1 funnel cloud, 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 Wilmington, NC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 18, 9:07 AM EST, 3 hours 3 minutes earlier.
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
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 449 AM EDT THU AUG 18 2005 NCZ087-096-097-099>101-SCZ017-023-024-032>034-039-046-191000- ROBESON-BLADEN-PENDER-COLUMBUS-BRUNSWICK-NEW HANOVER-MARLBORO- DARLINGTON-DILLON-FLORENCE-MARION-HORRY-WILLIAMSBURG-GEORGETOWN- 449 AM EDT THU AUG 18 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A STALLED FRONTAL BOUNDARY ACROSS THE AREA WILL BE THE FOCUS FOR CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY TO DEVELOP AND DRIFT EASTWARD...ALONG IT. THE TRAINING OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE SAME LOCATIONS IS POSSIBLE GIVEN THIS WEATHER PATTERN. AS A RESULT... FLOODING MAY BECOME AN ISSUE OUTSIDE THE AREAS THAT NORMALLY EXPERIENCE PONDING OF WATER. OTHERWISE...NO ADDITIONAL HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED FOR FLOODING CONCERNS. AMZ250-252-254-256-270-191000- COASTAL WATERS FROM SURF CITY TO CAPE FEAR NC OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE FEAR NC TO LITTLE RIVER INLET SC OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM LITTLE RIVER INLET TO MURRELLS INLET SC OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM MURRELLS INLET TO SOUTH SANTEE RIVER SC OUT 20 NM- WATERS FROM SURF CITY NC TO SOUTH SANTEE RIVER SC FROM 20 TO 40 NM- 449 AM EDT THU AUG 18 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF AM AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A STALLED FRONTAL BOUNDARY ACROSS THE WATERS WILL BE THE FOCUS FOR SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO AFFECT THE AREA WATERS THROUGH THIS PERIOD. SOME OF THE STORMS WILL CONTAIN WIND GUSTS TO 30 KNOTS...AND POSSIBLY UPWARDS TO SPECIAL MARINE WARNING CRITERIA OF 35 KNOTS. IN ADDITION...FREQUENT CLOUD TO WATER LIGHTNING... NEAR 0 VISIBILITY IN HEAVY DOWNPOURS...AND LOCALLY HIGHER SEAS WILL BE EXPERIENCED. OTHERWISE...NO ADDITIONAL HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. HOEHLER
ZCZC RDUSPSILM DEF TTAA00 KILM 181517 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 1122 AM EDT THU AUG 18 2005 SCZ032>034-181615- FLORENCE SC-HORRY SC-MARION SC- 1122 AM EDT THU AUG 18 2005 ...LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS THE PEE DEE REGION... AT 1120 AM EDT...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES EAST OF QUINBY TO PAMPLICO TO SCRANTON...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE LOCALLY HIGHER WINDS UP TO 40 MPH...CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS. SOME COMMUNITIES IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS ARE MARION... JOHNSONVILLE AND PAMPLICO. RESIDENTS SHOULD REMAIN INDOORS UNTIL THIS LINE OF STORMS PASSES. STAY AWAY FROM DOORS AND WINDOWS. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH AREAS THAT HAVE BECOME FLOODED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO ALL HAZARDS FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. SRP
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 1228 PM EDT THU AUG 18 2005 SCZ039-181730- WILLIAMSBURG SC- 1228 PM EDT THU AUG 18 2005 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM IMPACTING WILLIAMSBURG COUNTY... AT 1225 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES EAST OF KINGSTREE...OR 18 MILES NORTHWEST OF ANDREWS...MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL PRODUCE LOCALLY HIGHER WINDS UP TO 40 MPH...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE KINGSTREE AND LANE. RESIDENTS SHOULD REMAIN INDOORS UNTIL THIS THUNDERSTORM PASSES. STAY AWAY FROM DOORS AND WINDOWS. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH AREAS THAT HAVE BECOME FLOODED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO ALL HAZARDS FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/ILM. JAQ
The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 51 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:08 UTC.
1 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.
Public reported a funnel cloud at Hwy 904 and Green Sea Road near the state line. Horry county emergency management investigated and found no damage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in South Carolina in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in South Carolina, August 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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5469150.