3 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 Charleston, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 10, 12:50 PM EST, 6 hours 45 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 150 PM EDT SAT JUL 10 2004 .SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT/...SURFACE TROUGH CONTINUES TO HANG AROUND INLAND AREAS OF THE CAROLINAS AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. MOIST AND UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE IS TRAPPED UNDERNEATH UPPER RIDGE...ALLOWING FOR MORE SH/TS TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON. SCATTERED ACTIVITY NOW...WILL LIKELY INCREASE IN AREAL COVERAGE AS BOUNDARY INTERACTIONS INCREASE BY LATE AFTERNOON. WET BULB IS HIGHER THAN YESTERDAY ALONG WITH PW. STEERING FLOW IS WEEK TODAY SO MAY SEE SOME PROBLEMS WITH HEAVY RAIN. ISOLATED SVR IS NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION. WILL CARRY POP THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS ONCE AGAIN. AS THE UPPER RIDGE BEGINS TO PULL AWAY TO THE WEST ON SUNDAY...LOOK FOR SCATTERED STORMS ONCE AGAIN AS A RESULT OF WEAK S/W ENERGY AND THE SEABREEZE. && .LONG TERM /MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/...UPPER RIDGE CURRENTLY OVER THE AREA WILL SHIFT WEST WHILE SEVERAL S/W TROUGHS MOVING SW OVER THE GREAT LAKES WILL HELP CARVE OUT A TROF OVER THE EAST COAST. BOTH THE ETA AND GFS SHOW ONE OF THESE WAVES MOVING ACROSS THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS ON TUE...PASSING OFF THE COAST BY WED AFTERNOON. LOWER RH VALUES IN THE MID AND UPPER LEVELS BY THE END OF THE WEEK WILL HELP LOWER POP SLIGHTLY...BUT WITH OCCASIONAL SHORT WAVES DROPPING DOWN ON THE NW FLOW...WILL NOT REMOVE POP. SOME SORT OF BOUNDARY LOOKS TO COME THROUGH WITH A LIGHT NORTH WINDS BY FRI AND THE WEEKEND. WITH DRIER AIR AND THE LOWER RH VALUES...HAVE BROUGHT TEMPS DOWN A FEW DEGREES. WITH THE UPPER RIDGE HOLDING STRONG OVER THE WESTERN 2/3RDS OF THE COUNTRY...THE TROF OVER THE EAST SHOULD STAY THROUGH NEXT WEEKEND AND BRING TEMPS BACK DOWN TO NORMAL LEVELS. && .MARINE...RESULTANT SEA BREEZE JUST STARTING TO FORM...AS WINDS AT FOLLY BEACH HAVE RECENTLY SHIFTED TO S AT 11 KT. FURTHER AWAY FROM THE COAST WINDS ARE WSW 12 KT OR LESS...EXCEPT LIGHT SLY WINDS OVER GA WATERS WITHIN 20 NM. COMBINATION OF LEE TROUGH AND SUPPRESSED ATLC RIDGE ACROSS S FL WILL KEEP A GENERAL SWLY SYNOPTIC FLOW ACROSS THE MARINE AREA INTO MON...WITH TYPICAL BACKING OF WINDS DURING THE AFTERNOON...AND VEERING AGAIN OVERNIGHT. BY LATE MON OR TUE...PERSISTENT RIDGE ALOFT RETROGRADES W AS DEEP LAYERED TROUGH DEVELOPS OVER THE ERN STATES. THIS ALLOWS A BACKDOOR COLD FRONT TO STALL N OF THE FCST AREA TUE AND WED...WHILE ANOTHER FRONT TRIES TO APPROACH FROM THE NW LATE THU. FOR NOW WILL KEEP WINDS MAINLY FROM THE SSW EVEN DURING THE MIDWEEK PERIOD...AS THE FRONTS REMAIN N OF THE REGION. SEAS NO HIGHER THAN 2 OR 3 FT THRU THU. && .AVIATION...PERSISTENT MOISTURE AXIS NEAR THE N PART OF THE CWA AND ALSO OVER GA PRODUCING WIDELY SCATTERED CONVECTION AT THIS TIME. WITH INTERACTION OF SEA BREEZE AND OUTFLOWS...I WENT AHEAD WITH TSRA AT BOTH CHS AND SAV LATE THIS AFTERNOON/EVE. IF PAST DAYS ARE ANY INDICATION...ACTIVITY WILL END BY 23Z. WILL INCLUDE LIGHT FOG AT BOTH SITES OVERNIGHT DUE TO EXPECTED RAINS. LIGHT WIND FIELDS AT BOTH TERMINALS...ALTHOUGH GUSTINESS POSSIBLE NEAR TSRA ACTIVITY. && .CHS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. SC...NONE. MARINE...NONE. && PY/PM
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 500 AM EDT SAT JUL 10 2004 AMZ330-350-352-354-374-GAZ087-088-099>101-114>119-137>141-SCZ040- 042>045-047>051-111000- ALLENDALE-BEAUFORT-BERKELEY-BULLOCH-CANDLER-CHARLESTON-COASTAL BRYAN- COASTAL CHATHAM-COASTAL COLLETON-COASTAL JASPER-COASTAL LIBERTY- COASTAL MCINTOSH-DORCHESTER-EFFINGHAM-EVANS-HAMPTON-INLAND BRYAN- INLAND CHATHAM-INLAND COLLETON-INLAND JASPER-INLAND LIBERTY- INLAND MCINTOSH-JENKINS-LONG-SCREVEN-TATTNALL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALLENDALE...BEAUFORT...CHARLESTON... CLAXTON...DARIEN...EDISTO BEACH...GOOSE CREEK...HAMPTON... HILTON HEAD ISLAND...HINESVILLE...LUDOWICI...MCCLELLANVILLE... METTER...MILLEN...MONCKS CORNER...PEMBROKE...REIDSVILLE... RICHMOND HILL...RIDGELAND...SAINT GEORGE...SAINT STEPHEN... SAVANNAH...SPRINGFIELD...STATESBORO...SUMMERVILLE...SYLVANIA... WALTERBORO AND YEMASSEE 500 AM EDT SAT JUL 10 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA... SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS FROM SOUTH SANTEE RIVER SOUTH CAROLINA TO ALTAMAHA SOUND GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. .SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN TODAY. A FEW OF THE STORMS FEEDING OFF THE HIGH HEAT AND HUMIDITY...COULD BECOME SEVERE WITH LOCALIZED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS...PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND NEARLY CONTINUOUS LIGHTNING. DUE TO SLOW STORM MOVEMENTS...VERY HEAVY RAIN COULD OCCUR WITH MINOR FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. .HOT AND HUMID WEATHER...ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND MODERATE LEVELS OF HUMIDITY WILL PRODUCE A HEAT INDEX AROUND 105 DEGREES THIS AFTERNOON FOR MANY AREAS INLAND FROM THE IMMEDIATE COAST. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. .THUNDERSTORMS...EACH DAY THERE WILL BE AT LEAST A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS...MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. THE MAIN HAZARDS WILL BE DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. .HOT AND HUMID WEATHER...ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND MODERATE LEVELS OF HUMIDITY WILL PRODUCE A HEAT INDEX CLOSE TO 105 DEGREES AT SOME INLAND LOCATIONS DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS AGAIN ON SUNDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED TODAY OR TONIGHT. 24
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT ... CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
719 PM EDT SAT JUL 10 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0435 PM TSTM WND DMG 3 W CHARLESTON 32.78N 79.99W
07/10/2004 CHARLESTON SC LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES DOWN NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF ASHLEY HALL ROAD AND
GARDINIA WEST OF DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON.
0500 PM TSTM WND DMG CHARLESTON 32.78N 79.94W
07/10/2004 CHARLESTON SC LAW ENFORCEMENT
SEVERAL REPORTS OF TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN THROUGHOUT
MUCH OF DOWNTOWN AND THE PENINSULA. TIMES VARRIED FROM
430 PM THROUGH 530 PM.
&&
STSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 723 PM EDT SAT JUL 10 2004 SCZ048-110000- BEAUFORT- 723 PM EDT SAT JUL 10 2004 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT BEAUFORT COUNTY THROUGH 800 PM EDT... AT 723 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CENTERED OVER COOSAW...OR ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF YEMASSEE... MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH. THIS WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND LOBECO... COOSAW...DALE...WALSH...WALLING GROVE...ROSEIDA AND BURTON THROUGH 800 PM EDT. EXCESSIVE CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH AND TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS CAN BE EXPECTED. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY...PLEASE CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON TOLL FREE AT 1-888-383-2024.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 728 PM EDT SAT JUL 10 2004 SCZ042-047-110015- HAMPTON-INLAND JASPER- 728 PM EDT SAT JUL 10 2004 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT HAMPTON COUNTY AND NORTHERN JASPER COUNTY THROUGH 815 PM EDT... AT 728 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED 3 MILES EAST OF NIXVILLE...OR ABOUT 9 MILES SOUTH OF HAMPTON...MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND CUMMINGS...CAMP BRANCH...ALMEDA...NIXVILLE...LENA...GRAYS...STAFFORD...FURMAN AND DE LOACH THROUGH 815 PM EDT. HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER...EXCESSIVE CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. WITH LITTLE MOVEMENT OF THIS STORM...TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS MAY CAUSE MINOR FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AND LOW LYING AREAS. JPC
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 731 PM EDT SAT JUL 10 2004 GAZ115-110000- EVANS- 731 PM EDT SAT JUL 10 2004 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT EVANS COUNTY THROUGH 800 PM EDT... AT 731 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CENTERED 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF HAGAN...OR ABOUT 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF CLAXTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. THIS WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND HAGAN...CLAXTON AND DAISY THROUGH 800 PM EDT. EXCESSIVE CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH AND TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS CAN BE EXPECTED. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY...PLEASE CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON TOLL FREE AT 1-888-383-2024.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 817 PM EDT SAT JUL 10 2004 GAZ100-101-110100- BULLOCH-EFFINGHAM- 817 PM EDT SAT JUL 10 2004 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT EASTERN EFFINGHAM COUNTY AND WESTERN BULLOCH COUNTY THROUGH 900 PM EDT... AT 817 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED 4 MILES SOUTH OF EGYPT...OR ABOUT 8 MILES WEST OF SPRINGFIELD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND EGYPT...LORENZO AND TUSCULUM THROUGH 900 PM EDT. HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER...EXCESSIVE CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. WITH THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THIS STORM...TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS MAY CAUSE MINOR FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. JPC
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 817 PM EDT SAT JUL 10 2004 GAZ100-101-110100- BULLOCH-EFFINGHAM- 817 PM EDT SAT JUL 10 2004 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT WESTERN EFFINGHAM COUNTY AND EASTERN BULLOCH COUNTY THROUGH 900 PM EDT... AT 817 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED 4 MILES SOUTH OF EGYPT...OR ABOUT 8 MILES WEST OF SPRINGFIELD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND EGYPT...LORENZO AND TUSCULUM THROUGH 900 PM EDT. HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER...EXCESSIVE CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. WITH THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THIS STORM...TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS MAY CAUSE MINOR FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. JPC
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Large tree and limbs down along SR 119N.
Trees down on Chimney Rd.
A tree and large limbs were knocked down along Lewis Church Rd. off Highway 23.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Georgia in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings in Georgia, July 2004
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: 5414257, 5414258, 5414259.