1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Wilmington, NC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 10, 2:05 PM EST, 3 hours 23 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, NC 305 PM EDT FRI MAY 10 2002 ONGOING CONVECTION UPSTREAM WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE E ACROSS THE REGION...WHICH REMAINS MODERATELY UNSTABLE DUE TO GOOD AMT OF HEATING EARLIER TODAY. AS A RESULT...SPC HAS PLACED THE CWA IN A SVR TSTM WATCH UNTIL 7 PM. SEVERAL BOUNDARIES...INCLUDING THE SEABREEZE MAY ACT AS FOCUSING MECHANISMS FOR TSTMS THROUGH THE EVENING. VERY WEAK CAA ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT AS OLD COLD FRONT WASHES OUT OVER THE REGION. SHORT WAVE MOVING ALONG BOUNDARY WILL BRING THE BEST CHANCES FOR PRECIP...HOWEVER TIMING OF THIS FEATURE VARIES BETWEEN MODELS. THE AVN SHOWS THE BEST UVV/S ACCOMPANYING THE SHORT WAVE OVERNIGHT...WHEREAS THE ETA HAS IT OCCURRING SAT MORNING INTO EARLY SAT AFTERNOON. DUE TO LARGE INCONSISTENCIES WITH NUMERICAL GUIDANCE...DO NOT HAVE MUCH CONFIDENCE IN POP FORECAST. SOME WAA DEVELOPS LATER ON SATURDAY AS THE BOUNDARY MOVES NORTH AS A WARM FRONT. ERLY FLOW DEVELOPS ACROSS THE CWA KEEPING TEMPS ABOUT 10-15 DEG COOLER THAN TODAY. WILL CARRY A SLIGHT CHC POP INTO SAT EVENING AS THE FRONT DEPARTS. SW FLOW DEVELOPS SUN...WITH SOME RIDGING ACROSS THE ERN U.S. BRINGING TEMPS BACK UP WELL INTO THE 80S. FOR MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. PRECIPITATION SHOULD END BEFORE DAYBREAK TUESDAY. THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK WILL BE DOMINATED BY HIGH PRESSURE WITH TEMPERATURES AT OR JUST BELOW NORMAL VALUES UNDER FAIR SKIES. CWF: SW WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NE FROM N TO S AS A WEAK COLD FRONT DROPS THROUGH THE WATERS. WINDS WILL ALSO INCREASE...BUT WILL BE STRONGEST ALONG THE NRN WATERS. E FLOW FOR SAT...THEN AS A WARM FRONT MOVES N WINDS WILL BECOME SW ON SUN. WILL KEEP CONDITIONS ON NRN WATERS JUST BELOW SCSEC CONDITIONS TONIGHT INTO TOMORROW. THANKS FOR THE COORDINATION MHX. FCSTID = 36 ILM 67 76 63 85 / 40 50 20 10 LBT 65 77 62 86 / 40 50 20 10 FLO 67 77 63 88 / 40 50 20 10 MYR 68 73 65 81 / 40 50 20 10 .ILM... NC...NONE. SC...NONE. PUBLIC: JAQ/RAN MARINE: JAQ
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, NC
425 PM EDT FRI MAY 10 2002
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0250 PM 3 S WILMINGTON NC 1.00 INCH HAIL
05/10/02 NEW HANOVER NEAR MONKEY JUNCTION
REPORTED BY 911
0255 PM 3 S WILMINGTON NC .75 INCH HAIL
05/10/02 NEW HANOVER NEAR MONKEY JUNCTION
REPORTED BY 911
0415 PM 5 SW SOCIETY HILL SC 59 MPH TSTM WIND GUST
05/10/02 DARLINGTON REPORTED BY KUDG AWOS AT
DARLINGTON JETPORT
TMPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, NC
511 PM EDT FRI MAY 10 2002
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0502 PM BENNETTSVILLE SC WIND DAMAGE
05/10/02 MARLBORO NUMEROUS REPORTS OF TREES
DOWN THROUGHOUT MARLBORO
COUNTY. ..MOSTLY SOUTH.
REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT
MRPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, NC
522 PM EDT FRI MAY 10 2002
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0500 PM DILLON SC WIND DAMAGE
05/10/02 DILLON TREES DOWN BETWEEN DILLON
AND LATTA...AND ON HIGHWAY
34 WEST OF DILLON. REPORTED
BY DILLON 911.
MRThe Wilmington radar (KLTX), 37 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:28 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Law enforcement reported several trees down. Trees were 4 to 6 inches in diameter.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in North Carolina in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, May 2002
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: 5291035.