Thunderstorm Wind, Screven
- When
- February 22, 11:30 AM EST
- Where
- Screven County, 6 mi NW of Sylvania
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 32.817, -81.700
Mobile home blown off its foundation.
Damaging Winds in Georgia, February 22, 2003
3 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
- 3
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 Feb 22, 9:30 AM EST, 2 hours earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 22, 9:30 AM EST, 2 hours before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
930 AM EST SAT FEB 22 2003
PUBLIC...WILL MAKE NO CHANGES AT THIS TIME. NEW SWOMCD JUST ISSUED
SAYS NEW WW WILL BE ISSUED SHORTLY FOR OUR AREA. ZONE UPDATE LIKELY
SOON FOR NEW WW.
MARINE...CURRENT ADVISORIES AND WARNINGS IN GOOD SHAPE. NO CHANGES
TO MAKE THIS MORNING.
.CHS...
GA...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 17Z FOR JENKINS...SCREVEN...BULLOCH...
CANDLER...EVANS...TATTNALL COUNTIES.
GALE WARNING AMZ374.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY AMZ354.
SC...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 17Z FOR ALLENDALE AND HAMPTON COUNTIES.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY AMZ330-350-352.
WIND ADVISORY FOR LAKE MOULTRIE SCZ045.
HSA/JCHazardous weather outlook, Feb 22, 7:15 AM EST, 4 hours 15 minutes before
GAZ087-088-099>101-114>119-137>141-SCZ040-042>045-047>050-221200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 715 AM EST SAT FEB 22 2003 ...THERE IS A MODERATE RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS ALL OF SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. .SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...THERE IS A MODERATE RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY. AT THIS TIME...THE MOST SIGNIFICANT THREAT WILL BE FROM DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. REFER TO THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. .RIVER FLOODING...RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR THE LOWER SANTEE RIVER AT JAMESTOWN AND FOR THE OHOOPEE RIVER AT REIDSVILLE. REFER TO THE LATEST RIVER FLOOD WARNING AND RIVER FLOOD STATEMENTS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. .LAKE WINDS...A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR LAKE MOULTRIE THIS AFTERNOON FOR SOUTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 KNOTS. REFER TO THE LATEST RECREATIONAL FORECAST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. .MARINE WEATHER....A GALE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE GEORGIA OFFSHORE WATERS FROM SAVANNAH TO THE ALTAMAHA SOUND OUT 20 TO 60 NM. SOUTH WINDS OF 30 TO 35 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED BY LATE AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING. REFER TO THE LATEST MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT AND COASTAL MARINE FORECAST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. .RIVER FLOODING...RIVER FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE LOWER SANTEE RIVER NEAR JAMESTOWN AND THE OHOOPEE RIVER AT REIDSVILLE. REFER TO THE LATEST RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS AND RIVER FLOOD STATEMENTS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. NO OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS REQUESTED BY LATE MORNING.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Screven
- When
- February 22, 12:20 PM EST
- Where
- Screven County, Sylvania
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 32.750, -81.633
Several trees, large limbs, and power lines were down.
Thunderstorm Wind, Chatham
- When
- February 22, 1:15 PM EST to 1:30 PM EST
- Where
- Chatham County, Countywide
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- UTILITY COMPANY
- Coordinates
- 32.000, -81.133
Numerous trees, large limbs, and power lines were downed.
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
- Tornado in Kentucky, February 22, 2003
- Flash Flood and Flooding in Virginia, February 22 to 23, 2003
- Avalanche in Idaho, February 22, 2003
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Georgia, February 22, 2003
- Winter Weather in Vermont, February 22 to 23, 2003
- Heavy Snow in Ohio, February 22 to 23, 2003
- Heavy Rain in New Jersey, February 22, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, February 22 to 23, 2003
- Flooding in West Virginia, February 22 to 23, 2003
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in South Carolina, February 22, 2003
- Flooding and Heavy Rain in Virginia, February 22 to 23, 2003
- Tornado and Hail in Virginia, February 22, 2003
More
Every storm in Georgia in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in Georgia, February 2003
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: 5342316, 5342317, 5342315.