Georgia, 2002

Damaging Wind in Georgia, August 2, 2002

August 2, 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.

  • Tornadoes
  • Tropical storms and surge
  • Floods
  • Wind
  • Hail
  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
  • Other

Open the live radar over this ground

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 Aug 2, 2:04 PM EST, 3 hours 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 2, 2:04 PM EST, 3 hours 11 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
304 PM EDT FRI AUG 2 2002

SCT CONVECTION ONGOING ATTM. BEST COVERAGE OVER MTNS...BUT WILL
EXPAND OVER THE SOUTHERN SECTIONS. SOME OF THE CELLS ARE STRONG AND
CANNOT RULE OUT AN ISOLATED SEVERE STORM THIS EVENING. POP IN THE
ZONES WILL BE HIER THAN CCF POP BELOW...BUT STILL SCT.

AFTER THIS EVENING MOISTURE DECREASES OVER THE AREA. THETA-E VALUES
DECREASE SIGNIFICANTLY. EVEN WITH CONTINUED COOL MID LEVEL TEMPS
ATMOS REMAINS STABLE SATURDAY. MOISTURE GREATER TO OUR NORTH SO FOR
NOW WILL CONTINUE WITH NO PRECIP.

SUNDAY COULD BE INTERESTING. AVN LONE MDL INDICATING TREMENDOUS
MOISTURE AND LIFT INCREASE FROM THE SOUTH...SPREADING PRECIP ACROSS
ALL CWFA. WILL HOLD OFF ON THAT SCENARIO FOR NOW...BUT WILL INCREASE
CLOUDS OVER THE AREA AS ETA DOES SHOW UPSLOPE FLOW AND A LITTLE
MOISTURE INCREASE.

TEMPS SAT MAYBE A COUPLE OF DEGREES COOLER THAN TODAY. TRENDED A
LITTLE COOLER SUNDAY WITH MORE CLOUDS...BUT NOT AS COOL AS THE MAV.

GSP   70  93  68  88 /  20  10  10  20
AND   70  93  69  88 /  20  10  10  20
CLT   70  93  69  89 /  20  10  10  20
HKY   68  91  68  88 /  20  20  10  20
AVL   65  88  63  84 /  20  10  10  20

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

RWH

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 106 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:16 UTC.

Open the radar archive at this moment

Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Stephens

When
August 2, 5:15 PM EST
Where
Stephens County, Toccoa
Measured
50 kt (58 mph)
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
34.583, -83.317

A couple of trees were blown down on the south side of town.

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

Every storm in Georgia in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Georgia, August 2002

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: 5313899.