Thunderstorm Wind, Columbus
- When
- August 24, 8:15 PM EST
- Where
- Columbus County, 1 mi SE of Brunswick
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Reported by
- UTILITY COMPANY
- Coordinates
- 34.267, -78.683
Large tree limbs down on Hwy 130.
Damaging Wind in North Carolina, August 24, 2002
1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
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 Wilmington, NC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 24, 7:40 PM EST, 35 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 24, 7:40 PM EST, 35 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 840 PM EDT SAT AUG 24 2002 HAVE ALREADY UPDATED THE ZONES TO HANDLE THE CONVECTION COMING INTO THE COASTAL ZONES. THESE STORMS ARE THRIVING IN HIGH INSTABILITY AND STRONG CONVERGENCE ALONG A TROUGH. THERE ARE ALSO MANY BOUNDARY INTERACTIONS CAUSING STORMS TO PULSE RAPIDLY. GIVEN WARM BUT DRY PROFILE ALOFT WOULD EXPECT THE MAIN THREAT TO BE FROM WIND GUSTS. WILL NEED TO UPDATE THE ZFP AGAIN LATER TONIGHT WHEN I/LL TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT TEMPS AND THE OTHER DETAILS. WILL ALSO DISCONTINUE THE HEAT ADVSRY AT THIS TIME. MARINE: DO NOT EXPECT THE PRES GRAD TO RELAX UNTIL LATE. SO WILL UPDATE TO NUDGE SPEEDS UP A NOTCH AND INCREASE THE COVERAGE OF STMS EXPECTED. PRELIMINARY NUMBERS... FCSTID = 29 KILM 77 93 75 85 / 60 30 30 50 KLBT 75 92 71 84 / 50 30 30 50 KFLO 76 93 72 85 / 50 30 30 50 KMYR 78 90 76 85 / 60 30 30 50 .ILM... NC...NONE. SC...NONE. PFAFF
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 24, 6:12 PM EST, 2 hours 3 minutes before
NCZ087-096-099-SCZ017-023-024-032>034-251115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 712 PM EDT SAT AUG 24 2002 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING EAST... NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WEST OF INTERSTATE 95...WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST...REACHING A ELIZABETHTOWN TO FAIRMONT TO MARION TO EFFINGHAM LINE BETWEEN 745 AND 815 PM. THE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL GENERALLY BE A HALF TO ONE INCH...WITH SOME OF THE STORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING RAINFALL UP TO TWO INCHES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL TELEVISION OR OTHER MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. && MR
Special weather statement, Aug 24, 7:10 PM EST, 1 hour 5 minutes before
NCZ087-096-097-099>101-SCZ017-023-024-032>034-250115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 810 PM EDT SAT AUG 24 2002 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST... NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM NORTH OF WALLACE...TO ELIZABETHTOWN...TO FAIR BLUFF...TO MARION...TO EFFINGHAM...WILL CONTINUE MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST REACHING A MAPLE HILL...TO BURGAW...TO TABOR CITY...TO PAMPLICO LINE BETWEEN 845 PM AND 915 PM. THE STORMS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY FREQUENT AND INTENSE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MPH...AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF A HALF TO ONE INCH WILL BE COMMON...EXCEPT UP TO TWO AND A HALF INCHES POSSIBLE IN THE STRONGEST STORMS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. MR
Special weather statement, Aug 24, 7:55 PM EST, 20 minutes before
NCZ087-096-097-099>101-SCZ017-023-024-032>034-039-046-250200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 855 PM EDT SAT AUG 24 2002 ...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES TO MOVE EAST SOUTHEAST... A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM WEST OF MAPLE HILL...TO KELLY...TO WHITEVILLE...TO TABOR CITY...TO PAMPLICO...WILL MOVE TO NORTH OF SURF CITY...TO CASTLE HAYNE...TO MACO..TO LONGS...TO KINGSTREE LINE BY 1000 PM. THE STORMS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY FREQUENT AND INTENSE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MPH...AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF A HALF TO ONE INCH CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS AS HIGH AS TWO INCHES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. MR
Local storm report, Aug 24, 8:03 PM EST, 12 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, NC
903 PM EDT SAT AUG 24 2002
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0850 PM CLARKTON NC WIND DAMAGE
08/24/02 BLADEN TREES DOWN NEAR CLARKTON.
REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT.
MRRThe radar
The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 39 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:13 UTC.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Lightning Strike in North Carolina, August 24, 2002
- Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, August 24, 2002
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Colorado, August 24, 2002
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, August 24, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, August 24, 2002
- Heavy Rain in Nebraska, August 24, 2002
- Lightning Strikes in Tennessee, August 24, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, August 24, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, August 24 to 25, 2002
- Lightning Strike in North Carolina, August 24, 2002
- Flash Flood in South Dakota, August 24, 2002
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, August 24, 2002
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: 5316141.