North Carolina, 2002

Hail in North Carolina, May 2, 2002

May 2, 2002 · NWS MRX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

Golfball size hail reported at Hiwasse Dam.

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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 happened

The episode as NWS MRX wrote it up.

Golfball size hail reported at Hiwasse Dam.

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 Morristown, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 2, 2:10 PM EST, 5 hours 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 2, 2:10 PM EST, 5 hours 50 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
310 PM EDT THU MAY 2 2002

ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN CONTINUES AS COLD FRONT BARRELS THROUGH THE
FORECAST AREA LATER TODAY AND THEN STALLS OUT NEAR THE TN/GA STATE
LINE. THIS BOUNDARY WILL PROVIDE A FOCUS FOR A CONTINUED THREAT OF
PRECIP ESPECIALLY IN THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA THROUGH
EARLY SATURDAY. A SHORTWAVE WILL APPROACH THE AREA LATE FRIDAY/EARLY
SATURDAY WHICH WILL INDUCE OVER-RUNNING PRECIP OVER THE ENTIRE
FORECAST AREA. THIS FEATURE WILL MOVE RAPIDLY EASTWARD AND BE
ESSENTIALLY OUT OF THE AREA BY MID-DAY SATURDAY. TIME-HEIGHTS SHOW A
DEEP MOISTURE PROFILE FOR EARLY SATURDAY WITH PRECIPITABLE WATER
OVER 1.5 INCHES PROJECTED BY THE MESOETA FORECAST SOUNDINGS.

HAVE TENDED TO FAVOR AVN MOS FOR BOTH TEMPS AND POPS FOR DAYS 1-3.

FCSTID = 23
PRELIMINARY NUMBERS FOLLOW:
CHA   61  70  55  71 /  70  40  70  50
TYS   55  67  50  67 /  70  40  60  40
TRI   50  64  46  61 /  70  20  50  30
OQT   55  67  50  67 /  70  40  60  40

.MRX...
NC...NONE.
TN...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 208 ALL COUNTIES.
VA...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 208 ALL COUNTIES.

LCM

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 2, 6:12 PM EST, 1 hour 48 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN, TN
712 PM EDT THU MAY 2 2002

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

0702 PM    ROCKWOOD                  TN   WIND DAMAGE
05/02/02   ROANE                          TREES DOWN. REPORTED BY
                                          SPOTTERS

DAE
Local storm report, May 2, 6:36 PM EST, 1 hour 24 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN, TN
736 PM EDT THU MAY 2 2002

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

0728 PM    2 SE MARYVILLE            TN   65 MPH TSTM WIND GUST
05/02/02   BLOUNT                         REPORTED BY SPOTTER.

DAE
Local storm report, May 2, 6:38 PM EST, 1 hour 22 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN, TN
738 PM EDT THU MAY 2 2002

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

0730 PM    DANDRIDGE                 TN   WIND DAMAGE
05/02/02   JEFFERSON                      TREES DOWN. REPORTED BY
                                          SPOTTER.

DAE
Local storm report, May 2, 7:11 PM EST, 49 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN, TN
811 PM EDT THU MAY 2 2002

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

0739 PM    GREENBACK                 TN   WIND DAMAGE
05/02/02   LOUDON                         TREES DOWN. REPORTED BY
                                          DISPATCH.

DAE
Local storm report, May 2, 7:35 PM EST, 25 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN, TN
835 PM EDT THU MAY 2 2002

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

0735 PM    COUNTYWIDE                TN   WIND DAMAGE
05/02/02   MCMINN                         TREES DOWN. REPORTED BY
                                          DISPATCH.

DAE
Local storm report, May 2, 7:40 PM EST, 20 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN, TN
840 PM EDT THU MAY 2 2002

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

0745 PM    MADISONVILLE              TN   WIND DAMAGE
05/02/02   MONROE                         TREES DOWN. REPORTED BY
                                          DISPATCH.

DAE

The radar

The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 134 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:02 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Cherokee

When
May 2, 8:00 PM EST
Where
Cherokee County, Hiwasse Dam
Measured
1.75 in hail
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
35.133, -84.167

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

More

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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: 5297916.