4 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 7, 1:45 PM EST, 2 hours 45 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...CORRECTED DATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 245 PM EDT WED JUL 7 2004 .SHORT TERM /TONIGHT AND THURSDAY/...WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS STARTING TO DEVELOP OVER SW AND SRN PTN OF GEORGIA. HUMIDITY WAS SLIGHTLY HIGHER IN THIS AREA THAN OVER SRN SC. SEA BREEZE HAS BEEN LATE DEVELOPING AGAIN TODAY. WITH SOMEWHAT UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE AND SOME MOISTURE AVAILABLE...WILL MAINTAIN A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND TSTMS INTO THE EVENING HOURS. TONIGHT WILL BE ANOTHER WARM AND MUGGY NIGHT AS TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN IN THE LOWER 70S INLAND TO AROUND 80 AT THE COAST. && .LONG TERM /FRI THROUGH THU /...UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL REMAIN A PROMINENT FEATURE IN CONTROLLING THE WEATHER OVER THE SE FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. SEVERAL WEAK AREAS OF PVA EXPECTED TO ROTATE ACROSS THE REGION. LEE SIDE TROF DEVELOPING OVER THE AREA WILL REMAIN ACROSS CENTRAL SC INTO THE WEEKEND. BERMUDA HIGH WILL BUILD BACK INTO THE SE STATES AND WILL KEEP A MOIST UNSTABLE FLOW OVER THE REGION. TYPICAL DAILY CONVECTION WILL CONTINUE EACH DAY WITH CHANCE POPS FOR THE AFTERNOON AND SLIGHT CHANCE INTO THE EVENING HOURS. BACK DOOR COLD FRONT APPROACHING FRIDAY WILL STALL NORTH OF MY CWA...AS THE SURFACE RIDGE REMAINS FIRMLY IN PLACE. AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TO REMAIN IN THE 90S THRU THE PERIOD AND OVERNIGHT LOWS CONTINUE IN THE LOW TO MIDDLE 70S. TEMPERATURES WILL BE A COUPLE OF DEGREES COOLER AS DEWPOINTS INCREASE A COUPLE OF DEGREES OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS AND REMAIN BELOW HEAT ADVISORY CRITERIA. && .MARINE...VERY LITTLE CHANGE EXPECTED THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD. SOUTH ATLANTIC RIDGE AXIS WILL REMAIN ACROSS CENTRAL FLORIDA...WHILE LEESIDE TROUGH WILL PERSIST FROM THE CENTRAL CAROLINAS INTO SOUTH GEORGIA. RESULTING WIND FLOW WILL BE FROM THE WEST TO SOUTHWEST EACH DAY WITH LIGHT WINDS AND SEAS. && .AVIATION... SCATTERED CU THROUGHOUT THE AREA THROUGH THIS EVENING. SCATTERED CONVECTION DEVELOPING IN CENTRAL GEORGIA MOVING WEST COULD AFFECT SAVANNAH AIRPORT IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS SO PUT IN MENTION OF CB. WILL AMEND TO PUT IN A TEMPO GROUP WHEN TIMING OF THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY TO AFFECT THE AIRPORT BECOMES MORE CERTAIN. LESS OF A THUNDERSTORM THREAT FOR CHS SO NO MENTION OF THUNDER. ONLY SCATTERED CIRRUS OVERNIGHT WITH SOME LIGHT FOG POSSIBLE IN THE PRE-DAWN HOURS. EXPECT CU TO DEVELOP AGAIN IN THE LATE MORNING ON THURSDAY. && .CHS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. SC...NONE. MARINE...NONE. && 30/09
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 500 AM EDT WED JUL 7 2004 AMZ330-350-352-354-374-GAZ087-088-099>101-114>119-137>141-SCZ040- 042>045-047>051-081000- 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 WED JUL 7 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. .HOT AND HUMID WEATHER...ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND MODERATE LEVELS OF HUMIDITY WILL PRODUCE A HEAT INDEX FROM 105 TO 110 DEGREES THIS AFTERNOON. A HEAT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON. .THUNDERSTORMS...WIDELY SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY. A FEW OF THE STORMS COULD BECOME STRONG WITH GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BE MOST NUMEROUS IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA ACROSS THE INLAND COUNTIES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. .THUNDERSTORMS...EACH DAY THERE WILL BE A THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS... MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. THE MAIN HAZARDS WILL BE DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED TODAY OR TONIGHT. 24
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 343 PM EDT WED JUL 7 2004 GAZ114-072030- TATTNALL- 343 PM EDT WED JUL 7 2004 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT TATTNALL COUNTY THROUGH 430 PM EDT... AT 343 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CENTERED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES WEST OF COLLINS TO 13 MILES WEST OF REIDSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. THIS CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND COLLINS AND REIDSVILLE THROUGH 430 PM EDT. EXCESSIVE CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG WITH SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH. POSTPONE OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES PROMPTLY. GO QUICKLY INSIDE A COMPLETELY ENCLOSED BUILDING.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 459 PM EDT WED JUL 7 2004 GAZ116-138-072130- INLAND BRYAN-INLAND LIBERTY- 459 PM EDT WED JUL 7 2004 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT BRYAN COUNTY AND LIBERTY COUNTY THROUGH 530 PM EDT... AT 459 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CENTERED 5 MILES SOUTH OF WILLIE...OR ABOUT 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF HINESVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THIS CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND WILLIE...HINESVILLE...FLEMINGTON...TRINITY...LETFORD...FORT STEWART AND DANIEL THROUGH 530 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. 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 510 PM EDT WED JUL 7 2004 GAZ137-072145- LONG- 510 PM EDT WED JUL 7 2004 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT SOUTHERN LONG COUNTY THROUGH 545 PM EDT... AT 510 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CENTERED 7 MILES SOUTH OF LUDOWICI... MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. THIS CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT AREAS ALONG THE ALTAMAHA RIVER AND HIGHWAY 57 BETWEEN LUDOWICI AND THE MCINTOSH COUNTY LINE. HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER...EXCESSIVE CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED.
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 85 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:31 UTC.
4 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees down on Interstate 95 northbound at mile marker 85.
Fort Stewart military police reported 9 to 12 inch diameter pine trees snapped off 20 feet above ground along highway 144 from mile marker 12 going east for 5 to 6 miles. Power lines also down.
Trees down along Seabrook Rd.
Trees down at Waterford Landing.
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: 5414174, 5414175, 5414176, 5414177, 5414178.