North Carolina, 2002

Hail and Damaging Wind in North Carolina, August 2, 2002

August 2, 2002 · NWS RNK · 3 events in 3 counties and zones

Thunderstorm winds downed tree in Hays.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
3

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 RNK wrote it up.

Thunderstorms during the afternoon of the 2nd produced damaging winds and hail up to dime size.Thunderstorm winds downed tree in Hays.

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 Blacksburg, VA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 2, 11:30 AM EST, 1 hour 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 2, 11:30 AM EST, 1 hour 45 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG, VA
1230 PM EDT FRI AUG 2 2002

A QUICK UPDATE TO INCREASE POPS IN THE NRV AND NC MTNS. HAVE ALSO
REMOVED LATE FROM AFTERNOON THUNDER.

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ATMOSPHERE/SOUNDINGS FROM RNK/GSO THIS MORNING A LITTLE MORE
UNSTABLE AND MORE MOIST THAN 24 HOURS AGO.  BASED ON WHAT HAPPENED
YESTERDAY WILL BLANKET FA WITH 20 POPS FOR THE LATE AFTERNOON...
EXCEPT LEAVE 30 POPS IN THE NC MTNS.  WILL NUDGE TEMPS UP JUST A IN
THE NRV AND AND DANVILLE GROUP.

FCSTID = 08
ROA   94  69  93  68 /  20  10  20  10
LYH   92  67  92  66 /  20  10  20  10
DAN   96  69  94  69 /  20  10  10  10
BLF   84  64  85  64 /  20  10  20  10
LWB   84  59  84  59 /  20  20  30  10
BCB   90  63  89  62 /  20  10  20  10
TNB   84  63  84  61 /  30  20  20  10

.RNK...
NC...NONE.
VA...NONE.
WV...NONE.

NOGUEIRA

In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 2, 8:41 AM EST, 4 hours 34 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
941 AM EDT FRI AUG 02 2002

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

0425 PM    1W WYLLIESBURG            VA   0.75 IN HAIL
08/01/02   CHARLOTTE                      PUBLIC REPORT.

0425 PM    1S WYLLIESBURG            VA   0.75 IN HAIL
08/01/02   CHARLOTTE                      PUBLIC REPORT.

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 110 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:14 UTC.

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Event by event

2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Caswell

When
August 2, 1:15 PM EST
Where
Caswell County, Estelle
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
36.500, -79.233

Thunderstorm Wind, Wilkes

When
August 2, 1:45 PM EST
Where
Wilkes County, Hays
Reported by
FIRE DEPT/RESCUE SQUAD
Coordinates
36.250, -81.117

Hail, Rockingham

When
August 2, 3:00 PM EST
Where
Rockingham County, Madison
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
36.383, -79.967

What these are

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

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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: 5313640, 5313639, 5313641.