1 flash flood, 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 Raleigh, NC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 16, 1:30 PM EST, 2 hours 40 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 230 PM EDT WED JUN 16 2004 .DISCUSSION... MODELS RELATIVELY CLOSE THROUGH 72 HOURS (00Z SATURDAY) BUT DIVERGE BEYOND. IN THE SHORT TERM FLOW BECOMES MORE WEST AND SOUPY AIR MASS DRIES OUT SOMEWHAT. VORTICITY CENTER CURRENTLY OVER EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA WILL ADVANCE ENOUGH TO EXPECT MOST RAIN TO DISSIPATE THIS EVENING. EXPECT LOW CLOUDINESS TO DEVELOP AFTER MIDNIGHT AND AGAIN THURSDAY NIGHT AS DRYING ALOFT HELPS RADIATIVE COOLING AT THE TOP OF THE BOUNDARY LAYER. HEATING SEEMS TO BE THE ONLY TRIGGER FOR CONVECTION THURSDAY AND LOWER POPS THAN TODAY LOOKS GOOD. MODELS IN AGREEMENT IN A WEAKENING VORTICITY CENTER CROSSING THE AREA FRIDAY BUT DO NOT SEE MORE THAN CHANCE RAIN AT THIS TIME. FOR THE WEEKEND AND BEYOND ECMWF MODEL LOOKS OVERDONE IN STRONG SHORTWAVES DIVING AROUND THE CENTRAL CANADIAN LOW. HOWEVER THE GFS PERHAPS ALSO OVERDONE WITH QUITE STRONG HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE EXTENDING WEST INTO THE SOUTHEAST. SOMETHING MORE LIKE THE CANADIAN WITH A BROAD TROUGH ADVANCING IN FROM THE MIDWEST MONDAY NIGHT IS PREFERRED FOR NOW UNTIL MORE OF A CONSENSUS IS REACHED. THUS DO NOT WANT TO RAMP UP TEMPERATURES TOO HIGH BEYOND SATURDAY. ADDITIONALLY THE MODELS DROP A SURFACE HIGH OFF THE ROCKIES EARLY IN THE WEEKEND AND WEAKENING HIGH STILL PACKS A PUNCH OVER NORTH CAROLINA ACCORDING TO THE GFS ON MONDAY MORNING WITH 1380 LOW LEVEL THICKNESS ON THE VIRGINIA BORDER. THIS LOOKS OVERDONE AND WILL STAY ON THE WARM SIDE OF GFS THICKNESS VALUES. CORRESPONDINGLY WILL NOT ACCEPT THE DEGREE OF DRYING GFS INDICATES FOR SUNDAY AND BEYOND... KEEPING AFTERNOON RAIN CHANCES IN THE FORECAST FOR NOW. && .RAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NC...NONE. && RLH
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 434 AM EDT WED JUN 16 2004 NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088-089-170833- ALAMANCE NC-ANSON NC-CHATHAM NC-CUMBERLAND NC-DAVIDSON NC-DURHAM NC- EDGECOMBE NC-FORSYTH NC-FRANKLIN NC-GRANVILLE NC-GUILFORD NC- HALIFAX NC-HARNETT NC-HOKE NC-JOHNSTON NC-LEE NC-MONTGOMERY NC- MOORE NC-NASH NC-ORANGE NC-PERSON NC-RANDOLPH NC-RICHMOND NC- SAMPSON NC-SCOTLAND NC-STANLY NC-VANCE NC-WAKE NC-WARREN NC-WAYNE NC- WILSON NC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALBEMARLE...ASHEBORO...BURLINGTON... CARTHAGE...CARY...CHAPEL HILL...CLINTON...CREEDMOOR... DOWNTOWN RALEIGH...DURHAM...FAYETTEVILLE...FORT BRAGG...GOLDSBORO... GRAHAM...GREENSBORO...HALIFAX...HENDERSON...HIGH POINT... HILLSBOROUGH...LAURINBURG...LEXINGTON...LILLINGTON...LOUISBURG... MOUNT OLIVE...NASHVILLE...OXFORD...PITTSBORO...RAEFORD...RALEIGH... RANDLEMAN...ROANOKE RAPIDS...ROCKINGHAM...ROCKY MOUNT...ROXBORO... SANFORD...SILER CITY...SMITHFIELD...SOUTHERN PINES...TARBORO... TROY...WADESBORO...WARRENTON...WEST RALEIGH AND WINSTON-SALEM 434 AM EDT WED JUN 16 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED. SOME LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINS ARE POSSIBLE DUE TO THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY OR TONIGHT. RA
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 136 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:11 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flooding occurred on Highway 74 and on South Long Drive.
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: 5404468.