Name: Damaging Wind in Georgia, May 10, 2002
Start: 2002-05-10T19:05
End: 2002-05-10T19:05
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 May 10, 1:23 PM EST, 5 hours 42 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 10, 1:23 PM EST, 5 hours 42 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
223 PM EDT FRI MAY 10 2002

WATCHING FOR CONVECTIVE DVLPMNT TO THE W WITH SPC MONITORING FOR A
PSBL WATCH BOX NR THE AREA IN THE NXT FEW HRS. 10/20Z SFC ANAL
PLACED THE SFC CDFNT FM CNTRL NC THROUGH THE MIDLANDS TO JUST S OF
ATL. FRNTL PSN IS A BIT MUDDLED WITH SEVERAL OUTFLOW BNDRYS ACROSS
THE AREA. LOW-LVL CONVG HAS INCRD ACROSS THE W DURING THE AFTN WITH
SATL DERIVED RAOBS SHOWING THE ATMOS ACROSS THE CWFA CONTG TO
DESTABILIZE. MID-LVL FLOW LOOKS TO BE A BIT STRONGER THAN PROGD YDA
BY THE 12Z MODELS AND THUS SUPPORTS THE RECENT UPGRADE TO SLGT RISK
BY SPC. BEST TSTM CHANCES WL BE CONFINED TO THE FAR INLAND ZONES AND
WL PLAY THE HIGHEST POPS THERE. WHERE THE FNT EVENTUALLY WINDS UP IS
STILL IN QUESTION AND WL BE HIGHLY DEPENDANT ON THE COVERAGE AND
INTENSITY OF CONVECTION TNGT. RIGHT NOW IT APPEARS THE BNDRY WL
BECOME STNRY JUST N OF SAV. AS SUSPECTED YDA THE 12Z MODELS HAVE
SLOWED DOWN ON LIFTING THE WMFNT BACK TO THE N ON SAT AND NOW MAY
NOT OCCUR UNTIL ERLY SAT NGT. WITH WK SHORTWAVES RIDING THE TOP OF
THE SUBTROP RIDGE AND A BNDRY IN THE AREA CHANCE POPS LOOK WARRANTED
IN THE NRN AND CNTRL AREAS WITH SLGT CHANCE POPS ACROSS THE S. CONDS
DRY OUT ON SUN WITH CONTD ABV NORMAL TEMPS. ATTN SHIFTS TO MON AS
THE NXT FNT APPROACHES FM THE W. AVN/ECMWF NOT QUITE AS STRONG THE
UPR TROUGH AS WITH PREVIOUS RUNS BUT EVEN THE ETA AT 60HR SHOWS A
NICE SRN STREAM VORT TRYING TO PHASE WITH GREAT LAKES TROUGH BY SUN
NGT. ALL THIS SAID SEE NO REASON TO MAKE ANY CHANGES TO MON NGT/ERLY
TUE AS IT LOOKS WELL HANDLED. THIS MAY BE ONE OF THE BTR CHANCES FOR
PRECIP IN SEVERAL WEEKS BUT ITS HARD TO FCST GOOD RAINS IN A DROUGHT.

EXTENDED FCST (TUE-FRI)...OTHER THAN DEALING THE FNT PUSHING
OFFSHORE TUE MRNG NO SIG WX XPCTD ATTM WITH HIGH PRES THE DOMINATING
FEATURE. PRELIM COORD NUMBERS BELOW.

MARINE...FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE SC COASTAL WATERS LATE TONIGHT AND
PROBABLY WONT GO MUCH FURTHER SOUTH THAN SC/GA BORDER. MAINLY
SOUTHEAST FLOW THROUGH THE PERIOD. NO FLAGS EXPECTED.

FCSTID = 77
CHS   68  82  66  87 /  40  40   0   0
SAV   67  86  66  89 /  30  20   0   0
CHL   69  82  66  86 /  40  40   0   0
NBC   68  84  66  88 /  30  30   0   0
RBW   66  84  65  89 /  50  40   0   0

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

ST/AUSTIN

The radar

The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 91 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:05 UTC.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Evans

When: May 10, 7:05 PM EST
Where: Evans County, 2 mi E of Daisy
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph)
Reported by: NWS STORM SURVEY
Coordinates: 32.150, -81.800

Numerous trees and large limbs were 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: 5296316.