The remnants of Tropical Storm Cindy moved across the Mid Atlantic on Thursday and Friday, July 7 and July 8. The primary hazardous conditions that developed were from the torrential rainfall associated with this storm.
Every event with a place to put it; 2 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 episode as NWS LWX wrote it up.
The remnants of Tropical Storm Cindy moved across the Mid Atlantic on Thursday and Friday, July 7 and July 8. The primary hazardous conditions that developed were from the torrential rainfall associated with this storm. Additionally, there were isolated reports of damage due to severe thunderstorm activity.
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 Baltimore/Washington wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 8, 3:00 AM EST, 2 hours 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
400 AM EDT FRI JUL 8 2005
.SHORT TERM (TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT)...
WATER VAPOR LOOP SHOWS AN UPPER LOW OVER THE EAST CENTRAL GREAT
LAKES...WITH A DRY SLOT PUNCHING NORTHEAST THROUGH THE REGION. ACARS
400-250MB WIND OBSERVATIONS REVEAL A TROUGH ACROSS THE TENNESSEE
VALLEY IN ADDITION TO THE TROUGH ACROSS THE CENTRAL GREAT LAKES. A
80-100KT JET STRETCHES FROM THE TENNESSEE VALLEY NORTHEAST THROUGH
NEW ENGLAND. 03Z SURFACE ANALYSIS PLACES THE 1011MB REMNANT
CIRCULATION OF CINDY ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA. A
WARM/STATIONARY BOUNDARY STRETCHES EAST...WHILE THE COLD/STATIONARY
BOUNDARY EXTENDS SOUTHWEST INTO THE GULF STATES. TROUGHS WERE NOTED
EXTENDING NORTH AND SOUTH OF THE CYCLONE.
DRY SLOT HAS PUSHED NORTHEAST ACROSS MUCH OF THE FORECAST
AREA...ERODING MUCH OF THE DEEP LAYER MOISTURE. 06Z KIAD RAOB
INDICATED NEARLY 2 OF PRECIPITABLE WATER AHEAD OF THE DRY SLOT.
DYNAMICAL FORCING MAY ALLOW ISOLATED TO SCATTERED CONVECTION TO
DEVELOP (ENHANCING LOCAL RAINFALL). THUS...DECIDED TO KEEP THE FLASH
FLOOD WATCH ACROSS THE NORTHERN TWO THIRDS OF THE FORECAST AREA.
06Z KIAD RAOB INDICATED OVER 400 M2/S2 OF 0-3KM HELICITY. WILL
CONTINUE TO MONITOR LOW TOPPED CONVECTION ON THE PERIPHERY OF THE
AFOREMENTIONED DRY SLOT FOR SIGNS OF ROTATION.
MIDLEVEL CIRCULATION ACROSS WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA/WEST VIRGINIA
BORDER IS EXPECTED TO PROPAGATE NORTH-NORTHEAST AND BE THE FOCUSING
MECHANISM FOR SHOWERY ACTIVITY THROUGH THE MORNING. DECIDED TO BASE
THE FORECAST ON A FASTER GFS SOLUTION GIVEN ITS PERFORMANCE DURING
THE LAST SEVERAL DAYS (WITH THE NAM/RUC JUST STARTING TO CATCH ON TO
THE NORTHEAST TRACK THAT 4MB 3-HOURLY PRESSURE FALLS ACROSS LOWER
SOUTHERN MARYLAND ARE SUPPORTING).
EXPECTING MUCH OF THE PRECIPITATION THE BE OVER WITH BY AFTERNOON
WITH THE LOSS OF DEEP LAYER MOISTURE AND RATHER STABLE LOOKING GFS
BUFKIT FORECAST SOUNDINGS. LOWER LEVEL STRATUS SHOULD PART ENOUGH
FOR SOME MID AFTERNOON SUNSHINE. WINDS WILL BE VEERING BEHIND THE
CYCLONE.
SKIES SHOULD CONTINUE TO CLEAR THIS EVENING. GIVEN THE SATURATED
GROUND...SLACKENING WINDS AND MINIMAL DEWPOINT DEPRESSION...EXPECT
TO SEE AREAS OF FOG DEVELOP BY MID EVENING ACROSS THE REGION.
&&
.LONG TERM...
WKND FCST MAINLY WL BE CNTRLLD BY SFC HIPRES. H5 S/WV SWINGS UNDER
BASE OF DEEPENING TROF SAT. HWVR...SYNOPTIC SCALE SUBSIDENCE AND
STBL PROFILES WUD DISCOURAGE PCPN. WL GO W/ A DRY FCST SAT. NW WND
FLOW WUD NOT ONLY SUPPORT SUBSIDENCE...BUT WL ALSO BE RESPONSIBLE
FOR REDUCED CLDS AND INCRSD MAXT. DECREASED MIN-T SAT NGT BY A CPL
AS LWR DEWPTS DRAWN SE FM UPR OHIO VLY.
SFC HIPRES OHD SUN...AND FLOW BCMS NIL. FULL INSOLATION AND H8 TEMPS
CUD SPPRT A 90 DEGREE DAY. GOOD MOS AGREEMENT...AND WL ACCEPT.
XTNDD PART OF FCST BECOME CONTINGENT UPON DENNIS. CRRNT TPC TRACK
KEEPS THIS SYSTM IN THE MISSISSIPPI/OHIO RIVER VALLEYS. FOR US...
THAT WUD EQUATE TO CONTD SUBSIDENCE. WL NOT ALTER GOING FCST...ALLWG
DAYSHIFT TO REVIEW/INTERPRET LTST TRACK INFO.
&&
.LWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
DC...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR DCZ001 UNTIL 4 PM FRIDAY.
MD...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR MDZ002>007-009>011-013-014 UNTIL 4 PM
FRIDAY.
VA...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR VAZ027>031-040>042-051>054 UNTIL 4 PM
FRIDAY.
WV...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR WVZ048>053-055 UNTIL 4 PM FRIDAY.
MARINE...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ANZ530>537 UNTIL 6 PM FRIDAY.
&&
SHORT TERM/AVIATION/MARINE FORECASTER: ROGOWSKI
LONG TERM FORECASTER: HTSHAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC 428 AM EDT FRI JUL 8 2005 ANZ530>537-DCZ001-MDZ002>007-009>011-013-014-016>018-VAZ021- 025>031-036>042-050>057-WVZ048>055-091000- CHESAPEAKE BAY NORTH OF POOLES ISLAND MD- CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM POOLES ISLAND TO SANDY POINT MD- CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM SANDY POINT TO NORTH BEACH MD- CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM NORTH BEACH TO DRUM POINT MD- CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM DRUM POINT MD TO SMITH POINT VA- TIDAL POTOMAC FROM KEY BRIDGE TO INDIAN HEAD MD- TIDAL POTOMAC FROM INDIAN HEAD TO COBB ISLAND MD- TIDAL POTOMAC FROM COBB ISLAND MD TO SMITH POINT VA- DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA-ALLEGANY-WASHINGTON-FREDERICK MD-CARROLL- NORTHERN BALTIMORE-HARFORD-MONTGOMERY-HOWARD-SOUTHERN BALTIMORE- PRINCE GEORGES-ANNE ARUNDEL-CHARLES-ST. MARYS-CALVERT-HIGHLAND- AUGUSTA-ROCKINGHAM-SHENANDOAH-FREDERICK VA-PAGE-WARREN-CLARKE- NELSON-ALBEMARLE-GREENE-MADISON-RAPPAHANNOCK-FAUQUIER-LOUDOUN- ORANGE-CULPEPER-PRINCE WILLIAM/MANASSAS/MANASSAS PARK-FAIRFAX- ARLINGTON/FALLS CHURCH/ALEXANDRIA-STAFFORD-SPOTSYLVANIA- KING GEORGE-GRANT-MINERAL-HAMPSHIRE-MORGAN-BERKELEY-JEFFERSON- PENDLETON-HARDY- 428 AM EDT FRI JUL 8 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MARYLAND WEST OF THE EASTERN SHORE INCLUDING THE CHESAPEAKE BAY AND EAST OF GARRETT COUNTY...EASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...NORTHERN AND CENTRAL VIRGINIA... WASHINGTON DC AND THE TIDAL POTOMAC RIVER. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES THROUGH THE AFTERNOON FOR AN AREA NORTH OF A LINE FROM PETERSBURG WEST VIRGINIA...TO CULPEPER VIRGINIA...TO WALDORF MARYLAND...INCLUDING THE BALTIMORE AND WASHINGTON METRO AREAS. AN ADDITIONAL HALF INCH TO INCH OF RAIN IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE MORNING...WITH ENHANCED PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS ALONG THE EASTERN SLOPES OF RIDGE LINES. PLEASE REFERENCE WBCFFALWX (WGUS61) FOR FURTHER DETAILS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR GUSTY WINDS OF 20 TO 25 KNOTS ACROSS THE WATERS INTO THE AFTERNOON. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED...HOWEVER PRECIPITATION REPORTS WILL BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. ROGOWSKI/HTS
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC 300 AM EDT FRI JUL 8 2005 MDZ017>018-VAZ057-080730- CALVERT-ST MARYS-KING GEORGE- 300 AM EDT FRI JUL 8 2005 ...TORNADO WATCH 624 HAS EXPIRED FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS... IN SOUTHERN MARYLAND CALVERT... ST. MARYS... IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA KING GEORGE... THE RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS DIMINISHED ACROSS THE WATCH AREA...THEREFORE THE WATCH HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. MANNING
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
4 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Six inches of water covered the ramp from southbound Leesburg Bypass to eastbound Route 7. There was a water rescue on Snickersville Road, with no injuries reported. Several other roads were flooded and closed county wide.
In Old Town Alexandria, the Potomac River spilled into low-lying streets. Police closed King, Union, Cameron, Duke, and Strand Streets, closing several businesses. Business owners used sandbags and no major damages were reported.
Several secondary roads were closed due to high water. In the Fort Belvoir area, three children were pulled from high waters of the Pohick Stream. In Vienna, Hunters Mill Road and Woodburn Road were covered with 8 inches of flowing water. There was also some flooding in the Spicewood neighborhood.
Several secondary roads were closed due to high water. Route 110 was also flooded.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Virginia in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in Virginia, 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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5463723, 5463720, 5463722, 5463721.