Thunderstorm Wind, McIntosh
- When
- July 26, 6:10 PM EST
- Where
- McIntosh County, Crescent
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 31.500, -81.367
Large limbs and power lines were down throughout the community.
Damaging Winds in Georgia, July 26, 2002
2 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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
- 2
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 Charleston, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 26, 3:56 PM EST, 2 hours 14 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 26, 3:56 PM EST, 2 hours 14 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 456 PM EDT FRI JUL 26 2002 BASED ON CURRENT RADAR TRENDS...UPDATED ZONES TO CHANCE POPS INLAND AND SLIGHT CHANCE COAST. .CHS... GA...NONE. SC...NONE. AUSTIN
The radar
The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 117 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:12 UTC.
Event by event
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, McIntosh
- When
- July 26, 6:15 PM EST
- Where
- McIntosh County, Eulonia
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 31.533, -81.433
Numerous trees down on I 95 near mile marker 95. South bound lane was blocked for awhile.
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 Missouri, July 26 to 31, 2002
- Heat in Illinois, July 26 to 28, 2002
- Tornado and Hail in Pennsylvania, July 26, 2002
- Tornado and Hail in Iowa, July 26, 2002
- Lightning Strike in Nebraska, July 26, 2002
- Damaging Wind in Utah, July 26, 2002
- Tornado in Iowa, July 26, 2002
- Flash Flood in Arizona, July 26, 2002
- Damaging Wind in Michigan, July 26, 2002
- Heat in Illinois, July 26 to 31, 2002
- Tornadoes and Hail in Missouri, July 26, 2002
- Lightning Strike in Florida, July 26, 2002
More
Every storm in Georgia in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Georgia, July 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: 5307155, 5307154.