1 lightning, 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 Greenville-Spartanburg, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 8, 9:00 PM EST, 3 hours earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1000 PM EDT TUE JUN 8 2004 .UPDATE... CONVECTION A BIT MORE LIMITED TONITE BUT KGSP 88-D STILL SHOWS A HEALTHY DOSE OF RAIN TO AFFECT NORTHERN UPSTATE AND SOUTHERN FOOTHILLS AND SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA THROUGH THE PREDAWN. A WEAKENING TREND IS EXPECTED SINCE MUCH OF THIS REGION HAS BEEN WORKED OVER BY PREVIOUS CONVECTION EARLIER TODAY. UPPER AIR FEATURES REMAIN THE SAME...WITH WEAK UPPER VORT SLIDING SOUTH INTO NORTHEAST GEORGIA. MOISTURE A BIT MORE PREVALENT TONITE NORTH PER GSO SOUNDING AND AIRMASS DRYING OUT IN THE SOUTHWEST PER FFC. STILL A CONCERN ABOUT TRAINING CELLS IN OUR SOUPY AIRMASS...BUT THUS FAR NO FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED...SO WE WILL HOLD OFF ON ANY FLOOD WATCHES AT THIS TIME. FEW CHANGES REALLY NEEDED TO THE FORECAST...BUT DID SHUFFLE SOME GROUPINGS AROUND TO ACCOUNT FOR HIGHEST POPS IN THE SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA...THE SOUTH CAROLINA AND GEORGIA MOUNTAINS AND THE NORTHERN TIER UPSTATE/SOUTHERN NORTH CAROLINA FOOTHILLS. POPS WERE TAPERED TO LOW CHANCE FOR OTHER LOCATIONS WE MAY STILL EXPERIENCE ADDITIONAL UPSLOPE DEVELOPMENT LATE ALONG THE EASTERN FACING SLOPES. MIN TEMPERATURES WERE BUMPED UP A DEGREE MOST LOCATIONS. && .GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. && SAB
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 542 AM EDT TUE JUN 8 2004 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-090945- 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- 542 AM EDT TUE JUN 8 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE... SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AGAIN TODAY ACROSS THE REGION. THE MAIN THREAT FROM THIS ACTIVITY WILL BE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING. PLEASE SEE CAESPSGSP FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE HEAVY RAINFALL THREAT. IN ADDITION...AN ISOLATED STORM OR TWO COULD PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED FOR EACH OF THE NEXT 7 DAYS. THERE WILL BE A THREAT OF ISOLATED SEVERE WEATHER AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLASH FLOODING ON MOST DAYS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. LANE
The Greer radar (KGSP), 14 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 04:58 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning struck a tree, causing it to fall on and damage 2 vehicles.
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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5411649.