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 Greenville-Spartanburg, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 7, 1:49 PM EST, 11 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 249 PM EDT THU JUL 7 2005 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY)... ACTIVE WEATHER ASSOCIATED WITH THE REMNANTS OF CINDY CONTINUED OVER THE EASTERN PART OF THE CWA AT MID AFTERNOON. A STRONG WIND SHEAR PROFILE CONTINUED TO GENERATE TORNADIC SIGNATURES ALONG CONVECTIVE BANDS ON THE RADAR...WHILE BANDS OF HEAVY RAINSHOWERS CONTINUED TO GENERATE IN DEEP TROPICAL MOISTURE. AS THE SYSTEM TRANSLATES E THIS EVENING THE SEVERE STORM THREAT WILL DIMINISH...ALONG WITH THE HEAVY RAIN. THE TORNADO WATCH IS SET TO EXPIRE AT 4 PM EDT. THE FLOOD WATCH RUNS UNTIL EARLY TOMORROW MORNING SINCE AREAS THAT RECEIVED...OR WILL RECEIVE HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO EXPERIENCE FLOOD PROBLEMS AS RAINFALL DRAINS INTO STREAMS AND CREEKS THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. AS THE UPPER SYSTEM AND SURFACE BOUNDARY PUSH E LATE TONIGHT...HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS OVER THE AREA FRI INTO SAT...FOR A BRIEF PERIOD OF RECOVERY BEFORE HURRICANE DENNIS APPROACHES THE GULF COAST AND MAKES LANDFALL NEAR PENSACOLA SUNDAY. && .LONG TERM (SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY)... ALTHOUGH THE TRACK OF DENNIS IS EXPECTED TO STAY WELL W OF THE AREA...TROPICAL MOISTURE IS EXPECTED TO STREAM UP ACROSS THE REGION FOR THE FIRST PART OF THE WEEK. HAVE LIMITED EXTENDED POPS AND QPF DUE TO THE UNCERTAINTY OF EVENTUAL TRACK AND STRENGTH OF STORM...OTHERWISE HAVE STAYED CLOSE TO HPC GUIDANCE USING THE GFS...WHICH IS COMBINED WITH THE LATEST NHC TRACK. LATEST FORECAST HAS DENNIS MAKING LANDFALL ALONG GULF COAST VCNTY OF WHERE CINDY HIT SUN AFTN-EVE AND TRACKING NW INTO N MS MON...INTO FAR SE KS TUE. THIS TRACK WOULD KEEP DEEPEST TROPICAL MOISTURE AND BEST TORNADO THREAT W OF CWA. THE SYSTEM WILL TURN E AT SOME POINT HOWEVER AND TRACK N OF THE AREA. WITH UPPER LEVEL DIVERGENCE...LOW LEVEL UPSLOPE FLOW AND ABUNDANT MOISTURE...HAVE CHANCE POPS IN THE GRIDS THROUGH THE EXTENDED PERIOD. && .AVIATION... AS THE CENTER OF CIRCULATION OF THE REMNANTS OF CINDY CONTINUE TO MOVE OFF TO THE NORTHEAST...GRADUAL IMPROVEMENT WILL OCCUR FROM THE SOUTHWEST. LOW CIGS WILL HANG ON FOR THE NC TAFS THROUGH THE NIGHT. THERE MAY BE SOME BREAKS IN SC LATE TONIGHT. THE SKY WILL BECOME SCT FOR ALL TAFS AS WE GO INTO THE LATE MORNING TO MID DAY ON FRIDAY. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT NORTH TO SOUTH RAIN BAND WILL LEAVE HKY TO THE EAST THIS AFTN AND SHOULD BE MOVING EAST FROM CLT BY EARLY EVENING. GUSTY S-SW WINDS WILL DECREASE THIS EVE AS THE SYSTEM MOVES E. && .GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. NC...FLOOD WATCH FOR NCZ034>036-054>056-065>070 UNTIL 6 AM FRIDAY. SC...FLOOD WATCH FOR SCZ001>008-010 UNTIL 6 AM FRIDAY. && SHORT TERM...RB LONG TERM...RB AVIATION...DEO
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 607 AM EDT THU JUL 7 2005 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082- SCZ001>014-019-081015- 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- 607 AM EDT THU JUL 7 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA... MUCH OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD ACROSS THE NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE WESTERN CAROLINAS TODAY. RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 4 TO 8 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS TO 1 TO 4 INCHES ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT. THIS RAINFALL COULD RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT FLOODING AND LANDSLIDES. THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING...A FEW STORMS EAST OF THE MOUNTAINS MAY PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND POSSIBLY AN ISOLATED TORNADO. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY HURRICANE DENNIS WILL APPROACH THE GULF COAST STATES THIS WEEKEND...AND IS FORECAST TO MAKE LANDFALL ON SUNDAY. AS DENNIS APPROACHES...A SLOW MOVING FRONT SHOULD SLIDE WEST OVER THE WESTERN CAROLINAS. THIS FRONT SHOULD TRIGGER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM LATE SATURDAY THROUGH THE EARLY PART OF THE WORK WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TODAY. NED
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1237 PM EDT THU JUL 7 2005 NCZ034-035-055-056-069-070-071730- ALEXANDER-BURKE NC-CALDWELL-CATAWBA-GASTON-LINCOLN NC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GASTONIA...HICKORY...LINCOLNTON...MORGANTON 1237 PM EDT THU JUL 7 2005 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TO AFFECT THE AREA FROM LENOIR TO NEWTON TO GASTONIA THROUGH 130 PM... AT 1232 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHING FROM THE NORTHERN NORTH CAROLINA FOOTHILLS TO THE PIEDMONT WEST OF GASTONIA. THIS LINE WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL BE LIKELY ALONG THIS LINE...AND AREAS FROM LENOIR TO NEWTON TO GASTONIA WILL BE AFFECTED THROUGH 130 PM. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR TORNADOES TO FORM ALONG THIS LINE. HG
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
101 PM EDT THU JUL 07 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0100 PM FUNNEL CLOUD 3 NE HICKORY 35.77N 81.29W
07/07/2005 CATAWBA NC AMATEUR RADIO
FUNNEL CLOUD SPOTTED NEAR SECTION HOUSE ROAD AND 4TH
AVENUE.
&&
BURRUSPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
146 PM EDT THU JUL 07 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0125 PM TSTM WND DMG MAIDEN 35.58N 81.21W
07/07/2005 CATAWBA NC LAW ENFORCEMENT
NUMEROUS TREES DOWN IN MAIDEN. ESPECIALLY HARD HIT WERE
BURNT LEAF ROAD AND BUD ARNDT ROAD.
&&
BURRUSPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
158 PM EDT THU JUL 07 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0130 PM TORNADO MILLERSVILLE 35.86N 81.18W
07/07/2005 ALEXANDER NC COUNTY OFFICIAL
TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN IN MILLERSVILLE AND
WITTENBURG. ALSO MOBILE HOMES TURNED OVER ALONG HWY 16
SOUTH OF TAYLORSVILLE IN WITTENBURG.
0130 PM TORNADO MILLERSVILLE 35.86N 81.18W
07/07/2005 ALEXANDER NC BROADCAST MEDIA
ROOF OFF A HOME AND ANOTHER HOME DESTROYED IN THE
MILLERSVILLE COMMUNITY ALONG HWY 16.
&&
TJBSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 215 PM EDT THU JUL 7 2005 NCZ069>072-082-SCZ009-014-072000- CABARRUS-CHESTER-GASTON-LINCOLN NC-MECKLENBURG-UNION NC-YORK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLOTTE...CHESTER...CONCORD...GASTONIA... LINCOLNTON...MONROE...ROCK HILL 215 PM EDT THU JUL 7 2005 ...LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TO MOVE THROUGH THE CHARLOTTE METRO AREA THROUGH 5 PM... A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE EAST AT 20 MPH ACROSS THE PIEDMONT OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS THROUGH 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL AT RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR. CONDITIONS ARE ALSO FAVORABLE FOR ANY OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS TO PRODUCE TORNADOES AT ANY TIME. BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM OF A SUBSTANTIAL STRUCTURE IF ANY TORNADO WARNINGS ARE ISSUED...OR A TORNADO IS OBSERVED. HG
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
218 PM EDT THU JUL 07 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0300 AM TORNADO 10 W ANDERSON 34.52N 82.82W
07/07/2005 ANDERSON SC NEWSPAPER
POSSIBLE TORNADO WITH BOATS DAMAGED AND ONE TOSSED 100
YDS AT WESTERN CAROLINA SAILING CLUB OFF OF SR 187 ON
LAKE HARTWELL.
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TJBThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 debris flow. Local standard time, as filed.
Part of a hillside gave way, damaging the Broad River VFDs building.
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5470721.