Thunderstorm Wind, Buncombe
- When
- June 8, 1:25 PM EST
- Where
- Buncombe County, Arden
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
- Coordinates
- 35.467, -82.533
Several trees were blown down.
Damaging Wind in North Carolina, June 8, 2003
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 8, 1:02 PM EST, 23 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 8, 1:02 PM EST, 23 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 202 PM EDT SUN JUN 8 2003 SHORTWAVE ASSOCIATED WITH GREAT LAKES UPPER LOW TO MOVE BY TO N TONIGHT. SURFACE FRONT STALLED NEAR AREA RIGHT NOW...WITH SECONDARY FRONT MOVING THROUGH MS RIVER VALLEY. RADAR SHOWS CONVECTION DEVELOPING MAINLY E OF I-85...THROUGH SECOND BAND DEVELOPING ALONG BLUE RIDGE. WILL LEAVE SCATTERED CONVECTION IN FORECAST THIS EVENING. STILL CONCERNED ABOUT FLOOD POTENTIAL IN CLT AREA THIS EVENING...AND WILL ISSUE ANOTHER FLOOD WATCH. ATMOSPHERE DRIES AS SECOND FRONT WEEPS ACROSS AREA LATE TONIGHT. GUIDANCE POPS VERY LOW NEXT TWO DAYS...THOUGH AVN RETURNS MOISTURE FASTER ON TUE. FOR NOW LEFT TUE DRY. NEXT COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM N WED. AVN MORE AGRESSIVE IN BRINGING GULF MOISTURE N TO MEET FRONT. INCREASED POP TO 30 WED AFTERNOON. DRIER AIR WILL ALLOW GREATER DIURNAL TEMPERATURE RANGE...PARTICULARLY TUE WITH LOWER MININUM TEMPERATURES. EXTENDED FORECAST FEATURES STALLED FRONT TO N...WITH OPEN GULF TO W...AND AREA IN WARM SECTOR. BEST ACTIVITY MAY BE LIMITED TO N AND W SECTIONS NEARES BEST DYNAMICS...OROGRAPHICS...AND MOISTURE SOURCE. A LOT WILL DEPND ON WHERE EXACTLY FRONT STALLS. AT THIS TIME WILL LEAVE 30 POPS THROUGHOUT EXTENDED...CONTINUING INTO SUN. TEMPERATURES NEAR PERSISTENCE AND CLIMATOLOGY. FCSTID = 7 GSP 64 87 63 87 / 30 10 10 10 AND 64 88 63 88 / 30 10 10 10 CLT 65 87 63 88 / 30 10 10 10 HKY 63 85 60 85 / 30 10 10 10 AVL 60 83 56 83 / 30 10 10 10 .GSP... GA...NONE. NC...FLOOD WATCH FOR THIS EVENING FOR ZONES NCZ069>072...NCZ082. SC...FLOOD WATCH FOR THIS EVENING FOR ZONE SCZ009. O7
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 8, 6:10 AM EST, 7 hours 15 minutes before
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-081300- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 710 AM EDT SUN JUN 8 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN AFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF THE PIEDMONT OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS THIS MORNING. SEE CAEFFAGSP AND CAEFLSGSP FOR FURTHER INFORMATION. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE VERY SLOWLY ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS TODAY...AND SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP AHEAD OF THIS FEATURE DURING THE AFTERNOON. THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING ISOLATED HEAVY RAINFALL... AS WELL AS GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. HOWEVER...THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LEVELS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. LANE
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 71 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:26 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
- Rip Current in Florida, June 8, 2003
- Rip Current in Florida, June 8, 2003
- Rip Current in Florida, June 8, 2003
- Tornadoes and Hail in Michigan, June 8, 2003
- Tornadoes and Hail in Michigan, June 8, 2003
- Hail in Texas, June 8, 2003
- Damaging Winds in New York, June 8, 2003
- Damaging Winds in Ohio, June 8, 2003
- Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, June 8, 2003
- Flooding and Damaging Winds in Ohio, June 8, 2003
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Texas, June 8, 2003
- Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, June 8, 2003
More
Every storm in North Carolina in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, June 2003
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: 5363271.