Damaging Winds in South Carolina, July 11, 2002

Name: Damaging Winds in South Carolina, July 11, 2002
Start: 2002-07-11T15:55
End: 2002-07-11T18:15
Location: South Carolina

July 11, 2002 · NWS CHS · 4 events in 3 counties and zones

4 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: 4

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 Charleston, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 11, 2:37 PM EST, 1 hour 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 11, 2:37 PM EST, 1 hour 18 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
337 PM EDT THU JUL 11 2002

COLD FRONT SNAKES FROM NC/SC BORDER THROUGH APPALACHIANS TO SOUTHERN
KY. FRONT WILL SINK SOUTH TONIGHT...EVENTUALLY STALLING OUT
SOMEWHERE OVER SOUTH COASTAL SC FRIDAY AND LINGERING IN THE AREA
INTO THE WEEKEND. WITH FRONT ACTING AS FOCUSING MECHANISM AND
ABUNDANT MOISTURE ACROSS THE AREA...PWS AROUND 2 INCHES...WENT WITH
LIKEY POPS ALL AREAS TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. GUIDANCE TEMPS LOOKED
GOOD WITH ONLY MINOR ADJUSTMENTS.

CWF...WITH BNDRY TO MOVE INTO THE NRN WATERS WILL SHIFT WINDS TO NE
LATER TONIGHT AND INTO EARLY FRI. STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY WITH WIND
DIR AS WEAK WAVES MOVE OFF THE COAST ALONG THE FRONT WHICH COULD
ALLOW THE FRONT TO SAG S BRIEFLY. AS OF NOW WILL INDICATE SRLY FLOW
TO CONTINUE THROUGH TUE AS THE BNDRY LINGERS TO THE N OF THE WATERS.
WINDS COULD INCREASE TONIGHT OUT OF THE SW OVER THE SRN WATERS THEN
THE GRADIENT IS EXPECTED TO WEAKEN. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS
ARE NOT EXPECTED.

CHS   75  84  75  84 /  60  60  60  60
SAV   75  86  75  86 /  60  60  60  60
CHL   75  84  75  84 /  60  60  60  60
NBC   75  84  75  84 /  60  60  60  60
RBW   73  82  73  82 /  60  60  60  60

.CHS...
GA...NONE.
SC...NONE.

HSA/SLF

The radar

The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 48 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:53 UTC.

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Event by event

4 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Colleton

When: July 11, 3:55 PM EST
Where: Colleton County, 5 mi WSW of Jacksonboro
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph)
Reported by: NWS EMPLOYEE(OFF DUTY)
Coordinates: 32.730, -80.533

Large limbs and trees were down.

Thunderstorm Wind, Beaufort

When: July 11, 4:00 PM EST
Where: Beaufort County, 8 mi E of Gardens Corner
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph)
Reported by: NWS EMPLOYEE(OFF DUTY)
Coordinates: 32.600, -80.617

Several trees and large limbs were down.

Thunderstorm Wind, Jasper

When: July 11, 5:10 PM EST
Where: Jasper County, 10 mi S of Hardeeville
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph)
Reported by: UTILITY COMPANY
Coordinates: 32.133, -81.083

Large limbs and power lines were down.

Thunderstorm Wind, Beaufort

When: July 11, 6:15 PM EST
Where: Beaufort County, Bluffton
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph)
Reported by: NEWSPAPER
Coordinates: 32.233, -80.867

Numerous trees, large limbs and downed power lines caused widespread power outages.

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.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in South Carolina in 2002 Every state in 2002 This day in weather history Warnings in South Carolina, July 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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5307074, 5307075, 5307076, 5307077.