Damaging Wind in North Carolina, June 12, 2004

Name: Damaging Wind in North Carolina, June 12, 2004
Start: 2004-06-12T21:40
End: 2004-06-12T21:40
Location: North Carolina

June 12, 2004 · NWS GSP · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

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 Jun 12, 8:17 PM EST, 1 hour 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 12, 8:17 PM EST, 1 hour 23 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
917 PM EDT SAT JUN 12 2004

.UPDATE...
FLOODING OCCURRING IN PARTS OF NC MTS. WITH MORE CONVECTION HEADED
THAT WAY ACROSS TN...WILL ISSUE FLOOD WATCH FOR NC MTS TONIGHT. HAVE
RAISED POPS FROM W TO E PER CURENT RADAR TRENDS. CONCERNED THAT
AS FRONT SINKS S...EASTERLY UPSLOPE FLOW COULD PUT HEAVY RAIN DOWN
ON BLUE RIDGE ESCARPMENT...BUT SO FAR BIGGEST RAINS HAVE BEEN ALONG
RIDGES TO WEST.

NOT MUCH CHANGE TO TEMPERATURES...DEW POINTS OR WINDS AS THESE
FIELDS APPEAR ON TRACK. INCREASED CLOUD COVER SUBSTANTIALLY THIS
EVENING PER SATELLITE IMAGERY.

&&

.GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...NONE.
NC...FLOOD WATCH NCZ033-048>053-058>059-062>065.
SC...NONE.
&&

JAT

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 12, 4:57 AM EST, 16 hours 43 minutes before

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.

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 12, 5:51 PM EST, 3 hours 49 minutes before

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.

&&

JAT

Local storm report, Jun 12, 5:59 PM EST, 3 hours 41 minutes before

PRELIMINARY 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.

&&

DEO

Local storm report, Jun 12, 6:22 PM EST, 3 hours 18 minutes before

PRELIMINARY 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.

&&

DEO

Local storm report, Jun 12, 6:39 PM EST, 3 hours 1 minute before

PRELIMINARY 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.

&&

SBK

Local storm report, Jun 12, 6:51 PM EST, 2 hours 49 minutes before

PRELIMINARY 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.

&&

JAT

Local storm report, Jun 12, 7:36 PM EST, 2 hours 4 minutes before

PRELIMINARY 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.

&&

SBK

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 47 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:39 UTC.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Polk

When: June 12, 9:40 PM EST
Where: Polk County, Mill Spg
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 35.300, -82.167

Several trees were blown down.

What these are

Thunderstorm Wind: Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in North Carolina in 2004 Every state in 2004 This day in weather history Warnings in North Carolina, June 2004

Sources

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: 5411496.