North Carolina, 2002

High Wind in North Carolina, November 6, 2002

November 6, 2002 · NWS GSP · 6 events in 6 counties and zones

High winds behind a cold front caused numerous trees to fall across portions of the mountains and foothills of North Carolina.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 3 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
6

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 happened

The episode as NWS GSP wrote it up.

High winds behind a cold front caused numerous trees to fall across portions of the mountains and foothills of North Carolina.

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 Nov 5, 3:14 PM EST, 18 hours 46 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 5, 3:14 PM EST, 18 hours 46 minutes before
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The radar

The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.

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Event by event

6 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.

High Wind, Caldwell

When
November 6, 10:00 AM EST to 8:00 PM EST
Where
Caldwell forecast zone
Measured
50 kt (58 mph)
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT

High Wind, Mitchell

When
November 6, 10:00 AM EST to 8:00 PM EST
Where
Mitchell forecast zone
Measured
50 kt (58 mph)
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
36.013, -82.163 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Buncombe

When
November 6, 10:00 AM EST to 8:00 PM EST
Where
Buncombe forecast zone
Measured
50 kt (58 mph)
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
35.611, -82.530 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Burke

When
November 6, 10:00 AM EST to 8:00 PM EST
Where
Burke forecast zone
Measured
50 kt (58 mph)
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT

High Wind, Rutherford

When
November 6, 10:00 AM EST to 8:00 PM EST
Where
Rutherford forecast zone
Measured
50 kt (58 mph)
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT

High Wind, Catawba

When
November 6, 10:00 AM EST to 8:00 PM EST
Where
Catawba forecast zone
Measured
50 kt (58 mph)
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
35.663, -81.214 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

What these are

High Wind
Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

More

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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: 5321396, 5321397, 5321398, 5321399, 5321400, 5321401.