1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 5, 1:30 PM EST, 2 hours 20 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 230 PM EDT TUE JUL 5 2005 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY)... THROUGH TONIGHT: STRONG CONVECTION ALONG THE INSTABILITY/CONVERGENCE ZONE WITHIN THE SURFACE TROUGH OVER NE NC IS EXITING THE CWA... BUT ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND STORMS ROLLING OFF THE HIGHER TERRAIN AND THOSE ASSOCIATED WITH THE SECOND VORT MAX NOTED ON WATER VAPOR IMAGERY... EXPECTED TO TRACK ACROSS VA TONIGHT... NECESSITATE A CONTINUATION OF SCATTERED STORMS THROUGH THIS EVENING... WITH THE GREATEST COVERAGE ACROSS THE NORTH. LOWS 70-75... IN LINE WITH LAST NIGHTS READINGS AND MOS GUIDANCE. WED: LOW AND MID LEVEL FLOW GOES TO WNW LATE TONIGHT... ALLOWING FOR FURTHER DRYING AND DOWNSLOPE WARMING ACTING ON AN ALREADY-WARM COLUMN. FORECAST SOUNDINGS SHOW ENOUGH CAPPING ALOFT TO SERIOUSLY LIMIT BUOYANCY... AND PW VALUES RETREAT TO NEAR NORMAL. WILL GO WITH JUST ISOLATED STORMS AT WORST... AND EVEN THESE WILL LIKELY BE CONFINED TO THE COASTAL PLAIN CLOSER TO THE SURFACE TROUGH. WITH AN EXPECTED DRY ADIABATIC (OR STEEPER) LOW LEVEL LAPSE RATE... HIGHS SHOULD EASILY GET TO 90-96. AFTERNOON DEWPOINTS SHOULD DROP A COUPLE OF DEGREES... ENOUGH TO KEEP US OUT OF CRITICAL HEAT INDEX TERRITORY... ALTHOUGH A CAUTIONARY SPS MAY BE WARRANTED. WED NIGHT THROUGH FRI: ATTENTION SHIFTS TO THE REMNANTS OF CINDY. MODELS INDICATE INCREASING ALONG-TRACK BULK SHEAR AROUND AND NORTH OF THE CENTER AS IT TRACKS UP THROUGH AL INTO NE TN BY FRI MORNING. THIS SHOULD SERVE TO SPREAD ASSOCIATED PRECIPITATION WELL NORTHEAST OF THE CENTER... SO HAVE SPED UP PRECIP ONSET A BIT... INTRODUCING CHANCE POPS IN THE SOUTHWESTERN CWA LATE WED NIGHT... THEN OVER ALL OF CENTRAL NC BY MIDDAY THU THROUGH THU EVENING. HAVE TRENDED RAIN OUT OF THE AREA FROM SW TO NE LATE THU NIGHT AS THE INCREASING SW FLOW ALOFT SHOULD SHOVE THE REMNANT LOW NORTHEASTWARD. HAVE RETAINED CONVECTIVE CHANCES FRI AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING WITH THE SURFACE TROUGHING IN PLACE AND WITH THE APPROACH OF THE POSITIVELY-TILTED MID LEVEL TROUGH DIGGING OVER LAKE ERIE/OHIO AIDING IN DESTABILIZATION. EXPECT WARM LOWS WED NIGHT AROUND 70-74... THEN HAVE LEANED TOWARD THE COOLER GFS MOS HIGHS THU... WITH HIGHS 81-88. HAVE GONE NEAR CLIMATOLOGY FOR FRI... 86-92. && .LONG TERM (FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY)... L/W TROUGH AND ASSOCIATED SURFACE REFLECTION ALONG WITH RELATIVELY MOIST AIRMASS SHOULD RESULT IN CLOUDS AND A CHANCE OF CONVECTION FRI NIGHT/SAT...MAINLY DURING THE HEAT OF THE DAY SATURDAY. ON SUN...GFS AND ECMWF DIVERGE WITH ECMWF BUILDING UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OVER CENTRAL U.S. WHICH SHUNTS L/W TROUGH OFFSHORE. IN ADDITION...DEVELOPING NW FLOW ADVECTS DRIER AIR INTO AREA. MEANWHILE GFS LINGERS UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OVER REGION WITH AIRMASS REMAINING MARGINALLY WET. WENT WITH A COMPROMISE WHICH RESULTED IN SLIGHT CHANCE POPS OVER THE SOUTHERN HALF. FOR MON/TUE...MOVEMENT OF DENNIS DICTATED BY STRENGTH OF UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OVER ATLANTIC WATERS AND CENTRAL U.S. CURRENT PATH SUGGEST THAT MID/UPPER LEVEL RIDGING OVER CENTRAL NC. THIS TRANSLATES TO WARM/DRY CONDITIONS. KEPT TEMPERATURES NEAR SEASONAL NORMS EXPECT SAT WHERE CLOUDS/SCATTERED CONVECTION MAY HOLD TEMPS DOWN A BIT. IF MID/UPPER LEVEL RIDGE CENTERS ITSELF OVER OUR AREA MON/TUE...POTENTIAL FOR MAX TEMPS TO BE AT LEAST A CATEGORY WARMER. && .AVIATION... A MINOR S/W IN MID LEVEL FLOW WILL ENHANCE THE THREAT FOR CONVECTION ACROSS CENTRAL NC LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THE EVENING...MAINLY ACROSS THE NORTH HALF. THIS WILL RESULT IN POCKETS OF MVFR CONDITIONS. PARTIAL CLEARING AND A MOIST AIRMASS NEAR THE SURFACE SHOULD ALLOW AREAS OF MVFR CONDITIONS (DUE TO FOG) TO DEVELOP SHORTLY BEFORE SUNRISE. AFTER 13Z WED...EXPECT SCATTERED CU FIELD TO DEVELOP WITH NEAR SURFACE WIND 250-280 AT 10KTS. && .RAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && SHORT TERM...HARTFIELD LONG TERM...WSS AVIATION...WSS
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 1140 AM EDT TUE JUL 5 2005 NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088-089-061000- 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- 1140 AM EDT TUE JUL 5 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE STORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN... WHICH COULD LEAD TO MINOR STREET FLOODING. IN ADDITION... A FEW OF THE STORMS MAY PRODUCE STRONG WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. RFG/GIH
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 159 PM EDT TUE JUL 5 2005 NCZ011-051830- HALIFAX- 159 PM EDT TUE JUL 5 2005 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS EASTERN HALIFAX COUNTY THROUGH 230 PM EDT... AT 159 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER SCOTLAND NECK...OR ABOUT 20 MILES NORTH OF TARBORO...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE... AREAS NORTH AND EAST OF SCOTLAND NECK. GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. SOME DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES ARE POSSIBLE. LIGHT OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE AND AWNINGS COULD BE TOSSED AROUND. WSS
The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 81 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:49 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rains flooded several streets in Roanoke Rapids. Three feet of water covered Becker Drive at Interstate 95, and two feet of water covered the intersection of Highway 158 and Premier Boulevard.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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