Thunderstorm Wind, Onslow
- When
- July 5, 8:20 PM EST
- Where
- Onslow County, Sneads Ferry
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 34.550, -77.400
Damaging Wind in North Carolina, July 5, 2002
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
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 Newport/Morehead City, NC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 5, 8:00 PM EST, 20 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 5, 8:00 PM EST, 20 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 900 PM EDT FRI JUL 5 2002 STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CURRENTLY MOVING THROUGH FORECAST AREA. WILL UPDATE FORECAST TO MENTION PRECIP ENDING BY MORNING. FRONT TO MOVE THROUGH REGION AS EXPECTED. THE REST OF THE FORECAST LOOKS GOOD...WITH NO SIG CHANGES REQUIRED. FOLLOWING THE FROPA TONIGHT...EXPECT A MUCH MORE PLEASANT AIRMASS TO ENSUE FOR THE WEEKEND AS STRONG HIGH PRES OVER THE GREAT LAKES RIDGES DOWN THE EAST COAST. MARINE: ONLY CONCERN IS STRONG STORMS MOVING INTO COASTAL WATERS TONIGHT...ENDING BY MORNING. REST OF FORECAST LOOKS GOOD. FVRBL CONDITIONS WITH NO FLAGS THRU MID TUE WITH RIDGE BUILDING IN. .MHX...NONE. FCSTID = 18
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 5, 5:53 PM EST, 2 hours 27 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
653 PM EDT FRI JUL 05 2002
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0630 PM FORT BARNWELL NC 0.75 IN HAIL
07/05/02 CRAVEN PUBLIC REPORT.Special weather statement, Jul 5, 6:29 PM EST, 1 hour 51 minutes before
NCZ093-060100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT-MOREHEAD CITY NC 729 PM EDT FRI JUL 5 2002 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT CRAVEN COUNTY UNTIL 900 PM EDT... AT 729 PM EDT...THERE WERE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF NEW BERN...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 20 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR CAYTON AT 735 PM EDT...ERNUL AT 740 PM EDT...BRIDGETON AT 755 PM EDT...NEW BERN AT 800 PM EDT. OTHER LOCATIONS TO BE AFFECTED BY THE STORMS INCLUDE JAMES CITY AND TUSCARORA. WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH AND SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. THIS STORM IS PRODUCING AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF DEADLY LIGHTNING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THE WEATHER SITUATION ACROSS THE AREA. NP
Special weather statement, Jul 5, 6:32 PM EST, 1 hour 48 minutes before
NCZ090-060100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT-MOREHEAD CITY NC 732 PM EDT FRI JUL 5 2002 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT DUPLIN COUNTY UNTIL 900 PM EDT... AT 732 PM EDT...THERE WERE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 6 MILES NORTH OF KENANSVILLE...MOVING SOUTH AT 40 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR GREENEVERS...AND...ROSE HILL AT 750 PM EDT...TEACHEY AT 755 PM EDT...WALLACE AT 800 PM EDT. OTHER LOCATIONS TO BE AFFECTED BY THE STORMS INCLUDE MAGNOLIA AND KENANSVILLE. WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH AND SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. THIS STORM IS PRODUCING AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF DEADLY LIGHTNING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THE WEATHER SITUATION ACROSS THE AREA. NP
The radar
The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 54 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:20 UTC.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Lightning Strike in Florida, July 5, 2002
- Flash Flooding in Texas, July 5, 2002
- Damaging Winds in Louisiana, July 5, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, July 5, 2002
- Wildfire in New York, July 5 to 7, 2002
- Flash Flooding and Hail in North Carolina, July 5, 2002
- Flash Flooding and Hail in New Mexico, July 5, 2002
- Flash Flooding in Texas, July 5, 2002
- Waterspouts in Gulf of Mexico, July 5, 2002
- Flash Flooding in Texas, July 5, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, July 5, 2002
- Flash Flooding in Colorado, July 5, 2002
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: 5303260.