Georgia, 2002

Hail in Georgia, May 2, 2002

May 2, 2002 · NWS GSP · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.

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  • Tropical storms and surge
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  • Hail
  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
  • Other

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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 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 May 2, 8:36 PM EST, 2 hours 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 2, 8:36 PM EST, 2 hours 24 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
936 PM EDT THU MAY 2 2002

UPDATING FOR SVR TSTM WATCH 217...RAISING POP IN E.

FCSTID =
GSP   65  74  55  69 /  80  40  60  50
AND   64  76  56  70 /  70  40  60  50
CLT   65  73  54  69 /  80  30  60  50
HKY   61  69  51  66 /  80  30  60  40
AVL   54  65  47  63 / 100  30  60  50

.GSP...
GA...NONE.
NC...NONE.
SC...NONE.

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 2, 9:12 PM EST, 1 hour 48 minutes before
GAZ010-017-030300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1012 PM EDT THU MAY 2 2002

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATES A HEAVY THUNDERSTORM
MOVING INTO EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA THIS EVENING.  THE
THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE INTO HABERSHAM AND RABUN COUNTIES
WITHIN THE NEXT 20 MINUTES.  WHILE NO SEVERE WEATHER
HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS STORM...THERE IS THE POTENTIAL
FOR DIME SIZE HAIL AND WINDS GREATER THAN 60 MPH.

FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WAS ALSO NOTED WITH THIS STORM.
PEOPLE SHOULD STAY INDOORS AS THIS STORM PASSES OVER THE
AREA AND MOVES INTO SOUTH CAROLINA.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR THE MEDIA FOR THE LATEST
INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION.

DICARLO
Local storm report, May 2, 9:14 PM EST, 1 hour 46 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
1014 PM EDT THU MAY 02 2002

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

905 PM     MILLS RIVER               NC   WIND DAMAGE
05/02/02   HENDERSON                      TREES DOWN IN MILLS RIVER

905 PM     ASHEVILLE AIRPORT TOWER   NC   59 MPH
05/02      BUNCOMBE                       TOWER REPORTED LLWS WIND
                                          GUST TO 51 KNOTS AT THE
                                          ASHEVILLE AIRPORT.

TJB
Local storm report, May 2, 9:36 PM EST, 1 hour 24 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
1036 PM EDT THU MAY 02 2002

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

800 PM     TATERS KNOB              NC   WIND DAMAGE
05/02/02   SWAIN                          TREES  DOWN. REPORTED BY
                                          SKYWARN SPOTTER

1019 PM    TERRELL                   NC   60 MPH
05/02/02   CATAWBA                        SPOTTER REPORTED WIND
                                          GUST TO 60 MPH.

MOORE
Local storm report, May 2, 9:51 PM EST, 1 hour 9 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
1051 PM EDT THU MAY 02 2002

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

1015 PM    MOUNTAIN VIEW             NC   WIND DAMAGE
05/02/02   CATAWBA                        TREES DOWN SOUTHWEST OF
                                          HICKORY IN MTN. VIEW
                                          AREA.

1015 PM    2 N DENVER                NC   WIND DAMAGE
05/02/02   CATAWBA                        WINDOWS BLOWN OUT OF
                                          BALLS CREEK GAS STATION
                                          ON HWY 16.

TJB
Local storm report, May 2, 10:30 PM EST, 30 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
1130 PM EDT THU MAY 02 2002

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

1045 PM    MOUNT ULLA                NC   WIND DAMAGE
05/02/02   ROWAN                          TREES AND POWER LINES
                                          DOWN IN MT. ULLA IN
                                          WESTERN ROWAN COUNTY.

TJB
Special weather statement, May 2, 10:59 PM EST, 1 minute before
NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-082-SCZ007>009-013-014-030500-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1159 PM EDT THU MAY 2 2002

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 217 HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM THE
FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN THE NORTH CAROLINA PIEDMONT...
ALEXANDER...CATAWBA...IREDELL...DAVIE...ROWAN...CLEVELAND...
LINCOLN...GASTON...MECKLENBURG...CABARRUS...AND UNION.

IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...
YORK AND CHESTER.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 217 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE
FOLLOWING COUNTIES THROUGH 1 AM...

SPARTANBURG...CHEROKEE AND UNION.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET FOR
THE LATEST UPDATES CONCERNING THIS POTENTIAL SEVERE WEATHER
SITUATION.

MOORE

The radar

The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Habersham

When
May 2, 11:00 PM EST
Where
Habersham County, 3 mi N of Hollywood
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
34.700, -83.450

What these are

Hail
Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

More

Every storm in Georgia in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Georgia, May 2002

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: 5298073.