Thunderstorm Wind, Transylvania
- When
- August 4, 5:00 PM EST
- Where
- Transylvania County, Balsam Grove
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- FIRE DEPT/RESCUE SQUAD
- Coordinates
- 35.233, -82.883
A few trees blown down.
Damaging Wind in North Carolina, August 4, 2006
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.
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- Hail
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- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
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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 Aug 4, 1:23 PM EST, 3 hours 37 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 4, 1:23 PM EST, 3 hours 37 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 223 PM EDT FRI AUG 4 2006 .SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/... LINES OF SHRA AND TSRA HAVE DEVELOPED ALONG AND AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT OVER KY AND TN. THIS ACTIVITY SHOULD REACH THE NC/TN LINE BY 21Z. I EXPECTED THE CONVECTION WILL BREAK APART OVER THE CENTRAL MTNS...BUT SCT ACTIVITY SHOULD SURVIVE TO THE FOOTHILLS EARLY THIS EVENING. A SECONDARY SECTION OF SHRA AND TSRA HAS STARTED TO SPREAD ACROSS THE MIDLANDS OF SC. THE MIDLAND ACTIVITY MAY SPREAD INTO THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE CWA BETWEEN 21Z AND 0Z THIS EVENING. FORECAST SOUNDINGS INDICATE ENOUGH DRY AIR IN THE MID LEVELS TO SUPPORT A FEW SVR WIND EVENTS. LARGE HAIL IN NOT FAVORED DUE TO MARGINAL CAPE AND HIGH FRZ LEVELS. INSTABILITY WILL QUICKLY POOL ACROSS THE CWA SAT AFTERNOON. THE INSTABILITY COMBINED WITH WEAK ISENTROPIC LIFT AND A H5 VORT WILL RESULT IN EVEN COVERAGE SAT AFTERNOON AND EVENING. I WILL ADVERTISE COVERAGE SIMILAR TO THE HIGH CHC COVERAGE INDICATED BY MOS. A FLAT UPPER RIDGE REMAINS OVER THE SOUTHEAST THROUGH SUNDAY...THEN RETROGRADES TOWARD THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY ON MONDAY AS AN UPPER TROUGH SETS UP ALONG THE EAST COAST. MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH A STALLED SURFACE FRONT PERSISTS OVER OUR AREA SUNDAY AND MONDAY...WHILE ANOTHER FRONT DROPS SOUTH TOWARD OUR AREA LATE MONDAY. MODEL TIME HEIGHT PLOTS SHOW DEEP OMEGA REMAINING INTO SATURDAY NIGHT...BUT WITH LITTLE FORCING ALOFT...POPS WILL BE KEPT IN THE HIGH CHANCE RANGE. WITH THE BOUNDARY REMAINING IN THE AREA...CHANCE POPS WILL BE MAINTAINED AROUND THE CLOCK...WITH RELATIVE LULLS AT NIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL MODERATE TO NEAR NORMAL VALUES AS HEIGHTS FALL AND CLOUD COVER REMAIN RELATIVELY HIGH NEAR THE FRONT. && .LONG TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/... THE MEDIUM RANGE MODELS ADVERTISE SOME DEGREE OF EAST COAST TROUGHING AT THE UPPER LEVELS. A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH FROM THE NORTH ON TUESDAY... PRECEDED BY WARMER THAN NORMAL TEMPERATURES. THIS FRONT WILL STALL ACROSS OUR AREA BY WEDNESDAY...ACTING AS A FOCUSING MECHANISM FOR PRECIPITATION THROUGH THURSDAY...WITH TEMPERATURES CLOSER TO NORMAL VALUES. BY FRIDAY THE FRONT DISSIPATES...WITH A RETURN TO WARMER THAN NORMAL TEMPERATURES. && .AVIATION... ONCE AGAIN...CONVECTION WILL BE THE MAIN AVIATION CONCERN FOR THE FIRST 12 HRS. COVERAGE SHOULD REMAIN THE HIGHEST OVER THE MTNS THIS AFTERNOON WITH A SECONDARY MAX OVER THE EASTERN PIEDMONT THIS EVENING. MTN SHRA AND TSRA SHOULD BEGIN TO ERODE BY 23Z AS INITIAL BAND OF CONVECTION MOVES EAST. CONVECTION OVER THE PIEDMONT MAY LINGER UNTIL 6Z. BASED ON THIS MORNING/S OBS...I INCLUDED A MENTION OF FOG AT KAND AND KAVL. AFTER 13Z...TERMINALS SHOULD BECOME VFR. && .GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...HEAT ADVISORY FOR GAZ026-028-029 UNTIL 7 PM FRIDAY. NC...HEAT ADVISORY FOR NCZ071-082 UNTIL 7 PM FRIDAY. SC...HEAT ADVISORY FOR SCZ006>014-019 UNTIL 7 PM FRIDAY. && SHORT TERM...JAT/NED LONG TERM...JAT AVIATION...NED
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 4, 5:00 AM EST, 12 hours before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 600 AM EDT FRI AUG 4 2006 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065- 068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-051000- RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-AVERY-ALEXANDER- IREDELL-DAVIE-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE- CATAWBA-ROWAN-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON- TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG- CABARRUS-UNION NC-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-GREATER CALDWELL- BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-EASTERN MCDOWELL- RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-GREATER RUTHERFORD-POLK MOUNTAINS- EASTERN POLK-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS- GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS- GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE- LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- 600 AM EDT FRI AUG 4 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE AREA ONCE AGAIN TODAY. A FEW OF THE STORMS COULD PRODUCE SEVERE WEATHER IN THE FORM OF DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. PLEASE SEE THE SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK...CAESPSGSP FOR DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY SCATTERED...MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA FOR MOST OF THE NEXT SEVEN DAYS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. LANE
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 4, 2:42 PM EST, 2 hours 18 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 342 PM EDT FRI AUG 4 2006 NCZ033-048>053-058-059-042115- AVERY-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM-HAYWOOD-MADISON-MITCHELL-NORTHERN JACKSON-SWAIN-YANCEY- 342 PM EDT FRI AUG 4 2006 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ABOUT TO MOVE INTO THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS... AT 342 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM FLATWOOD TO 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF KNOXVILLE. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT AROUND 10 MPH AND WILL OVERSPREAD THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS ADJACENT TO THE TENNESSEE BORDER BETWEEN 4 PM AND 530 PM. THE ATMOSPHERE IS VERY UNSTABLE...AND ANY OF THE THUNDERSTORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE. THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR... TAPOCO BY 510 PM EDT. BEECH MOUNTAIN BY 520 PM EDT. HOT SPRINGS BY 515 PM EDT. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION OR CABLE TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. 44
Special weather statement, Aug 4, 2:48 PM EST, 2 hours 12 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 348 PM EDT FRI AUG 4 2006 NCZ505-506-508-042045- EASTERN MCDOWELL-GREATER RUTHERFORD-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS- 348 PM EDT FRI AUG 4 2006 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER MCDOWELL COUNTY... AT 347 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR GLENWOOD...OR 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MARION... MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR... GLENWOOD BY 400 PM EDT. THERMAL CITY BY 435 PM EDT. SMALL HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. 44
Special weather statement, Aug 4, 3:06 PM EST, 1 hour 54 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 406 PM EDT FRI AUG 4 2006 NCZ064-SCZ002-003-042100- GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-TRANSYLVANIA- 406 PM EDT FRI AUG 4 2006 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER SOUTHERN TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY... AT 400 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR ROSMAN...OR 7 MILES SOUTH OF BREVARD... MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR... 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF ROCKY BOTTOM BY 500 PM EDT. 2 MILES WEST OF CAESARS HEAD BY 500 PM EDT. WINDS AROUND 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. 44
Special weather statement, Aug 4, 3:52 PM EST, 1 hour 8 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 452 PM EDT FRI AUG 4 2006 NCZ052-042145- HAYWOOD- 452 PM EDT FRI AUG 4 2006 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS AFFECTING HAYWOOD COUNTY... AT 452 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR MAGGIE VALLEY...OR 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF WAYNESVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR... MAGGIE VALLEY THROUGH 505 PM EDT. 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LAKE JUNALUSKA BY 535 PM EDT. WAYNESVILLE BY 545 PM EDT. WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE TENNESSEE LINE INTO NORTHERN HAYWOOD COUNTY THROUGH 6 PM. HG
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 72 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:58 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
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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: 5527877.