Thunderstorm Wind, Greenwood
- When
- July 29, 4:00 PM EST
- Where
- Greenwood County, 5 mi N of Greenwood
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 34.250, -82.167
Damaging Wind in South Carolina, July 29, 2000
Damaging winds from an isolated severe thunderstorm blew down a tree onto a fence, crushing it, and causing a security problem at a girls school. Power was also knocked out in the same area.
Where it happened
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- 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 happened
The episode as NWS GSP wrote it up.
Damaging winds from an isolated severe thunderstorm blew down a tree onto a fence, crushing it, and causing a security problem at a girls school. Power was also knocked out in the same area.
The 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
- Heat in Texas, July 29, 2000
- Lightning Strike in Florida, July 29, 2000
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Ohio, July 29, 2000
- Flash Flood in New York, July 29, 2000
- Flash Flooding in Michigan, July 29, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, July 29, 2000
- Flash Flood and Damaging Wind in Virginia, July 29, 2000
- Hail and Lightning Strike in Tennessee, July 29, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Florida, July 29, 2000
- Flash Flood in New York, July 29, 2000
- Flood and Damaging Winds in Georgia, July 29, 2000
- Wildfire in California, July 29 to 31, 2000
More
Every storm in South Carolina in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in South Carolina, July 2000
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: 5175809.