North Carolina, 2002

Damaging Wind in North Carolina, July 10, 2002

July 10, 2002 · NWS ILM · 1 event in 1 county or zone

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

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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 Wilmington, NC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 10, 1:50 PM EST, 7 hours 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 10, 1:50 PM EST, 7 hours 25 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION..CORECTED FOR FORECAST NUMBERS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
250 PM EDT WED JUL 10 2002

ACTIVITY BREAKING OUT QUICKER THAN EARLIER THOUGHT IN STRONG SWLY
FLOW. LOOP OF VAD PROFILE SHOWING LOW LEVEL FLOW BACKING AS
RESULTANT WIND PUSHES INLAND WHICH SHOULD ENHANCE LOWER LEVEL
CONVERGENCE. NUMEROUS POCKETS OF CONVERGENCE AND MODERATE
INSTABILITY WILL SUPPORT PULSE TYPE STRONGER STORMS. EXPECT MORE
WIDESPREAD ACTIVITY THIS EVENING AS FRONT SAGS INTO REGION
OVERNIGHT. WILL CONTINUE WITH MENTION OF SEVERE TSTMS AND ASSOCIATED
HEAVY RAINS OVERNIGHT.

MODELS SIMILAR IN PUSHING FRONT S OF REGION BY 18Z THU WITH AVN
TENDING TO LAG UVVS/PCPN SLIGHTLY. REGARDLESS THINK 50% POPS OKAY
THU. FRI MORE OF A QUESTION AS UNSEASONABLY COOL WEDGE PATTERN
DEVELOPS INLAND HOLDING TEMPS BELOW NORMAL. CONCERN IS PCPN CHANCES
AND IF SOME OVERRUNNING DEVELOPS.

EXTENDED: MODELS SIMILAR IN PUSHING COLD FRONT S OF REGION BUT
DIFFER IN EVOLUTION ON RETURN OF BOUNDARY SAT. WITH BOUNDARY IN
REGION WILL CONTINUE CHANCE SHWRS/TSTMS SAT/SUN. TREND IN MRF IS NOW
FOR UPR SYS CURRENTLY DIGGING INTO UPPER MIDWEST TO SETTLE INTO
LOWER MS VLY THEN RETROGRADE TO CENTRAL PLAINS AS RIDGE ALOFT BUILDS
INTO SERN US AGAIN. TREND WOULD SUGGEST REDUCED PCPN CHANCES WITH
TIME AS WE MOVE INTO TUE/WED.

MARINE...WIND RUNNING FROM 15 TO 20 KNOTS FROM THE SOUTHWEST WITH
SEAS RANGING FROM 2.5 TO 3.5 FEET ACROSS OUR WATERS. BOTH THE AVN
AND ETA BRING WINDS TO 20 TO 25 KNOTS FROM CAPE FEAR NORTHWARD UNTIL
THE FRONTAL PASSAGE AROUND 12Z IN OUR NORTHERN WATERS TO 15Z IN THE
SOUTH. THEN A NORTHEAST SURGE BEHIND THE FRONT ON TUESDAY WITH
NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 20 KNOTS. WILL RAISE SMALL CRAFT FROM CAPE
FEAR NORTHWARD FOR TONIGHT.

FCSTID = 1
ILM   74  81  66  81 /  70  50  40  40
LBT   72  82  64  81 /  70  50  40  40
FLO   72  85  65  82 /  70  50  40  40
MYR   74  83  67  79 /  70  50  40  40

.ILM...
NC...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY AMZ250-252.
SC...NONE.

PUBLIC RWA
MARINE HAWKINS

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 10, 5:59 PM EST, 3 hours 16 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, NC
659 PM EDT WED JUL 10 2002

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

0430 PM    MAPLE HILL                NC   WIND DAMAGE
07/10/02   PENDER                         TREES DOWN. REPORTED BY
                                          PUBLIC.

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The radar

The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 37 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:14 UTC.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Columbus

When
July 10, 9:15 PM EST
Where
Columbus County, Lake Waccamaw
Measured
60 kt (69 mph)
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
34.317, -78.517

Law enforcement reported trees down.

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

More

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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: 5310573.