North Carolina, 2004

Damaging Wind in North Carolina, November 25, 2004

November 25, 2004 · NWS GSP · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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  • Tornadoes
  • Tropical storms and surge
  • Floods
  • Wind
  • Hail
  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
  • Other

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$10,000
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 Nov 24, 4:58 PM EST, 13 hours 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 24, 4:58 PM EST, 13 hours 2 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 24, 6:45 AM EST, 23 hours 15 minutes before
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 radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 138 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 11:00 UTC.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Catawba

When
November 25, 6:00 AM EST
Where
Catawba County, 4 mi N of Claremont
Measured
60 kt (69 mph) estimated gust
Property damage
$10,000
Reported by
EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates
35.767, -81.150

Barn had tin roof removed. An unanchored ten-by-ten foot aluminum building was moved 150 feet and turned over. An anchored, wood frame building was moved about 2 feet, and a carport was flipped onto a car. Several trees were uprooted.

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

More

Every storm in North Carolina in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, November 2004

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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5428792.