Thunderstorm Wind, Macon
- When
- May 13, 2:30 PM EST
- Where
- Macon County, Highlands
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 35.050, -83.200
Trees and powerlines were blown down.
Damaging Wind in North Carolina, May 13, 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
- $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 May 13, 1:45 PM EST, 45 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 13, 1:45 PM EST, 45 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 245 PM EDT MON MAY 13 2002 HAVE UPDATED ZONES FOR NEW WATCH. RAISED POP ALL ZONES. .GSP... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. RWH
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 13, 9:56 AM EST, 4 hours 34 minutes before
NCZ048-131800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1056 AM EDT MON MAY 13 2002 A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS HAS DEVELOPED OVER NORTHERN MADISON COUNTY THIS MORNING...PRODUCING A LITTLE OVER AN INCH OF RAIN DURING THE PAST HOUR. MORE HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE OVER THE COUNTY THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON. MORE RAIN MAY PPRODUCE LOCALIZED FLOODING OVER MADISON COUNTY CAUSE A MAJOR THREAT TO MOTORISTS IN THE MORE MOUNTAINOUS AREAS. IF YOU ARE PLANNING A TRIP...PLEASE REMEMBER TO AVOID WATER CROSSING A ROAD. DICARLO
Local storm report, May 13, 2:26 PM EST, 4 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
326 PM EDT MON MAY 13 2002
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
322 PM BRYSON CITY TO CHEROKEE NC WIND DAMAGE
05/13/02 SWAIN DOZEN TREES DOWN ON
HIGHWAY 19.
DICARLOThe radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 91 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:30 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
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, May 13, 2002
- Rip Current in Florida, May 13, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Wind in South Carolina, May 13, 2002
- Flooding in Alaska, May 13 to 21, 2002
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Maryland, May 13, 2002
- Flood in Pennsylvania, May 13 to 14, 2002
- Wildfire in California, May 13, 2002
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, May 13, 2002
- Tornadoes and Hail in Maryland, May 13, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Maryland, May 13, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, May 13, 2002
- Wildfire in California, May 13, 2002
More
Every storm in North Carolina in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, May 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: 5298178.