Flash Flooding in North Carolina, July 29 to 31, 2005

Name: Flash Flooding in North Carolina, July 29 to 31, 2005
Start: 2005-07-29T18:15
End: 2005-07-31T18:00
Location: North Carolina

July 29 to 31, 2005 · NWS MHX · 2 events in 1 county or zone

2 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.

Tornadoes
Tropical storms and surge
Floods
Wind
Hail
Winter weather
Heat and drought
Cold
Fire, smoke and dust
Marine and coastal
Other

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 2

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 Jul 29, 6:05 PM EST, 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 29, 6:05 PM EST, 10 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 29, 3:08 AM EST, 15 hours 7 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
408 AM EDT FRI JUL 29 2005

NCZ029-044>047-079>081-090>095-098-103-104-300815-
MARTIN-PITT-WASHINGTON-TYRRELL-MAINLAND DARE-GREENE-BEAUFORT-
MAINLAND HYDE-DUPLIN-LENOIR-JONES-CRAVEN-PAMLICO-CARTERET-ONSLOW-
OUTER BANKS DARE-OUTER BANKS HYDE-
408 AM EDT FRI JUL 29 2005

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND MOVE ACROSS EASTERN
NORTH CAROLINA TODAY AND TONIGHT AS A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY BEGINS
TO SLOWLY LIFT NORTH ACROSS THE REGION. THE MAIN THREAT WITH THESE
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE HEAVY RAINS WHICH MAY LEAD TO MINOR FLOODING
OF LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS AS WELL AS FREQUENT
LIGHTNING. WINDS SHOULD REMAIN BELOW SEVERE CRITERIA.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AGAIN ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY WITH
HEAVY RAIN ONCE AGAIN THE PRIMARY THREAT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

THE ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS FOR TODAY AND TONIGHT IS NOT
ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.

AMZ130-135-150-152-154-156-158-300815-
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-
408 AM EDT FRI JUL 29 2005

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND LIFT NORTH AND
NORTHEAST THROUGH THE COASTAL WATERS AND SOUNDS TODAY. HEAVY RAINS
AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREAT TODAY...BUT
WINDS MAY REACH 35 KNOTS AT TIMES OVER THE WATERS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND WINDS TO
35 KNOTS ARE LIKELY AGAIN ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

THE ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS FOR TODAY AND TONIGHT IS NOT
ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.

MLF

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 100 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:15 UTC.

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Event by event

2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flash Flood, Pitt

When: July 29, 6:15 PM EST to 7:00 PM EST
Where: Pitt County, Greenville
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 35.617, -77.383

Southern part of Greenville flooded with three feet of water covering roadways.

Flash Flood, Pitt

When: July 31, 5:17 PM EST to 6:00 PM EST
Where: Pitt County, East Portion
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 35.633, -77.367

Water up to 2 feet deep reported on roadways from Ayden to Winterville.

What these are

Flash Flood: Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.

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

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in North Carolina in 2005 Every state in 2005 This day in weather history Warnings in North Carolina, July 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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5470305, 5470306.