North Carolina, 2002

Damaging Wind in North Carolina, May 7, 2002

May 7, 2002 · NWS GSP · 1 event in 1 county or zone

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.

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  • Tropical storms and surge
  • Floods
  • Wind
  • 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 7, 1:17 PM EST, 5 hours 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 7, 1:17 PM EST, 5 hours 48 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
217 PM EDT TUE MAY 7 2002

FLATTENED UPPER RIDGE REMAINS OVER FCST AREA WITH WEAK SHRTWVS MOVG
THRU FLOW...MAINLY N OF CWA. SFC BOUNDARY WELL N OF AREA OVER OH
VALLEY. LATEST GUIDANCE HAS LOWERED POPS THRU THU. WILL KEEP LOW
CHANCE POPS IN NC ZONES THRU WED...A BREAK INDICATED WED
NIGHT...THEN AS FRONT MOVES FURTHER S OVER AREA...CHANCE SHOWERS AND
TSTMS ACROSS ENTIRE CWA THU AND FRI. TEMPS AND WINDS STILL LOOK GOOD
WITH ONLY MINOR TWEAKING DONE SINCE LAST ZONE PKG.

DAYS 4-7 WILL START OFF SLIGHTLY COOLER THAN NORMAL...AS SURFACE
HIGH SETTLES OVER THE AREA IN WAKE OF EXITING FRONT...AND MID LEVEL
RIDGE FLATTENS. BY LATE SUNDAY...RIDGE BEGINS TO REASSERT ITSELF
ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST...BUT SW TROUGH DIGGING INTO THE UPPER MIDWEST
WILL PUSH ANOTHER FRONTAL BOUNDARY INTO THE AREA BY EARLY WEEK. HAVE
EXTENDED POPS INTO MONDAY NIGHT...PER HPC PREFERENCE OF SLOWER
FRONTAL MOVEMENT THAN ADVERTISED BY MODELS...BUT WILL LEAVE TUESDAY
DRY FOR NOW.

FCSTID =77
GSP   64  88  63  86 /  20  20  20  30
AND   65  89  64  87 /  20  20  20  30
CLT   63  87  62  85 /  20  20  20  30
HKY   62  85  62  84 /  30  20  30  30
AVL   57  82  56  79 /  30  20  30  40

.GSP...
GA...NONE.
NC...NONE.
SC...NONE.

RB

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 7, 5:13 PM EST, 1 hour 52 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
613 PM EDT TUE MAY 07 2002

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

605 PM     10 NE FOREST CITY         NC   .75 INCH HAIL
05/07/02   RUTHERFORDTON                  EOC REPORT.

JAT
Local storm report, May 7, 5:32 PM EST, 1 hour 33 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
632 PM EDT TUE MAY 07 2002

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

624 PM     17 N SHELBY               NC   .75 INCH HAIL
05/07/02   CLEVELAND                      SPOTTER REPORT.

625 PM     12 NW SHEBLY              NC   1.75 INCH HAIL
05/07/02   CLEVELAND                      EOC REPORT.

625 PM     12 NW SHELBY              NC   70 MPH
05/07/02   CLEVELAND                      EOC REPORT.

JAT
Local storm report, May 7, 5:46 PM EST, 1 hour 19 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
646 PM EDT TUE MAY 07 2002

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

640 PM     TAYLORSVILLE              NC   58 MPH
05/07/02   ALEXANDER                      SPOTTER REPORT.

JAT
Local storm report, May 7, 6:16 PM EST, 49 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
716 PM EDT TUE MAY 07 2002

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

637 PM     8 N SHELBY                NC   .75 INCH HAIL
05/07/02   CLEVELAND                      DIME SIZE HAIL AND WIND
                                          GUSTS ESTIMATED AT 50 MPH
                                          BETWEEN SHELBY AND CASAR.
                                          REPORTED BY SKYWARN
                                          SPOTTER.

639 PM     12 NW SHELBY              NC   1.75 INCH HAIL
05/07/02   CLEVELAND                      GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL
                                          FALLING AGAIN NEAR
                                          POLKVILLE COMMUNITY.
                                          REPORTED BY SKYWARN
                                          SPOTTER.

MOORE

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 148 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:04 UTC.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Rowan

When
May 7, 7:05 PM EST
Where
Rowan County, 3 mi E of Spencer
Measured
50 kt (58 mph)
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
35.700, -80.383

A few 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

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: 5298086.