7 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 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 Raleigh, NC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 23, 2:05 PM EST, 20 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 305 PM EDT WED JUN 23 2004 .DISCUSSION... CURRENT STORMS DEVELOPING ALONG THE WIND CONVERGENCE WITH OUT SOUTHEAST DEAD STORM WISE. WILL LIKELY REDUCE POPS IN THE SOUTHEAST TONIGHT. THIS BOUNDARY LINGERS IN THE AREA UNTIL PUSHING NORTH THURSDAY NIGHT. ANOTHER FRONT SWEEPS INTO THE AREA FRIDAY NIGHT. PREFER THE ETA ECMWF OVER THE GFS WITH FRONT AGAIN STALLING SOMEWHERE OVER THE COASTAL PLAINS SATURDAY EVENING. CONFIDENCE BEYOND SATURDAY IS LOW BUT BEST BET IS FRONT PERHAPS NOT COMPLETELY THROUGH OUR AREA UNTIL SUNDAY AFTERNOON. LITTLE CHANGE TO THE COMING WORK WEEK...BUT WILL RISK LEAVING WEDNESDAY DRY GIVEN THE CURRENT MODEL FORECASTS. && .RAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NC...NONE. && RLH
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 505 AM EDT WED JUN 23 2004 NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088-089-240900- 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 505 AM EDT WED JUN 23 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE... A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA FROM THE NORTHWEST TODAY... AS AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE TRACKS NORTHEAST ALONG THE FRONT. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON IN THE WARM MOIST AIR AHEAD OF THE FRONT. SOUTHEASTERLY SURFACE WINDS EAST OF THE LOWS TRACK... IN COMBINATION WITH A 30 TO 40 KNOT SOUTHWESTERLY LOW LEVEL JET AND STRONG WEST-SOUTHWEST WINDS IN THE UPPER LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE... WILL PRODUCE A WIND PROFILE CONDUCIVE FOR A FEW STRONG STORMS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MIDNIGHT. BOW-SHAPED STORMS PRODUCING SEVERE DOWNBURST WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE... AND AN ISOLATED TORNADO OR TWO MAY OCCUR... MOST LIKELY ALONG AND EAST OF THE SURFACE LOWS TRACK. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EVENING ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. SPOTTERS ARE URGED TO MONITOR THE LATEST WEATHER CONDITIONS AND FORECASTS THROUGHOUT THE DAY. GIH
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 1145 AM EDT WED JUN 23 2004 NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088-089-240000- 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 1145 AM EDT WED JUN 23 2004 ...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO NORTH CAROLINA FROM THE NORTH...AND AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE FRONT. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON IN THE WARM MOIST AIR AHEAD OF THE FRONT. THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM ANY STORMS WILL BE FROM SEVERE DOWNBURST WINDS OF 60 MPH OR GREATER. AN ISOLATED TORNADO OR TWO MAY ALSO OCCUR...WITH THE GREATEST RISK ALONG AND EAST OF THE SURFACE LOWS TRACK...WHICH WILL BE ACROSS THE NORTHERN PIEDMONT AND NORTHERN COASTAL PLAIN. ANY STORM ACROSS THE AREA WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS...WHICH MAY LEAD TO LOCALIZED STREET FLOODING. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS AND LOCAL STORM SPOTTER GROUPS SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. TUNE TO NOAA ALL HAZARDS WEATHER RADIO THROUGHOUT THE DAY FOR THE LATEST WEATHER CONDITIONS AND FORECASTS. DGS
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 300 PM EDT WED JUN 23 2004 NCZ009-010-232030- VANCE NC-WARREN NC- 300 PM EDT WED JUN 23 2004 ...STRONG SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS WARREN AND NORTHERN VANCE COUNTIES THROUGH 430 PM EDT... AT 300 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN 5 MILES WEST OF TUNGSTEN...OR ABOUT 12 MILES NORTH OF OXFORD...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR TOWNSVILLE AROUND 315 PM EDT...DREWRY AROUND 330 PM EDT...NORLINA AROUND 350 PM EDT...AND WARRENTON NEAR 410 PM EDT. THE STORMS WILL AFFECT KERR LAKE BETWEEN 315 PM AND 330 PM. BOATERS ON KERR LAKE SHOULD MOVE TO SHORE NOW. THIS STORMS MAY ALSO AFFECT LAKE GASTON AROUND 430 PM. GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...SMALL HAIL AND DANGEROUS CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. DGS
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 76 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:24 UTC.
7 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
A dozen trees were uprooted along Rice Road just off Highway 39. A trailer and a tractor were destroyed when a tree fell on them. Siding was blown off a mobile home.
Trees were blown down near Highway 86. A home was damaged near Rougemont.
A back wall of a hangar was blown out at the Albemarle-Stanly Airport.
Trees were blown down along Highway 561.
Trees were blown down.
Numerous trees were blown down across the southern and western portions of the county.
Trees were blown down along Osbourn Road near Highway 1.
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: 5404469, 5404470, 5404471, 5404474, 5404472, 5404473, 5404475, 5404539.