South Carolina, 2001

Drought in South Carolina, December 1 to 31, 2001

December 1 to 31, 2001 · NWS CHS · 9 events in 9 counties and zones

Moderate drought conditions continued over south coastal South Carolina. 43 inches below normal, which continued monthly trend of deficit rainfall through most of the year.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 5 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

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  • Cold
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  • Marine and coastal
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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
9

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 happened

The episode as NWS CHS wrote it up.

Moderate drought conditions continued over south coastal South Carolina. For the month, rainfall was 1.43 inches below normal, which continued monthly trend of deficit rainfall through most of the year.

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 Nov 30, 9:25 PM EST, 2 hours 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 30, 9:25 PM EST, 2 hours 35 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
925 PM EST FRI NOV 30 2001

AT 02Z COLD FRONT WAS ROUGHLY FROM ROA TO GSP TO VLD. THE COLD FRONT
IS EXPECTED TO SLOWLY MOVE EAST OVERNIGHT AND THEN WASH OUT NEAR THE
COAST TOWARDS MORNING.

WILL UPDATE ZONES TO REMOVE MENTION OF PRECIP AND BUMP UP LOW TEMPS.
WILL ALSO INCLUDE FIRST TIER INLAND GA ZONE WITH PARTLY CLOUDY
WORDING...COASTAL ZONES WILL REMAIN MOSTLY CLOUDY.

MARINE...WILL CONTINUE SOUTHERLY COMPONENT OVERNIGHT AND MAKE A
MINOR ADJUSTMENT TO THE SEA HEIGHTS. NO OTHER CHANGES EXPECTED.

FCSTID = 08
CHS   62  76  51  67 /  10  10  10   0
SAV   62  76  51  69 /  10  10  10   0
CHL   65  73  57  66 /  10  10  10   0
NBC   62  75  51  68 /  10  10  10   0
RBW   60  74  48  66 /  10  10  10   0

.CHS...
GA...NONE.
SC...NONE.

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The radar

The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.

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Event by event

9 drought. Local standard time, as filed.

Drought, Allendale

When
December 1, 12:00 AM EST to December 31, 11:59 PM EST
Where
Allendale forecast zone
Reported by
GOVT OFFICIAL
Coordinates
32.988, -81.358 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Beaufort

When
December 1, 12:00 AM EST to December 31, 11:59 PM EST
Where
Beaufort forecast zone
Reported by
GOVT OFFICIAL

Drought, Berkeley

When
December 1, 12:00 AM EST to December 31, 11:59 PM EST
Where
Berkeley forecast zone
Reported by
GOVT OFFICIAL
Coordinates
33.198, -79.951 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Charleston

When
December 1, 12:00 AM EST to December 31, 11:59 PM EST
Where
Charleston forecast zone
Reported by
GOVT OFFICIAL

Drought, Dorchester

When
December 1, 12:00 AM EST to December 31, 11:59 PM EST
Where
Dorchester forecast zone
Reported by
GOVT OFFICIAL
Coordinates
33.080, -80.406 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Hampton

When
December 1, 12:00 AM EST to December 31, 11:59 PM EST
Where
Hampton forecast zone
Reported by
GOVT OFFICIAL
Coordinates
32.776, -81.141 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Jasper

When
December 1, 12:00 AM EST to December 31, 11:59 PM EST
Where
Jasper forecast zone
Reported by
GOVT OFFICIAL

Drought, Northern Colleton

When
December 1, 12:00 AM EST to December 31, 11:59 PM EST
Where
Northern Colleton forecast zone
Reported by
GOVT OFFICIAL
Coordinates
32.843, -80.650 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Southern Colleton

When
December 1, 12:00 AM EST to December 31, 11:59 PM EST
Where
Southern Colleton forecast zone
Reported by
GOVT OFFICIAL

What these are

Drought
A drought reaching severe (D2) or worse on the US Drought Monitor, or with notable impacts.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

More

Every storm in South Carolina in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in South Carolina, December 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: 5274428, 5274429, 5274430, 5274431, 5274432, 5274433, 5274434, 5274435, 5274436.