Lightning Strike in North Carolina, November 16, 2006

Name: Lightning Strike in North Carolina, November 16, 2006
Start: 2006-11-16T06:00
End: 2006-11-16T06:00
Location: North Carolina

November 16, 2006 · NWS GSP · 1 event in 1 county or zone

Lightning started a house fire in the town of Salisbury.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $10,000
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 happened

The episode as NWS GSP wrote it up.

Lightning started a house fire in the town of Salisbury.

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 16, 2:56 AM EST, 3 hours 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 16, 2:56 AM EST, 3 hours 4 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
256 AM EST THU NOV 16 2006

.SHORT TERM /TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY/...
STILL EXPECTING NUMEROUS SHOWERS TO SPREAD FROM SW TO NE ACRS THE
CWFA THIS MORNING ALONG AND OUT AHEAD OF COLD FRONT AND DRYING
ALOFT. PLAN ON LETTING CURRENT WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES RUN THEIR
COURSE GIVEN THAT FACT THE SHORT RANGE MODELS DO NOT TRANSLATE
STRONGEST LLVL JET EAST OF THE HIGHER TERRAIN UNTIL AFTER 09 UTC.
HAVE MY DOUBTS THAT ANY FLOODING WILL REDEVELOP ACRS THE WATCH AREA
THROUGH DAYBREAK...BUT GIVEN ANTECEDENT CONDITIONS AND ONGOING
SHOWERS...BEST TO LET WATCH CONTINUE UNTIL EXPIRATION. PLAN ON FCST
PRODUCT UPDATES A FEW HOURS AFTER SCHEDULED ISSUANCE TO ACCOUNT FOR
THIS. MOISTURE WRAPPING BACK INTO THE NC MTNS THIS AFTERNOON WILL
WARRANT KEEP CHANCE POPS THEIR...AND WITH COLD AIR WRAPPING IN FROM
THE SOUTHWEST COULD RESULT IN CHANGEOVER ACRS HIGH ELEVATIONS.

WRAP AROUND MOISTURE AND WEAK ISENTROPIC LIFT WILL KEEP CHC POP OVER
THE MOUNTAINS TONIGHT. PRECIP EVOLVES INTO A NORTHWEST FLOW EVENT
BEFORE ENDING FRIDAY MORNING. IN A CHANGE FROM NORMAL BIASES...THE
NAM IS COLDER THAN THE GFS. STILL EXPECT A RAIN TO SNOW PRECIP
CHANGE...BUT THICKNESSES AND LOW LEVEL TEMPS JUST COLD ENOUGH. COULD
BE SOME LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS AT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS WHERE SURFACE
TEMPS GO BELOW FREEZING FOR A LONGER TIME. LOWER ELEVATION TEMPS
REMAIN RELATIVELY WARM. WITH RECENT WARM WEATHER...DO NOT EXPECT ANY
ROAD PROBLEMS...XCPT MAYBE AT THE RIDGE TOPS. WILL LET DAY SHIFT
ASSESS FURTHER TO SEE IF AN ADVISORY IS NEEDED.

OUTSIDE OF THE MOUNTAINS...DRYING ATMOSPHERE AND WEST TO NORTHWEST
DOWNSLOPE WINDS WILL KEEP PRECIP AT BAY. STRATOCU WILL MOVE OFF THE
MOUNTAINS IN THE USUAL LOCATIONS...WITH MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES
ELSEWHERE. DRY FORECAST WITH SOME CIRRUS FROM TIME TO TIME SATURDAY.
NEAR NORMAL TEMPS THRU THE PERIOD.

&&

.LONG TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
A BROAD TROUGH OVER THE REGION SUNDAY WILL EVOLVE INTO A
SHARPER...POSITIVELY TILTED TROUGH ON MONDAY. THE PROGRESSION OF
THIS SYSTEM HAS SLOWED SOMEWHAT FROM RUN TO RUN...BY ANY SIGNIFICANT
DEEPENING IS EXPECTED TO TAKE PLACE OVER THE COASTAL WATERS BY
TUESDAY...WITH NARROW RIDGING PUSHING BACK INTO THE SRN APPALACHIANS
AT THE TIME. A BRIEF WINDOW OF SOME NW FLOW MOISTURE IS ANTICIPATED
SUNDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY MONDAY...WITH SLIGHT CHANCES OF SNOW SHOWERS
AT THE HIGHER TERRAIN AND NEAR THE TENNESSEE BORDER.

&&

.AVIATION...
ONGOING THREAT OF CIG/VSBY REDUCTIONS AND GUSTY SE WINDS WILL
CONTINUE AT ALL TERMINALS UNTIL WIND SHIFT LINE...CURRENTLY NEAR
KATL...MOVES UP ACRS THE CWFA. GUSTY SSW WINDS WILL THEN BE SEEN FOR
THE REST OF THE DAY ALONG WITH VFR CIGS IN THE WAKE OF FRONT. MIXING
WILL BE DIMINISHING THIS EVENING ALONG WITH THREAT THREAT OF GUSTY
SFC WINDS.

&&

.GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...HIGH WIND WARNING FOR GAZ010-017 UNTIL 6 AM THURSDAY.
  ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR GAZ010-017-018-026-028 UNTIL 7 AM
     THURSDAY.
  ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY FOR GAZ018-026-028-029 UNTIL 6 AM THURSDAY.
NC...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR NCZ033>035-048>056-058-059-062>068-
     501>510 UNTIL 7 AM THURSDAY.
  ...HIGH WIND WARNING FOR NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065 UNTIL 6
     AM THURSDAY.
  ...WIND ADVISORY FOR NCZ034-054-055-066-501-503-505-507-509 UNTIL
     6 AM THURSDAY.
  ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY FOR NCZ035>037-056-057-067>072-082-502-504-
     506-508-510 UNTIL 6 AM THURSDAY.
SC...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR SCZ001>008-010 UNTIL 7 AM THURSDAY.
  ...WIND ADVISORY FOR SCZ001>003 UNTIL 6 AM THURSDAY.
  ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY FOR SCZ004>014-019 UNTIL 6 AM THURSDAY.
&&

SHORT TERM...CSH/RWH
LONG TERM...HG/RWH
AVIATION...CSH

Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 15, 2:35 PM EST, 15 hours 25 minutes before

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

In the hours before

Local storm report, Nov 16, 12:09 AM EST, 5 hours 51 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1209 AM EST THU NOV 16 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1142 PM     TSTM WND DMG     5 NE STATESVILLE        35.84N 80.82W
11/15/2006                   IREDELL            NC   COUNTY OFFICIAL

            A FEW TRAILERS KNOCKED OVER ON FRALEY RD. TREES DOWN ON
            BELT FARM RD.

&&

KRENTZ

Local storm report, Nov 16, 12:09 AM EST, 5 hours 51 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED TIME
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1209 AM EST THU NOV 16 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1110 PM     TSTM WND DMG     IRON STATION            35.44N 81.16W
11/15/2006                   LINCOLN            NC   EMERGENCY MNGR

            NUMEROUS REPORTS OF TREES DOWN FROM LAKESHORE ROAD...BOTH
            NORTH AND SOUTH...BLADES TRAIL...AND SOUTH LITTLE EGYPT
            ROAD OFF HIGHWAY 73. ONE TREE DOWN ON A HOUSE ON BLADES
            TRAIL.

&&

44

Local storm report, Nov 16, 12:38 AM EST, 5 hours 22 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1238 AM EST THU NOV 16 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1050 PM     TSTM WND DMG     CRAMERTON               35.23N 81.07W
11/15/2006                   GASTON             NC   NEWSPAPER

            STEEPLE KNOCKED OFF CHURCH.

1116 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 SW DENVER             35.50N 81.07W
11/15/2006                   LINCOLN            NC   COUNTY OFFICIAL

            GARAGE TOTALLY DESTROYED. NUMEROUS TREES AND POWERLINES
            DOWN. TREE ON HOUSE.

1140 PM     TSTM WND DMG     5 NE STATESVILLE        35.84N 80.82W
11/15/2006                   IREDELL            NC   TRAINED SPOTTER

            PEOPLE TRAPPED IN HOUSE HIT BY TREE ON BELL FARM ROAD.

&&

KRENTZ

Local storm report, Nov 16, 2:52 AM EST, 3 hours 8 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
252 AM EST THU NOV 16 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1020 PM     TSTM WND DMG     SHARON                  34.95N 81.34W
11/15/2006                   YORK               SC   COUNTY OFFICIAL

            LARGE LIMBS HAD TO BE CLEARED FROM THE ROAD IN SHARON AND
            IN CLOVER.

&&

MCAVOY

Local storm report, Nov 16, 3:21 AM EST, 2 hours 39 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
321 AM EST THU NOV 16 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1202 AM     TSTM WND DMG     3 NE HARMONY            35.99N 80.73W
11/16/2006                   IREDELL            NC   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TWO OR THREE SHEDS DESTROYED WITH MINOR ROOF DAMAGE TO
            HOMES IN THE FORM OF REMOVED SHINGLES ALONG POWELL RD.
            SEVERAL TREES ALSO BLOWN DOWN IN THIS AREA.

&&

MCAVOY

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 152 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 11:00 UTC.

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Event by event

1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.

Lightning, Rowan

When: November 16, 6:00 AM EST
Where: Rowan County, Salisbury
Property damage: $10,000
Reported by: Newspaper
Coordinates: 35.670, -80.500

What these are

Lightning: A lightning strike that killed, injured or caused damage.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in North Carolina in 2006 Every state in 2006 This day in weather history Warnings in North Carolina, November 2006

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: 5890.