North Carolina, 2020

Damaging Wind in North Carolina, June 14, 2020

June 14, 2020 · NWS GSP · 1 event in 1 county or zone

Scattered thunderstorms developed across the North Carolina mountains during the afternoon. One of the storms produced brief damaging wind gusts in Haywood County.

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 thunderstorms developed across the North Carolina mountains during the afternoon. One of the storms produced brief damaging wind gusts in Haywood County.

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 14, 9:21 AM EST, 3 hours 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 14, 9:21 AM EST, 3 hours 34 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 14, 7:35 AM EST, 5 hours 20 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
835 AM EDT Sun Jun 14 2020

GAZ010-017-NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-501-503-505-507-509-
SCZ001>003-151245-
Rabun-Habersham-Avery-Madison-Yancey-Mitchell-Swain-Haywood-Buncombe-
Graham-Northern Jackson-Macon-Southern Jackson-Transylvania-
Henderson-Caldwell Mountains-Burke Mountains-McDowell Mountains-
Rutherford Mountains-Polk Mountains-Oconee Mountains-
Pickens Mountains-Greenville Mountains-
835 AM EDT Sun Jun 14 2020

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the mountains of northeast
Georgia, western North Carolina, and Upstate South Carolina.

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

Scattered to numerous thunderstorms will develop across the mountains
this afternoon and evening. Cloud to ground lightning and locally
heavy rainfall can be expected with any thunderstorms. Some of these
storms may also produce gusty winds and small hail, and a few could
become severe, with damaging wind gusts the main threat.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

None.

GAZ018-026-028-029-NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-082-502-504-506-508-
510-SCZ004>014-019-151245-
Stephens-Franklin-Hart-Elbert-Alexander-Iredell-Davie-Catawba-Rowan-
Cleveland-Lincoln-Gaston-Mecklenburg-Cabarrus-Union NC-
Greater Caldwell-Greater Burke-Eastern McDowell-Greater Rutherford-
Eastern Polk-Greater Oconee-Greater Pickens-Greater Greenville-
Spartanburg-Cherokee-York-Anderson-Abbeville-Laurens-Union SC-
Chester-Greenwood-
835 AM EDT Sun Jun 14 2020

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northeast Georgia, the
foothills and Piedmont of western North Carolina, and Upstate South
Carolina.

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

Isolated to scattered thunderstorms are expected across the region
this afternoon and evening. Cloud to ground lightning and locally
heavy rainfall will be the primary threat with any thunderstorms, and
a few could produce gusty winds.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

None.

HG

The radar

The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 68 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:54 UTC.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Haywood

When
June 14, 12:55 PM EST
Where
Haywood County, 0.69 mi N of Cove
Measured
50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Reported by
Fire Department/Rescue
Coordinates
35.680, -82.950

Fire dept reported trees blown down in the Fines Creek area.

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

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: 905112.