Thunderstorm Wind, Richmond
- When
- July 8, 7:25 PM EST
- Where
- Richmond County, Augusta
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- BROADCAST MEDIA
- Coordinates
- 33.483, -81.967
WATV TV and the Sheriff reported a couple of trees down on south Augusta.
Damaging Wind in Georgia, July 8, 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 Columbia, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 8, 5:54 PM EST, 1 hour 31 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 8, 5:54 PM EST, 1 hour 31 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 654 PM EDT SUN JUL 8 2001 MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE SYSTEM DROPPING SOUTHEAST THROUGH WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. BOW ECHO SEEN ON RADAR MOVING TOWARD UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA AT THE MOMENT...STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS. AIRMASS BECOMING MORE UNSTABLE WITH SFC BASED LI AROUND -7. BEST INSTABILITY WEST OF COLUMBIA. CONVERGENCE AHEAD OF STORMS LOOKS WEAK BUT LOW LEVEL WAA/AND STRONG SFC PRESSURE FALLS IN THE MIDLANDS OF CONCERN. SATELLITE INDICATING CLOUDS TOPS WARMING AND LIGHTNING DECREASING BUT STORMS STILL LOOKS STRONG ON RADAR. WILL RAISE POPS TO 50 IN THE PIEDMONT AND CHANCE REST OF REGION. WILL MENTION STORMS POSSIBLY SEVERE IN THE PIEDMONT. FCSTID = 19 CAE 74 94 74 95 / 30 20 20 20 AGS 72 96 73 97 / 30 20 20 20 SSC 74 94 75 94 / 30 20 20 20 OGB 74 94 75 95 / 30 20 20 20 .CAE... GA.Q..NONE. SC...NONE. AWP
The radar
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 94 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:24 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
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, July 8, 2001
- Flash Flooding in West Virginia, July 8, 2001
- Flash Flooding and Flood in Illinois, July 8 to 9, 2001
- Lightning Strike in Indiana, July 8, 2001
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Wind in Virginia, July 8, 2001
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Illinois, July 8, 2001
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in West Virginia, July 8 to 9, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, July 8, 2001
- Damaging Winds in Indiana, July 8, 2001
- Lightning Strikes in Indiana, July 8, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Illinois, July 8, 2001
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, July 8, 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: 5258527.