2 lightning, 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 Charleston, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 15, 1:40 PM EST, 2 hours 25 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 240 PM EDT SUN APR 15 2001 AREA OF SHRA WITH A LITTLE EMBEDDED THUNDER MOVG THRU THE NRN 2/3 OF THE CWA. ONCE THIS GOES THRU...DONT EXPECT ANY MORE PCPN ACROSS THE N...BUT WILL CARRY SLGT CHC/CHC POPS THIS EVE UNTIL DRIER AIR BEGINS TO ARRIVE. FURTHER S ACROSS THE GA ZONES...SKIES ARE P/CLOUDY WITH TEMPS AOA 80. CONVECTION IS HAVING A TUFF TIME FIRING UP. BLV ANY SVR THREAT IS VERY MINIMAL FROM HERE ON OUT. WILL NOT INCLUDE ANY MENTION ON THIS PKG. WILL CARRY CHC POPS ACROSS GA FOR SHRA/TSRA THRU THE EVE AND INTO THE EARLY MORNING ALG THE GA COAST. GUID TEMPS LOOK PRETTY GOOD. WILL LEAN TWD WARMER MAV AS CLOUDS WILL PERSIST A WHILE AND WINDS SHUD NOT DECOUPLE. MON SHUD BE A VERY NICE DAY WITH PLENTY OF S/S AND MUCH LOWER RH. A REFRESHING NWLY BREEZE AT 10-20 MPH. WILL LEAN TWD WARMER FWC TEMPS WITH S/S AND DOWNSLOPE FLOW. STRONG S/WV WILL MOVE THRU THE AREA ON TUE. ATTM...MOISTURE APPEARS LIMITED ESP ACROSS THE S. WILL KEEP A SLGT CHC SHRA IN FOR THE SC ZONES. WILL GO M/SUNNY FOR GA. AS S/WV MOVES OFF THE COAST IN THE AFTN...STRONG MIXING WILL OCCUR. WILL BUMP WINDS UP TO BREEZY FOR NOW. WILL AGAIN LEAN TWD WARMER FWC TEMPS WITH GOOD DOWNSLOPE FLOW AND S/S. THE REAL CAA WONT SET IN TIL AFTN/EVE. HIGHS SHUD BE ATTAINED BY EARLY AFTN. MUCH COOLER TUE NIGHT THRU THU NIGHT AS CANADIAN HIGH PRES SETTLES IN. WILL FCST LOW TEMPS TUE NIGHT A LITTLE ABV GUID AS PG REMAINS QUITE STRONG. THE COLDEST NIGHT SHUD BE WED NIGHT WHEN WINDS DROP OFF AND GOOD RADIATIONAL COOLING OCCURS. WILL FCST LOW TO MID 30S INLAND WITH A GOOD CHC FOR FROST AND POSSIBLY A FREEZE WELL INLAND. BLV TEMPS ALG THE IMMEDIATE COAST WILL REMAIN AOA 40 DEG THRU THE WEEK. NEXT SYS TO APPROACH THE AREA FOR THE UPCOMING WEEKEND. WILL CARRY A SLGT CHC SHRA FOR SAT/SUN AS TEMPS RETURN TO NORMAL. CWF...WINDS REALLY NEVER GOT GOING TDY AS PG REMAINS SLACK IN VCNTY OF WK WRMFNT. PG WL INCRS TNT AS LOW PRES OVR OH VLY HEADS TWDS DELMARVA AND DEEPENS. SHUD REMAIN BLO SCA THRESHOLDS FOR SC WATERS...WI EVEN LESSER CONDS FOR GA WATERS. AS CDFNT MOVES ACRS CSTL WATERS EARLY MON WINDS SHUD PICK UP SOME AS CAA STARTS...BUT CAA LEVELS OUT BY LATE AFTN AND PG SLACKENS AGAIN BY EARLY MON NGT. THIS ALL TO CHANGE AS ARCTIC BNDRY SWEEPS ACRS WATERS TUE AFTN...AND H8 TEMPS IN VCNTY OF -3 TO -5C MOVE INTO WATERS...DRAGGING DOWN NEARLY ALL WINDS FROM H8. THS SURGE SHUD RESULT IN STG SCA CONDS...POSSIBLY APPRCHNG GALE FORCE FOR SC WATERS AND OFFSHORE GA WATERS...BUT WL LV JST BLO FOR NOW. PCPN WL COME TO AN END TNT...WI ANTHR CHC FOR WATERS AS ARCTIC BNDRY MOVS THRU TUE. THNX FOR COORD ILM. FCSTID = 20 CHS 58 78 51 70 / 30 0 0 20 SAV 57 80 48 71 / 30 0 0 10 CHL 61 79 55 71 / 30 0 0 20 NBC 58 79 50 70 / 30 0 0 20 RBW 54 77 49 69 / 20 0 5 20 .CHS... GA...NONE. SC...NONE. TJR/WOODWORTH
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
One man was injured when lightning struck a nearby tree and then grounded through the man and his car while he was loading some items in the car.
Lightning caused fire struck a home and did extensive damage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in South Carolina in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in South Carolina, April 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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5241684, 5241685.