Thunderstorm Wind, Tyrrell
- When
- April 19, 6:50 PM EST
- Where
- Tyrrell County, Columbia
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 35.917, -76.250
Damaging Wind in North Carolina, April 19, 2002
1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
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 Newport/Morehead City, NC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 19, 5:44 PM EST, 1 hour 6 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 19, 5:44 PM EST, 1 hour 6 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...ROUTINE DELAYED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 130 PM EDT FRI APR 19 2002 MODELS ARE PRETTY SIMILAR IN DEVELOPING A SFC LOW OVER SE VA TOMORROW AND MOVING OFF THE COAST LATE. FRONT WILL MAKE ITS WAY S SAT NIGHT THEN BECOME NEARLY STATIONARY JUST S OF OUR CWA SUNDAY. THEN AIR MASS CHANGING COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH MONDAY. MULTIPLE VORT MAXES MOVING THRU THE REGION PRIOR TO THE COLD FRONT MOVING THRU MONDAY WILL MAKE TIMING OF PCPN VERY DIFFICULT BUT IT LOOKS LIKE BEST CHANCE WILL BE LATE TOMORROW INTO TOMORROW NIGHT. THEN AGAIN LATE SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY AFTERNOON AHEAD OF AND ALONG THE COLD FRONT. H85 THETA-E RIDGE MOVES INTO OUR CWA AFTER 00Z TONIGHT AND ALL THE WAY TO THE COAST BY 12Z SAT SO WILL MAINTAIN A SLIGHT CHANCE OF TSTMS FOR TONIGHT. ANOTHER THETA-E RIDGE MOVES OVER OUR CWA SUNDAY EVENING. TEMPS...FWC CONTINUES TO RULE. EXTENDED...AFTER COLD FRONT MOVES THRU MONDAY NOT MUCH CHANCE OF PCPN UNTIL THU NIGHT INTO FRI AS ANOTHER COLD FRONT MOVES THRU BUT THIS ONE WILL NOT TAP INTO GULF MOISTURE SO JUST SLIGHT CHANCE. BACK TO MORE SPRINGLIKE TEMPERATURE WITH LOWS BACK INTO THE 40S INLAND AND HIGHS AROUND 60-65 TUE...65-70 WED...UPPER 60S TO LOWER 70S THU & FRI. .MHX...NONE WS
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Apr 19, 3:36 PM EST, 3 hours 14 minutes before
NCZ090-092-093-098-192130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT-MOREHEAD CITY NC 436 PM EDT FRI APR 19 2002 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT ONSLOW...JONES...CRAVEN AND DUPLIN COUNTIES UNTIL 530 PM EDT... AT 436 PM EDT...THERE WERE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TRENTON TO 8 MILES EAST OF WALLACE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR TRENTON AT 455 PM EDT. OTHER LOCATIONS TO BE AFFECTED BY THE STORMS INCLUDE JACKSONVILLE AND NEW BERN. WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH AND SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THE WEATHER SITUATION ACROSS THE AREA. CTC
Local storm report, Apr 19, 4:45 PM EST, 2 hours 5 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY, NC
545 PM EDT FRI APR 19 2002
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0526 PM POLLOCKSVILLE NC .75 INCH HAIL
04/19/02 JONES REPORTED BY
SPOTTERSSpecial weather statement, Apr 19, 5:40 PM EST, 1 hour 10 minutes before
NCZ029-044-045-079-080-091-093-192345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT-MOREHEAD CITY NC 640 PM EDT FRI APR 19 2002 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT PITT...MARTIN...WASHINGTON... CRAVEN...GREENE...LENOIR AND BEAUFORT COUNTIES UNTIL 745 PM EDT... AT 640 PM EDT...THERE WERE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM 24 MILES NORTH OF WILLIAMSTON TO 43 MILES WEST OF LA GRANGE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR WILLIAMSTON AT 650 PM EDT...PLYMOUTH AT 735 PM EDT...SNOW HILL AT 745 PM EDT. OTHER LOCATIONS TO BE AFFECTED BY THE STORMS INCLUDE GREENVILLE...KINSTON AND WASHINGTON. WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH AND SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND LOCALIZED FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS. MOTORISTS SHOULD SLOW DOWN ON AREA ROADWAYS TO AVOID HYDROPLANING. THIS STORM IS PRODUCING AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF DEADLY LIGHTNING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THE WEATHER SITUATION ACROSS THE AREA. JBM
Special weather statement, Apr 19, 6:48 PM EST, 2 minutes before
NCZ046-047-080-081-090>094-098-103-200045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT-MOREHEAD CITY NC 748 PM EDT FRI APR 19 2002 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT ONSLOW...MAINLAND HYDE... CRAVEN...LENOIR...JONES...DUPLIN...PAMLICO...BEAUFORT...MAINLAND DARE...OUTER BANKS DARE AND TYRRELL COUNTIES UNTIL 845 PM EDT... AT 745 PM EDT...THERE WERE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM 17 MILES NORTHWEST OF MANNS HARBOR TO 23 MILES WEST OF WARSAW...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR JASPER AT 750 PM EDT...SLADESVILLE AT 755 PM EDT...POTTERS HILL AT 800 PM EDT... MASHOES AT 805 PM EDT...TRENTON AT 810 PM EDT...MAGNOLIA AT 815 PM EDT. OTHER LOCATIONS TO BE AFFECTED BY THE STORMS INCLUDE BAYBORO... BEULAVILLE...ENGELHARD...KENANSVILLE...MANTEO...NAGS HEAD...NEW BERN AND SWANQUARTER. WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH AND SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND LOCALIZED FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS. MOTORISTS SHOULD SLOW DOWN ON AREA ROADWAYS TO AVOID HYDROPLANING. THIS STORM IS PRODUCING AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF DEADLY LIGHTNING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THE WEATHER SITUATION ACROSS THE AREA. JBM
The radar
The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 137 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:49 UTC.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Damaging Winds in District of Columbia, April 19, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New York, April 19, 2002
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Ohio, April 19, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, April 19, 2002
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Ohio, April 19 to 20, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, April 19, 2002
- Flash Flooding in Missouri, April 19, 2002
- Damaging Winds in Kansas, April 19, 2002
- Flooding in Missouri, April 19 to 21, 2002
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Illinois, April 19 to 20, 2002
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, April 19, 2002
- Damaging Winds in New York, April 19, 2002
More
Every storm in North Carolina in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, April 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: 5290046.