2 thunderstorm wind, 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 Raleigh, NC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 26, 1:05 PM EST, 2 hours 55 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 205 PM EDT WED JUN 26 2002 TONIGHT: SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS SHOULD START TO DIMINISH AFTER SUNSET... HOWEVER WITH PW VALUES STAYING UP CLOSE TO 2 INCHES (PARTICULARLY IN THE EAST)... LOW LEVEL MOISTURE CONVERGENCE... AND A WEAK MID LEVEL WAVE MOVING NNE INTO THE STATE OVERNIGHT... WILL LEAVE IN A 20% CHANCE OF SHOWERS THROUGH THE NIGHT IN THE NW WITH 30% SOUTH/EAST. A SULTRY NIGHT WITH LOWS MOSTLY IN THE LOWER 70S. THU: MODELS SUGGEST THAT MOST PRECIP SHOULD OCCUR WELL TO OUR NORTH/ NORTHWEST ALONG THE FRONT... AND IN THE COASTAL AREA IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE AFOREMENTIONED WAVE & AN UPPER LEVEL DIVERGENCE MAX... PRIMARILY DURING THE MORNING. THIS WILL LEAVE MOST OF THE CWA IN A RELATIVE LULL REGION BETWEEN SYSTEMS... WITH A SLIGHTLY LESS MOIST COLUMN COMPARED TO TODAY AND THEREFORE LESS QPF. WILL HAVE 30% POPS IN THE WEST & 40% IN THE EAST... CARRIED THROUGH EARLY EVENING. MORNING CLOUDINESS SHOULD CUT HIGHS BACK A BIT TO 85 TO 90. FRI: AVN SHOWS HIGHER QPF DUE TO ITS MORE BULLISH LOW LEVEL JET/ CONVERGENCE AND UPPER LEVEL DIVERGENCE AREA. THIS SCENARIO WOULD INDICATE FAIRLY HIGH POPS ESPECIALLY IN THE SOUTHEAST CWA. HOWEVER WITH THE BEST VORT ENERGY BOTH TO OUR NORTH AND BACK OVER TN/AR (GETTING SHEARED OUT)... THE POSSIBILITY EXISTS THAT WE COULD END UP IN A SPLIT WITH LITTLE RAINFALL OVER CENTRAL NC. THINK WELL SEE ENOUGH FORCING FOR 30% NW AND 40% POPS ELSEWHERE... BUT CONFIDENCE ISNT TERRIBLY HIGH. TEMPS AGAIN 85-90. SAT/SUN: 00Z OP GFS IS TRENDING TOWARD YESTERDAYS ENSEMBLE SOLUTION OF A DEEPER/SLOWER TROUGH MOVING OFF THE NEW ENGLAND/MIDATLANTIC COAST OVER THE WEEKEND... IN LINE WITH THE CANADIAN/ECMWF. WHILE LOW-MID LEVEL WINDS SHIFT AROUND TO WNW OVER THE NRN/WRN CWA ON SATURDAY... ENOUGH MOISTURE REMAINS OVER THE SERN CWA FOR A CHANCE OF A SHOWER AS WEAK VORTICITY FROM THE DYING SRN PLAINS UPPER LOW PASSES BY. THE LACK OF A PUSH FOR THE SRN END OF THE FRONT MAY NECESSITATE ADDING A POP TO THE SE FOR SUNDAY AS WELL... BUT GIVEN THE BAGGY NATURE OF THE SYSTEM & UNCERTAIN TIMING... WILL HOLD OFF FOR THE TIME BEING. TEMPS NEAR TO SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL. MON-WED: THIS PERIOD WILL BE LIKELY DOMINATED BY A BUILDING UPPER RIDGE IN THE WAKE OF THE SLOWLY-DEPARTING TROUGH... AND A BERMUDA RIDGE NOSING ACROSS THE AREA. GFS/CANADIAN HINT AT RESIDUAL UPPER-LEVEL CIRCULATIONS MEANDERING AROUND THE SE U.S. & THIS WILL HAVE TO BE WATCHED... BUT FOR NOW WILL CONTINUE DRY/WARM WITH LOWS 68-73 AND HIGHS 89 TO 93. .RAH...NONE. HARTFIELD
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 114 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:28 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
At least four house fires were started by lightning strikes in the Oak Ridge area.
Trees and power lines were blown down across the county.
Thunderstorm winds flipped over a mobile home onto a truck. The home was destroyed, and the two residents were injured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in North Carolina in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, June 2002
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: 5294403, 5294308, 5294307.