South Carolina, 2001

Damaging Wind in South Carolina, July 2, 2001

July 2, 2001 · NWS ILM · 1 event in 1 county or zone

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

Where it happened

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  • Hail
  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • 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
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 Wilmington, NC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 2, 12:43 PM EST, 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 2, 12:43 PM EST, 17 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, NC
143 PM EDT MON JUL 2 2001

FRONTAL BOUNDARY SINKING SOUTH OVER CWA THIS AFTN AND FIRING A NICE
LINE OF SHOWERS AND TSTMS IN THE WARM MOIST AIR OVER REGION.
RESULTANT WIND APPEARS TO BE ATTEMPTING TO WORK INLAND OVER SRN
BRUNSWICK CO. THIS MAY HELP TO ENHANCE PCPN AS FRONT APPROACHES.
DEWPT BOUNDARY WELL BEHIND THE FRONT.

MODELS REMAIN SIMILAR IN SLOWLY PUSHING THE FRONT THROUGH CWA AND
STALLING IT JUST S OF US TONIGHT. MOISTURE HOLDS ON NEXT FEW DAYS AS
HIGH PRES AND DRIER AIR PROGGED ONLY TO MAKE IT INTO N-NE NC THROUGH
PERIOD. ETA/AVN MODELS SHOWING WEAK S/W MOVING ALONG NC/SC TNGT.
WITH AIRMASS REMAINING FAIRLY MOIST...THE CHC FOR PCPN WILL
CONTINUE. WILL CARRY CHC POPS TNGT.

WITH MOISTURE HANGING AROUND WILL KEEP WITH PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES AND
CHC POPS FOR TUE. MAX TEMPS IN LOW TO MID 80S. WINDS RETURN TO S-SW
DIRECTION W AS NEXT FRONT APPROACHES AND TEMPS WARM A FEW DEGREES.
WILL AGAIN CARRY CHC POPS FOR AFTN ACTIVITY.

EXTENDED:  ANOTHER COLD FRONT APPROACHES WED NIGHT AND SLOWLY PUSHES
THROUGH CAROLINAS DURING THURS AND OFFSHORE EARLY FRI. BEST CHC
RAINS LOOKS TO BE THURS AND WILL CARRY CHC POPS THROUGH FRIDAY. PLAN
TO KEEP REMAINDER OF EXTENDED DRY AT THIS POINT.

CWF: WINDS TURING TO THE NE LATE THIS AFTN AND EVNG 10 TO 15 KT.
WINDS RETURN TO S/SE DIRECTION ON TUE AND REMAIN THROUGH PERIOD.
NO FLAGS.

FCSTID = 30
ILM   69  84  71  87 /  30  30  20  30
LBT   66  85  70  88 /  30  30  20  30
FLO   68  86  70  89 /  30  30  20  30
MYR   70  83  72  86 /  30  30  20  30

.ILM...
NC...NONE.
SC...NONE.

PJN

The radar

The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 125 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:59 UTC.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Florence

When
July 2, 1:00 PM EST
Where
Florence County, Florence
Measured
65 kt (75 mph)
Reported by
EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates
34.200, -79.767

Emergency manager reported trees and power lines down on West Palmetto St.

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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5258632.