North Carolina, 2002

Hail in North Carolina, May 10, 2002

May 10, 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 May 10, 1:18 PM EST, 3 hours 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 10, 1:18 PM EST, 3 hours 57 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
218 PM EDT FRI MAY 10 2002

FRONTAL BOUNDARY STRETCHED ACROSS S FCST AREA IS HELPING KEEP
CONVECTION GOING THIS AFTN AND WILL CONT THIS EVE. SO FAR THERE HAVE
BEEN NO SEVERE STORMS AND WITH INCREASED CLOUD COVER KEEPING TEMPS
DOWN A BIT...SEVERE OCCURRENCE IS LESS LIKELY. STILL VERY
MOIST...FAIRLY UNSTABLE AIR WITH CAPE FROM 600 TO 1800 ACROSS AREA
AND LI AROUND -4. S PART OF CWA IS PRIMED FOR PSBL STRONGER STORMS.

AS COLD FRONT PUSHES FURTHER S AND E...HIGH PRES BUILDS IN FROM
N..FORMING A WEDGE-TYPE SITUATION OVER PIEDMONT/LOWER FOOTHILLS
SATURDAY KEEPING TEMPS COOL. ON SAT NIGHT BOUNDARY PUSHES NORTH AND
TEMPS WILL REBOUND ON SUN. THEN A COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO PUSH
BACK THROUGH AREA MON/MON NGT WITH ANOTHER ROUND OF SHWRS AND COOLER
TEMPS BEHIND IT FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK.

FCSTID = 77
GSP   62  74  63  87 /  60  60  20  20
AND   63  75  64  88 /  60  60  20  20
CLT   61  72  62  87 /  60  60  20  20
HKY   59  69  62  85 /  60  50  20  20
AVL   55  69  55  79 /  60  50  20  20

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

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 10, 1:50 PM EST, 3 hours 25 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
250 PM EDT FRI MAY 10 2002

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

230 PM     GREAT FALLS               SC   1.75 INCH HAIL
05/10/02   CHESTER                        QUARTER TO GOLF BALL SIZE
                                          HAIL REPORTED BY GREAT
                                          FALLS POLICE

PT
Local storm report, May 10, 4:58 PM EST, 17 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
558 PM EDT FRI MAY 10 2002

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

520 PM     5 SE MOCKSVILLE           NC   WIND DAMAGE
05/10/02   DAVIE                          TREES AND POWER LINES
                                          DOWN. SEVERAL
                                          OUTBUILDINGS AND SHEDS
                                          BLOWN DOWN. REPORTED BY
                                          COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS
                                          CENTER.

MCAVOY

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 134 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:17 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Alexander

When
May 10, 5:15 PM EST to 5:28 PM EST
Where
Alexander County, Bethlehem
Measured
0.88 in hail
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
35.833, -81.317

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

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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: 5298171.