North Carolina, 2002

Hail in North Carolina, July 22, 2002

July 22, 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.

  • 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 Greenville-Spartanburg, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 22, 1:18 PM EST, 2 hours 52 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 22, 1:18 PM EST, 2 hours 52 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
218 PM EDT MON JUL 22 2002

COLD FRONT APPROACHING FROM NORTHWEST TUE NIGHT PROGGED TO HANG UP
IN NC MTS FOR SEVERAL DAYS THEN FIZZLING BY SATURDAY. LOW LEVEL
MOISTURE INCREASES TUE AND WED COINCIDING WITH APPROACHING
FRONT...PERSISTING THRU SATURDAY. VORTICITY INCREASES TUE...THEN A
STRONG VORT MAX OVER CWA BY WED EVE. MODELS IN GOOD AGREEMENT FOR
SCATTERED SHWRS AND STORMS EVERY AFTN AND EVE THRU SAT. SILENT 20S
FOR SUN AND MON WITH ONLY MARGINAL INSTABILITY AND MOISTURE.

SLIGHT WARMING TREND THROUGH THE WEEK DUE TO DECREASING CLOUD COVER
AS FRONT DISSIPATES. LOWER 90S MOST PIEDMONT AND FOOTHILL LOCATIONS
BY END OF THE WEEK.
FCSTID =
GSP   71  90  72  87 /  40  50  50  50
AND   71  90  72  87 /  40  50  50  50
CLT   70  90  72  88 /  50  50  50  50
HKY   69  87  70  86 /  50  50  50  50
AVL   64  84  67  83 /  40  50  40  50

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

LAMB/DICARLO

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 22, 10:10 AM EST, 6 hours before
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014-
019-222100-

SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1110 AM EDT MON JUL 22 2002

...SEVERE WEATHER POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...

WARM MOIST AIR OVER THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA WILL
SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON.
THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PERSIST INTO THE EVENING. CONDITIONS ARE
FAVORABLE FOR A FEW OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS TO BECOME SEVERE...
PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND. LARGE HAIL IS POSSIBLE...BUT TO A LESSER
EXTENT. THE GREATEST CHANCE OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE IN NORTHEAST
GEORGIA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA.

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

RWH
Local storm report, Jul 22, 3:17 PM EST, 53 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
417 PM EDT MON JUL 22 2002

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

335 PM     2 W CHEROKEE              NC   .75 INCH HAIL
07/22/02   SWAIN                          DISPATCH RELAYED REPORT
                                          OF LARGE HAIL JUST ACROSS
                                          THE MOUNTAIN FROM
                                          CHEROKEE

JONES
Local storm report, Jul 22, 4:08 PM EST, 2 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
508 PM EDT MON JUL 22 2002

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

445 PM     1 NW CONCORD              NC   WIND DAMAGE
07/22/02   CABARRUS                       NUMEROUS TREES REPORTED
                                          DOWN AT CITY LIMITS. ALSO
                                          HAIL OF UNKNOWN SIZE.
                                          REPORTED BY SHERRIFF.

LAMB

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 157 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:10 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Cabarrus

When
July 22, 4:10 PM EST
Where
Cabarrus County, 3 mi NW of Concord
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
35.450, -80.633

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 North Carolina in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, July 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: 5309444.