Thunderstorm Wind, Fairfield
- When
- August 19, 1:00 PM EST
- Where
- Fairfield County, Mitford
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- UTILITY COMPANY
- Coordinates
- 34.517, -80.950
Fairfield Electric reported large limbs down on powerlines in the Mitford area.
Damaging Wind in South Carolina, August 19, 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 Columbia, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 19, 11:21 AM EST, 1 hour 39 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 19, 11:21 AM EST, 1 hour 39 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 1221 PM EDT MON AUG 19 2002 DISC: QUICK UPDATE FOR AFTERNOON MAXES AND CURRENT WINDS. WILL NEED TO LOWER TEMPERATURES A LITTLE FOR THE AFTERNOON BASED ON CURRENT TRENDS AND CLOUD COVER. ALSO WINDS UP A LITTLE MORE THAN FORECAST. FCSTID = CAE 94 74 93 72 / 50 30 40 20 AGS 95 73 95 70 / 50 30 40 20 SSC 94 73 93 72 / 50 30 40 20 OGB 94 73 93 72 / 50 30 40 20 .CAE... GA...NONE. SC...NONE. LCV
The radar
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 65 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:58 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 Mississippi, August 19, 2002
- Damaging Wind in Texas, August 19, 2002
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strikes in North Carolina, August 19, 2002
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, August 19, 2002
- Flash Flood in Florida, August 19, 2002
- Flash Flooding in Indiana, August 19, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Wind in South Carolina, August 19, 2002
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Illinois, August 19, 2002
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, August 19, 2002
- Lightning Strike in Florida, August 19, 2002
- Lightning Strike in Illinois, August 19, 2002
- Damaging Winds in Georgia, August 19, 2002
More
Every storm in South Carolina in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings 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: 5312584.