Damaging Wind in South Carolina, August 21, 2002

Name: Damaging Wind in South Carolina, August 21, 2002
Start: 2002-08-21T15:15
End: 2002-08-21T15:15
Location: South Carolina

August 21, 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 21, 1:33 PM EST, 1 hour 42 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 21, 1:33 PM EST, 1 hour 42 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
233 PM EDT WED AUG 21 2002

LOOKS LIKE MAINLY ISOLATED CONVECTION ACROSS THE AREA FOR THE NEXT
COUPLE OF DAYS. MODELS IN OVERALL GOOD AGREEMENT SHOWING UPPER RIDGE
BUILDING ACROSS THE SOUTHERN TIER OF STATES THROUGH FRIDAY. WITH
WEAK MID-LEVEL CAP IN PLACE...SURFACE THERMAL TROUGH EXTENDING
ACROSS THE CAROLINAS...WITH THE HELP OF SOME ATLANTIC
MOISTURE...WILL BE MAIN FACTORS IN DEVELOPMENT OF CONVECTION THROUGH
FRIDAY. ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL BE PRIMARILY DURING THE
AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. AFTERNOON HIGHS WILL BE IN THE
LOW TO MID 90S THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.

SOME UNCERTAINTIES EXIST FOR THE EXTENDED FORECAST. WILL INCREASE
CHANCE OF RAIN TO AROUND 30 PERCENT AS LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE INCREASES
FOR THE WEEKEND. AVN/MRF HINTING AT CUT-OFF UPPER LOW DEVELOPING
OVER OH VALLEY BY MONDAY WHICH MAY NOT MOVE MUCH THROUGH MID-WEEK.
FOR NOW...WILL CONTINUE MENTION OF SMALL CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION
THROUGH TUESDAY...WITH DRIER AND SLIGHTLY COOLER AIR MOVING INTO THE
AREA FOR WEDNESDAY.

FCSTID = 22
CAE   72  94  73  97 /  10  10  10  10
AGS   71  94  72  97 /  10  10  10  10
SSC   72  93  72  96 /  10  10  10  10
OGB   72  93  73  97 /  10  10  10  10

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

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The radar

The Columbia radar (KCAE), 78 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:16 UTC.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Edgefield

When: August 21, 3:15 PM EST
Where: Edgefield County, 5 mi S of Edgefield
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph)
Reported by: BROADCAST MEDIA
Coordinates: 33.717, -81.917

WAGT TV reported trees down in southern Edgefield county.

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: 5312651.