Georgia, 2001Damaging Wind in Georgia, July 26, 2001
July 26, 2001 · NWS CHS · 1 event in 1 county or zone
1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $100,000
- 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 Jul 26, 8:50 AM EST, 4 hours 10 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 26, 8:50 AM EST, 4 hours 10 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
950 AM EDT THU JUL 26 2001
MORNING SOUNDING VERY SIMILAR TO WED. HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE REMAINS
OVER THE SE. RUC HAS AN AREA OF PVA OVER CENTRAL S.C. THIS AREA
SHOULD CLIP INLAND COUNTIES ESPECIALLY S.C. COUNTIES OF CWA AS IT
MOVES EWD...WITH A LESSER IMPACT ON THE REMAINDER OF CWA. SEABREEZE
WILL MOVE INLAND AGAIN TODAY. BELIEVE CURRENT FORECAST HAS A GOOD
HANDLE ON SITUATION WITH HIGHER POPS OVER INLAND COUNTIES. WILL NOT
ISSUE ANY UPDATE AT THIS TIME.
CWF...WILL LOWER CONDITIONS SLIGHTLY ON S.C. WATERS...WINDS 10 TO 15
KTS AND SEAS DOWN TO 3 FT. NO OTHER SIGNIFICANT CHANGES EXPECTED.
FCSTID = 30
CHS 90 75 90 75 / 20 10 30 30
SAV 91 73 91 74 / 20 10 30 30
CHL 90 77 90 77 / 20 10 30 30
NBC 90 75 90 75 / 20 10 30 30
RBW 92 73 91 74 / 30 20 40 40
.CHS...
GA...NONE.
SC...NONE.
JH
Thunderstorm Wind, Chatham
- When
- July 26, 1:00 PM EST to 1:05 PM EST
- Where
- Chatham County, Savannah
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Property damage
- $100,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 32.050, -81.083
Several trees and large limbs fell on an Acura, a Jeep Cherokee, and a Toyota Camry.
- 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.
- Lightning Strike in Florida, July 26, 20011 death · 3 injured · 1 event
- Flash Flooding in West Virginia, July 26, 2001$2.4 million · 4 events
- Flash Flooding in Virginia, July 26 to 27, 2001$900,000 · 2 events
- Flash Flooding in Mississippi, July 26 to 27, 2001$210,000 · 4 events
- Flood in North Dakota, July 26, 2001$200,000 · 1 event
- Flash Flood in Kentucky, July 26 to 27, 2001$100,000 · 1 event
- Flash Flood in West Virginia, July 26, 2001$50,000 · 1 event
- Flash Flood in Nebraska, July 26 to 27, 2001$39,000 · 1 event
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Montana, July 26, 20012.75 in hail · 21 events
- Flash Flood in Illinois, July 26, 2001$25,000 · 1 event
- Flood in Kentucky, July 26, 2001$25,000 · 1 event
- Flash Flood in Kentucky, July 26, 2001$25,000 · 1 event
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: 5252397.