1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it. 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 Wilmington, NC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 19, 9:30 AM EST, 4 hours 17 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 1030 AM EDT MON JUL 19 2004 .SHORT TERM (TODAY)... UPDATED PUBLIC SUITE OF PRODUCTS/GRIDS AS FOG HAS ALL BUT DISSIPATED. AIRMASS REMAINS UNSTABLE THIS AFTERNOON AND INCREASING SUNSHINE COUPLED WITH PROXIMITY OF NEARBY TROUGH AND SEABREEZE BOUNDARY SHOULD BE THE FOCUS FOR ISOLATED TO SCATTERED CONVECTION THIS AFTERNOON. MORNING SOUNDINGS SUPPORTIVE OF CURRENT TEMPERATURE FORECAST FOR TODAY. NO FURTHER CHANGES TO GRIDS REQUIRED. && .MARINE... RATHER LIGHT WINDS IN PLACE ACROSS THE AREA...BUT SHOULD INCREASE SLIGHTLY OUT OF THE SW AS THE DAY PROGRESSES. FRYING PAN SHOALS BUOY HAS BEEN REPORTING 4-5 FT SEAS...MAINLY THE RESULT OF AN 8 SEC SSE SWELL. WILL INCREASE FORECAST SEAS TO ABOUT 4 FT FOR THE NC WATERS TO BETTER ACCOUNT FOR THE SWELL...OTHERWISE NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES NEEDED. && .AVIATION... ALTHOUGH VISIBILITIES HAVE BEEN SLOWLY IMPROVING...IFR CONDITIONS FOR LOW CEILINGS PERSIST AT ALL COASTAL TERMINALS WITH MVFR CONDITIONS AT FLO. CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE IMPROVING THROUGH MIDDAY...WITH VFR CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON AT ALL TERMINALS. && .ILM WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NC...NONE. SC...NONE. MARINE...NONE. && SHORT TERM...RJD MARINE/AVIATION...JAQ
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED FOR RIP CURRENT RISK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 218 PM EDT MON JUL 19 2004 NCZ087-096-097-099>101-SCZ017-023-024-032>034-039-046-192300- BLADEN-BRUNSWICK-COLUMBUS-DARLINGTON-DILLON-FLORENCE-GEORGETOWN- HORRY-MARION-MARLBORO-NEW HANOVER-PENDER-ROBESON-WILLIAMSBURG- 532 AM EDT MON JUL 19 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A MODERATE RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS AT ALL BEACHES THIS AFTERNOON. THE RIP CURRENTS WILL BE STRONGEST A COUPLE HOURS EITHER SIDE OF LOW TIDE WHICH OCCURS AROUND 330 PM EDT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING. RJD
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 127 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:48 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
An AWOS measured a 58 mph wind gust at the Darlington Jetport.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in South Carolina in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings in South Carolina, July 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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5415963.