Thunderstorm Wind, Gaston
- When
- May 31, 6:44 AM EST
- Where
- Gaston County, Mt Holly
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 35.300, -81.017
Large tree limbs were blown down.
Damaging Wind in North Carolina, May 31, 2004
1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. 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
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 May 31, 5:02 AM EST, 1 hour 42 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 31, 5:02 AM EST, 1 hour 42 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 602 AM EDT MON MAY 31 2004 .UPDATE... UPDATED ZONES FOR SEVERE TSTM WATCH AND TO PUSH POPS UP ACROSS ERN PIEDMONT. && .PREV DISCUSSION... CONVECTIVE LINE STRETCHES FROM JUST EAST OF OHX TO NEAR JKL THIS MORNING WITH TORNADO WATCH CURRENTLY IN PLACE ACROSS THE WESTERN CWFA. SHEAR PROFILES STEADILY INCREASE THIS MORNING WITH 850 MB WINDS PROGGED TO REACH 50 KT TOWARD 12Z AS FLOW GOES MORE UNIDIRECTIONAL. SLIGHT TIMING DIFFS CONT TO EXIST WITH MCS MOVING THROUGH REGION THIS MORNING...WITH THE GFS FEATURING FASTER TIMING. ETA FIELDS HAVE INITIALIZED FAIRLY WELL THIS MORNING...HOWEVER...AND SLIGHTLY SLOWER TIMING MEANS EASTERN PIEDMONT SECTIONS COULD REALIZE IMPROVED INSTABILITY BEFORE SURFACE COLD POOL MOVES THROUGH TODAY. WILL FEATURE HIGHEST POPS WEST EARLY TO LOWEST EAST AND THEN REVERSE THE PATTERN FOR THIS AFTERNOON. FAIRLY DEEP DRYING SHOULD THEN SET IN ACROSS THE WRN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA AS AREA IS CAUGHT BETWEEN DEEP ROTATING VORTEX ACROSS THE NRN CONUS AND MOIST BOUNDARY SOUTH OF THE REGION THROUGH TUE. MOISTURE WILL THEN STEADILY RECOVER THROUGH WED WITH ETA FEATURING NEXT SHOT OF UPPER DYNAMICS ROTATING IN FROM GREAT LAKES LOW BY LATE IN THE DAY. PATTERN REMAINS UNSETTLED THROUGH THE REST OF THE WEEK AS ERN TROUGH DEEPENS THROUGH FRI. NO CHANGES ARE ANTICIPATED TO THE REMAINDER OF THE MEDIUM RANGE AT THIS TIME. && .GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. && HG
Hazardous weather outlook, May 31, 4:46 AM EST, 1 hour 58 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 546 AM EDT MON MAY 31 2004 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-010946- 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- 546 AM EDT MON MAY 31 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE... A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS THE AREA EARLY TODAY. WIND GUSTS OF 60 TO 70 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE PASSAGE OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS. PLEASE SEE THE TORNADO AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCHES IN EFFECT THIS MORNING FOR FURTHER DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE MOST DAYS THROUGH NEXT WEEKEND. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS REQUESTED AND SPOTTERS SHOULD RELAY REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER TODAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. HG
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 31, 2:30 AM EST, 4 hours 14 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
330 AM EDT MON MAY 31 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0310 AM TSTM WND DMG 5 N WAYNESVILLE 35.56N 83.00W
05/31/2004 HAYWOOD NC TRAINED SPOTTER
SPOTTER REPORTS SEVERAL TREES SNAPPED AND POWER OUTAGES
DUE TO ESTIMATED 60 TO 70 MPH WIND GUST.
&&
HGSpecial weather statement, May 31, 3:01 AM EST, 3 hours 43 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 401 AM EDT MON MAY 31 2004 GAZ010-017-NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-SCZ001>003-310958- AVERY NC-BUNCOMBE NC-GRAHAM NC-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS SC-HABERSHAM GA- HAYWOOD NC-HENDERSON NC-MACON NC-MADISON NC-MITCHELL NC- NORTHERN JACKSON NC-OCONEE MOUNTAINS SC-PICKENS MOUNTAINS SC- RABUN GA-SOUTHERN JACKSON NC-SWAIN NC-TRANSYLVANIA NC-YANCEY NC- 401 AM EDT MON MAY 31 2004 ...STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AFFECTING THE MOUNTAINS OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA... AT 401 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH INTO THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS. ANY OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE AT ANY MOMENT...AND A FEW COULD BECOME TORNADIC. MOST AFFECTED THROUGH 6 AM WILL BE LOCATIONS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 40...ESPECIALLY FROM THE SMOKIES TO FRANKLIN TO CLAYTON. WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED WITH NEARLY ANY THUNDERSTORM. HG
Special weather statement, May 31, 5:14 AM EST, 1 hour 30 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 614 AM EDT MON MAY 31 2004 GAZ018-026-028-029-NCZ034>037-054>057-066>072-082-SCZ001>014-019- 311300- ABBEVILLE-ALEXANDER-ANDERSON-BURKE NC-CABARRUS-CALDWELL-CATAWBA- CHEROKEE SC-CHESTER-CLEVELAND-DAVIE-ELBERT-FRANKLIN GA-GASTON- GREATER GREENVILLE-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS- GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREENWOOD-HART-IREDELL-LAURENS SC-LINCOLN NC- MCDOWELL-MECKLENBURG-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-POLK NC- ROWAN-RUTHERFORD-SPARTANBURG-STEPHENS-UNION NC-UNION SC-YORK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ABBEVILLE...ANDERSON...CHARLOTTE... CHESTER...CONCORD...ELBERTON...GAFFNEY...GASTONIA...GREENVILLE... GREENWOOD...HARTWELL...HICKORY...LAURENS...LINCOLNTON...MARION... MOCKSVILLE...MONROE...MORGANTON...ROCK HILL...RUTHERFORDTON... SALISBURY...SHELBY...SPARTANBURG...STATESVILLE...TOCCOA...TRYON... UNION 614 AM EDT MON MAY 31 2004 ...STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO AFFECT THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA... AT 610 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH OUT OF THE MOUNTAINS. THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT THROUGH 9 AM. ANY OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE THIS MORNING...WITH THE MAIN THREAT BEING DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. WINDS OF 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED WITH NEARLY ANY THUNDERSTORM. CSH
Local storm report, May 31, 5:20 AM EST, 1 hour 24 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
620 AM EDT MON MAY 31 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0531 AM TSTM WND DMG LEICESTER 35.65N 82.69W
05/31/2004 BUNCOMBE NC COUNTY OFFICIAL
COUNTY EOC REPORTS TREES DOWN.
&&
RBLocal storm report, May 31, 6:28 AM EST, 16 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
728 AM EDT MON MAY 31 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0452 AM TSTM WND DMG ROBBINSVILLE 35.32N 83.81W
05/31/2004 GRAHAM NC LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN COUNTYWIDE. REPORTS ALONG
STATE HIGHWAY 28 AND 143 AND US HIGHWAY 129.
0537 AM TSTM WND DMG 5 N FRANKLIN 35.25N 83.38W
05/31/2004 MACON NC LAW ENFORCEMENT
NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN ACROSS NORTH PART OF
COUNTY. TREE ON HOUSE ON LYLE KNOB ROAD.
&&
MOOREThe radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 119 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 11:46 UTC.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Michigan, May 31, 2004
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, May 31, 2004
- Damaging Winds and Heavy Rain in Georgia, May 31, 2004
- Flash Flood in North Carolina, May 31, 2004
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, May 31, 2004
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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: 5403284.