1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 Wilmington, NC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 4, 1:30 PM EST, 1 hour 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 230 PM EDT THU JUL 4 2002 ISOLATED CONVECTION ONGOING INTERIOR AREAS. EXPECT THIS ACTIVITY TO DIE AWAY DURING THE EVENING. MORE OF THE SAME TOMORROW WITH CONVECTION DEVELOPING ALONG MESOSCALE BOUNDARIES LEFT OVER FROM ONGOING CONVECTION. HIGHER POPS FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY NIGHT IN ASSOCIATION WITH COLD FRONT SAGGING N TO S. MODELS BRING COLD FRONT INTO AREA LATE FRIDAY NIGHT/EARLY SATURDAY WITH DRIER AIR OOZING INTO THE AREA ON N/NE WIND LATER SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT. HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING SOUTH AND INTO AREA FOR SUNDAY AND MONDAY AND SO KEPT CONVECTION OUT OF FORECAST WITH INCREASING SUBSIDENCE. HUGH RIDGE IN WEST BUILDS EVEN FURTHER TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY AND THIS CAUSES HEIGHTS TO FALL ALONG EAST COAST. THIS SHOULD HELP BRING A SURFACE TROUGH INTO THE AREA LATE WEDNESDAY/EARLY THURSDAY. INCLUDED POPS IN THE FORECAST TUESDAY/WEDNESDAY WITH ONSHORE FLOW AND SLIGHTLY HIGHER POPS LATE WEDNESDAY/THURSDAY IN ASSOCIATION WITH SURFACE TROUGH. MARINE: LIGHT SW FLOW CONTINUES THROUGH THE FIRST PERIOD. STRENGTHENING TROF INLAND WILL EVENTUALLY BACK THE WINDS AROUND TO MORE OF A SE/E DIRECTION. ETA WANTS TO BRING WINDS AROUND FRIDAY MORNING...NGM AND AVN WAIT UNTIL THE BACKDOOR FRONT GETS MIXED INTO THE EQUATION SATURDAY AFTERNOON. LUCKILY SPEEDS WILL REMAIN VERY LIGHT REGARDLESS. WILL KEEP CURRENT CWF SPLIT FOR DIFFERING DIRECTIONS WITH THE FRONT...OTHERWISE FEW CHANGES FROM CURRENT FORECAST. FCSTID = 27 ILM 72 93 73 89 / 10 20 30 40 LBT 70 96 70 89 / 20 20 30 40 FLO 71 96 71 90 / 20 20 30 40 MYR 73 88 73 89 / 10 20 30 40 .ILM... NC...NONE. SC...NONE. DIGIORGI
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, NC
209 PM EDT THU JUL 4 2002
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0145 PM MCCOLL SC .75 INCH HAIL
07/04/02 MARLBORO REPORTED BY SPOTTERS
0201 PM CLIO SC .75 INCH HAIL
07/04/02 MARLBORO REPORTED BY SPOTTERS
CHPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, NC
215 PM EDT THU JUL 4 2002
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0145 PM MCCOLL SC .50 INCH HAIL
07/04/02 MARLBORO REPORTED BY SPOTTERS
DIGIORGIPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...FINAL CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
221 PM EDT THU JUL 4 2002
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0140 PM MCCOLL SC .50 INCH HAIL
07/04/02 MARLBORO REPORTED BY SPOTTERS
0201 PM CLIO SC .75 INCH HAIL
07/04/02 MARLBORO REPORTED BY FIRE DEPT
TRAThe Columbia radar (KCAE), 111 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:59 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A National Weather Service storm survey determined that a microburst destroyed a house barn, tore a porch off a barn, and tore shingles from a roof. Numerous trees were also uprooted. The NWS employee estimated winds in excess of 80 mph.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in South Carolina in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in South Carolina, July 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5310562.