5 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 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 Columbia, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 28, 9:50 PM EST, 4 hours earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 1050 PM EDT MON JUN 28 2004 .UPDATE... HV UPDATED POPS BASED ON CUR RADAR TRENDS. NO OTHR CHNGS ATTM. && .PREV DISCUSSION... OVERALL WEATHER PATTERN IN THE SHORT TERM AND THROUGH THE WEEK FOR THAT MATTER DOES NOT CHANGE MUCH FROM WHAT IT HAS BEEN. MOIST AIR MASS OVER THE AREA WITH MAINLY DIURNAL CONVECTION FORCED BY WEAK UPPER LEVEL IMPULSES AND SURFACE BOUNDARIES ACROSS THE AREA. SCATTERED SHOWER ACTIVITY CURRENTLY MOVING INTO CWA FORCED BY APPROACHING SHORT WAVE FROM THE WEST AND DIFFUSE BOUNDARY OVER THE AREA. WILL CARRY A CHANCE POP THROUGH THE SHORT TERM. NO CHANGE IN OVERALL PATTERN EXPECTED. SCATTERED DIURNAL CONVECTION EACH DAY WITH LOWS NEAR 70 AND HIGHS UPPER 80S TO AROUND 90. && .CAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SC...NONE. GA...NONE. && 99/99
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 614 AM EDT MON JUN 28 2004 GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025>031-035>038-041-291011- 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- 614 AM EDT MON JUN 28 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE MIDLANDS OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA OF GEORGIA. .DAY ONE... AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE IS EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH THE AREA LATER TODAY. THIS WILL AID IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME MAY BECOME SEVERE. THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS PUT US IN A SLIGHT RISK AREA FOR LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE GREATEST THREAT WILL BE VERY HEAVY RAIN AND WINDS GUSTS TO 60 MPH. SOME SMALL HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED. PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA FOR MORE DETAILS.
SCZ035-036-041-290615- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 120 AM EDT TUE JUN 29 2004 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT ORANGEBURG COUNTY...BARNWELL COUNTY AND BAMBERG COUNTY THROUGH 215 AM EDT... AT 120 AM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CENTERED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES NORTH OF SPRINGFIELD TO 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ELKO TO 11 MILES WEST OF SNELLING...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF DENMARK TO 9 MILES NORTH OF BARNWELL TO 16 MILES WEST OF BARNWELL...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. THIS CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND SPRINGFIELD...ELKO... SNELLING...BLACKVILLE...NORTH...NORWAY...NEESES...LIVINGSTON... BARNWELL AND HILDA THROUGH 215 AM EDT. WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG WITH EXCESSIVE CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING. UNPLUG COMPUTERS...TELEVISION SETS...AND OTHER HOME APPLIANCES AS THEY ARE SUSCEPTIBLE TO POWER SURGES AND MAY BE DAMAGED BY NEARBY LIGHTNING STRIKES. LM
SCZ038-290615- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 137 AM EDT TUE JUN 29 2004 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT CLARENDON COUNTY THROUGH 215 AM EDT... AT 137 AM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED 8 MILES SOUTH OF SUMMERTON...OR ABOUT 17 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MANNING...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND SUMMERTON AND MANNING THROUGH 215 AM EDT. WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG WITH EXCESSIVE CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING. UNPLUG COMPUTERS...TELEVISION SETS...AND OTHER HOME APPLIANCES AS THEY ARE SUSCEPTIBLE TO POWER SURGES AND MAY BE DAMAGED BY NEARBY LIGHTNING STRIKES. LM
SCZ035>038-290645- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 206 AM EDT TUE JUN 29 2004 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT CLARENDON COUNTY...CALHOUN COUNTY...ORANGEBURG COUNTY AND BARNWELL COUNTY THROUGH 245 AM EDT... AT 206 AM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CENTERED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES NORTH OF ELLOREE TO 6 MILES WEST OF BLACKVILLE...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 18 MILES WEST OF MANNING TO 8 MILES NORTH OF BARNWELL...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THIS CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND NORWAY...BLACKVILLE... CAMERON...BROOKDALE...WILKINSON HEIGHTS...ORANGEBURG...EDISTO... CORDOVA...MANNING AND COPE THROUGH 245 AM EDT. EXCESSIVE CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED.
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 93 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 06:51 UTC.
5 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Goat Is. Resort reported several trees down in the area and very heavy rain.
Sheriff reported trees down on hwy 23 near the middle school. Small hail was also reported.
Highway Maint. reported large limbs down on Lightning Hill Road near Woodford.
Public called and reported nickel size hail covering the ground. The event lasted 20 minutes.
Power company reported many trees, telephone poles, and powerlines down.
Power company reported some trees and powerlines down.
Emergency services reported 2 to 3 inches of rain just east of Paxville flooding streams and fields. Some secondary roads were flooded.
Goat Island Resort reported 3/4 inch hail.
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5395312, 5395386, 5395313, 5395381, 5395384, 5395385, 5395383, 5395382.