2 flash flood, 1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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.
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 Jun 12, 1:25 PM EST, 1 hour 5 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 225 PM EDT TUE JUN 12 2001 DISC: 18Z SFC ANALYSIS SHOWS REMNANTS OF ALLISON NR MCN. SATELLITE SHOWS QUITE A BIT OF CLDS ACRS THE AREA...ESP FM THE SAV RIVER SWD. REMNANTS OF ALLISON CONT TO SWIRL ACRS CNTRL GA. 88D SHOWS A FEW BANDS OF SHRA/TSRA ACRS THE CNTRL MIDLANDS AND ANOTHER STRONGER BAND ALNG THE SAV RIVER. MODELS IN FAIRLY GOOD AGREEMENT WITH OVERALL TREND FOR TRACK OF ALLISON. ETA/NGM A BIT FARTHER WWD THAN AVN. LOOKING AT 3 HR PRESSURE FALLS TREND THRU THE DAY INDICATES THAT SYS SHOULD CONT ON THE NE TRACK THRU THE NIGHT INTO WED. THIS TRACK WOULD BE CLOSE TO ETA FCST. THIS WOULD BRING THE SYS CLOSE TO CAE AFTER 12Z. SYS WL SLOWLY PUSH NEWD THRU THE PD...MOVG INTO SRN NC BY WED NIGHT/THU MORNING. MODEL QPF INDICATING AMNTS FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES ACRS THE AREA THRU THE PD. THIS IS BLO THE FLASH FLOOD GUIDANCE. AFT COORD FM CHS...WL CONT WITH NO MENTION OF FLOOD WATCH FOR THE AREA TON. BUT WITH TROPICAL MOISTURE SPREADING NEWD...HIGH PWS...WL MENTION PCPN MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES OVERNIGHT INTO WED MORNING. AS FOR TEMPS...CLDS WL TEND TO HOLD TEMPS UP AT NIGHT AND DOWN DURING THE DAY. WL STAY AT OR ABOVE GUIDANCE AT NIGHT AND NR OR SLIGHTLY BLO DURING THE DAY. FCSTID = 77 CAE 70 85 70 90 / 80 70 30 40 AGS 70 86 70 91 / 80 70 30 40 SSC 70 84 70 89 / 80 70 30 40 OGB 70 8b5 70 90 / 80 70 30 40 .CAE... GA...NONE. SC...NONE.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 flash flood, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
WAGT TV and others reported a small tornado touchdown at Point South golf course taking down several trees.
Sheriff reported water moving over Folly Lake Bridge and on Stagecoach road.
Emergency manager reported flooding on Ray Owens road and other areas of central Columbia county.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Georgia in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Georgia, 2001Warnings in Georgia, June 2001
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: 5246660, 5246661, 5246662.