Thunderstorm Wind, Richmond
- When
- June 22, 4:15 PM EST to 4:30 PM EST
- Where
- Richmond County, Augusta
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- BROADCAST MEDIA
- Coordinates
- 33.483, -81.967
WAGT TV and GA Power reported trees down throughout the Augusta area.
Damaging Wind in Georgia, June 22, 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 Jun 22, 2:57 PM EST, 1 hour 18 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 22, 2:57 PM EST, 1 hour 18 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 357 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 2001 A QUICK UPDATE TO ACCOMMODATE LATEST SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ACROSS MOST OF THE CAE CWA UNTIL 01Z. FCSTID = 7 CAE 70 88 65 87 / 70 40 20 20 AGS 69 88 64 88 / 70 40 20 20 SSC 70 88 65 87 / 70 40 20 20 OGB 70 88 66 88 / 70 40 20 20 .CAE... GA...NONE. SC...NONE. TTH
The radar
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 94 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:14 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
- Heat in California, June 22 to 30, 2001
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, June 22 to 23, 2001
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Virginia, June 22 to 23, 2001
- Flash Flood in North Carolina, June 22, 2001
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Maryland, June 22 to 23, 2001
- Flood and Hail in Georgia, June 22, 2001
- Flash Flood in Maryland, June 22, 2001
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, June 22 to 23, 2001
- Lightning Strike in Florida, June 22, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Florida, June 22, 2001
- Lightning Strike in South Carolina, June 22, 2001
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Wind in New York, June 22, 2001
More
Every storm in Georgia in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Georgia, June 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: 5248845.