Thunderstorm Wind, Catawba
- When
- May 2, 9:15 PM EST
- Where
- Catawba County, 2 mi SW of Hickory
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 35.720, -81.350
A few trees were blown down at Mountain View.
Damaging Wind in North Carolina, May 2, 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
- 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, 39 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 2, 8:36 PM EST, 39 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. TOMKO
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 2, 8:05 PM EST, 1 hour 10 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.
TJBLocal storm report, May 2, 8:11 PM EST, 1 hour 4 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
MOORELocal storm report, May 2, 8:14 PM EST, 1 hour 1 minute 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.
TJBLocal storm report, May 2, 8:57 PM EST, 18 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
957 PM EDT THU MAY 02 2002
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
937 PM LAKE LURE NC WIND DAMAGE
05/02/02 RUTHERFORD TREES DOWN FROM LAKE LURE
EAST ACROSS NORTHERN END
OF COUNTY. REPORTED BY
SHERIFF
921 PM MARION NC WIND DAMAGE
05/02/02 MCDOWELL POWER POLES DOWN ON N
MAIN STREET IN MARION.
TREES ALSO DOWN ALONG
MONTFORD COVE ROAD S OF
MARION. REPORTED BY
COUNTY SHERIFF
MOORESpecial weather statement, May 2, 9:12 PM EST, 3 minutes before
GAZ010-017-030300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1012 PM EDT THU MAY 2 2002 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATES A HEAVY THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA THIS EVENING. THE THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE INTO HABERSHAM AND RABUN COUNTIES WITHIN THE NEXT 20 MINUTES. WHILE NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS STORM...THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR DIME SIZE HAIL AND WINDS GREATER THAN 60 MPH. FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WAS ALSO NOTED WITH THIS STORM. PEOPLE SHOULD STAY INDOORS AS THIS STORM PASSES OVER THE AREA AND MOVES INTO SOUTH CAROLINA. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR THE MEDIA FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION. DICARLO
Local storm report, May 2, 9:14 PM EST, 1 minute before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
1014 PM EDT THU MAY 02 2002
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
905 PM MILLS RIVER NC WIND DAMAGE
05/02/02 HENDERSON TREES DOWN IN MILLS RIVER
905 PM ASHEVILLE AIRPORT TOWER NC 59 MPH
05/02 BUNCOMBE TOWER REPORTED LLWS WIND
GUST TO 51 KNOTS AT THE
ASHEVILLE AIRPORT.
TJBThe radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
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
- 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
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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: 5298069.