 105 DEGREES MAINLY BETWEEN 1PM AND 7PM. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER NETWORK ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING HOURS MAINLY FROM 5PM THROUGH 10 PM. RA
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 443 PM EDT FRI JUL 1 2005 NCZ021-012145- FORSYTH- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...WINSTON-SALEM 443 PM EDT FRI JUL 1 2005 ...A STRONG STORM IS HEADING INTO WINSTON-SALEM... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE TO THE SOUTHEAST THROUGH FORSYTH COUNTY THROUGH 6 PM. LOCATIONS LIKELY TO SEE HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING INCLUDE PFAFFTOWN... WINSTON-SALEM... AND KERNERSVILLE. SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 30 TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. THE HEAVY RAIN MAY DUMP A HALF INCH OF RAIN IN LESS THAN 20 MINUTES... SO MOTORISTS SHOULD WATCH FOR POSSIBLE STREET FLOODING... ESPECIALLY IN URBAN AREAS. GIH
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 529 PM EDT FRI JUL 1 2005 NCZ073-074-083-084-012300- STANLY-MONTGOMERY-ANSON-RICHMOND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALBEMARLE...TROY...WADESBORO... ROCKINGHAM 529 PM EDT FRI JUL 1 2005 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE SLOWLY EAST NORTHEAST ACROSS STANLY...ANSON...MONTGOMERY AND RICHMOND COUNTIES THROUGH 7 PM. THE STORMS WILL PRODUCE NEARLY CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN ONE TO TWO INCHES IN LESS THAN AN HOUR WILL OCCUR. THIS WILL RESULT IN EXTENSIVE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. DUE TO THE DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...UNPLUG APPLIANCES AND REFRAIN FROM USING THE PHONE UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY. WSS
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 534 PM EDT FRI JUL 1 2005 NCZ022-012245- GUILFORD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREENSBORO...HIGH POINT 534 PM EDT FRI JUL 1 2005 ...A STRONG STORM WITH HEAVY RAIN IS HEADING TOWARD GREENSBORO... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE TO THE EAST-SOUTHEAST THROUGH GUILFORD COUNTY THROUGH 7 PM. LOCATIONS LIKELY TO SEE HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING INCLUDE THE NORTHERN END OF HIGH POINT... THE PIEDMONT TRIAD AIRPORT... THE CITY OF GREENSBORO... AND INTERSTATE 40. SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 30 TO 40 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. THE HEAVY RAIN MAY DUMP A HALF INCH OF RAIN IN LESS THAN 20 MINUTES... SO MOTORISTS SHOULD WATCH FOR POSSIBLE STREET FLOODING... ESPECIALLY IN URBAN AREAS INCLUDING INTERSTATE 40. GIH
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 160 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:24 UTC.
4 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 debris flow. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees were blown down at the intersection of Hazard and Barbie's Grove Roads, and several trees were blown down along St. Martin Road.
Trees were blown down at the intersection of Cottonville and Old Cotton Roads.
Three large trees were blown down in a yard, taking down a power transformer with them. Much of the city's power was out for most of the evening. Several other trees and power lines were blown down throughout the town.
Flash floods waters caused roads to be closed throughout the county after small cars tried to cross the roads but could not get through. Highway 73 and Millingport Road just outside of Albemarle, Big Lick Road and Oak Ridge Road near Oakboro, and Mission Church Road near Locust were the areas hardest hit.
Flash-flood producing rainfall across the county was the cause of a small landslide resulting in a layer of rocks and debris covering Ridgecrest Road near Jacob and Austin Roads, between the towns of Locust and Oakboro. A couple of other locations across the county reported thick mud and silt across the road, some of them the result of runoff from construction sites.
A few trees were blown down.
A few secondary roads were flooded and had to be closed by the DOT.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in North Carolina in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, July 2005
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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5470858, 5470859, 5470860, 5470863, 5470946, 5470861, 5470862.