3 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it. 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 Charleston, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 21, 1:35 PM EST, 1 hour 9 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 235 PM EDT MON JUN 21 2004 .PUBLIC...CONVECTION LIFTING N ACROSS THE GA PORTION OF THE AREA IN RESPONSE TO FRNTL BNDRY. SHORTWAVE ENERGY ALSO MOVING THROUGH THIS AFTN AND SHOULD BE A FACTOR THROUGH THE NIGHT TIME HOURS. WILL GO WITH A 50 POP FOR TONIGHT ACROSS THE AREA. PW VALUES OVER 2 INCHES SO HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE PARTICULARLY WITH CELL MERGERS AND BOUNDARY INTERACTIONS. FOR TUE...GENERALLY LOWER POPS ARE EXPECTED AS FRNTL BNDRY IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO BE A PLAYER. SHORTWAVE ENERGY WILL BE A PLAYER AGAIN BUT SHOULD BE WEAK AND ACCORDING TO THE GFS SHOULD MAINLY AFFECT THE REGION ON WED. FRONTL BNDRY TO APPROACH ON THU WHICH COULD PROVIDE AN ADDITIONAL FOCUS FOR ACTIVITY. LOOKS LIKE THE BNDRY SHOULD NOT MAKE IT TO THE CWA BUT REMAIN OVER NRN SC. THIS BNDRY AS WELL AS A POSSIBLE REINFORCING BDNRY COULD LINGER THROUGH THE WEEKEND. WILL CONTINUE CHANCE POPS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE PERIOD AS CONVECTION CANNOT BE RULED OUT. NOT MUCH CHANGE IN TEMPS FOR THE PERIOD WITH TEMPS AROUND CLIMO VALUES. && .MARINE...SURFACE BOUNDARY EXTENDS ACROSS THE MARINE ZONES GENERALLY BETWEEN THE SOUTH CAROLINA AND GEORGIA COASTAL WATERS. SPEEDS GENERALLY 10 TO 15 KNOTS AND 2-3 FOOT SEAS. EXPECT WINDS TO VEER OVERNIGHT TO SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST AS BONDARY LIFTS NORTH AND GRADUALLY DISSIPATES. THE SURFACE HIGH OVER THE SOUTH ATLANTIC WILL BE THE MAIN INFLUENCE ON THE WEATHER FOR TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY WITH A SOUTHWEST FLOW AND 2-4 FOOT SEAS. && .CHS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. SC...NONE. && SLF/HSA
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 518 AM EDT MON JUN 21 2004 AMZ330-350-352-354-374-GAZ087-088-099>101-114>119-137>141-SCZ040- 042>045-047>051-220900- 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 518 AM EDT MON JUN 21 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. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE REQUIRED TODAY OR TONIGHT.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 1058 AM EDT MON JUN 21 2004 GAZ116>119-138>141-211545- COASTAL BRYAN-COASTAL CHATHAM-COASTAL LIBERTY-COASTAL MCINTOSH- INLAND BRYAN-INLAND CHATHAM-INLAND LIBERTY-INLAND MCINTOSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DARIEN...HINESVILLE...PEMBROKE... RICHMOND HILL AND SAVANNAH 1058 AM EDT MON JUN 21 2004 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL AFFECT LIBERTY...BRYAN AND EXTREME SOUTHERN CHATHAM COUNTIES THROUGH 1145 AM EDT... AT 1050 AM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICTATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN IN LIBERTY COUNTY ALONG INTERSTATE 95 AND EXTENDING ACROSS SOUTHEAST BRYAN COUNTY INTO EXTREME SOUTHERN CHATHAM COUNTY NEAR OSSABAW ISLAND. THESE STORMS ARE SHOWING A GENERAL WEAKENING TREND BUT WILL CONTINUE TO DROP HEAVY AMOUNTS OF RAIN AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IN THESE AREAS. PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS CAN BE EXPECTED AS WELL AS VERY POOR VISIBILITY IN HEAVY RAIN. AUSTIN
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 1204 PM EDT MON JUN 21 2004 GAZ088-SCZ040-042-211900- ALLENDALE-HAMPTON-SCREVEN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALLENDALE...HAMPTON...SYLVANIA AND YEMASSEE 1204 PM EDT MON JUN 21 2004 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT SCREVEN...HAMPTON AND ALLENDALE COUNTIES THROUGH 1 PM EDT... THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WILL MOVE NORTH THROUGH EASTERN SCREVEN COUNTY GEORGIA...ALLENDALE AND WESTERN HAMPTON COUNTIES IN SOUTH CAROLINA. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS CAN EXPECT FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. AMOUNTS OF ONE HALF TO ONE INCH PER HOUR ARE LIKELY. MOTORISTS SHOULD WATCH OUT FOR PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS AS WELL AS VERY POOR VISIBILITY IN HEAVY RAIN. ALL ACTIVITY IS MOVING TO THE NORTH AROUND 40 MPH.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 305 PM EDT MON JUN 21 2004 GAZ114-115-211930- EVANS-TATTNALL- 305 PM EDT MON JUN 21 2004 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL IMPACT EVANS COUNTY AND TATTNALL COUNTY THROUGH 330 PM EDT... AT 305 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CENTERED ALONG A LINE FROM 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF REIDSVILLE TO 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF BAXLEY...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. THIS CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND ALTAMAHA...COLLINS...REIDSVILLE...UNDINE...TISON...MENDES... MANASSAS...LYNN...HUGHLAND AND HAGAN THROUGH 330 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.
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 117 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:43 UTC.
3 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
A tornado touched down briefly along Highway 121 knocking trees down across the highway.
Thunderstorm winds knocked down power lines.
Thunderstorms winds knocked down trees along a 5 mile path in the northern part of the county. A few of the trees were blown across Highway 119.
Thunderstorm winds knocked down trees.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Georgia in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Georgia, 2004Warnings in Georgia, June 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: 5405550, 5405551, 5405552, 5405553.