Georgia, 2004Damaging Wind in Georgia, June 22, 2004
June 22, 2004 · NWS GSP · 1 event in 1 county or zone
1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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.
What forecasters said that day
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 Greenville-Spartanburg, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 22, 1:10 PM EST, 1 hour 40 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 22, 1:10 PM EST, 1 hour 40 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
210 PM EDT TUE JUN 22 2004
.SHORT TERM...
THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO NC MOUNTAINS AND ACROSS NRN GA SHOULD
CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS CWA TONIGHT. LATEST ETA12 SHOWS NEAR 2000
BULLS EYE MOVING ACROSS NC FOOTHILLS INTO CHARLOTTE METRO BY 00Z.
CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY EXPECTED TO BE GREATER TOMORROW IN ADVANCE OF
COLD FRONT. SPC HAS US IN SLIGHT RISK SVR FOR TOMORROW.
.LONG TERM...
AFTER FRONTAL PASSAGE THINGS DRY OUT THURSDAY AND FRIDAY ALTHOUGH
THERE IS SOME DISCREPANCY BETWEEN MODELS ON RETURN OF MOISTURE ON
FRIDAY OR SATURDAY. RIGHT NOW KEEPING THOSE TWO DAYS FAIRLY DRY...
BUT CONFIDENCE IS LOW FOR FRIDAY.
SATURDAY SHOWS RETURN TO AFTN AND EVENING CONVECTION WITH NEAR
SEASONAL TEMPS. ZONAL FLOW GIVES WAY TO A GOOD IMPULSE MOVING THROUGH
ON SATURDAY...THEN A LITTLE DRIER EARLY NEXT WEEK. STILL KEEPING A
MENTION OF THUNDERSTORMS IN FCST THROUGH PERIOD...JUST WITH MUCH
LOWER POPS.
TEMPS ARE NEAR SEASONAL. MOS TEMPS ARE WITHIN A COUPLE OF DEGREES
SO NO MAJOR CHANGES TO TEMP FCST.
&&
.AVIATION...
LOW CLOUDS HAVE CLEARED EAST OF THE MOUNTAINS ALLOWING CUMULUS FIELD
TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON...INDICATIVE OF INCREASING SURFACE BASED
INSTABILITY. THUNDERSTORM CONVECTION AHEAD OF SHORT WAVE MOVING INTO
NC MOUNTAINS AS OF 17Z...WHICH SHOULD PROPAGATE INTO THE FAVORABLE
ENVIRONMENT EAST OF MOUNTAINS LATER TODAY. IMMEDIATE THUNDERSTORM
THREAT WILL BE AT AVL. WILL HANDLE OTHER TAF SITES WITH VCTS UNTIL
TIMING IS MORE CERTAIN. MOST AT RISK E OF MOUNTAINS WILL BE HKY
BASED ON MOVEMENT OF ONGOING CONVECTION. CONVECTION SHOULD DIE IN
MID EVENING FROM W TO E WITH MOVEMENT OF SHORT WAVE...THEN DEBRIS
WILL REMAIN WITH GENERALLY VFR CONDITIONS THROUGH EARLY MORNING
HOURS. EXPECT WIDESPREAD MVFR FOG AFTER 06Z-08Z...WITH IFR
CONDITIONS POSSIBLE WHERE IT RAINS. THIS SHOULD BURN OFF MID MORNING
WEDNESDAY. BETTER UPPER SUPPORT FOR PRECIP WILL MOVE IN FROM THE
WEST ON WEDNESDAY WHICH SHOULD LEAD TO GREATER COVERAGE OF PRECIP...
BUT ONSET OF THUNDERSTORM CHANCE WILL NOT BE UNTIL END OF TAF PERIOD
AT SITES OTHER THAN AVL...WHERE VCTS WILL BE FORECAST AFTER 15Z.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
GSP 69 85 67 87 / 50 70 50 20
AND 69 85 67 87 / 50 70 50 20
CLT 68 85 64 87 / 40 60 50 20
HKY 66 84 63 86 / 50 60 50 20
AVL 63 80 60 84 / 50 70 50 20
&&
.GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...NONE.
NC...NONE.
SC...NONE.
&&
PM/VAD
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 22, 4:43 AM EST, 10 hours 7 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
543 AM EDT TUE JUN 22 2004
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014-
019-230936-
ABBEVILLE SC-ALEXANDER NC-ANDERSON SC-AVERY NC-BUNCOMBE NC-BURKE NC-
CABARRUS NC-CALDWELL NC-CATAWBA NC-CHEROKEE SC-CHESTER SC-
CLEVELAND NC-DAVIE NC-ELBERT GA-FRANKLIN GA-GASTON NC-GRAHAM NC-
GREATER GREENVILLE SC-GREATER OCONEE SC-GREATER PICKENS SC-
GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS SC-GREENWOOD SC-HABERSHAM GA-HART GA-HAYWOOD NC-
HENDERSON NC-IREDELL NC-LAURENS SC-LINCOLN NC-MACON NC-MADISON NC-
MCDOWELL NC-MECKLENBURG NC-MITCHELL NC-NORTHERN JACKSON NC-
OCONEE MOUNTAINS SC-PICKENS MOUNTAINS SC-POLK NC-RABUN GA-ROWAN NC-
RUTHERFORD NC-SOUTHERN JACKSON NC-SPARTANBURG SC-STEPHENS GA-
SWAIN NC-TRANSYLVANIA NC-UNION SC-UNION NC-YANCEY NC-YORK SC-
543 AM EDT TUE JUN 22 2004
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA.
.DAY ONE...
SEVERE THUNDERSTOMRS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNON AND EVENING...
ESPECIALLY IN THE MOUNTAINS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE LOCALLY
HEAVY RAINFALL.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY
NIGHT...AND FROM SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS
COULD BE SEVERE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AND COULD PRODUCE
HEAVY RAINFALL.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED.
07
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 10:20 AM EST, 4 hours 30 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1120 AM EDT TUE JUN 22 2004
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014-
019-222200-
ABBEVILLE SC-ALEXANDER NC-ANDERSON SC-AVERY NC-BUNCOMBE NC-BURKE NC-
CABARRUS NC-CALDWELL NC-CATAWBA NC-CHEROKEE SC-CHESTER SC-
CLEVELAND NC-DAVIE NC-ELBERT GA-FRANKLIN GA-GASTON NC-GRAHAM NC-
GREATER GREENVILLE SC-GREATER OCONEE SC-GREATER PICKENS SC-
GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS SC-GREENWOOD SC-HABERSHAM GA-HART GA-HAYWOOD NC-
HENDERSON NC-IREDELL NC-LAURENS SC-LINCOLN NC-MACON NC-MADISON NC-
MCDOWELL NC-MECKLENBURG NC-MITCHELL NC-NORTHERN JACKSON NC-
OCONEE MOUNTAINS SC-PICKENS MOUNTAINS SC-POLK NC-RABUN GA-ROWAN NC-
RUTHERFORD NC-SOUTHERN JACKSON NC-SPARTANBURG SC-STEPHENS GA-
SWAIN NC-TRANSYLVANIA NC-UNION SC-UNION NC-YANCEY NC-YORK SC-
1120 AM EDT TUE JUN 22 2004
...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA...
A COLD FRONT LOCATED ALONG THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY THIS MORNING
WILL DROP SOUTH INTO THE MOUNTAINS BY TONIGHT. AHEAD OF THE
FRONT...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP
THIS AFTERNOON OVER MUCH OF THE REGION. THE ATMOSPHERE WILL BE A
LITTLE MORE CONDUCIVE TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF STRONG TO SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING THAN IN RECENT
DAYS...PARTICULARLY OVER THE MOUNTAINS WHERE THE COMBINATION OF
STRONGER WINDS ALOFT AND LIFT ACROSS THE WESTERN SLOPES WILL RESULT
IN GREATER THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE.
THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON WILL BE
DAMAGING WINDS. BY THIS EVENING A FLASH FLOOD THREAT MAY DEVELOP IN
THE MOUNTAINS AS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP ALONG THE
SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT...WITH A FEW AREAS POSSIBLY SEEING SEVERAL
ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR THE MEDIA FOR THE LATEST WEATHER
INFORMATION.
MOORE
Thunderstorm Wind, Stephens
- When
- June 22, 2:50 PM EST
- Where
- Stephens County, 3 mi E of Toccoa
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 34.583, -83.267
Several trees were blown down onto power lines, causing some outages.
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- Damaging Wind and Lightning Strike in Georgia, June 22, 2004$2.0 million · 50 kt wind · 2 events
- Lightning Strike in Florida, June 22, 2004$143,000 · 1 event
- Lightning Strike in Florida, June 22, 2004$50,000 · 1 event
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Georgia, June 22, 2004$25,000 · 50 kt wind · 4 events
- Hail in Montana, June 22, 20041.75 in hail · 15 events
- Flash Flooding in Texas, June 22 to 23, 2004$16,000 · 5 events
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, June 22, 2004$18,000 · 60 kt wind · 1 event
- Damaging Winds in South Carolina, June 22 to 23, 200460 kt wind · 13 events
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, June 22, 2004$16,000 · 55 kt wind · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, June 22, 2004$13,000 · 55 kt wind · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, June 22, 2004$12,000 · 60 kt wind · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, June 22, 2004$12,000 · 50 kt wind · 1 event
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: 5411501.