North Carolina, 2004

Heavy Rain in North Carolina, June 15, 2004

June 15, 2004 · NWS GSP · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 heavy rain, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

  • Tornadoes
  • Tropical storms and surge
  • Floods
  • Wind
  • Hail
  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
  • Other

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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 15, 2:16 PM EST, 1 hour 44 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 15, 2:16 PM EST, 1 hour 44 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 15, 5:00 AM EST, 11 hours before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
600 AM EDT TUE JUN 15 2004

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014-
019-161000-
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-
600 AM EDT TUE JUN 15 2004

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA.

.DAY ONE...
WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN TODAY AND
THIS EVENING...SOME WITH HEAVY RAIN. THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS
STAND THE BEST CHANCE TO SEE HEAVY RAIN. A FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN
ISSUED FOR TODAY FOR THE AREA ROUGHLY ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM
TOCCOA GEORGIA TO GREENVILLE AND SPARTANBURG SOUTH CAROLINA TO LENOIR
NORTH CAROLINA. FOR MORE INFORMATION...SEE THE FFAGSP ISSUED AT 512
AM. OTHER LOCATIONS...ACROSS THE PIEDMONT...SHOULD ALSO SEE HEAVY
RAIN...BUT THE POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING IS A BIT LESS CERTAIN.
LOCATIONS THAT RECEIVED HEAVY RAIN ON MONDAY...SUCH AS THE AREA FROM
GASTONIA TO CHARLOTTE AND CONCORD...WILL BE THE MOST SUSCEPTIBLE
TODAY. FOR MORE INFORMATION...SEE THE SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
ISSUED AT 536 AM.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...

NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH THE POTENTIAL TO
PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN...WILL DEVELOP AGAIN WEDNESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED...MAINLY FOR RAINFALL AND FLOODING
REPORTS TODAY.

MOORE

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Event by event

1 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Rain, Buncombe

When
June 15, 4:00 PM EST
Where
Buncombe County, Arden
Reported by
EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates
35.611, -82.530 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A stopped-up storm drain caused flooding to develop at an apartment complex during a heavy thunderstorm.

What these are

Heavy Rain
Rainfall totals unusual for the place and season that did not produce a flood.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

More

Every storm in North Carolina in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5411724.