1 flash flood, 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 Greenville-Spartanburg, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 25, 2:20 PM EST, 4 hours 5 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 320 PM EDT FRI JUN 25 2004 .SHORT TERM... STRONG CONVECTION CONTINUES TO FIRE ALONG DIFFERENTIAL HEATING BOUNDARY/CONVERGENT AXIS ALONG THE I-85 CORRIDOR. THE ATMOSPHERE HAS BECOME QUITE UNSTABLE SOUTH OF THIS BOUNDARY...WHERE CAPES NOW EXCEED 2500 J/KG. MEANWHILE...FORECAST SOUNDINGS NORTH OF THE BOUNDARY INDICATE 0-3 KM HELICITY IN EXCESS OF 100 M2/S2. THIS HAS RESULTED IN MODERATE ROTATION IN STORMS WITH THE STRONGEST UPDRAFTS. ONE OF THE INTITIAL STORMS THAT DEVELOPED THIS AFTERNOON...WHICH WAS ONE OF THE WEAKER ROTATING STORMS OF THE DAY...MAY HAVE PRODUCED A WEAK TORNADO IN SOUTHERN ANDERSON COUNTY...SO ANY STORMS EXHIBITING MODERATE ROTATION WILL CONTINUE TO PEAK OUR INTEREST THIS EVENING. OTHERWISE...SURFACE FRONT IS PUSHING INTO EAST TENN AT THIS TIME... WITH WEAK SURFACE WAVE NOTED ALONG THE NORTHERN BORDER OF AL AND GA. THE HEAVIEST WARM CONVEYOR BELT PRECIP CONTINUES TO AFFECT MAINLY EAST TENN...AND THIS IS ACTUALLY BEGINNING TO SHIFT SLIGHTLY TO THE NORTH...AS COVERAGE HAS BEGUN TO DECLINE OVER SOUTHEAST TENNESSEE. THE MAIN AXIS OF HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO DRIFT SLOWLY NORTH WITH THE FRONTAL WAVE THIS EVENING. MEANWHILE...SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP IN THE UNSTABLE AIR ACROSS THE PIEDMONT AND FOOTHILLS. WE WILL CONTINUE TO CARRY CATEGORICAL POPS ACROSS ALL BUT THE SOUTHERN TIER OF COUNTIES...WHERE HIGH LIKELIES SHOULD SUFFICE. AS FAR AS THE FLOOD WATCH...ALTHOUGH THE WATCH AREA MAY BE BETWEEN MAXIMA IN RAINFALL... WITH HEAVIER CONVEYOR BELT PRECIP TO OUR WEST...AND CONVECTIVE RAINFALL EAST OF THE BLUE RIDGE...RAIN RATES MAY ACTUALLY INCREASE IN THE WATCH AREA AS THE WEAKENING SURFACE WAVE RIDES UP THE WESTERN SLOPES. CONSIDERING THE LOW FFG VALUES...WILL LEAVE THE WATCH IN PLACE THROUGH MIDNIGHT. THE FRONT WILL MOVE SLOWLY INTO THE AREA TONIGHT...AND WILL RETAIN CHANCE POPS THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT. TOMORROW...THE FRONT IS EXPECTED TO HANG UP JUST SOUTH OF THE AREA...AND WILL CARRY CHANCE POPS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE CWFA...WITH SILENT 20S NORTH. THE FRONT IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN NEAR OR JUST SOUTH OF THE AREA THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK...POSSIBLY OSCILLATING NORTH AND SOUTH FROM TIME TO TIME...SO WILL MAINTAIN CHANCE POPS THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK...WITH HIGHEST POPS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN CWFA. LANE && .LONG TERM... WED-FRI...ACTIVE AND MOIST WEATHER PATTERN LOOKS TO CONTINUE THROUGH LATE NEXT WEEK. STUBBORN AND STRONG WESTERN BLOCKING RIDGE SHOULD REMAIN THROUGH THE PERIOD AND ALLOW AN UNSEASONABLY COOL HUDSON LOW TO REINFORCE ITSELF. BASED ON LATEST GFS...BERMUDA HIGH IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN IN ITS USUAL POSITION...ALBEIT WEAKER THAN NORMAL. THIS SHOULD PERMIT A COUPLE COLD FRONTS TO PUSH INTO THE REGION AND BECOME STATIONARY SOMEWHERE ACROSS THE CAROLINAS. SO...WITH A SUMMERTIME MOISTURE FEED CONTINUING ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST AND LOW LEVEL FORCING REMAINING HIGH...WILL FORECAST POPS EACH DAY. KEPT MAX TEMPS AT OR A LITTLE BELOW CLIMO...BASED ON CONTINUOUS CLOUD COVER AND SLIGHT AIR MASS MIXING EXPECTED. SBK && .AVIATION... NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS THE PIEDMONT AND FOOTHILLS WILL REQUIRE COMBINATION OF TEMPO GROUPS FOR TSRA AND VCTS TO HANDLE TIMING OF MORE SIGNIFICANT WEATHER. LOW CLOUD CEILINGS SHOULD BE VFR EXCEPT IN THUNDERSTORMS. CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY MAY NOT DIMINISH UNTIL MIDNIGHT OR THEREABOUTS...AFTER WHICH MVFR VISIBILITY AND CEILING SHOULD DEVELOP WITH ABUNDANT MOISTURE IN PLACE ALONG AND TO THE SOUTH OF NEARLY STATIONARY FRONT...WHICH SHOULD MOVE SOUTH OVERNIGHT ACROSS THE REGION. VISIBILITY SHOULD IMPROVE IN THE 12Z-15Z TIME FRAME AS WINDS COME AROUND TO N OR NE DIRECTION BEHIND FRONT...BUT WILL RETAIN MVFR CEILING THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE TAF PERIOD OWING TO EXTENSIVE CLOUDINESS SEEN NEAR BOUNDARY. MOORE && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... GSP 68 85 67 84 / 60 30 30 30 AND 69 86 68 85 / 60 30 30 40 CLT 69 85 66 83 / 60 30 30 30 HKY 67 83 62 80 / 60 30 20 20 AVL 64 81 61 78 / 60 30 20 30 && .GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL MIDNIGHT GAZ010-017. NC...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL MIDNIGHT NCZ033>034-048>055-058>059-062>067. SC...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL MIDNIGHT SCZ001>003. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 541 AM EDT FRI JUN 25 2004 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-260939- 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- 541 AM EDT FRI JUN 25 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE... WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BRING PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL TO NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE WESTERN CAROLINAS. RAINFALL TOTALS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 1 INCH OVER THE PIEDMONT TO LOCATION OF 3 TO 4 INCHES OVER THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE MOUNTAINS. PLEASE SEE THE LATEST FLOOD WATCH (CAEFFAGSP) FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS. IN ADDITION...SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. PLEASE SEE THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK (CAESPSGSP) FOR DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL LINGER THROUGH THE REST OF THE FORECAST PERIOD...ESPECIALLY IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. NED
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
341 PM EDT FRI JUN 25 2004
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0234 PM TSTM WND DMG HUNTERSVILLE 35.42N 80.85W
06/25/2004 MECKLENBURG NC COUNTY OFFICIAL
POWER LINES DOWN NEAR KERNS ROAD.
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SBKPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
553 PM EDT FRI JUN 25 2004
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0547 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 S GAFFNEY 35.04N 81.66W
06/25/2004 CHEROKEE SC COUNTY OFFICIAL
COUNTY OFFICIALS REPORTED TREES DOWN NEAR THICKETY CREEK
SOUTH OF GAFFNEY.
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SBKPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
620 PM EDT FRI JUN 25 2004
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0613 PM TORNADO ANDERSON 34.52N 82.65W
06/25/2004 ANDERSON SC LAW ENFORCEMENT
COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE RELAYED A PUBLIC REPORT OF A
POSSIBLE TORNADO TOUCHDOWN ON ROUTE 76.
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HGThe Greer radar (KGSP), 123 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:25 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Several creeks overflowed their banks, flooding a few roads.
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, 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: 5411640.