Scattered thunderstorms developed over western North Carolina during the afternoon. Several of the storms produced brief severe weather in the form of damaging wind gusts.
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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.
Scattered thunderstorms developed over western North Carolina during the afternoon. Several of the storms produced brief severe weather in the form of damaging wind gusts.
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 16, 5:57 PM EST, 20 hours 16 minutes earlier.
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</html>The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 60 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:11 UTC.
9 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Emergency manager reported several trees blown down in and around Hot Springs.
County comms reported several trees blown down in the western part of Graham County.
County comms reported a few trees blown down in the Leicester and Candler areas.
Emergency manager reported multiple trees blown down in the Nantahala National Forest.
Public reported trees blown down in Banner Elk and vicinity.
Media reported gusty winds associated with a weakening line of showers and thunderstorms blew down a tree onto a vehicle at Biltmore Estate, killing an occupant.
Fire dept reported more than a dozen trees along with some power lines blown down across northern Iredell County, including on Friendship Rd, on I-77 South, and in the Harmony community.
Public reported quarter size hail in the Love Valley area.
Public and ham radio operators reported multiple trees and power lines blown down from Bessemer City to the Crowders Mountain area.
Public reported quarter size hail.
Ham radio operator reported quarter size hail.
Public and county comms reported multiple trees blown down from the Spencer area, southeast across Rockwell and Gold Hill. Multiple trees fell on homes.
Public reported half dollar size hail on Brady 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thunderstorm Wind, Buncombe | 2022-06-17 | 45 | Male | Vehicle/Towed Trailer | Direct |
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in North Carolina in 2022Every state in 2022This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, June 2022
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1036685, 1036686, 1036687, 1036688, 1036689, 1036690, 1036691, 1036694, 1036692, 1036695, 1036696, 1036693, 1036697.