North Carolina, 2002

Hail in North Carolina, July 2, 2002

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

1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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  • 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 Greenville-Spartanburg, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 2, 1:25 PM EST, 3 hours 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 2, 1:25 PM EST, 3 hours 55 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
225 PM EDT TUE JUL 2 2002

TSRA ARE DEVELOPING AT THE SAME PLACE...AT THE SAME TIME AND WITH
THE SAME INTENSITY AS YDAY. CURRENTLY CAPES ARE RUNNING AOA 3000
ONCE AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON. ABOUT THE ONLY THING DIFFERENT ON THE GSO
SOUNDING WAS THE WBZ WHICH WAS A LITTLE OVER 11KFT THIS
MORNING...ABOUT 1500 FT HIGHER THAN YDAY. THETA-E DIFFERENCES OFF OF
THE NESDIS GOES WEB PAGE SHOW DELTA/S OF 25 TO 30 DEG...SIMILAR ONCE
AGAIN TO YDAY.

THE FLOW IS A LITTLE MORE OUT THE E TDA...AND A LITTLE STRONGER.
THIS MAY KEEP CONVECTION CONFINED TO THE HIGHER TERRAIN A LITTLE
LONGER...BUT SINCE THE BEST MOISTURE FLUX DIVERGENCE IS ACTUALLY
CENTERED E OF THE MTNS...EXPECT CONVECTION TO GRADUALLY DEVELOP E ON
OUTFLOW BNDRYS.

POPS WL ONCE AGAIN BE DECIDED AT THE LAST MINUTE BASED ON THE
ORIENTATION AND MOVEMENT OF CONVECTION. WL PROBABLY HAVE LIKELY W
AND CHANCE E ONCE AGAIN THIS EVENING.

BY WED AFTN...THE DEEP LAYER FLOW WL BE A LITTLE MORE ELY THAN
TDA...AND THE UPPER RIDGE WL PUSH IN A LITTLE CLOSER FROM THE NW.
THIS WOULD IMPLY A LITTLE LESS MOISTURE AND A STRONGER MID LEVEL
INVERSION. THEREFORE...SLIGHTLY LOWER POPS SEEM LIKE A GOOD IDEA.
THIS WL ALSO RESULT IN TEMPS A COUPLE DEGREES WARMER.

BY LATE THU...SFC FRONT WL PUSH INTO THE NRN MOST ZONES. FLOW ALOFT
IS KIND OF WEAK...BUT AVN POOLS MOISTURE ALONG THE FRONT AND
DEVELOPS CONVECTION OVER THE NRN ZONES IN THE AFTN. WL CARRY 40 POPS
N AND 30 SOUTH. WL CARRY 40 POPS ALL ZONES FRI. CAN/T BE TOO SURE OF
LOCATION OF FRONT...AS A GREAT DEAL WL BE DEPENDANT ON OUTFLOW
BOUNDARIES.

SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...
BEHIND FRI/S FRONT RIDGING BOTH FROM SFC NEW ENGLAND HIGH AND ALOFT
SHOULD SQUELCH STRONG CONVECTION...LEAVING A PARTLY CLOUDY SKY
BEHIND A FIELD OF CUMULUS. SUN...DEEP LEVEL RIDGING CONTINUES AND
AIRMASS DRIES FURTHER...CU RULE VALUES ARE ALSO WARMING...LEADING TO
LESS CLOUD COVER AND SLIGHTLY WARMER TEMPS. AVN BACKS H5 RIDGE TO
THE WEST OF THE FA AS A LOW DEEPENS OVER THE GREAT LAKES REGION.
MOISTURE DEEPENS ON MONDAY AND WOULD EXPECT SOME AIRMASS TS...FOR
NOW LOOKS AS IF COVERAGE WILL BE LIMITED TO 20% AND WILL USE SILENT
20 POPS. TUE SFC FRONT FROM THE LOW ENTERS THE FA FROM THE NW WITH
GOOD CAA. I BELIEVE THAT THE AVN IS GOING A LITTLE TOO FAR WITH THE
STRENGTH OF THE SYSTEM BUT WILL MENTION A CHANCE POPS FOR TS/SH AS
BOUNDARY LAYER LIS ARE COMFORTABLY IN THE NEGATIVE RANGE. WILL KEEP
TEMPS AROUND THE ENSEMBLE MEANS.

FCSTID =
GSP   72  92  71  92 /  30  30  30  30
AND   72  92  71  92 /  30  30  30  30
CLT   69  92  68  92 /  30  30  30  30
HKY   69  90  68  90 /  30  30  30  30
AVL   68  87  67  87 /  40  40  40  30

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

MCAVOY/NED

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 2, 4:26 PM EST, 54 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
526 PM EDT TUE JUL 02 2002

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

515 PM     5 SE NEWLAND              NC   .75 INCH HAIL
07/02/02   AVERY                          SPOTTER REPORTS DIME SIZE
                                          HAIL ON NEDS MOUNTAIN.

HG
Local storm report, Jul 2, 4:39 PM EST, 41 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
539 PM EDT TUE JUL 02 2002

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

445 PM     MARSHALL                  NC   WIND DAMAGE
07/02/02   MADISON                        COUNTY EOC REPORTS TREES
                                          BLOWN DOWN.

HG
Local storm report, Jul 2, 4:50 PM EST, 30 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
550 PM EDT TUE JUL 02 2002

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

530 PM     ANTREVILLE                SC   WIND DAMAGE
07/02/02   ABBEVILLE                      COUNTY 911 REPORTS CHAIRS
                                          BLOWN OFF A PORCH.

HG
Local storm report, Jul 2, 4:55 PM EST, 25 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
555 PM EDT TUE JUL 02 2002

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

550 PM     ANTREVILLE                SC   .75 INCH HAIL
07/02/02   ABBEVILLE                      SPOTTER REPORTS DIME SIZE
                                          HAIL.

540 PM     5 E ANDERSON              SC   WIND DAMAGE
07/02/02   ANDERSON                       COUNTY REPORTS SINGLE
                                          TREE DOWN ON ANDERSON
                                          BELTON HIGHWAY.

HG
Local storm report, Jul 2, 5:02 PM EST, 18 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
602 PM EDT TUE JUL 02 2002

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

556 PM     BELTON                    SC   1.00 INCH HAIL
07/02/02   ANDERSON                       NICKEL TO QUARTER SIZE
                                          HAIL IN DOWNTOWN BELTON.

TJB
Local storm report, Jul 2, 5:16 PM EST, 4 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
616 PM EDT TUE JUL 02 2002

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

610 PM     4 N PAW CREEK             NC   .75 INCH HAIL
07/02/02   MECKLENBURG

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The radar

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Mitchell

When
July 2, 5:20 PM EST
Where
Mitchell County, 5 mi N of Bakersville
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
36.083, -82.167

What these are

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

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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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5310684.