1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Nov 25, 2:50 AM EST, 3 hours 25 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 250 AM EST THU NOV 25 2004 .SHORT TERM (TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT)... DEEP CONVECTION OUT AHEAD OF EASTWARD MOVING SFC COLD FRONT EXPECTED TO MOVE EAST OF THE CWFA BY DAYBREAK. OUTSIDE OF HIGH ELEVATIONS IN THE SW MTNS...TEMPS STILL HAVE NOT YET FALLEN...BUT THROUGH DAYBREAK...CAA WITH DEVELOP WITH EARNEST. CRITICAL THICKNESS VALUES LOOK TO SPREAD ACRS HIGH ELEVATIONS IN THE SW 09-12Z WITH REST OF NC MTNS 12-13Z. STILL EXPECT A PERIOD OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND HIGH ELEVATION SNOW SHOWERS...MAINLY FOR THE TENNESSEE BORDER COUNTIES THROUGH ABOUT MIDDAY WITH AFTERNOON MOISTURE TREND BECOMING INCREASINGLY SHALLOW. DECENT CAA...SUBSIDENCE AND PRESSURE RISES COMBINED WITH ABOUT 35-40 KT NW 850 MB JET SHOULD SUPPORT 20-30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 ON AVERAGE...ACRS MUCH OF THE CWFA. TEMPERATURES TODAY OBVIOUSLY TRICKY...LIKELY FALLING THROUGHOUT THE MORNING ACRS THE HIGH COUNTY AND THEN LEVELING OFF. EAST OF THE MTNS...SOME DROP EXPECTED LATER THIS MORNING...WITH SOME SMALL RECOVERY THANKS TO DOWNSLOPE. A QUIET PERIOD EXPECTED FOR THE REST OF THE SHORT TERM WITH SFC RIDGING QUICKLY BUILDING INTO TONIGHT...SOME RETURN FLOW PICKING UP BY FRIDAY...BUT CONTINUED FAIRLY DRY THROUGH THE COLUMN. && .LONG TERM (SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY)... GOOD AGREEMENT WITH A FASTER ADJUSTMENT AMONG 00Z SHORT RANGE MODELS WHICH RESPECT TO NEXT S/WV SWINGING ACRS SAT/SAT NITE. WENT AHEAD AND MOVED UP CHC POPS FOR SHOWERS INTO THE DAYTIME HOURS SATURDAY AND TRENDED LOWER FOR PRE-DAWN HOURS SUNDAY. NO CHANGES PAST THEN. && .AVIATION... FORCING ALONG THE COLD FRONT COMBINED WITH RESIDUAL INSTABILITY ALONG 850 MB EQUIVALENT POTENTIAL TEMPERATURE AXIS WILL KEEP SHOWER CHANCES AT TAF LOCATIONS AS LATE AS 10Z. LINE OF SHRA/TSRA CURRENTLY MOVING ACROSS THE WRN UPSTATE...AND HAVE INCLUDED A TEMPO GROUP FOR TSRA KAND AND KGSP. WL NOT INCLUDE THUNDER IN KCLT YET...THOUGH LINE WL PROBABLY HOLD TOGETHER THAT FAR E. BREEZY SOUTHERLY FLOW AHEAD OF THE FRONT WILL QUICKLY GIVE WAY TO WINDY NW CONDITIONS THROUGH DAYBREAK...WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS BEGINNING WITH MIXING CIRCA 14Z. UPSLOPE PRECIPITATION INTO THE WRN NC MTNS WILL STRUGGLE INTO THE FRENCH BROAD VALLEY...WITH PRECIP UNLIKELY AS FAR SOUTH AS KAVL THROUGH THE OUTLOOK PERIOD. && .GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. && SHORT TERM/LONG TERM...CSH AVIATION...BPM
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 645 AM EST WED NOV 24 2004 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-251145- 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- 645 AM EST WED NOV 24 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE... HEAVY SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL THREATEN THE REGION INTO THIS EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON MAY CONTAIN DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. FOR FURTHER DETAILS...PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...SPSGSP...ISSUED BY THIS OFFICE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... LINGERING SHOWERS...POSSIBLY MIXED WITH SNOW AT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS...MAY BE SEEN ACROSS THE TENNESSEE BORDER COUNTIES THANKSGIVING MORNING...OTHERWISE A PARTLY CLOUDY AND WINDY HOLIDAY IS ON TAP. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE TODAY.
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 146 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 11:12 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
House had a large patch of shingles removed, vinyl siding torn off and a foundation vent blown out. A swing set was also turned over and a trampoline blown 70 feet against a tree.
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, November 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: 5428708.