Name: Damaging Wind in Georgia, May 31, 2002
Start: 2002-05-31T17:30
End: 2002-05-31T17:30
Location: Georgia

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $200
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 May 31, 1:10 PM EST, 4 hours 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 31, 1:10 PM EST, 4 hours 20 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
210 PM EDT FRI MAY 31 2002

CURRENT...TSTORMS NOW FIRING ALL ALONG EAST COAST SEABREEZE EARLY
THIS AFTERNOON. EXPECT ACTIVITY TO MAKE ONLY SLOW PROGRESS INLAND
WITH LIGHT SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT. WEST COAST SEA BREEZE SHOULD BECOME
ACTIVE AS AFTERNOON WEARS ON. WILL HAVE TO KEEP AN EYE ON OUTFLOW
COLLIONS AND SEABREEZE COLLISIONS FOR ANY SEVERE STORMS.

FORECAST...MODELS ARE LARGELY UNCHANGED FROM PAST SEVERAL RUNS
REGARDING NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. CUT-OFF LOW WILL SPIN IN THE GULF
THROUGH THE SEVERAL DAYS. MOST GUIDANCE EVENTUALLY PULLS THE REMAINS
OF THE LOW ACROSS NORTHEAST FLORIDA DURING THE LATE MONDAY OR
TUESDAY TIME FRAME. THE ETA/ECMWF RETREATS THE LOW WEST OVER TEXAS
BEFORE IT DISSIPATES. PREFER TO FOLLOW THE MAJORITY OF THE GUIDANCE
ALTHOUGH TIMING OF WHEN LOW LIFTS OUT IS QUITE UNCERTAIN.

AFTER TODAY...H5 TEMPERATURES WARM A BIT...FROM -11 TODAY TO -8
THROUGH THE WEEKEND INTO EARLY IN THE WEEK. HEIGHTS AND THICKNESSES
TO SLOWLY RISE AS WELL SO TEMPS WILL BE A BIT WARMER AND POPS JUST A
BIT LOWER. BEST RAIN CHANCES LIKELY TO BE AS THE UPPER LOW LIFTS
ACROSS THE AREA BUT WONT TRY TO PIN THAT DOWN AT THIS POINT.
OVERALL...WILL STICK CLOSE TO CURRENT FORECAST.

MARINE...NO HEADLINES.

PRELIM CCF...
AMG BB 066/093 067/095 067 25332
SSI BB 071/088 072/089 072 25221
JAX BB 067/092 070/093 070 25332
SGJ BB 070/087 070/088 071 25332
GNV TB 066/093 068/092 068 25342
OCF TB 066/093 069/093 069 25342

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

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The radar

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Wayne

When: May 31, 5:30 PM EST
Where: Wayne County, Odum
Property damage: $200
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 31.667, -82.033

Large 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

Every storm in Georgia in 2002 Every state in 2002 This day in weather history Warnings in Georgia, May 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: 5290654.