Thunderstorm Wind, Catawba
- When
- June 2, 4:00 PM EST
- Where
- Catawba County, 2 mi S of Newton
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 35.650, -81.217
Two trees down on power lines.
Damaging Wind in North Carolina, June 2, 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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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 2, 1:52 PM EST, 2 hours 8 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 2, 1:52 PM EST, 2 hours 8 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 252 PM EDT FRI JUN 2 2006 .SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/... FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY... SHRA AND TSRA COVERAGE HAS BEEN QUICK TO DEVELOP EARLY THIS AFTERNOON IN MOISTURE RICH AIR MASS. A FEW BRIEF SVR EVENTS HAVE ALREADY DEVELOPED EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL SVR TS MAY BE POSSIBLE LATER THIS AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY OVER THE UPPER SAVANNAH RIVER VALLEY AND NC PIEDMONT AND FOOTHILLS. IN ADDITION...TRAINING CELLS AND TS CLUSTERS WILL PRODUCE TORRENTIAL RAINFALL...ISO EXCESSIVE RAINFALL THREAT REMAINS UNTIL 6Z. I WILL TIME CATE COVERAGE OUT OF THE FA AFTER MIDNIGHT WITH THE APPROACH AND PASSAGE OF THE COLD FRONT. A FEW AREAS OF SCT SHRA AND TSRA REMAIN POSSIBLE A FEW HRS AFTER SUNRISE SAT...HOWEVER...AFTER MID MORNING THE CHCS FOR MEASURABLE WILL BE MINIMAL. I WILL USE A BLEND OF MOS GUIDANCE FOR TEMPS...50S PEAKS...MID 70S MTN VALLEYS...AND L80S EAST OF THE MTNS. SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY... OTHER THAN A LINGERING SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM ALONG THE TN LINE DURING THE EVENING HOURS...SATURDAY NIGHT LOOKS DRY WITH LOWER DEWPOINTS. ON SUNDAY THE WRF MODEL MIXES DEWPOINTS INTO 40S ACROSS MOST OF THE CWFA. NAM DEWPOINTS ARE A LITTLE HIGHER...BUT IN BOTH CASES...DESPITE MUCH COOLER MID LEVEL TEMPERATURES AS THE UPPER LOW ROLLS IN FROM THE NORTH...THERE IS VERY LITTLE INSTABILITY DURING THE DAY. AS A RESULT HAVE LOWERED POPS INTO THE SLIGHT CHANCE CATEGORY OVER MOST OF THE FORECAST AREA. THE ONLY EXCEPTION IS THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS WHERE I KEPT CHANCE POPS AS A FAIRLY STRONG SHORT WAVE APPROACHES THE MOUNTAINS LATE IN THE DAY. SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY WE WILL BE UNDER THE HEART OF THE COLD TROUGH. HARD TO IMAGINE THAT WE WON/T SEE A FEW SEVERE STORMS DURING THE DAY MONDAY WITH THIS KIND OF PATTERN. MODEL DEWPOINTS RECOVER A LITTLE AS WELL. THE NAM AND GFS DEVELOP A SURFACE TROF A LITTLE EAST OF THE FORECAST AREA...WITH MOST OF THE RESULTANT PRECIPITATION MORE TOWARD RALEIGH/S FORECAST AREA. THE WRF HOWEVER IS A LITTLE FATHER WEST WITH ITS PRECIPITATION...WHICH APPEARS REASONABLE BASED UPON THE FEATURES ALOFT. AS A RESULT I HAVE CHANCE POPS OVER THE FORECAST AREA ALONG AND EAST OF GREENVILLE AND ASHEVILLE. && .LONG TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/... NCEP WENT WITH THE GFS ENSEMBLE MEAN FOR THE TUE-FRI PERIOD...WHICH KEEPS A WEAK TROUGH OVER THE EASTERN STATES. THIS SEEMS REASONABLE AND I STAYED CLOSE TO THEIR GUIDANCE GRIDS. THIS MEANS MOSTLY SLIGHT CHANCE POPS THROUGH THE PERIOD. WHILE THERE WILL ALMOST CERTAINLY BE BETTER COVERAGE AT TIMES DURING THIS PERIOD...IT WILL BE IMPOSSIBLE TO TIME SHORT WAVE FEATURES. && .AVIATION... MAIN FORECAST CHALLENGE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL BE THE CONVECTIVE THREAT. NUMEROUS TO WIDESPREAD SHRA AND TSRA HAVE ALREADY DEVELOPED OVER THE NC MTNS AND FOOTHILL AND OVER THE EASTERN PIEDMONT EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. THE COVERAGE WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE AS INSTABILITY...FORCING...AND STM MOTIONS INCREASE. I WILL HANDLE SHRA AND TSRA WITH SHORT TERM TEMPOS. ALMOST ALL THE MOS GUIDANCE INDICATES THAT LOW CEILINGS MAY DEVELOP ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS LATE TONIGHT AHEAD OF THE FRONT. BASED ON THE PATTERN AND EXPECTED WIDESPREAD RAINFALL THE LIKELIHOOD OF IFR TO MVFR SEEMS REASONABLE. HOWEVER...RECENT NIGHTTIME PASSAGES OF FRONTAL BOUNDARIES HAS ALSO YIELDED PATCHES OF DENSE FOG AS WELL. I WILL INTRODUCE A MENTION OF LATE LOW CLOUDS AND MARGINAL FOG FOR NOW. FRONTAL PASSAGE SAT AM WILL VEER THE WINDS WITH LIFTING TO CLEARING CLOUD COVER BY MID MORNING. && .GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. && SHORT TERM...NED/MCAVOY LONG TERM...MCAVOY AVIATION...NED
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 2, 4:23 AM EST, 11 hours 37 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 523 AM EDT FRI JUN 2 2006 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065- 068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-030930- 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- 523 AM EDT FRI JUN 2 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 THUNDERSTORMS EARLY TODAY WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT ACROSS THE REGION. FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE PERIOD...ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION SHOULD NOT BE NEEDED. HG
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 2, 2:08 PM EST, 1 hour 52 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
308 PM EDT FRI JUN 02 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0300 PM HAIL GRANDFATHER MOUNTAIN 36.10N 81.85W
06/02/2006 E0.25 INCH AVERY NC TRAINED SPOTTER
SPOTTER REPORTED PEA SIZE HAIL, DOWNPOURS, AND CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING.
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TBENTHALSpecial weather statement, Jun 2, 2:10 PM EST, 1 hour 50 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 310 PM EDT FRI JUN 2 2006 NCZ048-052-053-064-065-022010- BUNCOMBE-HAYWOOD-HENDERSON-MADISON-TRANSYLVANIA- 310 PM EDT FRI JUN 2 2006 ...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA FROM CANTON AND WAYNESVILLE TO BREVARD... ASHEVILLE... AND HENDERSONVILLE DURING THE REST OF THIS AFTERNOON. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE A PERIOD OF HEAVY RAIN... LIGHTNING... AND POSSIBLY GUSTY WIND AND SMALL HAIL AS THEY TRAVEL TOWARD THE EAST AT ABOUT 20 MPH. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN COULD PRODUCE HIGH WATER LEVELS IN CREEKS... STREAMS... AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. DO NOT DRIVE ACROSS ROADS THAT ARE COVERED WITH WATER. LGL
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 2:25 PM EST, 1 hour 35 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 325 PM EDT FRI JUN 2 2006 NCZ035>037-022000- ALEXANDER-DAVIE-IREDELL- 325 PM EDT FRI JUN 2 2006 ...SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN... LIGHTNING... AND POSSIBLY GUSTY WIND AND SMALL HAIL BY 4 PM IN ALEXANDER... NORTHERN IREDELL... AND DAVIE COUNTIES. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 20 MPH. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN COULD PRODUCE HIGH WATER LEVELS IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. DO NOT DRIVE ACROSS ROADS THAT ARE COVERED WITH WATER. LGL
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 2:26 PM EST, 1 hour 34 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 326 PM EDT FRI JUN 2 2006 NCZ082-022000- UNION- 326 PM EDT FRI JUN 2 2006 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS AFFECTING UNION COUNTY... AT 321 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF PAGELAND...OR 10 MILES SOUTH OF MONROE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. MOTHBALL SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. INTENSE LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. IF OUTDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. MOVE INDOORS IF POSSIBLE. WHEN INDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID USING TELEPHONES UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY. TRY TO UNPLUG UNNECESSARY ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES BEFORE THE THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES. CSH/RWH
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 3:41 PM EST, 19 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 441 PM EDT FRI JUN 2 2006 NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-082-SCZ008-009-014-022200- ALEXANDER-CABARRUS-CATAWBA-CHEROKEE-CHESTER-CLEVELAND-DAVIE-GASTON- IREDELL-LINCOLN-MECKLENBURG-ROWAN-UNION-YORK- 441 PM EDT FRI JUN 2 2006 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN... LIGHTNING...AND POSSIBLY GUSTY WIND AND SMALL HAIL THROUGH 6 PM ACROSS THE INTERSTATE 77 CORRIDOR...FROM STATESVILLE...TO CHESTER. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 20 MPH. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN COULD PRODUCE HIGH WATER LEVELS IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. DO NOT DRIVE ACROSS ROADS THAT ARE COVERED WITH WATER. NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-501>510-022200- AVERY-BUNCOMBE-BURKE MOUNTAINS-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-EASTERN MCDOWELL- EASTERN POLK-GRAHAM-GREATER BURKE-GREATER CALDWELL- GREATER RUTHERFORD-HAYWOOD-HENDERSON-MACON-MADISON- MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-MITCHELL-NORTHERN JACKSON-POLK MOUNTAINS- RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-SOUTHERN JACKSON-SWAIN-TRANSYLVANIA-YANCEY- 441 PM EDT FRI JUN 2 2006 SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA THROUGH 6 PM. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WIND MAY ACCOMPANY THE THUNDERSTORMS. GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-SCZ001>007-010>013-019-022200- ABBEVILLE-ANDERSON-ELBERT-FRANKLIN-GREATER GREENVILLE-GREATER OCONEE- GREATER PICKENS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREENWOOD-HABERSHAM-HART- LAURENS-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-RABUN-SPARTANBURG- STEPHENS-UNION- 441 PM EDT FRI JUN 2 2006 ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE UPSTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA THROUGH 6 PM. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND GUSTY WINDS MAY ACCOMPANY THE THUNDERSTORMS. 07
Local storm report, Jun 2, 3:50 PM EST, 10 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
450 PM EDT FRI JUN 02 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0420 PM HAIL 4 E STATESVILLE 35.79N 80.81W
06/02/2006 E0.75 INCH IREDELL NC TRAINED SPOTTER
PENNY SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY SPOTTER.
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SBKThe radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 125 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:58 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.
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The same day elsewhere
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Illinois, June 2, 2006
- Lightning Strike in Pennsylvania, June 2, 2006
- Lightning Strike in Michigan, June 2, 2006
- Lightning Strike in North Carolina, June 2, 2006
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, June 2, 2006
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, June 2 to 4, 2006
- Lightning Strike in North Carolina, June 2, 2006
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Alabama, June 2, 2006
- Lightning Strike in Alabama, June 2, 2006
- Tornado in New Jersey, June 2, 2006
- Damaging Wind in Arizona, June 2, 2006
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, June 2, 2006
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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: 5516377.