5 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 4, 1:47 PM EST, 3 hours 35 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 247 PM EDT FRI JUN 4 2004 .SHORT TERM... MODERATE INSTABILITY AND LOW WET BULB ZERO LATE TODAY AND THIS EVENING. ALSO A SURFACE FRONT FROM PEE DEE AREA WESTWARD TO SC PIEDMONT AND CENTRAL SAV RIVER AREA. THESE CONDITIONS ARE FAVORING SCATTERED CONVECTION WHICH WILL LAST INTO THE EVENING...ESPECIALLY IN THE NORTH AND EAST COUNTIES. SHORTWAVE TRIGGER IS WELL NORTH OVER NC AND VA BUT VORTICITY LOBE STRETCHES SWD INTO NRN SC...SO WILL FORECAST HIGHEST CHANCE POPS OVER NORTHERN ZONES. THE SURFACE LOW AND ASSOCIATED FRONTAL TROUGH MAKES ONLY SLOW EASTWARD PROGRESS BY SAT AND MODERATE INSTABILITY CONTINUES OVER EASTERN ZONES TO FAVOR SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT AREA ON SAT. ON SUNDAY... MODERATE INSTABILITY PUSHES A LITTLE WESTWARD AND WEAK TROUGH CONTINUES...SO PLAN TO FORECAST 30 PERCENT POPS OVER ENTIRE AREA. .LONG TERM... ALTHOUGH ATLANTIC SURFACE RIDGE MOSTLY DOMINATES...WEAK IMPULSES IN UPPER FLOW WILL CAUSE DIURNAL WIDELY SCATTERED CONVECTION THROUGH THE PERIOD. TEMPERATURES WILL GENERALLY REMAIN SEASONAL. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... COLUMBIA 66 90 66 89 / 30 10 10 30 AUGUSTA 64 90 64 90 / 30 10 10 30 SUMTER 64 88 66 88 / 30 20 10 30 ORANGEBURG 65 89 66 90 / 30 20 10 30 && .CAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SC...NONE. GA...NONE. && 24/24
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 412 AM EDT FRI JUN 4 2004 GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025>031-035>038-041-050810- 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- 412 AM EDT FRI JUN 4 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE MIDLANDS OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA. .DAY ONE... ...SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE STORMS TODAY... A STATIONARY FRONT WILL REMAIN OVER THE AREA FOR MUCH OF TODAY. THIS FRONT...ALONG WITH AN APPROACHING UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE...WILL HELP TO TRIGGER THE DEVELOPMENT OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS LATER TODAY...ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. A FEW OF THESE STORMS MAY REACH SEVERE LIMITS...WITH WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 MILES PER HOUR...ALONG WITH POSSIBLE LARGE HAIL. ALTHOUGH CURRENT DATA DOES NOT INDICATE WIDESPREAD SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT...SPOTTER GROUPS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO ACTIVATE QUICKLY IF CONDITIONS WARRANT. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS SHOULD ALSO MONITOR THIS WEATHER SITUATION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. BC
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 503 PM EDT FRI JUN 04 2004 GAZ077-042130- BURKE- 503 PM EDT FRI JUN 04 2004 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT BURKE COUNTY THROUGH 530 PM EDT... AT 500 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED 10 MILES SW OF WAYNESBORO. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 20 MPH. HAIL TO 1/2 INCH AND WINDS 35 TO 45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. JDB
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 508 PM EDT FRI JUN 04 2004 SCZ029-042135- LEE- 508 PM EDT FRI JUN 04 2004 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT LEE COUNTY THROUGH 535 PM EDT... AT 505 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED 7 MILES S OF BISHOPVILLE. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 20 MPH. HAIL TO 1/2 INCH AND WINDS 35 TO 45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. JDB
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 610 PM EDT FRI JUN 4 2004 SCZ036-041-042245- BAMBERG-ORANGEBURG- 610 PM EDT FRI JUN 4 2004 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT ORANGEBURG COUNTY AND BAMBERG COUNTY THROUGH 645 PM EDT... AT 610 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CENTERED 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BRANCHVILLE...OR ABOUT 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BAMBERG...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. THIS CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND BRANCHVILLE THROUGH 645 PM EDT. HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER...EXCESSIVE CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. JDB
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 110 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:23 UTC.
5 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Highway dept reported trees down on secondary hwy 187. The roof of a barn was also partially blown off.
Sheriff reported 3/4 inch hail in Cassat.
EOC reported several trees down.
EOC reported wind damage to a home on hwy 1.
Sheriff reported 3/4 inch hail.
EOC reported several trees down from Lucknow to Ashland.
EOC reported numerous trees down in Bishopville.
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: 5395095, 5395096, 5395097, 5395099, 5395098, 5395100, 5395101.