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 Columbia, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Nov 24, 3:00 AM EST, 9 hours 44 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 300 AM EST WED NOV 24 2004 .SHORT TERM... STRONG STORM SYSTEM TO AFFECT AREA TODAY/TONIGHT. UPPER TROUGH IN THE SOUTHERN PLAINS NOW LIFTING NORTHEAST INTO MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND PHASE WITH NORTHERN STREAM TROUGH. SURFACE LOW NOW INTENSIFYING IN SOUTHERN ARKANSAS. WARM FRONTAL BOUNDARY EXTENDS EAST FROM LOW CENTER ACROSS NORTHERN ALABAMA TO NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA AND INTO THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA/LOW COUNTRY SOUTH CAROLINA. SHOWERS DEVELOPING NORTH INTO PIEDMONT AT THE MOMENT IN AREA OF ISENTROPIC LIFT. CONVECTIVE LINE BACK IN ALABAMA/NORTH GEORGIA MOVING VERY SLOWLY EAST. MODELS INDICATE WARM FRONT WILL LIFT NORTH TODAY AND THIS SEEMS REASONABLE...SO MOST IF NOT ALL OF CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA WILL BE IN THE WARM SECTOR AFTER 18Z. AS SURFACE LOW DEEPENS THIS AFTERNOON MOISTURE FLUX INTO THE AREA WILL INCREASE FROM GULF OF MEXICO. MODELS ALSO SHOW MID LEVEL SHORT WAVES MOVING OVER AREA LATE TODAY. MODEL SOUNDINGS SHOW A MID LEVEL WARM LAYER EARLY THIS AFTERNOON WHICH MAY BE A LIMITING FACTOR FOR SEVERE WEATHER. HOWEVER...VERTICAL WIND SHEAR FORECAST TO STRENGTHEN. LOW LEVEL JET 60 KT AT 850 MB. UPPER LEVEL DIVERGENCE 200MB-300MB IMPRESSIVE BY 00Z. STRONG DYNAMIC FORCING FOR ASCENT BY EVENING. LAPSE RATES ARE NOT TOO STEEP BUT EXPECT WEAK INSTABILITY BY AFTERNOON WITH SURFACE LI -2 TO -4. POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED SUPERCELLS. STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE APPEARS TO BE MAIN THREAT. LITTLE CHANGE FROM PREVIOUS FORECAST ON DETAILS. CATEGORICAL POPS MAINLY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. BY 06Z CONVECTION MAINLY EAST OF MIDLANDS....COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE LATE. DRYING OUT THANKSGIVING DAY...MAY SEE A FEW LINGERING CLOUDS IN THE MORNING. COLD ADVECTION LOOKS STRONGER THAN YESTERDAY SO LOWERED MAXIMUM TEMPS A BIT. COLD NIGHT ON TAP...POSSIBLY NEAR FREEZING AS COLD HIGH PRESSURE AREA SETTLES OVER AREA. FRIDAY LOOKS COOL...TEMPS STRUGGLING TO RISE. && .LONG TERM... NO CHANGES TO EXTENDED PERIOD. && .AVIATION... THE WARM FRONT NEAR THE AREA SHOULD HELP CAUSE IFR CONDITIONS EARLY THIS MORNING. THE FRONT SHOULD LIFT WELL NORTH OF THE REGION LATER THIS MORNING BUT CONTINUED ISENTROPIC LIFT SHOULD HELP MAINTAIN MVFR CEILINGS. NUMEROUS SHOWERS WILL OCCUR AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT...MAINLY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. STRONG WIND GUSTS COULD OCCUR WITH A FEW OF THE SHOWERS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... COLUMBIA 73 56 63 34 / 80 90 10 0 AUGUSTA 73 55 62 33 / 80 90 10 0 SUMTER 73 57 63 33 / 80 90 10 0 ORANGEBURG 74 57 64 34 / 80 90 10 0 && .CAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SC...NONE. GA...NONE. && AWP AVIATION...RJL
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 1005 AM EST WED NOV 24 2004 GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025>031-035>038-041-251000- AIKEN SC-BAMBERG SC-BARNWELL SC-BURKE GA-CALHOUN SC-CHESTERFIELD SC- CLARENDON SC-COLUMBIA GA-EDGEFIELD SC-FAIRFIELD SC-KERSHAW SC- LANCASTER SC-LEE SC-LEXINGTON SC-LINCOLN GA-MCCORMICK SC-MCDUFFIE GA- NEWBERRY SC-ORANGEBURG SC-RICHLAND SC-RICHMOND GA-SALUDA SC- SUMTER SC- 1005 AM EST WED NOV 24 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE MIDLANDS OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA OF GEORGIA. .DAY ONE... NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY CONTAIN FREQUENT LIGHTNING...WIND GUSTS NEAR 35 MPH...AND RAINFALL AMOUNTS AROUND ONE HALF INCH. A FEW OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE WITH WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH WITH A FEW TORNADOES POSSIBLE ALONG WITH RAINFALL UP TO TWO INCHES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... WEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH ARE EXPECTED THANKSGIVING DAY. A LAKE WIND ADVISORY WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED. OTHERWISE... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER GROUPS SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. RCC
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 943 AM EST WED NOV 24 2004 GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025>031-035>038-041-241800- AIKEN SC-BAMBERG SC-BARNWELL SC-BURKE GA-CALHOUN SC-CHESTERFIELD SC- CLARENDON SC-COLUMBIA GA-EDGEFIELD SC-FAIRFIELD SC-KERSHAW SC- LANCASTER SC-LEE SC-LEXINGTON SC-LINCOLN GA-MCCORMICK SC-MCDUFFIE GA- NEWBERRY SC-ORANGEBURG SC-RICHLAND SC-RICHMOND GA-SALUDA SC- SUMTER SC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AIKEN...AUGUSTA...BISHOPVILLE...CAMDEN... COLUMBIA...LANCASTER...LEXINGTON...MANNING...NEWBERRY...ORANGEBURG... SUMTER AND WAYNESBORO 943 AM EST WED NOV 24 2004 ...SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK... NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY CONTAIN FREQUENT LIGHTNING...WIND GUSTS NEAR 35 MPH...AND RAINFALL AMOUNTS AROUND ONE HALF INCH. A FEW OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE WITH WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH WITH A FEW TORNADOES POSSIBLE ALONG WITH RAINFALL UP TO TWO INCHES. THE SEVERE THREAT WILL BEGIN ACROSS THE SAVANNAH RIVER AREA DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON AND SPREAD TO THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA DURING THE MID AFTERNOON. THE THREAT WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. HIGH LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE AND VERY STRONG WINDS IN THE UPPER LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT. THIS IS A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO ALL HAZARDS...COMMERCIAL RADIO...TV OR YOURLOCAL NEWS SOURCE FOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS AND SPOTTER GROUPS SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. RCC
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 1130 AM EST WED NOV 24 2004 GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ018-025-030-241745- AIKEN-BURKE-COLUMBIA-EDGEFIELD-LINCOLN-MCCORMICK-MCDUFFIE-RICHMOND- 1121 AM EST WED NOV 24 2004 ...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH BURKE...RICHMOND...MCDUFFIE...COLUMBIA...LINCOLN...MCCORMICK ...EDGEFIELD AND SOUTHERN AIKEN COUNTIES BETWEEN 1230 AND 2 PM EST... AT 1130 AM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN CENTRAL GEORGIA MOVING RAPIDLY EASTWARD AT 45 MPH. WINDS AND GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE AND PRODUCE WINDS TO 60 MPH WHICH WILL TAKE DOWN TREES AND POWERLINES. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE CSRA AND MIDLANDS OF SOUTH CAROLINA UNTIL 5 PM.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Post Office reports trees and powerlines down in Raysville.
Highway Dept. reported large branches down in Leah.
Post Office reported trees down near Amity.
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, November 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: 5423898, 5423899, 5423900.