Georgia, 2001

Damaging 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.

Where it happened

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The toll

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

The radar

The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 67 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:00 UTC.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

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.

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

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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: 5252397.