Thunderstorm Wind, Transylvania
- When
- June 6, 2:00 AM EST
- Where
- Transylvania County, Brevard
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 35.233, -82.733
Some small trees and live branches were blown down.
Damaging Wind and Lightning Strike in North Carolina, June 6, 2002
1 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. 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
- 2
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 5, 9:15 PM EST, 4 hours 45 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 5, 9:15 PM EST, 4 hours 45 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1015 PM EDT WED JUN 5 2002 STILL DEALING WITH CONVECTION THIS EVENING AS STORMS CONTINUE TO FIRE ALONG EDGE OF COLD POOL ASSOCIATED WITH CONVECTION OVER NRN GA. THERE REMAINS SOME THREAT FOR MARGINALLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE MOUNTAIN/UPSTATE SC/NE GA ZONES SO THAT WORDING WILL NOT BE REMOVED. POP WILL BE LOWERED ACROSS NC FOOTHILLS/PIEDMONT WHERE CONVECTION IS AS LIKELY AS OUT W. WILL NOT MAKE ANY SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO TEMPS. .GSP... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. MOORE
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning, Transylvania
- When
- June 6, 2:00 AM EST
- Where
- Transylvania County, Brevard
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 35.202, -82.798 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning ignited a few fires.
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.
- Lightning
- A lightning strike that killed, injured or caused damage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornado and Hail in Virginia, June 6, 2002
- Tornado and Hail in Maryland, June 6, 2002
- Flood and Damaging Winds in Georgia, June 6, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, June 6, 2002
- Flash Flooding in Ohio, June 6 to 9, 2002
- Flash Flood in West Virginia, June 6, 2002
- Damaging Wind in West Virginia, June 6, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Minnesota, June 6, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, June 6, 2002
- Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, June 6, 2002
- Hail in South Dakota, June 6, 2002
- Damaging Winds in West Virginia, June 6, 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: 5305676, 5305677.