Damaging Wind in North Carolina, July 10, 2014

Name: Damaging Wind in North Carolina, July 10, 2014
Start: 2014-07-10T13:16
End: 2014-07-10T13:16
Location: North Carolina

July 10, 2014 · NWS GSP · 1 event in 1 county or zone

Scattered to numerous thunderstorms developed near the Blue Ridge during the afternoon. One cluster of storms produced a brief downburst across the northern foothills.

Where it happened

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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 happened

The episode as NWS GSP wrote it up.

Scattered to numerous thunderstorms developed near the Blue Ridge during the afternoon. One cluster of storms produced a brief downburst across the northern foothills.

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 Jul 9, 6:52 PM EST, 18 hours 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 9, 6:52 PM EST, 18 hours 24 minutes before

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The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 136 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:17 UTC.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Caldwell

When: July 10, 1:16 PM EST
Where: Caldwell County, 1.38 mi S of Globe
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: Public
Coordinates: 36.030, -81.700

Public reported trees blown down along Highway 90.

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

Every storm in North Carolina in 2014 Every state in 2014 This day in weather history Warnings in North Carolina, July 2014

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: 525374.