1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
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.
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 2, 8:36 PM EST, 1 minute earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 936 PM EDT THU MAY 2 2002 UPDATING FOR SVR TSTM WATCH 217...RAISING POP IN E. FCSTID = GSP 65 74 55 69 / 80 40 60 50 AND 64 76 56 70 / 70 40 60 50 CLT 65 73 54 69 / 80 30 60 50 HKY 61 69 51 66 / 80 30 60 40 AVL 54 65 47 63 / 100 30 60 50 .GSP... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. TOMKO
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
826 PM EDT THU MAY 02 2002
CORRECTED TIME OF REPORT
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
800 PM BRYSON CITY NC WIND DAMAGE
05/02/02 SWAIN TREES DOWN COUNTYWIDE.
MOOREPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
851 PM EDT THU MAY 02 2002
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
830 PM MAGGIE VALLEY NC WIND DAMAGE
05/02/02 HAYWOOD TREES DOWN MOSTLY IN
MAGGIE VALLEY, MARBLE
SIZE HAIL IN WAYNESVILLE.
TJBPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
826 PM EDT THU MAY 02 2002
CORRECTED TIME OF REPORT
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
800 PM BRYSON CITY NC WIND DAMAGE
05/02/02 SWAIN TREES DOWN COUNTYWIDE.
MOOREPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
905 PM EDT THU MAY 02 2002
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
855 PM JUPITER NC WIND DAMAGE
05/02/02 BUNCOMBE QUITE A FEW TREES DOWN,
HAIL UNKNOWN SIZE.
TJBPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
911 PM EDT THU MAY 02 2002
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
835 PM DICKS CREEK NC WIND DAMAGE
05/02/02 JACKSON NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER
LINES DOWN IN COMMUNITY
OF DICKS CREEK.
ADDITIONAL TREES AND
POWER LINES DOWN
COUNTYWIDE
MOOREPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
914 PM EDT THU MAY 02 2002
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
905 PM SKYLAND NC WIND DAMAGE
05/02/02 BUNCOMBE MULTIPLE TREES DOWN AT
SKYLAND.
TJBThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Numerous trees and powerlines were blown down.
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: 5298067.