Thunderstorm Wind, Bulloch
- When
- June 30, 4:15 PM EST
- Where
- Bulloch County, 5 mi E of Statesboro
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- UTILITY COMPANY
- Coordinates
- 32.450, -81.700
Several large limbs and power lines were down.
Damaging Wind in Georgia, June 30, 2002
1 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
- 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 Charleston, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 30, 2:24 PM EST, 1 hour 51 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 30, 2:24 PM EST, 1 hour 51 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 324 PM EDT SUN JUN 30 2002 WIDELY SCT SHRA/TSRA FIRING ALONG SEA BREEZE AND REMNANTS OF WEAK TROF THIS PM. ACTIVITY SHOULD DISSIPATE WITH SS SO WL CARRY SLIGHT CHC EARLY ALL GROUPS. DRY AIR IS PROGD TO WORK INTO FA ON MON. WL CARRY SLIGHT CHC POPS FOR SC INLAND COUNTIES DUE TO COMBINATION OF SEA BREEZE AND WK S/WV OVER UPSTATE SC. HOWEVER...WL LEAVE REST OF FA DRY. WL LEAVE MON NIGHT DRY AND THEN CARRY SLIGHT CHC POPS ON TUE. REST OF WEEK WL NEED A SLIGHT CHC OR CHC SHRA/TSRA. CWF...EXPECT SE WINDS BECMG LGT TONIGHT AND SE WIND PICKING UP AGAIN FOR MON THRU TUE. SPEEDS AND SEAS WELL BLO SCA. NO HEADLINES. FCSTID = 15 CHS 73 91 73 92 / 20 10 0 20 SAV 72 91 70 93 / 20 10 0 20 CHL 76 86 74 86 / 20 10 0 20 NBC 75 90 74 92 / 20 10 0 20 RBW 72 93 72 93 / 20 20 0 20 .CHS... GA...NONE. SC...NONE. SCW
The radar
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 66 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:15 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
- Lightning Strike in Ohio, June 30, 2002
- Flash Flooding in Texas, June 30, 2002
- Lightning Strikes in Florida, June 30, 2002
- Lightning Strike in Alabama, June 30, 2002
- Flash Flood in South Carolina, June 30, 2002
- Lightning Strike in Florida, June 30, 2002
- Heat in Wisconsin, June 30, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, June 30, 2002
- Hail and Lightning Strike in Alabama, June 30, 2002
- Wildfire in California, June 30, 2002
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, June 30, 2002
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, June 30, 2002
More
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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: 5306050.