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NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 12, 2:00 PM EST, 1 hour 20 minutes 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
259 PM EDT SAT JUN 12 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0205 PM TSTM WND DMG WALHALLA 34.77N 83.06W
06/12/2004 OCONEE SC COUNTY OFFICIAL
COUNTY COMMS CENTER IS OPERATING FROM BASEMENT AS
NUMEROUS TREES DOWN IN WALHALLA.
0238 PM TSTM WND DMG TOCCOA 34.58N 83.32W
06/12/2004 STEPHENS GA COUNTY OFFICIAL
COUNTY COMMS CENTER REPORTS TWO TREES DOWN ON OLD CHURCH
ROAD AND PENNY SIZED HAIL IN TOCCOA.
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DEOPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
330 PM EDT SAT JUN 12 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0318 PM HAIL 7 E RUTHERFORDTON 35.36N 81.84W
06/12/2004 1.00 INCH RUTHERFORD NC COUNTY OFFICIAL
ON BOSTIC-SUNSHINE ROAD.
0318 PM TSTM WND DMG 7 E RUTHERFORDTON 35.36N 81.84W
06/12/2004 RUTHERFORD NC COUNTY OFFICIAL
TREES DOWN.
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JATThe Greer radar (KGSP), 52 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:21 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees and power lines were blown down. Power outages were widespread 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, 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: 5411409.