South Carolina, 2004

Hail in South Carolina, June 4, 2004

June 4, 2004 · NWS GSP · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
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 Jun 4, 1:15 PM EST, 5 hours 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 4, 1:15 PM EST, 5 hours 25 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
215 PM EDT FRI JUN 4 2004

.SHORT TERM...
UPPER LOW OVER FAR E KY MOVG INTO WV-VA AND TRACKING SLOWLY NE. WEAK
SFC FRONT LIES ACROSS PIEDMONT ALONG S BORDER CWA AND IS EXPECTED TO
MOVE ONLY VERY SLOWLY E. PLENTY OF MOISTURE LINGERING WITH EARLIER
CONVECTION AND CHANCE OF SCT SHWRS AND TSTMS CONT INTO THIS EVE WITH
STROGER STORMS E OF AREA. UPPER TROF MOVES E TONIGHT AND LOW LEVELS
DRY OUT FOR SAT. ON SUN HOWEVER ANOTHER SHORTWAVE IS EXPECTED TO
DROP SE AND BRUSH N CWA. MOISTURE IS A BIT SPARSE SUN THOUGH AND ETA
SOUNDINGS SHOW ATMOSPHERE TO BE CAPPED BY WARM AIR IN THE MID
LEVELS...COULD STILL SEE ISOLD AFTN-EVE CONVECTION MAINLY MTNS.
ANOTHER SHORTWAVE ALONG WITH INCREASING MOISTURE POINT TOWARD CHANCE
SHWRS AND TSTMS FOR MON AND HAVE RAISED POPS OVER MTNS SLIGHTLY.

.LONG TERM...
RIDGE WILL AFFECT MUCH OF THE ERN CONUS THROUGH THE EXTENDED PERIOD.
PER NCEP/S MANUAL PROGS AND THE 00 UTC GFS...SFC FRONT WL BE
STATIONARY SOMEWHERE ROUGHLY ALONG THE NC/SC BORDER TUE THROUGH
THU...WITH THE FRONT WASHING OUT BY LATE THU INTO FRI. ALOFT...A
WEAK SHORT WAVE WL BECOME ORPHANED SOMEWHERE OVER THE SRN MID
ATLANTIC STATES TUE AS HGHTS RISE QUICKLY TO ITS N. A PERSISTENT
AXIS OF HIGH LAYER RH VALUES AND RATHER COOL MID LEVEL TEMPERATURES
WILL EXIST S OF THIS FEATURE...RESULTING IN DIURNALLY DRIVEN POPS
BOTH DAYS. APPEARS THAT WE MAY DRY OUT A LITTLE THU. HOWEVER...PER
HPC/S PCPN NUMBERS AND TO AGREE WITH MOST OF THE NEIGHBORS...WL KEEP
CHANCE POPS IN THE ZONES. BY FRI SW FLOW BEGINS TO INCREASE WITH A
RESULTANT INCREASE IN GFS RH VALUES. THEREFORE...WL ONCE AGAIN CARRY
AN AFTN POP NEXT FRI. &&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
GSP  61  84  61  84 /  20  10  10  20
AND  61  85  61  86 /  20  10  10  20
CLT  60  84  61  84 /  30  10  10  20
HKY  59  81  58  83 /  30  10  10  20
AVL  55  78  54  79 /  30  10  10  20
&&

.GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...NONE.
NC...NONE.
SC...NONE.
&&

RB/BPM
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 4, 5:07 AM EST, 13 hours 33 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
607 AM EDT FRI JUN 4 2004

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014-
019-051200-
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-
607 AM EDT FRI JUN 4 2004

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA.

.DAY ONE...
WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE NORTH ACROSS THE AREA
THIS MORNING. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL.
A FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN POSTED FOR A PORTION OF THE MOUNTAINS AND
FOOTHILLS OF NORTH CAROLINA. PLEASE SEE CAEFFAGSP FOR ADDITIONAL
DETAILS.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL DECREASE IN COVERAGE THIS AFTERNOON. HOWEVER
THE ATMOSPHERE WILL BE MUCH MORE UNSTABLE AT THAT TIME. SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE NORTH CAROLINA
PIEDMONT AND SOUTH CAROLINA UPSTATE THIS AFTERNOON. PLEASE SEE
CAESPSGSP FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED.

RWH

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 4, 4:05 PM EST, 2 hours 35 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
505 PM EDT FRI JUN 04 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0447 PM     HAIL             7 NW PIEDMONT           34.78N 82.55W
06/04/2004  0.75 INCH        ANDERSON           SC   TRAINED SPOTTER

0458 PM     HAIL             POWDERSVILLE            34.79N 82.49W
06/04/2004  0.25 INCH        ANDERSON           SC   AMATEUR RADIO

            AT POWDERSVILLE FIRE DEPT

&&

JONES
Local storm report, Jun 4, 4:31 PM EST, 2 hours 9 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
531 PM EDT FRI JUN 04 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0527 PM     HAIL             5 S GREENVILLE          34.77N 82.37W
06/04/2004  1.00 INCH        GREENVILLE         SC   AIRPLANE PILOT

            HAIL AS LARGE AS QUARTERS REPORTED BY A GROUNDED PILOT AT
            DONALDSON CENTER.

&&

BURRUS
Local storm report, Jun 4, 4:51 PM EST, 1 hour 49 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
551 PM EDT FRI JUN 04 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0530 PM     HAIL             10 WSW SIMPSONVILLE     34.68N 82.42W
06/04/2004  0.75 INCH        GREENVILLE         SC   TRAINED SPOTTER

            ALSO HIGH WINDS

0540 PM     HAIL             1 W SIMPSONVILLE        34.73N 82.28W
06/04/2004  0.75 INCH        GREENVILLE         SC   AMATEUR RADIO

0545 PM     HAIL             2 SW SIMPSONVILLE       34.71N 82.28W
06/04/2004  1.00 INCH        GREENVILLE         SC   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

JONES
Local storm report, Jun 4, 5:31 PM EST, 1 hour 9 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
631 PM EDT FRI JUN 04 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0600 PM     HAIL             GRAY COURT              34.61N 82.11W
06/04/2004  0.75 INCH        LAURENS            SC   COUNTY OFFICIAL

            PUBLIC REPORT THROUGH 911

0500 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 W PIEDMONT            34.71N 82.48W
06/04/2004                   ANDERSON           SC   PUBLIC

            CAR REPORTED BLOWN OFF ROAD

&&

JONES

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 76 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:38 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Union

When
June 4, 6:40 PM EST
Where
Union County, Carlisle
Measured
1 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
34.600, -81.467

What these are

Hail
Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

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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: 5411400.