North Carolina, 2002

Damaging Wind in North Carolina, June 13, 2002

June 13, 2002 · NWS GSP · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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  • Tornadoes
  • Tropical storms and surge
  • Floods
  • Wind
  • Hail
  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
  • Other

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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 13, 2:21 PM EST, 4 hours 56 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 13, 2:21 PM EST, 4 hours 56 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
321 PM EDT THU JUN 13 2002

KGSP 88D CONTINUES TO INDICATE A FEW TSTMS ALONG LEE TROUGH IN
NC FTHLS WITH BETTER CVRG WEST OF MTNS WHERE GREATER INSTABILITY
EXISTS. WOULD STILL EXPECT SOME ADDITIONAL ACTIVITY THRU EARLY
EVENING ALONG THE LEE TROUGH & IN MTNS...BUT LESS CERTAIN FOR
POINTS SE WHERE DRIER DWPTS HAVE MIXED DOWN. SUBTLE VORTS...
SMALL SCALE BNDRYS AND OUTFLOWS PROPAGATING EAST WILL KEEP
AT LEAST WESTERN PARTS OF THE CWFA UNDER A THUNDERSTORM THREAT
EVEN PAST DIURNALLY FAVORED TIMEFRAME AND WILL KEEP POP WORDING
FOR TONIGHT AS SUCH.

WE MAY BE DEALING WITH ORGANIZED TSTMS...OR REMNANTS THEREOF...
TOMORROW MORNING...WITH DECENT SLUG OF OMEGA TRANSLATING EASTWARD
ACRS THE CWFA 12-18Z. AS UPPER TROUGH DEEPENS ACRS THE EASTERN U.S.
FRIDAY...THERES LITTLE DOUBT THAT COOLING ALOFT AND A STRENGTHENING
VERTICAL WIND PROFILE WILL ACCOMPANY...BUT TIMING WITH GREATEST
INSTABILITY MAY WIND UP BEING EAST OF THE CWFA. AT ANY RATE...AS FAR
AS ZFP IS CONCERNED SEE LTL REASON TO DEVIATE FROM GOING CHC POPS
CWFA WIDE.

LLVL CAA AND PROGRESSIVE DRYING IN WAKE OF FRONT WILL BE FEATURED
FRIDAY NIGHT...AS LLVL UPSLOPE MOISTURE LINGERS ACRS NC MTNS INTO
SATURDAY. 12Z AVN STILL ROUGHLY SUPPORTS IDEA OF RETURN FLOW
MOISTURE AND PCPN REDEVELOPING MONDAY OR MONDAY NIGHT...SO WILL ADD
POP WORDING FOR THIS PERIOD. MEAN ENSEMBLE POPS STILL HIGHEST ON
TUESDAY...SO WILL CONTINUE GOING POP WORDING FOR THEN AS WELL.

FCSTID = 55
GSP   68  88  64  84 /  20  40  10   0
AND   69  89  64  85 /  20  40  10   0
CLT   69  88  64  84 /  20  40  10   0
HKY   67  85  62  82 /  20  40  10   0
AVL   65  81  58  79 /  30  40  10   0

.GSP...
GA...NONE.
NC...NONE.
SC...NONE.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 13, 6:23 PM EST, 54 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
723 PM EDT THU JUN 13 2002

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

720 PM     OLD FORT                  NC   WIND DAMAGE
06/13/02   MCDOWELL                       TREES AND POWER LINES
                                          DOWN. REPORTED BY COUNTY
                                          COMMUNICATIONS CENTER.

705 PM     BLACK MOUNTAIN            NC   WIND DAMAGE
06/13/02   BUNCOMBE                       TREES AND POWER LINES
                                          DOWN. REPORTED BY COUNTY
                                          COMMUNICATIONS CENTER.

MCAVOY

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 117 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:15 UTC.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Caldwell

When
June 13, 7:17 PM EST
Where
Caldwell County, 4 mi S of Gamewell
Measured
56 kt (64 mph)
Reported by
AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates
35.817, -81.617

Measured by AWOS at the Morganton-Lenoir Airport.

What these are

Thunderstorm Wind
Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.

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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5305767.