1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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.
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 Greenville-Spartanburg, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 9, 4:44 PM EST, 46 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 544 PM EDT SUN MAY 9 2004 .UPDATE... RADAR SHOWS LINEAR ORGANIZATION TO CONVECTION IN NC PIEDMONT. EXPECT THIS BAND TO DRIFT SLOWLY E. WILL UPDATE PRODUCTS TO RAISE POPS IN NE PORTION OF AREA. && .GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. && JAT
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 633 AM EDT SUN MAY 9 2004 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-091232- 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- 633 AM EDT SUN MAY 9 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AGAIN TODAY. THERE IS A CHANCE THAT A FEW OF THE THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED FOR A BRIEF TIME ACROSS PARTS OF THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. MOORE
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
528 PM EDT SUN MAY 09 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0520 PM HAIL 3 NE ANDERSON 34.55N 82.61W
05/09/2004 0.75 INCH ANDERSON SC TRAINED SPOTTER
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SBKPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
542 PM EDT SUN MAY 09 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0528 PM HAIL 1 NE PENDLETON 34.66N 82.77W
05/09/2004 0.75 INCH ANDERSON SC TRAINED SPOTTER
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MCAVOYPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
557 PM EDT SUN MAY 09 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0535 PM HAIL ELLENBORO 35.33N 81.76W
05/09/2004 0.75 INCH RUTHERFORD NC COUNTY OFFICIAL
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SBKPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
617 PM EDT SUN MAY 09 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0509 PM LIGHTNING STATESVILLE 35.79N 80.89W
05/09/2004 IREDELL NC AMATEUR RADIO
LIGHTNING CAUSED A ROOF FIRE AT AN APARTMENT BUILDING.
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SBKSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 618 PM EDT SUN MAY 9 2004 NCZ036-037-056-057-066>072-100017- CABARRUS NC-CATAWBA NC-CLEVELAND NC-DAVIE NC-GASTON NC-IREDELL NC- LINCOLN NC-MECKLENBURG NC-POLK NC-ROWAN NC-RUTHERFORD NC- 618 PM EDT SUN MAY 9 2004 ...STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE NORTH CAROLINA FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT... A BROKEN LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THRUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DRIFT SLOWLY TO THE SOUTHEAST...ACROSS THE SOUTHERN FOOTHILLS AND WESTERN PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...AFFECTING AREAS FROM RUTHERFORDTON TO LINCOLNTON...HUNTERSVILLE AND SALISUBURY THROUGH 730 PM. IF THE LINE HOLDS TOGETHER IT WILL MOVE INTO THE CHARLOTTE METRO AREA BETWEEN 730 AMD 8 PM. THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. THE STORMS ARE ALSO PRODUCING AN UNUSUAL AMOUNT OF CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTING. SOME LOCATIONS WILL ALSO SEE IN EXCESS OF 2 INCHES OF RAIN IN LESS THAN AN HOUR. THIS WILL REDUCE THE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO AND CAUSE DEEP PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS AND IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. MCAVOY
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED FOR TYPOS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 618 PM EDT SUN MAY 9 2004 NCZ036-037-056-057-066>072-100017- CABARRUS NC-CATAWBA NC-CLEVELAND NC-DAVIE NC-GASTON NC-IREDELL NC- LINCOLN NC-MECKLENBURG NC-POLK NC-ROWAN NC-RUTHERFORD NC- 618 PM EDT SUN MAY 9 2004 ...STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE NORTH CAROLINA FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT... A BROKEN LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DRIFT SLOWLY TO THE SOUTHEAST...ACROSS THE SOUTHERN FOOTHILLS AND WESTERN PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...AFFECTING AREAS FROM RUTHERFORDTON TO LINCOLNTON...HUNTERSVILLE AND SALISBURY THROUGH 730 PM. IF THE LINE HOLDS TOGETHER IT WILL MOVE INTO THE CHARLOTTE METRO AREA BETWEEN 730 AND 8 PM. THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. THE STORMS ARE ALSO PRODUCING AN UNUSUAL AMOUNT OF CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTING. SOME LOCATIONS WILL SEE IN EXCESS OF 2 INCHES OF RAIN IN LESS THAN AN HOUR. THIS WILL REDUCE THE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO AND CAUSE DEEP PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS AND IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. MCAVOY
The Greer radar (KGSP), 113 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:29 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Slow-moving thunderstorms produced excessive rainfall in Lincolnton, resulting in severe urban flooding. Water rose to depths of 4 feet on some roads. One motorist required rescuing.
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, May 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: 5400915.