Name: Damaging Wind in Georgia, March 26, 2002
Start: 2002-03-26T17:50
End: 2002-03-26T17:50
Location: Georgia

Where it happened

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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 Jacksonville, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Mar 26, 2:55 PM EST, 2 hours 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 26, 2:55 PM EST, 2 hours 55 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
255 PM EST TUE MAR 26 2002

AFTN/TONIGHT...TSTMS BEGINNING TO DEVELOP EARLY THIS AFTERNOON
ACROSS ENTIRE CWA. MORNING SOUNDING SHOWED GOOD INSTABILITY WITH LI
IN THE -6 TO -7 RANGE AND MODIFIED CAPES AOA 3000J/KG. FLOW AT SFC
AND ALOFT A BIT WEAK FOR ANY WIDESPREAD ORGANIZED SEVERE WX BUT WILL
BE MONITORING CLOSELY FOR ANY SEVERE CELLS THAT DO DEVELOP.
PRE-FRONTAL SQUALL STILL BACK OVER SE ALABAMA AND FLORIDA PANHANDLE.
THIS FEATURE SHOULD WEAKEN AS IT MOVES EAST AND DYNAMICS WEAKEN.
HOWEVER...THE DYNAMICS THAT DO REMAIN WILL LIKELY ENHANCE SEA BREEZE
INITIATED CONVECTION CURRENTLY DEVELOPING. THE RESULTING CONVECTION
WILL LIKELY MOVE SLOWLY BACK TOWARDS THE EAST COAST THROUGH THE LATE
EVENING. WILL KEEP LIKELY POPS MOST PLACES TONIGHT FOR PRECIP MAINLY
BEFORE MIDNIGHT. PARTIAL CLEARING STARTING IN THE NORTHWEST LATE.

FORECAST...SKIES WILL CLEAR FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST DURING THE
MORNING HOURS WED AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS EAST INTO MID ATLANTIC
STATES. WEAK FRONT MOVES INTO S GEORGIA LATE FRIDAY BUT APPEARS TO
WASH OUT BEFORE MOVING INTO FLORIDA. HIGH PRESSURE REBUILDS FOR
WEEKEND WITH MOISTURE BEGINNING TO INCREASE ON SUNDAY AHEAD OF NEXT
SYSTEM. TIMING AND INTENSITY OF NEXT SYSTEM STILL IN QUESTION...SO
WILL NOT MAKE ANY BIG CHANGES TO EXTENDED.

MARINE...NO BIG CHANGES FROM PREVIOUS FCST. WINDS TO SHIFT TO
NORTHWEST WED WITH SCEC CONDITIONS EXPECTED.

PRELIM

AMG 52/73/45/74 6000
SSI 58/74/49/67 7000
JAX 58/75/47/74 6100
SGJ 63/73/52/72 6200
GNV 61/77/48/78 5100
OCF 62/79/48/78 5100 25

.JAX...
.GA...NONE.
.FL...NONE.

CAMP/CARROLL/TRABERT

The radar

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Glynn

When: March 26, 5:50 PM EST
Where: Glynn County, Brunswick
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 31.213, -81.494 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Pea sized hail reported by spotter.

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 2002 Every state in 2002 This day in weather history Warnings in Georgia, March 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: 5286760.