Thunderstorm Wind, Spartanburg
- When
- June 29, 4:31 PM EST
- Where
- Spartanburg County, Grnvl Sprtnbrg Arpt
- Measured
- 54 kt (62 mph)
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 34.920, -81.970
Damaging Wind in South Carolina, June 29, 1998
An isolated severe thunderstorm pulsed over the GSP Airport and produced a downburst wind measured at 62 mph by National Weather Service wind equipment. Trees were blown down at the northern end of the airport and the side of the Air Traffic Control Tower was damaged.
Where it happened
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- Heat and drought
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- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
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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 happened
The episode as NWS GSP wrote it up.
An isolated severe thunderstorm pulsed over the GSP Airport and produced a downburst wind measured at 62 mph by National Weather Service wind equipment. Trees were blown down at the northern end of the airport and the side of the Air Traffic Control Tower was damaged.
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 23 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:33 UTC.
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
- Tornadoes and Flooding in Iowa, June 29, 1998
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, June 29, 1998
- Heat and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, June 29, 1998
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Illinois, June 29, 1998
- Damaging Wind and Lightning Strike in Michigan, June 29, 1998
- Heat in Oklahoma, June 29, 1998
- Lightning Strike in Florida, June 29, 1998
- Heat in Alabama, June 29, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Kansas, June 29, 1998
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Indiana, June 29, 1998
- Hail in Nebraska, June 29, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Illinois, June 29 to 30, 1998
More
Every storm in South Carolina in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in South Carolina, June 1998
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5652270.