Thunderstorm Wind, Columbia
- When
- July 4, 7:48 PM EST
- Where
- Columbia County, 2 mi N of Pollards Corner
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 33.650, -82.283
Sheriff reported trees down near the lake north of Pollards Corner.
Damaging Winds in Georgia, July 4, 2001
2 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
- 2
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 Columbia, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 4, 1:05 PM EST, 6 hours 43 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 4, 1:05 PM EST, 6 hours 43 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 205 PM EDT WED JUL 4 2001 AIRMASS CONTINUES TO DESTABILIZE THIS AFTERNOON AND WITH PH2O NEAR 2 INCHES WOULD EXPECT STRONGER STORMS TO PRODUCE RAINFALL AMOUNTS 2-3 INCHES...WILL GO WITH A 50 PERCENT POP TONIGHT. TROUGH TO CONTINUE NEAR THE EAST COAST THROUGH 60 HOURS. PROGS MOVE DEEP LAYER MOISTURE OFFSHORE FRIDAY AM. SURFACE TROUGH TO CONTINUE ACROSS THE CAROLINAS THROUGH FRIDAY AS A COLD FRONT MOVES SOUTHEAST ...WEAKENS AND BECOMES DIFFUSE. MOISTURE LIMITED AFTER TNGT SO WILL NOT PUT PCPN INTO FCST ATTM...BUT COULD SEE AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM THURSDAY AFTERNOON. EXTENDED...WILL CONTINUE TREND OF PREVIOUS FORECAST WITH CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND PROGS HAVING TROUBLE WITH SYSTEMS MOVING INTO THE AREA. FCSTID = 25 CAE 71 92 67 94 / 50 10 10 0 AGS 70 92 65 94 / 50 10 10 0 SSC 71 92 67 94 / 50 10 10 0 OGB 72 92 68 94 / 50 10 10 0 .CAE... GA...NONE. SC...NONE. CDL
The radar
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 113 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:47 UTC.
Event by event
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Columbia
- When
- July 4, 8:00 PM EST
- Where
- Columbia County, 2 mi SE of Harlem
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- BROADCAST MEDIA
- Coordinates
- 33.400, -82.300
WAGT TV reported some trees down in southwest Columbia county.
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
- Heat and Drought in Oklahoma, July 4 to 31, 2001
- Hail in Nebraska, July 4, 2001
- High Surf in Puerto Rico, July 4, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Utah, July 4, 2001
- Heat in Illinois, July 4, 2001
- Damaging Wind and Lightning Strike in South Carolina, July 4, 2001
- Tornado in Kentucky, July 4, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New York, July 4, 2001
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Virginia, July 4, 2001
- Hail in Nebraska, July 4, 2001
- Flash Flood and Hail in Kentucky, July 4, 2001
- Lightning Strike in Florida, July 4, 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: 5258437, 5258526.