A narrow line of showers and thunderstorms developed ahead of a strong cold front during the evening hours of November 15th. As the line moved into North Carolina a series of tornadoes formed along a break in the line.
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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.
The episode as NWS GSP wrote it up.
A narrow line of showers and thunderstorms developed ahead of a strong cold front during the evening hours of November 15th. As the line moved into North Carolina a series of tornadoes formed along a break in the line. In all, four tornadoes touched down from the east side of Gastonia to a few miles east of Statesville. The strongest tornado produced a small area of F2 damage. One person later died from injuries suffered in the last tornado in Iredell County. Areas of damaging straight line winds also occurred in other parts of the line.
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 15, 9:53 PM EST, 58 minutes earlier.
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</html>HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 235 PM EST WED NOV 15 2006 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065- 068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-161945- 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- 235 PM EST WED NOV 15 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...REST OF TODAY AND TONIGHT A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT. AHEAD OF THE FRONT STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP. DAMAGING WIND GUSTS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS MUCH OF THE NORTH CAROLINA AND GEORGIA MOUNTAINS. VERY WINDY TO WINDY CONDITIONS ARE ALSO EXPECTED IN THE ADJACENT FOOTHILLS. FOR COMPLETE DETAILS ON THE WIND POTENTIAL...PLEASE SEE THE LATEST URGENT WEATHER MESSAGE...CAENPWGSP. WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO EXPECTED WITH THE COLD FRONT. HEAVY RAIN WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS...WITH RAINFALL TOTALS UP TO 4 INCHES POSSIBLE. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE IN MANY PIEDMONT LOCATIONS. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS. PLEASE SEE THE LATEST FLOOD WATCH STATEMENT...CAEFFAGSP...FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS. FINALLY...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY OCCUR TONIGHT AS THE FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE REGION. PLEASE SEE THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CAESPSGSP...FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF SNOW ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS THURSDAY NIGHT. VERY LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE AT THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS...BUT A RAIN OR SNOW MIX IS MORE LIKELY ACROSS MOST OF THE MOUNTAIN TERRAIN. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TONIGHT. HG
The Greer radar (KGSP), 111 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:49 UTC.
5 thunderstorm wind, 4 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
An NWS survey found a short damage path, consistent with a tornado, near Cramerton. The tornado damaged the West Cramerton Baptist Church, removing several shingles, damaging stained glass windows, knocking off the steeple and blowing off the front door.
Several trees crushed a truck and the front porch of a home in Lowell.
Three power poles blown down on S. Tryon St.
An NWS survey found a short damage track near the highway 73 and highway 16 intersection consistent with a tornado.
NWS survey found tornado damage path on the western shores of Lake Norman near Denver. Most of the damage was concentrated in the Lake Shore Rd and Blade Trail areas. Hundreds of trees were downed, many blocking roads, with some down on homes.
Trees blown down in the Mount Morne area.
NWS survey found an intermittent damage track consistent with a tornado. Damage was mainly limited to trees, although fallen trees severely damaged several mobile homes on Bell Farm Rd at Dogwood Estates. A metal garage was also destroyed on highway 64. The most significant damage occurred near the end of the track, on Fraley Rd.|One mobile home was completely destroyed. Another mobile home was flipped off its foundation and another shifted several feet. A 62-year-old man was severely injured in one of the homes when a refigerator fell on him. He died on December 3 due to complications from the injuries.
Two or three sheds destroyed and several trees down along Powell Bridge Rd. Some homes received minor roof damage as well.
Six trees blown down along highway 205, with additional trees down on Olive Branch Rd.
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado, Iredell | 2006-11-15 | 62 | Male | Mobile/Trailer Home | Direct |
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in North Carolina in 2006Every state in 2006This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for North Carolina, 2006Warnings in North Carolina, November 2006
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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 6041, 6042, 6043, 6044, 6048, 6049, 6054, 6055, 5998.