1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it. 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 Greenville-Spartanburg, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 14, 1:15 PM EST, 5 hours 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 215 PM EDT THU JUL 14 2005 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY)... UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OVER OH AND MS VALLEYS WITH REMAINS OF DENNIS IN N PORTION...WITH UPPER RIDGING EITHER SIDE. AREA REMAINS IN MOIST AIR MASS...WITH 70 OR GREATER DEW POINTS E OF MTS. KMRX RADAR SHOWS SLOW MOVING AND WEAKENING BAND OF SHOWERS MOVING ACROSS MTS THIS AFTERNOON. AS THIS ACTIVITY ENCOUNTERS MORE UNSTABLE AIR IN AFTERNOON HEATING...CONVECTION SHOULD FLARE UP...CONTINUING INTO THE EVENING AS IT MOVES E. CAPE LIMITED COMPARED TO LAST TWO DAYS...BUT STILL ENOUGH FOR MENTION OF THUNDER ACROSS AREA. EXPECT MORE FOG AND LOW CLOUDS LATE TONIGHT IN PRECIPITATION MOISTENED AIR. MODEL GUIDANCE KEEPS WIND UP FROM SW AT AROUND 3 TO 5 KNOTS...WHICH MAY KEEP FOG FROM BECOMING DENSE. HIGH DEW POINTS WILL KEEP MINIMUM TEMPERATURES A FEW DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. UPPER LOW CENTER WILL SLOWLY DRIFT WEST AND CONTINUE TO OPEN AND FILL THROUGH FRIDAY...AS STRONG SOUTHEAST RIDGING DEVELOPS FROM THE ATLANTIC THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THE DEEPEST MOISTURE...BEST LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE...AND UPSLOPE TRIGGERING WILL FOCUS THE HIGHEST PRECIPITATION CHANCES OVER THE HIGH TERRAIN THROUGH THE NEAR TERM. NAM CAPE VALUES AGAIN APPEAR TOO LOW EACH AFTERNOON...AS MODEL CONVECTIVE PRECIPITATION SCHEME IS TRIGGERED TOO EARLY IN THE DAY FRI AND SAT. PRECIPITATION CHANCES WILL DIMINISH SLIGHTLY BY LATE WEEKEND...WITH HIGHEST CHC VALUES OVER THE MOUNTAINS AS STRONG UPPER RIDGING IS FINALLY IN PLACE. && .LONG TERM (SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY)... SOUTHEAST HIGH PRES REMAINS DOMINANT THROUGH THE MEDIUM RANGE PERIOD IN THE CONSENSUS SOLUTION. WEAK FRONT MOVING SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE OH VALLEY WED APPEARS TO WASH OUT AHEAD OF A NRN STREAM WAVE...WITH ARRIVAL OF SECOND STRONGER FRONT DELAYED UNTIL LATE IN THE WEEK. CHC DIURNAL CONVECTION WILL BE FEATURED ALONG WITH PROLONGED PERIOD OF HEAT AND HUMIDITY UNDER THE RIDGE. && .AVIATION... ENOUGH CONVECTIVE COVERAGE EXPECTED TO CARRY TEMPO MVFR CONDITIONS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. MOIST AIR MASS AND PRECIPITATION SHOULD SUPPORT FOG ACROSS MUCH OF AREA. WILL ALLOW CIGS/VSBYS AT IFR LATE TONIGHT. EXCEPTIONS WILL BE WHERE GUIDANCE WINDS UP A BIT...AND WILL CARRY MVFR AT KGSP AND KGMU. && .GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. && SHORT TERM...HG/JAT LONG TERM...HG AVIATION...JAT
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 556 AM EDT THU JUL 14 2005 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082- SCZ001>014-019-151000- 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- OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS- GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG- CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- 556 AM EDT THU JUL 14 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA... MUCH OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE PREVALENT ACROSS THE REGION AGAIN TODAY AND TONIGHT. A FEW OF THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS...MAINLY ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT. THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING IS A BIT HIGHER TODAY COMPARED TO YESTERDAY AS THE ATMOSPHERE CONTAINS A BIT MORE MOISTURE AND STORMS SHOULD MOVE A BIT SLOWER. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY SCATTERED MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD DEVELOP EACH DAY THROUGH AT LEAST THE EARLY PART OF NEXT WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... MOORE
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
258 PM EDT THU JUL 14 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0345 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 S MAYO 35.06N 81.85W
07/13/2005 SPARTANBURG SC PUBLIC
REPORTED THROUGH WSPA TV THEN INTERVIEW. LARGE OAKS HAD
TOPS BLOWN OUT AND TWISTED OFF ALONG CITY BLOCK WIDE AREA
AND PATH LENGTH OF AT LEAST 3000 FEET AT CHEROKEE
SPRINGS. SOME TREES ON POWER LINES. HEARD LOUD PULSATING
LOW HUM WITH STORM. NO HAIL NOTED AT THIS LOCATION.
&&
JONESPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
404 PM EDT THU JUL 14 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0440 PM TORNADO 3 SE LINCOLNTON 35.45N 81.21W
07/13/2005 LINCOLN NC NWS STORM SURVEY
CONFIRMED TORNADO TRACK IN PREVIOUSLY REPORTED DAMAGE
AREA. MAINLY TREE AND CROP DAMAGE. TRACK WAS INTERMITTENT
3 MILES IN LENGTH AND 50-75 YDS WIDE. MAXIMUM F1 DAMAGE
WITH MORE F0 DAMAGE.
&&
JONESSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 602 PM EDT THU JUL 14 2005 NCZ055-056-066>070-SCZ003-006>008-142300- BURKE NC-CATAWBA-CHEROKEE SC-CLEVELAND-GASTON-GREATER GREENVILLE- GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-LINCOLN NC-POLK NC-RUTHERFORD-SPARTANBURG- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GAFFNEY...GASTONIA...GREENVILLE... HICKORY...LINCOLNTON...MORGANTON...RUTHERFORDTON...SHELBY... SPARTANBURG...TRYON 602 PM EDT THU JUL 14 2005 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL... A LINE OF LARGE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING EAST AT 12 MPH WILL AFFECT THE REGION FROM SPARTANBURG...NORTH TO FOREST CITY...AND EAST TOWARD WACO. THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES PER HOUR. DUE TO NEARLY SATURATED GROUND CONDITIONS FROM RECENT STORM ACTIVITY...LOW LYING AREAS AND URBAN FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. ALSO...HIGH WINDS GUSTING UP TO 50 MPH...AND PERIODS OF HAIL ARE PROBABLE AS THESE STORMS WILL GROW QUITE TALL. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL BE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS LINE AS WELL. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO USE CAUTION IN HEAVY DOWNPOURS AS VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED SUDDENLY TO LESS THAN 1/8 MILE. KRENTZ
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</html>The Greer radar (KGSP), 88 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:30 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
A portion of highway 18 was closed south of Fallston. Also, a portion of highway 226 was closed due to flooding of a creek.
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: 5469838.