Damaging Wind in North Carolina, July 22, 2002

Name: Damaging Wind in North Carolina, July 22, 2002
Start: 2002-07-22T18:30
End: 2002-07-22T18:30
Location: North Carolina

July 22, 2002 · NWS GSP · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $1,000
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, 5 hours 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 22, 1:18 PM EST, 5 hours 12 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

Local storm report, Jul 22, 3:17 PM EST, 3 hours 13 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 hours 22 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

Local storm report, Jul 22, 4:13 PM EST, 2 hours 17 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
513 PM EDT MON JUL 22 2002

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

510 PM     CONCORD                   NC   .75 INCH HAIL
07/22/02   CABARRUS                       SPOTTER REPORTED DIME
                                          SIZE HAIL NEAR I-85 IN
                                          CONCORD.

LAMB

Special weather statement, Jul 22, 4:20 PM EST, 2 hours 10 minutes before

GAZ028-029-NCZ036-037-056-057-068>072-082-SCZ006>014-019-222245-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
520 PM EDT MON JUL 22 2002

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE UPSTATE AND THE NORTH
CAROLINA PIEDMONT...

A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL SLOWLY ADVANCE NORTHWEST...ACROSS THE
UPSTATE AND THE NORTH CAROLINA PIEDMONT...THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING
HOURS. BETWEEN 530 AND 7 PM...THE LINE WILL AFFECT AREAS EXTENDING
FROM GREENWOOD TO LAURENS...ROCK HILL...CHARLOTTE AND STATESVILLE.

AS THESE STORMS MOVE INTO A VERY UNSTABLE AIRMASS...SOME OF
THEM WILL BECOME SEVERE...PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL TO THE
SIZE OF QUARTERS AND CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.

THERE WILL ALSO BE VERY HEAVY RAIN...WITH SOME LOCATIONS SEEING 1 TO
2 INCHES OF RAIN IN LESS THAN AN HOUR.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR THE MEDIA FOR THE LATEST WEATHER
INFORMATION.

MCAVOY

Local storm report, Jul 22, 4:26 PM EST, 2 hours 4 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
526 PM EDT MON JUL 22 2002

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

520 PM     MONROE                    NC   WIND DAMAGE
07/22/02   UNION                          A FEW TREES DOWN.
                                          REPORTED BY COUNTY 911.

HANDEL

Special weather statement, Jul 22, 5:57 PM EST, 33 minutes before

NCZ034>036-054>056-066>070-SCZ003-006>009-012-013-230730-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
657 PM EDT MON JUL 22 2002

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER THE UPSTATE AND THE NORTH
CAROLINA PIEDMONT...

A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL SLOWLY ADVANCE NORTHWEST...ACROSS THE
NORTHERN PART OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA UPSTATE AND THE NORTH CAROLINA
PIEDMONT AND FOOTHILLS...THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. BETWEEN 7
AND 830 PM...THE LINE WILL AFFECT AREAS EXTENDING FROM SPARTANBURG
TO GAFFNEY...SHELBY AND TAYLORSVILLE.

AS THESE STORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH A VERY UNSTABLE
AIRMASS...SOME OF THEM WILL BECOME SEVERE...PRODUCING DAMAGING
WINDS...HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS AND CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING. IN PARTICULAR...STORMS TODAY HAVE HAD A HISTORY OF
PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS.

THERE WILL ALSO BE VERY HEAVY RAIN...WITH SOME LOCATIONS SEEING 1 TO
2 INCHES OF RAIN IN LESS THAN AN HOUR.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR THE MEDIA FOR THE LATEST WEATHER
INFORMATION.

MCAVOY

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 128 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:30 UTC.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Catawba

When: July 22, 6:30 PM EST
Where: Catawba County, 3 mi E of Hickory
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph)
Property damage: $1,000
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 35.733, -81.267

A few trees and powerlines were blown 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

Every storm in North Carolina in 2002 Every state in 2002 This day in weather history Warnings 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: 5309528.