13 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 Columbia, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 22, 2:21 PM EST, 4 hours 49 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 321 PM EDT TUE JUN 22 2004 .SHORT TERM... REGIONAL SATELLITE IMAGES INDICATE AN AREA OF DISTURBED WEATHER MOVING ACROSS NORTHERN GA ATTM AND INTO THE UPSTATE WITH A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS ASSOCIATED WITH IT. A SECOND AREA OF CONVERGENCE IS INDICATED ACROSS THE SAVANNAH RIVER AREA NEAR THE COAST AND IS MOVING TO THE NORTH. WOULD EXPECT SHOWERS AND POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP LATER THIS AFTERNOON AS DISTURBANCE MOVES BY. DIURNAL HEATING AND UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE WILL AID IN THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS THE AREA LATER TODAY. COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO APPROACH THE AREA LATE ON THURSDAY WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...MAINLY TO THE NORTH OF CAE TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA LATE IN THE DAY. SOME STORMS COULD BE STRONG WITH HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. THE FRONT WILL HANG UP OVER THE AREA ON FRIDAY WITH A CONTINUED THREAT OF PRECIP. MODELS ARE IN GOOD IN AGREEMENT WITH TIMING OF THE FRONT. && .LONG TERM... A SECONDARY FRONT IS EXPECTED TO PUSH INTO THE AREA ON SATURDAY WITH A CONTINUED CHANCE OF MORE RAIN ACROSS THE AREA. THIS FRONT IS ALSO EXPECTED TO LAY UP ACROSS THE AREA AND BECOME STATIONARY WITH CONTINUED CHANCE OF RAIN THROUGH WEDNESDAY...MAINLY DIURNAL AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... COLUMBIA 72 90 71 90 / 30 50 50 40 AUGUSTA 70 90 68 91 / 30 50 50 40 SUMTER 72 90 71 90 / 30 50 50 40 ORANGEBURG 72 90 71 90 / 30 50 50 40 && .CAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SC...NONE. GA...NONE. && 17/17
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 511 AM EDT TUE JUN 22 2004 GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025>031-035>038-041-230911- AIKEN SC-BAMBERG SC-BARNWELL SC-BURKE GA-CALHOUN SC-CHESTERFIELD SC- CLARENDON SC-COLUMBIA GA-EDGEFIELD SC-FAIRFIELD SC-KERSHAW SC- LANCASTER SC-LEE SC-LEXINGTON SC-LINCOLN GA-MCCORMICK SC-MCDUFFIE GA- NEWBERRY SC-ORANGEBURG SC-RICHLAND SC-RICHMOND GA-SALUDA SC- SUMTER SC- 511 AM EDT TUE JUN 22 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE MIDLANDS OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA OF GEORGIA. .DAY ONE... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
SCZ020-021-025-026-222345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 703 PM EDT TUE JUN 22 2004 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NEWBERRY COUNTY...SALUDA COUNTY AND EDGEFIELD COUNTY THROUGH 745 PM EDT... AT 703 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM LANCASTER COUNTY SOUTHWEST ACROSS WESTERN NEWBERRY COUNTY TO MCCORMICK COUNTY. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE EAST AT 20 MPH...AND WILL MOVE ACROSS NEWBERRY...SALUDA...EDGEFIELD...POSSIBLY FAIRFIELD COUNTY BY 745 PM. EXPECT FREQUENT LIGHTNING...BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS PRODUCING RAINFALL IN EXCESS OF 1 INCH...AND GUSTY WINDS FROM 35 TO 45 MPH. THESE STORMS MAY MOVE INTO THE COLUMBIA METRO AREA LATER THIS EVENING.
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 82 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:10 UTC.
13 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
TV met reported trees down near the Edgefield/Aiken county line southwest of Trenton.
Sheriff reported trees down between Graniteville and Vaucluse.
Post Office reported large branches down on hwy 75 between Van Wyck and Hancock.
Sheriff reported several trees down on hwy 221.
Sheriff reported several trees down in Trenton.
Sheriff reported trees down on hwy 39.
Sheriff reported powerlines down on Holly Point road.
City police reported several trees down on powerlines.
Sheriff reported scattered trees down in and around Lexington.
Sheriff reported trees down in Swansea.
Sheriff reported interstate signs blown down at I26 and I77.
Post Office reported large branches down around the Blair area.
Dispatch reported numerous trees down around the city.
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, June 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: 5395199, 5395198, 5395201, 5395202, 5395200, 5395203, 5395204, 5395206, 5395205, 5395207, 5395208, 5395210, 5395209.