Damaging Winds in Georgia, August 24, 2001

Name: Damaging Winds in Georgia, August 24, 2001
Start: 2001-08-24T14:40
End: 2001-08-24T17:20
Location: Georgia

August 24, 2001 · NWS CAE · 4 events in 2 counties and zones

4 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: 4

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 Columbia, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 24, 1:00 PM EST, 1 hour 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 24, 1:00 PM EST, 1 hour 40 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
200 PM EDT FRI AUG 24 2001

CURR...SFC FNT STRETCHING FM PEE DEE W ACRS CENT SC TO N SAV RVR.
UPPR VORT MOVG SE THRU ERN CAROLINAS...SUPPORTING SCT SHRA OVR PEE
DEE. THIS ACTV SHUD MV SE LTR TOD OUT OF OUR CWA. OTR SCT CONVEC
DEVLPNG OVR NW SC/NE GA MOVG SE INTO CSRA. WL ADD A REMAINDER OF
THIS AFTN GROUP FOR ZFP. THEN...DIURNAL STAB AFT SUNSET ALG WITH FNT
PUSHING SW INTO CENT GA SHUD END ACTV OVR CSRA AFT 00Z.

THEN IT APPRS DRY OVR THE WEEKEND...AS UPPR RIDGE BUILDS OVR E CST.
FNT TO BECM DIFFUSE OVR GA. WARM MID LVL TEMPS AND RELATIVELY LOW
MOIST LVLS (PWS 1 IN/KI 20) APPRS TO PRECLUDE ANY CONVEC DVLPMNT OVR
THE WEEKEND...AND MDL POP NUMBERS LOW THRU SUN AS WELL. SOME CAA SAT
SHUD ALLOW FOR SLIGHTLY COOLER MAXES THAN TDAY...THEN SOME WEAK WAA
BEGINS LATE SUN AS LOW LVL WINDS SHIFT ARND TO SW. MDL BLEND ON
TEMPS/POPS LOOKS GOOD THRU PER. WL RAISE SUN MAX A LITTLE. THINK
PLENTIFUL SUNSHINE...UPPR RIDGE AND SOME WEAK WAA SHUD ALLOW A
LITTLE WARMER READINGS. APPRS GOOD PSBLTY FOR RADTL COOLNG COND SAT
NT/SUN AM...SO WL LWR MDL MINS.

DURG THE COMING WEEK...MDLS DEVLP UPPR TROF MSTLY TO OUR N AND
W...WITH SOME HGT FALLS OVR SE CST.  MDLS APPR TO BE TRENDING
TOWARDS SLOWR MVMT OF NEXT TROF/FNT. HOWEVER...SW FLOW THROUGHOUT
ATMOS SHUD GRADUALLY INCR MOIST LVLS...RESULTING IN POTENTL FOR
DIURNAL CONVECT. CANADIAN AND NOGAPS KEEP THINGS DRY MON...AND CAND
CONT DRI INTO TUE...WITH HIGHER UPPR HGTS THAN MRF ACRS SE US.
SO...WL TAPER DOWN MON POPS TO SLGT. A FNT TO APPRCHG REGN TUE THEN
BECM DIFFUSE BY WED...THEN ANTR FNT APPRCHS REGN LATE FRI/SAT. NET
RESULT WL BE TO GO GENERALLY CLIMO IN THE EXTENDED...WHICH IS IN
LINE WITH GOING FCST.

CAE   69  92  65  94 /   0   0   0  10
AGS   68  93  63  94 /  20  10   0  10
SSC   68  92  65  94 /   0   0   0  10
OGB   69  93  65  94 /  20  10   0  10

.CAE...
GA...NONE.
SC...NONE.

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 109 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:40 UTC.

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Event by event

4 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Lincoln

When: August 24, 2:40 PM EST
Where: Lincoln County, 12 mi NNW of Lincolnton
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph)
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 33.950, -82.567

Sheriff reported trees down on Tabernacle Church road near Midway.

Thunderstorm Wind, Lincoln

When: August 24, 2:50 PM EST
Where: Lincoln County, 2 mi S of Lincolnton
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph)
Reported by: POST OFFICE
Coordinates: 33.750, -82.483

Post Office reported trees down on Lewis Family road.

Thunderstorm Wind, Burke

When: August 24, 4:10 PM EST
Where: Burke County, Gough
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph)
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 33.083, -82.233

EPD reported powerlines down near Gough on Old Louisville road.

Thunderstorm Wind, Burke

When: August 24, 5:20 PM EST
Where: Burke County, Sardis
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph)
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 32.983, -81.750

EPD reported large limbs and powerlines down in the Sardis area.

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

Every storm in Georgia in 2001 Every state in 2001 This day in weather history Warnings in Georgia, August 2001

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: 5260374, 5260375, 5260376, 5260377.