South Carolina, 2002

Damaging Wind in South Carolina, May 10, 2002

May 10, 2002 · NWS ILM · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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  • Tropical storms and surge
  • Floods
  • Wind
  • Hail
  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
  • Other

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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 Wilmington, NC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 10, 2:05 PM EST, 1 hour 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 10, 2:05 PM EST, 1 hour 10 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, NC
305 PM EDT FRI MAY 10 2002

ONGOING CONVECTION UPSTREAM WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE E ACROSS THE
REGION...WHICH REMAINS MODERATELY UNSTABLE DUE TO GOOD AMT OF
HEATING EARLIER TODAY. AS A RESULT...SPC HAS PLACED THE CWA IN A SVR
TSTM WATCH UNTIL 7 PM. SEVERAL BOUNDARIES...INCLUDING THE SEABREEZE
MAY ACT AS FOCUSING MECHANISMS FOR TSTMS THROUGH THE EVENING.

VERY WEAK CAA ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT AS OLD COLD FRONT WASHES OUT
OVER THE REGION. SHORT WAVE MOVING ALONG BOUNDARY WILL BRING THE
BEST CHANCES FOR PRECIP...HOWEVER TIMING OF THIS FEATURE VARIES
BETWEEN MODELS. THE AVN SHOWS THE BEST UVV/S ACCOMPANYING THE SHORT
WAVE OVERNIGHT...WHEREAS THE ETA HAS IT OCCURRING SAT MORNING INTO
EARLY SAT AFTERNOON. DUE TO LARGE INCONSISTENCIES WITH NUMERICAL
GUIDANCE...DO NOT HAVE MUCH CONFIDENCE IN POP FORECAST.

SOME WAA DEVELOPS LATER ON SATURDAY AS THE BOUNDARY MOVES NORTH AS A
WARM FRONT. ERLY FLOW DEVELOPS ACROSS THE CWA KEEPING TEMPS ABOUT
10-15 DEG COOLER THAN TODAY. WILL CARRY A SLIGHT CHC POP INTO SAT
EVENING AS THE FRONT DEPARTS.

SW FLOW DEVELOPS SUN...WITH SOME RIDGING ACROSS THE ERN U.S.
BRINGING TEMPS BACK UP WELL INTO THE 80S.

FOR MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA
MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT.  PRECIPITATION SHOULD END BEFORE DAYBREAK
TUESDAY.  THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK WILL BE DOMINATED BY HIGH
PRESSURE WITH TEMPERATURES AT OR JUST BELOW NORMAL VALUES UNDER FAIR
SKIES.

CWF: SW WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NE FROM N TO S AS A WEAK COLD FRONT
DROPS THROUGH THE WATERS. WINDS WILL ALSO INCREASE...BUT WILL BE
STRONGEST ALONG THE NRN WATERS. E FLOW FOR SAT...THEN AS A WARM
FRONT MOVES N WINDS WILL BECOME SW ON SUN. WILL KEEP CONDITIONS ON
NRN WATERS JUST BELOW SCSEC CONDITIONS TONIGHT INTO TOMORROW.
THANKS FOR THE COORDINATION MHX.

FCSTID = 36
ILM   67  76  63  85 /  40  50  20  10
LBT   65  77  62  86 /  40  50  20  10
FLO   67  77  63  88 /  40  50  20  10
MYR   68  73  65  81 /  40  50  20  10

.ILM...
NC...NONE.
SC...NONE.

PUBLIC: JAQ/RAN
MARINE: JAQ

The radar

The Columbia radar (KCAE), 125 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:14 UTC.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Darlington

When
May 10, 3:15 PM EST
Where
Darlington County, 5 mi SW of Society Hill
Measured
51 kt (59 mph)
Reported by
AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates
34.467, -79.917

A measured 59 mph wind gust was recorded at the KUDG AWOS.

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.

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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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5291033.