Damaging Wind in South Carolina, August 15, 2002

Name: Damaging Wind in South Carolina, August 15, 2002
Start: 2002-08-15T14:00
End: 2002-08-15T14:00
Location: South Carolina

August 15, 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 Aug 15, 1:37 PM EST, 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 15, 1:37 PM EST, 23 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
237 PM EDT THU AUG 15 2002

TONIGHT-SUNDAY DISCUSSION
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER THE CAE CWA. LAPS
SHOWS MOISTURE SURFACE FLUX CONVERGENCE TO GO ALONG WITH LIS -4 AND
CAPES OF 2000. ALTHOUGH UPPER RIDGE BUILDS OVER THE AREA TONIGHT...
EXPECT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING. BERMUDA
RIDGE BACK OVER AREA SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL
REMAIN AND AIRMASS WILL BE UNSTABLE ENOUGH WITH SURFACE HEATING IN
THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
TEMPERATURES SHOULD BE NEAR NORMAL WITH HIGHS IN THE LOWER 90S AND
LOWS IN THE LOWER 70S.

EXTENDED DISCUSSION:
UPPER RIDGE OVER AREA MONDAY AND TUESDAY BUT SHORT WAVE APPROACHES
ALONG WITH A WEAK COLD FRONT WHICH WILL PROBABLY DIE OUT. WILL
INCLUDE SLIGHT CHANCE AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS. AGAIN
HIGHS AND LOWS IN THE LOWER 90S AND LOWER 70S RESPECTIVELY. SHORT
WAVE IS GONE WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY AS UPPER RIDGE TAKES HOLD AGAIN.
MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES WITH LITTLE IN THE WAY OF CONVECTION BOTH DAYS
AND HIGH TEMPERATURES SHOULD RISE AT LEAST TO THE MID 90S.

FCSTID = 7
CAE   73  93  73  92 /  30  30  20  30
AGS   71  92  71  93 /  30  30  20  30
SSC   73  92  73  92 /  30  30  20  30
OGB   73  93  73  93 /  30  30  20  30

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

TTH

The radar

The Columbia radar (KCAE), 91 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:01 UTC.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Lancaster

When: August 15, 2:00 PM EST
Where: Lancaster County, Lancaster
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph)
Reported by: NEWSPAPER
Coordinates: 34.717, -80.767

A downburst took down some trees and powerlines in Lancaster.

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 South Carolina in 2002 Every state in 2002 This day in weather history Warnings in South Carolina, August 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: 5312652.