Thunderstorm Wind, McDowell
- When
- June 6, 1:30 PM EST
- Where
- McDowell County, 2 mi W of Marion
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 35.683, -82.050
A few trees were blown down.
Damaging Wind in North Carolina, June 6, 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 Greenville-Spartanburg, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 6, 1:08 PM EST, 22 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 6, 1:08 PM EST, 22 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 208 PM EDT THU JUN 6 2002 LL MOIST FLOW CONT AS UPPER SHRTWV TROF APPROACHES CWA. SHWRS DVLPNG THIS AFTN WILL CONT MOVG THRU UNTIL UPPER TROF AND SFC FRONT MOVE THRU MOST OF TONIGHT. MDLS IN BETTER AGREEMENT WITH 12Z RUN BUT ETA IS A BIT MORE PROGRESSIVE WITH FROPA WHILE AVN SLOWS FRONT THRU S PART OF CWA. WILL MAINTAIN SLIGHTLY HIGHER POPS ACROSS SE WITH MOST PRECIP ENDING AROUND MIDNIGHT. FRI THRU MON WILL BE COOLER AND DRYER AS HIGH PRES BUILDS IN FROM THE N-NE...THEN ANOTHER FRONT IS FCST TO AFFECT AREA LATE WED INTO THU. FCSTID = 77 GSP 68 86 65 82 / 60 20 10 20 AND 69 87 66 83 / 60 20 10 20 CLT 67 83 62 80 / 60 20 10 10 HKY 64 81 59 76 / 40 20 10 10 AVL 61 77 59 75 / 50 10 10 20 .GSP... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. RB
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 6, 9:48 AM EST, 3 hours 42 minutes before
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-062300- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1048 AM EDT THU JUN 6 2002 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON... WITH WARM AND HUMID CONDITIONS PERSISTING ACROSS THE AREA...THE ATMOSPHERE IS EXPECTED TO BECOME QUITE UNSTABLE ONCE AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON. THIS WILL PROVIDE A FAVORABLE ENVIRONMENT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE MOUNTAINS LATER THIS AFTERNOON PROVIDING A FOCUS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. THESE STORMS SHOULD THEN MOVE EAST INTO THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT BY EVENING. FORECASTS OF INSTABILITY AND WIND FIELDS INDICATE THAT THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR THE THUNDERSTORMS TO BECOME SEVERE. THE MAIN THREATS FROM THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL BE HAIL AS LARGE AS QUARTERS AND WIND GUSTS TO 80 MPH. THE BEST CHANCE FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE OVER PIEDMONT SECTIONS...GENERALLY SOUTH AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 85...LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. ALTHOUGH STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE FASTER THAN THOSE OF RECENT DAYS...HEAVY RAINFALL WILL REMAIN A POSSIBILITY OVER THE AREA. THIS COULD RESULT IN LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS THAT HAVE RECEIVED HEAVY RAINFALL DURING THE PAST TWO DAYS. SPOTTERS MAY NEED TO BE ACTIVATED LATER THIS AFTERNOON. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS ON THE SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL.
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 90 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:31 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
- 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: 5305678.