Damaging Wind in South Carolina, March 2, 2002

Name: Damaging Wind in South Carolina, March 2, 2002
Start: 2002-03-02T13:50
End: 2002-03-02T13:50
Location: South Carolina

March 2, 2002 · NWS CHS · 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 Charleston, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Mar 2, 9:50 AM EST, 4 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 2, 9:50 AM EST, 4 hours before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
950 AM EST SAT MAR 2 2002

ZFP/REC:
SFC WEDGE STILL FORMIDABLE THIS MORNING PUTTING A DAMPER ON MIXING
WITH A STRONG LLJ OVER THE COOL LAYER. WARM FRONT EXTENDING ALG THE
GA/FL BORDER NE ALG THE SOUTH CAROLINA COAST IS PROGGED TO LIFT NWD
THIS AFTN PLACING OUR CWFA IN A SATURATED WARM SECTOR BY LATE DAY.
THIS SHOULD ALLOW WINDS TO INCREASE LATER TDA AND BUT DOUBT LAKE
WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA WILL BE ATTAINED TDA. WILL LOWER LWA FOR
MOULTRIE BUT CONTINUE TREND OF INCREASING WINDS THROUGH MID AND
LATE AFTN.

FOR THE ZFP WILL ALSO NEED TO ADJUST WINDS AND LOWER HIGH TEMPS IN
OUR NW TIER AS WEDGE COULD BE SLOWER TO ERODE THAN GUIDANCE SUGGESTS.
WILL MAINTAIN CATEGORICAL POPS AND MENTION OF PSBL HEAVY RAIN. THREAT
OF THUNDER APPEARS VERY MINIMAL TDA WITH CHCS INCREASING TONIGHT INTO
MID MORNING SUNDAY.

MARINE:
WILL KEEP SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN THE HARBOR AND OVER THE GA
WATERS OUT 20 NM...WITH GALE WARNINGS ELSEWHERE. LATEST PILOT BOAT
AT 9 AM AT BUOY 6 WHICH IS ABOUT 15 NM FROM THE COAST...HAD LESS
THAN 15 KT WITH SEAS OF 4 FT. EXPECT WINDS TO INCREASE AND BECOME
MORE SRLY THIS AFTN. NO MAJOR CHANGES PLANNED. WILL CONTINUE CURRENT
TRENDS AND ONLY MAKE MINOR ADJUSTMENTS BASED ON LATEST OBS.

WITH WINDS EXPECTED TO INCREASE AND BECOME MORE SOUTHERLY LATER
TODAY INTO TONIGHT...WILL LEAVE HEADLINE IN FOR SHALLOW COASTAL
FLOODING AROUND TIME OF HIGH TIDE THIS EVENING. TIDAL DEPARTURES
CURRENTLY AROUND 4 TO 6 TENTHS OF A FOOT OVER FCST VALUES. THIS WILL
NOT CAUSE A PROBLEM FOR HIGH TIDE THIS MORNING.

WILL RAISE HEAVY SURF ADVISORY DUE TO SEAS. THINK SOME EROSION COULD
OCCUR AT AREA BEACHES WITH THIS EVENT DUE TO LONG PERIOD OF STRONG
ONSHORE FLOW AND HIGH TIDE LEVELS.

PRELIM AFTN NUMBERS

CHS   61 / 100
SAV   63 / 100
CHL   62 / 100
NBC   62 / 100
RBW   57 / 100

.CHS...
GA...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY AMZ354.
     HEAVY SURF ADVISORY AMZ354.
     GALE WARNING AMZ374.
     SHALLOW COASTAL FLOODING AROUND HIGH TIDE TONIGHT
     GAZ117-119-139-141.
SC...GALE WARNING AMZ350-352.
     SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY AMZ330.
     HEAVY SURF ADVISORY AMZ350-352.
     SHALLOW COASTAL FLOODING AROUND HIGH TIDE TONIGHT
     SCZ057>050.

The radar

The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 11 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:49 UTC.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Jasper

When: March 2, 1:50 PM EST
Where: Jasper County, 3 mi E of Gillisonville
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph)
Reported by: UTILITY COMPANY
Coordinates: 32.600, -80.950

Numerous trees and powerlines 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.

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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, March 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: 5285134.