Thunderstorm Wind, Candler
- When
- July 3, 4:35 PM EST
- Where
- Candler County, Aline
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- UTILITY COMPANY
- Coordinates
- 32.367, -82.167
Power lines down.
Damaging Wind in Georgia, July 3, 2001
1 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
- 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 3, 1:30 PM EST, 3 hours 5 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 3, 1:30 PM EST, 3 hours 5 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 230 PM EDT TUE JUL 3 2001 WEAK SFC BOUNDARY JUST N OF AREA WASHING OUT BUT PROVIDING FOCUS FOR CLOUDS AND PRECIP ACROSS SOUTHERN NC. BERMUDA HIGH RIDGE AXIS WILL BUILD OVER AREA TODAY...RIDGE AXIS SHIFTING S OF AREA WED AND THUR ALLOWING APPROACH OF NEXT CF WHICH WILL PASS ACROSS AREA MIDDAY FRI. HIGH PRES FROM NW MVS ACROSS AND N OF AREA SAT...BRINGING BEST CHC OF DRY DAY FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE. BERMUDA HIGH REASSERTS ITSELF SUN WITH S/SW FLOW AND INCRS IN MOISTURE. CONTINUED S...THEN SW FLOW WITH ABUNDANT MSTR AND HIGH INSTAB... ESPECIALLY IN THE AFTERNOON...MEANS CONTINUATION OF AFTN SHOWERS AND TSTMS THRU FRI. EXPECT ISOLATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS EXCEEDING 3 INCHES IN TSTMS EACH DAY. CWF...S FLOW TO CONT TONIGHT AS FRONT LIFTS TO THE N. GOOD AGREEMENT THAT WINDS WILL SHIFT TO SW ON WED AND REMAIN THRU THU AHEAD OF COLD FRONT. SPEEDS WILL INCRS...NGM APPEARS A BIT STRONG AND WILL LEAN TOWARD A COMPROMISE BETWEEN ETA AND AVN FOR MARINE WINDS. MAY HAVE SPEEDS APPROACHING 20 KTS AT THE OFFSHORE FRINGES OF THE MARINE ZONES LATE ON THU...BUT DO NO PLAN ANY HEADLINES OR FLAGS ON THIS PKG. FCSTID = 23 CHS 74 90 74 90 / 30 40 30 40 SAV 74 90 74 90 / 30 40 30 40 CHL 75 91 75 90 / 30 40 30 40 NBC 74 90 74 90 / 30 40 30 40 RBW 72 90 73 90 / 30 40 30 50 .CHS... GA...NONE. SC...NONE. SLB/MJR
The radar
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 110 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:37 UTC.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, July 3, 2001
- Flash Flood in North Carolina, July 3, 2001
- Lightning Strike in Louisiana, July 3, 2001
- Lightning Strike in North Carolina, July 3, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, July 3, 2001
- Lightning Strike in South Carolina, July 3, 2001
- Hail in Wyoming, July 3, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, July 3, 2001
- Damaging Wind in California, July 3, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, July 3, 2001
- Lightning Strike in North Carolina, July 3, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Florida, July 3, 2001
More
Every storm in Georgia in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Georgia, July 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: 5252390.