1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 Jul 10, 1:42 PM EST, 7 hours 48 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 242 PM EDT SAT JUL 10 2004 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY)... UPPER LEVEL RIDGE RETROGRADES ACROSS SE USA THROUGH SUN...FOLLOWED BY UPPER LEVEL TROUGH DIGGING ALONG EAST COAST. MODELS CONTINUE TO SHOW MOISTURE SPREADING E ACROSS AREA...ESPECIALLY ALONG I-40 CORRIDOR. CONVECTION ALREADY ONGOING IN NC MTS...AND WILL FAVOR THIS AREA WITH SLIGHTLY BETTER POPS THIS EVENING...THOUGH STILL SMALL CHANCE. EVEN THOUGH SUNDAY FEATURES LITTLE IN THE WAY OF AN UPPER LEVEL TRIGGER...GUIDANCE RUNNING 40 POPS MOST OF AREA. WILL TREND IN THAT DIRECTION FOR AFTERNOON AND EVENING POPS...PARTICULARLY N TIER... WHERE ANY WEAK IMPULSE WOULD TRACK. ON MON UPPER LEVEL TROUGH SUFFICIENTLY IN PLACE TO ALLOW IMPULSES TO REACH AREA...AND AGAIN MODEL GUIDANCE HAS 40 POPS...AND THIS TIME MODELS BRING AN IMPULSE SE TOWARD AREA. GFS STRONGER WITH THIS IMPULSE... POSSIBLY SUPPORTING EVEN HIGHER POPS...BUT WILL STAY WITH 40 POP FOR NOW....CONTINUING THROUGH EVENING. ANOTHER IMPULSE ARRIVES TUE...SUPPORTING CHANCE POPS...AGAIN HIGHEST ALONG N TIER...WHICH REAMINS CLOSER TO TRACK OF UPPER LEVEL ENERGY AND UNDER BEST MOISTURE. MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES TO GRADUALLY COOL AS HEIGHTS FALL AND MOISTURE/CLOUD COVER INCREASE. MINIMUM TEMPERATURES GENERALLY HELD UP BY MOISTURE AND EVENTUALLY CLOUD COVER. && .LONG TERM (TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY)... UPPER RIDGE AXIS REMAINS E OF REGION THROUGH THE EXTENDED PERIOD. THIS WILL ALLOW OCCASIONAL WEAK SHORTWAVE ENERGY TO AFFECT THE CWA AS UPPER DISTURBANCES PASS MAINLY N AND E OF THE AREA. LIGHT W TO NW LOW LEVEL FLOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEK. DAYTIME HIGHS SHOULD REACH THE LOW 90S ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT WITH LOWS NEAR 70. ALTHOUGH DEEPER MOISTURE IS FORECAST TO BE SOMEWHAT LIMITED...SUFFICIENT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE IS EXPECTED FOR SCT AFTN-EVE CONVECTION EACH DAY. && .AVIATION... TSTMS WL BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD ACROSS THE MTNS DURING THE AFTN HOURS. HAVE INCLUDE A 2 HR TEMPO GROUP AT THE AVL AIRPORT FROM 18 TO 20 UTC. ALL OTHER TAFS CLOSE TO THE FOOTHILLS HAVE BEEN GIVEN A VCTS INTO THE EARLY EVENING. CLT ONLY HAS A CB LISTED AS BEST CONVECTIVE COVERAGE SHOULD BE WELL EAST AND WEST OF THE AIRPORT. LOOKS LIKE PATCHY MVFR FOG AGAIN TNGT. HAVE GONE WITH PREVAILING MVFR FOG AT ANDERSON...HKY AND AVL...THE USUAL SUSPECTS WHEN IT COMES TO FOG...LGT WNDS AND A HUMID AIRMASS. NO RESTRICTIONS ANYWHERE ELSE...THOUGH THAT COULD CHANGE IF ANY TAF SITES SEE RAIN THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. && .GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. && SHORT TERM...JAT LONG TERM...BPM AVIATION...BPM
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 544 AM EDT SAT JUL 10 2004 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-110945- 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- 544 AM EDT SAT JUL 10 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE... ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ONCE AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS THE AREA. THE MAIN THREAT FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE IN THE FORM OF FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. SLOW STORM MOVEMENT WILL ALSO CREATE A THREAT OF LOCALLY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL AND ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING. AN ISOLATED SEVERE STORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF PERIODS OF LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED EACH AFTERNOON AND EVENING OVER THE NEXT 7 DAYS. THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING AND/OR ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS EACH DAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. LANE
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
656 PM EDT SAT JUL 10 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0554 PM TSTM WND DMG 3 E LAKE LURE 35.44N 82.15W
07/10/2004 RUTHERFORD NC COUNTY OFFICIAL
NUMEROUS TREES DOWN IN AND AROUND BILLS CREEK ROAD.
&&
SBKPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
753 PM EDT SAT JUL 10 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0710 PM TSTM WND DMG 4 WNW MOCKSVILLE 35.92N 80.62W
07/10/2004 DAVIE NC TRAINED SPOTTER
SEVERAL TREES DOWN NEAR THE TOWN OF CENTER AND HWY 64.
&&
SBKPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
758 PM EDT SAT JUL 10 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0710 PM TSTM WND DMG 4 WNW MOCKSVILLE 35.92N 80.62W
07/10/2004 DAVIE NC TRAINED SPOTTER
SEVERAL SMALL TREE LIMBS DOWN NEAR THE TOWN OF CENTER AND HWY 64.
&&
SBKPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
808 PM EDT SAT JUL 10 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0745 PM TSTM WND DMG 5 NE MOCKSVILLE 35.95N 80.49W
07/10/2004 DAVIE NC COUNTY OFFICIAL
SEVERAL TREES DOWN NEAR SMITH GROVE.
&&
SBKSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 808 PM EDT SAT JUL 10 2004 NCZ035>037-056-057-069>072-082-110702- ALEXANDER NC-CABARRUS NC-CATAWBA NC-DAVIE NC-GASTON NC-IREDELL NC- LINCOLN NC-MECKLENBURG NC-ROWAN NC-UNION NC- 808 PM EDT SAT JUL 10 2004 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE NORTH CAROLINA PIEDMONT THIS EVENING... THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS PARTS OF THE NORTH CAROLINA PIEDMONT THROUGH THE MIDDLE PART OF THE EVENING. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOST NUMEROUS IN THE AREA FROM TAYLORSVILLE TO STATESVILLE...MOORESVILLE...AND CONCORD THROUGH 9 PM. SOME OF THE STORMS WILL PRODUCE SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OF 50 MPH...THAT COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS. THE STORMS WILL GENERALLY MOVE TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. DUE TO THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS...TORRENTIAL RAINFALL WILL RESULT IN ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES IN SOME LOCATIONS. THIS COULD BE ENOUGH TO RESULT IN CREEKS APPROACHING BANKFULL. IF THE STORMS HOLD TOGETHER...THEY WILL MOVE INTO THE LAKE NORMAN AND CHARLOTTE METRO AREA BETWEEN 9 AND 10 PM. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR THE MEDIA FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. MOORE
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 78 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:31 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rainfall associated with strong thunderstorms produced flooding along Hyatt Creek for the second night in a row. A few other small streams flooded in the area.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in North Carolina in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, July 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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5417867.