Damaging Wind in North Carolina, May 2, 2002

Name: Damaging Wind in North Carolina, May 2, 2002
Start: 2002-05-02T21:45
End: 2002-05-02T21:45
Location: North Carolina

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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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $2,000
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, 1 hour 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 2, 8:36 PM EST, 1 hour 9 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, 8:11 PM EST, 1 hour 34 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, 1 hour 31 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

Local storm report, May 2, 8:57 PM EST, 48 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

MOORE

Special weather statement, May 2, 9:12 PM EST, 33 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, 31 minutes 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.

TJB

Local storm report, May 2, 9:36 PM EST, 9 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
1036 PM EDT THU MAY 02 2002

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

800 PM     TATERS KNOB              NC   WIND DAMAGE
05/02/02   SWAIN                          TREES  DOWN. REPORTED BY
                                          SKYWARN SPOTTER

1019 PM    TERRELL                   NC   60 MPH
05/02/02   CATAWBA                        SPOTTER REPORTED WIND
                                          GUST TO 60 MPH.

MOORE

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 155 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:43 UTC.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Rowan

When: May 2, 9:45 PM EST
Where: Rowan County, 5 mi SW of Cleveland
Measured: 55 kt (63 mph)
Property damage: $2,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 35.683, -80.750

Trees and powerlines were blown down near Mount Ulla.

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

Every storm in North Carolina in 2002 Every state in 2002 This day in weather history Warnings 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: 5298072.