Thunderstorm Wind, Oconee
- When
- July 23, 7:40 PM EST
- Where
- Oconee County, 2 mi E of Seneca
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 34.683, -82.917
Large trees, up to 30 inches in diameter and 40 feet tall, were blown down.
Damaging Wind in South Carolina, July 23, 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 Greenville-Spartanburg, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 23, 1:57 PM EST, 5 hours 43 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 23, 1:57 PM EST, 5 hours 43 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 257 PM EDT TUE JUL 23 2002 SHEAR AXIS AND ASSOCIATED COLD POOL TO REMAIN OVER THE SOUTHEAST FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS...BUT WILL WEAKEN WITH TIME BEFORE BECOMING PHASED WITH DEVELOPING EAST COAST TROUGH BY LATE WEEK. WIDESPREAD CONVECTION HAS DEVELOPED THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE NC MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS. THERE IS ALSO GOOD COVERAGE WITHIN INSTABILITY AXIS ACROSS OUR EASTERN PIEDMONT COUNTIES. A DECISION ON FIRST PERIOD POP WILL BE MADE AT THE LAST SECOND...BUT CURRENT PLAN IS TO CARRY A CATEGORIAL POP FOR THIS EVENING ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS...AND HIGH CHANCE TO LIKELY EAST OF THE BLUE RIDGE. COVERAGE WILL DECREASE CONSIDERABLY WITH LOSS OF HEATING...BUT WITH THIS VERY JUICY AIRMASS...CANNOT RULE OUT SOME OVERNIGHT SHOWERS...AND WILL CARRY A CHANCE POP PAST THE EVENING PERIOD. MODELS CONTINUE TO INDICATE THAT FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL HANG UP NORTH AND WEST OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS TONIGHT INTO TOMORROW...AS EAST COAST TROUGH CONTINUES TO DEAMPLIFY. HOWEVER...SHEAR AXIS LINGERS WHILE ATMOSPHERE REMAINS QUITE MOIST...AND EXPECT ANOTHER ROUND OF SCATTERED TO FAIRLY WIDESPREAD CONVECTION TOMORROW AFTERNOON. HAVE OPTED TO BUMP MOUNTAINS POPS TO LIKELY...WHILE HANGING ON TO HIGH CHANCE ACROSS THE PIEDMONT AND FOOTHILLS. FLOW BEGINS TO AMPLIFY BY THURSDAY...AS WEAK SHORTWAVE TROUGHS INDUCE HEIGHT FALLS ALONG THE EAST COAST. THIS SHOULD GIVE THE FRONT A NUDGE CLOSER TO OUR FORECAST AREA...AND WILL CONTINUE A SOLID CHANCE POP. WILL CONTINUE TREND OF TAPERING POPS BACK FOR FRIDAY AND SATURDAY...AS MEAN TROUGH AXIS SHIFTS SLIGHTLY EAST OF THE AREA... ALLOWING DRIER AIR TO FILTER IN. DAYS 5 THROUGH 7 WILL FEATURE A DRY FORECAST...AS MID LEVEL RIDGE BEGINS TO BUILD OVER THE SOUTHEAST. .GSP... GA...NONE. NC...NONE. SC...NONE. LANE
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 67 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:42 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
- Rip Current in Florida, July 23, 2002
- Rip Current in North Carolina, July 23, 2002
- Heat in California, July 23, 2002
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Massachusetts, July 23, 2002
- Flooding and Hail in Georgia, July 23, 2002
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strikes in Maine, July 23, 2002
- Flash Flood in Alaska, July 23, 2002
- Flash Flood in Colorado, July 23, 2002
- Dust Storm and Damaging Winds in Arizona, July 23, 2002
- Damaging Winds in New York, July 23, 2002
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, July 23, 2002
- Lightning Strike in Alabama, July 23, 2002
More
Every storm in South Carolina in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings 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: 5309531.