North Carolina, 2024

Damaging Winds in North Carolina, July 6, 2024

July 6, 2024 · NWS GSP · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

Scattered thunderstorms developed across the North Carolina Piedmont during the afternoon and evening. A couple of the storms produced brief severe weather in the form of damaging wind gusts.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$10,000
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
2

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 Piedmont during the afternoon and evening. A couple of the storms produced brief severe weather in the form of damaging wind gusts.

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 5, 4:26 PM EST, 23 hours 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 5, 4:26 PM EST, 23 hours 34 minutes before
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The radar

The Columbia radar (KCAE), 119 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:01 UTC.

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Event by event

2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Union

When
July 6, 4:00 PM EST
Where
Union County, 2.19 mi SE of Houston
Measured
50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Reported by
Utility Company
Coordinates
34.930, -80.600

Utility company reported trees and large limbs blown down on power lines southwest of Monroe.

Thunderstorm Wind, Iredell

When
July 6, 7:38 PM EST
Where
Iredell County, 1.31 mi WNW of Houstonville to 2.96 mi E of Union Grove
Measured
50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Property damage
$10,000
Reported by
911 Call Center
Coordinates
36.010, -80.790

County comms reported a tree was blown down on a home and punctured the roof on York Spann Rd. Another tree was blown down near Trivette Rd and Mullis Rd.

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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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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1204865, 1204864.