North Carolina, 2002

Damaging Wind in North Carolina, May 2, 2002

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

1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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  • Hail
  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
  • Other

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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 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 2, 8:36 PM EST, 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 2, 8:36 PM EST, 4 minutes before
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.

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 2, 7:26 PM EST, 1 hour 14 minutes before
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.

MOORE
Local storm report, May 2, 7:51 PM EST, 49 minutes before
PRELIMINARY 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.

TJB
Local storm report, May 2, 7:57 PM EST, 43 minutes before
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.

MOORE
Local storm report, May 2, 8:05 PM EST, 35 minutes before
PRELIMINARY 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.

TJB
Local storm report, May 2, 8:11 PM EST, 29 minutes before
PRELIMINARY 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

MOORE
Local storm report, May 2, 8:14 PM EST, 26 minutes before
PRELIMINARY 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.

TJB

The radar

The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, McDowell

When
May 2, 8:40 PM EST
Where
McDowell County, Dysortville
Measured
55 kt (63 mph)
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
35.600, -81.883

Some trees were blown down.

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

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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: 5298068.