Thunderstorm Wind, Charleston
- When
- June 30, 1:45 PM EST
- Where
- Charleston County, Hollywood
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- METEOROLOGIST(NON NWS)
- Coordinates
- 32.733, -80.233
Several large limbs were downed due to thunderstorm winds.
Damaging Winds in South Carolina, June 30, 2002
2 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
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- 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
- 2
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 Jun 30, 8:16 AM EST, 5 hours 29 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 30, 8:16 AM EST, 5 hours 29 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 916 AM EDT SUN JUN 30 2002 12Z SFC ANALYSIS INDICATED A WEAK PRESSURE PATTERN ACROSS THE SERN STATES. A WEAK TROF EXTENDED FM THE MIDLANDS OF SC INTO THE SC COASTAL WATERS. WHILE KCHS 12Z SOUNDING HAD ABUNDANT MOISTURE... WV IMAGERY INDICATED MID LVL DRYING ACROSS NC AND NERN SC. COMBINATION OF SFC BASED INSTABILITY...WK LLVL CONVERGENCE FROM THE SFC TROF AND SEA BREEZE...AND LEADING EDGE OF DRYING IN THE MID LVLS WL LEAD TO SOME SHRA/TSRA DEVELOPMENT THIS PM ACROSS FA. ACTIVITY SHOULD DEVELOP DURING THE EARLY PM WHICH COULD AFFECT SC COASTAL COUNTIES BEFORE SEA BREEZE PUSHES INLAND. WL ADD SLIGHT CHANCE TO CHS-NBC AREAS. TEMPS AND WINDS LOOK GOOD SO NO OTHER CHANGES PLANNED. CWF...LIGHT FLOW EARLY THIS MORNING EXPECTED TO SHIFT TO THE SE DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON. ONLY CHG WILL BE TO INIT WINDS OUT OF THE W. .CHS... GA...NONE. SC...NONE. SCW/MJR
The radar
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 76 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:46 UTC.
Event by event
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Colleton
- When
- June 30, 2:30 PM EST
- Where
- Colleton County, 2 mi N of Bennetts Pt
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- NWS EMPLOYEE(OFF DUTY)
- Coordinates
- 32.567, -80.450
Several trees were down.
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 Ohio, June 30, 2002
- Flash Flooding in Texas, June 30, 2002
- Lightning Strikes in Florida, June 30, 2002
- Lightning Strike in Alabama, June 30, 2002
- Flash Flood in South Carolina, June 30, 2002
- Lightning Strike in Florida, June 30, 2002
- Heat in Wisconsin, June 30, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, June 30, 2002
- Hail and Lightning Strike in Alabama, June 30, 2002
- Wildfire in California, June 30, 2002
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, June 30, 2002
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, June 30, 2002
More
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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: 5305966, 5305967.