North Carolina, 2004Heavy Rain in North Carolina, August 12, 2004
August 12, 2004 · NWS GSP · 1 event in 1 county or zone
1 heavy rain, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- 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 Aug 12, 10:57 AM EST, 2 hours 3 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 12, 10:57 AM EST, 2 hours 3 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 12, 4:47 AM EST, 8 hours 13 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
547 AM EDT THU AUG 12 2004
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014-
019-130946-
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-
547 AM EDT THU AUG 12 2004
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA.
.DAY ONE...
A FRONT STALLED ALONG THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE APPALACHIANS WILL
INTERACT WITH AN UPPER LEVEL JET STREAK AND DEEP TROPICAL MOISTURE
FROM TROPICAL STORM BONNIE TO PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE
REGION TODAY AND TONIGHT. A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM TODAY UNTIL
NOON FRIDAY. PLEASE SEE FFAGSP FOR THE LATEST DETAILS ON THE FLOODING
THREAT FROM BONNIE.
AS THE CIRCULATION OF BONNIE APPROACHES THE REGION...WINDS WILL
INCREASE LATER TODAY. WINDY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED BY TONIGHT IN
PIEDMONT LOCATIONS. A FAVORABLE TURNING OF THE WINDS WITH HEIGHT
COULD ALSO PRODUCE THE CHANCE OF ISOLATED SEVERE WEATHER. TORNADOES
ARE NOT UNCOMMON IN THE RIGHT FRONT QUADRANT OF LANDFALLEN TROPICAL
SYSTEMS. THE GREATEST CHANCE FOR ANY SEVERE WEATHER WOULD BE IN
PIEDMONT LOCATIONS...INCLUDING THE CHARLOTTE METRO AREA...FROM LATE
TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT. PLEASE SEE SPSGSP FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION
ON THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...
HURRICANE CHARLIE IS EXPECTED TO MAKE LANDFALL ALONG THE SOUTH
FLORIDA GULF COAST LATE FRIDAY AND MOVE QUICKLY UP THE EASTERN
SEABOARD ON SATURDAY. ALTHOUGH THE TRACK OF THE REMNANTS OF CHARLEY
IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN OVER THE EASTERN CAROLINAS...TROPICAL RAIN
SHOWERS COULD AFFECT FOOTHILL AND PIEDMONT LOCATIONS IN THE WESTERN
CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY. PLEASE SEE
THE FLOOD POTENTIAL OUTLOOK...ESFGSP...FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON
HEAVY RAINFALL ASSOCIATED WITH THE REMNANTS OF CHARLEY.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED.
HG
In the hours before
Local storm report, Aug 12, 10:31 AM EST, 2 hours 29 minutes before
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</html>Heavy Rain, Iredell
- When
- August 12, 1:00 PM EST to 2:00 PM EST
- Where
- Iredell County, Statesville
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 35.807, -80.873 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy rain resulted in some flooding of low lying and poor drainage areas.
- Heavy Rain
- Rainfall totals unusual for the place and season that did not produce a flood.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, August 12, 20043 injured · $1.5 million · F1 · 9 events
- Tornado and Flood in Virginia, August 12, 20041 injured · $775,000 · F1 · 3 events
- Flash Flood and Hail in New Mexico, August 12 to 13, 20041 injured · $750,000 · 1 in hail · 6 events
- Tornado in Florida, August 12, 2004F2 · 1 event
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, August 12 to 13, 2004$1.0 million · 1 event
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, August 12, 2004$625,000 · F0 · 8 events
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, August 12, 2004$181,000 · 2.75 in hail · 25 events
- Flash Flood in New York, August 12, 2004$500,000 · 1 event
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in North Carolina, August 12, 20044 injured · F1 · 7 events
- Tropical Storm in Florida, August 12, 2004$100,000 · 14 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, August 12, 2004$82,000 · 1.75 in hail · 18 events
- Lightning Strike in Massachusetts, August 12, 2004$150,000 · 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: 5419708.