Damaging Winds in North Carolina, July 5, 2005

Name: Damaging Winds in North Carolina, July 5, 2005
Start: 2005-07-05T15:50
End: 2005-07-05T15:51
Location: North Carolina

July 5, 2005 · NWS RNK · 2 events in 1 county or zone

A severe thunderstorm produced damaging winds along Interstate 77 west and northwest of Pine Ridge. One location on the interstate highway had trees across it, and at a truck weigh station, trees came down on top of vehicles.

Where it happened

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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 happened

The episode as NWS RNK wrote it up.

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 Blacksburg, VA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 5, 2:00 PM EST, 1 hour 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 5, 2:00 PM EST, 1 hour 50 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
300 PM EDT TUE JUL 5 2005

.SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY)...

APPROACHING COLD FRONT WILL LOSE SPPT AS IT MOVES CLOSER TO THE RGN
THIS EVENING WHILE LEE TROF OVER ERN HALF OF VA WILL BECOME THE
FOCUS FOR CONVECTION.  AS LEE TROF TO THE EAST
STRENGTHENS...TIGHTENING PRES GRADIENT OVER THE REGION WILL PULL
DRIER AND MORE STABLE AIR IN OVERNIGHT.  DEEPER LOW LVL MOISTR AND
NW FLOW IN THE FAR WEST COULD STILL RESULT IN SOME LIGHT SHOWERS IN
THAT AREA...BUT THE REMAINDER OF THE FA IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN DRY
THRU THE DAY WED.

&&

.LONG TERM (WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY)...

EXTENDED ISC GRIDS WERE BASED ON HPC WHICH WAS SIMILAR TO THE 00Z/05
ECMWF WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE TROPICAL SYSTEMS. FCST BEYOND
THURSDAY IS HIGHLY DEPENDANT ON THE EVENTUAL TRACK AND SPEED OF
TROPICAL SYSTEMS. PLAYED GRIDS CLOSE TO CURRENT TPC TRACK.

LOWERED DEW POINTS AND CUT LOW TEMPERATURES WEDNESDAY NIGHT. LARGE
DIFFERENCE IN GUID ESP WITH THURSDAY MAX TEMPERATURES...WENT
SIMILAR TO ENSEMBLE MOS. GFS IS MUCH QUICKER THAN NAM ANH TCP
WITH TRACK OF CINDY. ELECTED TO RAISE POPS ON THURSDAY. CENTER
TRACKS NORTH THROUGH AL INTO NE TN BY FRI MORNING. THIS SHOULD
SPREAD ASSOCIATED PRECIPITATION NORTHEAST OF THE CENTER INTO THE
REGION. KEPT IT UNSETTLED INTO FRIDAY. MADE MINOR ADJUSTMENTS
SATURDAY INTO TUESDAY.

&&

.AVIATION...
CU DECK WILL CREATE MVFR CIGS AT TIMES THIS AFTN ALONG WITH SOME
MVFR HAZE EAST OF THE MTNS. SCTD SHOWERS AND TSTMS WILL CONTINUE TO
BECOME MORE NUMEROUS THIS AFTN AHEAD OF COLD FRONT...BUT FOCUS WILL
SHIFT TOWARD THE COAST THIS EVE. DRIER AIR AND A LIGHT WLY BREEZE
COMING IN TNGT AND TMRW BEHIND FNT WILL LIMIT OVRNGT FOG AND RESULT
IN MORE VFR CONDS THAN WE HAVE SEEN THE PAST FEW MORNINGS. MVFR
CIGS/VSBYS MOST LIKELY AT BLF. WED WILL REMAIN DRY WITH VERY
ISOLATED SHOWERS.

&&

.RNK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
VA...NONE.
NC...NONE.
WV...NONE.
&&

JS/KK/JS

Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 5, 4:52 AM EST, 10 hours 58 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
552 AM EDT TUE JUL 5 2005

NCZ001>006-018>020-VAZ007-009>020-022>024-032>035-043>047-058-059-
WVZ042>045-060930-
ALLEGHANY NC-ALLEGHANY VA-AMHERST-APPOMATTOX-ASHE-BATH-BEDFORD-BLAND-
BOTETOURT-BUCKINGHAM-CAMPBELL-CARROLL-CASWELL-CHARLOTTE-CRAIG-FLOYD-
FRANKLIN-GILES-GRAYSON-GREENBRIER-HALIFAX-HENRY-MERCER-MONROE-
MONTGOMERY-PATRICK-PITTSYLVANIA-PULASKI-ROANOKE-ROCKBRIDGE-
ROCKINGHAM-SMYTH-STOKES-SUMMERS-SURRY-TAZEWELL-WATAUGA-WILKES-WYTHE-
YADKIN-
552 AM EDT TUE JUL 5 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST
VIRGINIA...WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...CENTRAL VIRGINIA...SOUTHEAST WEST
VIRGINIA AND NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE AREA THIS EVENING. SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME NUMEROUS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THIS
EVENING WEST OF THE BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS...AND SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED IN THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT. BECAUSE OF
ABUNDANT MOISTURE AHEAD OF THIS FRONT...THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE
LOCALLY VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

REMNANTS OF NEWLY FORMED TROPICAL STORM CINDY IN THE GULF OF
MEXICO ARE FORECAST TO TRACK INTO THE TENNESSEE VALLEY BY FRIDAY
MORNING. OUR REGION COULD BEGIN TO SEE SOME EFFECT FROM THE
TROPICAL MOISTURE AS EARLY AS THURSDAY NIGHT...PARTICULARLY THE
MOUNTAINS OF NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

JJ

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 5, 2:30 PM EST, 1 hour 20 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
330 PM EDT TUE JUL 5 2005

VAZ033-043-044-052005-
FRANKLIN-HENRY-PITTSYLVANIA-
330 PM EDT TUE JUL 5 2005

A THUNDERSTORM WITH WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL AFFECT LOCATIONS
BETWEEN SNOW CREEK AND LEATHERWOOD. THIS STORM WILL ALSO AFFECT
MOUNTAIN VALLEY...SWANSONVILLE AND CALLANDS. MOVE INDOORS AND STAY
AWAY FROM WINDOWS IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM.

05

Special weather statement, Jul 5, 3:03 PM EST, 47 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
403 PM EDT TUE JUL 5 2005

VAZ044-052038-
PITTSYLVANIA-
403 PM EDT TUE JUL 5 2005

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND FREQUENT
LIGHTNING WILL AFFECT DRY FORK...BLAIRS...KEELING AND OTHER
LOCATIONS BETWEEN DANVILLE AND CHATHAM THROUGH 445 PM. MOVE INDOORS
AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM.

05

Special weather statement, Jul 5, 3:11 PM EST, 39 minutes before

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The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 72 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:48 UTC.

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Event by event

2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Surry

When: July 5, 3:50 PM EST
Where: Surry County, 2 mi W of Pine Ridge
Measured: 55 kt (63 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 36.500, -80.750

Thunderstorm Wind, Surry

When: July 5, 3:51 PM EST
Where: Surry County, 3 mi NW of Pine Ridge
Measured: 55 kt (63 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 36.533, -80.750

What these are

Thunderstorm Wind: Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.

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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5467431, 5467432.