Thunderstorm Wind, Washington
- When
- June 14, 3:40 PM EST
- Where
- Washington County, 10 mi S of Plymouth
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 35.717, -76.750
Damaging Wind in North Carolina, June 14, 2002
1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
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 Newport/Morehead City, NC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 14, 2:30 PM EST, 1 hour 10 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 14, 2:30 PM EST, 1 hour 10 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 330 PM EDT FRI JUN 14 2002 CURRENT LINE OF STRONG/SVR STORMS WILL AFFECT AREA INTO EVE...THEN EXPECT ANOTHER BOUT OF STORMS OVERNIGHT ASSCTD WITH STRONGER SHRT WV UPSTREAM. CATEGORICAL POPS PLANNED FOLLOWING HIGHER NUMBERS FROM ETA MOS. 1ST COLD FRONT WILL MAKE IT OFF COAST AROUND 12Z...THEN SECONDARY FRONT SAT NIGHT...FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER ONE SUN NIGHT. THESE REINFORCING SHOTS OF COOLER DRIER AIR WILL BE IN RESPONSE TO ADDITIONAL SHRT WVS ROTATING AROUND BASE OF UPR LOW MOVING INTO ERN GREAT LAKES. MEAN RH AND OMEGA WILL BE LIMITED AFTER TONIGHT AND PLAN ON DRY FCST OVER WEEKEND OTHER THAN LINGERING 20 POP SAT AM ALONG COAST. STRONGER SHRT WV ROTATING IN MON AND WILL GO WITH CHC POP...OTHERWISE DRY FCST FOR DAYS 4-7. CONSENSUS MOS TEMPS ACCEPTED FOR SHORT TERM. CWF: BOUYS INDICATING WINDS IN THE 20 KT PLUS RANGE. WITH THE GRADIENT EXPECTED TO FURTHER TIGHTEN WITH APPROACH OF FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL RAISE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR COASTAL WATERS TONIGHT. WILL ALSO MENTION HIGHER WINDS AND SEAS WITH EXPECTED THUNDERSTORMS. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME WESTERLY AND THEN SOUTHWEST AND DECREASE TO BELOW SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS. .MHX...SCA S OF CURRITUCK BEACH LIGHT TO N OF SURF CITY. JBM/RP CORRECTED TO INCLUDE SCA ON WARNING LINE.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 14, 2:12 PM EST, 1 hour 28 minutes before
NCZ029-044>047-079>081-090>095-098-103-142000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT-MOREHEAD CITY NC 312 PM EDT FRI JUN 14 2002 A BROKEN LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE EAST AT 25 MPH ACROSS EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA. BY 330 PM...THE STORMS WILL LIKELY EXTEND FROM NORTHERN ONSLOW COUNTY TO TRENTON TO NEW BERN TO NEAR WASHINGTON TO WILLIAMSTON. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF BECOMING SEVERE AS THEY APPROACH THE COAST OF NORTH CAROLINA. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS WHICH CONTAIN DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH AND HAIL 3/4 INCH OR GREATER IN DIAMETER IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN MAY ALSO ACCOMPANY ANY THUNDERSTORMS. COLBY
The radar
The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 105 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:39 UTC.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Hail in Colorado, June 14, 2002
- Flash Flood in New York, June 14, 2002
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, June 14, 2002
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Wind in New York, June 14 to 15, 2002
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, June 14, 2002
- Damaging Wind in Texas, June 14, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, June 14, 2002
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, June 14, 2002
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, June 14, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Alabama, June 14, 2002
- Lightning Strike in Alabama, June 14, 2002
- Damaging Wind in Florida, June 14, 2002
More
Every storm in North Carolina in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, June 2002
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: 5297344.