North Carolina, 2002

Damaging Wind in North Carolina, June 6, 2002

June 6, 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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  • Hail
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  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
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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 6, 1:08 PM EST, 4 hours 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 6, 1:08 PM EST, 4 hours 2 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.

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 6, 2:24 PM EST, 2 hours 46 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
324 PM EDT THU JUN 06 2002

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

318 PM     3 S MORGANTON             NC   .75 INCH HAIL
06/06/02   BURKE                          SPOTTER REPORT.

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Local storm report, Jun 6, 2:32 PM EST, 2 hours 38 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
332 PM EDT THU JUN 06 2002

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

325 PM     MORGANTON                 NC   WIND DAMAGE
06/06/02   BURKE                          EOC REPORTED TREES AND
                                          POWERLINES DOWN.

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The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 58 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:10 UTC.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Rutherford

When
June 6, 5:10 PM EST
Where
Rutherford County, Rutherfordton
Measured
55 kt (63 mph)
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
35.367, -81.967

Numerous trees were blown down.

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.

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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: 5305681.