South Carolina, 2001

Damaging Wind in South Carolina, August 18, 2001

August 18, 2001 · NWS CHS · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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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 Charleston, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 18, 1:45 PM EST, 5 hours 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 18, 1:45 PM EST, 5 hours 20 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
245 PM EDT SAT AUG 18 2001

S/WV MOVG THRU THE AREA HAS SPAWNED SCATTERED SHRA/TSRA MAINLY OVER
SC PTN OF CWA. BOTH ETA/AVN IN AGREEMENT THRU THIS EVE WITH MOST
ACTIVITY SHIFTING NE OF THE AREA BY EVE. MODELS SHOW MORE ENERGY AND
S/WVS COMING AROUND THE BASE OF THE TROF AND AFFECTING THE AREA FROM
LATE TNGT THRU SUN NIGHT/MON. IT WILL BE DIFFICULT TO TIME THESE
IMPULSES AND JUST PLAN ON GOING WITH CHC POPS FOR THE ENTIRE CWA
THRU MON. PLAN TO FCST LOWS TNGT NEAR OR JUST ABV MOS AS WINDS SHUD
STAY UP WITH LLVL JET MOVG THRU. PLAN ON GOING WITH HIGHS NR TO JUST
ABV GUID SUN. H8 TEMPS STILL AROUND 18 DEG C AND TEMPS ROSE VERY
QUICKLY THIS MORNING. SHUD BE SIMILAR ON SUN.

DEEP MOISTURE GETS SHOVED S OF THE AREA MON NGT/TUE BUT SFC CD FNT
REMAINS STALLED TO THE NW. WILL LIMIT POPS TUE TO SLGT CHC N AND CHC
S. MED RANGE MODELS NOT REALLY IN AGREEMENT ATTM. AVN/MRF SOLN TRIES
TO BRING CHANTAL N INTO THE NERN GULF...THEN SPLIT THE ENERGY AROUND
THE UPPER RIDGE. NOT MUCH FAITH IN THIS SOLN. MODELS DO HOWEVER
INDICATE A MEAN RIDGE POSN OVER THE SE THRU THE END OF THE WEEK AND
PLAN TO PLAY WED INTO THE WEEKEND WITH TEMPS WARMING TO ABV NORMAL
AGAIN AND CHC POPS EACH DAY MAINLY DURING THE AFTN/EVE HRS.

PREDICTED HIGH ASTRO TIDES THIS EVE ARE RIGHT AT SHALLOW COASTAL
FLOODING THRESHOLDS. TIDE GAUGES ACROSS THE AREA ARE SHOWING MINIMAL
DEPARTURES THRU MID AFTN. WILL HEADLINE APPROPRIATE PUBLIC AND
MARINE PRODUCTS WITH HEADER FOR POSS SHALLOW COASTAL FLOODING AROUND
HIGH TIDE THIS EVE.

CWF...CURRENT FCST STILL LOOKS TO BE ON TRACK. SW FLO GENLY IN THE
15 KT RANGE WL CONT THRU MON WITH CDFNT APCHG FM NW LATE IN THE DAY.
WINDS SLIGHTLY HIER AT NIGHT WITH SW NOCTURNAL SURGE.

FCSTID = 20
CHS   79  92  76  91 /  30  40  30  40
SAV   76  93  75  91 /  30  40  30  40
CHL   81  92  79  91 /  30  40  30  40
NBC   78  92  76  91 /  30  40  30  40
RBW   76  93  74  92 /  40  40  30  40

.CHS...
GA...SHALLOW COASTAL FLOODING POSSIBLE AROUND HIGH TIDE THIS EVE
     GAZ117-119-139-141.
SC...SHALLOW COASTAL FLOODING POSSIBLE AROUND HIGH TIDE THIS EVE
     SCZ047-050.

TJR/SR

The radar

The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 31 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:04 UTC.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Jasper

When
August 18, 7:05 PM EST
Where
Jasper County, 8 mi SE of Ridgeland
Measured
50 kt (58 mph)
Reported by
UTILITY COMPANY
Coordinates
32.400, -80.917

Several trees and power lines down.

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

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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: 5264367.