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 12, 2:00 PM EST, 6 hours earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 300 PM EDT SAT JUN 12 2004 .SHORT TERM... WILL KEEP DISCUSSION BRIEF AS SEVERE WEATHER IS OCCURRING. WEDGE FRONT IS PUSHING THROUGH THE FA ATTM...ENCOUNTERING CAPES NEAR 3000 J/KG. STRONG STORMS SHOULD CONTINUE OVER THE SRN HALF OF THE FA UNTIL CAD AIRMASS DOMINATES LATE THIS EVENING. ISENTROPIC LIFT AND UPSLOPE FLOW SHOULD FUEL SH AND ISO TS OVERNIGHT AND INTO EARLY SUN. TEMPS SHOULD ONLY REACH THE UPPER 70S AND LOWER 80S SUN...LIMITING THE INSTABILITY. HOWEVER...BROAD S FLOW AND FLATTENING RIDGE WILL ALLOW SCT TO LIKELY COVERAGE TO REMAIN THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY...ESPECIALLY OVER THE MTNS. WITH THE HIGH FURTHER SE OVER THE ATLANTIC...DEEP GULF MOISTURE WILL BUILD OVER THE FA MON AND TUE. MEDIUM RANGE MODELS ALL HAVE A TROPICAL FEATURE MOVE ACROSS THE DEEP SOUTH EARLY IN THE WEEK...WILL CONTINUE CHC POPS AND MILD TEMPS. .LONG TERM... RIDGE REESTABLISHES ITSELF EARLY WED THEN SLOWLY MOVES E. ZONAL FLOW FOLLOWS THROUGH WEEK AS BROAD UPPER TROF DROPS S OVER E CANADA. LOW LEVELS REMAIN FAIRLY DRY THROUGH FRI IN NE FLOW BEHIND H85 LOW AS IT MOVES OFFSHORE AND FILLS. BY FRI NIGHT MOISTURE IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE OVER CWA AND SCT CONVECTION SHOULD DEVELOP FRI AFTN OVER MTNS...THEN ISOLD CONVECTION SAT AFTN...VCNTY SFC BOUNDARY STRETCHED ACROSS CWA. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... GSP 70 79 68 84 / 50 50 30 50 AND 72 82 68 84 / 50 50 30 50 CLT 67 81 69 85 / 20 30 30 50 HKY 66 78 66 81 / 30 30 30 50 AVL 65 76 64 79 / 50 50 40 50 && .GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. && NED/RAB
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 557 AM EDT SAT JUN 12 2004 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-130956- 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- 557 AM EDT SAT JUN 12 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE... A COLD FRONT MOVING INTO THE REGION TODAY WILL BE THE FOCUS FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON. A FEW OF THE STORMS COULD BE QUITE STRONG...ESPECIALLY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA...AND AN ISOLATED SEVERE STORM CANNOT BE RULED OUT. STORMS THIS AFTERNOON SHOULD MOVE SLOWLY...ENHANCING HEAVY RAINFALL POTENTIAL. SEE THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK...UNDER THE PRODUCT HEADER CAESPSGSP...FOR MORE DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED LATER TODAY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. 44
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
651 PM EDT SAT JUN 12 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0610 PM FLASH FLOOD 4 W NEWLAND 36.09N 82.00W
06/12/2004 AVERY NC COUNTY OFFICIAL
WHITAKER CREEK RD FLOODED.
0610 PM FLASH FLOOD 5 W NEWLAND 36.09N 82.02W
06/12/2004 AVERY NC COUNTY OFFICIAL
ROARING CREEK RD FLOODED.
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JATPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
659 PM EDT SAT JUN 12 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0656 PM TSTM WND DMG UNION 34.72N 81.62W
06/12/2004 UNION SC COUNTY OFFICIAL
COUNTY OFFICIALS REPORTED A FEW TREES DOWN ON SONOCO RD.
ALSO...A FEW TREES DOWN AROUND THE COUNTY.
&&
DEOPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
722 PM EDT SAT JUN 12 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0310 PM TSTM WND DMG 14 SE DYSARTSVILLE 35.46N 81.70W
06/12/2004 RUTHERFORD NC COUNTY OFFICIAL
COUNTY COMMS CENTER RECEIVED A REPORT OF A FEW TREES
REPORTED DOWN SOUTHEAST OF DYSARTSVILLE.
0500 PM TSTM WND DMG 8 ESE SPARTANBURG 34.90N 81.80W
06/12/2004 SPARTANBURG SC COUNTY OFFICIAL
COUNTY COMMS CENTER RECEIVED A REPORT OF TREES DOWN JUST
OFF HIGHWAY 176 NEAR THE COUNTRY CLUB.
&&
DEOPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
739 PM EDT SAT JUN 12 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0725 PM TSTM WND DMG LEICESTER 35.65N 82.69W
06/12/2004 BUNCOMBE NC FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
LOTS OF TREES DOWN IN THE SANDY MUSH AREA OF LEICESTER.
&&
SBKPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
751 PM EDT SAT JUN 12 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0729 PM FLASH FLOOD 12 W MARSHALL 35.80N 82.90W
06/12/2004 MADISON NC COUNTY OFFICIAL
INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 209 AND WALDROP ROAD FLOODED.
&&
JATPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
836 PM EDT SAT JUN 12 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0830 PM HAIL WATERLOO 34.35N 82.06W
06/12/2004 1.00 INCH LAURENS SC COUNTY OFFICIAL
0830 PM HAIL WATERLOO 34.35N 82.06W
06/12/2004 1.00 INCH LAURENS SC COUNTY OFFICIAL
QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY COUNTY OFFICIALS.
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SBKThe Knoxville radar (KMRX), 78 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:57 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
The Pigeon River rose rapidly and overflowed its banks, flooding several roads near Canton and north of Waynesville. At least one bridge was covered by the rising water.
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, 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: 5411579.