Name: Damaging Wind in Georgia, March 26, 2002
Start: 2002-03-26T17:55
End: 2002-03-26T17:55
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 Charleston, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Mar 26, 3:20 PM EST, 2 hours 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 26, 3:20 PM EST, 2 hours 35 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
320 PM EST TUE MAR 26 2002

WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS ACROSS THE AREA SHOULD FILL IN
THIS EVENING AS PREFRONTAL TROF MOVES THROUGH THE CWA. BEST
INSTABILITY REMAINS TO THE W AND S OF OUR AREA. WILL BE A MATTER OF
TIMING AS ATMOSPHERE WILL BE STABILIZING A BIT TOWARDS SUNSET WHEN
ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE ACROSS THE CWA. BY THIS TIME BEST
DYNAMICS WILL HAVE SPLIT SO WILL PROBABLY HAVE TO FOCUS ON OUTER
FRINGES OF CWA FOR STRONGEST ACTIVITY. THINK RISK OF SEVERE IS LOW.
WILL GO WITH LIKELY POPS FOR TONIGHT. FRONTL BNDRY TO MOVE TOWARDS
THE COAST TONIGHT AND THROUGH THE WATERS EARLY WED. DRIER AIR TO
FILTER IN TOWARDS MORNING. WILL GO WITH A BLEND OF GUID NUMBERS.

EXTENDED...A WEAK FRONTL BNDRY TO APPROACH FROM THE N ON SAT WITH A
SLIGHT CHANCE OF PRECIP. A CHANCE AGAIN ON SUN WITH ANOTHER COLD
FRONT TO APPROACH FROM THE W. WILL LEAVE A RESIDUAL MENTION OF
PRECIP IN FOR MON ALSO AND GO WITH A DRY FCST FOR TUE.

CWF...WND WL INCR TO S TO SW 15 TO 20 KT AND GUSTY TNGT THEN SHFT TO
W BY MRNG. XPCT SEAS TO RMN IN THE 4 TO 5 FT RANGE TNGT THEN SUBSIDE
SLGTLY WED AS WNDS BCM NW AND DMSH BY LATE IN THE DAY.  WL GO WITH
SMALL CRAFT EXERCISE CAUTION BASICALLY FOR TNGT INTO ERY WED. XPCT
FLO TO BCM LGT E BY LATE THU.

CHS   58  70  44  68 /  70  10   0  0
SAV   57  72  46  70 /  70  10   0  0
CHL   61  70  50  66 /  70  10   0  0
NBC   57  70  46  68 /  70  10   0  0
RBW   55  71  42  69 /  70  10   0  0

.CHS...
GA...NONE.
SC...NONE.

SLF/SR

In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 26, 4:53 PM EST, 1 hour 2 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON, SC
453 PM EST TUE MAR 26 2002

TIME(EST)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0430 PM    METTER                    GA   1.00 INCH HAIL
03/26/02   CANDLER                        REPORTED BY METTER
                                          AMBULANCE SERVICE

0530 PM    8 SW SAVANNAH             GA   1.75 INCH HAIL
03/26/02   CHATHAM                        INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 17
                                          AND QUACCO ROAD. REPORTED
                                          BY SPOTTER. REPLAYED BY
                                          LOCAL TV STATION

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The radar

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, McIntosh

When: March 26, 5:55 PM EST
Where: McIntosh County, 2 mi WSW of Eulonia
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph)
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 31.517, -81.467

Several trees down.

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.

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The same day elsewhere

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: 5285139.