Georgia, 2001

Damaging Wind in Georgia, August 24, 2001

August 24, 2001 · 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 Aug 24, 1:20 PM EST, 5 hours 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 24, 1:20 PM EST, 5 hours 5 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
220 PM EDT FRI AUG 24 2001

FRONT IS DIPPING THROUGH THE NRN PORTION OF SC THIS AFTN. WEAKENING
WAVE IS ALSO NEAR THE NC CST. ANOTHER SHARPER AREA IS HEADING
THRU THE UPSTATE AND SHOULD TRACK NEAR THE SAV RVR THRU LATE THIS
EVENING. THIS AREA SHOULD HOLD ENUF POTENTIAL FOR AT LEAST A 20 POP
MOST ZONES TONIGHT...CHANCES ENDING EARLY FOR THE NRN ZONES AS
DRIER AIR FILTERS IN AND LINGERING CHC FOR SRN ZONES THRU EARLY
MORNING. FRONT WILL PUSH TO THE SRN EXTENT OF CWA BY DAYBREAK ON
SAT. REMNANTS OF MID/UPR TROF OFF THE SE COAST ALL THE WAY THRU SUN.
HOWEVER...RDG EXTENDS ACROSS THE AREA FROM THE W AND THE REGION FALLS
UNDER STRONG NVA. THAT IN ADDITION TO DRIER AIRMASS CALLS FOR A DRY
FCST SAT THRU SUN. MY TEMPS WILL BE VERY CLOSE TO THE MAV NUMBERS.
THE NEXT TROF SLOWS JUST E OF THE MS VLY EARLY NEXT WEEK AND HI PRES
GETS RE-ESTABLISHED FROM THE ATLC ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST COAST. PLAN TO
INTRODUCE SLIGHT CHC POPS FOR MON AFTN AND KEEP MAINLY DIURNALLY
DRIVEN POPS THRU THE WEEK WITH PATTERN DEFLECTING ANY WAVES WELL TO
OUR N. TEMPS AT OR JUST ABV CLIMO THRU THEN.

CWF...EXPECT A SURGE LATE TONIGHT BEHIND FROPA...MAINLY SC WATERS.
COULD BRING WINDS UP TO 15-20 KTS LATE. DECREASING WINDS ON SAT. AVN
SFC LO SEEMS TOO DEEP AND TOO CLOSE TO COAST...SO WILL COMPROMISE
BETWEEN ETA AND AVN WINDS THRU SUN. BUT LOW SHOULD PRODUCE SWELL
ACROSS THE WATERS FOR THE ENTIRE WEEKEND. NO FLAGS.

FCSTID = 25
CHS   69  89  69  91 /  20  10  10  10
SAV   70  90  69  91 /  20  10  10  10
CHL   75  88  75  89 /  20  10  10  10
NBC   70  90  70  91 /  20  10  10  10
RBW   67  90  67  91 /  20  10  10  10

.CHS...
GA...NONE.
SC...NONE.

MJR

The radar

The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 114 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:23 UTC.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Tattnall

When
August 24, 6:25 PM EST
Where
Tattnall County, 2 mi E of Glennville
Measured
50 kt (58 mph)
Reported by
UTILITY COMPANY
Coordinates
31.930, -81.900

Several trees, large limbs, and power lines 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.

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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: 5264376.