Georgia, 2001Damaging Winds in Georgia, July 30, 2001
July 30, 2001 · NWS JAX · 5 events in 5 counties and zones
5 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $13,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 5
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 Jacksonville, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 30, 2:00 PM EST, 2 hours 33 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 30, 2:00 PM EST, 2 hours 33 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
300 PM EDT MON JUL 30 2001
PUBLIC...SHOWERS HV BEEN MOST NUMEROUS ALONG THE STATE LINE IN
CONVERGENCE AREA BETWEEN WNW WINDS ACRS SE GA AND WSW WINDS ACRS NE
FL. THIS BAND OF ACTIVITY SHLD SAG SLOWLY SOUTHWARD TONIGHT AND HV
RANGED POPS FM 30% N TO 60% S. TUE...E TO NE FLOW BCMS ESTABLISHED
ACRS THE FA AS FRNT PUSHES INTO CNTRL FL...MODELS ALL LINGER SOME
DEEP LAYER RH N OF THE FRNTL POSN...AND 12Z MESOETA SHOWING GUD CONV
ALONG GULF SBRZ IN SRN CWA SO WL GO WITH LKLY POPS THERE AND RANGE
TO ONLY 20% ACRS NRN CWA. WL ADD BRZY TO CSTL ZONES AS ELY WINDS OF
15-20 MPH SHLD MIX DOWN THERE TUE AND WED. TUE NGT/WED...ENE FLOW
CONTS WITH SLGT CHC POPS N AND CHC POPS S FOR AFTN/EVE
CONVECTION...WITH FOCUS BEING IN THE SRN CWA WHERE MOISTURE RETURNS
AND GULF/ATLC SBRZS MEETING. WITH ENE FLOW AND SPEED CONVERGENCE MAY
CONT TO SEE SOME LINGERING SHOWERS AT THE BEACHES TUE NGT.
XTNDD...DEEP ELY FLOW CONTS BTWN HI PRES TO THE N AND TROP WAVE TO
THE S THRU SATURDAY. FLOW ABATES SUN/MON AND TURNS TO THE
S...ALLOWING FOR A SLIGHT WARM-UP.
MARINE...FOCUS IS ON UPCOMING NE FETCH BEHIND FRNTL PASSAGE LATE
TONGT. COAMPS MODEL SHOWING SEAS BUILDING TO 6 TO 9 FT BY WED AM
ALONG CW...AND NEW NWW III SHOWING 5 TO 7 FT. WL GO WITH SEAS BLDG
TO 5 TO 7 FT TUE NGT AND 6 TO 8 FT ON WED...AND WL HEADLINE WITH SCA
POSSIBLE BY TUE NGT...SIMILAR TO CHS THINKING. WINDS APPEAR TO MAX
OUT AT 15-20 KTS...SO SCA WL BE BASED ON SEAS. XTNDD...VERY SLOW
SUBSIDING TO SUB SCA CONDS.
FIRE WX...NO CONCERNS.
PRELIM
AMG 72/90/68/89 3212
SSI 76/85/76/86 3212
JAX 73/88/72/88 4423
GNV< 73/89/71/89 5634
.JAX...
.GA...NONE.
.FL...NONE.
HESS/SANDRIK
Thunderstorm Wind, Pierce
- When
- July 30, 4:33 PM EST
- Where
- Pierce County, 3 mi N of Blackshear
- Property damage
- $500
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 31.359, -82.213 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Trees blown down along SR-203.
Thunderstorm Wind, Brantley
- When
- July 30, 5:14 PM EST
- Where
- Brantley County, Waynesville
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Reported by
- UTILITY COMPANY
- Coordinates
- 31.233, -81.800
Large trees and power lines were blown down.
Thunderstorm Wind, Glynn
- When
- July 30, 5:15 PM EST
- Where
- Glynn County, Thalmann
- Property damage
- $4,000
- Reported by
- GOVT OFFICIAL
- Coordinates
- 31.283, -81.700
Large trees and power lines were blown down.
Thunderstorm Wind, Wayne
- When
- July 30, 5:20 PM EST
- Where
- Wayne County, Mt Pleasant
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 31.433, -81.683
Large trees and power lines were blown down.
Thunderstorm Wind, Camden
- When
- July 30, 5:45 PM EST
- Where
- Camden County, Waverly
- Property damage
- $4,000
- Reported by
- UTILITY COMPANY
- Coordinates
- 31.100, -81.717
Large trees and power lines were blown down along HWY 17.
- 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.
- Flash Flood in North Carolina, July 30, 2001$2.6 million · 1 event
- Flash Flood and Damaging Wind in Tennessee, July 30, 20016 injured · $26,000 · 2 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, July 30, 2001$78,000 · 1 in hail · 12 events
- Heat in Minnesota, July 30 to 31, 200142 events
- Damaging Wind in South Dakota, July 30, 2001$50,000 · 75 kt wind · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in South Dakota, July 30, 2001$50,000 · 61 kt wind · 1 event
- Hail in North Dakota, July 30, 20011.5 in hail · 17 events
- Damaging Wind in New Mexico, July 30, 2001$20,000 · 1 event
- Dense Fog in Wisconsin, July 30, 200112 events
- Damaging Winds in South Dakota, July 30, 200170 kt wind · 8 events
- High Surf in Hawaii, July 30 to 31, 20016 events
- Damaging Winds in Kansas, July 30, 200152 kt wind · 3 events
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: 5257588, 5257585, 5257584, 5257587, 5257586.