Thunderstorm Wind, Vance
- When
- May 2, 5:15 PM EST
- Where
- Vance County, Townsville
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 36.500, -78.433
Several trees were blown down in the Island Creek subdivision.
Damaging Winds in North Carolina, May 2, 2002
2 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
- 2
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 Raleigh, NC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 2, 2:20 PM EST, 2 hours 55 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 2, 2:20 PM EST, 2 hours 55 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 320 PM EST THU MAY 2 2002 COLD FRONT WILL SAG SOUTH ACROSS AREA TONIGHT. MOST HEAVY CONVECTION WILL REMAIN TO THE NORTH WHERE DYNAMICS ARE BETTER BUT WILL SEE SOME ACTIVITY MOST OF NIGHT. COOLER AND DRIER AIR WILL COVER AREA FRIDAY. WEAK DISTURBANCE WILL ADVECT OVER AREA SATURDAY WHICH WILL SET UP ISENTROPIC LIFT INDUCED PRECIPITATION. THIS FALLING INTO DRY AIR WILL INDUCE INSITU COLD AIR DAMMING SITUATION FOR MOST OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. TEMPERATURES SATURDAY WILL BE MUCH BELOW NORMAL. SUN-THU: DECREASING CLOUDS SAT NIGHT AS MID LEVEL SHORTWAVE TROUGH MOVES OFF THE MIDATLANTIC COAST AND H8 WINDS GO NORTHWEST. MOSTLY CLEAR AND COOL SUN. WILL RETAIN AFTERNOON/EVENING POP WITH WARM FROPA LATE MON. PROXIMITY OF FRONT AND MCS POTENTIAL NECESSITATES SMALL CHANCES OF LATE DAY STORMS TUE/WED. INCREASINGLY STRONG MID LEVEL RIDGING SHOULD SUPPRESS CONVECTION THU SO WILL HAVE PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES WITH WARM TEMPS. .RAH...NONE. SWH/GIH
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 2, 12:35 PM EST, 4 hours 40 minutes before
ZCZC 000 TTAA00 KRAH 021717 NCZ007>011-021>028-038>041-043-022315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 135 PM EDT THU MAY 2 2002 ...THERE IS A RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS THE PIEDMONT... .SKYWARN SPOTTERS... ACTIVATION OF THE TRIAD AND CENTRAL CAROLINA SKYWARN SPOTTER NETWORKS MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EARLY EVENING. SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY HAZARDOUS WEATHER CONDITIONS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .SYNOPTIC PATTERN... A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA THIS EVENING. AHEAD OF THIS FRONT...A STRONG SOUTHWEST WIND WILL BRING WARM MOIST AIR INTO THE AREA...CREATING AN UNSTABLE AIR MASS. AS THE FRONT APPROACHES...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON...AND TRACK EAST ACROSS THE AREA. WINDS IN THE MID LEVELS OF THE ATOMSPHERE ARE ALSO VERY STRONG...INCREASING THE THREAT OF DAMAGING WINDS FROM THUNDERSTORMS. .HAZARDOUS WEATHER DETAILS... THE GREATEST SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FROM THE STORMS WILL BE LARGE HAIL OVER AN INCH IN DIAMETER...AND DAMAGING STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THE AREA WITH THE GREATEST CHANCE OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE OVER THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...MAINLY ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 40. THIS INCLUDES THE TRIAD AREA...THE TRIANGLE AREA...AND LOCATIONS NEAR THE VIRGINIA BORDER. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. DGS
Special weather statement, May 2, 12:35 PM EST, 4 hours 40 minutes before
NCZ007>011-021>028-038>041-043-022315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT... CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 135 PM EDT THU MAY 2 2002 ...THERE IS A RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS THE PIEDMONT... .SKYWARN SPOTTERS... ACTIVATION OF THE TRIAD AND CENTRAL CAROLINA SKYWARN SPOTTER NETWORKS MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EARLY EVENING. SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY HAZARDOUS WEATHER CONDITIONS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .SYNOPTIC PATTERN... A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA THIS EVENING. AHEAD OF THIS FRONT...A STRONG SOUTHWEST WIND WILL BRING WARM MOIST AIR INTO THE AREA...CREATING AN UNSTABLE AIR MASS. AS THE FRONT APPROACHES...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON...AND TRACK EAST ACROSS THE AREA. WINDS IN THE MID LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE ARE ALSO VERY STRONG...INCREASING THE THREAT OF DAMAGING WINDS FROM THUNDERSTORMS. .HAZARDOUS WEATHER DETAILS... THE GREATEST SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FROM THE STORMS WILL BE LARGE HAIL OVER AN INCH IN DIAMETER...AND DAMAGING STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THE AREA WITH THE GREATEST CHANCE OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE OVER THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...MAINLY ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 40. THIS INCLUDES THE TRIAD AREA...THE TRIANGLE AREA...AND LOCATIONS NEAR THE VIRGINIA BORDER. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. DGS
The radar
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 93 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:13 UTC.
Event by event
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Warren
- When
- May 2, 5:25 PM EST
- Where
- Warren County, Elams
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 36.533, -77.933
Trees were blown down near Lake Gaston.
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
- Flash Flooding and Flood in West Virginia, May 2 to 4, 2002
- Flash Flood and Hail in Virginia, May 2 to 3, 2002
- Rip Currents in Florida, May 2 to 3, 2002
- Flooding in Kentucky, May 2 to 4, 2002
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Virginia, May 2, 2002
- Tornado in Maryland, May 2, 2002
- Flood in Pennsylvania, May 2, 2002
- Hail in Illinois, May 2, 2002
- Flash Flooding in West Virginia, May 2, 2002
- Tornadoes and Hail in Virginia, May 2, 2002
- Flooding and Hail in Georgia, May 2 to 3, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, May 2, 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: 5288567, 5288568.