Damaging Wind in Georgia, September 18, 2002

Name: Damaging Wind in Georgia, September 18, 2002
Start: 2002-09-18T13:00
End: 2002-09-18T13:00
Location: Georgia

September 18, 2002 · NWS CAE · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

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 Columbia, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Sep 18, 10:38 AM EST, 2 hours 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 18, 10:38 AM EST, 2 hours 22 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
1138 AM EDT WED SEP 18 2002

WATER VAPOR SHOWING WEAK SHORTWAVES CROSSING THE MIDLANDS LATE THIS
MORNING. ONE AREA OF PRECIP OVER CENTRAL SC WITH PRECIP CONTINUING
TO DEVELOP TO THE WEST.  AIRMASS WEAKLY UNSTABLE. RAINFALL TO
CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. WILL LOWER MAX TEMPS
ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN SC.

FCSTID =
CAE   77  71  86  70 / 100  50  40  20
AGS   85  70  87  69 /  70  50  40  20
SSC   79  70  86  70 /  70  50  40  20
OGB   86  70  87  69 /  60  50  40  20

.CAE...
GA...NONE.
SC...NONE.

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The radar

The Columbia radar (KCAE), 94 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:58 UTC.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Richmond

When: September 18, 1:00 PM EST
Where: Richmond County, Augusta
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph)
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 33.483, -81.967

Emergency manager reported many powerlines and large branches 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.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Georgia in 2002 Every state in 2002 This day in weather history Warnings in Georgia, September 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: 5316777.