Thunderstorm Wind, Candler
- When
- May 2, 3:00 PM EST to 3:05 PM EST
- Where
- Candler County, Metter
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- FIRE DEPT/RESCUE SQUAD
- Coordinates
- 32.400, -82.067
Thunderstorm winds knocked down trees.
Damaging Winds in Georgia, May 2, 2004
7 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
- 7
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 May 2, 1:15 PM EST, 1 hour 45 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 2, 1:15 PM EST, 1 hour 45 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
215 PM EDT SUN MAY 2 2004
.UPDATE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 148 FOR THE REST OF THE CWA
THROUGH 02Z...10 PM.
&&
.PUBLIC...COLD FRONT PROGRESSING NICELY ACROSS GA THIS AFTERNOON.
VERY MOIST...DYNAMIC AND UNSTABLE ATMOS AHEAD OF THE FRONT...WITH
SEVERE WEATHER CONTINUING TO BE A POSSIBILITY. MAIN THREAT WILL
CONTINUE TO BE HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG WINDS. FREEZING LEVELS ARE
RATHER HIGH...WHICH SHOULD LIMIT THE THREAT OF LARGE HAIL SOMEWHAT.
THEN AS THE FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA OVERNIGHT...WILL CONTINUE
CATEGORICAL POPS SINCE SYSTEM IS SO MOIST AND DYNAMIC. FRONT SHOULD
CLEAR THE AREA BY LATE TOMORROW MORNING...AND OUT OF THE MARINE AREA
BY THE AFTERNOON. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN FROM THE NORTH WITH
MUCH COOLER AND DRIER AIR FILTERING IN FROM THE NORTH. THANKFULLY
THERE HAS BEEN LITTLE CHANGE IN THE EXTENDED MODELS...SO NO MAJOR
CHANGES NEEDED TO BE MADE. RIDGING THROUGH THE MID-LEVELS OF THE
ATMOS WILL KEEP A SFC HIGH NEARBY...WITH GRADUAL INCREASING IN TEMPS
AND SEA BREEZE ACTIVITY.
&&
.MARINE...FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH TOMORROW...WITH 15KT WINDS
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE BEHIND THE FRONT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. THIS
WILL KEEP SEAS AT SCEC THROUGH TOMORROW EVENING FOR THE NEARSHORE
WATERS. SEAS SHOULD FINALLY QUIET ACROSS THE ENTIRE COASTAL WATERS
AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN BY TUESDAY EVENING.
&&
.CHS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY AMZ374.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 146 GAZ087-088-099-100-114-115.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 148 GAZ101-116>119-137>141.
SC...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY AMZ330-350.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 146 SCZ040.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 148 SCZ042>045-047>051
&&
JRHazardous weather outlook, May 2, 4:00 AM EST, 11 hours before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 500 AM EDT SUN MAY 2 2004 AMZ330-350-352-354-374-GAZ087-088-099>101-114>119-137>141-SCZ040-042> 045-047>051-021100- ALLENDALE-BEAUFORT-BERKELEY-BULLOCH-CANDLER-CHARLESTON-COASTAL BRYAN- COASTAL CHATHAM-COASTAL COLLETON-COASTAL JASPER-COASTAL LIBERTY- COASTAL MCINTOSH-DORCHESTER-EFFINGHAM-EVANS-HAMPTON-INLAND BRYAN- INLAND CHATHAM-INLAND COLLETON-INLAND JASPER-INLAND LIBERTY- INLAND MCINTOSH-JENKINS-LONG-SCREVEN-TATTNALL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALLENDALE...BEAUFORT...CHARLESTON... CLAXTON...DARIEN...EDISTO BEACH...GOOSE CREEK...HAMPTON... HILTON HEAD ISLAND...HINESVILLE...LUDOWICI...MCCLELLANVILLE... METTER...MILLEN...MONCKS CORNER...PEMBROKE...REIDSVILLE... RICHMOND HILL...RIDGELAND...SAINT GEORGE...SAINT STEPHEN... SAVANNAH...SPRINGFIELD...STATESBORO...SUMMERVILLE...SYLVANIA... WALTERBORO AND YEMASSEE 500 AM EDT SUN MAY 2 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA... SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS FROM SOUTH SANTEE RIVER SOUTH CAROLINA TO ALTAMAHA SOUND GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. .SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. THE ATMOSPHERE IS EXPECTED TO BECOME UNSTABLE DURING THIS TIME PERIOD AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. IN ADDITION...AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE IS ALSO EXPECTED TO ENHANCE STORMS LATER TODAY. THE MAIN THREATS FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. .THUNDERSTORMS...POSSIBLE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE EXITING THE COAST MONDAY MORNING. AT THIS TIME...SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT. 24
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 2, 11:08 AM EST, 3 hours 52 minutes before
SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 1208 PM EDT SUN MAY 2 2004 GAZ087-088-099>101-114>119-137>141-SCZ040-042>045-047>051-022200- ALLENDALE-BEAUFORT-BERKELEY-BULLOCH-CANDLER-CHARLESTON-COASTAL BRYAN- COASTAL CHATHAM-COASTAL COLLETON-COASTAL JASPER-COASTAL LIBERTY- COASTAL MCINTOSH-DORCHESTER-EFFINGHAM-EVANS-HAMPTON-INLAND BRYAN- INLAND CHATHAM-INLAND COLLETON-INLAND JASPER-INLAND LIBERTY- INLAND MCINTOSH-JENKINS-LONG-SCREVEN-TATTNALL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALLENDALE...BEAUFORT...CHARLESTON... CLAXTON...DARIEN...EDISTO BEACH...GOOSE CREEK...HAMPTON... HILTON HEAD ISLAND...HINESVILLE...LUDOWICI...MCCLELLANVILLE... METTER...MILLEN...MONCKS CORNER...PEMBROKE...REIDSVILLE... RICHMOND HILL...RIDGELAND...SAINT GEORGE...SAINT STEPHEN... SAVANNAH...SPRINGFIELD...STATESBORO...SUMMERVILLE...SYLVANIA... WALTERBORO AND YEMASSEE 1208 PM EDT SUN MAY 2 2004 ...A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... A UNSEASONABLY WARM AND UNSTABLE AIR MASS COVERS GEORGIA AND THE CAROLINAS AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. WIND FIELDS WILL BE INCREASING THIS AFTERNOON AHEAD OF UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WHICH WILL AFFECT THE REGION TONIGHT. THE ATMOSPHERE IS VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE ALREADY THIS AFTERNOON AND SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN ONGOING THROUGH THE MORNING. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED INTENSIFY LATER THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING AS THE UPPER LEVEL ENERGY AND THE COLD FRONT APPROACH. AS THE STORMS MOVE NORTHEAST AT NEAR 40 MPH...THEY MAY BECOME ORGANIZED AND PRODUCE SEVERE WEATHER. THE MAIN THREAT EXPECTED FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE INSTANCES OF DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH AND LARGE HAIL. THE TIMING SHOULD BE FROM MID AFTERNOON THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION...AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION IF ANY WATCHES OR WARNINGS ARE ISSUED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON THIS POTENTIAL SEVERE WEATHER EVENT. PY
Special weather statement, May 2, 1:44 PM EST, 1 hour 16 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 244 PM EDT SUN MAY 2 2004 GAZ087-088-099-100-114-115-022000- BULLOCH-CANDLER-EVANS-JENKINS-SCREVEN-TATTNALL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAXTON...METTER...MILLEN...REIDSVILLE... STATESBORO AND SYLVANIA 244 PM EDT SUN MAY 2 2004 ...STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO CROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON... EARLY THIS AFTERNOON A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH ACROSS MUCH OF EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA. THIS LINE WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST NORTHEAST THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON AND SLOWLY INTENSIFY AS IT MOVES INTO INTERIOR SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. RESIDENTS ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM SYLVANIA...STATESBORO AND REIDSVILLE...INCLUDING METTER...PORTAL AND MILLEN SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE READY TO TAKE SHELTER SHOULD THREATENING WEATHER APPROACH OR IF A WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA. THIS IS A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO...TV OR YOUR LOCAL NEWS SOURCE FOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
Special weather statement, May 2, 2:14 PM EST, 46 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 314 PM EDT SUN MAY 2 2004 GAZ087-021945- JENKINS- 314 PM EDT SUN MAY 2 2004 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT JENKINS COUNTY THROUGH 345 PM EDT... AT 314 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED 3 MILES NORTH OF EMMALANE...OR ABOUT 4 MILES WEST OF MILLEN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND ROGERS...EMMALANE... BUTTS...BIRDSVILLE...MILLEN...PERKINS AND LAWTON THROUGH 345 PM EDT. MOVE INSIDE IF STORMS APPROACH YOUR LOCATION.
Special weather statement, May 2, 2:29 PM EST, 31 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 329 PM EDT SUN MAY 2 2004 GAZ099-100-022000- BULLOCH-CANDLER- 329 PM EDT SUN MAY 2 2004 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT CANDLER COUNTY AND BULLOCH COUNTY THROUGH 400 PM EDT... AT 329 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF ALINE...OR ABOUT 8 MILES WEST OF METTER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND ALINE...CANOE...UNION... OLIFFTOWN...AARON AND PORTAL THROUGH 400 PM EDT. MOVE INSIDE IF STORMS APPROACH YOUR LOCATION.
Special weather statement, May 2, 2:40 PM EST, 20 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 340 PM EDT SUN MAY 2 2004 GAZ088-SCZ040-022030- ALLENDALE-SCREVEN- 340 PM EDT SUN MAY 2 2004 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT SCREVEN COUNTY AND ALLENDALE COUNTY THROUGH 430 PM EDT... AT 340 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED OVER GOLOID...OR ABOUT 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SYLVANIA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND WOODCLIFF...THOMASBORO...ROCKY FORD...PARKERS...CAPTOLO...GOLOID...WHITE HILL...FARMDALE AND WATERS THROUGH 430 PM EDT. HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER...EXCESSIVE CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. PM
Special weather statement, May 2, 2:56 PM EST, 4 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 356 PM EDT SUN MAY 2 2004 GAZ115-116-138-022030- EVANS-INLAND BRYAN-INLAND LIBERTY- 356 PM EDT SUN MAY 2 2004 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT EVANS COUNTY...BRYAN COUNTY AND LIBERTY COUNTY THROUGH 430 PM EDT... AT 356 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED 4 MILES NORTH OF CREEK ISLAND...OR ABOUT 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF HINESVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND WILDWOOD...MILL CREEK...LIVE OAK...HINESVILLE...PEMBROKE...TRINITY... WILLIE...LETFORD AND GROVELAND THROUGH 430 PM EDT. HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER...EXCESSIVE CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. PM
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
7 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Liberty
- When
- May 2, 3:10 PM EST
- Where
- Liberty County, Hinesville
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 31.850, -81.600
A thunderstorm wind gust caused damage to a building.
Thunderstorm Wind, Screven
- When
- May 2, 3:19 PM EST to 3:22 PM EST
- Where
- Screven County, Sylvania
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 32.750, -81.633
Thunderstorm winds knocked down power lines across roads.
Thunderstorm Wind, Chatham
- When
- May 2, 4:03 PM EST to 4:10 PM EST
- Where
- Chatham County, Bloomingdale
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- UTILITY COMPANY
- Coordinates
- 32.133, -81.300
Thunderstorm winds knocked down trees on a house and on power lines.
Thunderstorm Wind, Liberty
- When
- May 2, 4:30 PM EST to 4:35 PM EST
- Where
- Liberty County, Walthourville
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 31.767, -81.633
Thunderstorm winds knocked down large limbs on a road.
Thunderstorm Wind, Effingham
- When
- May 2, 5:00 PM EST to 5:05 PM EST
- Where
- Effingham County, Rincon
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 32.300, -81.233
Thunderstorm winds knocked down large limbs on Highway 21 and McCall Road.
Thunderstorm Wind, Chatham
- When
- May 2, 5:20 PM EST to 5:25 PM EST
- Where
- Chatham County, Bloomingdale
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 32.133, -81.300
Trees and large limbs were knocked 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
- Wildfire in California, May 2 to 7, 2004
- Tornadoes in Georgia, May 2, 2004
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Virginia, May 2, 2004
- Damaging Winds in Maryland, May 2, 2004
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, May 2, 2004
- Tornado in Virginia, May 2, 2004
- Damaging Winds in Maryland, May 2, 2004
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, May 2, 2004
- Lightning Strike in Illinois, May 2, 2004
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Florida, May 2, 2004
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, May 2, 2004
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, May 2, 2004
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: 5393775, 5393776, 5393777, 5393778, 5393779, 5393780, 5393781.