Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2004
Severe Thunderstorm Watch 568
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jul 5, 2004, 6:20 PM EDT for 6 states. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 5, 2004, 6:20 PM EDT (22:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 5, 2004, 11:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 59 counties
Rabun County, GA, Harlan County, KY, Leslie County, KY, Alexander County, NC, Alleghany County, NC, Ashe County, NC, Avery County, NC, Buncombe County, NC, Burke County, NC, Caldwell County, NC, Catawba County, NC, Cleveland County, NC, Gaston County, NC, Haywood County, NC, Henderson County, NC, Jackson County, NC, Lincoln County, NC, Macon County, NC, Madison County, NC, McDowell County, NC, Mitchell County, NC, Polk County, NC, Rutherford County, NC, Swain County, NC, Transylvania County, NC, Watauga County, NC, Wilkes County, NC, Yancey County, NC, Cherokee County, SC, Chester County, SC, Greenville County, SC, Oconee County, SC, Pickens County, SC, Spartanburg County, SC, Union County, SC, York County, SC, Carter County, TN, Cocke County, TN, Grainger County, TN, Greene County, TN, Hamblen County, TN, Hancock County, TN, Hawkins County, TN, Jefferson County, TN, Johnson County, TN, Sevier County, TN, Sullivan County, TN, Unicoi County, TN, Washington County, TN, City of Bristol, VA, City of Norton, VA, Grayson County, VA, Lee County, VA, Russell County, VA, Scott County, VA, Smyth County, VA, Washington County, VA, Wise County, VA, Wythe County, VA
The radar
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
Warnings issued inside it
21 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 6:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Cocke | 71 min |
| Jul 5, 6:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Graham, Swain | 53 min |
| Jul 5, 7:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bell, Harlan, Leslie, Perry | 58 min |
| Jul 5, 7:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Haywood | 58 min |
| Jul 5, 7:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Macon | 67 min |
| Jul 5, 7:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Greene | 70 min |
| Jul 5, 7:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Lee, Wise, City of Norton | 82 min |
| Jul 5, 7:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Greenville | 49 min |
| Jul 5, 7:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Jackson | 54 min |
| Jul 5, 7:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Unicoi | 60 min |
| Jul 5, 7:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Madison | 59 min |
| Jul 5, 7:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Hancock, Hawkins | 69 min |
| Jul 5, 7:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Buncombe | 66 min |
| Jul 5, 8:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Henderson, Transylvania | 65 min |
| Jul 5, 8:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Yancey | 62 min |
| Jul 5, 8:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Greenville | 45 min |
| Jul 5, 8:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Sullivan, Washington | 80 min |
| Jul 5, 8:34 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Madison | 3 hr |
| Jul 5, 8:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Carter | 61 min |
| Jul 5, 9:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Washington, City of Bristol | 58 min |
| Jul 5, 9:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Johnson | 46 min |
Discussions around it
SPC mesoscale discussions over the same counties from four hours before the watch to its end.
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 10:45 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Daviess, Henderson, McLean, Union | 4 hr |
| Jul 5, 1:08 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allen, Barren, Breckinridge, Bullitt, Butler, Caldwell and 27 more | 67 min |
| Jul 5, 1:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Bath, Bourbon and 62 more | 4 hr |
| Jul 5, 4:44 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adair, Anderson, Barren, Bath, Bell, Bourbon and 68 more | 61 min |
| Jul 5, 3:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cherokee, Clay, Graham | 5 hr |
| Jul 5, 4:08 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Accomack, Albemarle, Amelia, Appomattox, Arlington, Brunswick and 69 more | 2 hr |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in North Carolina, 2004Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Tennessee, 2004Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Virginia, 2004Every severe thunderstorm watch in 2004
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.