Thunderstorm Wind, Iredell
- When
- June 29, 5:08 PM EST
- Where
- Iredell County, 3 mi E of Statesville
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 35.780, -80.847
Several trees and power lines were blown down.
Damaging Winds in North Carolina, June 29, 2008
An isolated severe storm affected the North Carolina Piedmont during the evening hours.
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
- 1
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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.
An isolated severe storm affected the North Carolina Piedmont during the evening hours.
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 29, 1:35 PM EST, 3 hours 33 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 29, 1:35 PM EST, 3 hours 33 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 235 PM EDT SUN JUN 29 2008 .SYNOPSIS... A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA OVERNIGHT. RELATIVELY COOL AND DRY HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN BEHIND THE COLD FRONT...AND PERSIST OVER THE AREA THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH MONDAY/... SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHWRS AND TSTMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND SPREAD ACROSS THE CWFA FOR THE REST OF THE AFTN AND INTO THE EVENING HOURS. SO FAR CONVECTION IS HAVING A DIFFICULT TIME BECOMING DEEP ENUF TO PRODUCE SEVERE WEATHER. HOWEVER...THERE IS ENUF INSTABILITY ACROSS THE NC PIEDMONT AND ERN UPSTATE FOR STORMS TO PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND/OR LARGE HAIL...AND A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN AFFECT FOR THOSE AREAS UNTIL 9 PM. CONVECTION TONITE WILL DECREASE IN COVERAGE AND OVERALL INTENSITY WITH LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING. AN INCREASE IN SHEAR AND UPPER SUPPORT WILL ACCOMPANY A COLD FRONT...AS IT ENTERS THE NC MTNS OVERNIGHT. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHWRS AND POSSIBLY A TSTM OR TWO COULD LINGER WELL INTO THE NIGHT. HAVE KEPT A CHC POP ALONG THE TN BORDER...WITH SLIGHT CHC POP ACROSS THE REST OF THE MTNS. LINGERING CLOUDS AND DWPTS IN THE 60S WILL RESULT IN ANOTHER MILD NIGHT. WENT CLOSE TO MOS CONSENSUS FOR MIN TEMPS. MONDAY...MODELS ARE IN REASONABLE AGREEMENT ON THE PLACEMENT OF FRONTAL BNDRY SOMEWHERE INVOF THE CAROLINA PIEDMONT. SINCE MODELS TEND TO BE A LITTLE TOO FAST IN PUSHING SFC BNDRYS THRU THE MTNS...I WENT MORE WITH THE NAM FOR THIS FEATURE. THE MAIN RESULT OF THIS IS A SLIGHT CHC POP OF SHWRS/TSTMS ALONG AND S OF I-85. ALSO...NAM/GFS/SREF ALL SHOW SOME WEAK INSTABILITY ASSOC WITH UPR TROUGH AXIS MOVING INTO THE MTNS FROM TN VALLEY DURING THE AFTN. IT SEEMS REASONABLE THAT ISO TO SCT CONVECTION WILL DEVELOP IN THE HIGH TERRAIN (ESP ALONG TN BORDER). WITH COOLER AIR PUSHING IN BEHIND THE FRONT...MAX TEMPS ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN THE 70S MTNS AND MID TO UPR 80S ELSEWHERE. && .SHORT TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT/... AS OF 215 PM SUNDAY...A COOLER AND MUCH DRIER AIRMASS WILL DROP LOW TEMPS INTO THE 50S OVER A GOOD BIT OF THE FA TUE MORNING. BY THE AFTERNOON HOURS...DEWPOINTS WILL MIX OUT...RESULTING IN ANOTHER DAY OVER LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY OVER THE FA. THIS WILL NOT HELP FIRE SUPPRESSION EFFORTS...NOR WILL BE GOOD FOR SOIL MOISTURE OVERALL AS DRYING CONDITIONS WILL ONCE AGAIN BE EXCELLENT. THE LONG WAVE WILL QUICKLY LIFT NORTH OF THE AREA TUE NIGHT AND WED...THOUGH THE DRY AIRMASS WILL REMAIN IN PLACE. WITH LOW LEVEL THICKNESSES SEVERAL METERS HIGHER ON WED...MAX TEMPS WILL RISE TO NEAR OR A LITTLE ABOVE NORMAL. DEWPOINTS WILL REMAIN LOW WITH A BROAD BUT WEAK AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE REMAINING OVER THE REGION. THIS SHOULD RESULT IN LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY AND ESSENTIALLY NO CHANCE OF RAIN. && .LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/... AS OF 100 PM SUNDAY...A BROAD BUT NOT VERY DEEP LONG WAVE TROUGH WILL PERSIST OVER THE NERN US THROUGH THE EXTENDED RANGE. A DEEP LAYER RIDGE WILL ALSO PERSIST OVER THE DEEP SOUTH DURING MUCH OF THIS TIME. AS A RESULT...THE MEAN FLOW WILL BE OUT OF THE WEST...MOISTURE FROM THE GULF WILL STAY TO OUR SOUTH...AND ANY SURFACE BOUNDARIES WILL LIKELY STAY NORTH OF THE REGION...AT LEAST FOR THE EARLY PART OF THE EXTENDED. THIS DEFINITELY LOOKS TO BE THE CASE THU AND FRI...WITH TEMPS NEAR NORMAL AND LITTLE IN THE WAY OF CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY ACROSS THE REGION. BY THE WEEKEND THE PATTERN LOOKS A LITTLE MORE INTERESTING... DEPENDING UPON WHICH MODEL YOU BUY INTO. THE LAST COUPLE RUNS OF THE GFS HAVE BEEN DEVELOPING A WEAKNESS IN THE SOUTHEAST RIDGE...ALLOWING QUITE A BIT OF MOISTURE TO OVERSPREAD THE REGION FOR THE WEEKEND. THIS WOULD BE A WONDERFUL DEVELOPMENT FOR OUR DROUGHT...BUT I GOT BURNED GOING WITH HIGH POPS WITH A NEARLY IDENTICAL LOOKING SETUP A FEW WEEKS BACK. ALSO...THE ECMWF MAINTAINS A STRONGER RIDGE DOWN ALONG THE GULF AND HAS NO SIGNIFICANT MOISTURE RETURN FOR NEXT WEEKEND. THIS IS ALSO THE SOLUTION THAT HPC FOLLOWED. HOWEVER...EVEN THE EC BRINGS A NRN STREAM SFC FRONT INTO THE REGION BY THE WEEKEND. THIS COULD SUPPORT A SEVERE THREAT...AND IS CERTAINLY WORTH THE CHANCE POPS WE HAVE IN FOR SAT/SUN...BUT WITH LIMITED MOISTURE AND A PREVAILING DOWNSLOPE FLOW...THE REGION AS A WHOLE WON/T SEE MUCH PCPN IF THE HPC SOLUTION VERIFIES. && .AVIATION /19Z SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/... OVERALL IT SHOULD BE VFR THROUGH THE PERIOD...WITH THE MAIN CONCERN BEING TSTMS NEAR TERMINALS. COVERAGE SHOULD BECOME SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS AS THE DAY WEARS ON...HOWEVER NO LOCAL FOCUS FOR CONVECTION KEEPS UNCERTAINTY OF VCTS TO KEEP A BROAD TIME RANGE OF IMPACT WITH NO TEMPO GROUPS. WILL MAKE AMENDMENTS AS TRENDS IN OBS/RADAR UNFOLD. A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH INTO THE NC MTNS LATE THIS EVE INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. INSTABILITY WILL WANE...HOWEVER SHEAR AND UPPER SUPPORT FOR STORMS WILL CONTINUE WITH THE FRONTAL PASSAGE. COVERAGE IS TOO LOW TO CONTINUE MENTION OF TS OR CB AFTER THE 01 TO 02 TIME FRAME. LINGERING MID-LEVEL CLOUDS AND WINDS BEHIND FRONT WILL GENERALLY PRECLUDE FOG DEVELOPMENT. HOWEVER...GUIDANCE SHOWS SOME POTENTIAL AT KAVL...AND WILL KEEP AN MVFR VSBY FOR THE NEAR-DAWN HOURS. OUTLOOK...JUST ISOLATED SHOWERS AND STORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACRS THE NC MTNS ON MONDAY FOLLOWED BY DRY WX TUESDAY THRU THURSDAY. && .GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...PAT NEAR TERM...ARK SHORT TERM...MCAVOY LONG TERM...MCAVOY AVIATION...ARK
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 29, 2:45 PM EST, 2 hours 23 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 345 PM EDT SUN JUN 29 2008 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-501>510- SCZ001>007-010-011-301945- RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY- MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON- SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-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-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE- 345 PM EDT SUN JUN 29 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL LAST WELL INTO THE EVENING HOURS OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA. A FEW OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE...PRODUCING HAIL TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND ISOLATED AREAS OF DAMAGING WIND. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED. NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-082-SCZ008-009-012>014-019-301945- ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON- MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC-CHEROKEE-YORK-LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER- GREENWOOD- 345 PM EDT SUN JUN 29 2008 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 640 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE WESTERN PIEDMONT OF NORTH AND SOUTH CAROLINA DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. A FEW OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE...PRODUCING HAIL TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND ISOLATED AREAS OF DAMAGING WIND. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 29, 2:37 PM EST, 2 hours 31 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 337 PM EDT SUN JUN 29 2008 NCZ048-292015- MADISON- 337 PM EDT SUN JUN 29 2008 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL MADISON COUNTY THROUGH 415 PM EDT... AT 331 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES WEST OF MARSHALL...MOVING EAST AT 33 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR... MARS HILL BY 355 PM EDT. PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. LANE
Special weather statement, Jun 29, 3:59 PM EST, 1 hour 9 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 459 PM EDT SUN JUN 29 2008 NCZ502-504-292130- GREATER BURKE-GREATER CALDWELL- 459 PM EDT SUN JUN 29 2008 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL BURKE AND SOUTHERN CALDWELL COUNTIES THROUGH 530 PM EDT... AT 454 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES NORTH OF MORGANTON...MOVING EAST AT 16 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR... VALDESE BY 520 PM EDT. LAKE RHODHISS BY 525 PM EDT. CONNELLY SPRINGS BY 530 PM EDT. PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. LANE
Special weather statement, Jun 29, 4:45 PM EST, 23 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 545 PM EDT SUN JUN 29 2008 NCZ036-292215- IREDELL- 545 PM EDT SUN JUN 29 2008 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN IREDELL COUNTY THROUGH 615 PM EDT... AT 541 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES WEST OF HARMONY...OR 12 MILES NORTH OF STATESVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 23 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR... HARMONY BY 605 PM EDT. WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LANE
Special weather statement, Jun 29, 5:08 PM EST, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 608 PM EDT SUN JUN 29 2008 NCZ036-037-057-292300- DAVIE-IREDELL-ROWAN- 608 PM EDT SUN JUN 29 2008 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN IREDELL...NORTHWESTERN ROWAN AND WESTERN DAVIE COUNTIES THROUGH 700 PM EDT... AT 603 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTH OF STATESVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 19 MPH. SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. LANE
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 148 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:09 UTC.
Event by event
3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Iredell
- When
- June 29, 9:22 PM EST
- Where
- Iredell County, Statesville
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- County Official
- Coordinates
- 35.780, -80.900
Several trees were blown down in and around Statesville.
Thunderstorm Wind, Lincoln
- When
- June 29, 10:10 PM EST
- Where
- Lincoln County, 12 mi W of Lincolnton
- Measured
- 40 kt (46 mph) estimated gust
- Deaths
- 0 direct, 1 indirect
- Reported by
- Broadcast Media
- Coordinates
- 35.470, -81.483
A tree fell across Ed Willis Rd. A vehicle collided with the fallen tree, killing the 19-year-old female driver.
The people who died
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thunderstorm Wind, Lincoln | 2008-06-29 | 19 | Female | Vehicle/Towed Trailer | Indirect |
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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- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Ohio, June 29, 2008
- Flood and Hail in Massachusetts, June 29, 2008
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- Lightning Strike in Maine, June 29, 2008
- Lightning Strike in Maryland, June 29, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Alabama, June 29, 2008
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: 121537, 121539, 121548.