High Wind, Laurens
- When
- March 28, 12:00 PM EST to 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Laurens forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 34.484, -82.006 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind in South Carolina, March 28, 2000
High winds following a cold front caused a number of problems during the afternoon. Numerous trees and power lines were downed and several thousand people were without power.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 5 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- 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
- 9
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.
High winds following a cold front caused a number of problems during the afternoon. Numerous trees and power lines were downed and several thousand people were without power. Light structural damage occurred and streets were blocked. The winds also contributed to 35 fires in the Upstate. A roof was blown off a baseball dugout in Gaffney.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
9 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Southern Greenville
- When
- March 28, 12:00 PM EST to 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Southern Greenville forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
High Wind, Southern Oconee
- When
- March 28, 12:00 PM EST to 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Southern Oconee forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
High Wind, Southern Pickens
- When
- March 28, 12:00 PM EST to 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Southern Pickens forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
High Wind, Spartanburg
- When
- March 28, 12:00 PM EST to 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Spartanburg forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
High Wind, Abbeville
- When
- March 28, 12:00 PM EST to 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Abbeville forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 34.223, -82.459 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Anderson
- When
- March 28, 12:00 PM EST to 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Anderson forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 34.519, -82.638 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Cherokee
- When
- March 28, 12:00 PM EST to 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Cherokee forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 35.048, -81.620 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Greenwood
- When
- March 28, 12:00 PM EST to 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Greenwood forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 34.154, -82.126 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- High Wind
- Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, March 28, 2000
- Flash Flood in Texas, March 28, 2000
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, March 28, 2000
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Texas, March 28, 2000
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, March 28, 2000
- Dense Fog in California, March 28, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Texas, March 28, 2000
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Maine, March 28 to 30, 2000
- High Wind in Vermont, March 28, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, March 28, 2000
- High Wind in Vermont, March 28, 2000
- Strong Wind in Maine, March 28, 2000
More
Every storm in South Carolina in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in South Carolina, March 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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5137340, 5137341, 5137423, 5137424, 5137425, 5137509, 5137510, 5137511, 5137512.