1 lightning, 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 12, 1:05 PM EST, 3 hours 55 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 205 PM EDT MON JUL 12 2004 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT)... RIDGE OVER SOUTHERN HALF OF COUNTRY CONTINUES TO DOMINATE PATTERN DURING THE FIRST HALF OF THE WEEK. MINOR IMPULSES MOVING OVER THE TOP OF RIDGE WILL ENHANCE DIURNAL CONVECTION BUT STILL SEE THE CHANCE OF AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH WEDNESDAY. MAIN CONCERN IN HOT TEMPERATURES ON WEDNESDAY. STILL WORKING ON THE FINAL NUMBERS BUT IT LOOKS LIKE A HEAT INDEX NEAR 100 OVER LOWER TERRAIN. THIS COULD RESULT IN ADVISORY ISSUANCE TOMORROW. && .LONG TERM (THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY)... THINGS DRY OUT LATER IN THE WEEK AS RIDGE RETROGRADES AND WE ARE CAUGHT UNDER NORTHWEST FLOW THROUGH THE WEEKEND. MODELS KEEP MOST CONVECTION SOUTH OF US UNTIL BOUNDARY DISSIPATES AROUND SUNDAY. GFS PUTS TOGETHER A SOLUTION THAT HAS SURFACE LOW MOVING OVER US SUNDAY...BUT PREFERRED MODELS BY NCEP SUGGEST SLOWER AND LESS DRASTIC COMPROMISE. RIGHT NOW IT STILL LOOKS LIKE MONDAY IS THE BEST DAY FOR RETURN OF THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY OVER THE AREA. && .AVIATION... DEEP CONVECTIVE TRENDS UNFOLDING AS EXPECTED ATTM WITH NC MTN CVRG EXPANDING GRADUALLY INTO MY NC NORTHERN TIER AND EVENTUALLY ACRS THE UPSTATE/NE GA/SOUTHERN NC THROUGH THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. NOTHING CONCLUSIVE AS OF YET TO GO ANY MORE PESSIMISTIC THAN GOING VCTS/CB AT ALL THE TAF SITES INTO EARLY EVENING. ALSO NOT CONFIDENT THAT S/WV AND WEAK LIFT PROGGED TO MOVE EAST ACRS NC THROUGH 06Z WILL BE ENOUGH TO SUSTAIN HIGHER CHCS OF TSTMS PAST MID-EVENING SO KEPT THUNDER THREAT END TIMING ROUGHLY THE SAME AS IN 12Z PACKAGE. LOOKS LIKE BLYR OVERNIGHT DRIES OUT MORE THAN WHAT WE SAW THIS MORNING...SO RESTRICTIONS DURING THE PRE-DAWN HOURS LIMITED TO JUST A PERIOD OF MVFR VSBYS. && .GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. && SHORT TERM...VAD LONG TERM...VAD AVIATION...CSH
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 437 AM EDT MON JUL 12 2004 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-130840- 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- 437 AM EDT MON JUL 12 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN TODAY. SOME STORMS MAY REACH SEVERE LEVELS...CONTAINING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. RAIN MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES AND AREAS THAT RECEIVED HEAVY RAIN YESTERDAY COULD GET MORE TODAY...INCREASING THE THREAT OF LOCALIZED FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. SOME STORMS COULD REACH SEVERE LEVELS...CONTAINING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. HEAVY RAIN IS ALSO POSSIBLE WHICH COULD INCREASE THE RISK OF FLOODING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED. RB
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1224 PM EDT MON JUL 12 2004 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-122324- 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- 1224 PM EDT MON JUL 12 2004 ...SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK... ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE ACROSS THE REGION AS THE ATMOSPHERE BECOMES MODERATELY UNSTABLE. STORMS TODAY WILL HAVE THE ABILITY TO TAP RELATIVELY DRIER AIR IN THE MIDDLE LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE. THIS WILL GIVE RISE TO THE THREAT FOR A FEW STORMS TO PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET FOR THE LATEST UPDATES CONCERNING THIS POTENTIAL SEVERE WEATHER SITUATION.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 252 PM EDT MON JUL 12 2004 NCZ057-121945- ROWAN- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...SALISBURY 252 PM EDT MON JUL 12 2004 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM TO EFFECT ROWAN COUNTY... AT 245 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR CLEVELAND...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THROUGH 4 PM...THIS STORM WILL AFFECT AREAS BETWEEN MOUNT ULLA AND SALISBURY...AND THEN HEAD INTO THE I-85 AREA. GUSTY WINDS OF AROUND 50 MPH...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING... TORRENTIAL RAINFALL...AND PERHAPS SOME SMALL HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THIS STORM COULD INTENSIFY TO PRODUCE A BRIEF PERIOD OF SEVERE WEATHER IN THE FORM OF LARGE HAIL OR DAMAGING WINDS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL NEWS MEDIA FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. CSH
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 256 PM EDT MON JUL 12 2004 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-SCZ001>007-010-121950- ANDERSON-FRANKLIN GA-GREATER GREENVILLE-GREATER OCONEE- GREATER PICKENS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-HABERSHAM-HART-OCONEE MOUNTAINS- PICKENS MOUNTAINS-RABUN-SPARTANBURG-STEPHENS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANDERSON...CLARKESVILLE...CLAYTON... GREENVILLE...HARTWELL...SPARTANBURG...TOCCOA 256 PM EDT MON JUL 12 2004 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EFFECTING THE WESTERN UPSTATE AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA... AT 253 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ROUGHLY NEAR HIGHWAY 11 FROM TIGERVILLE WESTWARD AND EXTENDING INTO NORTHEAST GEORGIA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THROUGH 4 PM...THESE STORMS WILL AFFECT AREAS HEADING SOUTH TOWARD I-85. GUSTY WINDS OF AROUND 50 MPH...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING... TORRENTIAL RAINFALL...AND PERHAPS SOME SMALL HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THIS STORM COULD INTENSIFY TO PRODUCE A BRIEF PERIOD OF SEVERE WEATHER IN THE FORM OF LARGE HAIL OR DAMAGING WINDS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL NEWS MEDIA FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. CSH
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 344 PM EDT MON JUL 12 2004 GAZ017-018-026-028-SCZ003>007-010-122055- ANDERSON-FRANKLIN GA-GREATER GREENVILLE-GREATER OCONEE- GREATER PICKENS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-HABERSHAM-HART-SPARTANBURG- STEPHENS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANDERSON...CLARKESVILLE...GREENVILLE... HARTWELL...SPARTANBURG...TOCCOA 344 PM EDT MON JUL 12 2004 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EFFECTING THE WESTERN UPSTATE AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA... AT 345 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NORTH OF GREER THROUGHOUT PICKENS...CLEMSON AND NEAR CORNELIA...CONTINUING TO MOVE SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THROUGH 5 PM...THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT AREAS HEADING SOUTH TOWARD I-85. GUSTY WINDS OF AROUND 40 MPH...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING... TORRENTIAL RAINFALL...AND PERHAPS SOME SMALL HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THIS STORM COULD INTENSIFY TO PRODUCE A BRIEF PERIOD OF SEVERE WEATHER IN THE FORM OF LARGE HAIL OR DAMAGING WINDS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL NEWS MEDIA FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. CSH
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 352 PM EDT MON JUL 12 2004 NCZ068>071-SCZ009-122100- CLEVELAND-GASTON-LINCOLN NC-MECKLENBURG-YORK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLOTTE...GASTONIA...LINCOLNTON... ROCK HILL...SHELBY 352 PM EDT MON JUL 12 2004 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TO APPROACH CHARLOTTE METRO... AT 350 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WEST OF LINCOLNTON AND NORTH OF SHELBY MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THROUGH 5 PM...THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT AREAS HEADING SOUTHEAST TOWARD I-85. GUSTY WINDS OF AROUND 40 MPH...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING... TORRENTIAL RAINFALL...AND PERHAPS SOME SMALL HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THIS STORM COULD INTENSIFY TO PRODUCE A BRIEF PERIOD OF SEVERE WEATHER IN THE FORM OF LARGE HAIL OR DAMAGING WINDS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL NEWS MEDIA FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. CSH
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 451 PM EDT MON JUL 12 2004 GAZ028-029-NCZ068>072-082-SCZ006>014-019-122200- ABBEVILLE SC-ANDERSON SC-CABARRUS NC-CHEROKEE SC-CHESTER SC- CLEVELAND NC-ELBERT GA-GASTON NC-GREATER GREENVILLE SC-GREENWOOD SC- HART GA-LAURENS SC-LINCOLN NC-MECKLENBURG NC-SPARTANBURG SC-UNION SC- UNION NC-YORK SC- 451 PM EDT MON JUL 12 2004 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DROPPING SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT OF THE CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA... THUNDERSTORMS ASSOCIATED WITH FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...TORRENTIAL RAIN AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH WERE DROPPING SOUTHEAST ACROS THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT OF THE CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON. THROUGH 6 PM...THE STORMS WILL PASS OVER CHARLOTTE...GAFFNEY...LAURENS...ABBEVILLE AND CHESTER AS WELL AS UNION...GREENWOOD AND ELBERTON. RAINFALL WITH THESE STORMS HAS BEEN TORENTIAL. DOWNTOWN GREENVILLE REPORTED NEARLY 1.50 INCHES OF RAIN WITH THESE STORMS AS THEY DROPPED THROUGH THE NORTHERN UPSTATE. AN UNOFFICIAL READING OF 2.48 INCHES WAS REPORTED FROM AN AUTOMATED GAGE OUTSIDE LIBERTY. URBAN FLOODING IS LIKELY IN THE METRO AREAS OF CHARLOTTE AND MONROE...AND PONDING OF WATER IS LIKELY IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE PASSED EAST OF THE REGION. THERE IS STILL THE POSSIBILITY THAT ONE OR TWO OF THESE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE...ALTHOUGH THEY HAVE NOT HAD A HISTORY OF PRODUCING SEVERE WEATHER AS THEY MOVED OUT OF NORTH CAROLINA. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR THE MEDIA FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION. BURRUS
The Greer radar (KGSP), 105 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:59 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning ignited a fire at a church, destroying the steeple and causing additional damage.
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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5418041.